Author: Mary Phagan
566 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:534 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS,Complaining is made treason! Here is a strange and fatal dilemma for the subjects of the plantations. They must either suffer their oppressions or be hanged for traitors if they…
567 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:NICHOLAS BAYARDMr. Emot: By Your Honor's permission, I am counsel for Colonel Bayard, the prisoner at the bar. However, I am unwilling to take up too much of your time, as this trial has…
568 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:536AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Upon loan, without interest, several considerable sums of money were provided for the preservation of his majesty's interest and government in New York. Of these, upwards of 200 pounds in specie lent…
569 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:NICHOLAS BAYARDNicholas Bayard was found guilty; he had the advantage of moving in arrest of judgment and might be relieved as to matters of law.Mr. Emot argued, "This is not fair, to give the…
570 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:538 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALSThe prisoner made an urgent appeal in a letter addressed to De Peyster, one of his judges, in which he says:“Believe me, sir, as you may give credit to the…
571 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:NICHOLAS BAYARD"Have you anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced?"The Prisoner: "I have nothing more to offer than what my counsel have offered, and what is contained in my last petition."The Chief…
572 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THE TRIAL OF ORRIN DE WOLF FOR THE MURDER OF WILLIAM STILES, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 1845THE NARRATIVEWilliam Stiles, a deformed and feeble man, was married to a good-looking wife. He was lazy and given to…
573 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:ORRIN DE WOLF, 541June 10.Today began the trial of Orrin De Wolf. The first count of the indictment charged the prisoner with committing a felonious assault on William Stiles at Worcester on the fourteenth…
574 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:542X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Jury:Nathan Haskell, foreman; Holland Albes, Gilbert Bond, Joel Barnard, Zalmon Bellows, Salem Cobb, Charles Cutler, Franklin M. Farnum, Ephraim Fisher, Lincoln Fay, Wilcott Harwood, Emerson Johnson.Witnesses for the Commonwealth:Benjamin Baldwin:I reside…
575 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:ORRIN DE WOLF543I entered a room to the left. This was a little after nine in the morning.Rodolphus C. Edwards was at Flagg & Dodd's tavern the night of Stiles' death. I saw De…
576 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:B44X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.I returned without finding him. I then told him to go for Mr. Gates, the sexton, as he would know what should be done. I noticed a little redness about the…
577 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:ORRIN DE WOLF545I did not particularly note Stiles’ appearance. De Wolf and myself carried him down, put him in a sleigh, and carried him home. De Wolf shaved him. After we had taken off…
578 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:546X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.He appeared to be slewed and cold; I asked if he knew where he had been that evening—he said no—if he knew where he got his liquor—he said he did not.…
579 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:ORRIN DE WOLF547If he was, I didn’t think he would be hurt. After a while, he said he could tell me more about it if I would promise to say nothing about it. He…
580 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:548X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.He then said that there were others concerned in it, and others did it, but he was perfectly innocent. He said he hired another man to do it. I have frequently…
581 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:ORRIN DE WOLF549"You had better make it to the sheriff," he said to me. I promised to see him in the afternoon. In the afternoon, I took him into the sitting room with Mr.…
582 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:550AMERICAN STATE TRIALSTHE TESTIMONY FOR THE DEFENSE**Ruth Willard:** I was in Stiles' family for about a fortnight, six years ago last December. While there, Stiles was sent to Worcester one morning on business and…
583 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:ORRIN DE WOLF551Dr. Orrin De Wolf testified that he could not conceive of a man strangled by a ligature without congestion of the lungs. He believed that if enough force were applied to prevent…
584 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:552 ZX. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSIt is essential that the community understands the importance of the strict execution of laws, and no sympathy for the prisoner should be allowed to interfere with the administration of…
585 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:ORRIN DE WOLFOrrin De Wolf was imprisoned due to the insinuations he repeatedly made about soon coming into possession of Stiles' property, the falsehoods by which he deceived the Doctor and coroner (for which…
586 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:554 XY. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The responsibility imposed upon both the Court and the jury is immense. Nothing might reconcile us to such a responsibility, but the stern necessity of maintaining the supremacy and integrity…
587 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:ORRIN DE WOLF. 555It is the duty of the Court to instruct the jury on all points relating to the law and evidence, and to determine what evidence is admissible. It then becomes the…
588 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:556 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The central issues before us are whether a human life was destroyed and, if so, was it done by the hand of the prisoner? These two questions will therefore occupy…
589 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:ORRIN DE WOLF, BTWhen a death has occurred from violence, a suitable and competent officer shall proceed to the spot for the purpose of investigating the cause and instituting such inquiries as may be…
590 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:558 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS,The deceased was given to habits of intemperance, sometimes excessive. He had expended a part of his property under circumstances which induced the officers of the town to make an…
591 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:ORRIN DE WOLF, ESQ.In determining this point, you are to look at the motives, the time, and the circumstances.It is proper, therefore, to consider circumstantial evidence. It differs from positive evidence in that it…
592 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:560 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The confession may be received as very satisfactory. There is one other fact of importance in the case connected with this confession, one which may test its truth. Mr. Mathews…
593 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:ORRIN DE WOLF. BelOrrin De Wolf's confession was witnessed by the sheriff and jailer and subsequently presented to the attorney. The defendant was informed that his confession would not benefit him as it did…
594 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:562 XY, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Otherwise, or that he should escape with a lighter punishment. But it must be considered in every part. If the facts stated or any part of them are inconsistent with…
595 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:ORRIN DE WOLF. 568The defense argues that there was no time when this offense could have been committed. When witnesses speak of a few minutes, their testimony does not admit of very great accuracy.…