The Newtown bee., 1895-11-15
.sesr ar von .yAaras .uroo .svorxss
NUMBER 46.


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4 the barn. Heass Gpsestt hlk about
4 lantern.
i Samuel A. Blackman saw the two tracla
j in the grass and followed them four or five
rods in sopthwesterly, direction, from
I the b&rs'feAdiIg out of th9 yald tom the
| Corbett barn. Could not tell how re-
Gently the strack had 8 been madesaoNo
one bad beer, putt in that LOT .befosa hiuu
that night to his his kkn1pTledge. k1T Tldge i s,,,,...,
Constable c. B. johnson arrested Cor
bett fn' TatHton, assisted bsyV iIis 'fSther,, 20
NLh hJohnsoM. 'G0eAifh INTO the Wagons
when Corhett wanted the writ read ta hfn1.,
Corbett remarked tt at there Was, pos
need of holding on to him as he wouldn't
run. away from him, Az hadd from John.
When ss asked about tbs. circumstance be. /,
said he went after his coat while John
held the horse. and kept' on going. @zHfz''
II. Ei Johnsdn assisted' nj the arrest, =
roLb Gasf coRBRrr 1r HE isE,,s BErrrR NOT + RUN
'i'ai '"' an" "'AwAI,'e'''"idS7 isasi th'
-,iii IR vaH tshuafa, Hsf sdt ri a2ss.I
that be. bad rbettsr, ,sta5 and. face the.
music. He also had cos99yeEsstiop With
him regarding his former escape. This
finished the testimony ~ apd tie sazf
!. Mr ,Beesasr aasd be hE Ew7Sadia w7Sadia aIJt1sJ ovesf
the grodndef probableicause, butafgsetis n
that the evidence was seonclusise and in. !.
mt sheu,t July l, the haFns was; de-a
str2yed and on that night Gorbett's
whereabouts and actions had placed him
hundet sdspiSiodF cifcdmlssts stsncss and In a.
POSITION I'd do the deed! "Hil' running
away chi ther scessiDu.f Of former, arrest e
wahs presumption of guilt, apd, be con-
sidered the locating of his, whereabouts,n
that night and the fact Of his lights SUI
fcieht 'pt0of 6f' gdilt and Askea that be r.
be'b6uha over to the hfgher sribuHal. ,Ii'ss
: Mr Leonard repHed,thssu the prpsecu,Ib
ting attorney had had the third rehear-
sal of his comedy and termed the Pro-
ceedipgsi sfarsieIl, ,.lgl Justice ,Waksnap p,
didn't like his mode Of procedure and
told him that Ii he sdid not have any
retpecrfof mpsesonally ne''"' adj s''"'
Mtgf REsftcf HfHE SotRfs 'oT' ?4hEa
! vr"d'Nsrifrof cbSxEcncUr"q yTs '"'
and desista ffomnf his Abusive rangusgeaof
thesS institutions. mfr Ieonafd thenndi-"s
reoted this words to- the case in 1hand,i 20,
Suggesting uthatt the N findipgs. must be,n
from the testimony and not from Broth,
er Beecher's talk about, flight. His
claim was sa that there Had Been no eSSii- sSi. "
deheet that 'Corbett set fithe fire..siInsreoi
was no evidence of q motive fer svthaie
deed, no evidence that he ever escaped
from any ohe for being 'afresped'on rhs
court that sAe had, been, tried once and =
wand, that mo- reyidslSets
had been prodaced, He IN said he cafnSsiada ~ nSsiadar
cred the man was being persecuted in
stead ." prosecutor and no 10 J jury 'sf Il"
men wodid esef c6nsictFonp p'tuchps pieeeiw
of fiimsy cpstehi worn eyidencedaso otsd,s
.yruiusp adi 10 vpsKravia
Mt ReeeheF asnsYsTed his points tssa, in ppas
wen chosen arguments, going over the
groHnd step by STEP Jusfiee wakemsho
found fprcbsble cause and vbotIH Mfehun
aef Gorbets over TO the February aeun ofss
the Superior court, under SlQQQ bond, ~,
WHICH he 4 could not fq furnish, rIpish s9pd 60 SheF-
iff NJ. G. Rodgers took him to the Bridge
port Jail on the evening train souSh.
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