The Somerset reporter., 1890-10-09

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80, M, a. s,y II World produce insan,ty' The
Chart Is that any indication that all who take II
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u,o, An. ns,,, large number of sne,ra.
,,,. .'a,,en discriminating encouraged The Cnurt by
,h,t rrrsenee Monday morning the interest in the
| r,sr ron,,nunp unabated
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Dr, Robbins was recalled Seunsel pu' ny eIN,,,st
ieal question to HIM iesA'da.ns th9 eohulph 4l Si'>
Cooley and her INSANITY oolee'eu ~ "" 'e'''eu'
The judge said he could not lumber up me case with
guess work. 81 have heard 80 many d"ei1fS guess,
then swear II a thing that ftnn'' aupw ..n's Suess
work evidence ING Jndse SN u,' ,,s se M :" r.
N,oosy vas Gnu, Gnu, ~ Ve''s ~ q ~
inc discussion ehu,'' u,.
His Honor could not see wiy III Nopu,hs e3u'a &c
scnbe the formation OF ehiien at ni1,h' unless n, US
doctor had nag eNIenenee N eu''s ''a ~
testify anau, mat pu' n,e uE.'' r} S'i, - - =,
hts hand snd de>tt'pen INC ,etiha'h $" s e.S ~ VI a.
h'rth me 'etot sa'o nc mao never HNi'>e' '' e'''
urea uy phH"hs "em'
ing bones and would allow the doctor to guess.
| Ans,r-,,,, General I,uleheld the doctor said he
coulI not IN the condition Of any given skull: a child
h, h 49,, ,,,,h nar,x n the skull united but hi,
80 ,.,.,,,t mi ,h, hrre va, A great difference in the
S,,4nesH w., NJ .tmls
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common NM snbo,S and we're sdmed. The Judge said
~ i.se,e ,..J n,, j,t,, In p,nye we'll known facts
| and ia, ,hey could u,e them in argument
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cs,'r ~4H ,v"n % a former hearing IN contradiction Of
her ey,Jen.e here Walton said Il was another story
| hn, tbr A,,nrney General denied this
Walton said he could not pick on, any particular dis
,,,n, bnt would like 10 read the fourteen pages to
| boa thy diaerenoe The Judge would not allow it to
be read now but took the paper for inspection The
,L iii vr, ,,lr time fot a full and free ,nyeStiga.
non md a feeess was taken while messenger for the
| dcsense went after some documents
| -, $500. IL -
AiieI recess 'ne Juds1 si ae niN III ,I' .s US 1,S;a
the e>nony o. l,u'ua n'' & h,, Il nonnsr
eoni'iiet"iy 70 nG' WV % n -, w. " -
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Inc usieise uehi'eu 70 , ie'u w " y 80 -, H. -,
nett ihey gave ine uoe'ot tIe' y. n'.us " s.,se
the tru'h, bnt pin'eu ou' sone eo''"'eo'S s'e"-'
| Lawyer Parl'n who was detained at his home In the
morning by the wedding Of his daughter came IN at this
time He and Attorney Walton consulted together and
with Norton for quarter Of an hour The court room
being very quiet and asked the privilege OF taking Nor
out for consultation and the court gave them IS
The consultation over the prisoner and counsel re-
turned, the jury in and Mr. Parlin then said the
defense would stop here, save they had an affidavit
which they desired TO put IN ihete was an ar oi uis
apo,n'ipen' on tie y'., W ."e @, ~ o., ~. &
ness stand.
| f,,r, ,,;o,,,.J until , s,novr,uh.r could nror,e
IN Nor,b Anson, Twelve miles, and take the deposition
| n Dr Tarbell /, was his affidavit Mr. Parn wished
| to put in
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a. eHSs attorney oehersi ,,'.'eeu' ''e Eou,. @
sci Tor the defense, ana GROVE o" Oh town
WIN par o' hotses 'ot III. i"oe'' "o"Se
The commission returned at 80 p NJ Deposition
| pi l9r. VIM +, iarbell, norm Anson-rhys'S'ahi
snon Knew Ms Cooley have treated her once the
hb nf nne isss treated her for acute albuminara
| saw her al Brown x Hilton's in North Anson. Her
condition general dropsical efuson The last
tune saw her only made casual enan'na',9n ,s Sh,
,n1'e m.s an e','' ~ y, - - ' q, h,,,
| y"uiu ho' ou''"n "P i'e' u'.'' I'm, IT. - w ~ :, A.,
i'u @ ''''Ne an q eNainnaon = " W y. = = =, 'h, a;,;
''" NO 'e''Soh " s"pio'e 'e ""' ~ '','' I'1.
ss.cxamnaton-Can hx the date by the charge on
the books The charge is made to Micah Norton
Not say that She was not pregnant IN 1850 her da.gh-
ter with her the last time saw her She was where
She could hear what had to say to her mother Have
had considerable practice. My attention was called 70
this visit from unc SO to sometime in 90. was IN
April 1886 that she made the statement that she was
regular Wrote a letter to walton farlin IN April
1870, saying that ~ was certain she told me the above
etc" Saw Mrs Fuller the day she came down to
court. Did not understand that she was summoned Tor
| the state Objected to by defense. Objection over
| ruled. Wrote a letter to Mr.. Danfouh wrote to Mr.
