Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-16

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1111ping he Consequences uiu not vice
his enill a1ay. Guilt does nof depand
% consequence, bu1 consequences d.
peBd On aaila A guilty nan deserves
% Be known and pubiished &c saoh. Il
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neeiafy, tha1 be Be 90 known and pub
hehe4 Iho true eenas and uss o. Z
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sgidanoe warrants 3 vuFdiet of guilty. Is
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oct % Ne verdi Ne faet q guilt Guilt
deserves al he oonssqnonee8 deaoanoed
against & b. the law. Consequences sre
pEopoEtiunod - the g1ill If eonse
qasneeg were 30 Be groand % eooasion
u aeQuit8ina the guilsy, then the greater
tha cElme The enfnE TIE criminal.
Consequences ere not the oontriVnuoe
nor The viaitaEion Of the Jury. They
inkeEe IN TIE natnes Of thinRs and the
peEy siEuetsae ~ iaB1ioa, and the Grim
nal bEinR8 Ne UhaI8 agaianohe Of then
down upnn hinnaslk. He Il not only
guilty q tie So sailed bis crime, bnt
he b u Q eenas aaiitq Of paltinQ him
h % b oona. pnuiahmanf wish an is
neeesssRy incidents must bofail him.
fhus consequences help 20 furnish the
nee1auEe 0f his guilt Bat his guilt Ia
not fully measured nor iimited b. ern-
ssqnsnoos b himself. He q IN sense
guilty af bringing eonaequential trouble
upon OthaRz. Is Il. ! doubt nos, 70 .
humane tuTys b any criminal cass, . sd
and patnful thing 20 reader q oondemna-
tory veEdioi. Anyway, ! never knew q
Jury 70 bring II q verdict of guilty With
giad oo1ntonanca. And. especially 10
q ease o. murder IN the nEst degree, d
the jurors task most meianuholy and
distressing. But this Il = consequences
Of She crime. The criminal brinaa is
about. Il b part Of what goes % make
up bis eriminality e tie bar Of reason,
4 not &c the bar Of kha court. Whan.
ever q larry IN acFiminal case has 20 give
q VsHdiot - guilty aaninss . auilty . =.
son, the auill Of In1iaaing upon t6oss
twelve innooene Jurors all their labol
and pain lies Is che door Of the mar
whom they have 10 o8nvict. For alWays
WHISTLER il the highest OF the 10 est
guilty man ID guilty Of causing an til
andefing that the judge af fact Ia iudQ
ing must andsERo; Q suffering which I
10 direct proportion 70 ths breadth 0l
view, the goodness Of heart and ID.
compassion Of the judge.
The defendants. however, 10 not on Iria
foF the consequences Of any crime. Yol
can never get ct the truth about the de
PENDANTS guilt OF innocence, az iasnl
here, BY looking forward 70 consequences
that may follow your verdiot. Couse
qaanoes are in the future, while the fact
that show guilt 90 innocence are In thl
past. You may glance forward at the
consequence II you please, that yoE
may BE- duly impressed with che helm
sasnesa Of such guilt &c is charged IL
the indictmeat, and that you may b.
inspired with the caution yeu shoull
exercise 10 arriving 81 Jour verdict. Bu
% Ret a1 Q tfue Verdiot 9ou must lool
away tfom consequences int the oppo
site cireetisr-aWay from the fnsnrl
into She past. In the facts and oiFeum
stances brought before you By the evi
deuce Gus of the past yon will And she
true solution Of ths pFoblem-Is b.
guiltyf
Upon this trial there has been no con,
test made either e. 10 whether any crime
included IN the iudiotment has beer
peFpstEated, 81 aa 10 the natare or de
gree 81 any crime That q homiaidal
crime has been committed, and that TIT
crime committed 10 that Of murder IN
the nras degree, no one seems disposed
70 aainsay. 1hoss matters have beer
suffered By The defense 70 stand upor
ths evidence Of the prosecution Wiihonl
|cppaainG evidences, willis the oontsntiou
bean waged upoa the sinale bui
complex qneslieB. Did the defendants dc
The killinRg Nevertheless, since you ara
the exclusive judges Of al questions Of
taot in this case, and especially since
goa cannot otherwise clearly apprehend
shat constitutes such murder IN the
drst degree aa Il here charged. IL q de-.
siFabie that should briefly define "a
you che various grades Of criminal
homicide, as distinguished In our stat
uiea.
Murder IN NE lrss degree, Of the kiad
monsianad n tha indictnank 4 where 4
pefsun paFposelg and % bis delibeFaie
and prsmadtiatad malice Kills another.
10 constitute Il, four elements must
coneur asd eombine. Rameiy: LIST, kill
ine; -, purpose 80 kili; 50, malice in
killing; and ath, delibeFation and pre-
meditation q malice.
Malice. IN legal senae, ia 9 WillfuI dis
position OF inclination In q man TO a
What. 81 the time, be knows Il wrong
ter him - Do. Il may appear expressly
frem al TIE faels and circumstances o.
The kililng. or it nay BE- impliad. Malice
d tmplied who1eVer TIE killing appears
- hAgo beea onas Withoat any inzt Gauss
OF legal excuse. With aafncient aeen-
RAGS for al The purposes Of this easa
may say thas homicide, Of whatever
kind, Ia without Jest cause and without
any degree Of leeal excuse, uuleas Il d
eommiited n furtheFanea 81 9 Feasona
be and honest effort - perform q daty
imposed 81 law, or pFevent q breach q
he peace, % defend from imminent
assanlt oas'a person, family Or DWELLING.
% d The result Of accident uaacuompa-
niod ~ oarulossnesa. OF h ohaxacsortzsd
% that tnveluntaEinesa OF gaddEn heal
a session, one ~ ne ether Of uhioh q
an tngraalent of mnnaianQhtax as shall
presently dame ie Dsliberation Il tie
mental operation of weighing motives
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