The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-25
1--WE, FIND LEONA LORD
GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER."
WeII Have This
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in the support of his theory, that
he wanted to tell you (the jury), all
he knew about the case. He parad
ed up and down before you, SO that
| asked His Honor whether he was
arguing the case. Dr.. Frisbie ad-
mitted it was the most wonderful
case on record" 1T is better that
one guilty person go free than that
one innocent person be punished. Go
home-with a bold front, saying l
have sat there for a whole week |
| asserted my manhood. | was going
to protect that woman to the extent
of the law
District Attorney NJ. E. Simons de-
livered mastery summing up of
the Commonwealth case. In. the
course of his argument which lasted
| fully an hour and a half, he graphi-
cally recited the facts of the case,
and pointed out the many contradic-
tions in the testimony of some of
the witnesses. Some of his strong
| points were:
IF a country doctor can't tell the
truth, maybe farmer can, some
| times"
Our country doctors, who don't
know anything compared with our
city doctors who are experts in the
use of the pick and the hoe"
Mr.. Simons drew a vivid word
picture of Mrs. Silas E. Lord, poor,
helpless and speechless, sitting in
her lonely room in the little village
of Equinunk, looking across the val
| ley to the cemetery on the hillside,
looking at the grave of her murder
ed husband, with unspeakable long
ing to be there by his side. And l
would call the picture "The Dis
consulate One" If | had the elo-
quence l would portray a picture
that would melt you to tears"
r. fCommencing at 4:16 p. m. Judge
A. T. Searle delivered a mastery
summing up of the case to the jury,
in which he digested the evidence,
and indicated to the twelve good
men and true, the verdicts they
might be expected to find. The
charge of the Court follows:
Judge Searle's Charge.
| Gentlemen of the Jury:
Leona Lord the prisoner at the
bar, is on trial before you upon an
indictment charging her with mur-
der, the highest crime known to our
/ law, ITedSUH dlOU6 6ACepISu.
The evidence is closed. Counsel
representing the Commonwealth and
the defendant, respectfully, have re-
viewed before you the testimony Civ
en- and the questions involved in the
issue, and the case now goes to you
for your determination, under the
law and the evidence, whether the de-
| fendant is guilty or innocent of the
charge contained in the indictment.
1t has already been impressed up
on you that the case is one of the
highest Importance. 1t is important
to the Commonwealth in case the
law has been violated and a human
life taken unlawfully and felonious-
ly. 1t is very important to the de-
fandant because she stands in peril
of life or liberty according to the
degree of crime of which she may be
convicted.
She is now called to answer at the
bar of justice for the taking of hu-
man life, which is always, in the
eyes of the law, deemed sacred.
You must be impressed with the
very grave responsibility which rests
upon you with respect to the trial of
this case. The alleged taking of a
human life gives a shock to the COM
munity; and when person is upon
trial for an offense, the conviction
of which might result in capital pun
ishment, both the court and the jury
must feel due sense of the respon-
sibility which rests upon them in the
determination of the issue.
The duties imposed upon you in
the consideration of this case are
those of the highest responsibility
which, in the administration of ouI
criminal laws, men are called upon
to perform. On the one hand is in
volved the life or liberty of fellow
being; and on the other is involved
the safety and security of the law
abiding citizens of the community
In the discharge of these duties, we
trust and believe that you will not
be unmindful of their Importance
and that, while remembering the
rights of the defendant, you will also
bear in mind what you owe to the
law, to the community which you
represent, and to society, for the
, preservation of which our crimina
laws are enacted.
When you were chosen and inter.
rogated by the counsel for the Com
monwealth and the counsel for the
defendant, the purpose was to Sc
cure a fair, impartial jury, a jury
; without bias and without prejudice
jury that would deal fairly with the
, defendant and still do their duty
manfully under the law This is the
; kind of jury to which the Com
monwealth is entitled, and this II
the kind of a jury the defendant
{ ought to have; and l trust and be
lieve that you are such jury.
You, gentlemen of the jury, ar,
the exclusive judges of all the fact
In the naaa and the cradihilit,r of I'm,