CLOSING ADDRESS TO THE JURY IN THE FIRST STAR ROUTE TRIAL.

Note from the Washington _Capital_--The Assertion Denied that we are

a Demoralized Country and that our Country is Distinguished among

the Nations only for Corruption--Duties of Jurors and Duties of

Lawyers--Section under which the Indictment is Found--Cases cited to

Show that Overt Acts charged and also the Crime itself must be Proved

as Described--Routes upon which Indictments are Based and Overt Acts

Charged (pp. 54-76)--Routes on which the Making of False Claims is

Alleged--Authorities on Proofs of Conspiracy (pp. 91-94)--Examination

of the Evidence against Stephen W. and John W. Dorsey (pp. 96-117)--The

Corpus Delicti in a Case of Conspiracy and the Acts Necessary to be Done

in Order to Establish Conspiracy (pp. 120-123)--Testimony of Walsh

and the Confession of Rerdell--Extravagance in Mail Carrying (p.

128)--Productiveness of Mail Routes (p. 131)--Hypothesis of Guilt and

Law of Evidence--Dangerous Influence of Suspicion--Terrorizing the

Jury--The Woman at Her Husband's Side.

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