Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-11-18
THE MORAN TRIAL.
Testimony of the Defense Confined Al. most Exclusively to the In-
 sanity Plea.
AN EXPLANATION.

II there is anything disagreeab
 to newspaper it is to be compelle to make an explanation, but tn JOURNAL MINER, in order to reliey
 itself from an appearance of partial
 ity in reporting the Moran murde
 trial, is compelled to explain.
 synopsis of the testimony intro
 duced by the prosecution has alread,
 been published and it was our in
 tention to have faithfully published
 equally as full a report of the testi
 mony introduced on behalf of ths
 defendant and particularly of ths
 expert testimony as to insanity, but
 circumstances over which we have
 no control now prevents 1t. These
 circumstances are as follows: On
 account of the great interest mani tested in this trial We employed
 Court Stenographer Geo. F. Sands
 to furnish synopsis from his notes
 of the entire testimony, something
 which is done by newspapers every
 where, particularly by the small
 fry" newspapers which are unable to
 number among their staff regular
 stenographer. On Saturday we were
 informed by Mir. Sands that His
 Honor, Judge Wells, had objected
 to his giving the paper any further
 report of the proceedings. The
 editor of the paper interviewed udge
 Wells in his chambers who stated
 that while he had no personal inter- est in the matter but solely on the
 possibility or contingency of being
 compelled to summon another jury
 in the case in the future, and that
 publishing the testimony might tend
 to disqualify citizens and result in great inconvenience he had raised
 the objection. In reply to this argu-
 ment, the force of which the JouR- NAL-MrNER man did not deny, His
 Honor was informed that the paper had already incurred considerable expense in the matter and had a con- siderable portion f it in print, and 1t would work very great incon- venience to the paper to have "to kill' it, and further that in case he refused to permit the court stenog- rapher to furnish us further report another stenographer would be employed and the testimony pub
 ished. We stated further that in asmuch as the report did not give questions and answers sub mitted and was by no means a full official report of the testimony it's publication would not disouaiify any one reading it any more than the full particulars published by the papers at the time the deed was committed. His Honor, on seeing that nothing would be gained by | his refusal to permit the court ste | nographer to furnish the report, 1 but that the paper would get it | through another stenographer, final | ly released Mir. Sands from his ob- lections, and the paper relying upon his action, depended upon MT. Sands for the further report. The trial proceeded on Saturday, the JOURNAL MINER expecting to receive the re- port of the days proceedings for this issue. But the editor was in- formed late Sunday evening that Judge Wells had again, after further considering the question, refused to | allow him to furnish the report. Of | course the testimony was securely l within the lids of the ste- note book, and relying on the promise of Judge Wells, the | paper had not employed steno- as it otherwise would, hssaes. euI iiIvaSrI Ioport to-day of | the testimony. injustice to Judge Wells, District Attorney Brown says that it was at his earnest solicita- tion that the embargo was placed against the stenographer furnishing the report today. Hereafter, however, when proceedings of courts are de- sired for publication in this paper, care will be taken that reporter is over whose personal &C., tions the court has no Jurisdiction. On account of the circumstances above, of course our report )f Saturdays proceedings are more imperfect than former proceedings, put will be fully as impartial.
 Several physicians were placed on he stand to testify, as experts, in insanity. To the Hypothetical ques- ions propounded, Dr. Miller's an- 'wers, are said, by those who heard he testimony, to have been rather avorable to the defendant. Doe ors Pope and Maus, in answer to questions based on defendants ac- ions, just Trior and subsequent to i he homicide stated they might l lave been those of an insane man, ut that they were not inconsistent I vith perfect sanity. Dr. Living tons testimony, in rebuttal, was nore favorable to the prpscution, as le thought the actions of defend mt was entirely that of sane per { on. Several witnesses were also { alled by the defense, who testified hat they considered him perfectly ane. The testimony closed Satur- lay evening, and counsel were en- aged in argument to-day