THE

CANADA.

Its Relations With the United States.

Mr. Larke’s Brilliant Speech at Chicago.

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| cible, and were equipped with a large share | of manufacturing skill and capita!

| lieved to be of more than Siberian Feverity;

Our

farmers had Hewed Their Farms ort dens«

out forest-, at the expense of a

i lifetime of labor Your pe uple, Mr Mayor, | were settling your rich prairies, on whieh | the farmer raised his sustenance the first year, and laid the fountation of a speedy fortune in the next. Our climate war be

perfection settlement

bee the Pie

cities in

yours was represented to of the leniperate Zone. of your prairies created u lay. which presented marvellous opportunities We then had =m

and consequently ne

to achieve a fortune prairies to settle,

may differ as to the polier by ada ought to be governed, but to her g ure. ture, minerals, boundless.

DAILY EXAMINER,

which Can- all avree a preater fut

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al ucoVvancement and Our natural resources In forestry and fishery Our liberal expenditures upon

are

great public works are begining te hear

their expected fruit.

farmers highest grade, and are stretching out ty distant market ;

ing, our

Our trade is expand- the of

are our

revenne meets needs

roverninent; our finance= sound;

are seek ing products ut

and, best of all, our people

are becoming imbued with an abundant

faith in

and enjov the editice

themselves and their country. They feel they have laid its foundation,

TRIAL OF WM. LARTER

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The Attorney-General’s Closing Address.

The Able Charge of the Chief Justice. A Verdict of “ Not Guilty’ Rendered.

Tue attendance at the Court this fore-

| noon was large, and the greatest interest

| abortion, to the fact that # strikes at

was taken in the speech of the Attorney- Creneral and the charge of the Chief Jus- we to the jury—a summary report of hich is here piven, We re-publish our summary of that rurt of the Attorney-General’s address vhich was delivered last evening :

The Attorney-General began his address referring to the high criminalty of

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| Yonndation of suciety, and to the fact that | the crime is increasing in this country.

| abortion is too prevalent.

instantaneous development of cities ane | industries. Itis no marvel under such | 2way the forests, have poonsned, ha e | | cirenmstances that your country not only | planted; and are determi as nn 4 Vigorous Reply to Mayor Harrison, monopolized European immigeation, bu os shall reap the . : " | e offered such rich tducement< as to at- | vest Of prospt rity ome Vot of that City. tract many of the most enterpri<ing Cana- | Canadians of Chicago tuesday, awla 4a} dians. Canada was neither di-heartenes | heartic r weleome will awa.t vor i nor di-conraged, and what has been tix vou see if to your alvantaze, aS ben

We have all heard alwut the mal- | reenit? In the twenty-«ix via the fou } v at I ae will, to retnrn a eS ipropos remarks of Mayor Harrison on } origina! provinces have become seven, aud bein ng wack we : — od -" Senn = the occasion of the Dominion Dav Celebra Governments have been created in fon | idventurou? enterprise 7 ee

wm at Chieago. But we have not all | territories covering 750,000 square mite { energy that Las ere wed this great ¢ tr. heard about the Canadian Commiseioner’s | These Governments have created and en ' a 2+@+e- steagpannciccciatg eply Mr. Larke spoke as follows forced a sytem of ae net / xeelled oo | THE LYCEUM THEATRE.

‘ } ¥ ° of treepase r wine suv natvon wpon the whol ne territen is a — yo :

: aoa . a oS 0 a at } jabs heen « ame with charche= an | " lhe Crust of Sovletyv, the yreat sieve that the remarks whi h have fallen fron | “chool-, and equipped with tmacorheen surprise, which Manager d hn S et yg firs? | the Mavor of Chicago seem to demand | @yiume for the in-ane, and institution | produced at his Globe isan ” ero sere TOs parse Thev were rece ived with | for the deaf, the dum und bine. Ph — moth= ago, will be ee er ve nd

lay sith Wednesday even.ns’, Ftiyv ist

verv marked displeasure, and, while I can |

uppreciate the sentiments of our |

val Canadians, vet [ regret that any hise- |

g took place fomy mind there were

underlying that speech tokens of the high- |

Were the Canadian peo v,

ent ¢ omplime nt pie so lacking and the country #0 much of as some pretend it is, one would imagine there would not be that earnest desire frequently expressed on behalf of the pew ple of the United States fur union w ith u- jt ix clear from the prolonged attentlo

in enterprise and energ

a wildernes

which has been paid to ws, and the fre queney with which anne xation has been urged upon us, cotntry believe that we in Canada are no count m ptible people, and that our country is @ most desirable one

