The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-30
IT'S WITH THE JURY
Concluded from F.rst Page.)


II at all. on Rain's last report, through
which. fgureatively speaking holes ha j
been made lai &c enough to drive four
horse wagon
The attorney placed great stress on
the examination of Major Wright's =
ports by the finance and auditing COM
mitteeS which had approved and found
! thcm correct. He remarked on Mr..
Hollands failuie to put C. S. P. Holland
on the stand.
Another cancellation was made, by
which, it was stated, that the town was
In debt to the accused before the &c.
4l2.So was paid to the Council.
The jury was implored to stand firm
and let no sophistry influence them
stand as firm as the rocks of Gibraltar.
Major Wright had passed through an
ordeal Ike death itself, butt thank God,
he was now being tried by a jury Of his
peers, who had sworn to rarform their
, duty before thsir Almighty God. Pa
thet:c illusions were made to the wife
and child of the defendant. AIRS. Wright
and Mrs W. J. Petit were in court al
the time. Colonel Boykin said he did
not plead for mercy, but for justice to
his client He spoke for two hours and
five minutes.
Capt. Wise In the afternoo" addressed
the jury for two hours and ior Y min
| utes with great power. HIS voice. al
ternated from the mild and pleading
tones of child to thunderous out
| breaks of eloquence. His speech was re-
plete with whitening sarcasm and gen.
uine veins OF humor. Being physically
weak Capt. Wise took occasional sips
f.om glass of whiskey at his side.
! He criticised Mr.. Hollands failure to
make an opening speech of any length.
| If he Is satisfied with his conscience |
| leave him TO that conscience which /.
stronger than the stingG of a scorpion.
| lie had been prosecutor in Richmond
4 4, L. =
| never Withheld from counsel for accu:.
cd opportunity to rep.y to his arSu.
ment. lie could not rest easy II any
man had been wrongly deprived OF life
or OF Liberty. which is dearer than life.
| Capt Wise argued instructions a
| lehtSh. II was q case without legs 10
| sustain facts used which were not facts
lie said II was doubtful whether Suifoll
| owed Wright six thousand or zen thotls
and dollars. Experts and other wit
iesses were referred to in scath!ng lam
guage. The name Of expert made hin,
SICK SICK. MS definition of expert was :ha'
they concealed and destroyed truth
instead of bringing It out. They were
| wizards 10 breathe life into the carcass
81 case as it soe: hobbllng along 10
| aeath There were fea lures in the case
when would make angels weep.
| MI. Holland closed for the prosccu-
| ton in powe!f full plea of two hours and
twenty minutes. He made the speech
Of his life. He said the prisoner had
oeen MS friend, but he must forge
friendship, forget enmities and do his
duty, however painful. Justice requires
crime 10 be punished. He would try
| 10 paint companion picture to Col
| Boykins, but his would represent gull.
| w lie making no charge nor ins!nua.
non he said 1t was strange indeed tina:
Major Wrisht's books were DESTROYED
when he needed them them for pro.
lection: Mr.. Holland reviewed the eyl.
dence in full and endeavored to show
that accused had failed to account for
FUNDS which had passed into his hands.
he especially emphasized the asser-
ton that there had been criminal in
| der. VI
| rms case has from the beginning, two
weeks ago, been holly contested, and
mas Geen conducted with marked ablli.
". Public sentiment here Is extreme