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FatriekCrr,ne;the Prisoner vva.s arraigned, pleaded JVof Gmlty, anU inursuay ,. was fixed as the day on which his trial should take place. \ On Tl.iirs.lav Mav 24, the Commissioners again met in the Lou t nouse, riu ^ prisoner did not wish to bo put on lustnal, deprived °[ ^1^^„^„\S'%^J";;5 ^^b- ^' The prisoner's brother had also been "VH^^''^"^' %"<^« '"^^Hro^f K^ fSsequently Rone to Newfoundland, promising to return with P-^""! ^>^ f ?Kca- r G reciivf d a severe wouud on the liead, by a ftiU on the ice, and that 't had occa \V, ?onSs of insanity. This evidence had not >-.\ ^een obtained but 1 eh d>f^^^^^ VS^ Court were to adjourn to some future dm, tliat '^^ Pom^o uCcessa ily hurfy / ^ day in June, and the Attorney ««-- ;7 -[fXf^a^ B t^n, S meaa -J emerea me v.ou> t, ...x.,. "'"" "';;u:'=i:;=' m-eviouslv. This announcement ■portunity for the discovery oi Walsh. Fridav May 25.-The Court again sat, and were informed that Walsh had not^ en'f:.uSlthough he had bee"n seen in Halifax three days Pr«^-'°"^^,/J^ °i.';i."'m's:;:co»:v'!' ^. h=™.», H.,„ey, R.bi„.o». ru^,, &,., misht Scngo accordinsly, and b pl.c» of .l»so objected to, o.te, . would bo "S p,i.„„e,- looked a. ,1,. J.„ b»,, a™l ..id .hat he ."'t™ ot'"""" '" "'^ "^ . tt,e senSemcn. o.d ito, he »a. .a.i.Bed .hey »»« "° '"" '" ' ™„ „.. . ......jer Mr. \niacko [pri.onor'. co.msel] ro.e. and .aid Hal 'h» P™°»" ;[ .„.,|eme» in H.lifc, but thai a, hie counsel, he felt bound to state that wo of the seutlenis t I'S fcs-T. • H H W * #-fl^ 'o Trial of Patrick Crane. Accordiii^My, when theJ gentlemen werrc^r.I t! (i """ 'r"* '^''■- ^»°^- evident reh.t.„ne. cl.a.l.ugel and ^E^ylSTthc box " . 3^' '^^J^T*'"^:^ t'' and Creed, bu.iig called in their place A!r Cn.Vri ''"'^'^'' ^V^^^«>-^- \V light. eke, Scotia, comir.enced Lis Mr. Archibald, the King's Attorney "ccnerul for Kova oSr.^ ' •'IrP' "'"'^^ ''■"' '' ^'^« ^"""-"'S effect .nissionevs,totryfrh,es cLilSeK'th^fT ^""'"'/^ f^'^" '° ^^e Co.n- Admiral of England and n oXe Ihp- ?t ^^ ' T' ' """'"" the jurisdiction of the power thus p.o%idedbu would s?u that i;^'■'^U'T""'T '°/ T *° ^^^■'^" °" '^'> ' .•asc a8 that now under conliderattn °'' ""'P'" ^°'' '^' *™' "^ «»«=»' « I'eard stated in the L^'mentaXo^ri.; ^.''« P"t,'=ulars of thi. charge vou himself on his trial before S nn,l , P''"r"f P'^"*^"' "°' Suiit> , and put Your duty KenSemen i, f„ n '""""'^i ''"'""^ '^•'"""■y' ?e'"le'nei!, you are. of the cou.^ "^^^r^zijiiz^iziT^:;^-:^^' ""^- ^''^ ^^-^-^ murder or no offence iTateveT'lt. ^ In «T ',""'' '''' "-^^ , '^'^"'Sed is either "eatnre, with malice expressed or t, 'S f.t""""-'^';'. '-"/"f ^^ m killing a reasonable mitted by a pe .on cndofveT^lth rS'l't'^^^lif ^ ^ "•"" '^ *?"^* '^'^ ^°"'- ma«ce aforethow^ht is niemt tlinf^r' o- ^ "'' '"•'""af'-. or lunatic. By with a mind bent or n ischief m' . ' l"S'"?r ''..'^"'"''V"^'' '" ^ ^i-^'^ed spirit by a person who has o tl efL^rof God hi-' r ' '" "'! "'',' ^"'^"'^ of the law. jgainst ti^%tyni£saj;^jt:;>,-i;::::'- «:^- 's::'^:-::!;-' "^r 11 the contrary is not proved by the showing of fbo pwlone'r ^ "'' '"'''''^' perpetration of the olTenee ''""*"'=""" ^'"'" ''"-'"• ^''^t acquamtance with him, to the a CV.ptain, a man, a lad of nearly nmturete j ,"/ . ^l^^'s^ " ''''" *=°"'^'-^^»'§ °<' ' on board the vessel to be brou-xht to c' ne Hr^tn .. ^' ""'^ "'""''y "^'"^ taken witness, took passage in h'r^o 1 1 Sv.W fl P'""""" ""•'" ^^"'■^^' ''"^ "^hsenl , the I.sland of Cape Breto.r lev u.