State v. Blackburn

Grubb, J.,

charging the jury:

Gentlemen of the jury:—During six very arduous days you have attended here to the painful and pathetic story of the mysterious disappearance and death of a boy but eight years old. During this trying period, you have; with great inconvenience and discomfort to yourselves, doubtless, discharged faithfully.one of the highest duties of citizenship—the duty of standing between your fellow; citizen who is accused, and your State, which is his. prosecutor, and determining whether or not he is guilty of the crime charged against him, before the punishment, which he will…