I listened with great attention to the wooing of the Mayor; t was prolonged, it was persistent, it was eloquent His pro phecies of the happy future which ie in store for us through anion between Canada and the United States affected me as I think it must have affected others wh« were sitting near me; and J felt that ] could take the responsibility of saying that Can

mia would go so far as tobecome to your |

country, Mr. Mayor, @ sister

The Mayor, in hie speech, dwelt upon the facet that Canada and the United States jay side by side, very closely together; that we were of the sume lineage, spoke the same language, had the same liberal form of government, and were endeavoring to varry out the same ends—that we were, he eaid, running upon parallel lines, and des- tiny would compel us to come together. It ix true that we are on parallel lines, but the Mayor should not forget that, how- ever close together, the destiny of parallel lines ie never to come nearer, and never to meet. (Prolonged cheers.)

Canada's Discovery by Canadians.

We Canadians celebrate to-day a diseov- ery—not the discovery of any one individ- nal, not the memory of even the discovery by Jacques Cartier, but a ditcovery very peculiar in both the means by which it was accomplished and the party by whorm it was made. We celebrate to-day the diseovery of Canada by the Canadians.

From 1854 to 1864 the Canadians were enjoying a fool’s paradise. We hal a

treaty known as the Reciprocity Treaty between Canada and the United States Our farmers, owing to various cireun- stances, found a peady market and com- monly at very good prices. They were prosperons and contented, and dreamed that this sort of thing was ever to coun- tinue. But we were suddenly awakened at the close of that period by the announce- ment on the part of the United States that at the end of the two years the notice was given the treaty would ter- minate

it, for it was a treaty which seemed fair

asul just to both sides, although it would |

seem that the people of the United States bad the best of the bargain, as we bought from them one hundred million dollars more in value then they bought from us. A Sharp Kap. instance, Mr. Mayor, in cheese and we hut vou

This was an whieh your people got the the rind. We were contented, seemed to desire not only the cheese, but the rind, the cheese box and the cheese makets ae well Our people were thus brought face to face with the fact that at a single blow the apparent market for near- iy 70 per cent. of their agricultural pro- dnets was to be destroyed. J am net going to diseuss the aimn, Mr. Mayor, that your people had in view [simply say thir, that it was not at the beck of vour peopl in the weet that it was done. Chicago, Detroit and other western cities protested against it; but at that time they had sot that influence in the policy of the United States that they have today, and New York. who was then dominant, determined that the treaty should be abrogated, and abrogated it was. To our people it did seem that the intent was to starve us inte granting terms which would be derogatory

to the dignity of the Canadian people—that |

it meant a compulsory union with your country. What could they do under such circumstances’? Did you ever know, Mr Mayor, a people descended from Norman- French, from Celtic and Saxon ancestors,

tw bow eubmissively tea threat, or to flee | Our people did what |

from a challenge ? eoure would have done under eimilar cir cumstances, and determined that if thes had lost one market they Wonld Not Lose Their Nation. Our people were compelled to look over the whole situation. We were scattered

provinces, diverse in origin and in religion, |

separated by sectional jealousies, but w.th one tie in common—allegianee to the mother country province produced wheat, another Inml«

another fish; fhat the fichermen andl jumbermen of the east needed the agrr exaltural products of the western pro- winer; that our people had been content to sell the produce to the merchant- of Boston and New York, and these avain had transferred them to the eastern pro

vinces for consumption, obtaining a fair | to us} reasonable and proper that our people |

profit in the transaction. It reemed should conduct their own business, and when the Americans wer’ no longer con- tented to pocket the middleman’s profit,

we concluded we might as well undertake | | to Montreal the party was arrested by in- |

it and retain the profit for ourselves.

