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wy vw V • U I I J « kIMQV V/ w 1 t VJ »jieitf%Sthat' the jury retire'.When th€pj$ast of the jurors had left the coorE1 room the court entered into adiscussion of law points with, the at-• • '-I! * * * 9toraeys with reference to the instrue-Ji'' 'iXpif.-l*. * m . . * * ' j I• 1 mt. •__• a. » _ __i* __ ItiohSyU The point in contention was hrohjgjht up by the defense which wasto^$|ija | effect that the law provides event the defendant is underthUm;'ASS*§h*.’-one years of age and found gulH,|j pf any crime to, which the pen-al^llpf; imprisonment in the. state’s pri^niij pr reformatory shall lie, the •j^may substitute” a jail sentence The court ruled that it was ;y to inform the jury of thislaMpi .pffipjjury was recalled at 9:30 andinpI\IiIthdcia'rgument was. commenced. J. Madison Walsh.g Walsh complimented the jury of its attention to the pro-cdedlijigs and said the court and both siadaipf the contest owed to it/a debtr k t jf .« |~ ■ lt;• ♦, ' ■ # 4bjpgratj.tude.,.; .He tdok exception to th^Mmarks of; A. J. Padgett 'in his’: yT‘• ■■» r'*c *. \ -v • •.-* 1 .■ ! *o|ph|hg statement with reference to tlieV|iwithdrawal from the case of p|b|^i tor Seal and said that, the st|jjfednt was made in order to pois- i'••itOn‘thfe:minds of the jurors. The de-Harry Healy Is'charged With tb^|orime of murder in the first de-*^ft‘iittrid here the* speaker discussedthejdifferent sections of -the law in ppnisihment for the same. The story o££^£j:, crime as he unfolded it was: jbhfSealy and his son, Harry HealyIIisIir^l^erate a dry beer joint in thetp\rn;| of Montgomery; on the night p| |Se‘killing John Healy had trouble Mose Gootee over a card game,taodlrin:;booting Gootee from the place ajygTass'door was broken; Walker vis-iieitjhe place in line of duty fo alloyVSi: '*■Ij^rpiugjle and he was ordered out;Heaftf!^remarked to the occupants oftfte|place that if Walker came backl^-£|wQuld fix him”; Walker returned lte^ 'and engaged in a pleasant icon-ypi^ation with Harry Healy; John ^■b|iy;':lt;anie out of the hack room ^^Jpicked up a billiard cue and re-Inmtked, “I’ll flix him!” Berry Tbomp ' spptbegged that .there be no trouble pn^Healy laid down the cue and'de-'.another plan *of assault;!' approaching Walker from the,rear he Ij^pdi.iipon him like a tigeri and gr^bed him by tire throat; Walker’3 beadt'was forced to the pool table, fhc^idpwn; Harry Healy grabBed theTreyblver Afrom Walker and deiiber- i ftt^y;iP.ulied the 'tigger which ended j l^lijer’s life. The story of Hajrry Heaji| ^of’: the killing is to the effect lM||the shot was an accident during :^§irffllcuffl(e. The speaker took the Inatjier up as to whether Walker was Ipdljj^or- not on . thflt; night' and jbranided t,he testimony of the^ Healys[^bMaid he was, as being- untrue andipt , j * • 0 • • m , * J * ■* fc • .» ^ j .joffered many circumstances . in; aup-•^r|ibf the contention, saying amen;
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The Washington Herald
Washington, Indiana, US
Thu, May 02, 1912
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
Kokomo-Howard C.
IN, USA 02 Jun 2017
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