^-.f .7 1 r \" • '^ '?'''" "' *^ ^^"-^^ they made ing the land on colg i'sitt^H took i it; "'r'' '"" "'' 'Y'''' "« ''^"«-- and others, landed to ruake e au hi 's ' '"'*':"'' accompanied by the prisoner v'hich they were bouudt K ' „rnpV f 'f 't was not exactly the part Ihis time the pri.oneJ's con h,c Zo?l7 on board, and stood out to sea. v'p to .lay, as they v?ere s?'nd °g "m K t^Sj^,^, 7'"'' nf P'P"" ^'" "^^ '^^'^ ing to .some rocks, asked v^a.s e . ot afr' id' of tS ?"' If ^vitr.esses, and, point- enquired in return was the pr'om- Prists, '; ^V'"''' ""T''"'^ ""' '"^ toot .!U the Captain wanted £ c^t the v^^Uw^^ Thn/"' ""'^ 7'^ '^'' , '^^ the cabin to rest; when the crew wL ,i ^ ^ ' /• . , <^^''^"'"g "" 'etired to Musket had been loaded soLT uX '^''''Vl'y ^'>»'"^ the prisoner in bed. A f'-wl, but it did not .'0 o/ or-.e 0.U of 'ni *^r P''-""«' had snapped it at sea- the pan. This gun was sn n^n^ "^ ^f' ^-^^^t »^"»" P''Pt^r which was laid over th« 'veningallndS "to : K n"w;"; 'Tr^'' '•"■'''• . '^^''^^ "'^''^-'■"" «» ^ -ded to\.devoUons,t.e;rE ^Jh^I^ t£ Si^ Ji'^^^i^^ **" ^ 1 % -X i,inr/aii" .itfi;.; 3 tlierefarc r. Knox. loner, with ^- Wright, to with- ase. Tho lit tiiut no- 1 iVo.'n tho Milan. Uniacke, enced Lis I t" Trial of Patrick Crane.. charge of shot took eTert, and lodged in th.- loins of the C aptam ; he fell back- w ird but succeeded in rising and crawling on deck, and cxclauned '' he hus kjlled me'" < )f thi-i wound he soon expired. The witness Lii.igny, started up when tho shot was fired, and lV.;lih- (liu t^un ncros. his breast, .el/.ed it, and wrested it from tiic nri-oner. Wid.-^li calfed out to wivuess to take ciire, lor Crunc, Uu: prisoner, had an open kniio in his hand, it was now .juite dark; Lavigny was slightly cut by the kiule. Crane was socuved by tying hi.- !i:ind3 ai-d feet. \\ l.cn the Captain 9 body was brought down, and pri.-oner was interrogated as to Ins motive for coni- niiliin-such a crime, he said, th;!l the Captain was going ta shoot hnn; and at ..nolher tiuie said ihut liio Captain was going to cast away the ^^el; and on these iic.:ouiit J he thougl'.t proper to shoot hiiu. For thi-! olfence, th,> p'i'oner bar) nrrudned in custody up to the present time. This ion- conmieuieut i.^ to be re-r.'tted, but rould not bo avoided; it wa.s oc- casioned by waiting for tii.-j Co.uu.ission, by wh.ch thin Court IS constituted I hope thnt the prisoner has made better use of the lime thus spent, tlian he did ot that which preceded it. , • , .■ j -i j The fact being estabi:.^^.e-l, that the deceased came to his death as de.scribed. then rentle.nen voawlll have to enquire hito the cause oi this act. If you find the prisoner guilty aceo.dlM,(r to the imliotment, you must ?..y so. The law- of God and man req-a'ire that the nurd -er-s blood be .lied, to cleanse the land ol guilt. I would not enlarge lUrtln r on thw occasion, were I not aware, that the prisoner a Counsel intends to set up the plea of insanity. I will Uk>. fore mention a iew rules of law on that point, that the prisoner may have their beneht or not, as his case mav demand. - If a Clime be committed without the exercise of reason or memory, or consent ot the will, the person so acting cannot be held rosponsibla, or be louad gudty. liut of this there must be evidence. In .nir law such a poiL on is said to be mm compos mentis, and mider this is comprised .