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32 to be brought forward he was confined in a room opening from the hall. All eyes were turned towards the door and the prisoner was seen advancing between two officers he was a young well dressed man tall and good looking. his face was as pale as death and his eyes were fixed and staring wildly over that vast throng looking to find some gleam of compassion some hope of escape but there was no such signs among that crowd a low savage murmer spread across the hall and as he heard it he knew it was his death warrant and he fell fainting into a seat. The trial now commenced the judge ordered the sheriff to empannel a jury of twenty four men he passed among the crowd and selected them in a few minutes any man being qualified to act as a juryman they advanced to the bar were sworn to do justice according to the testimony between the prisioner and the people, they then took their seats along side and facing the prisioner. The prosecuting Attorney now stood up and presented his case to the jury he dwelt very hard on the prisioners character of a gambler and the slight estimation in all of his profession valued a human life he also said that all he wanted to prove was the killing and then he would leave it to the jury to say whether or not he was guilty of murder. The Attorney for the defendent now made a few remarks he said the customs of the country in which we are living allowed a man to resent an insult by taking personal satisfaction out of the insulter and if it resulted in the death of one of the parties the surviver would not be molested. All he asked for his cliant was to throw away all prejeducies as to his occupation and give him the same rights and priviliges as the rest of his fellow citizens. he could prove to the satisfaction of the jury that the deceased had wronged and grossly insulted his cliant that he was only going to take a manly satisfaction out of him when he drew a pistol on him he was expecting this and was prepared for it he also drew his pistol a few shots were exchanged my client escaped unhurt his antagonist was shot