Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-02-20
PERKINS VS.. BALDWIN.
Seventeenth and Last Day
Of the Great Trial.
THE LONG ARGUMENT CLOSED
instructions to the Jury and the
Case Given Them--verdict
$4,000.

Instructions 10 INC Suhy
Case Given Them-Verdict
$4,000.
By half-past 8 yesterday morning eli
approaches to the Superior Court wers
thropQed BY the crowd anxious to secure
place to siand and watch the closing
scenes 10 the great breach OF promise
case wherein Miss Louise c. Perkins sues
Mr.. e. J. Baldwin for half million
dollars. It was the seysntesnth day o.
the trial, and tho case was to 80 TO the
Jury by noon. When the doors were
thrown open the crowd came in like q
torrent and filed up the whole area. A.
the clock struck Deputy Sheriff Martin
Aruirrs declared the court opened
Deputy Clerk A. N. Hamilton called thu
roll of Jurors, who were all present.
HON. 8. NJ. WHITE
Resumed bis argument, with promise
of briefness so far as be could con'ro'
the matter. What shall say VIII be
nv views Of the testimony and shall
endeayor to remove any misconoeption
that might gather in your minds. l will
do It as briefly as ! can. and ! shall have
to take witnesses and give you what |
consider the value Of their testimony
- .ha ,,otives for which they gave It.
~ - .,g -. horn i, ,aes All 20
Ihs piain''n W. - - -
the contrary - naked assertion. Sne ~
therefore, 10 years old. Her fape, con-
.,ds~;no her aad experience. does not
s'asr'as ~ 81 H.
Indicate erss'er Ass iA As'
life in Ventura is concerned we have
nothing to do with 1t beyond what is
enclosed In the evidence. The reason
Of their reference to her course in Ven
turs & that Baldwin does not
come hsrs and say We were not engaged,
but they say we were not engaged and il
we were her conduct gave me right to
break il. They should not fish for .
verdict in that way. They should plead
one way or other. But on the hypoth-
esis that they were engaged he brings in
this Ventura testimony to show her un-
ohsste conduct il an excuse to break of.
This Is the purport Of the cawelti tssti-
mopv. l desire to call your attention
10 this testimony. He appears TO be .
peculiar character for an honest farmer.
In all classes of people you will fnd
scrubs. The general reputation OF this
man has nothing to do with it. We did
not choose to 20 to Venture 70 get tesd-
mony to robut their Witnesses A man
may hsvs good reputation q one time
and lose It. do not know his financial
condition. Now the general effect Of
his eetjmony II repsllant. He comes
here 70 swear against poor girl TOP .
man we'll able TO take care OF himself.
He comes from distance, without 4
1ubp0na. to do this. Re seeks an op.
portunity to testify that this girl st
fourteen years Of age wss depravsd and
immoral. Charity u one Of the noblest
attributes Of tbs good man. A man like
this defendant to come here and
seek to defame the character OF OF this
child is not admirable. Cawelti nays
this occurred in 1878. Here the tssti
monv was appealed to by COUNSEL They
Ar In IA. II did not occur in the year
thew Left II any osss It occurred eight
~ nina months. or perhaps eleven, be-
fore they left, Now take Methvin: He
ssvs II Wa re. Cswel6 adepts rs.
The fact 4 this girl never saw Sweeney
until : few weeks bsfore shs LIFT. Nov
what l. CAwslti, an honest farmer or .
n,Issrabie perjurerl But be says Swee
new told him about the sleeping in her
rsdroom Whv should Sweeney make
suob = ststemsnf when In faot he never
slspt IN the house Ii his life. Nox
What kind Of : person IL this fellow
Sweeney. THE Court here remarked
that the slightest denomination would
subieet tbs maker thereof 10 expulsion
from the room.l The story aheut THU
small room in which al the family end
Swesnv slept Il ridiculously Improbable
~ ~. i he first they ever saw q
Sweeney wasa few days before they
came hers. II you heard a. Sweeney
did that scoundrel was going to black
en- the fame Of this girl would you no!
come il you knew The story 70 be told
wNs falssy It had been rumored around
that CaweIu Wks to aWeor 70 tnl1
story. There is no contradiction Of the
statement that Collier had approached
this boy Sweeney. He had too much
square manhood. They had 70 get hi
POOR old father TO hobbls In hero and
impeach him. Bat evesney cAme here
and to mo be had the manner Of truth
ful man. We have plenty Of testimony
that Perkins had large house; th6i
they never saw Sweeney until they were
about 10 come here. Now, ass you net
bound to throw out this fsllow's testi
monyf There 10 Mrs. Dexter and thu
rspe-wellt II that h true. II il nothing
against the girl. But the story b utter
" improbable. There II one question
In Mrs. Dexter's testimony that wan
10 speak d. We were told To cour
that she was dangerously sick. The
had that done before. Bat that woulf
nof do. They vsnted "a change tbsi
theory The ban lose record would no
rsrmit them TO swear LonIss slept vii,
ser every night during the first visit y
San Francisco. That would not do
She had to hedge. She hedged b!
saving she was very nick before. he
story il true now. II was of then
tMrs. Dertsr's testimony was here re
viewed At length and discrsdit throw
In Il s. ali points. NV object wAs !,
sbov fhet shs was NOT 20 sick a. she pee
rndsd To be. Her humor with the law
vsrs proved this. But when she va
pressed on any hard point she becam
ysrv tired. do net like to reflect to
hsrd ON any one. But would not lik
to put too implicit confidence in her p<
cuiisr statement. - She Is the psrso
who told Us about the Ben Culpin 81
fair, about the rape affair, about gsttin
.seloriously drunk" at San Rsrnardinc
h6 you belisve heri Do yoa not'thin
he would swear TO anything to bel
Baldwin QUIT. do not wish TO say sn
more Of her than have TO-. There
Mrs. Ludwig; she Is one Of the persor
f,ouise wanted to get Of the ranch. A
these peopls WHOM I.cuise tried to 4.
81 The ranch are here to testify. Mr.,
; Ludwiq comes here and tells her stor,
II she tells the truth she Is in very ba
y