acquittal.  His  spacious  rea- 
soning, tracing  from  cause  to  effect,  and  the 
manner  in  which  he  handled  the  case  from  be- 
ginning to  end,  showed  conclusively  that  he 
was  a student  of  more  than  average  application, 
and  worked  earnestly  and  conscientiously  in 
behalf  of  his  client.

On  the  24th  of  April  a horrible  murder  was 
committed  in  the  Mangus  valley,  in  which 
Jimmie  Kerr,  a well-known  prospector,  was  the 
victim,  and  his  brother  Barney  Kerr,  and  one 
Peter  Mungall,  known  as  “Scotty,”  were 
charged  with  being  his  murderers.  At  the  pre-

( 39  )liminary  hearing,  Scotty  was  discharged,  and 
when  the  grand  jury  assembled  a few  weeks 
ago,  Barney  was  indicted  for  murder  in  the  first 
degree.  His  case  was  called  for  trial  and  was 
concluded  last  Friday  night,  resulting  in  a ver- 
dict of  not  guilty.  The  case  presented  many 
very  interesting  features,  and  was  listened  to 
with  wrapt  attention  by  a large  audience.  It 
was  thought  that  a jury  could  not  be  secured,  as 
so  much  had  been  printed  about  the  case  that 
nearly  all  of  the  jurors  had  formed  or  expressed 
opinions  in  regard  to  the  guilt  of  the  defendant, 
but  the  defense  adopted  the  liberal  though  bold 
plan  of  challenging  no  juror  who  would  say 
that  he  could  render  a fair  verdict  after  hearing 
all  of  the  testimony.