Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21

the hinges or erVeS credN
protecting this19 and poor woman
Consider all the testimony. II salts
fed she killed the deceased, you hav
right To say so-you shout
say so, but you should carefully con
slider the proof of his violence to
ward his wife. At any rate, we hav
proved by our witnesses and State
witnesses that the deceased's charac
ter for violence was bad, and NOR
especially when he was at home. 4
man when he is gentleman on tn
streets to his friends and then goe
goes homd and abuses his wife, will
no one tc protect or shield her, is th'
meanest man that, God ever let live
Study all the testimony introduced
Gentlemen Of the jury, fancy the
poor, weak, fragile frame of Mrs
Gould, dangling in mid-air between
heaven and earth at the end of crue
rope, the victim of a merciless prose.
cutlon; without even friend or rela.
tive to come forward and say, ''Give
me her body; I'll give it a decent
BURIAL" but it Is turned over to the
common undertaken of the county
This picture you can make by find
ing the defendant guilty of murder
10 go the capitol of your State and
enter the common prison and see
there peeping out from behind the
cold, chilly CRATES of felon's cell, a
poor female, with despair and woe
depicted in ner face, and hear her
say, 81 have 10 mother, whose tears
of pity can snotbe and make soft the
pillow on which | lie; | have no sis
ter. to write letters of syepathy and
comfort to, dispell the eli III of these
q essatos Z wa frs 4 a jury oi
country Because ! en5 FAVORED to
defend my own life again4t the mer-
ciless assaults of husband who had
sworn to love and protect me. This
picture you can draw by finding the
defendant guilty of manslaughter.
On the other. hand picture yourselves
returning tonight to your happy
firesides, surrounded by the sacred
circle of your families, and with your
little children on your knees and your
wife by your side. See the tears of
joy arise in their eyes as you explain
how, when taken upon jury of your
country, you yindicated the charac-
ter and conduct of a woman who had
stricken down brutal husband, who
was seeking to take her life; and as
these tears of joy flow, you see a
hearty approval in them all. This
picture you can draw by finding the
defendant not guilty, and this is the
verdict we expect at your hands. |
implore you to so conduct yourselves
in the trial of this case that, if your
future life is made up of such conduct,
when you fall asleep to the things
of this life, you may fall asleep in
Jesus, to awake where the river of
the water of life, as clear as crystal,
comes forth from the throne of God
to enjoy forever the blessings
which God has prepared for those
who love Him-there to realize the
words of the poet when he says
How sweet to think that on our eyes
A lovelier cline shall yet arise;
That we shall wake from sorrows dream
Beside pure1and living streaml''
Do your duty. and when you have
done, Mrs. Gould will be a free and
happy woman"
Owing to his suffering with mus
cular rheumatism, the court permit
ted Mr.. Norvell to sit and make his
argument, which was as follows !:
'sMay it please your honor, and you,
gentlemen of the jury: The circum-
stances attending this unfortunate
affair are as familiarto you as myself,
You remember well the statements
of witnesses. Mr.. Ferguson, one of
the prosecuting attorneys, has dis
cussed them, and Mr.. Posey, one of
my colleagues, has forcibly presented
to You his view of the case upon the
same. Now, in a brief manner, T
shall endeaEor to do my duty to my
client by calling ont a few points,
and presenting my view of the case.
am more than pleased to see that
we have such an intelligent jury
men of families; for it is to home
or what was called home, that we
have to go and there find the theme
IF our thoughts, and only such men
as you are competent judges of do
lnestic relations, particularly the re-
latfa1 Of husband and wife. / shall
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