The American Journal of Insanity, 1868-9, Vol. 25 (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Journal of Insanity, 1868-9, Vol. 25 The whole life of the defendant was retraced with much particularity on both issues. The preliminary issue was tried in April, 1865, in the county where the Offence was committed, and occupied five days. The difficulty of Obtaining an unbiased jury on that occa sion, grew, in consequence of the increased publicity and agitation of the matter, into an impossibility of doing so on the trial of the main issue, compounded of both the guilt and the insanity. To try this, the whole panel Of jurors summoned was first exhausted, and then the whole jury list of the county; and out of the whole three hundred or thereabouts, not twelve men could be found, who were not excluded either by peremptory challenges, or for confessed or presumed bias. It was therefore determined to try the case in Cortland county. Both trials were before Justice Mason, of the Supreme Court, now of the Court of Appeals. The government appeared by Cochrane, Attorney General, on the pre liminary issue, and by Martindale, his successor, on the main issue, assisted by Mr. Wilson, District Attorney of Tompkins county, on both. The defence was man aged by Mr. Tremaine as leading counsel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.