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THE IURO.I SIGNAL. FRIDAY', APRIL 2, 1888.
"Q, lid you esmgieateste *few that [ Whoever pre abet outdate, it wee wbi4- A. Tea I woof beak and told the o.. British Loping. There iau.,ther gr..end f t thm other day to deny it Y these, tt is elves est Nell ebj.m. are
-A. Nu ; 1,e00 • eilfr tag, ere 4 • niisei ehl% wholly itupwper, die- end what be said. Hs said be wield not up..0 which I propose to justify the ,.4. they detest the full.,wiug alteration not responsible W the urd.u.r) unease
bellow. r,.r gesopfiti ty W )akrerryt ; and thea.tiu swept it es a oder unless Kelms Karl ns I ale etre- aboot to The jury she lried taut, tt wM
ill be asked, dad air John of penal justice. Yet such patients L
.44 (slab wig% A. With LM Hie- itself, corvine• ms that thaw wan had el dreg. 1 knew be could rust get ba Loan Kiel sod c.anv uttd bile 1e0Y416- aid hu Govreu'wut know of this de• 'neat sot! 'thug' test ought
eater d Public Works ant • lair truth There u •uuthei rim eee
melt to .e iw
nns. I mesa back to try waded Mrs to the mercy of the Crown. ars, this ub))ecl tit the jury in ream- ons In such cases this test cannot be
' '.Y Q. 8ir Hector Longterm 1 - t. Yea ; eon why 1 piueto rot. for the 1°u• led ►sup the troops from getting at Ne That two ostia hetet been wending li .l to mercy 1 W. answer, esaluardy at ph.d."
..ha.g help for those who were se r rn
dtions of the(� rwsanwoues
ut on tins eou.. ,en sad oh.►drrr., 1 tout Out General bawd Niue one ul trio grounds, or per- and say yea tsar John and 4u th•age Then the rezt .iter spoils til the.s$.
tom --1 mean h. 111e41•.0 to censure 'he 4tdRod. are • Ruts to KodenonSs.m
ag the same haps t. 'ther that the r.-b.fl11) crew base .1I
I °bout it, and their know of smite of the delteseus which steeple
What nem tits Mises of N• half- (iuv•n,ownt aur the eaecutio$ of Luis tenni as t bad uttered- That is, that he the Northwest was provoked, rous.d, 1.4110 was obtained directly from the from punishment • crime committed
Amok 1-A. Ames same f You most _ Rod. Th. to Moto* g,ve,s at the trial, sh•.uld G kept sale till he lied a lair and incited by the sealsamuuutr ter, jury ttw+f. W. are 10 a &."Dation w ender their influence. Fur instant*
dislitague•► and the documentary es' OW* pnduaed lite .. mswudect aid ci,uuusl neglect of this I prove that after the trial of Mel was "A luau imagines himself to be the
•'13 From 18111. to the time of the re then, Iea.t illy mind to but one concis- It appears that en the 13th May, 1181:,, iuc.mp.t.ut Administ,sttoni .ser that Kiel euutanded bad the verdict rendered, the
{ /;,,whet MdJ ewe wrist• • jotter to r"sp" fur tuo.k al measures to to Gnat Laos ur Al iwoskjr the Greet,
11d1►rolt 1-A. RISM 8881 achiral d the slow -.that leak Jt,.•1 •.naderei upon was out uakr for bis atisuo. 1'\• y apse" eery a0J suppuas that ►u ta.ithb..r is bwraght
prows, in tin sousery 1 the clear su%natauJi $ We hies. to Lou,. Kai, a totter which dee, notap.Gut eminent disregarded the nommen Gamer melt at Ottawa the nal and before hon for an uMraawn of his mar -
••p, y.m1L ti would be digerwl1 to' Deserve promotion, end ihat his life pu„r amw,* the peen, Wb.t humane dalton, they realised, as the counsel fon ezaot sense and meaning of their ver- eienty, and be ruts uIf his head or