The best men of the provinces came to- gether; political prejudices, sectional jealousies, religious animosities and race distinctions, all were forgotten, and our provinces united. I doubt if ewer before in history three millions of people under took te

Fees the Responsibility

which these three miilions of Canadians did. When, Mr. Mayor, your three mil- lions of people became a nation they had in their favor» country of inexhaustible resources, natural wealth, a climate of marvellous salubrity, and without a rival upon the continent. Our Canadian three millions, scattered along ocean, river and like, over 300,000 square miles of terri- tory, not only undertook to govern these 300,000 square miles, but to possess them- selves of three million square miles addi- tional territory, most of which had been amtradden by a white foot, of which little was known, except by rumor, and which wae tenanted by 50,000 of the most cruel and bloodthigaty savages that ever dwelt mpon this contineyt, The country was without roads, withomt rilways, and a considerable portion of it was believed to de a desert waste of rock apd morass and kD je mountains. And they under- took it in the face of the rivalry of thirty millions of the most aggressive, enter- — and industrious people that ever ived, who, already proud of what they

pad achieved, believed themselves jnyvin-

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} axtpesses of Lake Superior lev ‘Hed, and |

| day our contractors are putting in the ¢lo-- | ; oe that the peo} ke f thi i | the scintillating sentences of the movers in 1a p “opie © .

wouid |

from which |

Our people could hardly believe |

It was found that one

wiples+ of all clase have been provides

lone for the e beean-e, thank God, r« little hax been required. Our thon-=- and miles of railway have become fifteen, |

wd from ocean to ocean

i | i for, except the poor, and ee little has been } {

two

Steel Bails Have Girded i our onee seattered provinces tur | | gether The Rockies have heen |

nerced and sealed, the rock,

reat rivers bridged, and the engineering, | once deemed impossible to mortal man, | has become a glorious achievement. Te-

ins labors on canals that will enable a fif- } teen hundred ton vessel to leave the hea: } | of Lake Superior and pase for more than | }two thomsand miles within Canadian | waters, an! then, if she chooses, find he

| way to Liverpool These fifty thousan

men have been gathered within abundant reservations without the firing oi a hostile snot, the elders Christianized and the vounger educated wnd trained in indus trial pursuits. How has it been in trade ? | The abrogation of the reciprocity treaty wax supposed to have been a futal blow to mr exports of grain. They have increased cwo and a halftimes. It was presmmed to have annihilated our exports of live stock and their products. They have increased wer four and a half times. It was sup- yosed that it would drive our fishermen rom the sea, but our exports of fish have wereased three-fold. The rnin of our far- mers, it was presumed, would ensure the euin of the manufacturers, but the capital invested in our facteries has in- ereased tive-fold. Better still, these thing- wave all been wronght without straining the country’s eredit, for it never higher than it does to-day.

i The Financial Crisis

| of the past four years that has xo affected England and the colonies, as well as al- most every foreign country, has passed us harmlessly by. Our currency is perfect, our revenues meet our expenditure, and Canada, of all nations represented in this | Jackson Park, stands almost alone in the | fact that its exports of domestic produce are soundly and steadily increasing,

avage

too,

stood

Now, Mr. Mayor, I beg to ask if the people who have faced nature in her wildest form and transformed her moun-

‘aine and torrents into a highway for the vations, who have encountered the most savage wen aud conquered them by the vower of Christian love, who have estab- lished Governments that have enforced so well their laws that life aud property are is safe to-day in the remotest settlements,

w the farthest mining camp, as in the veurt of Your own great city, and has pushed its trade to the most remote mar-

ket, are worthy to hold and capable of

governing the rich Dominion which {God has given them. (Tremendon

shouts of “we can and we will.”

Let me apologise for taking up your time (Shouts of “zo on, go on.”) You do not know what you are bringing on | vour heads when you call upon me to go

on talking about Canada, However, if

vou insist—(“‘yes, yes,"—let me say a word or two about our relations to the

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United States. Ihave given some evi- lences for thinking.

We Can Govern Our Own Country Letter than anyone else can do it for us, I think, too, we could show reasone why the ‘wo countries should remain separate. Yhere have been times in the history of toth countries when it was good that we were apart; when each furnished a refuge jor the endangered in the country of the other. While pressing our national dignity, it ix the desire of every Canadian to live on the most amivable terms with the people of the United States, To this end, Canada, has always observed strietly every treaty and everv nnderetanding made with the United States. [ wish some enterprising Chicago newspaper would enter intoa thorough enquiry into the relations between the two countries and publish the results, They will find that néither in letter nor in spirit has Canada violated a treaty, and | never withdrawn a privilege until long after the corresponding privilege had been | withdrawn by the United States. Let me vive an instance of the exertions which have been put forth to preserve a good understanding. For proof of the fact to which Iam about to allude, f beg to refer to the “Life of President Lincoln,” by | Messrs. Nicolay and Hay. Theabrogation of the Reeiprocity Treaty of 1854 was Lronght about, in a large degree, through the impression so diligently encouraged in the United Stutes that Canada had been unfriendly during the eivil war, and had viven hospitality to agressors W pot United States territory. During your terrible war a number of

