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Show pr BLAME U vicarious Lsins of T.eii- feHEARD ClPMAN'S CASE glares Testimony p Theory of Fills ,Nr -Except fflr L-f the verdict after it i-srO upon b th- S"c- thf Meriwether ' fer as the public ls L fr.4 pfcof Counsel. Eaholly liven over to bffr.- the ' "l,rt Eiipmaii M riwether ETf-L-lous of whlcn Is Binectlor. with the La'jnm R. Bran, h Em i-i which he and L3 James M Munroe ii;- J K. Robinson . 6f 'th accused, and rtx anJ I'n'i.-.l Stun -Ij. C. Ro for tno Oai conclusion of the jte- ,he court was UmtioQ of the verdict opened the case H His first line of ul it5lf to the m dioal D'lhi li-fense rhls. Emlve. except ax l' kertfcern had ever een l fere received In '.his ,j. bjt all liud seen hi-v hi-v jgalnst hard sub-loilSej sub-loilSej to. such is i It the falls Then-fi i j u-i lh; t tin at "pel luKliu.'i Willi til.- d-.alti laanj- of m nii'.' r gJLn.ut iid. will BfWthei : r far a System Iconvlctei of anything Men, he will L ni id.-lee id.-lee for a ija u in and tor Uoa, If tti-.v bo .-Ins. to shown In tnls ( u i BpMible that the ae-pt ae-pt refrained from the Med charge, which In-btxtL In-btxtL of using provok-Bwltlng, provok-Bwltlng, we find th.it arii of live Intertnl b43v bad a huzy Idea m ifhtlng und'-i these Mb th nrlv stjibllshi d HpuJ Insult- were not I Explanation p. 0 using provoking llnach. counsel argued w hid not gone to prut-ike a il-lit. hut tppUnatlon of a condl-Pje condl-Pje latolerabl. to him ob-.-Un-rl. would have MV ixadem) llarrous Spirit B-' nP "'aid. "had srnuj spirit , in rcf is- tr the rules allowed Pllr offering to give up PS 'ommltlrd an un- Wft "d Shown the pr n- pyi!'.' that made our Pi wd .thai would Phr him Into the very IV" motive ha i . . P. the spi clfl atlc, Fwrv. Us conduct has itts Disorderly. Kft of disorder. In a tVc"-'' admit that the. FT. bat the accused has ,Ir uPerlntetjr ,,t E1 Prf-dfrit. dln-C dln-C Penalty for that - ration of p Acquittal. P Jm k. Robinson t!S - . at Of X '"''J I., u;, E!1,P,,y had boo,, it r.ad made M-rl-IT. I'd not chiik BTfr, better than ground of reason - fensou then read Ir Penalty Ki;,,.1 8r:mt Dmi xjf '" - HH?fe..i MMsh'. ''oBii ?! '''-''''oi! v caused by clOfS, and the i lota came from a fall and not ti-t blow '. I will Join in congratulating the accused and not ask for conviction on the charge of maii-laughter. maii-laughter. But have the falls been pt.,. 1- It ,v on till- point 1 will lm-paach lm-paach th testimony of Midshipman Filch. Says Testimony Revised. Before the board of inquiry and on the tahd tbi drat time. Fitch s;Lid tioth- Ing about am fall, but when lh- point had arlx.-n Midshipman Filch, who had refcreed the iigin. gve evlden t fans daring the fight, I think hiH evldedcc should bo atrlcken out. "Fighting Is prohibited ai Die Nava- academy, and every one knows It. xnej are conducted In secret, and this very ngr.i was aecrel A person is responalble for all the resulta connected ith a wrongful act. For a set of young ntle-men ntle-men to propose a brutal. bcaaCfi tight le a fine thing to acklinwlcdg' or lo ' an excusa A (1st fight doss not awy; show real c...,r..K- Th- be, I lis. flghte, might be the meaneat coward In battle. A prize fighter Is not a hero. Branch Not Malicious. "The evidence has shown that Branch was not malMous. though his " " may have been apeclally directed towa rfl Meriwether to some degree, it 'sA"Lmnn torn J belli ve, for certain n.idslup.n. n to diroot theii attention to cfrtaln lower Classman Tht acts Oi Mr. Branch oi ni this line were not severe -r unusual -mo do not constitute any mitigation i nnection with the vial ol lnPc- tion which discovered the suit esse, M Judge AdVOCate said th- re was no - ,!. n. i to ahow am unlawful act on the part of Branch. |