New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-16

| considerable and had been too long hidden under a
bushel. The talent which in this case he has most
| conspcuousy exhibited is resonant voice.
| Colonel Fellows Mr. Gon and Mr.. Semplc represent
tho People, and certainly fault can be found with
the in which they are doing their delicate ana
difficult work. Mr.. Golf has taken that part 50 ad-
mrably performed in the booden trials by De Lanccy
Nicoll IIc delivered the opening speech and Is the
chief examiner of the witnesses His industry, zeal
sincerity ard courage have all been demonstrated to
| his great credit. lie lacks the manner with which
Nicol won the affection of his juries but In its stead
Mr. COZ exhibits an carncstncss and lofty conccp-
ton OF duty which highly impressive In present.
ing the OF the prosecution he spoke with mucn
| power and evidently with effect. His narrative OF
Packs discpuable lfc OF the brutal conspiracy he
organized and executed to rid himself of his unhappy
wife. was remarkably graphic. Flack preserved I"
solId manner but he could not assume an Indifferent
expression Ills thick skin responds but slowly 10 MS
feelings but decided pallor fell upon II as Mr. CON-
I'm deliberate and wellchOsen epithcts characterized
his Infamous career. AS for his forlorn wretch OF a
son. he looked like corpse than man. young
Tlack', face l. old Flacks. with all the strength lct
ont Occasionally as the prosecutor spoke with especial
severity Young Fack tried smile If he had tricd 10
look handsome he would have succeeded Just as we'll
His thick lips would stretch little and II You hadn't
known he meant to smile your only other conclusion
must have been that he had collie
Mccls was iaunty. Being himself a LAWYER familiar
with all this sort Of thing. he chose to assume an air
that suggested Indifference. II the jury observed IT,
the Jury might have inferred that Mr.. Mccks under
stood that this much ado about nothing ana tha1
he relied upon the urys penetration to see 1t the same
way. When Mr. Gon exposed him A. an arraht hhdNc
who employed the judicial powers conferred upon him
| by the court TO trick and deceive poor old woman
into signing away her name and her fortune. who
aided In trc,ng other women into the commission
Of rank pcTjurics Who under oath TO act a. an I'M
partial judge. constituted himself mere tool Tor the
recording of the will of Tlact-lurinG this shocking re
ctal he sat nv with cheerful counenance as much As
10 say NOW he doesn't really mean this You hho"
It's only masquerade It's got to be done on account
~ the new spapcr but It's all right we lawyers under
! stand IL we know each other. and when we say oi
one another that he Is scoundrc. a liar or con-
spirator. we speak in a Plckwicsian sense Jaehnc.
during his trial. had much the same expression 1t
has probably made way for a sobcrcr one BY this time
Juric5. of least. arc uncertain Instruments Inc
difficulty Of inducing twelve men taken at random from
| the average crowd to agree about anything Is OBJ
viou.ly great They naturally select different points
OF view from which 10 look at moral landscape, ana
the result when they called upon TO describe what
they see f. affected by all the optical diseases TO which
the moral cycsight is liable. These difficulties arc
multiplied and exaggerated BY the rules of law govern
ing a Jurors qualifications. Tho legal principle which
thee rule, supposed to preserve IS good and wise
II requires merely that Juror should believe himself
competent to render an impartial verdict on the evil
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quick VII and 4" ready tongue may ed>'S pc "'i'"N
fed by an adroit lawyer. Let imagine typical
case IN trial that has been rendered notorious. The
Juror is a mechanic. honest. sensible and willing TO do
hs duir First the Dsir.ctAttorney takes him In hand
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