Show NEW PHASE IN PATRICK DEFENCE albany N Y oct 2 the caso ol 01 albert T patrick who since march 26 1902 has been under conviction of the murder of the aged millionaire william marsh rice in new york city in 1900 before tha court of appeals today in an aspect aa remarkable as any of the previous phases of the case which throughout has been one of the most extraordinary in the criminal history of this state patricks counsel former united states senator david B hill presented a brief in support of his motion tor a reargument of the case which was decide against patrick by the court last june by a vote of 4 to 3 in the course of this brief he points out that a son of judge john clay ton gray one of the judges of the court of appeals and one of those who voted against the reversal of patricks conviction was an assistant district attorney ot new york county and participated in the prosecution of patrick the opposition brief of district attorney jerome drawn it is said by the late ex justice judson S landon a short time before his death and filed by assistant district attorney hovard gane characterizes senator hills comment upon judge grays participation in the judgment of the court as being such as no degree of eminence in counsel could render respectable the suggestion that judge ariy violated the proprieties in taking part in the case is as contemptible as it Is impudent the district attorneys brief says la gayara venezuela oct 3 former judge W J calhoun of chicago commissioner ot the united states to venezuela sailed for home today |