The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24
DID SHE DECEIVE.

was to get on fast and to shed all the light
possible.
DID SHE DECEIVE.
He said it should be the duty Of the jury
to look closely into the life of the young
woman In the case. If her past life was
one of deception. it ought TO be known. and
if it had been exactly right, it ought to be
known to her credit. He declared that it
was for the jury to decide about the credi-
hility of the writer Of the Iove-letters. 1t
was for the jury to say whether the young
lady had lived a proper life towards her
God, her sweetheart, her father and her
mother or whether she had lived the l!fe
of deception. The speaker exclaimed: Did
you ever know any man in the history Of
the world who had gone into a trial with
such disadvantages? He claimed that part
of the ioye-Ietters were lost, that deposi-
tions which should have been taken We're
not taken. that one side was rich. the
other poor: that one could hire all the
Oldest LAWYERS ar this bar, and the other
had to go to Petersburg and get man,
woh was absolutely unknown to him;
MISS TURNER'S CHARACTER
Tho Iawver said he would not say one
word which should be construed as an at
tack on the chastity of Miss Isabel turner
He had always claimed that she was pure.
He did not want this family, this honorapIe
family, left with any stain on ITS name. ne
had protested against the lntrooucuon "
such evidence as given W
wards. ::
TIe scored the Commonwealth for the IN
+-o5,c,ion of this horrible, miserable, un-
truthful matter" for which the Common.
wealth knew there was no shadow Oh
foundation. so far as it Implicated MISS
Turner's virtue. 4,,e
The sneaker said he would not say 'he
s,ariff was drunk; he had taken a num-
Der of drinks. rr,-
rrhe counsel referred to Mrs. Turner 5
endorsement of Gilligan's character say say
ing that he was one Of the pest poSs aiie
ever knew and had not, at leaSt 10 @ liia1
fine. ever told a lie for fourteen years,
SO far as She knew. he asheu NV
many persons there were in the courtroom
of whom the same thlng couin oe s''t0
CLUEERIUS CASE.
1,d,a I1jnton referred to the case OF
r,,uverus in which case he had given
a dissenting opinion, which had been e, en-
lorsed by ST. Louis paper. lie salu 'ile {,
orisoner was entitled to belief. de hao
told the motive which impelied him, ana
had told everything with characteristic
frankness.
life and that of his sweetheart. Judge
Hinton read from the letters, whose state
,nents were given considerable pronll-
nence. He said they showed that tae
vo,Inr people were absolutely infatuated
He read the letter in whicn the writer
referred to book hero who was more
like Nick than any man whom she knew.
He charged nothing criminal, but want
ed the Jury to consider the Implied IN
.discretions. The attorney touched on
aristocracy-the aristocracy OF money
He went up the scale, and alluded 70
one rich family, eight of whose members
had died violent deaths. and to another
family. two of whose members had been
sent to an :nebr!ate asylum. and SAID
ssL,et the 1nulti-miliorraire aristocracS-
the Goldfish arstocracy-dwen in the
North. they have no place in the South
He quoted Latin axioms and TRANSLATED
them.
LETTERS SUPPRESSED.
The lawyer held that the reason that
soye-letters had been suppressed was
that they hurt the Commonwealth, ana
that they had been in The custody o:
Commonwealth officers. He deprecated
the loss of the envelopes which bore
post-marks and dates. Counsel touche9
on the statement that Mrs. Turner trleu
to bribe Mrs Batten, a sister of Gilllgah
tn procure the letters He alluded tc
the confidence reposed in the prisoner by
allowing the daughter to ride eishteer
miles to Ivor and start before daylight
Hinton said the side issues should zoe
eliminated from the case. ana that II