ie . g: understanding the following teene. ‘The counrel for “ ~ ~ * ™ + ” ed cenenmainneenen waar ae ar Select Literature. YHE TRIAL FOR MURDER. ( Concluded.) We would state ouly ove fact more, learaed counsel, and he had dove his duty ; would then be forthe jury to do theirs, With a few days there had been found, in tho priso house, thp f Gi a small bottle of a very singular th iquids which are most likely 10 lose their wa To whom this bee longed, or to what use it had been app ied, there virtue by expesure to the air. was no evidence to show, Sach was the address of the counsel for the pro- secution, aud, during its delivery, I had earnest), watched te countennuce ot the prisoser, who had listened to it with deep attention, Twice only did I perceive that it preduced in him the slightes When the disappearance of his louse- r was mentioned, a smile of scorn passed over his lip ; aud the votice of the discovery of the stopper abviously excited au interest, aud, I thovght, ao I need not emotion, kee apprehension ; bat it quickly subsided, ~~ the prosecution had, i bie owa mind, attached cou-, siderable importance to the cireumstances mettioned ~ by the witness who saw the light, that while the [7 'prisouer aud the housekeeper were in the room o' ‘the former, something like @ door had intervened: thetween the candle and the window, which wan jtotally irreconcilable wiih the appearance of the * said theT20™ whea examined; and he had half persuades’ jt{Mimself that there rust be a seerut closet which had eseaped the search of the officers of justice, th. year's (pening of which would account for the appearance ory Stluded to, and the existeace of which might discover ription, I: was apparently of foreigu tne property Ds tgp pape ver gray iy esti mavufacture, and was described by medical men * seaper (the only parece yet give any clue to this) such information as he could get, without alarming her by any direct inquiry on the subject, which, as she could not help seeing its importance, woull have lead her at once to a that as she know how much or how litth the inquiry had already brought to light; and by himself treating the matter as. - 20 Doz. Am. BROOMS, material, he might lead her to consider it so alao, : and hy that means draw forth all that she knew. 4 lorge stock of Spices, Pickies, Fruit, &e., &c., suitable Pe being of the description used by clomists to presery positive denial. He kaew, mor had uot been in court, she could After some few unimportant questions, he aske ber, in a tone aod manner calculated rather t awaken confidence than to excite distrust : detail the evidence that was gis en for the prosecution; leon is ste a it amounted, in substance, to that which the — e stated, vor did it vary in any particular. stopper was produced, aod proved te have bee found in the house; but no attempt was made t trace it to the prisoner's possession, or eveu kuow- ledge. When the case was closed, the learned judge, addressiug the counsel for ~ promaaniion, said “ | thought there was hardly sufiicient evidence to call) 4° a : ee cearthe risover for bis defence; and, if the Ps Chew it was opened again for the purpose of re were of the same opinion, they would at once stop tke case, Upon this observation from the judge, the jury turned round for « moment, and then intimated their acquiesence iu his honor's view of the evidence. The counsel folded up their briefs, ang a verdict of Yes,” a 0 pause, 90 answer, he shut the door, or did it remain open ? * Ile shut it.’ jplacing the bottle, was it 7’ * It was.’ last time 7’ : ; : * Not above a miuute. acquittal was about to be taken, when the ee light and the window, would it not ” addressed the court. rawed against him,by explains which at present appeared doubtiul learned judge to a ee) 33, and was soenny seconded by his counsel, thas. the court/though very much agaiust its inelivation, and cowtrary to its usual habit, gave “; and Yieldod to the request. he priscaet then addressed the jury, and on- treated, their patience tor a short time. He re- peated to them that he never could feel satisiled to be acquitted merely beeause the evidence was not Conclusive, and pledged himeelf, in a very short time, by the few observations he should make, and the witness whom he should eall, to obtain their verdiet on much higher grounds, upon the impossi- bility of his being guilty of the dreadful crime. With respect to the insinuations which had been thrown out against him, he thought one observation would dispose of them. Assuming it to be true that the deceased died from the effect of a poison, of which he called God to witness that he had nover even heard either the name or the existence until this, day, was not cvery probability of his innocence? Here wasa perfect stranger, not known to have in his possession a single article of yalue, who might either have lost or been robbed of that roperty which he was said to have had at H——, hat so probable as that he should, in a moment of despair at his loss, have destroyed himself? The fatal drug was stated to have been familiar in those countries in which Mr. Thompson had travelled, while to himself was utterly unknown, Above all, he implored the jury to remember that, although the eye of malice had watched every proceeding of his siuce the fatal accident, and though the most minute search had been made into every part of his pre- mises, no vestige had been discovered of the most trifling article belonging to the deceased, nor ‘had eveo @ rumor been circulated that poison of any kiud had been ever in his possession. Of the stopper which had beew found he disowned all knowledge. He declared, most solemuly, that heghad uever seen it before it was produced in court, und he asked, could the faets of its being found in his house only a few days ago, when hundreds of people had been