The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
THE STORY OF MOLINEUX
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but was afraid You might You.
Of course. know the rules. I was
merely trying 20 aid you
Il had no intention whatever Of
| going beyond the violence" said the
/ prosecutor.
Very well. go on" said Justice
/ Lambert.
At the bar sat the prisoner, as pale.
as inscrutable as in the month of Feb
ruary. 1900.
! Justice Lambert. in his summing up.
gave expression to his definition OF the
need OF evidence TO secure conviction.
Under the statutes as they have
/ been expressed by the Legislature and
interpreted by the courts Of this State,
I the defendant is presumed TO be inno-
cent at the beginning Of the trial. and up
/ to the close OF the trial or until the evil
! dence establishes his guilt beyond
/ reasonable doubt.
To meet the requirements OF the
/ law" he said. the evidence need not be
so strong and so convincing as 20 eS-
clu3e all possible doubt OF guilt, but IL
must be sufficient TO establish his guilt
20 a moral certainty.
Il ask you IL the discharge Of your
duties and the determination Of the
questions in this case that you bear
in mind the rule as constituted and this
principle as you understand it from the
TESTIMONY.
With respect 10 the evidence, 10 which
he called the gravest attention. he said:
One of the important questions or
/ circumstances necessary to connect
the defendant with this crime is the
address OF this poison package II is
claimed by the people that the super
scription upon the package is in the
handwriting OF the defendant and
that allegation Is supported by the
evidence Of various witnesses who
knew. or at least testified they knew,
the handwriting; by experts and by
bankers, and IL is claimed upon the
part of the people that other circum-
stances point 70 the fact OF his hand
writing
Unless that circumstance is estab-
lished BY the evidence in this case.
the defendant cannot be convicted Of
any crime, so you win observe that
this is the second question for inqUi-
~ and disposition by you.
The defendant denies that he has
done these things. consequently The
people are required 90 establish that
fact.
At the bar sat Roland Molineux gazing
al his Judge. searching the jury 10 dis
cover how far his denial would weigh
with them. Thirty minutes after the
! Jury retired they filed back into court
with their unanimous verdict Of not
guilty Roland Molineux had justified
himself Of his years OF waiting, had re-
paid his father for his devotion
AND the sitting OF all the evidence
that previously took thirteen weeks 10
hear. with all the accretions OF thirty
two months of lapsed time, with all the
evidence the defense had urged, took 4
day less than four weeks 20 adjUdicate
upon
In the first trial Recorder Goh re-
quired seven hours in which 10 sum up
the case. In the second trial Justice
Lamber. needed bus one hour and fifty
FIVE minutes in which 10 place the essen
tials Of the evidence before the twelve
men who held Roland MOlinuX's life In
their hands We need more men on the
New York bench like Justice ! 5, Lam
bert.
At the bar sat Roland Molineux as
.cli as sphinX-like as imperturbable
as when those other twelve men with
iS!anched faces. trsTlulous lips, and black
encircled eyes filed in 10 pronounce him
guilty
The curtain had fallen upon the Won
der'uI drama with its principal actor as
mistaken and inscrutable as when II
had first risen upon him that February
day OF 1899. ard the audience left.Nstil
unsatished as 10 the solution Of this
master problem play.
But Roland MOlineuS is freel