Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21
New SERIES, Vol. l., No. 10.

and fansxer | shall maintain
he deie lilly NJ. Gould.
ir.iszst guiIt, Size did
in self-defens ~:
case yc-. must, as fstfls..ss4 Won.
yourselves in the situatfSn =,
fendant on the day of the occurs Sc
Of this unfortunate affair. You have
a right to take into consideration the
relative size and strength of the de-
ceased and the defendant. We come
to the elimination Of this affair. Yoa
know the circumstances sufficiently
well. From the description of the
room, given by Ramsey, for the de-
fendant to have attempted to pass
out of the door by which she enter
ed, she would have placed herself in
greater danger, for she woull have
had to pass hy the deceased, who was
at that moment assaulting her with a
stick; and l submit that she would
have been justified in k III g hm
then and there. Here the attorneys
for the State are crying for this wo-
mans blood. How are they trying
to getit? Who are the eye witnesses
to this affair? Mary Woods, VIM.
Cannon and Robt. Ramsey. They
are the witnesses who should have
been put before this jury by the
State. Never before have | known
the State to go so far as this in try
ing to get the blood of a defendant.
+! had always conceived the duty of
the State to do justice to all parties,
and if the evidence of the eye wit
nesses would acqIit, why. then let it
do so, and the State would be salts
fed. They kept an important wis-
fess fronl stand, al they hopest
o-break q dfYn the te esamony ii oui
witnesses, Simply because they were
negroes. Let me say that should
you find the defendant guilty, and
there remains in your minds any
doubt, you will be forever haunted
with the thought of possibly having
done the defendant a lasting injus-
tice. As my associate, Mr.. Axley,
will follow me, | will, without say
ing more, leave the fate of my client
with you, for feel that you will do
her justice by returning verdict of
not guilty"
Col. +. P. Axley next spoke in the
following language: ''There is one
view of the case that all can be con-
graduated upon. All differences of
opinion and complications are recon-
ciled. 1t has narrowed down to the
home of G. n. Gould. The facts are
concise. This evidence, short as it is,
has narrowed to that little compass
The doctrine of self-defcnse is that
you shall not take. one step where
you place your life in jeopardy. The
State has made it's case on DIR. Pat
tons evidence. There is no use to
rehearse this testimony. Bob Ram
sey is the only witness that knows
about this case. He is the
only living witness in the transaction.
No man, white or black, can concoct
the kind of story he tells and not
be be caught up with. He tells the
same story all the time, even under
the cross-examination of the learned
prosecution. He alone knew >of
the transaction. Truth will pre-
vail anywhere. He woafd hayn~
broke down had he not been an eye
witness. His testimony was intelli-
gent and convincing. Mrs. Gould
could not have yielded a step
without endangering her life. She
had right to strike, no matter where's
she got the dagger, under the brutal
of her husband. A similarity
of positions with You would have no
doubt resulted the same. She had
been driven down stairs, and whore
should she go but to her room. She
had right to look for other treat
Rlent from her husband, whose duty
it was to protect and sustain her in
The trials of life. She had as much
right in the room as Gould, she had
i right to strike if she had any re-
gard for her rife, no matter what with
and where she got it. Suppose
Ramsey is bad character. Can't he
give simple and truthful statement
Of an occurrence as he saw it? This
he has done-Cannon substantiated
what he said. Can there be any
possible motive to induce these men
to tell the same story? "A man never
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