The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-03
MURPHY TRIAL.

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lib this issue'
Juage: Where were You when the
.A,t ras dreds q. ! was not At the
How far from the place, three
!, four hundred feeti
Fnlly three hundred feet, not
within sight Of i.
How long habit been since you
.,4 iasthe iotl a. suppose fifteen
minutes
IL not see how il has anything to
II With this man Murphey.
By Mr.. Clifford:
How soon after Mr.. Daley was
.hot did you CO.
OBJECTED TOD
Mr. Clifford:
Iwould like to know how we are to
,.,ye our case if we are not allowed
/, bring out snch facts; this man Muir
.,l,ey WAS there and heard and saw
these things at the time.
Judge:
~ Won a connect these parties to-
sether. il Is proper evidence, but ! nm
not going away half mile from the
ground, and things that did not hap
pen there and have no connection With
tbe transaction that occurred OF the
ground.
Mr.. Clifford: The lot is SO arrang-
"a that when that man Daley was
shot Mr.. Evans could have seen II
where he stood; he was there immedi-
ately after the shooting took place.
Judge; II yon can prove any de-
cIarations Of Mr.. Evans about carry
ing that pistol,or what was said,that is
proper testimony. The point made is
that if Mr.. Murphey testified be-
fore the Jury that he gave q revolver
Is Veney and at the same time used
some expressions there about the
damned Snowman, sc; now, there /
understand that all matters would be
admissible, but not conversations that
have no connection.
Mr.. Clifford: Here isthe point ! want
to get out; | want to know why it was
that Cornelius Veney shot that man;
| want to know why the crowd would
90 to that place and rush upon Mr..
Evans if he had no connection with
the affair.
AS alleged in the indictment are we
considering Mr.. Evans materially IN
jured under that Indictment
Judge: You want me to rule upon
that: The question Of ~materiality is a
question for the Jury on this indict-
ment under my construction of it;
whether the facts are material or not
Is not important under the statute.
That used to be the law, but not now,
and it seems to me hal a verdict
could be found either for false swear
ing Or perjury. The allegations in this
are as to m~ateriality Of the matter.
Mr.. Clifford: / am not allowed to
ask him anything as to the danger he
in9
4. When did you see the reyolverf
q. / have not seen that revolver up
to the present moment.
!. q. Did you not see it that day.
a.. I did not see ii on that day.
q. If you did not see the revolver
that day and have no knowledge who
fred that shot, how do you know your
son disobeyed youf
a. From hearsay testimony; from
my own personal knowledge / do not
know to this moment that he did have
ii; | believe he had it.
3. Didn't you state, when | asked
you the same question before, that
Your son told you he had it,
d, He did.
4. Do you believe he had the re-
volyer.
q. believe he had.
I. You told him to get it,
q. told him to get it in the norm
ing.
.Chas. G. Veney called for the State.
Direct-examination by Mr.. Pitzer.
u IN whose employ were you on or
about the 18th day Of last August
q. Mr.. Evans.
.. You will please state whether
III not in a conversation with Mr..
Evans that morning he gave you "a
revolver, and if 50, what he stated to
you at hat time
He did not give me q revolver.
q. What, if anything, was said at
that time as 70 the shooting Of persons
who trespassed on Mr.. Evans land, by
MI Eyansq
4 Nothing.
DISCRIMINATION by Mr.. Clifford.
q What time did you get to Mr..
Evans that morping9
an Ouarta,. nf sayan