The spectators had expected something…
source date: 1891
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rom the knowledge which her husband had, that he was not only justified, but that it was his duty to fulfill the unwritten law in the protection of a man’s home and family. The spectators had expected something above the average from Judge Fielder and were not disappointed. 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. The Suicide