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resort to harsh means at once If he
must resort to such mcuus, then vio
lrnr" is ju,tiIi"hlr When Il man is
authorized by law to do Il thing, he
has right to do all things necessary
to accomplish that object, and If a
person ohstructs him he becomes a
wrong door and if anything happens
to him, he will he the author of his
own wrong"
After celebrating this po,nt, he
SAID: "The officer must go forward
using E"ntl" means if gentle mean,
will do, bnt if gentle means won't do,
it must be dono anyhow. He can
overcome force with force, no matter
what the result
Ito continued that an officer is not
responsible for tho result if no il
prudent and nets with ordinary firm
ness. He has tio right to be thero
and 90 forward, but he must not do
so luthlossly, and with duo care.
Ito concluded by saying that the vio-
lence must be commensurate with
tho resistance. Gentlo menns must
first be used, but not whom usoless
FOR tn" law does not require man
to do Il vain thing.
The jury retired. 1t is reported
that prior to that time but one man
had held ont for conviction. He sub
mltt"d to tho construction of the law
by Judge Buchanan, and in half an
hour the jury he'd agreed.
a combination Of circumstances
entered into the acquittal of Craw-
ior". lhr first axiom VI trial for
n capital punishment is that the bur
don OF proof must be against the
prisoner at the bar. Whilo tho State
introduced strong evidence, the de-
fonsc had greater number of wit.
nrSscs.
Attorneys from another State who
happened into the court roorl while
tn" arguments wore in progress, de-
| clar"d afterwards that they did not
know OF cuse on record whore the
fatal bullet was not in evidence.
Tho bullet was extracted by DR..
|" B. Owens and put in tho keeping
Of Chief Of Police DAILY. Tho attor
ncys for the prosecution clam that
Chief DAILY neglected to take it to
C"mdcn, and that tho attorneys did
not attach much Importance to it.
The defense did not prove that
the fatal bullet was fired by Stuart,
but by ingenious argument showed,
ny It's absence, that thpro was "u rea-
son"bl" holbt' thut Crawford fired
IT, Tho benefit of any doubt is tho
right Of the prisoner.
Another circumstance which in
flurnced the jury was the fact that
the dcfcnso laid considerable stress
on tue lapse of timc between the
slapplng Of Stnnrt's face and the
firing Of tho first shot. In legal par
lance this is known rs "cooling time"
- time for the passions to subside,
for the mind doranHod with anger to
| rctuin to its normal st to. In reply
tho State cndcavorcd to prove that
the interval was Of but fow seconds
duration, and that Crawfortps pistol
covered Stewart during that time.
The nrors rs Il rule were not re-
malkablo for an Intelligent appear
anco. MIR. Block, tho foreman, is q
resident Of Camdnn. the otnors 1.-Two
in the country.
TIN" people Of Camden are not dis
posed to receive the result tf tie
trial with much kindness, but those
who attended the trial predicted that
the outcome would be Il mistrial or
acquittal.
The constabl"s, witnesses, Solicitor
Thurmond and Judge Buchanan re-
turned to Columbia, and indulgcd
in little cheering rs the train pulled
into the depot
There was no mob in sight. Craw-
ford and his friends rode unnoticod
on street car to tho jerome hotel and
hardly dozen people knew he was
here.
Crawford wants to be roappointed