The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-24
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the written confession. All was admit
ted. however, by the Court.
No witnesses were placed on the stand
in behalf Of the defence. and d Hoff-
man asked for a full on the
part of the Government as to the position
in which each defendant was to be held.
District Attorney Rice then began to
sum UP for the Government. After citing
the statute of the United States on which
the Indictments were found Mr.. Rice
said:-These parties met in the city OF
Buffalo. This man o this woman to
the West. She went with him ava from
her husband, and when they We're in Chi
cago they ran aground Then they COM
menced to manufacture counterfeit coin,
which they intended to pass. and which
they did pass. Some of It they brought
down here to New jersey. They Jointly
had this coin in their possession, because
they lived together, passing as man and
wife. They had one common purpose.
and that was to defraud our merchants.
Not only did they knowingly have the
coin In their possession, but they jointly
passed it.
THE woman appears to AVE been IN
fatuated with the man, n he was mean
sneak enough to allow her to go into the
streets of Hoboken and pass the coin, and
then when he found she was caught he
thought there was no law to reach him
and he goes to New York. They are both
equally actors In the eye of the law.
Sands was a man that was skilled in
the manufacture of the coin. He made
a coin that was so rood that Mrs. Knapp
says in her confession the merchants In
Hoboken seemed eager to take 1t"
When Attorney Rice had finished the
prisoners had a long whispered confer
ence with their counsel, and Senator Daily
began the summing up for the defence.
He said the jury must first find that
Sands had passed counterfeits himself
before it could convict him. The District
Attorney, he claimed, had no law to sup
port him in his position. The defendants,
he sold had hapn Sbanp6qiad into a Sa-
cret room by the detectives and there
made the confessions used against them
by the government. Such inquisitorial
investigation he criticized severely and
said the questions asked had been framed
for the purpose of showing the private
character of the defendants in order to
influence the jury against them. TIL con-
LESSONS were extorted, but he held, unless
the crime is established the confessions
could not be used against the defendants.
A man might confess to a murder, he
said, but could not be convicted without
proof of the truthfulness of the state
ment. Sands confession that he threw
counterfeit money into the Hudson, SEN
ator Daily held, could not be used against
him unless the government produced the
money.
AT this juncture District Attorney Rice
interrupted to inquire if the case would
be concluded yesterday. Judge Kirk
patrick left the matter with the jury, with
the remark: Senator DAILY has good
wine yet and will probably occupy some
time" The jury concluded that they
would prefer to sit again today, and
| Judge Kirkpatrick suggested that as II
was then 3:45, adjournment be had at
once.
Would it not be wem to allow counsel
to continue with his argument until four
o'cIock?" interposed Mr.. Rice.
well, Senator DAILY will talk just as
long tomorrow whether we adjourn now
or at four o'clack." replied the Judge.
And the court adjourned until ten
| o'clock his morning.