^11 the variety of diseases of the mind; whe- ther natural , adventitious or acquired. Vnder tlie first comes Idiotcy, which is a disease conimenciug with life. But the law holds deaf and dumb persons responsi- ble for their action^, if they show any symptoms oi rr.tiona! power. Lnder the title adventithus are cla.se.l the various degrees of lunacy temporary or permanent ; and under the title acquired, are fits of phrenzv, occasioned by drunkenness, ihesa latter will not excuse crime, except the disease becomes extreme, and amounts to a total d.'ni-ivation of reason. In other cases the law holds the offender responsible for I>is" actions- it only exonerates where the offender is not aware of committing any ol- fence Thcie points must be calmly and clearly investigated. Melancholy niUKla, and persons subject to minor delusions are held accountable; and it may be remark- ed that every f' 'on is under a degree of insanity when he commits crmie. The en- tire dominion oi .lental disease, i; alone su'"iT[ciei!t to excuse an offender against tho #'^ tire aomimoM ui riKiuai uini^i.c.^,, i.^ ^.^...^ ^^ ■— -- - - - o law The Prisoner's case does not seem one of this description. There must be more than absence of motive, or a (it of frenzy, particularly after the acl,to entitle hnn to the benefit of the plea set np. If care were not taken in this particular, pn^^oners wou.d o-enerallv endeavour t'> bring their case within that dark circle of human reason which would afibrd them she'll.'r. Great caution must be used, not to punish whei^ the person char'/ed with crime was not conscious of thi: act wh.ch he committed; and on tlm otiier hand, not to open a door to the perpetration of grQat ofTences. The sta*e of intellect which would authori-^e a commission of lunacy as regards pro- perty, isnotsn(lici..'itio exonerate in criminal cases. For the latter a complete aberration of mind at t'.u-, time of conmiitting the act is neces.sary. IMuch depends on tlie good sense of the .Furv in these cases. Insan^v must not be'implied, liecause no motive appears for the commission of crime; the law assigns «uph cases to malice. The evid.-nre hi the present case, docs not come within any which I iiave ever met with, in which i^^sanity was taken as an excns.e. The pri- soner acted as if und-r the iniluence of his senses, he was not generally fancying that which did not exist, hut proceeded accordinc to the ordinary circumstarces m which he was placed. The .Tnrv are bound to apply t'le law as it is expounded. Evidence of wilduess or recklessness is not sntticient; the prisoner must be proved ~ "Thr Attorn eu General luust here have alluded fn the Jrvifh hiir. The Chrir.tian c.o-.Jr. 'as dclivernd in the .AVir 7Vstainnit, docs not fecni to author- izr r^?