Refugees From the South

fount the hospitality they were entitled to receive on Canadiay soil. Many of these

| pres ntation

were strongly attached to the Union, but

f-it unable to bear arme against their own

tlesh and blood who were in the armies of

the south. It was well for the United 5 Bontve that such spirits did find such a |

flict was over they returned home and be- came the active agents of reconciliation. | There were a few who songht to nse our

hospitality to cover hostile purposes, A | snowed por raided « town in Vermont and | robbed @ bank. Jmmediately upon return ' .

| strnetion of the Canadian Government, aud | the money returned to the United States | authorities. The raiders were released by | the police magistrate of Montreal, upon the ground that there was no law under which they could be held. They were rearrested and again released by a Superior Court judge, who held the same opinion as had been given by the police magistrate, Upon the instruction of the Canadian Govern- ment the party were again’ arrested and held, and for the first time in the history of Canadian responsible Government free men were held in durance despite the de- cision of the eourts that they should be free. Not content with this, ten thousand men were enrolled under arms to prevent any repetition of such acts of aggres=ion upon United States territory. These acts of the Canadian Government were appre- ciated and gratefully acknowleged t re- sident Lincoln and Secretary Seward at the time, although their succersors in office appear to have overlooked and forgotten them, and interested demagogues have misrepresented the facts, not to the well- being of either country. And so we Can- adians purpose doing. While Maintaining Our Own Self Respect

no act of national courtesy, no manifes- tation of amity will ever be omitted. It has been a great — to me meet 80 many Canadian fesidents in Chicago. You come from @ land of which yon may be prond, and never pronder than to-day. We

temporary home with us, as when the eon- |

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every paper from

and 19th

the jx scarce ly

excellence of play anc it it ’ Its success has been heralded in east to weet, from t the Pacitic. Ever since cu!- er.tical Boston crowded tie

Of the necessa;ry peak, iat Atlantic to

ured and

to |

Globe to applaud the bright and thrilling |

ehinaxes, “The Crust of Society” has been received with the unanimous approval of press and public. The play deals with u langerons theme, but it deals delicately. There is a moral conveyd under all the slittering scenes, the gorgeous gowns, ani

the fashionable life depicted.

SHIP NEWS.

Port ef Charlottetown.

ENTERED.

July 13—SS Electra, McLaren, Montague: SS Fastnet, Churchill, S’side; Julia A, Finlayson, Pinette; Miramichi, Irving, Tidnish.

14—Swan, LeLachenr, Shediac; Temple, Roberts, Sydney; Laura C, Pollard, Northport; SS Wm Aitken, Hobb-, Pugwash; May Queen, Gillain, Inter-Colonial Pier; Lily, Rivers, Car- digan; Minnie R, McMillan, Wood

Islands.

James

CLEARED.

ive fact that so many doctors were applied this case shows that the idea of The strength of ircumstantial evidence has been called in que tion and Mr Davies has adduced a vase ip support of his contention. But such a ease could not occur under British law, because the body of the murdered man must, under British law, have been Pp oduced before a conviction could* have been proerred, The case for the crown does not rest upon circumstantial evidence, but upon the facts which have

to in

been proved. If you let the man ‘celear now, you cannot take hold of him again—a man cannot be tried twice for the same act. Why should youn pity the man if he is guilty of the crime charged? Such a man deserves punishment. | Suppose that he administered tar.ar jemetic, he ought certainly to be im-

{ But

July 13—SS Electra, McLaren, Montague;

Julia A, Finlayson, Pinette.

14—S G Marchall, Smith, Miramichi, Irving, Northport; Lizzie C, Anderson, Cow Bay; Laura E, Doug)ass, Carey, Glace Bay; Mary B, McDougall, Pictou; SS Fastnet, Churchill, Hali fax; SS Carroll, Hansen, dd; Laura C, Pollard, Baie Verte; Minnie R, Me Millan, Wood Islands.

USE SKODA’S DISCOVERY, the great Blood and Nerve Remedy.

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LYCEUM HALL

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY,

JULY 18th AND 19th.

