612 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:580 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The white man, because of the matter, I have found the old fighting; it would be good to see practice good enough for me, whether the pistol-barrel could end. Have…
608 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:576X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Direct and cross-examination meant only an indirect examination. The ignorant, who take things in the wrong sense, often show ill-humor and put themselves in an attitude to be cross, because they…
609 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:ALEXANDER WHISTELOB77The other side will not fail to avail himself of your opinions to the utmost extent, perhaps beyond your intention. I wish, therefore, by taking your opinion touching the probability of other facts,…
610 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:578X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Some children will be witty. Some do have a great deal of wit, but I don’t know how they come by it. Do you think, doctor, as the counsel on the…
604 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:572X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.There are three distinct effects that can be observed when a constitutional change manifests itself in the skin of a black, white, or other variety of color. First, when the cause…
605 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:ALEXANDER WHISTELO573I take this to be an exception; for if I have no knowledge of any matters which go positively to contradict the woman's testimony, I should naturally lean towards it. Do you consider…
606 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:574 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS**Mr. Sampson:** Was there not some other case which you mentioned before the police office?I mentioned somewhat jocularly the loves of Theagines and Chariclea. Chariclea was a beautiful and fair…
607 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:ALEXANDER WHISTELO575Alexander Whistelo followed the profession of an attorney, or a scrivener, who had a very amorous wife. However, he did not have the leisure to attend to all her gaieties. Once, unable to…
599 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THE TRIAL OF ALEXANDER WHISTELO FOR BASTARDY, NEW YORK CITY, 1808THE NARRATIVEIn New York City, a dissolute woman charged a negro coachman with being the father of her child, which he denied. When the…
600 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:568 &X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.August 19,A complaint had been made on June 9th to the Commissioners of the Alms House and Overseers of the Poor of New York City, stating that they were charged…
601 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:ALEXANDER WHISTELO, 569In the case of Alexander Whistelo, it was argued that to contradict a positive oath should be received with many grains of caution—the more so, as those opinions would probably be opposed…
602 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:570X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Dr. Hosack: From the appearance of the father, the mother, and the child, and the laws of nature which I have uniformly observed in such cases, I certainly would not take…
603 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:ALEXANDER WHISTELO571The black man, Whistelo, took the child, but at the same time said it was not his.**Dr. De Witt:** Have no doubt it is the child of a white man.**Adam Ray (a black):**…
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.…
596 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:564 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.To induce the wife of Stiles to screen herself, or to escape, is a strong point. With these views, you will take this important case and, after a careful investigation,…
597 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:ORRIN DE WOLF. 565Someone told him that Stiles wished him to go and see his wife, and he visited her. After some days, as she did not get better, he said, "If she does…
598 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:566 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.I knew the man, but I told others that I found him in the street. Accompanied by the sexton, I carried Stiles home. His wife asked me if I had…
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…
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…
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…