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Show CLOCIII& iiriSULIjilTS HI ilOMNEY- VK3EX I?JAL Case Will Likely Be Giren to the Jury f:r Consideration Consid-eration TWs Aftcrncrx , i - ...... , . - - - - At the opening: of court this morning. Attorney J. M. Hamilton concluded hla closing- argument for the defense In the case of Miles W. Romney, charged with murder In the second degree. Hamilton spoke a little over an hour, and Judge King at once began the final argument for the defense. The courtroom was well filled with a motley, crowd of Interested spectators. Joseph Romney, brother of the defendant, defend-ant, sat by his side, and Mrs. Miles W. Romney and her little children were In the courtroom, as well as other relative's rela-tive's of the defendant. Mr. Hamilton spoke In scathing terms of the witnesses. Dowse and Pratt, subpoenaed sub-poenaed by the State, whom he said were seen In this courtroom yesterday smiling and "hob-nobbing" together. The reporter, W. D. Van Blarcom, who testified in the case, waa roasted by the attorney. Judge King extolled the high character charac-ter of the defendant, and attempted to show that the crime was not premeditated. premedi-tated. He referred to the eight children of the defendant, and said he had never seen a man who had a large family and loved his children, who was a bad man. He had about half finished when a recess re-cess was taken until 2 o'clock. His line of argument will be that the defendant shot -Harry Strong In self-defense. Judge King will complete his argument this afternoon, and District Attorney Eichnor will close for the State. j The case will likely be given to the jury late this afternoon. Perjury Is Denounced. District Attorney Dennis C. Eichnor in his closing address to the Jury in the Romney murder trial yesterday afternoon af-ternoon denounced the perjury which he believed had been ' practiced during the trial of the case in strong terms. He denounced . Patrolman Emil Johnson, calling him a dangerous man and a traitor. The testimony of the defendant and that of "Manning, the star wftness for the defense." was compared and the discrepancies pointed out to the Jury. Not in Fear of His Life. Mr. Eichnor said that the actions of Romney previous to the shooting, were not those of a man who was In fear of his life. He displayed the revolver with which Strong was shot and told the Jury that such a gun could not be discharged dis-charged accidentally, saying: "I lost all respect for Romney -when he made that statement." ' The policeman who changed his mind with regard to the cuspidor was roundly round-ly scored. "I want ot sav to you, gentlemen of the Jury, that Emil Johnson is a dangerous dan-gerous man. He changed from the truth, which was against this defendant, defend-ant, to the view favorable to him, and might he not change from the truth in favor of an innocent man to a position against him? Emil Johnson has perjured per-jured himself and does not possess the faithfulness of a mongrel cur. He is a traitor!" Mr. Eichnor asked the Jury to veigh the testimony carefully, and to glean the truth from the falsehood. |