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1 Charge of Judge Allison in the Case of Thomas Washington Smith 1858

handle is hein.trials/acrl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE AMERICAN LAW REGISTER, MARCH, 1858. CHARGE OF JUDGE ALLISON, IN THE CASE OF THOMAS WASHINGTON SMITH.' GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY: After a continuous session of two weeks, the case of the defendant is about to be handed over to you for final judgment, as it has been given to you upon the evidence and the argument of counsel representing both the Commonwealth and the defendant. The Commonwealth's case, as they were required to prove it to you, is briefly this : On the fourth day of November last, about four o'clock, in the afternoon, Richard Carter was seated in the front parlor of the St. Lawrence Hotel in this city, engaged in conversation with a nephew, when the defendant entered and accosted him; the deceased then entered into a conver- sation with him, which lasted for a short time, when they both rose from their seats, and the defendant, presenting a loaded pistol almost in contact with the person of Richard Carter, shot him, discharging the contents of four barrels of his revolver into his body. The case thus proved to you by the testimony of witnesses not in any way impeached, or the truth of their statement denied, or even ques-- tioned by the defendant, relieves it from an embarrassment which often renders difficult the solution of an issue which involves I Delivered Monday, January 8, 1868, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer. 17

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