Danforth that she Mrs Fuler) was entirely unh' 10 go
That is even dangerous to life for her to
60 to court.
| Defence here closed
|
State in rebuttal; The attorney general offers the
letter from Dr. Tarbell to the county attorney IN which
Mrs Fuller is acknowledged be government witness
but that the doctor testihes that she did not know
whether she government witness or not. This
was objected by defense. Objection sustained
| After consultation with counsel on both sides the
court asked 'Shall consider the evidence all M
After naming the articles that he desired TO go IN with
the jury attorney general Li,tlehcld SAID 1T all IN
your honor"
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pea ,ot Inc ueeise nPo' .he oieh'.s VI N'u'' 'i"
winch we make inc 'oio~"e eA'''e's'
MR. WAITos's ARGUMENT
Nav il please YOUR Honor Mr. Foreman and gentle.
men f Tho ;irvZhis il mt the occasion for oraorca
ASIDE hui ,s lime fnr sadness and f,, tears Ar
old man whose head is whtened by the (ross of more
Than seventy vear, resident Of Quaint New England
cnn,Sn,;,,, nan orce respected and honored hv tbs
n.n,l f ,b,, rnmmmn;,v has sal in the court hons,
poa n, nnre ,tnn xrrk In The nre.ene. Of ynu yrn
s,1l, II e i,rJ an! a.s ,..s .5 ;ty;,.5Gs iijlrs
IA, ,f,., ~ h. b,. bccn Tried far one nf the mos
| serious of |, r,mos known to the law
Micah W Norton is charged in the Indictment with
having assulted and with malace aforethought murder
c,imr committed in his case il wa, cool deliberate
ni.r ,l,nn.d inng hrf,r. hand and ts details w.
,nnd f,',h ea,lnsss rnn.r,llrlrd in the annals n
ime Nm ,herr are certain hing which the govern
.n, s h,mnd IN nrovc First ,hev mis-, overcame IN,
n,rs,mn,ion of inpoeenoe Every man i, presumed IL
r., nnnr.n, an, l,f,. he can IA. ronv;r,eJ of rrm,
be ,s, I nrn..n ANY. al, Tb;s i; IN. hrdcn ;mnnssd
nan & IN. edpeynme6, and the grea,er The erime The
greater the presumu,ion of innocence Furthermore
H. govcrrmrn, must urove the quilt of his man he
: von5 reasonable doubt
Briefly stated what have we in this case, What ar,
,hs S,c,s ,.b,rb ,nnrared and are moi drncd9 Ann
I, Cooley whn had been the housekccper of Micah Nor
i'm ~ bo,t vears was found dead in her he'd krd
bv n;siql shat and she died soon after she was found
her death resulting from a pistol sho, from psto
which Law ,,non the he'd beside her Without apv cx
nlan,on u,tbou, apv succession from The surround
,nc circumstances. lei us look at this case momen,
and see what the natural presumption would be- You
een,lcmep nj the ;urv bayr riybt IN ,,se vn,r own
Good name vour observation of pcople of occurrences
Of what happens in the community about YOU. of what
vnu SEQ in hr naners what vou hear from the Inns nj
nncivbbors with whom Won are conyersant Would vo,
hesitate for moment IN believing, as say. in the ab
scnre of as susncios circumstances one wav or IN,
hand ar in other words that she committed suicide,
Isn't il fact that upon every hand every day we hea,
and lnou of rrrsons taxing their nun lives ;tbo, ,ny
Lnown rcasops Can Won n,ck I'M n newspancr witbo,,
reading that in some section. some poor unfortunate
mortal tired of living any more has Deliberately gone
act is sometimes domestic trouble sometimes unrcuit
cd love sometimes supposed Temporary insanity hut
oener No reason AT all can he given So Thai Is the
| ease we stand ont upou the prcsump,ion thar This
woman has done ms thousands have done before her
laid down her le when it became too much Of burden
for her TO bear longer So far we proceed in this case
without any alleged reason for 'suicdc or without any
alleged slspcions against any person for mrdcrinp
Ibis woman
But the government SAYS that this woman did not take
her own life but that Micah w. Norton delibe
murdered her and the government says that they pro
pose to prove that this man went into this woman
room in the night :tme with an existing purpose
a purpose maturcly planned, and deliberately
held pistol to her head and sent her into eternity As
long as there is doubt in your minds gentlemen Of the
ury as to the fact whether or not this woman com
miled suicide then you cannot convict the respondent
Of the terrible crime charged against him. Supposinl
for an instant that no suspicion attached to the
dent in this case-or Mr. Foreman or anv one of Won