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Show The Vast Profun.lity of the Leiral Talent Engaged Upon the Celebrated j Cromwtll Murder Cue, THE HOST OF WITNESSES 05 HASD. So Great Interest Taken in tho Trial by the Prisoner- 0. her K-.-ws by Tun Tunes' Ept'ci.il Sjrviw. W'ont.sr.K'K, Out,, Sept. -lpe ! eial - lu no criminal trial for years iu j this country has there been eugagod ; such an array of such legal taleut as appears for the prosecution and for the defense of J. U. Hurehell, r ho is in-1 dieted for the murder on February 17th last of tho young F.iiglishmuii. F. ' ltcnwell. The crow n is represented by Deputy Attorney-General J- U. t'arlw right, U. H. Osier, l'- lvId County frown Attorney At-torney F. K. Hall. I". -ih'1' WIW "J10 of the counsel of the crow n in the trial of Kiel for high treason, and is oi.e of tho leading counsel for the Grand Trunk railroad in the suits for immense damages growing out of tho St. George accident. For the prisoner! George T. lib.i-kstock of Toronto appears as senior counsel. Ho is only 114 J ears of age, imi dining tho twelve yea in he has been a member of tho bar he lias made a .1 I.. I. . XI..XI .I..,,, u-tn. bti liaut record. Judge McM.ihon. who ........ ,i,.Si mH uie reputation of being an able law ver and an holiest judge-. Ho was the leading counsel for the prisoners prison-ers ill the celebrated lliddolph murder eases, and on that occasion made one of the. most brilliant speeches ecr ad-di.-.osed to a Canadian jury. A host of witnesses are on hand, among them being Colonel Hurehell of Knglaud, the murdered man's father, who came from Knglaud lo testify. The prisoner evinces no great Interest iu the proceedings. His mother sb l,..si,b. him. His defense has not yet been outlined, but it is supposed he w ill undertake lo show that I he body bore evidences of a violent struggle when found, while he did not and will endeavor endea-vor to convince the jury that the delee-tives delee-tives having coniiuilled themselves to iho declaration that hn is guilty, ha c been devoting their time and labor to the work of attacking his lite, instead of endeavoring to diseoer the murderer. WouI'Mim K, Out.. Sept. ai.-lAiso-l eiaied Press. -The trial of I'.nehell for the murder of tho young l'.ngli-hniiiii, He.nwcil, began heiethis morning. I he prisoner was faultlessly attired aud pcrloeilV self-possessed. His plea was not guilty." The work of chousing the jui'V concluded at noon. The counsel coun-sel for the prosecution then made tho opening address, setting forth a c ham of evidence on which conviction will bo asked. |