there, produce upon an impartial mind even a momentary prejudice against him? One fact, and one only had been proved, to which it was possible for him to give an answer, the fact of his having ‘one to the bedroom of his housekeeper on the night in question. He had been subject, for many years of hig life, to sudden fits of illness; he had ‘beer seized wi’) one on that occasion, and had gone to her to procure her assistance in lighting a fire. She nad returned with him to his room for that purpose, he having waited for a minute in the passage whilst she put on her clothes, which would account for the momentary disappearance of the light; and after she had remained in his room a few minutes, finding himself better, ho had dismissed her, and retired again to bed, from which be had pot risen until he was informed of the death of his guest. It has been said that, after his committal to prison, his house- keeper had disappeared. He avowed that, finding his enemies determined, if possible, to accomplish his ruin, he had thought it probable they might taraper with his servant. Hehad therefore kept her out of their way; but for what purpose? Not to prevent her testimony being given, for she was now under the care of his counsel, and would instantly appear for the purpose of confirming, as far as she jee coneerned, the statement which he had jus: Such was the prisouer’s address, which produced @ vory powerfil effect, It was produced in a firm and impressive manuer, and its simplicity and art- lessness gave it au appearanse of truth. “The house- keeper was then put into the box, and examined by the + jeoage med the — “ee .. the custom, at that time almost universal, of excludin Sedals from court until their testimony was tor quired, she bad been kept at « house near at hand, and had not heard asingle word of thetrial. There was nothing remarkable in her manner and ap- pearance ; might be about thirty-five, or a litthe more; with regular though not agrecable features, and an air perfectly free fromombarrassmeat, She in the prisoner’s own words, the of his having called her up, and accompanied = to = at adding that, afler leavi im, phe retired to her own grey Lar s-er ogi man-servant in r With an ecootnt of the traveller's death, to @ cros#-examination, and | 5 hh stato | “that whieh, thongh not to he till afterwards, will assistthe reader in Ile stated that, having beev! accused of so foul crime as murder, and having had his character assailed by suspicions of the most afflicting nature,that character could never be cleared! by his acquittal upon the ground that the evidence! against him was inconclusive, without giving him au opportunity of stating Lis own case, and calling a Witness to counteract the impressions that had been those circumstances case to the ousekeeper, with so much * It would.’ right or left haud side of the window ? * The left.’ P * Would the door of the closet mabany noise in opening ?” Pal ‘ None.’ —€ ae peak positively on that fact? Have ever opened it yourself, or only seen Mr. Smith open it?’ * I never opened it myself.’ ‘ Did you never keep the key ?” * Never.’ * Who did? ‘Mr. Smith, always.’ At this moment the witness chanced to ture her eyes towards the spot where the prisoner stood, and the effect was almostelectrical. A cold damp sweat stood upoo his brow, and his face had lost all its color ; he appeared a living image of death. She no sooner saw him than she shrieked, aud fainted. The consequence of her answers flashed across | her mind. Sho had been so thoroughly deceived by the manner of the advocate, and by the little im- portance he had seemed to attach to ler statements, that she had been led on, by one question to another, till she had told him all he wanted to kouw. Duriog the interval (occasioned by her illuess) to the pro- ceedings, the counsel for the prosecutioa left the court. It was between four and firo o'clock when the judge resuined his seat upon the bench, the prisoner his station at the bar, aud the housekeeper hers in the witness-box ; the court, in the interval, had re- mained crowded with the spectators, scarce one of whom had left his place, lest, during his absence it should be seized by some one else, The cross-examining counsel then addressed tho witness ; ‘I hava very few more questions to ask of you; but beware that yon answer them traly, for your own life hangs upon athread. Do you know this stopper ?’ ‘1 do, ‘To whom does it belong ?” *To Mr. Smith.’ ‘When did you sco it last ? ‘On the night of Mr. Thompson's death,’ At this moment the counsel for the prosecution entered the court, bringing with him upon a tray a watch, two money-bags, n jewel-case, a pocket-book, and a bottle af the same manuiacture as the stopper, and haviog a cork in it; some other articles there were on it, not material to my story. The tray was placed on the table in sight of the prisoner and the witness; and from that moment not a doubt re- mained in the mind of any mau present of the guilt of the prisoner, A few words will bring my tale to its close. The house where the murder had been committed was between nine and ten miles distant, The counsel, as soon as the cross-examination of the housekeeper had discovered the existence of the closet and its situation, had set off on horseback, with two sheriffs officers, and after pulling down part of the wall of the house, liad detected this im- portant place of concealment. Theis search was well rewarded ; the whole of the property belonging to Mr. Thompson was found there, amouating in value to some thousands of dollars, and to leave no room for doubt, a bottle was discovered, which the medical men instantly pronounced to contain the very identical poison which had caused the death of, the unfortanate Thompson, Tho result is obvious. 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