Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21
THEsGOULD TRIAL.
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tells lie in court without motive
of interest to himself. 1t was the
promptings of truth and justice that
that influenced his testimony. A
man with fabricated story couldn't
ctand the FIRE of al ingenious coun
sci. You can't break a man down
when he is telling the truth. It is
indeed sad that we have these trials.
but law and society demand it, and
We must deal with them as we find
them. WE submit that this woman
was brutally abused by this man.
She Was driven to desperation. She
is a stranger in a strange land, with
out kindred and friends, nobody but
this man, who said he was her hus-
band. Husband! Did you ever think
what that one word meant? Would
you have submitted for one moment
] to the indignities heaped upon her?
The moral law, as well as the law Of
God, says you would have had right
to kill him. Courteous to his friends,
but abused his wife. My God! what
kind of a man was he? The prosecu-
ton wants to knew why Ramsey
didn't go after a physician just after
the stabbing took place. He told
Bob "that the damned bitch didn't
hurt him." and not to tell anyone. He
didn't want the community to know
that he was so cowardly as to strike
a woman. This is the reason. Physi-
cal.y he was powerful, and instead of
protecting her, he heaped indignities
upon her. Can you appreciate the
agony that woman endured before
the fatal stab? You know human ma
ture and of these occurrences. The
evidence is so plain aud forcibIe that
you cannot fail to understand it.
Take the evidence, and do unto our
defendant as you would that others
should do unto you."F
Hon. Hope Elias, acting Solicitor,
then closed the arguments by the fol-
lowing brief speech: 81 assume that
his honor, and you, gentlemen of the
jury, as well as myself, will partici-
pate in this great case. am here as
the representative of the law; am
not here to represent the defendant,
nor the memory of her husband, who
is dead; but to perform the stern duty
in pursuance of my oath. l would
not say aught to hurt-the feelings of
the defendant and her counsel; nor to
influence you in any way; nor to in
duce you to make mistake in this
matter, for there is human life at
stake. My purpose is to aid you in
upholding justice, which protects
those who are weak. gthe learned
counsel forthe defense daim that the
prosecution have been guilty of un-
fair treatment towards The prisoner.
This does us great injustice by try
ing to arouse prejudice in your minds.
Where is the injustice done the pris-
oner in the management of this case?
Pause and mediate. She has been
treated with more fairness than any
prisoner / ever saw placed in the
same position. If DIR. J. w. Patton's
evidence was so convincing as to in
fiuence Is men to find a true bill
against this woman, wasn't it right
that the State should examine
only one witness? The gratuitous
criticisms is unjust and out of place.
The other side should receive it, for
they introduced only three witnesses,
when there were scores sworn. Take
Ramsey's evidence and you'll convict
her. There are three elements in
the case l shall try to- argue. That
part of the testimony where Gould
pulled her off the couch. poured wa
ter on her, etc., has no connection
with what followed later. Let us
reason together, so that we may ar
rive at the truth. Something must
have occurred before to participate
this flight and pursuit. 1t is not pos
sible that man would harm anyone,
his wife, without a just and
sufficient cause? So something is un-
explained by the defense, which me-
cessitated her retreat and pursuit.
He was able to whip herswithont re-
sorting to force. Lahoring under the
insult, she had no pther desire than
an Unsuitable greed for revenge, and
nothing would satisfy her short of his
life's blood. She got rid of him at
last. Carefully weigh all the testi-
mony presented for your considera
tion, and make up four verdict ac-
cordingly."
JUDGE PHILLIPS CHARGE.
The defendant, Lilly NJ. Gould, stands
charged with the crime of murder.
Murder is Where one human being
takes the life OF another from motives of
malice; or, as the law books say. with
malice aforethought.