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Show " ALLEN ACQUITTED. It Is RejirJed is a Victory tor Flloi Flamraery, Rai'LTUMEIIlLLT CONnRMNEI). roll Tell of Jodie Amlrrion'a Amla. big l tomforltnif (hrg to I bit Jury. Our report of the Allen case cloaeil yr.lerday with Hie iddrmaoiof coun Mlfortbedtfenw, lTon Hie court rrauemblliift lu the aflrrnooo, Mr. Crltchlow conimcnccil hl.clo.lui; argument for ths proMvti. Hon. IIUanhy urglnn the Jury to tbrow a.lde all political prejudice which tbey might have and con.Uler the whole caau fairly ami Impartially, Tliepiwwcullon waa .Imply attempt InKtodaludutyand nomors. There could be no 'juration but that Allen wa. uton the boar J of-ejloctiou Judgea lnlhelnlereatoflheIlheral" rty. There wa. no queatlon hut that on the day of tlettlon there were n lot of'I.lb. eral" UlloU on the table,ty the ballot' hui, Itwai rhown that all through the day there were ruinori that every thing wa. not right at lull -, and Mr, Wlntera went to Judge Jloge In the morning and made a complaint to 1.1m. Then there wMlhev.ltlve leatltnony of Meaara. Wlnlera, lllalr and Thornlirrg that Ibey .aw Allen change ballot.. Mr, l)lcon' whole argument, Ml'h Mr. CrHrblow, waa limply an attack uK.n .Mr. Winter., and heipmt the whole time In heaping abuupoii that gen. tleuian. Tbo "l.llwral" party waa not on tilal In the. (. When Mr. Dlcb. aun called Wlntera a Judaa lacarlo the Implied a freat ileal. II waa Implied that he had been guilty of treachery tu the "Liberal" I'atly, but the ilefenae could not put Mr. Allen aalde an I at tempt to Iry Winter., audit waa aim ply nipudenl ou therl of thedefenM to drag theao Utliua III. They raid that for nby mau lo tealliy agalnit the Liberal" party waa tieuon and the man wai n Juda. Itcariot, a Uriah lleip. It una not very ImvnilDg In the attorney! for the defrnau to trumpet their wonderful virtue and to arrogate lo lherutilvea that redltude which llio.o whit kuew them be.t might Inj aotnewhat chary In credltlog to them. It made hi blood boll to ti.u n to the low luiulta hea)l upon Mr. Wlnlera liecauw he bad dated to tiwtlfy In the caw. If ho if a. unworthy of billet, why waan't It luwlblalollnd out man In all till, great city who would tntlfy tu lum.thlugagalu.t hi. character? The only rantlvu Mr Wlnlera had waa to tell the truth, when uuder oath to do eo. DM Judge Toivcri aud Mr. Dlckwii think that under audi clrcutn.tancea he ihoul I have unled bl. Ils? lleulUM Mr. Wlntandlln't happen todrlnkwhl.ky aod atnoko the Uefenae poked fun at hlui, but thla waa the lint lime the laktr had ever heard auih Uilnga urxeJairiluatatuan Ilia court ifjua tlie. Tbeae inaguatca of the "Literal" party dlimlwed Mr. Wlntan to eternal dLgrice, but It remained fur the Jury, by tbelr verdict, to decide that. Of cuurt Dlikeon and Puwan could ca.1 Ihenntitoneat Wlulera, lit aalbly there were otbera who couldn't do that. He had no feeling In thl.caao uutll the taue and row ardly attack waa made uuon Mr. Winter., aud to thU he cooildere-1 It hi. duty to ret ly lu theitnnte.tti.rm.. jctuii an in n)N'a oiiAiuir. HI. Honor charged thujury lu (he followlug lermi: (lentlemenofthe Jury The Indictment Indict-ment lu thl. taav chargea tbe delendant with a felony, Tbe Indictment rhargia that the defendant on the Mill day of July, 159 J, at the Uouuty of Hilt Lake, lu the Territory of Utah, while acting ae prcetdlng Judge tf election at Toll No. S of Mo Fourth iirttlurtuf Halt l.ake Ultv. at an Im. tlon then aud there being legaljy held for ethooltruitrt-i for the City of Halt Like, Territory afure.ald, unlawfully aud felonloti.Iy andfratiduleiittyaddint to the balluta thuu and there being legally llel at melt election, by fraudulently and unlawfully Introducing Introduc-ing luto the ballot-box ket by blm a. iiuhjudceofelectlou aiertaln number offaluaud fraudulent ballot, which were not cat nor ofTered to be cant by any elector at aald I'oll S'o. 2, by uu lawfully and fraudulently mliing and mingling aald fain and fraudulent ballot, with the ballot lawfully can at auch election, 1 To till Indictment the defend, nut In. pleaded that ho la not guilty, and thli plea put. lu laauo eiery material averment In the linllcl-tueut, linllcl-tueut, and Uforu you can convict the defendant ou murt boaatlafled from the evidence Uyond n reavouatle doubt that he la guilty or thecrlmeof which he la amiaod lulMtantUUy aa charged In tbe lndlctmont. 