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isiifiiisied 1823.

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Saturday, July 29, 1854.

New Series. No. 159.

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The People vs. Alcohol. Present—Hon. R. Cninoa. Chief Justice. Hon. 8. Itarur-rtu.t-rv, Associate Judges.

Hon. G. Pursues, Hon. H. Hottas-rv. Counsel or the people—J. Goonwiu, Esq., Attor- ney enersl.

Counsel for the deferidant— Artiuiu. Ai-rs-rtrs. ., and Stu INTIRIIT, Esq. 8l%—I.. Ha-rsrvu., Esq. Cler ofCotrrt—B. Ssi.rnrmtr.. Esq. July 25, l853—Met at 10 o'dorlr, A. M.-— Present all the Judges. (Coufs'nu¢d.) Att. Gen. lshall not insist upon it but I wish you to specify in regard to the one concerning murders in which the accused is charged as an

accessory.

Wit. This. air, is true also, as I have the most iadubitsble evidence upder oath, or by the admission of the criminals themselves. I was district attorney many years. and in the time! tried twenty-two indictments for murder, end in every one the prisoner was proved or admitted to have been present end instigated the crime. I was also present when the three Theyeis were tried at Buffalo, for the murder of Love. end they were proved to have been associates of the pri- soner. Holt, who was executed at the same place for the murder of his wife, kept the accused as it boarder, end under his immediate end direct in- stigation committed the crime. It is my settled opinion founded on experience end observation, that of all the murders committed yearly in the United States, ninety-nine in one hundred are un- der the instigations of the prisoner, Alcohol, and by his advice end assistance. I will say the same of the thefts end of other crimes which come to the knowledge ofthe public, and undergo a legal examination.

Att. Gen. Mr. Colts, in ell your long acquain- tance with men and with the prisoner, have you ever heard of any good which he has done 7

W’ . I cannot say I have, air ; and I have no personal knowledge of any good which he has ever done. Happy for the world would it have been had he never been born. I consider the sc- cused to be a twin brother with War, and first cousin to Pestilence and Famine, end second to neither of them in mischievous and destructive practices.

Att. Gen. the witness.

Ihave no more questions, to ask

Cross-we tion.

Art. Ap. Mr. Coke, the tone and language of your last answer seems to indicate some private dificulty or quarrel with Mr. Alcoltul.

it. Not, at all, air. I have never known him except as I have oflicially acted against him and his associates; and I believe that in my testi- many, I have s ken of him the sentiments not ml of myself, ut of all the honest. intelligent. we I-informed and candid part of the community.

rt. A eve no more questions. Mr. Coke, you can take your seat.

Mr. Thrifty was next sworn, and beiirg asked, said he knew the risoner well.

Att. G hat is your occupation Mr. Thrifty.

Wit. I am a farmer, sir.

as the prisoner. Alcohol, ever obtained money from you upon falai-. pretence? it. c has. I-lc pretended for several years

in succession, that ill would pay certain some for him in town, and then to take him out to my farm and let him have intercourse with my workmen, that he would make thorn do much more work than they otherwise would, by means of some

sortof secret which he said nobody else possessed. ‘ had it not been for the intervention of the pri- Idid not find that there was any more work soner. done. though there was much more noise made I tion of the country expenses, which proportion So I took him into my i amounts to one thousand three hundred and forty weggon one day to carry him back to town, but { dollars more, two thirds of which I have ascer- hefore I got there thought I might as well save y tained by actual inquiry is to be traced directly to time by spilling him out, as we call it, and go to the prisoner ; this '

about what was done.

my wor . Alt. Gen. without any assistance from the accuse

V ' I do, sir.

his help than with it. Formerly, whenl had him to help me in haying and harvest, my men were noisy, idle and surly ; often they took to the bush

51..., by eleven o’clock, and were unlit for work the

rest of the day, while my grass and grain were spoiling in the field; in rakes, my criidles, and other utensils, were bro an, and much time and expense were spent in repairing them; in short, I now estimate that every dollar I paid the pri- soner, cost me live in loss of labor, waste of grain an grass, &c I have no wish for his assistance any more; indeed I would not have him on my farm if he would serve me for nothing.

Att. Gen. The counsel for the defencc may have the witness.

An. Ap. Did I understand you to say, Mr. Thrifty, that in extreme weather in harvest the services of my client were of no benefit?

W‘ I have not said so, sir; yet I now say it is my fixed opinion that they are worse than use- less-hsrtfsl.

. market. Now feed them to my cattle, and make

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Well, sir. do yoti findyuii can car- hundred and fifty-four dollars our town exp:-nris ry on the operations on your farm lll all senatrns rivery year more Ilian it would if the prisoner‘

I have not permitted him to } direct expense of his residence; or more properly come on my farm for several years, and I find I ; the retail price of hislabors, for he is not a gentle- can have my work done as wall and better without 1 man who works for nothing, though he often pra-

An. A . You speak of yous opinion, Mr. Thrifty ; llave you any evidence upon which you found your opinion I it. have, air; the evidence of my own senses, and of the senses cfmy laborers. I know that I can endure heat with hard labor much bet- ter without the aid of the accused than I ever could with it, and in men all say the same thing. Not one of them wil have anything to say to him. But witness, is not my client of ser- vice to farmers. in aiding them in the disposal of their surplus coarse "us.

