Show owr i in DISTRICT COURT latest proceed proceedings digs in tho 1 jury case MORE arraignments mrs parry again breaks down dovirn in th the dross cros examination of t jhb ho prosecution at 9 10 the time time a announced for tho the opening g of cour court t n on monday morning a large number of people had bad convened ve ned in the court room to witness the concluding pro ce edings in the case of mrs parry court was called to order by the bailiff and the clerk read the journal of saturday the first business was the arraignment of james may charged with with his wives martha may blay and rhoda may durin during a period of nf time efte extending dig from aan jan let 1884 to june 1886 there were five counts i in a the indictment and the statutory time waa was taken to enter a plea george chandler was then arraigned ed char charged ed with a jai similar milar 0 of ai fenee ena th the 0 cadies ladies named are jane marian and Geor georgeana glana chandler and the indictment covers a period d of two years commencing on jun 1 ast 1st a t 1884 and continuing to jan 1 ast 1st t 1886 the time was divided into four counts mr chandler took tho the statutory time in which lo 10 plead the jury in the parry cage case were then called the prosecuting attorney then cc continued his cross examination of the defendant the jady ad y was allowed to remain on her seat sent at tho the table by the aide side of her attorney the examination con linued for a considerable length of time but the testimony given confirmed in every particular that given as direct evidence the witness asserted among other things that no one had advised her to go before the grand jury and correct the mistake she baa made she could reco recollect elect clearly that she had bad made a mistake the reason she had recalled it was because she had thought and worried so much about it the prosecution dont you say now mrs parry that you are misi mis taken when you eay say here that you eaid said before the grand jury that the child was going on three years old dont you think you are making a mistake now the lady again faltered and it was with great difficulty that she was kept from swooning she was excused from the witness stand and immediately left the room josiah wright then took the stand he ia is defendants father his age was 62 years his daugh ter came to his house upon the same day appeared before the grand jury A conversation took place between him and hia his daughter respecting what the defendant had testified to concerning the age of her youngest child objected to t by the counsel fur defense as hearsay his ilia honor ruled the evidence be stricken out mrs susan eldrege being sworn testified fiZ ed that she be was present with her mother when she appeared be fore the grand jury the prosecution then proposed to read from a memoranda and stated taft the witness might mit ig aay say whether it iva was correct or not thia this move was objected to by the defense and the objection was sustained in answer to further interrogations respecting what was asked her in the grand ury room witness said they asked ter her what was vas the age of her mothers youngest child but she could not remember the answer she gave was aware that the child wag was not two years old there wae was then a brief pause vause in the proceedings during which mr fowler was excused from jury jury service during the present wee week k A recess of often ten min minutes utes w wag as then thell I 1 I 1 taken after recess the defense introduced the follo following eving evidence in rebuttal joseph A west was called and testified to having known mrs MM parry from bis his childhood had never heard her reputation for truthfulness truthful nesa questioned IV G child jamea james L dee thomas D dee ben den E rich 31 richter RI clater and lorin farr were in in turn sworn and bac each h tea testified tidied to the reputed truthfulness and stud voracity of the defendant for periods ra ranging baing i from 5 to 35 years prior to the of february last mr 0 E hill was recalled by the prosecution and was asked if mrs airs eldredge dredge EI testified before the grand raud jury respecting the age of the defendants youngest child ob ejected to by the defense on the ground that the question was I 1 im 0 cateral ma teral the court sustained the objection and the witness was excused aurelia wright was recalled by the prosecution and asked if she remembered hear ing a conversation which took place between mrs parry and her father on the same day that the former appeared before the grand jury respecting the age of her youngest child objected to on the ground that it was on an at sa ter tempt p t to impeach the defendants test tej m ony the objection ton was over ruled and an exception was taken witness said she had no conver convers A aaion with defendant nu that occasion but buff heard her tell her father that she had made a mistake re I 1 spec erecting ting tho the age of her youngest child had bad no conversation with defendant at her father fathers house civron wi vron josiah wright wa was recalled re called by 7 the defense he testified fidd that bis his daug daughter liter told him that she bad testified to the jury that her young est t child was going on three years old when ehe she should have eaid said going on two nancy middleton testified corroborating rob orating the testimony given by the preceding witness respecting the ago of the the child in ques tion both sides rested at this point and court adjourned till 2 p m attao ai p m the court resumed ita its session session before proceeding to the argument a in the parry case mr kimball indall explained to the court that when it was elated stated that mr biro parrys oldest child wae was 17 reference wae was bad only to those children childr enby aby mr parry and not to those of her er children by a former husband there waa was also some discussion as to the time when mr pa parry i rry was before the grand jury mr bierbower was recalled but be he could not give the exact date the case was then argued aed before the jury A synopsis aref of 0 the arguments will appear in in OUDEN HERALD |