€^r'- "' JdoodiJitddbi^ in any nt'C. . ., # ml • *'! L.C '■*■««.' ^■%'lfe" 'i'.ia te"^'"""" i i * 4 Trial of Fntrkk Crane. to be completely under the iafluonce of delusion at the time wlien the oflence was committcd,b3ibrethB ploa set up can avail him. Or previous occasional insanity, car- ried down to the time of this act, must ho shewn in evidence. Tlie prisoner's case does not come under any of those which I have enumerated ; and it must depend on hia conduct just before and after; not on any frenzy vvhicli might arise froiri the act itself. As I said before, all felony is partial insanity, committed without the fear of God, and instigated by the devil; wiiich words imply an absence of proper sense in the perpetrator. I would not press on this point farther than my duty to the public obliges me. We would alll»e haiipy, to discover some course by which tiio I'rison- er could vvilh propriety be discharged. 15ut if he cannot be so discharged, ho should not be discharged at nil. Uur duty is to act clearly and calmlv, not swayed by mis- take.n liumanity, or prejudice of any kind; and I am sure, gentlemen, that ymi will perform your duty judiciously, and according to the dictates of a good conscience. ^ The Attorney General's address being concluded^ George Lavigny, Acadian I'renchman, was called. Before the examination of the witnesses, :Ur. Cuvanagh wag sworn in as interpreter, and took his scat in the witness box. Gcorn-c Lnvi^rny, examined, by the Solicitor General, deposed as follows, l.uke Jlichard was master of the schooner IMariinrie. She belonged to Torbuy, but was owned by some person in Halifax. She was at St. .lohns Newfoundland last summer, thinks it was about the month of July. Slio sailed from St. Johns to (.'apj Breton, she was bound to Prince Edward Island, and was to call at Harbour Bouche. VVhen she sailed from St. Johns, there were on board, the IMastir, the witness himself, B. Richard,and Charles Richard the boy; and the prisoner and Walsh who were passengers. The Prisoner and \Valsh camo on board togother at St. Johns, and were to ba landed on Prince Edward Island. 'J'hey had ] Trial ofPidrick Crane. 5 oflencp was isanity, car- soncr's case St depend on Voiri the art It the fear of er st'nso iii tlic public the I'ri.son- 1, lie should yepUii". NV ' »*^*'\ " .^'-";;.,,,, . ,„. ^,,,rted up, and found tiie gun acru.s Ihol was tired. VV 1h,u he hear, the epo. t .. ^^ P- ^^^ ,^^ ^^^^^^^^ .y^^^ g,„ hi.bre..t. Ilesei/edit V'V f mS w" n he hands of the prisoner. Witues. was in the direction ol ''^-^.t^'f^''' ' ^^ J,;^' ^ „ot h. I'ri^oner was slUn,^ up, wrrsted it Iron, hhn, and hiul '» -^t" Sf ^'\^Ze^ ^l.alled the boy to bring a light. vs.i,h his feet resth>.; on llie seat belo v • N\ .*^- di,,;,,..g«l he heard the Cap- who })rourrht One wilhout delay. \\ I'cn l-><' S'-" W;.* ",..... .,-., ..,.;,.,, „„, .. oh! nr I) i;>e sun w-j lu^ -.—o ; . ^ . , , - •■ct ■iVi^r; Captamthen cried out " Oh. my ,,i„ fill, heard r.ollni,;^ e se lor a '"°' :'-^, ;';,;'., ' 'when li^ht wus brought Cap- Cod, n,y Jesus, he has lulled me he m. .h u ...3. ^^^^^, ^ ^^,^ ^,^, ,., ,aiu was goir.j£ up the, ««y.U'^"'7 ''^ *- i,.^,;;'-,'; J,ss :.sked Imn, what he .t;d that is shot." After gettn.g tne S" /^^ '' ' <, 'f;;,' \^,, Captain ?ot up the lu.lder and for; he said, tl-.e Captan, wanted lo '^ ''"'"; ^ • , elped him on deck. Ulood hekl bv the con.punion door, the ^']^ ^'^'';;^^^\,, ^■,, wounded in the su.all was gushin-' fron. hnn and « ••e^"'""S ° ^^^f.^.^^ ,n'eat aRonv. ^VitnesS rc- of the back: he lived about three qua tu,m " U^u u^^^^ ^^. ^^.^^^ ^^^^ ^ .