tell that. They ehaug.4 fives tome to would ton spored, that end. rstaoding be , of rt, i do out ktww , but, at all .,meta, the Crown led juice presiding et tbse diet, so that there could p,ssiMy he ow thrv.ttlw hoe. He knows h• is duitng
11105 ei000 the arr.ral of the prisoner. Irl euaveycJ to bun by those •atrusted sum bore the evidence of J. W. Astley of teal reeliad, when the ev,deneo was error ..r deception about it. They have wrong, perhaps trout • sense of guilt he
"Q Fttsally aft., thew petitions and with the tualu•gemwt of affairs ,n the what took place Just t'efure Bel wrretd- offered wad rejected to show that the this (luvern•trent to uuderIt•tod (bet by conceals the body, he may have a clear
reeolutwtu had beset adopted at tate pub Northwest- 1f that was so, t.. •aeeot• fired awl 1,f the assurance ha gate RiotbaItW .o. of ib.. Northwest Terntrxes the.: verdict they dad out want Itid p.� fUe�t..a of the leigsl tit
1lo Me1mes nod seat 1. the Govern a bate alter • sounds, se wade, is, in Let Die ass what they were
were improperly wood, that, if that eve thawed, M, under the circumstances, his wile, led 7S1,aoa ,rduig to Wigan oa
wet.was t\en• *hemp is the state 4 ley humble juJatmebt, nothh,r owe wad ,, dens Was revered. the (iorerr°,ent of they were u°•uim..wly ..t opinion that umwbl17, ed►uua uI 1874, pogo ti3, the
t� 1.47 b n V• bid b. speak to you .of kis pet.
things that existed theft I -A. The t lass than • judicial m.rd•r. Chu country woad bean -signed c n e r their \e did not deserve W motor the extreme tela would tut be res noble."
1w1 w •w hew This theory i, burs out some sem 1-A. He had •ter) little moscouduet, and that the 4,Ur1.Xiaa 4 p„ 7 R-
ahw.• al ibe Goemomost prreduoed ( to my about the halfbr ods, me far as n- Balt .d the law. taut Sir John o 1 say that u a clear ex 'tion 0[ the
teat diea°tialaotio° in the minds 4 the by the facts. The general to coomand L leu K1e1 wu.gid be equhralent W as
n.ortlJ rv•rythin¢ t.• Yield to t irulg•
K tarda himself .seined hu preampal tib 1►w. Aman troy ay b. raisible, "may
a w swore to the following statement at the actvual of taw C t. Tb• olsw.'r, amJ Rav1 was •rcnhwd to p:m•se
peu.f Jeal b• Clesr-hesded, Inay De rif 104x1 Ypom
.r. the le ill a batter trial r.GwerOmeut turtbrr (til realised. and �,,, llnnte Mul. ch. 1s that eh•rtu
"Q Tadq) people Q What 44 h• ask 7041 an regard to Dvs,y wt jtlet but one, .md if b5 i. one, position then they were before u regard ' l)n the 18th Loam it*4 was brought nolwdy better than the Muter of Pub- plan tlnutu;h 1 K'o tliak it a, auJ we
hiassmlf l -A, It I would explain watt an i.flaoee within the W. of this one,
to the .ishan awl cum I - A. Thee in be two •c,° Hoene find An°atrba Works, that aha. acquittal of Luisa d.i7 air Jshe and h* Bovero l 111 to
sconce oR- risk he ran ,n5t1 hums•it. iie said he is nut lea t.tks. woodman sad
have nut et reseivd the patents for tool brought to u. tout, sod when he pen y Roel would be a and tantamount, in the eats- .Ion tar h.xs as we have wt wt thew P"
y 4m me dal we kwon that he weer was yJ Tidy, to their murk upon Fucet.ic Md