Mr. John Stetson’s Players,

From the Globe Theatre, Boston, in

[HECRUST OF SOCIETY,

A Play of Consummate Cleverness

with a Remarkable Cast.

Pronounced by Press and Public of St, John and Halifax as being undoubtedly the tinest play by the finest Company ever seen in these cites.

NOTE :=—Mr. John Stetson has no con- nection with avy other Company that has previously visited this vity.

PRICES :—75e., 50¢., 35e. and 25c. Seats on sale at Reddin Bros, julyl4 ee To Contractors,

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Tenders for Repairs and Alterations to St, Patrick’s Hall will be received up to MON- DAY, 24th July. The lowest or any tender not ne-gessarily accepted. Plans and speeiti- eations cap be seen at the office ot

CHAPPELL, & PHILLIPS. jy sat ta

We, the undersigned Merchant Tailors, avree to clore our Stores each evening at 6 o’clock (Saturdays excepted), from July 17 to September 11.

D. A. BRUCE,

C. E. ROBERTSON,

J. T. McKENZIE,

JOHN McLEOD & CO.,

JAMES McLEOD & SON. july li

THERE ARE NO FLIES

like the flies that fishermen ean obtain at the St. George Pharmacy.

THERE IS

NO SODA

like that which the thirsty traveller can obtain at our “cool refreshing fountain.”.

F.. deC. Davies.

St. George Pharmacy, Victoria Row.

Sealed Tenders, addressed to the under- signed, and endorsed “ Tender for Coal, Public Building,” will be received until MONDAY, 3ist July, for Coal su y for all or any of the Dominion Public Buildings.

Specification, form ot Tender and all, neces- sary information can be obtained at this Department on and after Monday, lth July

Persons tendering are notified that tenders will not be considered unless made on the printed form supplied, and signed with their actyal signatures,

Rach tender must he accompanied by

accepted ba oh + Made yable to the onder af the Honow. me le the i Mister of Public ai

wae to i per cent a e R the tender, which will be forfeited if party decline to enter into a contract when calied upon to do so, orif he fail tosupply the coal eontracted for, Jf the tender be not accepted, the cheque will be returned, The Department will not be hound to accept the lowest or any tender, By orde; E. F. E. ROY, Secretary. Department of Public Works, : Ottawa, 7th July, 18965. jyl4—si

CARRIAGES

Home-made, good and cheap, e=pecially for cach, as I intend a change of business.

F. R. FOSTER,

Upper Queen Street.

jvl4d—wy

Richibucto; i

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prisoncd for life ax the law directs, if, on the other land, you find that he was guilty of giv g the girl pills or something, for the pu pose of abortion, not so deadly as tartar cmetie, the jud ze, in his diseretion, need not vondemn the prisoner to imprisonment for life. The jury can find the prisoner “guilty” or “not guilty” ou any “count” in the indictment. Each “connt” wust be taken by itself, and decided by itself. As to the ad- ministering of the poison, it is not essential to the case for the prosecution that the medicine should be given to the woman by the hand of the prisoner or that he should direct her how to take it. All the doctors agree that the girl was poisoned, and the analysis proves the fact.

There can be no mistake upon this | point. The woman was poisoned by tartar emetic at all events. There

ix also evidence that she was poisoned by corrosive sublimate. One question that you will have to decide is who gave her that poison 2? The motive of the prisoner was this: The girl blamed him, and he had a wife and family. Therefore, he had the strongest reason for desiring that the matter be hushed np. He thought that a few cents expended in drugs woald. effect this; therefore, he declined to spend money to send her ~away. That is the explanation of his statement to Slate that he would give her this powder, and if that didn’t work he would send her away. He went to Dr. Warburton, and then he went to Slate; he went to Dr. Kelly, and he went to Dr. Leeming on the advice of Slate. Dr. Leeming would have pothing to do with acriminal case. Why did he go to Dr. Warburton and Dr. Leeming? His idea was to obtain an abortion. Now, there are three questions to be decided ;

1, Did the prisonor cause to be taken by the girl a drug or drugs?

2, Did he do so with the intention of procuring an abortion ?

