Show 1 THE MORRIS CASE The case of the Peor etc w Charles Morn and He natta alt bury for beatiug tie ci Id Willie Jensen came up yesterday I hat been pending tome days and notwithstanding not-withstanding the uncertaitty of the coming of the trial there nag a large crowd present in the cart room Morris fa trial I is on tril alone the cases being separate Considerable difficulty diffi-culty was experienced in procuring a jury which was not accomplished until late in the afernoon accomplshe until additional jurors had bten called cale in The opening address on the part of the People was made by District Attorney VanZls who is conducting the caso which was very brief and an announcement of what the prosecu fsecu tion expected to prove Messrs Arthur Ar-thur Brown and L J Sharp appeared appene for the defense The introduction of testimony then began The first wit neasjMra Dummer was asked in what condition the child was when she first saw it with Morris and Salisbury To this Question Mr Brown nhieptoH I tpr arguing that the prosecution must con fine its testimony to one particular assault which would refer to one particular occasion He then referred to the opening address of the district attorney in which Mr VanZile remarked re-marked that he expected 10 prove a series of abuses in which the boy was nearly killed To this Mr Brown objected and argued at seme length Judge VauZile replied when Mr Brown concluded and Judge Hunter supported the objection and stated that the prosecution would have to elect some particular assault on which to go to trial Judge VauZiIe then chose tho time when the little boy was forced to stand on his tiptoes un iihh limbs were all swollen up On his the case proceeded a short time when the prosecution again began to introduce testimony showing cruelty to the boy over an extended period This was aso objected to when Judge Van Zile argued that he bad aright a-right to introduce this testimony to show tho intent to commit murder the assault could be confined to a particular time but to show the intent in-tent they could produco tettimony applying to different occasions This was supported by Judge Hunter The defense then argued that thistestimony should at least be confined to c period prior to the time when the child was forced to stand on its tip toes and that no testimony could be introduced showing cruelty or abuse after the day on which the assault being tried was committed This was overruled and all testimony on tae subject covering the whole period in I which the child was held by Morris i and Salisbury waa admitted Only two witnesses were placed on the stand but their testimony was of a most revolting and sickening char actjr covering nearly all the injuries and cruelties of a most filthy kind which could be practised on a child The case was still in progress when the court adjourned until 9 oclock this morning I |