their lauds se t6. South BYkatcbeirea." seller/ the tent, 11. produced • paper rad • rile, vE course at the moe time at•tr,a int thiekthw and nown►W leu, f w(h
Thee Mr. Osler. mooed fur the Crows, wink 1 had seat to him, •:ring if he we bed seem kis sans • nate 5a cru std d 1he grhal budy n4 elwwn til ibis
awtroofed by the (l5►•nmam.ot, said : i I I woad promo kis tall bis enter, l tow him he esu no 4s ii ur pantry, to a ouwdemoetiea of this Gov -
cow was deed&ti b7 t►, Canadian (kw' as I maid loot •t it. He set:ge•tad that they someone and mote mei their owe necks,
"I meet otojert tc this class of qts erie»oI." I ,\osil \aoagh 4o 'abject tit the church they executed Lo.i. Kiel It was •
tions bong introduced. My learned Nor, Sir, if (iooersl Middletaa's t•. the Gwe.l, and u would gave hire t hem' •e maimed fit vase unjustifiable
fneeds bare•b •ease 011 re•aue proeeeduie. is mudets.days, particularly
justifld u►l y the inanity 5/ the stab) is «,erect, that he was to be pre- chasm to theme the subject else he of k1Kh tenon, to ezecuta •
taste% till t\, Oam.disn t de came to be iotanri.wed by the Cameral 611.1111111°4686: Das e.semm• 4e4 w the lucre
p1•ieouer, thy sr. euro segkhaR w casted hisow all 1 can es is that Lem He w.ald that was not to )
entity awed nb IIt.s ter tM wodrwoe, • y w us tot des Crown by the jury which tried
Riot was laboring under delumioa. on him, thee the council was to
of teem grievances. mase two ddeems A ante. It was • fused ttach was um
sten° "Wide Oka. sow W► ehosld blatse.
are Imoomiat5nt, 0415 is he jttu{ibbtioe wart aced g .hat was disclosed at the
at sill. We ono wdlsoo to allow all r• Lelia Thiel bare aerrenderd 1 oak Okleev the evident* of J. W. set1w� , trial at t anti which wee unwar-
o bk baited. but ths, Liss este be far you, Me. 6941•1•0•. r sol with el tame a witness trailed by the Crown lie t•O5 routed, bys y subsequent proceedings
as I gaol they shoed ion• We awe
mom mem, tf aha Genie al is o•ma(e•d us that at the Moog interview with that I am aware 01. It was a thiut um -
held Gat Daly so 55.arane0 that he woule ttmel, before gaol 1, ha told Louleled in the 6iastu
alMwed thew to describe documents b° rutocted sisal tba Gvvernmewt dry of rhe Uua ta-
ed
whigh they have net pndwemd, .mJ ale- P Biel diet V sew M *thew as kr as ay Stof America or d the British Eta -
seers is.wri alt that t►•y aught mot Skits! his easel Way, ase, 'e all know gltld w. *Mk, was aha ems sub air- pin for th. last Ii0 )sera I shall refer
that the eyed te Dalton ewer the breed rid the freer the Ge
b• .m wed thee.the owtUo d General b to a few eases upas this sub It u
the position Mit be lately gives to tie Pr.triea of the wesi was 5. open to Lr41is Lek Diel ami fees Riel to the General; tree that what were called thin street
Ktei sr at lett le Gab*.4 Dameee end to waste and treat item
)atm, but it 1. not evidence, bed ,it sty Michel plums* b'th ul sebum ~ ceM°'' D nda0a a Told, weod, Ings. ted' In
lamed fretted u going i$o>b 211 detail, s°0°� 5n ioMnk.w with the General so the Davtdsoa and Tedd, were executed' In
the ventrewmos of the Lar ; and why did rpbjees he among wee a few aip°tea 1330 fur bigb treason, butneither of
I think it b objectionable.
