793 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSThe mate of the Mexican vessel and Perez both recount that the pirates took some spars, butter, and fowls from them. Perez observed this while in the maintop of the schooner.…
796 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:764 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSThe gallantry with which they, upon all occasions, risked their lives in behalf of the general weal.November 24.JUDGE STORY'S CHARGEJudge Story:Gentlemen, this important and protracted case is now, I hope,…
795 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSPreviously, it was said that he could not read, yet he contradicted that assertion by reading in court. This circumstance would be one of the strongest proofs that he had testified…
794 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:At the time she was taken, what became of them after they left the vessel? They sought refuge among the negroes and in the forest. How different was the conduct of the Portuguese, who…
788 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:The labors involved in this case have been unprecedented. We can find no parallel to them in the history of judicial proceedings in this country. None of us have yet broken down under the…
790 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:But, gentlemen, all the indulgences I have enumerated have been granted not to facilitate the escape of guilt, but to afford protection to the innocent. Otherwise, our laws would be a mockery, and our…
792 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Diack, with a white streak, noted that she had two small guns and something resembling a gun covered up amidships. She estimated the vessel to be about one hundred and fifty tons burden. Regarding…
791 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:On the 20th or 26th of August, a vessel commanded by Captain Gibert set sail, manned by a crew, part of whom were the prisoners at the bar. This fact was undeniable, as it…
789 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSThe defendants have been instructed in matters of right; they have had counsel of their own selection; they have had the privilege of choosing their own jury from a large number…
786 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:754 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Such grounds as these, gentlemen, have never been seen in a case of piracy since the beginning of time. Is it a fact that Quentin did not know that the…
784 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:752 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSMr. Child referenced "Parliamentary Tables," by which he claimed he could demonstrate the type of individuals who had entered the British navy. He stated he could show the names of…
787 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Pedro Gibert and OthersThe possibility of the Panda encountering the Mexican was discussed, with a table of calculations presented to the jury. These calculations aimed to demonstrate that the schooner was significantly ahead of…
785 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSIt is false, as all travelers positively assert, that Spanish dollars are current all over Africa. Their value, doubtless, differs in different parts of the coast, depending on how much the…
779 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSThe prosecution presented its case, yet it was revealed that the English officer who captured these men was once indebted for his life to their leader. Mr. Quentin, while on the…
781 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSYou will be convinced, upon a moment's reflection, that this could not have been the case.I may have tested your patience during my cross-examination, gentlemen. I might have been more detailed…
783 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Pedro Gibert and OthersThe other witness, Quentin, affirmed positively that the guns were iron. Perez also mentioned that there was only one man and the third mate on board the Panda who spoke English,…
780 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:It seems to me that the whole aim of Perez was to give a deeper hue to the crime with which these prisoners were charged. The carrying of knives by Spanish sailors could excite…
782 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:760 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALSThe probability of his having perjured himself by the suppression of important truths is significant.I will now call your attention to another aspect of this witness's testimony. He has stated…
776 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:744 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSVictims, or that the sword of the law should fall until it is clogged with massacre. Antonio Ferrer is plainly but a servant. He is listed as a free black…
778 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:746 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSThe time will come when this world will be as nothing to you: when its opinions, its struggles, and its varied interests will hold no more place in your thoughts…
775 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSMr. Hilliard addressed the court, highlighting several key points. He noted the fact that Perez had since stated that the cook was not present at all, which cast doubt on the…
777 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSIn the ocean of life, there are in his bosom the same social sympathies that animate our own. He has nerves to feel pain and a heart to throb with human…
772 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Consider the circumstances under which the prisoners have come to this country. They have been brought here with a sort of éclat, much to their disadvantage. A vast apparatus seems to have been put…
774 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:742 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The extension was granted to Otis solely to provide the Executive with time to receive information from the court.Mr. Hilliard stated that some of the prisoners had been identified by…
771 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSTo the countenance and eye of the prisoner, a new expression emerges. We see guilt written in every lineament of his visage, and we translate the look of conscious innocence into…
770 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:In the most unclouded state of understanding, with the most unwavering attention to facts and the strictest self-examination, we must be cautious not to, through rashness, inadvertency, or prejudice, pass sentence upon the innocent…
773 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSIf it was sound, we would have failed in our duty had we not done this. Had we not acted thus, and had the prisoners been convicted, that conviction would have…
767 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Pedro Gibert and OthersThe engagement was not considered in Havana to disparage any man's character.Isaac A. Coolidge, the underkeeper of the jail, was asked to identify the colored men, Ridgly and Lewis, of the…
769 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSIt's my turn now." He was in a state of excitement.Ebenezer Prescott: I am an officer of the court. Ridgly was intoxicated at the time. I saw Mr. Sumner and others…
766 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:134 XY. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSI think, from what I see of the Mexican's track, that she was a dull sailer, and there would be a difference of about one-third between her and a Baltimore…