The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-01-29
THAW TRIAL


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Mr.. Littleton summing up. They oc
cupied seats inside the enclosure neal
Jerome's table. Mr.. Littleton spoke
directly to the men who will shortly
decide the fate OF his client.
Littleton Begins Summing Up.
1t was 1850 when Iittleton began.
Getting down to the case, he said In
part:
The defendant stands charged with
murder In the first deKree.-The- Law
ity.
I'm the wisdom of the law this plea
IL countenanced
burden OF establishing the charge they
make against citizen OF the state
The burden must be sustained by the
people th nsssghont the whole trial
charged with murder in the first de-
gree, but you may not indulge any
presumption that he Is guilty because
THE burden OF establishing the In
nocence OF this defendant Is not on us.
That sort OF Justice does not belong
TO our country--thank God. 1t belongs
to other countries. but not TO ours.
1.-The accusation I'm this case must
be sustained beyond reasonable
doubt In this case the defendant lie
mot that he did not take the life OF
Stanford White--but innocent OF the
malice and generalization which would
make this crime OF murder In the first
"whe+A- insanity II pleaded ~ -ae-
fense and evidence In offered to show
that the defendant was of unsound
prove that fact beyond reasonable
doubt. We were not bound TO estab-
lish the unsoundness OF this mans
mind beyond a reasonable doubt
Proof Up 10 Jerome.
'T am setting this forth now to in
form you that the district attorney
must, prove his entire case beyond a
reasonable doubt. In opening the case
defendants life from his birth 7 know
how strong a prejudice men hold at
times Against a defense OF insanity.
this jury except that which any Am
American jury"
Mr.. Littleton then reviewed the tes-
timony OF the witnesses from London
who testified TO Thaw's irrational acts
at Claridge's hotel. which evidence, he
claimed, the district attorney had tried
TO controvert by insInuations. which
had not the courage of a charge.
Littleton continued.
HAS he offered any evidence TO dis
prove ~ We are not specuiating or
point where we have clear diagnosis
that this defendant was in a state OF
acute-mania, nic-depresston as he
lay In the Devonshire nursing home"
Mr.. Littleton said he was waiting
impatiently for the district attorney
TO demonstrate by facts what evidence
he Will suggest TO the jury that ne
gave TO show the defendant was I'm a
rational state of mind on June %.
why did he not call his alienists?
They couldn't refute the testimony sub
mltted for the defense. that's why
Littleton referred TO Thaws condi-
ton in 1906. two months before the
found the defendant on n train. suf-
fering from sub-acuto mania.
Mrs. VIM. Thaw listened 20 this state
meat by Lawyer Littleton without the
least sign or feeling. Littleton con-
tinued.
n proved another fact In this case
10 was that prior to the defendants
birth the mother, III with another child.
her hand found that child cold In
death. This shock was sent shivering
and trembling down into the system OF
the boy--this defendant Harry X.
Thaw.
are, the fundamental rules or the orr
ganic life OF the world. This is the
opening OF the secrets or The family 10
chow you that this defense was not an
extRency. We know the history OF
came WHAT A boy with commissions.
spasms. lung trouble that involved the
brain---a trembling nervous lad.
His brain was affected with fevfr
az three months and 10 the age or 80
years he, has been passing Ina and
out-nf- the sunlight and -ehadQWa Of
this liza until- ha- 1nda- himAnH- hnfoIe-
this Jury
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