Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-02-04

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Prisoner No; | do not believe
7 that | exhibited any such feeling !
was in the habit of frequently re-
ceiving letters from Paris, and as
found myself almost solitary at Clan
dier. | was always impatient to get
them.
President" Did you not observe
that NJ. Lafarge in his last moments
seemed to regard your presence at
his bedside with aversiOn?"
Prisoner 81 perceived plainly
enough, Il few hours before his death,
that he did not look at me with the
same interest as formerly; and ] at
tributed this change to some misrep-
resentation which had been made
about me-
One of the servants gave evidence
that the Chandler dwelling was in
tested with rats. Denis Barber, a
witness, swOre that Madame Lafarge
had asked him To procure arsenic for
her. He was permitted to state that
he told his wife he had fears the drug
was obtained for the purpose of Civ
ing it to her husband
The Presiden: asked the question:
When did you first entertain suspi-
cions OF poisoning against the pris-
oner = to which he replied: when
she asked me. with such Emporium
ity, to procure arsenic, and especial
ly when she enjOined secrecy"
This witness was asked by the Ad-
vocate-General: Have you any
cause OF complaint against Madame
Lafarge - and the reply was mo;
she never did me anything but kind
ness"
Thereupon the Attorney General
interposed this question to the pris-
oner- How do explain. Madame
now the allegation that this witness
gives false testimony? Your mother
in-law has deposed rs well rs the
witness. 10 this fact that you kept
the purchase of arsenic 4 secret from
her ?"
Prisoner BE it so; | see only that
my mother-in-law has repeated the
falSchOOds of the witness"
1t seems four distinct chemical an
alyses of the corpse were made by
different chemists. On two exami-
nations it was declared there were
evidences of arsenic in the remains,
while in the other two n contrary
opinion was advanced. Now this ell
ement OF uncertainty regarding the
corpus det,cti, under English and
American Jurisprudence, would have
entitled the prisoner to an acquittal
on the ground that she was entitled
to the benefit of every reasonable
doubt arising from the evidence
given at the trial The reports of the
experts were given in open court Sc
r'atim--cOnsiderable time elapsed be-
tween the third and fourth examina-
tiOns of the body. In the meantime.
testimony was taken before the
court and jury. One witness testi-
fled he saw the madame place four
small cakes in the box she had sent
to her husband
In France, the defendants counsel
is entitled to make the last address
to the jury. The arguments were
able and too lengthy to quote. The
Attorney General In his opening ad-
dress, after the conclusion of the evi-
dence made vigorous attacks upon
the accused for stealing the dia-
mOnds, while her counsel read letters
from different persons tending to
show she received the ornaments
from the owner as gift to purchase
her silence concerning an old love af-
fair involving her former friend.
Dispositions are permitted to be read
iE trials though the persons giving
the testimony may be produced be.
fore the court.
/ After the arguments, the preSi.
dent summed up the evidence and
left the issues with the jury. who
after one hours deliberation re.
turned the following written verdict
Eyes; by majority. the accused is
guilty. Yes: by majority, there
are extenuating circumstances in ia
vor of the accused"
The judges pronounced judgment
sentencing the prisoner to the hulk.
for life and to exposure at the pillory
in the public square OF Tulle.
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: America enunciates the proposition
g it is better that ninety and min,
t guilty men escape punishment thar
e for one innocent person to suffer
: In France it would seem the princi
e pie applied is that if guilty partie
e escape it is public calamity, Will
if an innocent person suffers il i
g merely private hardship.
The practice of plying the accuses
e with questions at the trial to max
r party condemn himself, is cOntrar.
to the English practice by which tn
e prisoner is warned by the examining
q magistrate to be careful that what
t ever statement he may make will b.
IuSpd nOnipef him I ,,p1arSf md