The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-01-06
circuit Court.


over bya resident circuit Judge and also
for the number and importance of the
cases to be tried ut this term Of court.
Judge Hubbell, as all well-informed
people we'll know, WAS once an active
and leading lawyer Of the Upper PENN
sula, which profession he afterwards
laid aside for the broader field of poll
tics, and after serving in congress q
considerable number OF years with
signal ability and success, he returned
to the practice Of his former profession
in Houghton county. At this time OF life
he was prevailed upon to accept the
Office of circuit Judge OF this district.
and with the ripe experience OF years
at the bar and in the forensic arena of
congress, and with native ability t.
separate the grain from the chaf of
argument and an intuition that readily
detects justice from injustice. he is pro-
badly the best equipped to make a
model circuit Judge Of my of the newly
elected aspirants to that high and hon
cradle Office in the state. OF course his
long absence from active practice in the
profession would naturally detract from
his knowledge Of court details, but
with his native ability and vigor he will
soon master details and routine duties.
The first case assigned for trial was
that OF the people VS.. James Cosgrove,
charged with the murder Of Antoine
Picard, the principal facts Of which
event have heretofore been published
Tuesday afternoon the regular jury
panel was exhausted in endeavoring to
secure jury for this case, and the
Judge ordered special venire for "a
Jurors. Wednesday this panel was ex
hausted and still the jury was incom-
plete. The Judge ordered another
venire for 40 more. and on Thursday
satisfactory jury was completed. con-
sisting of the following persons: Albert
Smith. Rene Frenette, j. b. Belanger,
Robert Reynolds, Martin Gavin, G. d.
Shea, G. Johnston, and Thos. Deschaine
Of L. Anse, tarney McCauley and John
Laah. OF Bara0a, Peter REIN, of
Skanee. aud Peter McIntire, of Cow
ington.
The case for the people was handled
by Prosecuting Attorney Halsey while
the defendant was represented by Rush
Culver, of this place and G. A. Towne,
of Dulmth.
were called for the prosecution aud
more than haif,as many for the defense.
Counsel for the defendant attempted tn
show that in shooting Picord he ncted
in sell defense and hence the shooting
WAS justiliable. The difficulty in estab-
fishing the exact relative position of
Picord anil Cosgrove Vt the moment the
shooting occurred, also the fact which
of tie two actully struck the first blow,
made this theory Of self-defense very
plausible one for the defense, and the
fact very difficult one for the jury to
determine. While the witnesses agreed
generally as to the main facts, in i'm
portant details they varied consider
ably.
The case wa. submitted to the jury
this forenoon. Prosecuting Attorney
Halsey presented lucid review the
testimony as he understood it and the
weight of evidence, and was followed by
Rush Culver who deduced an entirely
different construction upon the same
evidence through the disagreement of
witnesses rs to details. Mr.. Towne
then addressed the jury for fully mn
hour in mastery plea for his client in
which every mateaial point in the evil
dence was so adroitly manipulated that
ut the end Of his address he presented
to the jury complete structure Of self
defense and justification that seemed
almost impregnable.
To disinterested observer of the
whole proceedings the statement made
by the defendant himself was the weak
est part of the defense.
The Judge charged the jury at two
o'clock this afternoon, defining the
several degrees of murder and man
slaughter at considerable length. The
jury after being out about an hour
brought in verdict of manslaughter
and on account of the youthfnlness Of
the defendant they recommended him
to tie mercy OF the court. Sentence
will he pas ed probably next Monday.
Should be Cared For.
The majority of the L'Anse and Bar
puo raadara IF tho SENTrNEI will know