| Show TRIAL porters powerful peroration pros the prisoners pluck the thunderbolt threatening the th ahna ug on thursday VT NV U telegraph to tho T y D cjan 10 when C guitrau alte au lie haq passed ed his brot brother ber he lie whispered to him bim como come over to tho the dock I want to see you about something of great imp importance rt 11 taking his scat seat tho tile pris prisoner oner laid down a large bundle ft papers and spreading mauu himself in looking it over judge porter beg began 1111 his argument shortly after 10 c lock and at once fixed tho the attention of everyone inthe room i guiteau pretended to bo be engrossed indis in his manuscript bat but soon laid aid it aside and listened with wrape attention nothing like it has been scon seen or b heard eard during the past nine weeks in tiie alie guiteau trial as judge viewed the conduct prisoner and the conduct on the tile part of his counsel c causo ause inthis in this court alie crime in all its hideous ugliness was held up to the detestation af f his hearers the silence became oppressive and the presence of the avenging avenging justice in the near future was su suggested amsted with afore a force cof of conviction that th at swept from the courtroom every lestig ge of that levity which has bas so lone long danced attendance upon every utterance of odthe the prisoner and like a veil obscured from the consciousness of the spectators the horrors of tho the crime and what should be the solemnity of its judicial atonement the prisoner winced and nervously twisted in his place and for several minutes was unable to anything say that in any sense could ap approach roach to an interruption gradual gradually lyU however wever tile prisoner regained his usual assurance arid and resumed ins his daily habit of interrupting with contradictions and denials for once however tile insufferable impudence of the prisoner was over awed Ni neither his noise noise nor his abuse could interrupt or silence the avalanche of condemnation that swept from tho the lips of the eloquent coun counsel sel the prisoner is mistaken your honor I said judge porter if lie hobbx be liv liches that by ins his unseemly brawl brawling ng he lie c can in prevent ray my voice from bein being g heard by the jury tha puppet cannot bo be moved in such a good time as when he lie sat with his counsel and by his very verv outbursts now ho lie is is fast tightening the hang mans noose about ili his neck i with a nervous twitching twit ebing of the mouth guiteau muttered well voll see about that the heretofore audacious and wholly unabashed prisoner seemed ill at case and at a loss to understand why his would be sallies of wit or impudence wholly failed with alio audience the more severe became the denunciations ciati ons of counsel the more frequent and marked were the demonstrations of approval finally like a wild will beast brought brou glit to bay guiteau yelled out I staked on the issue and im willing to go to the tile gall gallons irs tomorrow if it is the lords wim win im sick of this bosh judge porter I wish you would get your fiyo five thousand dollars lars and go home judge porter concluded his bis masterly argument at 1140 by reading the now famous letter of president garfield to judge aayne in in which he lie complimented and thanked him bini for brushing away the network of sophis tries with which it has of late years been cus customary tomar to envelope tl the I e pica of insanity I w ahen fi tell set up in in excuse for crimes rimes jud judge cox at lU lubigan began an q I be the reading of ins his decision w which I gb begins e with a lengthy review of the subject of jurisdiction judge cox occupied fifty five minutes in reading that portion of his decision touching upon ulon the question of jurisdiction he ile reviewed alie progress proy ress of opinion and cited all important rulings from the early day dav of common law in england and decided against the prayer of the defense he lie summed up tho the question fuestion ue stion that jurisdiction is comp completed eted consequently this court has full cognizance of tho the offense judge cox next took the question of the legal test of insanity and decided that a knowledge now ledge and appreciation of the difference between right and wrong must bo be taken as the correct test judge cox concluded his decision at 12 having consumed an hour and forty minutes minu tes wl I rapid rapi speaking sq aking upon poll every material mat crial point I his is rulings were decidedly against the prayers Y of the defense the tile only grain of comfort for the prisoner was offered when J judge cox reached tb the e question of reasonable doubt upon this subject lie said I shall noy now charge the jury to acquit if they find reasonable reason oble doubt as to any one clement element but I shall take into consideration and charge them thein relative to the elements and that if from all circumstances cum stances and evidence they have reasonable doubt of alie commission by the defendant of the crime as charged then they shall acquit A As s judge cox com finished speaking ng Guite guiteau aub called out I am perfectly sati satisfied law IN S tied with that exposition of the after consultation between counsel p the court was adjourned until thursday morning when david davidge davide e will make the opening argument to tho the jury for the prosecution |
