Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
he Case ofOscar
Slater
|, SIR arthur Coma" Doyle
Lx,ock Holmes in Real Life
|ronsy,S INSTALLMENT.

|roDAY's INsTALLMENT.
L.. Mr.. Mcclure exposed very clear
many discrepancies as to identi-
or5 warned the jury solemnly
OD ,ns dangers which have been SO
rroyed TO Turk in this class OF evil
4 .,,sr il was broad, comprehen-
~. +rough where so many points
A .,,,sd it is natural that some
have been overlooked. One does
". , ,ysrnple. find the counsel as In
one might expect upon such
the failure Of the crown to
u. slater could have known any
T. At all about the existence of Miss
"A ,r5 her Jewels; how he got into
and what became of the brooch
N according to their theory he had
led off.
,,,ncracjous TO suggest any addi-
co earnest a defense, and no
-, who is dependent upon printed
may miss points which were
1 NJ. made. but not placed upon rec
-, ,rs noint must Mr.. McClure's
,,nepr be questioned. and that is on
5iAicult one which a criminal
-, hos ever to decide. He did not
i bis man in the box. This should
rronerIv be taken as a sign of
.tress have no means of saying
!, consideration led Mr.. Mcclure to
denomination. 1t certainly told
! inst his client
/ tho mastery memorial for reprieve
,., I'M Inv Slaters solicitor, the late
sciers il is stated with the full inner
,urodga which that solicitor had, that
+or was all along anxious to give evil
hce on his own behalf. He was adj
sad nv his counsel not to do so, but
from any knowledge of guilt. He
4 Undergone the strain of four days
al. He speaks rather broken English
lbhugb quite intelligible-with for,
h accent, and he had been in custody
bee January
h must be admitted that these reasons
4 very unconvincing. 1t is much more
nbahIs that the counsel decided that the
Irev NEGATIVE evidence which his client
hid give upon the crime would be dear
paid for by the long recital of sordid
hours and blackguard experiences which
buld be drawn from him on cross-ex-
hnation and have the most damning
beet upon the minds Of a respectable
fnburgh jury.
And yet, perhaps, counsel did not suffi-
ENTITY consider the prejudice which is
Ecited-and rightly excited-against the
FsOner who shuns the box. Some of
lis prejudice might have been removed
II had been made more clear that Sla-
b had volunteered to come over and
and his trial of his own free will, with
at waiting for the verdict of the extra
ltOn proceedings.
There remains the summing up of Lord
pthrie His lordship threw out the sur
ISe that the assassin may we'll have
pne to the f., any intention of
|lrier This is G., , POSSIBLE, but
the highest degree able. He
lmmented with great seven,y on Sla-
Rs general character
Pm his summing up of the case, he re-
lntuated the familiar facts in an i'm
EFtial fashion, concluding with the
Hrds, u suppose that you all think that
le prisoner possibly is the murderer.
Fu may very likely all think that he
fobably is the murderer. That, how
Ter viii not entitle you to convict him,
Pc crown has undertaken to prove that
Is the murderer. That is the ques-
Pm you have TO consider. If you think
Pee is no reasonable doubt about it.
Pl viii convict him: If you think there
you Will acqut him.
u an hour and ten minutes the jury
made up their mind. BY a majority
4! found the prisoner guilty. Out of
''eeh, nine. as was afterward shown,
e'e Tor guilty, five for. non proven and
Pc for not guilty.
oy English law, a new trial would have
gen needed, ending possibly as in the
%IGIaer case in the complete acquittal
me prisoner By Scotch law, the ma
'@ly verdict held good.
Know nothing about the affair, abso-
WY nothing cried the prisoner, in a
u~4' VI despair 81 never heard the
1a' l Know nothing about the affair.
,,S not Know how 1 could be connected
~. We affair, I came from America
Gu. r. own account. l can say no more"
T N. of death was then passed.
.lg verdict was, it is said, a complete
~ p'.se 10 most of those in the court,
,ss certainly is surprising when exam
igu after the event
A. Nv MOI see how any reasonable man
5T,f ,0IeluiIy weigh the evidence and not
riad ", ual when the unfortunate prisoner
oce,,,, know nothing about it," he was
terar .r. o'," even probably, speaking the
HAL .- Inc monstrous coincidence
enos tb +, involved in his guilt, the coinci-
.Eo ky Ial the police, owing to their mis-
srtoS g. me brooch, by pure chance
Gu co. 'U pursuit of the right man.
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