3, If 0, was it a noxious or poison- one drug? '

From the beginning to the end the evi- dence proves that the object of the prisoner was to procure an abortion. There can be no doubt that he had rea on to believe that the girl was in trouble. He got pills and asyringe from Mr. Davies; and Mr. Davies swears that he said at the time that they were wanted for a girl who was irreg- ular in her habits, The charge made out against Dr. Morris is evident baseless. If he had “undertaken the cae” asx alleged, he would have visited the girl more than once, and Larter and the girl would not ave gone round to viher parties, More than that he would not have prescribed a medicine which all the doctors agree is qot likely to produce abortion in the early “tages of pregnancy, The prisoner told the doctor that ;his wife was ill. It the same kinl of lie as he told Mr. Davies and Dr. Leeming. On the strength of that story he got the medicine from Mr. Davies and was care- ful to bring the preseription back again. That is a significant fact. It is not dis puted that she took the medicine, The virl admitted it to Slate, Larter told Dr. Warburton that she took it, With what object: was he making false statements about the condition of his wife and daughter? One of the best evidences of guilt is the fact of a man acting in a crooked and = underhanded way. Dr. Morris persuaded the girl that her attempts were wrong and dangerous, and the girl wave him the syringe to take back to the man who gave it ta her—the prisoner,

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Dr. Morris advise! Larter, as he advised ;

the girl, to give up the criminal idea, For ahoment his course, and the prisoner having, ax he said, no further use for the syringe, gave it to the doctor. But he speedily changed his mind. On the 4th er 5th of April he went to Dr. Warburton. There is no doubt alout his intention, He wanted medicine

ortion, He asked Mr. Kssory what would Le “good” in such a case, He went to Mr. Hughes and a-ked for regulating pills. His intention in obtaining thes clear,

story the me licine was ubtained by bim,and was found in the bed of the deceased gil. All these facts prove the intention af the prisoner, Now, as to the question of ergot, W# you believe Dr. Morris’ statement, you can come to no other conclusion than that the prisoner procured and caused it to be taken. it is conclusive against the prisoner on this point. It may be admitted that Slate supplied — the oi) of cedar

oil of juniper. But. it was

If Slate’s evidence is true, |

ie di-euaded the prisoner frou |

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the priasyer wie called upon Slate, it was |

the prisoner wha hold of the case,

ease Larter went down to see Sjate on the Sth. The girl followed him, and described to Slate the effects of the ergot which Lar- ter had obtained. But there is no doubt

that the girl was poisoned by tartar emetic. |

Parsons has no motive to tell an untruth in this’matter. He eaye that he gaye tartar emetic to Larter for his colt, It is now held that the colt was pot sick, In any case he got the tartar emetic, four wwders of which were left in his hands. "hen there is the paper which he sent to the boy Murphy, directing him to swear that he saw Slate goto McEachern’s on the Friday previous to the girl’s death and leave a bottle aud a package, and telling the girl to be careful not to take too wach. This is strong evidence pointing to the guilt of the prisoner. Then there is his conduct in running after Slate on the Sun- day after the girl died, aid arranging that he should be sent off to Boston, and giving b m $15 and a bottle of whiskey to give him Scoich courage. No sooner is Slate away than Larter proceeds to cast sus- yicion upon hiu. He went to P. S.

rown and asked him if he thought a party could be arrested on Sunday, and he aske the boy to awear that it was Slate. The girl was hardly dead before he tried to bribe the mother to be. silent

induced Slate to take | The girl went to see Dr. | | Johnson on the 4th of April, and on his | | refusal to have anything todo with the

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or an operation for the purpose of an ab- | A Verdict of “Not

his share in the case, Give the prisoner the benefit of every doubt, but be sure that a reasonable doul t There is no doubt about the erget. there is no doubt that itis a noxious and dangerous drug, there is no doubt that aarter obtained and caused it to be taken hy the girl. In conelusion, the Attorney- General said that he was sure that the jury would come to the verdict which their reason and their conscience would dictate.

