Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-29
LOVING TRIAL.
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Judge Loving got his gun and ammuni-
ton and then started out in his buggy
in search of young Estes, going to
several places before locating him.
Does not that sound like the actions
Of deliberate and sane man? Accord
ing to the statement of the defendant,
told TO the magistrates and on the wit
ness stand here said: I deliberately
sought his life and killed him.
Talk about will power. A drunkard
who went Il years without getting on
but two spreas, man who served as a
judge Of his county with honor and dis
tinction. and who is at the head Of a
large estate. If there is a verdict Of
acIuittal | will ask the court to request
you to specify it if it is based on insan-
ity. Why is this claim Of insanity pre-
scnted2 Ny friends on the other side
must recognize the force and strength
OF evidence that is against the de
PENDANT"
Attorney Strobe who followed. based
his Plea almost exclusively on the I'M
written law. He said in part:
1--WE have come to you To present the
should be pre- scented in a court Of jus
tice. We believe that the people Of Hal
flax ana Nelson counties cherish the
same traditions and the same senti-
ments The heritage Of Eirginians is
common to US al. The test Of the fair
est and best trial Of a man is before
Jury endowed with similar and like
passions The first principal of law il
10 put yourself in the place Of that
man, who is before you for trial.
II do not under value life; but there
is something sWerter to all Nrgini1ns
tile honor and the purity Of our Wo-
mon. We have written in our laws
that If a man attempts to assault one
Of our daughters he has forfeited his
life
you, gentlemen Of the jury, have
nothing to do with the truth or the
falsity of the story that Miss Loving
told htr father His daughter was his
bride lie admired her beauty and her
purity when he heard that this
daughter. t. whom he was bound by
affcctionata ana devoted tics, was
brought home dragged and unconscious
hy a man to whose courtesy and chiv-
airy she had been entrusted he labor
ed against his passions and remaineh
from sight Of young Estes until ne
heard the story Of her ruin from her
own lips.'
He discussed Judge Loving's strug-
giles against the whiskey habit. the
buggy ride ana the testimony Of the
insanity experts. He appealed 70 each
Juror 10 place himself in the same po-
sition as Judge Loving and not to let
"OId Halifax 60 back on that cstab-
lished precedent that Of our most cher
iShed duties protection Of the honor
and the virtue Of our women.
During Mr.. Strodr's address Judge
Loving occasionally lifted his hand
kcrchief to his eyes. but displayed lit
lie emotion. His wife wept and with
bowed head covered her eyes with her
handkerchief.
When court convened in the after
noon session Judge Loving occupied
q seat just behind his attorneys ANA
appeared to be cheerful. He smiled at
remarks addressed to him by several
ii his friends and attorneys. At his
right sat his wife ana his son. ". q.
Loving. Jr. Occupying seats IN the
court room were Sheriff NJ. X. Estes
uf Nelson father Of the man killed by
Judge Loving. and two of the sherift's
sons. ALLEY Estes Of st. Louis, and NJ.
X. Estes. Jr., Of Lovingston and John
l.. Swanson Of Danville. brother-in-
Iaw If young Theodore Estes.
Judge Earksdalr concluded the read
ing nf the instructions to the jury II
I; 10 O'Clock.