L►uas Bail ••sats ao aha art°tr7, wad bakes the tatty 1, that if d thew were led to the m
" td 1. Honor Mr J It.tieg Richardson. mercy
-SapJP5m11g they art Reims 1wed'w wnre4d r 1 Ulu last saes 6t not w roe i ' ihar• wogld ha tae tliak as of the Clwwa, Y you will lad by a refer-
tbese writings 1 main, all the power a0d forces lleoer*iI tar as I wmld so it." Ow aha eat ogth top to the trial, and neithee received
_They emu mot be lei• Middleton had et his seer.s.ad eea el that is Rest wae.deeed st t6• \ands of tba Crown. Of
4.... t y .0.4 cot be widens ale ba.. no own arnatd ►int ab°a telt ew4 iba th, eiNeetog lets le 1iaoeeal t►e Fotuaghao ester, who wen tried
Gabro l D41moot and 1(1014 l 111441etus in 1812 for high treason, 20 wen con-
jtutatiebtkow. T►r is e awned. It ease The hat Hutt Lssis Re.1 re, as aha
n ot be far ply ;awned hued 1t .sesta, a11i 1 1. ooswt5ht - IIhews received 3tb instant. �eostwail , leder leitted; the them °1I and thrbecf ~itbbo sarwas aetag-
ere
d
open tb. Mae a oma dofene. and oto to yeses th! X7 upon ag-
us�y Mh nae tit two tbeo•rse. -cube las , I wish you would let Otos leaders were executed, but thew ring
tM fury iaainetly °coo •aoaaee. lX 7
that h bliered that °pea hie Durrendei
cuneate of is not teal!) any defense in law riot and [raw I aser that prwUy leaden were ttWsvi•tgd without the jute
w the GSs,tal in ol.mtatoa would net Weald 1 go w Babette,. •them to the of the
sed shsshid seat M gene east, with any be executed or that Louis Rae! was M 'mercy
greater particularity. If this is levee M • Yoh whore going to receive es 1 I will Crown. The 17 were recent -
in evidence we will have to answer it i51 hati awed ~ oto' t• tont Geis will. mends! to the mercy of the Croon. yid
theory I believe that Movie Risl .bo°ld Levis "Dusts" haat., received that mere at the hands of the
want p•rtitul°rs, and thee than neem y
not have been sweetest. Now, let de Its eyed?. imperial Government. Of the Monmouth
be the question d jwtitytug rite policy am bow time G ostsl's -tat meet ao bonrgqs•
til the (interum et, nut b) the sworn testimony given at tW 15th May, 18flb. a t1•iltom i 18 9. the rinogiead•rs wen
"His Nolen' Mr. Jaunts Rieb•rdpw *VW. 0, !h. 1!114 of My -aha f e;- Therefore, I say, with every easels's., 'toted. Juan Frost wasoned ili triad, John rost re ta was
nd n.
It scald be trying the Gwsrnmelet. to
tract from the hook submitted to Perlia ,ion the soundness d my segment, that
"Mr. Celt. -It is as it wen• counter moot-lswis Rid saint the followitil tldeaeegredeeed and
u net oPen o lie Gerson 66 6 trial and that
.fie to G.:.er°I Midi1.1.. it
lie- t1w griieow o[ J. W, Astley .stab!it '
open Person Loeb.•
- clearly the fa4 that Leumi, Rio! r irr.nd-
claimhigh treason. Wo have nu desire to Da- „u ° gmatsaame tar fsmtltlsia. art ate weed to lien. )1liddleton upon the as,ar-
duly limit my learned fettled, bat I ata- 11 Fon Irraatcre Lbs Iadm11 t bed ance that he would be perfectly safe. To
not consent w try such an Mee as that go Wit execute a man in the face of that solemn
bre." other prisoners. deelantioe o! one of the Crown witness*
"Lout. Darla Rost, appears to my mind to be nothing else
Thera you ase that the very soma aha per J. W. Astley, bearer. '' than 1 jiMicial larder. ?hai ii net all.
counsel fon the prissier proceeded to ex -1)n the sagoe day tb. General sent the This view of the matter is still forth/se
amara the oirita.aaas Wishing toe logo..,... following le Led. Reel :- confirmed by an stools whisk appeared
nascent, t rwshint these gltierttoteadte, "I am anxious to avoid killing women in the Nest, the organ d haws. gentlemen.