Wit. Not at all. sir. I have tried it for many years, and I invariably found that my coarse grains did not quit the cost of raising, so long as I depended u n the prisoner for making me a

a fair profit.

An. Ap. You can retire, sir.

Mr. Lovetruth next took the stand.

Att. Gen. itness, have you any knowledge ofthe prisoner?

it. have, air. For several weeks I have been making investigations into his conduct, and the effects of his intercourse with the community, and I have arrived at several surprising and al- most incredible result .

Art. Ge Will you please state them to the court?

An. Ap. Before the vfltncss proceeds, the counsel for the accused would be pleased to ascer- tain whether he means to state rcsttlts derived from his own personal knowledge, or from the information of others.

' Partly from both, sir.

An. Ap. We shall decidedly object to any- thing in the shape of testimony touching things which the witness has not himself seen or heard.

Chicflustice. Perhaps the better way will be for the witness first to say what has fallen within his own knowledge, and the other evidence can be disposed of afterwards, in some way satisfactory to all parties.

An. We shall be satisfied with this sr- rangement, your honor.

Att. Gen. You can proceed, Mr. Lovctruth.

Wit. Well, air, as to the general influence of the accused in society, it is decidedly pernicious. In my own town, containing a population of 4,000 persons, there are now 100 decidedly intemperste This is one drunkard to every forty per- sons. This has been, I find, the proportion for many years. Last year ten intcmperate men died in our town, and this on an average has been the case each year for the last ten years ; so that every year we in fact sufl'er a draft upon us of

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every 40th soul, to supply the loss in the drunk- ard’a company; or supposing there are as many women as men, and half as many children as women, which is not far from the fact, it is equal to a draft for every hundredth mati. And than, air, it so happens that every one of these intempcr- ate men have families, averaging five children to each family, six persons including the mother; therefore it follows that not less than six hundred persons out of 4,000 are made wretched by means of the influence of the prisoner ovi-r 100 of our population. Those drinking persons are all of

announced to the court that he should rest the case without selling any more witneas.]

The defence was then opened by Mr. Self-inte- rest in s specc of some length. substance, that he should prove the good charac- ter of his client for a long series of years ; that he had received a regular certificate of his medical powers from a College of Physicians and Sur- geons; that there existed an unexsm led combi-

nation, embracing persons in every c ass nfsoci- tr

ety, to destroy or drive him from the country. And he dwelt with great pathos upon the con- staiice and perseverance with which, in times of the most imminent danger, his client ad attend- ed upon most of those who died of the cholera. in Montreal, New York, Albany and elsewhere.

Having concluded his rcmarlts, the leading counsel for the defendant proceeded to call wit- nesses in his behalf.

The firat one who took the stand and was sworn was Mr. Lovcgain a man of middle g A . Mr. Lovegain, are you with the accused.

' I am, sir, very well. He has been an intimate friend of mine many years. Indeed we were school chums together at one time.

ell, sir, you will please tell the court and jury what you know of him and his manner of life.

Wit. 1 know no evil of him, or anything amiss in his manner of life; he has always conducted himself when I have seen him in a peaceable and quiet manner; and never to my knowledge has been a disturber of the peace.

ave you any knowledge of the things charged against him in the indictment

Wit. I have not. He always appeared to me to he very honest and well meaning, kind to his neighbors, and ready to help all who asked his assistance.

a. acquainted

ii. Do you know anything of his medi- cal qualification! Wit. I do. He has visited in my family and among my neighbours several years, and with success in many cases. In colds, rlieumatisms, headaches, dyspepsia, iowness irits, and some other diseases, he is almost infallible. As a sure preventive for the cholera, his infusions are unrivalled. They were much used and highly recommended last year in New urk: and indeed I have heard from good authority, that a whole ship's crew and the passengers were all preserved from death by his assistance when they were attacked with the cholera. it. Has the accused a diploma or certi- ficate of his qualifications!

Wit c has one from the college of phy- sicians and surgeons in Frmtdlnnd, and signed by Diabolic: Mngttus, the president. I have it here in court.

Ari. Ap. Will you exhibit it to the court!

Wit. That is it, with a translation.

[The diploma was then read by Mr. A. Appe- tite. and was as follows:

College of Ph sicions and Surgeons, in and for the ingdom of H-imdlanrl.

