From Charles C. Davis, The Conduct of Law, The Borden Case, second article, A Discussion of the Judge's Charge:
f any motive were ever adequate to commit a murder, they might consider who the murdered mother was, whether she was or was not a quiet, inoffensive, domestic woman, or whether she was quarrelsome, quick tempered, engaged in outside affairs; . . .
!!!!!
I'd like to believe Davis's tongue was in his cheek, but it does not appear so to me.
A man ... wants to give his wife ... the interest in a little homestead where her sister lives. How wicked to have found fault with it. How petty to have found fault with it. (Hosea Knowlton in his closing argument.)
Constantine @ Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:26 pm wrote:From Charles C. Davis, The Conduct of Law, The Borden Case, second article, A Discussion of the Judge's Charge:
If any motive were ever adequate to commit a murder, they might consider who the murdered mother was, whether she was or was not a quiet, inoffensive, domestic woman, or whether she was quarrelsome, quick tempered, engaged in outside affairs; . . .
!!!!!
I'd like to believe Davis's tongue was in his cheek, but it does not appear so to me.
Is this taken out of context? It seems to be!
And just who is C C Davis?
It was Farmer William in the Bedroom with the Hatchet.
RayS @ Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:33 pm wrote:Is this taken out of context? It seems to be!
And just who is C C Davis?
In the sense that it is a passage lifted from a longer original, of course it is taken out of context. I do not believe I am distorting the intent.
The Conduct of Law - 1894
Essay by Judge Charles G. Davis. A series of letters published originally in the Boston Daily Advertiser in December 1893. A legal discussion in which the letter writer disagreed with some of the rulings by the Court. Davis was quoted extensively by Edmund Pearson.
Available on CD from Borden Books and Gifts
(I thought you were the one who had researched the case thoroughly.)
A man ... wants to give his wife ... the interest in a little homestead where her sister lives. How wicked to have found fault with it. How petty to have found fault with it. (Hosea Knowlton in his closing argument.)
I haven't read that in ages!
Did you read Wigmore as well?
Ray hasn't researched anything. He doesn't believe in it. He parrots Brown and mentions Radin- I think he has read 3 books. 15 years ago.
If one reads his posts from 5 years ago they are pretty much the same as now:
*Lizzie didn't do it and neither did Bridget or anyone who worked for Father*
*You can look it up*
I'd put a smilie here but it's not funny.
His job is to stop topics dead in their tracks.
Kat @ Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:24 pm wrote:Thanks for giving the citation.
I haven't read that in ages!
Did you read Wigmore as well?.
Yes I did. I don't think it told me anything I didn't already know, though. (Maybe I'll look at it again.)
A man ... wants to give his wife ... the interest in a little homestead where her sister lives. How wicked to have found fault with it. How petty to have found fault with it. (Hosea Knowlton in his closing argument.)
Kat @ Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:24 pm wrote:Thanks for giving the citation.
I haven't read that in ages!
Did you read Wigmore as well?
Ray hasn't researched anything. He doesn't believe in it. He parrots Brown and mentions Radin- I think he has read 3 books. 15 years ago.
If one reads his posts from 5 years ago they are pretty much the same as now:
*Lizzie didn't do it and neither did Bridget or anyone who worked for Father*
*You can look it up*
I'd put a smilie here but it's not funny.
His job is to stop topics dead in their tracks.
I couldn't have said it any plainer or better Kat. He is like a bad neighbor that you wish would move away.
"I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair"
Bette Davis
Hey, Ray has been very busy lately!
(When I said he'd read 3 books, of course I meant 3 books on Lizzie - total. I don't know what our attraction is here for him.) http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-rev ... centReview
The film mentioned in your reference,, "The Devil and Daniel Webster," was made in 1941 and starred that impeccable actor, Walter Huston.
Huston portrayed the role of "Mr. Scratch" (we know who he was, don't we?)
Recommended!
The film mentioned in your reference,, "The Devil and Daniel Webster," was made in 1941 and starred that impeccable actor, Walter Huston.
Huston portrayed the role of "Mr. Scratch" (we know who he was, don't we?)
Recommended!
Constantine @ Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:49 pm wrote:...
In the sense that it is a passage lifted from a longer original, of course it is taken out of context. I do not believe I am distorting the intent.
The Conduct of Law - 1894
Essay by Judge Charles G. Davis. A series of letters published originally in the Boston Daily Advertiser in December 1893. A legal discussion in which the letter writer disagreed with some of the rulings by the Court. Davis was quoted extensively by Edmund Pearson.
Available on CD from Borden Books and Gifts
(I thought you were the one who had researched the case thoroughly.)
The real question was Davis present in court, or what? Is his knowledge take from one local newspaper and its shortened quotes? Could he have even read the Trial Transcript?
Weighing his testimony?
It was Farmer William in the Bedroom with the Hatchet.
RayS @ Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:12 pm wrote:The real question was Davis present in court, or what?
I don't know, Ray. Did you see him there?
A man ... wants to give his wife ... the interest in a little homestead where her sister lives. How wicked to have found fault with it. How petty to have found fault with it. (Hosea Knowlton in his closing argument.)
It is very true that one judge (who wasn't present) will disagree with another's verdicts. But usually ethics prevent this. Was Davis from another state?
