The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-07-26
THE LEGAL ARGU MENTS.
SpEECIIES OF THE LAW YERS IN
TIE GRISSOM INV ESTIG ATIOS.
They Demonstrate the Fact That We
stiil Have Great Lawyers III North
Carolina.

Iasr week NE nrin1a5 as,no,sis Of the
-rlrcles of some of Tie LAWYERS ii t0e
,ris,om rsosecution o.d3v we devote
much of our SPACE TO tbe arguments of
others who spoke for th, defence and the
prosecution. This trial viii be the second
most notable one III the history of the
STATE. We regret that our space Will not
permit the publication of all the speeches
iu their entirety.
capt ccoEr.S Sprrcu
We heard the speech OF hon. g. NJ
Cooke, counsel for DR. Grissom. He spoke
,hout four hours, and made a close, strong
gal argument for his side. 1t was almost
entirely free from abuse and the argument
WAS relieved by flashes OF Wit and humor
which compelled even the SraNest member
OF the Board TO smile. tie spoke without
notes and had mastered the entire eyi-
Gyuce. He told the Board that he had not
slept any on the previous night His
qeech evidenced the fact that ne had en-
p,oyed his time TO good use. lie had a
~peecA OF force and power We regret
hat We cannot print il in full. We shall
not 10 him the injustice to attempt any
synopsis. He devoted his argument chiefly
- replying to the speech of Mr.. SpIcr
" IItaker who had spoken of Restraints
auI Non Restraints, and the charge OF
Cruelty. He made substantially these
points which he supported by his own
close argument and eminent authority
In Favor Of Restraint.
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The Charge OF immortality.
Cant Cook. also took m The charge ot
immortality He said that the tt,rimon,
If Kin, Il n,,f n h. relied mon III. te,ri.
nonI : impeached by the fact that he die
uor say ANYTHING about seeing Emanue
Jones. and because it has been demon
,trated that the door of the mat.on'S room
cannon be seen from the stage. and be
,..,n.4 ba locked thron,h a key hole !
man who would look through a kev-hol,
imyeache. his own testimony. He is ais,
Irlpeached BY the high character Of Mis-
burch Cruelty by mechanical restraint
even a, represented BY Mr. Whitaker wa.
not half a, bad as this attempt to ruin tht
good name of Miss Burch. He deuouuceC
the act Of carving Emanuel Jones into
LAWYERS office at night. Crime seeks con
cealment 1t is a crying shame to Jry [,
break down the character Of Dr. Grlaaon
and Mss Nora Burch by such testimony.
Ia regard to Mrs. Perkinson, Mr.. Cooh
says her evidence was not corroborated
About that Dr. Grissom told the truth
although he was laboring under tcrr.bi
temptation.
As to Miss Edwards,s testimony, It rest
solely upon her own evidence, he sal
that she was under the influence OF Dr
Rogers. 1t had been said that Miss Ed
wards was unsophisticated and modest. !
didn't look very unsophisticated when sh
fIrted her fan at Dr.. GrlSSOm and SAT-
She meant i will get even with you yet,
aud to say .'Dr. Grissom will tell a lie il
minute. Not very modest to meet Dr
Rogers and Introduce him under an =
forbid that she should be held up as
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