hale:weds. touching the pr »kation,
touching the misconduct and the 'rated- and clul.hen, and have done my hest to opposite, cos the 14th April, 1IR1i, a
to the c 4 avoid doing so. Put your women sad month before Niel were iersd,-ttmd I
an stopped ; Iboy me go to tartbet; and cbildrau in one place, sed lot us know have no doubt the paper must have
ler that mina./ my abs datemce war ob- whets it u, and no shot shall be fired on reached him im the ordinary course .1
e tructed. I de tot argot 1 do not red them. I trust to your honor not to pot the mail sbortty before be surr.odWted,
t.. argue -that the halite -Ms wore jaw .D with them and that he read the article. Th. artiest+
tifid in the eye tit the bon, 151 the eerie
"Taco. )fluorrrom, was • elm exposition d tee policy of
I.sttar of tee law, in retorting to onto.. Commander Northwest Field Forms." the Administration upon this goeatioe.
But I do sea to say this, tiara if the On the s•aue day Louis Rid sant, by the It was a direct invitation to the hsil'-
rebellton was provoked 'by the mise n- sass the following «immune bends and to Louis Rae' to wrreadr,
duct sod naladis1aistratiun ..f this Gcv- cation to the General its cummaad.:- and bold tont the promise that It they
ornament, as 1 honestly believe it was, •'•Your prompt answer to tpy note dost, no mon bleed would be auk!.t upon
thew every fact connected with that re- .!seas that 1 was right m teentawimg to the told of batch or the scaffold. The
belles, every fact which would tend is yaw tee woes of ',mama,. W. will Tail mid '
she what the cello of thea rebel ism gather per families is urs pl.ge, end as The news from the West this morn -
really was, oatlnt tottery been submitted won as Sas dune, we will let you kwon. in% u not senmti at all. Of coarse
w the jury sort the court, not Y a jostle "Lutea Davep Riau" it molt be obvious men do not take
lcxteon, p.rhape, but in order, U pussi- up arms and tight and kill and risk b.ing
ble to mitigate the severity d aha pro' At this stage of the procebdinra a person hand and shot, like laid and his ful-
iah,neet which invarishly follows s nom- of the nape of J. Ve Astley appeared nn lower, without at lent s ooaytstiuu (bat
vietiun for armed insurrection, lead in the scene of action. He was called as a they hare grievaa0•5."
order to offer reasonable basis on which witness at rh5 Rena" trial. Let ea w l wield alleles the haw the ■it11iat5r
the recommendati,n of the jury to bow has evidence supports the theory vo d would
dvi.sWorkto i' 1 Phil
mercy might haws been justified. !rut which I bave started or how hr it mor -
only had the counsel forthe primmer to roburat.es the statement' of the General It sewed Seamus ploibIe
.naruntot these difficulties, but they had In centresad. J. W. Astiey was exam- .wdeow d the orimmoality Rid sw-
insd as follows:- t o[ ben. oplt+-
others to mounter. It was stated, at arts
the true aced it cannot be c,ntredietd, "Are them words the words h. weds ►Then • "I mw three of the jurors, who told
that mal)) of the witness subpoenad spelt the envelop,! A. les. be took hoard some day,and the osrvth5e °A roe that inastheiru cion Wel should not
by the priaoeer ware also subpoenaed he the ante oat of sty heeds tied woe those tic understands dthe dotter. P be hanged, as the think that, while be
the Crown and those witnesses were words on the onside ion my p5nemee. "An nlireagnoin cry for blood and is nut aalately iasalse to the ordinarily
warped t0 bold nu communication with He masted tee' gigs who alai Fadi tM ff accepted meaning of the word, h. r a
the eovnsel for the defence. Mr. ni. its woe back awl theymost fel'
vo 11)e would ere heistillbrtuse. hightail very wielded crank."
