Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-23

the fact that whenever Terry uttered 'he
warrants al OSullivan's store he inva-
r.ab,y had goods shipped to Taylor. ana
received n check payable to his order TOT
the balance. While the forgeries were
going on. he continued. the checks pro-
duced showed that no less than $AD nau
PASSED from Taylor 10 Terry.
Summing up, Mr. Smith said the eV'-
dsnce Of Taylor was corroborated by the
Dodson register. the checks. the expert
testimony. and Terrys connection WIN
the nine warrants.
FOR THE Defence.
Mr. r. r. Florence. for the accused. fol-
lowed. and in an able speech reviewed
the testimony Of Taylor abiding to its
many Inconsistencies. and Taylors re-
peated retractions and additions to MS
testimony. which ~ stigmatized as
connection of his.
Mir. II. T.. Lewis followed on the same
side IN an able and eloquent appear 40
the Jury FOR the dismissal Of the charge
lie said that an outrageous and disgrace
full bargain had been struck py the
Commonwealth with Taylor. by "ihoh
he was TO receive only two years unste'1
of ten II he confessed, and implicateo
others who had been engaged with him.
He contrastcd Terry's evidence WIN that
Of Taylor. and the manner OF the TWO
mon. spoke OF the frequent conferences
between the Commonwealth tt'orney
and the felon (Taylor. ana $50 hdiliper
Of times Taylcr had been pui on ,He
stand. with some specious lie on ms hps
that had Invariably been. broken Gown.
II was thing. he said, unpaiaiIeu III
the annels OF any court. that 1ayior
sho,,ld have been trotted on and off the
stand every few minutes, as had been
Tho case. In scathing terms Mr. Lewis
alluded 10 the petty spite OF the Deputy
Sheriff CWillroy). the near neighuor Oh
the accused. and his robbing the COM
nonwealth Of guard fee, whlch ~
Maid 10 no one but calmly pocketed. ne
argued that the experts on haiu"iI'o' ,,
introduced into the case had one am al,
unbeld the case of the accused in statihs
that there were no characteristics VI
sIigbtest similarity between the wri'ins
az Terry and the endorsements on the
,,,,rrants hut that on the contrary III
the endorsements appeared the same char-
acteristics as on the inside OF the war
rants. which Taylor admitted 10 nave
NJ O. y Haw followed for the prisoner
He smoke for more than two houis w,
ouently. ferventiy, and AT tmes VIZ
deem emotion. He spoke OF his deep anu
earnest interest I'm his old client OF the
- oboracter which he bore He drew
a touching picture of the scene Oh
frost. of the part Wi.lroy played III IT,
and argued that Willroy had already SEN
Mrs. Terry. who had communicated tnV
n,m and substance of his visit to her nus
hand. and that this was the foundatloh
On which Terry asked whether II WAS
q summons or warrant.
Take Taylor's testimony out OF uhe
case. he argued. and nothing else fe,
mained. The expert testimony was All
in favor Of his client the witnesses 10
Tavlor's good character before he was
found out was also i'm his clients favor,
for had il been otherwise the tact tha'
he had cashed checks for large sums
for him would have been much TO his dis
credit.
u'RY COULD NOT AGREE.
At this point the court adjourned Tor
dinner. and convened again at 4:So. when
Mr.. Haw, continuing. said that Terry had
taken the checks and warrants TO cash
Them lust where Taylor had told him to,
and that was the reason they had not
been taken TO the Auditors office or
hank. He spoke of the experts testimony
as TO the handwriting, and drew aiten-
ton TO several features Of the endorse
ments.
Mr.. Smith then closed the case for the
Commonwealth in a brief speech, and II
was given to the jury. As stated above,
no verdict was reached, and ii was ru-
mored round the courtroom that there
is no present probability of an agreement.