The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-10-17

+ tielfN advanced hY the defense.
! llr referred to the condition OF the
j people II hf gone ages, aud their
nadlns of m Il ne, law aul reli
giou t3 show that Ike people are
i advancing, changing their notions
ut such thug mi are heginning
+ 60 loak { hvm from common
sense y iint ol view. III preju-
dice agai st This OLD time plea of
Drunkenness and naniiy, should
De eXpl ded. It's the mind of the
man we hook NJ, ud there ii no
mor Wabie condition tliln for
man to b, nlil cted by God aud
loSthis mu !. Instructions on hlth
si It's were then reld aud com.
mente upon ~ length, aud Mr..
+ P,wkwold closed as he d gan, by
SAVING thtt this is serious case
|apd a lmo iishng thejury 70 weigh
every thing we'll belpr acting.
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Pack.
wood able AMI learn a addrt SIS.
court { ink recess for dinner
When court re.assemAlei at 9
O'clock, Hon. Hiram Gtssedy, of
4 B oKlnven, address ii the Jury
in behalf of defen liant, lie snoKe
I tWo All half hours aud was lis
leued to with profound interest.
4 lie Is one Of the ahlest lawyers in
4 The State aud is a very eloquent
+ speaker. Tlc GAZETTE reporter
did not hear the first part of his
4 speech, being unavoidably absent
4 th first hour, hut those who did
hear i say il was the graudest
elin of his life. An old man said
"lIe went in the Bible and got his
test und he stuck to it closer than
any preacher ever hearl.n What
tl,t text WAS our informant could
4 no Say He WITS SO eafapturcd by
4 the r'oqneut words Of the speaker
that he forgot II but he ass ired
us that Il was a good one
+ Following up The theory advanc-
cd hy slr packwood that defend.
ant was not responsible for his acts
because Of the wrrtched c0nditi N
+ Of his mnd brought about by the
almls' constant aud excessive use
at intoxicating liquors, he address,
rd himself directly 10 the evidence
IN the cIsr, showing that Ford
WIS too drank when he fred the
fatal SHOT To know what he was
doug. The killing OF Cloy was not
muider because it was not premedi.
tltcd. II WAS All accidrnt--the
unfortunate act ofa crazy man.
In this day and timc, ,he said, the
lltw doesn't punish men who
act vita the body and not the
mind. ATT di~posing Of The les.
q aony he took up the Instructions
of il enutt and explained to tho
Jury what was meant by reasons
able doubt and asked that his
client be acquitted Of the charge.
This clos d the argument for the
dclensc.
A i.3D o'clock Hon. Robert N.
NJ Her arose aud closet the argu.
IN nj for State. He sail he would
suIl 7 his right arm severed from
hit body an $ G his family starve
il the gut er before he would en-
4 gage ia the pros cutiOu Of q man
fur murder fh It he thought was
4 not guilty. He would Ds ashamed
of himself AMI despise the honor.
4 able pref stlon he repre- ,euted, IL
he would permit gold to influence
him and cause him to do such
thing. Speaking directly to the
case he said it was the darkest
crne that ever stained the records
Of Pike county, aud the safety OF
all tile people demanded that the
II rprttrator should be punished.
Taxing up the plea of drunk.
cness he showed By the law
anil instruction of the court
that il did not excuse or
Justify crime, insanity, he said,
ha not besn established. The de-
fendant bad he'd some OF the most
re pOnsible positions that WAS ever
pnt IN the hands OF man. He hal
he II in charge Of trains freighted
with human beings, and lie dis
charged those duties well. He ,id
there were four degrees Of insan-
lity, the born IDIOT. the idiot made
50 from injury to head or disease,
partial insanity, those crazy on
some subj 'cis aud the mailman or
maniac. lie vent over the list aud
eld'ayore to classify Ford. but
could not do so. After disposing Of
the insanity plea he address d
! himself 10 the question Of whether
Ford was too drunk to Know what
he was doing the day of the Kill
ing, which he said was lhe only
4 rtuus question in lhs cdse. He
disposed Of the matter by show.
ing that the greater part Of the
testimony proved that Ford was
! sober and his every word AID aci
showed hat he Knew what he was
iOing, when he went for gun,
pursued Coy ami shot him to
death. He, therefore, asked for a
, verdict VI guilty that would hang
MIN as high as Ham VA.
The jury retired at O'Clock aud
one hour later retui ned an unquali-
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