| Show th lr clr if CASE the howard spencer case which terminated yesterday with a verdict of acquittal has aroused more lian ordinary interest in a 1 l circles in this territory not more from the peculiar circumstances attending tha provocation and the killing than from hie and ability ich liichi lii cli the trial afler all aliese years has been conducted amona other features which will mike uie raso memorable in local judicial circles wo imagine eliat none will contribute daoro largely to that end than tho unusual course adopted by judge judd on the barly in the examination of the witnesses one of atie defendants attorneys was interrupted by liis honor with a grafl nesa under the circumstances altogether un necee aary at a later stage of the proceedings another of the nt torness for alie defence was sharply rebuked for uttering in the course of hia plea before the jury a sentiment as to the justification for certain conditions at the time the killing of pike occurred when tho time came tor alie judge to charge the jury lie injected into his instruct technicalities and fine drawn distinctions calculated in their nature to render less favorable alie defendants case than alie preponderance of evidence evid ecce seemed to warrant and than the jury were willing to regard it and i naly when the finding of alie jury was reported his remarks in dismissing them after their trying and responsible labors were such as a disappointed schoolmaster might address to a class of bit boys altom he was powerless to otherwise punish hy case baa terminated in a manner satisfactory to alie great majority of those who have beau familiar with it or who have read the proceedings as reported during the week the jury ere to be praised for the patience and discrimination they have shown and the substantial justice their verdict has given alie attorneys on both eides are entitled to credit for the skill industry and learning they have manifested in alie conduct of alie case and lastly tho defendant is to bo congratulated on being exonerated by hii fellow men and attaining liis freedom from the grave charge hanging over him |
