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 | The experience of the battery of ex- perts provided by the defence was not
 unlike the experience of all medical | experts in stoutly contested murder 1 eases. When an expert was insecure
 and uninformed he became ridiculous;
 when another was master of his sub-
 5ect the attorneys spread about his
 Testimony and about the hypothetical tle-fish obscurity that the jurymen were glad to escape from the troubled | mental waters into the clearer region of shallow ignorance. This part of the case for the prosecution was con- ducted by newcomer in the office of profound medico-legal attainment,
 whose services it was understood were compensated by the money of the elder Denning
 The expert medical testimony pro- vfded by tho defence was combated by testimony and contrary opinion given by specialists of equal importance 1 who were summoned by the State. When these gentlemen were out of the way, Brookf1eld was recalled by the prosecution. The States attor- ney. prompted by Hardmuth. said to him:
 '.Mr. Brooksield, the young lady who testified here earlier in the trial, Miss Campbell, is related to your" 'iShe is my niece"
 Your sisters child ?"'
 Yes, sir-my sisters child.''
 .. .as the young iady's father livins" ''she is entirely in the care of her mother?'
 Mot entirely, sir: the young lady is not without my protection. such as that may be"
 Are you her guardian. Mir. Brook
 feld?"
 'T act as such.'
 What do you mean by that?" T mean that never have been 1e- gally appointed her guardian, but I try to discharge the duties of a guard
 'That is what I supposed. You ment of your niece to the prisoner" "You knew. of course, that he was ment?'
 T knew that he played in my house l-yes."
 "You considered him young man of fit character to marry your niece?''
 And this unfortunate position in which he now finds himself involved has that in any way changed your opinion?' ?''
 'It has not'' @ ed for the prosecution He began with misleading show of fairness; he complimented the jury upon their att tentton; he sympathized with them in the difficulty Of the task they were called upon to perform; he empha- sized the gratitude which the com munity would feel toward them for the service they were rendering: ex- plained in simple language the con Edftion of the civilization under which they were living, the necessity of law, the transcendent claims of the community over the individual He then asked them to demand of the individual only the ordinary human qualities, and to dismiss from their minds any prejudice they had against the prisoner because of the fact that he had frequently played for money Tn professional gambling house, to lay upon himself, the speaker. any
 blame or apprehension they might feel for such conduct, because he, a much older man, had frequently of tended in this manner, if to take part in game of chance were @ real of- fence against public morals. Hard muth then explained with almost kin dergarten simplif1cation the conduct or trtai-the needlessness of dwell ing upon points upon which there was no dispute; the value of directing the Jury'g entire attention to the points that were at issue-that is to say, only those points in the entire con troversy about which the state and the defence could not agree. So far as he himself was able to see, and he had a trained observation of such dis putee, the only point at issue was whether the prisoner had been so ex- cited by the sight of a cat's-eye that he was not responsible for his acts. If such condition existed at the time of the killing, 1t meant an attack of emotional insanity; If such a suscep- tibility still existed in the prisoner, there was a resident tendency to be emotionally insane whenever the same provoking cause should again be pre- sented. If that were true, it was in- deed q grave condition: if that were true. 1t was and should be, a matter of the most profound uneasiness to his relatives and friends-a matter of tho grAvest concern to the young sweet heart who had so brayely testified in his behalf.
 In his long experience in the court he had seldom seen more attrac-- tive. gentler,' or more admirable young lady than this witness. There was not upon the jury a man so dull as not to understand how the uncle of this young lady,. even though not her legally constituted guardian, should wish to act in that capaciy. It was easier to understand how mother should, do for a son all that this mother had done in the court room than it would be to understand her failure to do so much.
 The sweetheart's interest was equal ly natural; in fact, Hardmuth's diff
 1culty concerning the young 1adys attitude would have been much great CT if he had been called upon to ex- plain on her. part an indifference to the boys position.
 4 life was at stake. The jury were to consider that.
 Hardmuth talked on this part of his theme with almost the impressive fervor that would have been expected from the defence. He was not going to say roughly that the mother had testified falsely, but he was going to submit that any mother in that posi- ton could not fail to say anything which in her belief would make for the safety of her son.
 The testimony of the experts. in kindness to the jury, Hardmuth was inclined to dismiss. Nothing had been said by them, no testimony had been given by them, for which they were not to be amply compensated; and nothing had been said by any one of them that had not been diametri- cally controverted by gentlemen equally eminent, gentlemen much more disinterested, and in very much more difficult position, because 1t Is much easier to give testimony l. 1A - xr