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HAUTE EXPRESS. FRICONTINUED.Stale vs. Latigliead.A large number of old gray headed,middle aged, bald headed and fastheaded young men lounged about thecircuit court yesterday, impatientlywaiting for the calling of the case ofthe State vs. James T. Laughead, foralleged abortion performed on the 19thday of December, 1881, upon CeceliaDevlin. The prosecuting witness, Cecelia Devlin, was in court, in company with her sister, mother and a female friend. Cecelia is a remarkably beautiful blonde, with a tine figure and elegant carriage, and as she sat in court, yesterday, attired in an elegant black silk dress and fashionable hat, she was the cynosure of the eyes of several old gentlemen who should have been out in town attending to their regular business, and not spectators of a trial which promised to prove of a highly sensational character. The sensation hunters were, however, doomed to disappointment, as the defense after several attempts which proved abortive, succeeded first in getting a change of venue from Judge Scott to Judge Allen,and then a continuance ofthe case to the next term ofcourt, owing to the absence ofPatrick Kennedy, who the defense allege in their affidavit for a continuance is an important witness for them. The defense on Wednesday filed an affidavit for a continuance on the ground of the absence of a witness— one Jane Grifiin, but when court convened yesterday morning, the veritable Jane turned up, greatly to the disgust and discomfiture of the side of the defense. Their next move was the change of venue, which was granted, then followed the affidavit for continuance owing to the absence of Kennedy, on which after argument by Shelton and Hamill for the State and Judge McNutt for the defense, the case was sent over to the next term of court.
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Terre Haute Daily Wabash Express
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Fri, Oct 19, 1883
Page 4
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