Category: AMERICAN STATE TRIALS VOLUME 10, NINETEEN EIGHTEEN
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124 X. AMERICAN 8TATE TRIALS.tuted, the killing is murder in the first degree; as if one with-out uttering a word should strike another on the head withan axe, this would be deemed premeditated violence withinour act; it will constitute the…
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EDWARD D. WORRELL. 125where the office of the company is located, the prisoner might,and probably did, suppose that he had a large amount ofmoney in his possession.I might allude also to the fact of his assuming differentnames, and his flight…
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126 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.ciple than that of alienation of mind.””? I gave the gentle-man’s argument my closest attention, and so far from satis-fying my mind of the truth of his proposition, he led me tothe conelusion that the prisoner…
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EDWARD D, WORRELL. 127on the contrary, considered him quite shrewd in a trade.Hutehinson saw nothing unusual in his conduct; he appearedperfectly rational, and demeaned himself as travelers usual-ly do.Major Wright thinks (upon the supposition that he killedGordon) that his conduct…
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128 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Louis; and while in Vincennes to a ball. It occurs to me thereig nothing remarkable in this, He knew that no suspicionof Gordon’s fate would likely be entertained for some timeto come, and moreover if his…
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EDWARD D. WORRELL. “199* convert the whole of New England into a lunatic asylum. Tobserve sitting on my left my old and much-esteemed friend,Major Robertaon, with whom you sare all well acquainted.How long do you suppose the Major could travel…
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130 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.acquainted with either Wentz or Couzins. Wentz, it is true,consulted with one or two lawyers in Dover, but there isnothing to show that they communicated the fact to Worrell,and we are not to presume that they…
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EDWARD D, WORRELL. 181had been made for the deceased by a dentist in Boston, inthe furnace; both of which tended to identify the body andto connect the prisoner with the murder. Dr. Webster wasa man of learning, a professor in…
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132 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Worrell. Sergeant Clark says the duty of a sentinel is reg-ulated by his ordera, and that he will always permit one ofhis own regiment to pass, if satisfied of his honesty of pur-pose, Worrell well knew…
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EDWARD D. WORRELL. 183tary of War for his discharge. Defendant seemed to be introuble—witnesa told him that he thought it would be ahopeless undertaking, whereupon defendant said, ‘‘that therewas no use talking, he wish’d to God he had never been…
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184 AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.fanity not considered a crime, I should suppose such sceneswere quite common. Any person discovering s quarrel athis door would be likely to resort to harsh means to quell thedisturbance.’ Mr. Cavendish also refers to the sickness…
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EDWARD D. WORRELL. 185seat in the saddle. Witness also states that he had frequentlydrunk with prisoner in his room.‘What then, I ask, ean be inferred from all this, except thefact that his sickness and the delirium attending it grew outof…
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136 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.James Dunn in his deposition has volunteered an opinionas to the insanity of the defendant. He met him in Balti-more in February last, in the office of Mr. Raisin, and con-versed with him on the subject…
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EDWAED D. WORRELL. 137tlemen, I am through with the depositions, though it will benecessary to call your attention to some parts of them uponother branches of the subject.1 wish now, gentlemen of the jury, to eall your attentionfor a moment…
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138 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS,The next proposition submitted by the counsel—that themind of the prisoner has been seriously impaired by epilepsy.Epilepsy is a disease that assumes different grades. In itsmild form it has never been known to produce any visibleeffect…
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EDWARD D. WORRELL, 139ered him in the condition stated by the aunt; he was ravingand tearing and kicking up his heels, and looked wild andmade strange gestures, They succeeded in getting him inthe house, and some time after midnight he…
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140 2. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS,Worrell that his son bad another attack in the same yearat Winchester, Ky. The doctor was stationed there tempo-yarily as a teacher—his son slept with some young men ofthe town, one of whom called and told…
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EDWARD D. WORRELL. 141How admirably does the author’s description of feignedepilepsy apply to the case of the prisoner at the bar. Has asingle instance of personal injury been sustained in any ofthe attacka mentioned? Why is it that Dr. Bassett,…
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142 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.has treated epilepsy very frequently, and states that a longattack with short intervals will result in loss of memory andthe power to reason, and the mind will gradually sink intoimbecility and idiocy—has known one instance in…
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EDWARD D. WORRELL. 143sanity in which there is a general derangement of the mentalfaculties, accompanied by greater or less excitement, some-times amounting to violent fury. It arisea from a morbidaffection of the brain, and is distinguished from ordinary de-lirium in…
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144 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS,der of one Chisuall. It appeared in evidence that the pris-over labored under 4 notion that the inhabitanta of the townof Hadleigh, of whom Chisuall was one, were continually is-suing warrants against him with intent to…
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EDWARD D. WORBRELL. 145he does or says. Prolonged disease and extreme old age con-tribute largely to this species of insanity. Ray says, ‘‘Themind passes gradually from its sound and natural conditionto the enfeeblement and total extinction of its reflective pow-era’?…
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146 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.motive, or if he assigns a motive, it is connected with his de-Tusion."”Numerous instances are given in which parents have mur-dered their children, notwithstanding they were strongly at-tached to them. Nurses have destroyed children placed intheir…
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EDWARD D. WORRELL. 147ment upon this at considerable length, and give a variety ofinstances from which it appears that in nineteen cases outof twenty the vietim of the monomaniae is some person nearlyrelated to him. The father destroys the son,…
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148 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.ground of absent witnesses by whom he expected to provethat he was insane,T shall not contend that all of these testa are infallible, fordoubtless some of them do occasionally fail, but as a guide inan inquiry…
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- EDWARD D, WORRELL. 149The opinion of Lord Denman is cited in 1 Archbold’s Crim.Prac., 12, 10, 11, and is recognized as the law by our SupremaCourt in the case of the State v. Hutting, 21 Mo. Rep. 464.The question…
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150 &X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.him to search the pockets of the deceased, appropriate theircontents, conceal the body, and take and carry away his horse,saddle, saddlebags and watch? Was it under this irresistibleimpulse, that he changed his name, sold Gordon’s horse…
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EDWARD D. WORRELL. 151suppose that the eulprit is alone interested; and upon bareeonjectures or a mistaken sympathy turn him toose upon s0-ciety encouraged to plunge still deeper in crime and iniquity.This disinelination to enforce obedience to the law is said…
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152 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS,ment, say so, and let him abide the consequences. It was avoluntary act on his part, and he committed it with a fullknowledge that he thereby justly forfeited his life. Shouldyou find him guilty of the…
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EDWARD D. WORRELL. 153you would experience no difficulty in finding a suitable ob-ject for the exercise of your sympathy,Gentlemen, I have done; may the Almighty so direct yourminds that in the verdict you shall render, no cause shallbe found for…