Know all persons to whom these presents shall come that We, Diabolu: Mrignus, having exami-

them poor, and will ultimately, there is every

ned Alcohol the bearer of those letters. touching

reason to believe, be under the necessity of epply- I all and sundry his medical qualifications, and mg to the public for assistance to keep them from , more especially touching his intimacy with the

suffering. II

An. Gen. Have you any information as to! the direct and indirect expense incurred by your; town in consequence of the residence of the. accused in it? ‘

Wit. I have air. We have in town. andl chargeable to it, 25 paupcrs, made so directly by 1 the acts of the prisoner, by whom their property ‘ has been dissipated; these 25 paupcrs cost us on an average thirty dollars per week for food, cloth- ing, &c.; this is one thousand five hitndred and sixty dollars per year. In the common course of events not one of them would have been paupers

And then, sir, our town hears its propor-

wciild be eight. hundred and ninety-four dollars more, or two thousaiul five

never lied set his foot in it. llaeido this is llltil

tends to do it. By an actual investigation, I have fcuiid that last year no less than 35,000 gallons of his cum nunds of various kinds were consumed in town. his was a little more than six gallons to every soul of our -5,000 persons; or, deducting women and children, twenty-five gallons to every ' mart. The prisoner charges 40 cents a gallon for . his medicine on an average, which would be ten

thousand dollars or two dollars and fifty cents for air.

each individual. Add to this 89,554, town and country expenses on the prisoner’s account, and

hidden mysteries of that secret invisible and un- intelligible mode of healing. invented and prac- tised by Ourself, and finding him deeply versed in all the same, Do license. permit and authorize rim, for Ourself, and our especial bcttrfll, and in our name and our property ilqmly to enter into and traverse all and singular the Countries, Enipii-es, Kirigrloriis, Slates, and Principalilirs of the Earth and every part tlirreo by whatsoever name the same may be called, and there and everywhere, for ourself and in our name, to heal, cure, ease and quiet all such persons as may be sick, wound- e , maimed, or in any way afflicted either in body or mind, trusting and always believing that when it shall have fully, completely and finally eased and quieted such persons, that they, the said persons. aliall forthwith repair to our allies, in ricmflaml, the doors of which will be open both night and day, for their admission there to an- nouiicc and certify their satisfaction with our secret, invisible and unintelligible iniido of healing, and especially with the aciings and doings of our s.iitl dvput . Given at this Uolii.-gs aforesaid, Airno Miindi, 5 00.

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Iii witness whereof. and by virtue iif my

2 office as President of the said College.

have hereunto subscribed my name and af- .

3: fixed the great seal of the Institution. DIAIOLUS MAGNUS. I have no more questions to ask. Cross-ammo ed Att. Gen. Mr. Lovcgain, tion I Wit. I am a merchant and a manufacturer,

An. Ap.

Att. Geri. What do you manufacture! Wit. New Englittid rum. for the most part

we have the total of twelve thousand fivc hundred , though I have one establishment for making l and fifty-four dollars as his bill against us in a ‘ whiskey. [also do a good deal at brewintt Ilel in behalf of the accused, but as their evidence single year; or one hundred and twenty-five and beer, besides, something at making different‘ we. nothing different from that already given by thousand five hundred and forty dollars for the sorts of wine.

last ten years. All this we should save were we once well quit of the accuse . en. The coitnael for the defence can question the witness. [l'he counsel for the prisoner declined

any . p. areas-asstuiseiiori. and tire attorney general than inoi shot uie

Att. Geri. Then you and the prisoner have cx- 3

tonsivc dealings together. do you not!

Wit es, we trails some.

Mt. Gen. Do you derive any profit An I object to that question. It does . merits of the cause before the court. ‘

He stated in J

'n what is your uccupa- .

Alt. Gen. MI] I! please your honor if the question does not efect the cause it elects the tee- timony of the witness. I wish to show the

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dirty‘ Justice. Pardon rneforintsrrsptirig on; but there is no necessity for argument. ‘ha question is perfectly roper and must be answered. Att. Geo r. (again, do you derive any profit. from the prisoner's employment, and if so, OW .

Wit Why. Ill. be always puts up with me and when people call for him in case of sickness, or an other occasion, they are bound to pay rne ; and retain all that does not go to ' - nus, which, you may depend on it, is much t e greater part. So that it don't seem to me that I feel much bias after all.

Att. Gen. I have no more uestlons to ask : But witness will not retire. ay it please the court, I move for a bench warrant to issue against

r. Lovegain, as an accomplice with the prisoner at the bar.

Chief Justice. It is granted. Mr. Sherif will take him into his custody till it is prepared. t the trial proceed.

The next witness called was a Mr. Simple.

An._ Ap. r. Simple, are you acquainted with my client? it. I am sir, and a nice clever body he is

too.

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I have known him those twenty years. . Do you know anything of his being guilty of any of the crimes and misdemeanors charged u on him in the indictment?

it. ear me; no sir. I never have seen any such things in him; but in my family he has al- ways conducted himself with a great deal of mo- deration. He has furnished me with a great deal of his medicine, for we have always been a very sickly family of us. And then, he was always so willing to come when we wanted him, and was so attentive. I am sure I am under great obliga- tions to him for his good will.

.\n. Ap. Mr. Simple, do you kttow anything of 3 conspiracy against my client, with the avow- , ed object. of driving him from the country ' May it please the court, there is- lno necessity of any testimony upon this int; I the fact is admitted that there is a design ormed i to suppress the villainous proceedings of the ac- l cnsed and to follow him through all his windings