Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-21
ATTORNEY DUNN'S APPEAL BRINGS TEARS
 IN TRIAL OF MRS. MABEL KENYON

this witness had said he did not recall anything Mrs Kenyon said then.
 It was shown that Mrs Kenyon had cenied making these statements on her eros; examination. The constable sald Mrs. kenyons reply was T loved him so dearly
 Attorney Rathbun moved to have the whole matter stricken out but Judge Hinman overruled the ot jection and the attorney asked to have an exception noted.
 Francis Kenyon Again.
 After short recess, the defense brought to the stand again Francis Kenyon the 12-year-old son of Mrs Kenyon The boy testified that he was with his mother from about II a. m. to p. m on the day of the shooting. He saw the bruise on her forehead over her l left eye. It's color was a little tint of | red. He also saw scratches on the thumb of his mothers left hand. Major Hull did not cross examine the boy and the defense stated that this closed their case.
 Demonstrates With Revsiyer.
 Sheriff George H. Stanton was put ! on the stand by the state in resuming | rebuttaI testimony. Taking the revolver l in hand, Sheriff Stanton stated that in | a center fire revolver of tais description it would have been impossible to dis
 charge it without the hammer being | back in place, fully cooked by thum-
 ming, or by pulling the trigger. Judge Rathbun had the sheriff show how fast
 the gun could be fired by pulling the trigger.
 When the constable proposed to dem onstrate by putting a cartridge into the
 revolver there was nervous movement about the court room and Judge Hinman
 inquired if it could be shown with an un- loaded cartridge.
 Its immaterial," answered the wit ness.
 'If it's immaterial use an unloaded
 one,' directed the judge.
 Mrs. Lottie A. Taylor. who said she was standing by Mrs. Thurston's front
 door at the front hall when pr. Scan-
 lon came in. She heard Dr. Scanlon say i Where is her. but she denied that there
 was any of the conversation which Mrs
 Kenyon had testified to. T Mrs Edna J. Brown next door neigh | bor to Mrs. Kenyon, on Williams street | testified that she had talked to Mrs . Kenyon about two years ago. It was i outside her back door. There had beer
 attorney claimed that Mrs Kenyon hat
 testified she had never talked to Mrs 5 Brown.
  . Major Hull announced that the stat Y reste dits case.
 ei Judge Rathbun called Judge Hinman' n attention to his motion made Monday t
 strike out certain parts of the cross ex A animation of Mrs Kenyon on Corone - Browns statement, which the state al , torney used to test Mrs. Kenyon's claiT it to mental responsibility inmediatel n lyafter the shooting
 r Judge Hinman allowed certain DOT d tions of the cross examination to stan e and struck out other parts. Attorne
 Rathbun read to the jury the part
 stricken out and Major Hull read tt
 parts that were to stay. ,e Both sides rested at this point an Il Judge Hinman declared a recess un; T. 1.S0 with the way clear for the argl ,o uients to begin.
 Attorney Hewitt Makes First Argumen le Attorney Hewitt began the opening al le gument for the state at 1.40 and spoE
 for about an hour He mentioned at u Id outset the safeguards that were place le about the accused by law in requiring u is state to prove it's case beyond reasol Id able doubt, and went on to speak of Mir k Kenyon's good fortune in having ra IT. husband who had stood by her 2 of through and in having able counsel. ( n- her testimony alone, he claimed. sl he would be guilty of some degree of hon
 eide, for the pistol had gone of while sl g. was holding it. and it was pointed toV h. ards Dr. Tetlow. The attorney quoted in statute saying that one who uses pist d in reckless manner. causing it to go ( u- and kill another. is guilty of homicic h. All that the state would have to prove, ed said would be manslaughter
 The theory of accidental shooting whi
 had been chosen by the defense. he sa he was an eleventh hour defense, for the he examination of witnesses had first inc at cated suicide by Dr. Terlow as their tt rs ory and after that they had apparent ut been working on the theory of death frC on natural causes, as indicated by the stre fer they had put upon the examination of { un doctors. The attorney ridiculed the i nd portance which the defense attached er- the fact that the bullet was not found
 the autopsy and said that Mrs. Kenyo in elstion at the examination of pr. Scanl SC about the goldfish globe. which V lot meant to put the doctor in a hole, was
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