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source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

G. D. Bantz followed and while he dealt less in oratory, he stuck more closely to the evidence, reviewing every particle of the case in such a way as to carry conviction to the jury that the prisoner was guilty of homicide. The jury was not long in returning a verdict of “guilty of murder in the second degree,” which seemed to suit nearly all of the people who had listened attentively to the trial.