The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-14

clrcumS tances, he finds that after all that
man is pigmy The human intellect has
its bounds, human possibilities are hedged
IN. and no one can picture this case as it
should be pictured, l have no doubt CON
corning your verdict, because there never
was stronger clse presented to Jury
than is presented in behalf of this defend
ant. There never was a case where more
perfect defense was introduced than that
which has been introduced by this girl
| through her counsel. tits defence
THAT IS FOUNDED UPON TRUTH,
and truth is mighty and will prevail 1t is
a defense that's founded upon justice, and
here eternal justice should rule if any
where within this city. 1t is defense that
is justified by the law. You all tod me
! that you could try this case with imparti-
ality, and render a Just verdict under the
law and the evidence. Do you think a yer
dict would be Just under the circumstances
of this case that for single moment would
restrain this child of her liberty! Do you
not think that II for moment you hest
! tated at arriving at your conclusions after
ward the thought would come to you some
times in your waking hours, and sometimes
when you retired to sleep, that for a
moment at least had done injustice to
woman. Aye, this is a case which should
| be signallized by a verdict of not guilty
from the jury without their leaving their
seats 1t Is not case that requires delber-
alton or discussion of the evidence upon
your part. 1t is shown SO clearly by all the
testimony here that that little girl was
utterly irresponsible for what she did. that
the verdict ought to be rendered without
moments hesitation.
| | told you, gentlemen, that it was left for
you TO say just what value the men of Utah
! place. on woman's virtue. Yes, she could
have had him arrested; the prosecution
said to you. And it was also said that if
! he were on trial here for assaulting that
| girl, you would render d verdict of not
guilty he says, without leaving your seats
/ She knew that she had no corroborating
testimony to sustain her story, and that
must have wrought upon her mind, aad
! have been what caused heS 10 say to her
poor old father on that Sunday when it was
suggested tn the law would handle him,
Yes, they will out him in the ptntentisy,
and then he will come out after a few
months and laugh at me-" According TO
the district attorney you would not ever
| have put him in the penitentiary. He
would have gone Scot free. He could have
broken that girls heart, blasted and
blackenCd her life, ruined her character.
betrayed her trust and confidence,
TRAMPLED UNDER FEET HER HOLY LOVE,
aud then jury, my brother says, would
have acquitted him without leaving thei.
seats.
Does it not seem little strange that that
Eiittle hand held That pistol with such an
unerring aim-that hand that never before
had shot gun. Does 1T not seem almost
as if that became the instrument of the AL
mighty, ana that the leaden bullet was one
OF His thunderbolts, that He hurled down
to take from the earth one who was dis
grazing His image! Aye, gentlemen of
the jury, you will render verdict of not
guilty. such verdict as my brother told
you this morning will be approved by
popular opinion; and If you render such q
verdict, its memory will be to you like
glittering beads of ruby strung on silver
threads. BY day it will nil each life with
glory, like unto the royal light OF the regal
sun, and by night IL will ill each soul with
, the symphonies which the angels chant
when there float toward heaven with the
, dying day the incense that rises from holy
deeds For you the dew drop viii have a
brighter CLEAN, and the rose leave a
sweeter perfume. For each righteous act
done here on earth God vouchsafes to him
, who acts a more perfect knowledge of the
wondrous story that ne has written upon
, the tender plants. and sketcIed upon the
messy rocks. Nay, more than this, there
shall open unto you the purple clouds that
hang above, and into your lives there shall
stream
\ RAY OF THAT SILVER LIGHT
which CLOVIS with such refulgence arounc
the great white throne.
Into your hands Their, as men, and broth
, ers, place the custody OF my client. AS
you would have your wives and daughters
treated, | beseech you 10 treat her. AS YOU
would have your sisters treated in the houl
of their distress, / beseech you to treat her
/ place her with you, and ask you, 10 do by
her simple justice; and it will not be doing
Justice by her unless you say, that she is
not guilty. plead with you in behalf OF
this woman. And | feel that l can hardly
leave you, for fear that some word has been
, left unsad that l ought to have said IN her
behalf. In no cause that have ever tried
| have l felt as l feel tonight in talking and
I appealing to you. In nc cause that shall
ever come to me, though l live four score
, and ten years, will | ever feel as | feel to-
night,
PLEADING TIE CASE OF AMANDA OLSON.
| hand into your charge a tender flower
of humanity. and beg of you not to break
, it or crush it. | ask you to say upon your
oaths that this little girl has suffered all
that she ought to suffer, and that you will
tear away the dark lining above, and LEI
once more into her life Gods bright sun
light. | ask you, in behalf of womanhood
| ask you in behalf of manhood, I ask you
in behalf OF justice, to stand for this girl
and render the verdict that the law anC
the evidence justifes.
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