The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-26

the Jury is too slothful 10 seek
tho truth i'm the testimony, or too
regardless OF the oath TO accept
AZ when found, OF too timid 10
voice II I'm Us verdict, justice
languishes. and the courts ana
the jury system lose the conn
dence OF honest men.
charge you. therefore, gentle
men OF the Jury, that you will dis
charge your sworn obngations as
jurors only by seeking the truth
IN the Testimony. and upon IT,
when found. fearlessly basing your
verdict. II the truth is beyond
reasonable DOUBT. that this defend
ant feloniously stole this money.
saw SO by finding him guilty. and
fixing the amount stolen by him:
n the truth, As you see II In the
tstimony. fails TO satisfy you be-
yond a reasonable doubt that the
defendant feloniously stole this
money. say SO in verdict OF not
guilty.
Measure OF Jurors Duty.
As you retire to deliberate upon
your verdict, and as you DELHI
crate upon your verdict, fail not
10 remember the high obligation
YOU owe 10 the state and 70 the
defendant, your obligation as the
sworn high-priests OF justice to
render justice, pure and Undecided
by preIudice or passion. hatred or
friendship, between the parties to
this issue. This il the measure
On
selves that you will meet 1t.
I trust the time that We have
spent In the tria, Of this cause has
not only gwen opportunity for
full presentation to you OF all the
facts and circumstances which
have a bearing on the case, but
beneficial tendency TO produce
that state of mind which IL Is most
desirable should be possessed by
those who have abiding faith In
the laws and welfare OF their coun-
try. as well as an agency In the
administration of public justice.
Court Site Late.
Arguments OF counsel occupied the
time Of the court from 2 o'clock Frida,
afternoon until nearly 1880 O'Clock ii
the evening. Assistant Prosecutor Lee
Koscinski. opening for the people. iait
stress on the fact that the robbery
from its very nature. must have beef
committed by some one familiar witt
the company's method OF making az
its Iayrolls. and then. by marshaling tht
rrosecution's salient facts before tns
Jury, sought to narrow this Suspicion
down to Chauncey Hammond, who had
peen paymastsr OF Plant No. and. a
the time or the robbery, was no longeI
In the company's employ. He charac
terized Hammond's return to the vault
rooms. on the pretext that he wa.
looking for his glove, as a blum. he
ferring to the Insinuation made y!
the defense during the trial that some
Of the other employees or the EMF
Co. at work in the bank that oaJ
night have gotten away with the
money. Koscinski pointed out tha'
they were together practically all the
time In the bank and left together.
Attorney Murtha, for the deiense
took 40 minutes more than the I'VE
hours agreed upon for each side. his
address was eloquent and skillfuL he
made much OF the discrepancies In
the prosecutions case and hammered
away on the fact that there was plen-
~ OF opportunity for some one else
to have switched the satchels- lie
also pointed out that the door OF the
bank vault, upstairs. was open hal
hour after the satchels Hammond car
ried ND. were deposited there, Vi
the theory that these satchels con
tanned the $4,000. he suggested the
possibility that a bank employe might
have taken them out.
There is no more honesty In Girls
wold-st.. than In Delray or In Crosse
Pointe." he said.
Murtha referred to Hammond
action In giving himself up TO the po
lice az proof Of his innocence.
Van Zile's Closing 10 skilfuI.
Prosecutor Van Zile closed for th'
people In characteristic style, skilfuI
~ analysing the testimony and turn
ing the discrepancies In the case non
essential discrepancies. he termed
them, TO his own account by sayini
that the defense. by using them a
the foundation for its case. ha'
shown the dire straits TO which II ha'
been forced. He emphasized the test
mony tending 10 show that Hammon'
had purchased the substitute satchel
and declared:
The man who bought those satch
els is the man who got away with tn
$1,000. IL Lude or anyone els
switched the satchels where did the
get the dummies? Hammond was tn
only person seen bringing grips int
| the basement OF the bank that day.
HAVE THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
PETOSKEY, Mich, March &C.
Four meu were returning from fist
ing excursion on Little Traverse ba
when ono OF their number suddeni
broke through the ice. While he wa
lfoundering about two OF his compai
| ions went down. The remaining ma
quickly secured rope and boards froI
fish shanties, and after nearly becon
ing lost himself he finally rescued IN
unfortunate fishermen and placed ther
on firmer Ice. Even this proved TO b
so thin, however, that all were oblige