His Lordship the Chief Justice began his charge to the Jury by referring to the able manner in which the case had been conducted by the counsel.on both sides, He then Ix'd down the law learing upon the care, and r@d that if the ev; dence were not strong enough to establish the guilt of the prisonr, he shoud acquitted. Then he reviewed the evidence of William Parsons, and said that if Par- ons’ statement were true, tartar emetic had been Jeft in the possession of the pris- | oner. Parsons’ evidence, is, however, con- | tradicted by the prisoner. The evidence on this point is to be weighed and consid- ed. At any rate, the evidence that Larter | adininisterd, and caused to be given to the girl tartar emetic, is exceedingly weak. The analvsis shows also that corrosive | subl. mate had been administered to the girl; but there is no evidence that corrosive sublimate was admini «tered by the prisoner. Now, is there evidence that the prisoner administered oil of savin or oil of juniper | or oil of cedar. The whole poiyt of tin- case then turns upon the fluid extract ot ergot. His Lordship then detailed the cir- cumstances under which the ergot was ob- | tained by the prisoner, as detailed by Dr. Morris and Mr. Fred Davies. Proceeding, | the Chief Justice said that Charles Slate had given his evidence remarkably well. He is a clever fellow, and it is a great pity that he is given up tothe vice of drunken- ness. He says that the prisoner had told him that she had been taking ergot on a prescription from Dr. Morris, and that she | had taken the greater part of it, and that if it would not produce “the result” she would rather not continue. taking it. If this evidence is to be believed, the prisoner | not only got the ergot for the girl, but he knew the purpose for which the girl had taken it. Then there is the evidence of Dr. Warburton. The prisoner told Dr. Warburten that the girl had taked ergot. There is the evidence too, of Mr. Best, the

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analyst, who seems to have dene his | work in a very creditable = man- | . . j

ner. Against this you have |

2 right to consider the evidence of Larter himself, in connection with the evidence of Dr. Warburten and Dr. Morris and Slate. If you believe the evidence of those latter, then the offence is within the stat- ute—the act of the prisoner was “a caus- ing to be taken.” The evidence, more- over, shows that ergot is a poisonous and noxious thing. Dr. Johnson, who has acted throughout this case in a most creditable manner, says that it is among the irritant poisons. Dr. Warburton says that it ix a dangerous drug—which should

not be given to pregnant women and in large doses is a poison. Dr. ‘Taylor says that he would

exhaust every other remedy before he would resort to it in the case of a pregnant woman, and that he could not conceive anything which would justify the use of ergot by a healthy woman. Slate says that the girl told him that she felt ill and dizzy as a result of its use. Dr. Hender- son says that ergot is a noxious drug to be avoided, and that the symptoms described by Slate are such as would be produced by ergot. Dr. Jenkins says that, given in excessive quantities, ergot would have deleterious etiects, and if given a healthy préyhant woman the motive would not be goods All this evidence is to be con sidered by the jury when deciding whether or not ergot is “a noxious drag.” Now there js a further consideration—the ques- tion with what intention was the drug given to the woman? Was it given to produce a miscarriage? If this were his intention, there is giult on the part of the prisoner. That point is to be decided by reference to his conduct. His visits to Dr. Warburton ard Dr. Leeming, to Slate, to Mr. Hughes, and to Mr. Davies, are all evidence of his intention. There is no question that The woman was poisoned, but we are not trying the prisoner for mur- der. What motive is there for the abomin- able crime of abortion? It is for the jury to consider whether the admitted criminal connection of the prisoner affords sufficient motive. Then the conduct of the prisoner subsequent | to the death of the gir! is to be considered

—is such conduct the conduct of an

innocent man? Among other things, his

written direction to the boy to swear that

he saw Slate take the medicine to the

girl is to be considered. The boy is not

very c'ear about the point and an explana

tion has been given by Larter who says

that he told the boy to tell the truth. | But if Larter were innocent why should

he ask the boy to tell the truth? Again, | Mrs, McKachern said to Larter on the

very day after her daughter died, “I blame you and Slate for all my trouble.” What | was Larter’= reply? Not that he was | innocent, but that he would help her with the funeral expenses and that =he need not | worry about the rent. TheChief Justice then | recapitulated the points he had made, and | left the cave with thé jury. He said that | it is very important, in the popular inter- est, that the jury should do their duty without fear, favor or affection. If the Court and Jurors do notdo their duty, then | there is no safety for the public. But if not clearly satisfied that the prisoner is guilty, the jury should give the prisoner | the benefit of the donbt.

Mr. Davies asked the Chief Justice to | refer to the evidence of Dr. Wurburton | and to charge the Jury the circumstances in ev.dence would apply as weil ta the les- | ser offence of procuring drugs as for the ' crime ofadministering and causing them | to be taken.

Rendered, At ten minutes past four o'clock the jury came down and. rendered a verdict |

(ullty”

wile is | of “Not Guilty.” At the request of the |

Why did he go to Mr. Hughes with | On a false.

Attorney-General, the prisoner was held | in custody pending his prosecution on a charge of “procuring drugs,” ete.

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