The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-11-30

ton ""Another Maria Monk Case Comes to Light in
New Jersey" Prior to Branne going on the stand
Postoffice Inspector knight was on the stand, the
defense not having finished with him yesterday.
Mr.. Watson showed him the Latin complained Of
and also other Latin which the witness said he
could not read. The defendant said he intro
duced that to show that the Latin was uninteIli-
gible to the average reader
Mr.. Branne, on the cross, said he still takes
the Jeffersonan and usually reads everything in
it, He was asked if he knew shout the Maria
Monk case from information other than that
cured from the Jefersonan. The witness said
he did. The defendant asked if he knew that
Harper Brothers published book. by Maria
Monk, dealing with wrongs inflicted on nun in
a convent. The witness said he did not know
Harper had published such book The govern
ment objected to this line of questioning. The
defense sought to show that books containing
articles of the character as his were pub
lshed by the McMillans, Lippincotts, Harpers, etc
Judge Lambdin ruled that what these publishers
did had nothing to do with the trial, that
he could not go to London and New York 70
bring other publishers in; that it was merely
question to the defendants guilt innocense
The defendants guilt if he had made any
investigation as to the truth falsity of what
he wrote. Objection by the government to this
question was sustained You don't know whether
Shakespeare the Bible, ETC., the word -"
questioned the defendant.
objection by the government sustained.
All Standard Works
The defendant then asked what standard are
we to go by g.
Inc court SAID that ne ruled all standard works
could be used standard, the books standing
for themselves. The court said he wanted to
abbreviate the trial
The defendant said he also wanted to expedite
the trial
Mr., Watson asked Mr. Branne about the daily
papers he read, whether he read New York papers,
etc. Witness said he read Atlanta papers and
Tennessee much of his time.
The government objected, Mr.. Donaldson stat
ing the questions irrelevant.
The defendant said he wanted to show animus
the part of the defendant to show whether the
witness was Laying for him. or whether the wit
ness was trying to improve public morals.
Mr.. Watson here said that he wanted also to
show that matter worse than he is sending
through the mails is going through them every
day and that the prosecution is not intended to
conserve public morals, but is attempt of the
Roman Catholic Church to crush one Protestant.
The court here ruled that all pictures and
articles in current papers be excluded Then fol-
lowed the sensational incident above referred to
when the jury was excluded.
Colonel Olive Speaks
Col Sam L. Olive then delivered a lengthy
speech, contending that the language of the in
dictment indicated that it aimed at the
tire book magazine and not the particular
articles.
The court ruled that it was not proper to place
the entire paper magazine in evidence, but
simply the article itself, but that, however, he
would allow the general contents of the magazine
and papers to be admitted.
The district attorney then referred to articles
from Watson's Magazine entitled THE Roman
Catholic Hierarchy etc. Mr.. R. L. McWhOrter,
professor of Latin at the University of Georgia,
put the stand to translate the Latin
articles in question into English At this point
the defendant objected stating that the articles
should be read to the court just as they appeared
in print, and said: I'VE submit in profound
earnestness and sincerity that the public did not
have access to the University of Georgia to learn
what the Latin meant, and contend that just
the Latin went through the mails, it should go to
the jury"
The Latin Translated.
The objection however, was overrued by the
court, who stated that the law prohibited obscene
language from going through the mails, and did