2 The law pntumci every rann accuiwdof acrlmotobiiluuoci-nluulli hoelmll have been (roveu guilty be-yoml be-yoml a reuaonable doubt, aud the de lendant lu urn cae ii entitled totlili preaumpllou of the law In hi. favor. It A fieeouable doubt la, aa the wurd. Import, u doubt founded In rruou and not a mere captloua or fnni I fill doubt one that hoi to beaought ufttr or conjured up for thu purpoao of nciUlltlng a defendant, but oau that fairly nnl reaaouably aniea u)ou n coiulderatloii ol all the ovMciao In thu cue. If uou a full anl careful coualderatlon of all thu clriumatancea of thucaae. ai dla. iloiwl by thu evidence, thu liilnd wav. en and Ii uncertain aa to the guilt or Inuocente of thu accuaeil,thll would lo a h uunablo doubt within the mianlng of the law, and you ahould acquit thu defendant, 1 You are the aole Judgei of the facta of the caae, the welnhtof thuiivl. dince and Ihe tredlblllty of the wit-mit,aud wit-mit,aud In iktirmlnliig thu crudl-blllt) crudl-blllt) of a wltiieaa you may take Into coualderatlon the demeanor of thu wit ma.whlle lettlfjlng, lila relation or altiiation to the defendant or IIiohu en. iraiml in the roatcutlou, any blaa or ureju II hu may have inunlfe.ted, any Intemthemaylnvelnlheriaultoflhu t .., a,u auy other fact or clrcuni-lanra clrcuni-lanra whlrh In your mlnda, a. reaaon-able reaaon-able ihd, rhoul I trct liU criillbllllj ; nd If juu Uud that any nltniaa ha. kunwlnly Unllfliil fahely aa to any ""terlal fait lu the cau you will l luiUDed In dlirrgardlng lila ontlre tea. Uuioay, .cc-aft at to ailjli parti thereof wherein lie may liavo lieeu cotrolio. ratlby other iredlbleevldence. Tho defenlint ll a competent wit-lie. wit-lie. In hti own behalf and ha. teetlriH lajforn you, and you ihoull give lila tcitlmony alch weight ai you may think It fairly entitled to, keeping lu inlnd the deep lutireat he hu lu the remit re-mit of the trial. ft hvldenre haa been Introducd aa tothaprevloiM good rharacler of the accuwd. You arelnatructeil lhat evidence evi-dence of prevloua go! haracter la comjietent evldenro In favor of a par-ty par-ty a.itiwij, ai tending to allow that ho would not a likely In commit the crhnu allogeil ngalnat him. And In thli cate If Iho Jury Ulleve from the evidence that prior to Uiealhged crime the defendant had al wa a tame a good character for lion-aty lion-aty and Integrity among 111. acquaintance, acquain-tance, and In Ihe iielghlajthood where he lived, then thli I. a proper fact. lo l conildcrrl by the Jury, with all the ullitr nvl lem-u n the owe, 111 deter-milling deter-milling thei lettlon whothi r the wit. neHi. who have te.tlflcl to fti tend. Ingtocrlmltialeihlni hive lawn nn-lakenorte.linrdfal.ely nn-lakenorte.linrdfal.ely or truthfully; ami if, after a careful coiialleritlou of altthei-vllencaluthe cn-e, Including that t.-arlug upon lila pruvlnu. goo-l character, you riitertaln any rcaeonabln doubt of iho ilefenlant'a guilt, then It la your duty lo acquit blm. 0. Itut If joii Ulleve Irani the evl. deuce, beyond a reasonable doubt, that thu defendant committed Iho crime In iueatlon, a.chargeil lu the Indictment, It will Iwvour duly a. Juror, lo II ud thu defendant guilty, eveu though the evidence may aailafyour tnliidi that tho defendant, prevfuiu lo tha comnil.. .Ion of the alleged crime, ha I luatalned a good reputation and character for hone. ty. 7 III. conceded by the difendant that Ihero mi an election held In Halt UkeC'lty, Utah Territory, on Iho lllh day of July, 181), for the election of chool tru.le.-e, and that the defendant wa. Ihequallfletl anil acting lfldlng lldge at aald election al I'oll No.V of the Fourth nreclnct of aald Hilt lako (Jlly, aa chargcil In the Indictment; and thcae facta aro therefore to lo lakin by you ai true without further proof, 8 If you llnd from the evldcnco beyond be-yond a rvaaonable doubt that at the time and lieo chirged In the ludlcl-ment. ludlcl-ment. thu defendant, iihllo acting aa preabllng Judvo of election, al Toll No. 1', of the Fourth precinct of Hall Iake, nt an eleitlon then and Ihero teliig held for achool tmateia for the City of Halt Like, and whlln Mid pull wa.oiu to receive the ballota of Ihe electora voting or offering to vote nt raid ull, did knowingly and uutaw. fully Introdura Into thu ballot box kept by hlninlaald ill, one or more faUu und fraudulent ballota which had not been theu and there caat by an elector or olectora voting at aald clictlou, then you ihoull find theiUfenlantgulltyai rhargeil In the Indlitment; lait If jou fall to ao find, you will return a verdict of notgullly, NVhen Judge Anderaon had cou eluded, Judge I'uwera a.ke.1 Ihnt the Jury l charged to the ellect that If they found that at Ihe election lu ijuii-tlon ijuii-tlon tho difeuilaiit did inbatltulu auy "Llberal"ballotfor Iho People's rty ballota, they ahould alau II ml what he did wllh the l'eo le'a natty ballota. HIiHonorat once refined thl. re-queat, re-queat, aud thu Jury retlrud at ".30. After being atatent rather more than threw lioura they returned Into court with a verdict of "not guilty," h re lull which mrprl.ed nearly evtrj body Iireeont. |