^ ,^^^^_^,^ n.ained below to secure the P"=^o' « • ' •^::^ * , i,,,a hi,,. ,vhile witness ti..l h\< am.-,, together an.l told w.tnes. to t>e '^^■^^~^^^,^ freely. ^V itness did not VV-itt^ess can't say but t'^t W^^ ^ ' ' "'^ ■"-'^^, ' ^'^^^^ ^.^.^^ ^, porpoises. Witness n:.- see the uun loaded, Captiun told it to be '''' ';'' ° '"^ , .,,, (...ptai,, bad a S'"' derstood'the sun was brought ou bo:ud by ''-^^ „,.,/.,, u, be kept under a of his own which was kept over lus but. ';«";; g^j it from where he slept. ,,i...h next to where he Ij^y.j '- ^l'^^^ J Ln w- tied, he was put in the hold, Prisoner lay in the after-b -th. When F'-on*^ ^ ^^,^^^ i,,g ,» lo Ar.- which was then ii.stened down; .t was ""^ opened u , ^^^^^^ ^^ ,,„t; when they opened 'l' /Xwarsur^ that^he Vound was given to the K;L;lt:t;uS=;!S;;r T^e 'Z:Z Z. ^S or ^lO m money on board tho ^^¥he same witness cr,....a.nrn^y ^^.^t^' "jlSi^-W. name. The schooner was owned n. ""l'^^^'' ' f ; .'^aoo- he (the witness) would not The (_:aptain told him that she wa. msu d f ^ JO,-, oats and potatoes to New- give more for her than £\->^^- ' ^'^^^ "^."- „.!,„ „ave them a freight down, would ?o«ndla„d; they ,ot no ^^ ;^^;,'^:i:^:Z£ vessel. They were about 12 not give them a IreigM back, leh^^^^^^^ expected to go on shore days out before they made ^.'^X^Jniui i what land they had made, they only there. On returnmg to vessel ''"f^*'"'^" •'•''.„ j^^jed the gun for the master, tho drank about half a glass ot -^ -'''^'V ^^^^^J' ^'^ '^^^^ discharge it afterwards; a Captain snapped It at porpoises. ^ Xn he ^^^^^^^^ brought it on deck. This piece of blue paper was on the F" J'^^re tha the Captain"snar>ped it. Did not Ivas on Monday-, it was on t' « » ' J> ^^e .n^ime Benjamin put too large a ch.-vrgo know whether the gun was used m tl";;"e.imnnL. . Witness did in the gun, about « inches, he drew U, mul P« '^ ^^^f/^^^.J i» ^Ue cabin. On not sel him loading, the weather was '^S2> ' ^^ f J^^ S.,y ,t th. ^ame time. Mondav evening, all hands except »« ^•; "'" ^^f ^'^^^j Witness understands some He did not know that prisoner "'•«?'» ''^ J "^/'f'counse is now saying; he could words of English, but not more *!'"" - f f^, S;^^Xe^^^^^^^^^^ the gun by signs^ direct Crane how to Bhape ^^f . ^.^ '^P; ' [J „^ ' ^ir it. Prisoner changed Prisoner's head was raised in lus hn lyj^^°'X^'^%^:Zv\.y in a leftside birth; his head that eyen.ng to where ns '^'i\"^f;;^;", "^•„rt\,f vessel, but this evening his Ive generally slept ^vith his herid ^,_ ' f;";;'^^\P;;; in pHson^r's birth, witness did feet were placed that way. Ihe R"' ! "^.^ ' ^j;;',';.; '^jfness seized it. The cabm not see it there; it was in the P"^onc . h^' J;2';„7 ....^ j^one off by accident m was narrow, and the births not far ap^jt It ^^'^Zlnov,- what money was taken the direction in winch it washrcd. ,^^^J"°f^;;°':\" -',,,^1 £6 remained. He does not from St.John.after paying some ^'^^ f ' ^''^ .ny .noney on board. Crane wa. know that the passengers l^"'-^}'"- '■^''i! p^;,,; when witness was steering, well behaved on board up to the Monday e^. enmg. J^J^ ^^^^ ^e not afraid of standing offthe land, and no rocks ''' ? ?^> ^' ? ^j,";'^;::; ite afraid, be thought the the rocks ? Witness asked, was he, (- •'"« ^•^"> "« ^ 1^, i„ the birth of ;;?;trr:..^r«tj:r„:;..».e'u w;.,si. .»..., >ir. -... *.. «... M-ns in the pan of the gun. ,^. ^^.^^.