P e ; I bre the men mb d 6°61rX Mr tone
Gi••aosiielda In open count- -5114 114* u bask .lupi with tee ; 15N1mwad w. velar" h a poorb°ti2ness, aGat pspl. , And the Wed newspaper itself, can-
not tp_the report of the trisT - 's _imam ta.ti5 Coral std game hiss the will be best pleased with 1 bloodl. , if nnenung en that, says :
Sidman : stow 1 dad sot tali his attention w tart s41ocueetul, c•eiporgia, "Thy (the jury) themselves 55y that
"TM moonset we t►p�geoh them to '11 w est ° s, 1 �e Mah '•rl'he idea eb°t ROI will ran •row) as by their Leon to morey they
speak to them they •tool heck ea No1igk 8188 eight grin I asked hist how talon ailed
m a tut mer eeeatioa, i• ow that ao ass meant that the Crown should spare the
we were tainted with the and • ire beam sod he mita that tee Swax
place', fat to k5epe the fndiam quiet ; bat eta wretched males life, as O Cheat. opines
my : 'We are instructed t.. have no oon- staattsi ata bat Ihaeat B+ol tt.4s* list his not one on whirl a military policy can be is not lite 1.7 satin They are sto-
verigeoe with the defence.' Our es- slag toattt►iitiag-that ha wesW otdat be teamed. If he is fnreed to GOO he id that he knows the diftaretee lo-
deawbti to obtain itttuttea1 base lamps lis eta to remain where they were and 11 do so. If be often to embank no
time right and wrong. but believe bim
itiistrsa.d by the counsel tot t�l Draws' they wend not advise apt (11ttleer.. toid wisdom y tat Rahe the eighteens- to be subjoes 10 delusions whsb warp
% B autiw► Yr pone ono for the Covann) not Tiers etas teat ttlpe to waste leaMt and Hone of those who 'will lease Aug* of his moral sense, Tis is thew inept.-
who harp instructed every person not to �, wsFt .kt took a tine to the Netgtitiatiena Gement Middleton, Catton as trlran to our t tt
recognise the counsel for the detente fel WA 4. . no doubt, hie large powers, and is con. Regina, and they must be sJ,, I to
The tat many .f them wan the, ,Ib d� eltea•t fail to•tinaally in er+m.nunieafinn with the ante know their own minds"
��b�y flat prisoner et witness sfWk. theta Qwld this orities at Ottawa."
fox rte r"�IR"' bet w• were unable to ooereY�laeda11ea MAtrsRe Merid ns at Thu is what the Mail itself awe. 1h
w 11g y or to have any cueversation at if min lee- mat Melee ttipestsitien ea
Tres, and l have shown you that (lam- special t, i11(ery .7 4 three
with ilfiea foot what oaths we AO Ro1 thep!� of Gan& I4IIUttle that Ri°1 'sl Middleton ban opened. negotiations winos and declared that they did not
know. ape t ey Mid thee were *street- utteet aeriesidl0 $t, i oat. consistent with &Ise throuv,,rn, h J fir, Mien a fraud think }tie! was quite responsible. An- , from breaking such law."
.d .44 to 1.9..0 cap,.:atahou'4v 5 Mw time? (talion the Oma/sl was of the Government in the Northwest otter juryman, I think, over his own wig- The tort-wnter farther says :
�"M Territories. I have shown you that J. Mors, elate* that be recommended
illi g iboemt k otastliem of It. ystly intuestd 1}lel that he Lworld 14)01. Kid to meeoy become. the half. "Tho defense of insanity a farther
That is
lt01 d.eaoa by'tho coMar etcet 1 tlmirek 14. ossa sustained wave there is .e insane .i•lu-
Crown. who teal. umd the t iewi t, perfectly 81st. it
. L. I f heeds mow prwokd berebet ies by thus
dbmb•modad, aM r oMM 1s, do aeon from weiob the come emanaem,•ad
dot,
hof ell taboo taws, tat mzesa►i.w of m•lad 1 d the different ata Indere" the golneeen
i5 Maw.. to the M that the wrreeder of Raot hole m itad•� when being intim the defendant is d
lamRttsr° I Itis! to tae to 6•s,. iters wLulhJ td 1 u it nonan bnetl spot
the fumed 1" the act byan irresistible Mi-
meo.
