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help it. When the company eaino up, Ellington had \ Conncorrei not onhi* dirk firmly grasped in his right hand. Ellington hau been drinking, and some of the witnesses thought him .too innch intoxicated to walk without staggering.An attempt wai made to restrict the proof to the j «*al a time when the cutnstrophc occurred, and to the *kir- ny of misli which iinmodiately preceded it. nod to exclude ( the antecedent fights and quarrels. This was overrul- 1 ed by the Court, and the evidence was admitted, not Uui to eicuse the homicide, on the ground of sufficient nccou provocation, but to establish the conduct and chu'ar.ter \Vt.„t of the assailant and the reasonableness of the defend- . mu's »“The Judge chargeJ the Jury, that if they believed tend* that the lust conflict was sought by Edwards, and El- our o’ fiiigtotl decoyed into the engagement. that lie might . gratify his revenge, they ought to find defendum guil- I ’ty. of um»,ui,*;,e,»«or,•». murder, it a sufficient time had 0,1 hl1 intervened since the attack at the grocery, for prison- time \ er to deliberate. But that if they were of the opin- „,jt.4 ion, tlwtt the final interview was casual, and the contest renewed by Ellington, and Edwards was pursued 1 w,tn so closely, as to entertain well founded fears of being with i stain or greatly injured, that then they ought to acquit, j up by The Jury were out from twelve at night, till ten ; «;lin : next forenoon, when they returned u verdict of “ Jus-tifiabic homicide, in self-defence.” patrolCounsel for the State: A. II. Stephens, W. C. ' Capta Dawson and Wm. E. Harris, Eq'rs.—the latter otfiei- „„isj , atiiig us Solicitor General pro tcm. For the prisoner : I Wkioiit, Jeffries and Joseph IIenry Lumpkin,!SIioii 111 ucliEsquires.N. I). Mr. D iwsoii, in the course of his very able argument, seized upon the impressive occasion, to as we warn the horror-stricken audience, in his usually for* ! . eibie and solemn manner, against the maddening in- 1,1 fliiences and ruinous e fleets of ardent spirits. And weir ao strong was the sensation produced by his remarks, justic niul file occasion, that ft distinguished gentleman, con- w . cerned in the prosecution, determined that on return- ' a ' ing home, he would assist in diminishing the evils of u,,(* 1 intemperance by uniting himself with the reforming ]Inv-t.« im Tr v/i i
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Milledgeville Southern Recorder
Milledgeville, Georgia, US
Tue, Aug 04, 1835
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