^ded in the hand, on Same Witness questioned bv d Juror. ) le ^^.t^ t, , w »* •*' >. / ^•'' ^ »i «*, -^t" # / G Trial of Patrick C ranc. thoni^hl that the Captain wan killetl l.vtl„.L„;r •-. • «ay t(mt prisoner n/abhed hi... . L .m 1\,^^^^^ -^o^'d "ot W.ilsh told l.i.„ that priso.,er had t w- k i V ,' ^ V ", '"", '''"'-'^■' '" ''"> «'"icr. killed, that cWe vva^ d..a,;!;5k' ^^ "'''' """' "^""' '"' '"'"^ l^ofore th , Capt.in wc, tluestioned by Judjro Ifalibiiiton IT,, -i- » . i • , untie th. pn.o,f . ruJi;T::j^^:^^ ;:;;^ ^i;j °"" «- /"'•> f- h„id t., Walsh wart on deck all the time Pri.,,,, , '^ ; "^ " ^^•"'^'' ^ts k.-nt, (..j chalk several times in the ca b, ^^d toX" "^ "''" u';^''' '""' "" '"^ '^"' ^ 'i'h Captain came down. Wal.h s^id L could .m' ' V^'^^'' '^'"' '"L- it off when wrote it with his left hand. "''^ ""' ""^'-•"tand .t, and tt.at pn^oner lie was on hnni-,1 »!.„ „.i ..•' "=."-"_"• •lastev. They sailed from ""S".^.. uy lue Aitorney (ieiieial tjf r 1 »7 7 "" »i;iiooner fllartruri ^^t. Johns Newfoundland about the middl.. oCi,,., " ■—.-.. x ..uy sailed Irom Canso. [ Witn^. here detailed n^ "'Si; nr'!'"";"' T"' ""°!'^'' "- «"t of ounse of thn v,w.-.i w„ -i x.r'. . '^'I"'-'' ^t;it<;d by ki^t witnesH, respect- .iig tlie cour.se ol the vessel &c 1 U'li,,. . i i . ., ./ -". .viuiusn, ' ''""'"' '""' '" '"i^g /J"7 hroaglu prisoner on deck and ,, 't' 1'"^''"^' '"''^' ^^''''^'' '"^'d him^ tp to this time the prisoner he m^d I. ?,':.,- "^f" ^'^'"^ '-'^'•" ''- died, wriung which was rubbed ol!' did n, t / ' "" '"""■d- He si.w chalked 'e.^«'"es offland, when the Qipt';;! ^^ wZ'd;.;," "'"''^ '^^ '^''^^ --^ «'-"t » t.-un had a loaded gun on boa.-r Tl e T t '': """' ^' «"" ^^"•^ 'i^''''- ^''^ Cap- boaid. Walsh assisted willingly to secure ^^^^^Jr^Z^J^::- il;:'-:^,;-^; n.Sr^E:;:^,ri; -^^J--J-., ^-"-^ '!-" --"-«'' ^'^--o-.!. the peetmg the vessel, erew and passengn x J ;.:"""':^ "''''\ ''-^ "><' ^^""^-^1 res- witness was in the cabin sitting at "h 'cii , ;:v ' ! I : "'^'" ^"'"''" »''^ ^''"Pf- was shot Captam was near him on his knees vv'.^ ' ' " '"•'^' '" '""'^« ''"''or. The -e the gun fired, his head wasTw, ' Vh^n li: h '.p/l'lT"^''^ -lo witness did no? thing en account of the smoke and .l.,kn. I 1 1 '• n ' "'^"''- ^'^ '^""''^ "-''' "O" of the gun. Witness was greatly fri.^1 1< mcI " ^ ' ''"'"^ ''f ""' ''-^ "'^ discharge say "Oh! I am shot." WitnesUot 1 ,",!' If ^^ °" '''•''^!- ''^''"-d the Captain ness saw the wound, it vva.s about fh ?, , 1 p .r^"']" ^^?' *^" ''^^'^ '"oantime; Wit- hght below, the prisoner was dol V . .; '' '""'S ,V'"^" '"' '"""S''^ the assisted. He saw the prisoneriev, •,;.,;'■' ■'■'"'' '^'■•'"'°''' "^1"'". U'alsh Walshwas with him; hcfscdtSLT ^ tKnl^e S f 1'"'"^^ •'""■' '^'-^ ^""^ ers There was some money on bo. rl ,e donV , "'' '^.'^ ""/''« *"•''« «"d lock- of It. Prisoner behaved very wdl m ,^ | t '^ ' * '""''' ^'"* "'« Passengers knew peaceable man; used to laugh . id k th .''"c,'^; '''"'' ^r '''^'^'^ ^i'-^, the^nselves, prisoner eat his supper on lie Wo , v n ^^i^" f '' P-^^ngers eat by Cross Examined by Mr. Uni'ickn n ^ '" ' > "'"''t' '^nd seemed as usual, think anything was go^ng^; lap i'^^;,,/'',;:^^,^^ road writing. He did not s^rs:Srd."^° ^-^^^"^ -» -- "-''SH^'^^icj'-Pris;;;:^;--: Jo:^^Sr It 1?;:San;':So!r;o S^ ^i^lTli "''^--' the pri- to . ' wmiC!.,i. 10 ell ,„ |,„ |,o|„||._ ,1,1, ^^ n^ ^!