New-York tribune., 1909-05-02

punctures the fatal knife But unfortunately ior
the accused man. there were also displayed white
1Jndergarments a corset and SO or. sTeared with
blood. At this affecting spectacle there was not
dry eve in the courtroom and the defendant
was speedily convicted and hanged.
SOME EXHIBITIONS BARRED.
It is, Of course. the endeavor Of the courts 10
debar unfair and spectacular exhibitions and the
presentation Of irrelevant objects which may play
upon the passions OF the jury" In the suit Of
husband against the Lehigh VALLEY Railroad II
vas held to be reversible error that photograph
OF the wife. which represented her as very hand
some woman. was put in evidence However, the
higher courts have not yet forbidden plaintifIs IN
breach Of promise suits to adorn themselves as
living pictures and visions Of injured beauty
LAWYER for man charged with sedtion made Wig
orous protest against the governments exhibition
81 miscellaneous weapons and tools OF violence
srsrnc- aptIv that the fury would feel that these
Things might have been used against them as cti-
zens in a revolutionary uprising, and therefore
they would be prejudiced against the accused.
Among the experiments allowed in court are try
ing on clothes 10 sec whether they 1T. operating
machine sticking pin in the leg Of a paralyttc
to show the nsensibiity to pain. playing nusicaI
instruments singing operate airs working q 'asl
register and donninS burglars mask II j.
usually the prosecutor who brandishes pistol anu
waves blackjack over the heads Of the jurylnen
so that they may have vivid sensation Of being In
the place of the crimes victim In murder case
was held that the jury should have been alioWeo
handle" Ci6 Shull tL the NANNAi-i ~ N'--O
bullets path and TO witness an experimental snoot-
ing at blotters The request OF another murder
defendant to try q shotgun and sho" that IL uio
not scatter shot in the way shot was scattered
over the body Of the dead man was denied. IN
Alabama a man charged with murder was allowed
70 make tracks on sawdust on the floor OF the
courtroom TO show that his footprints did not
correspond with those Of the guilty person IN q
sandy field. a Connecticut court refused 10 dcCep1
ss an exhibit "a section OF q human body cut from
ba 0laiDfiffS and age. on TnA
ground that the exhibit of doubtful utility and
crensive in its nature. This piece OF human flesh
was intended 10 illustrate anatomical point
which could have been illustrated by charts ana
wax models but the lawyer argued that the rule
~ hest evidence required the real object
An Ohio jury permitted 10 witness an y
detrimental reconstruction OF a fatal aCclueht at d
railroad crossing this outdoor scene there were
q locomotive and train and horse and busy
v,'+b a man seated in the vehicle. Cats and dogs
ere not iufreQuently brought into court Blood
hounds figure personally or by proxy in southern
snd Western courts. although an authority says
there is no certainty in such evidence II Is real
lv the dog that is the witness. and the evidence
,-r,,1d seem to be hesrsay IN this view. II must
b. established that the bloodhound witness IS "'
,,,ra breed keen scented and trained In tracking
human beings. and that he was started on the
right trail Some judges will not receive oiooo-
f1uDd either a. witness or as an exhibit
n is debate also whether living human eXhloitS
are permissible establish age, race or coio'-
IA HES are commonly offered in evidence TO show
thelr resemblance TO alleged father. Such an
awb,btt makes a good deal of fuss in the court
ro,,, and OF course. u impossible to attach II
10 the record for the consideration OF a higher tri
b,nal which is the standard argument against All
.xb,bits one fudge warmly defended this class
~ real evidence. saying that there vas no sood
r.ason why Jury should be compelled 10 base
their decision upon a second hand view human
beings put in evidence for their wounds or uls-
eases may have the privilege Of private eNarnl-
HI old In
sters are forced tell their age in open court BALD
b.aSS and false teeth may be tagged With nuinoe-s
or letters of the alphabet and referred TO by
learned counsel as defendants exhibit so-snd-so.
FRENCH SHOW ORIGINALITY.
b.bv elephant was once taken into the high
court of Justice in London before Baron FoilocA
and jury The plaintiff was a young woman.
who vas driving a pony cart 70 WIG animal
,bor when the horse ran away through fear OF
the baby elephant and the woman was injured
The so-ceIed infantie paehydern, WHICH "elsheo
about two tons. marched into the courtroom WIN
bells on his head following his keeper and oehaV-
ing IN an exemplary manner. The beast stood oe-
fore the Jury, and counsel remarked amid laugh
ter; at have no questions TO ask rms eAhioN put
every one in such good hurnor that the case was
soon settled the judge observing that the elep'il
had come 10 court to offer apologies IN person IN
another English trial the plaintin was ordered 70
produce in court Running Rein. Derby winner
whose parentage was in doubt, and. the horse nov
being produced, the case was non-sulteo-
Jrfes are forbidden 20 Try experiments In private
sod vvben thew inspect premises they must not
gather fresh evidence The latter ban IS more theo-
reticaI than practical. since men are bound 10 oo
tain original impressions and draw original conciu-
s,ons from what they The theory OF excluding
evidence which be transmitted TO the higher
court for review is negatved by the fact that ord-
80 4s..,n,ony Is q record OF bare vital attitudes
and intonations OF witnesses Il the higher court
wished perfect record it would require the use
Of phonographs and moving pictures
The dramatic and artistic gifts OF the French
people make their tribunals highly picturesque Ihe
c-aps setting is always fine and the properties vall
chosen The eloauent advocates bark back IN III
erary alluson AT least thousand years earlier than
Anglo-saxon attorneys American pleaders quote
Shakespeare, but the Frenchman more or less apuy
refers 10 Homer and Rameses The austere gowns
Of the Galhc court heighten the dramatic erect
Almost anything may be introduced IN evidence.
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