The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-01
QUEER "EAHi6iiS
s,psTANTIATE THE TEsTT~
I'D" voNy OFFERED IN COURT.
es they Afford the Only
clues and Cause 0onVie'i0n-"0'-
,., collections.

clues and Cause
lev collections
Inn the New York Press.
.,tn-s get into courts of law, not
Cue lied problems of disputed own
me- and authority, fateful questions of
eIs'''r .,,,,rfon. and possessions, but con-
4I'' .t,,,ss ,rpon whose mute evidence the
Son of Judge or jury in regard 20 these
&c matters often hangs. Exhibits
a. az. tscbnically call these collections of
.-.,r,arts and objects that with no voice
-. own vet plead more eloqNently for
.,;,,s, man than any oratorical law
Tho can be employed. Among the
!'i oormon. interesting and important
Of exhibits are letters, kilograms photo-
s..obs and documents which come into
Of many grades and varieties.
..r,l-en words may be forgotten or
Ill., ,.orsors who heard them may not be
e-.,t,cor,ipg but what is set down by his
hand on paper may confront him at
..,.,.,I rament with undeniable authority
fst,l result. Exhibits are usually let
a, 60, 30 "B" &C. etc, but sometimes
- ora 50 numerous that the letters of
t-. ,tnha14t are exhausted and numbers.
- can he continued indefinitely, are
broueht into requlsltlon-
diamond smuggling case which COM
- a large share of public interest a
ehort time ago the exhibits, mostly letters
ana kilograms went through the alphabet
tbrea times and more. This case was tired
n; nudge Browns court, where many
nraint things are put in evidence. par
fcIlarlv in the admiralty cases. If one
,.sesel is run down by another, If a sailor
l. kil-ed or injured, if there is damage or
Injustice of any sort committed on the
rich seas. models of ships or actual parts
of them are placed in evidence. Sometimes
il is only a piece of a cable, stanchion,
q coil of rome, a defective piece of wood
or iron or even a broken nail or screw
tbat had caused the mishap or disaster.
Again. there are photographs and dia-
grams and drawings of the part of the
vessel involved which are examined care
fully and explained by experts. as this is
frequently the most important part of the
testimony that can be offered.
Patent Cases.
Patent cases are prolific in exhibits of
an unusual and intricate sort. A few
years ago a case was up witch involved
great fortune. The owners of a certain
electric patent were defending 1t stub
bornly and at great outlay of time and
money. The best lawyers in the coun-
try were employed by them. The OPPOSE
ton declared that the same principle and
practically the same apparatus had been
used in one of the first electric machines
ever made but these were so far out of
date that it was a long time before one
could be found. When it was it was old
and rusty and out of repair, but it was
put in running condition and set up in
the court and by it the case was proved
AGAINST the defendants
Thousands of dollars often are expend-
ed in setting up costly apparatus and show
ing it in operation to the court. Where the
works are Of such magnitude that this is
impracticable the judge sometimes visits
the pant and inspects the machinery I'M
der dispute, but the usual way is for the
experts on both sides to investigate and
report their findings in regard to the ap-
paratus, and this, with the arguments OF
the lawyers, is handed in to the judge
n who makes his decision from these papers
Il instead of from personal observation
The vast number of patents taken out
and the extent and value of the interests
make the litigation in patent contests the
most elaborate. costly and prolonged
small articles of which the patent is dis
puted are produced in the courts or else
an exact model Of them is shown.
At Police Headquarters.
Up at the police headquarters in Mulber-
ny street they have grewsome museum
OF objects of various character and appear
ance that have served their purpose in
convlcting men and women of crimes rang
ing from petty theft to first degree murder.
weapons, archaic and modern, and every
lhhg that could be used as a weapon,
many OF them with dun, dark stains still
on them. testify to the crimes once com
United by their dead or imprisoned owners.
oahaoags porch climbers key turner's and
th the tools and implements that belong
10 me hlghWayman's and hausebrealxer' S
craft internal machines that failed to
leach the persons for whose destruction
4 Wey We're designed a battered saucepan
winch had been dented in fatal blow
across an Old mans head; axes, some of
MHich mad been proved to have been the
Hslruments of death, but the men who
Ha' "leided them remained unconvicted; a
uVSus IRE badge, an engraved plate from
'ue conn OF a living girl whose people
sought 10 cheat the insurance company; a
e'aIt HTecfacker that figured in the dis
uioahces on the East Side incident to the
N@ily closing ordinance; gambling outfits
VI me Workmanship and great variety and
VoStnLess-all of these and more can tales
G"io'u OF a great citys wickedness Aside
I'm ue weapons and Instruments used
we most common exhibits in criminal cases
%.e tne clothing of the persons concerned
very article worn by murdered person
"lu tae person accused of the crime is
5'1eo upon and held for examination as
73Vn as the police take hold of the affair
b S Is not only to discover bloodstains
pu' Tor Identification clues. In noted
m,lluer case few years back the accused
f5a nad his finger nails scraped and pared
lor evidences Of blood.
Hatband the Sole CIew.
a maitland was the sole clue upon which
,iSe was worked up against a man who
um's hat Diagrams are always made h,
u expert Of the rooms where murders
4 T-,S,alleS or other crimes are committed
are submitted among the other ex.
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