^^^ tlin Iiold to ■'I** l»''l't, nrit] lii.-' liiU vifh } it ofFwlien »at prisoner ich, and was «.'iilc(.l from > tlie Gut of ^-iH, rc^pect- |)fivv('.(r and •*'l('(l with a. •idtd. Tlie /'itnfiss was !• weather. Ill on dock, im to biir.^ 1 licl'l him. '■« lie died, w clialked ' about 'd Sht. No- Tiie Cap- , no fidort )vvn ovei- t-'aptuiii'a I'ougli tlie !sses, res- was shot cr. The i»: did not 1 see no- liscliargo Captain le; Wii- uglit the Walsh low tliat lul lock- rs Icnew 1 quiet, eat by lal. iid not was in un was he pn- e time Con It But ho e, lie . I .»,. • ihfl abspnrP of any .uotivo for the net, ought to argne the inHanity of ,.!Sd':.;.;r r::; to :ji- U. C..n on po.nt- of .aw. Mr. Uniacke .at 'TudgoIIaliburton informed the p.i.orer that he .nigl-t now address the Jury in "'Z"Sn«r; after son.0 he.itaticn, bowed to the Court aud Jury, and spoke to thn foliovvinj^ cflect Newto-.nidiand last winter. I was in.ane sou.e- ^''•''' ''•''''^*;- .« ';J ;;:;' V,,, .„,.„pe and wanted the captain to put n.e a.horo rune alter. I g«. '"f'"'/ V' ,/ ()7, ,he Monday night, when the Captain and when wo -^-'^^^^^l^^,^^^Z^t^i^Aatho^^|^ it was to nhoot <>orgecarneaown th. M tuU^ the time; I don't know whether m pet- In^-ou ^'b^n S't:^:! :;l;;cl! my ,un w.th my l^et. 1 recollect nothing that ^-ijr^;i::il^^^^^ — - foUowuig Cliarge to the Jury In u very i mpressi ve manner. llii, act, that .f V,-., had t.««»» hlc ;*'^"";y '".E X, h„ „■., „„,!„ mnli iiillu- ra?rs.-rfrii:fr^^^ ?"" "ItiifnS'tilliS was nc «S:t;Kions at the tLe. It is my iar in hw right n.mU that ne w generally according to ordinary cir- painful duty to Htaie, tlu.t a "''\" ''''"";/ ^^^g^s until the contrary be shown, cumstancps, must be c«»*^"le "'/" '"' '" J^"* , ™5, !; „„ ,u large, was under an Some proofs nmst be given, ^ '"'J "^ ? ^^^^'''.'"EbS of suci, ;« excuse. We St" ^rXt/X'tS^o/r^i^ve as is stated, and then whether the prisoner committed the act charged against him. [Here his honor recapitulated the evidence, making occasional remarks aa he pro- ''Thfin^.Me for the gun showed th.it it was not discharged by accident, as in that 1 he struggle lor mc guu »i. ,>v,.i.„,mtion of the prisoner, was of import- case all would be cqu^l'y •''■'^"';'- • . l^l Xi'Ie eaptaiu wa^s going to shoot him.- ance; he does not deny the act, but ^^y^' ^^t t th« .^ '" ^^^^ between them, and ;u::;'Ji:T.?ar;l;sit'wSa7.,rs t„ thin...h« u».,a on>y be dictated by strong mental delusion. , , ,. ii ^ '^^.h^cLduetlalsoof i.;;i.o-nce; >md ^^^-^^^^^^^o^^^ be foun.l to bo produced m e^v.dence to '^'^y- , ™"„?P '^^^ey ^as on board, and between the prisoner and hmi; ""b' '^.^niall sum ot n.oiiey was of that bein.^ there the passengers were '?"°'-'^"^:„ J„^" r'"''''' Walsh assisted to secure Crare when the act ^^^^^^.^^^^f^;^^, b,,„ an attempt to The writing with chalk has been mentioned; '^^."^'^^s^^^^^^^^ deluded communicate^some s.cret or it m.gh be '"«':';/>7iTeJeninr has be'en dwelt mind. The changing of Crane's position m bed on «>«» ^^^J'^f '^^j ^ave facilitat- «pon-, it doe. r,ot app.=ar to me of importance for » Jou^J ^J^ 7/;^^ , t,-,,,, that ed the commission of th- act. The witness ^^^^^^d that Walsh to a tn p Crana was going out of bis mind; and here again we cannot but regret wa **' If ■■ m ■ «#' A * •Jst ■'■' ■■'»- fj J I K^vmm