Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-12-22

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I not receive the money, as you know,
Won must be satisfied that no aided and
abetted William N. Boggs TO misapply
the funds of that bank. III you have
any doubt in your miads resolve it in
! this mans favor, and if you err, err on
| the side of mercy. II you have any
NJ doubt about his being innocent give
| him the benefit of that doubt and let
hin, 90 back to his tireside. Now, in
conclusion, on behalf Of my colleague
| and this defendant, we ask and conf
IDENTIFY expect at your hands verdict
i of not guilty."
, Mr.. Biggs spoke nearly two and q
half hours. cn
: Nh. BtRD's ADDRESS.
Levi q. Bird, of counsel for the de-
fonce, followed Mr.. Biggs. There is
one thing in this case,n Mr.. Bird
said, "that you must be satisfied of.
You must be satisfied beyond reason
3 able doubt that when Mr.. Kenney wrote
tho checks he loaned Boggs, not only
that there was an agreement between
them. but that Bcggs was then a de-
faulter.
Just think Of il, A man learned in
! the law, second to none at the bar OF
Kent county, knowing that Boggs was
: q robber, that no wuuld sit down and
!, write those fvo Anderson cbecks; and
he having no interest whatever. Is
= that consistently That man, against
! whom no suspicion had ever been men
toned, not poverty stricken, but on the
way to prosperity, with an ambition,
is IL conceivable that no would do such
; n thing? /, as common sense,
reasonable man, would take tho state,
mont Of Richard II. Konney that it was
: not true.
"You've got to believe that there
was an agreement between Boggs and
. Kenney 10 convict him. You've got to
:. believe that that man, MS no occupied
. his sent in the Senate, us he walked
! the aisles of that building, was con-
/ federntp of confessed thief"
I, Mr.. Bird spoke Of MIR. Vaudegrift's
2 horror Of stock gambling and picking
= up some papers, resumed his address tc
. tho jury. az, $50.
9 "ssitle from tho seven checks" Mr..
0 Bird snid, ',the Anderson check, the
" Shaw check and ono 5000 Cuthberi
= check, there are only eight checks IN
g tho Indictment, Those eight checks,
y which ho gave to r. Is. Cuthbert
, Co, aggregating $1,000, ara the opl,
9 ones in the indictment. When he CAV,
g them he expected To pay them, and, M
" .ha s,' n 10. Of uo,, nav . ia anus,;, y,
% him lin ,'ness Won Lel;oyo TINT ,bera rvo,
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10 will say, and | don't care whothe
Il Senator likes il or not, thathe con
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q no is not to be convicted for that
q Why, when came to the bar, knoy
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