The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-08

agsln for the Witnesses who have given this
them to sisn and swear 10 tRsir. testimony
nheIn reduced 70 writing. Then ! 20 TO the
only 70 fsmilisrlse myself with the iocslity,
new Witnesses but ais to satisfy YEN myssi a. 70
the crsdibllity OF the peoples witnesses
place whore the. crime IL charged to have been
to that pl.S. Ard make the measurements
The next step is carefully to consider the
indictment. and TO prepare the law Of tho case;
be. so that may anticipate u as lar as posi-
ble. H. for instance, the defence Ia to be In
pare myself to meet expert testimony for the
defence. Next, ask the police carefully to
investigate the character Of the accused per-
son, particularly with view to ascertaining
whether previous convictions OF crime ars Of
record against him; because this kind OF
eredibility. where Ris testimony CONNECTS
with that OF Witnesses who have never
ssss ass to learn ali about Rs aroP.
ho compose the Panel sas in ths court IN which
sumsd In the preparation Of an i'm ortSnt
months each to the homicide cases OF Webster.
Hsllisey. and Roll and nearly two months
the AnsreSl.t, and Sylvester r Wiiso ,n n.
manager Of female baseball clubs
But the most difficult task that have. ever
peoples case against Dr., Henri, Il, Meyer.
His first trial. which took place In the Court OF
mistrial. owing to the sudden insanity OF
juror at the very end OF that trial. You can
hG ROM s When To- hn
day. In preparation for the trial During that
time travelled thousands Of miles to secure
from the West and had to Visit then, in their
distant homes to learn what they knew. WIS.,
West and talked with hundreds Of persons.
It was charged that Meyer had poisoned
other men besides SranSd t9T ShSss murder
Of the West. to collect insurance upon their
llvea 1t was necessary for me to Investigate
certain whether the aut opsy in each case dis
closed that death was due to the same poisons
had to visit every city in which Dr. Meyer had
co@psnions and earn ali about his habits aud
city it then became necessary to confer
with chemists and to have tests made
death. and in what quantities those poisons
could be found in his body. had TO super;
the sut HS ana the n T tess
was seen In the first trial OF Dr. Meyer. months
o. the hardest and most exactins work are
provision can guard against.
=" The preparation OF an important case is In
seen my associate Assistant District Attorney
Vernon NJ Dayio. who has no equal, In my
.n or Cooks OF
devote months to extracting from such ac-
counts aud such books proof OF guilt. when It
ns SSnk u" Plesdsp drsctor or sG snSerdnate
officers. or some trustee who has been faithless
the result Of this aTduous work. dis.
play such ease in the handling, OF a
Ss on su ss1ay 9a ne .tbs
But the conscientious assistant who Is hon
ored by his chief to the extent OF being Sc
case does not mind how much hard work he
does In the way Of preparation for trial II his
Justice done in a proper conviction. lie is
cast down utterly though when he sees all OF
his hard E%sk g9Gs for Snsh, nssaHss
:. There 10 another branch OF preparation In
the District Attorneys once that Involves
argue important cases. after conviction. on
appeal to the General Term Of the Supreme
S Sar Age&s ss oan
Lindsay and George Gordon Battle. They re-
ceve. after the conviction. and when notice
When they have carefully diGested It, noting
iendant on the trial. has taken exceptions TO
the rulings OF the Court. they notify counsel
Tor the defendant that they are ready to make
W from the transcript q case on appeal
Unthin king persons often rail at the slow
hess OF the criminal law Their idea is that
ma ought to he executed within about week
DR. two OF his conviction OF homicide They |
forget that the law gives him the right OF ap-
take any account 81 the length Of time that IL |
necessary to prepare this appeal For instance. |
n such a trial AZ that OF CARLYLE W. Harris, |
ully 1000 900 OF words are records cd and type |
written by tho official stenographer. After the |
conviction tho representatives OF the people. |
Messrs Lindsay and Battle. and counsel for |
he defendant have carefully to road this |
number OF words. and agree upon q /
ase on appeal Then this case has to be |
,rinted. The proofs are corrected. and then |
he case Is put in book form. Next the law
Iers on both sides must collect q vast array OF |
eGal auth critics upon every disputed point in |
he case. AMI make up n brief for and against |
he aflirmauce vi the conviction. Next they
ave to obtain their day before the Cour: OF |
Appeals. All this work consumes months.