notions. e says he does not
matte lay Mr- Useenkie dab - or-- • boo* festhr mete errat seob r -t hpjwp � 1 II a step [artier, wad I lgrrrtusa d1 jtssttwityr t�llyJher. a then' .11 het t\e J.w, were to hav, s
"My learned friend rrtsddofi� "I wall iagant 0110.4111101......_ ani tail• j�rah5 M in th.eek segs Illumine ,14.the sot is
`ask the boa. Minister "i Ifo Wail's, tiasble riel.n wiry tiie siit11oey the fothe, be the ease
low the land."
thea. The witness also seer. ha •
*new and very theamemt cry Obeli fogad Ater. Ming am as the hoe. as Fist Minister is nut is (mown ahtnw14d have it/srdrred. First,
thinks M also .poke of the Hungarian*
*beet the t *Meth M aMebwaf+tii ! tltthM higm wast she A!t-• itis piaeg. it be eau
pint w t" a timgb w was tlr ereemd we the °timomddet '1� textwrittre further my that the Dud fLvarimmw H• says +bat he
trod ewvtaiw wlt/sars, wheal hl� hod iii tW tdha slisay.r4at iia �e is the Pasture of $nttla 44, ostler of the. 1; . t w►eaa prorokd th. test la : thoslht the Mtne world should have a
'� Ilk orf (ewe.`- AY Oen to step the f1M1it he would (lithe tie jaet„ jynadred yens, who�w, a political rebellion, and. sessotity, there was the ''1)1,1 tb• defendant jrnuw enough to sew of the bs, th11R Primus was to.
I waw m �•ga 'melba• y-ytifq OM that hem stases with s� . who 1 Un welt to the ground ei the mass'. IRseponmmbtht]. distinguish right from wrong se to the h... QsaskaR- • - • ••o'
' p �t�kr,aa 1 50 �a t.. 4. • H011stitt 5d
hoervie* If sk OW the h Qiiii„amemt, was uecuted 1 defy him
Amber J man, who was an English- lsrtieular taws. ; if b5 did not, he h to "Did tie Pri.nner nook about kis
othwas�, Mab air eine. a M I Mit Hasa • are t„ t mg tot .ingle case in the Mabry stns bei a Proteat•at, a they were all be aegstttd
rm. et ����i�r Mta1lr0Mgws�ant .(ks,gbn4,o�r awe other civilized oven- Pre�laettnt• no the juryet the trial plans, and if so, whet die he say -A
ehtnettli ll/ N �1 t I� I�,_� �r The tett-writers still farther my ; About a nwnth se -or he arrived, he
bents Ihmell lett vents to efd�sii►eiliwtttl�lMleel l`t lhwee tq, io wbi.ku, within the last husdr.d stile m e of the following language :-
h "An species of ia55nw delusion ex • shore.? Me 1 honk that hon had written
i their t�d;�� e'ttle 1N >w fll�ul\+ t1h heli r11 ori- pun, • polkYeal offender from What ! h d •
,nue, page 837, speaking of the different
Are these facts true 1 1 believe the] type, 01 itwntty, my
are. In that cane the punishment 'who „The principal fora• of muoo_m•nu
Nu Goveruawt deserves at the hands are ; 1. Monomania et ambalion"
of the people of thio country for having
peorok•dand caused and invited this n- Hark yoe-"ambition."
Williuu would bo merely nominal in coo- "2. Religious ¢enemas& t. The
parisua with tint which they should re- monomania of . 4. The
moire at the hands tit an indignant pee- monomania of wrongs or , sut-
tee and an honest parliament for having feted from private parties or from the
executed a mut under such oircumatan- Government"
nes as these. There is µµill anothnr ton- flow let w sea for a single moment how
sus .by 1 prulitae to justify the note 1 the evidenmo given at the trial i4 tato
am about w give. Although I am not a fly general defence of insanity, to them
medical roan, 1 profess •r.wetimes to delusions, the .duct u1 which is to ex.
erectile law, and I propose to juatafy 'mitt from teapuu*ibdity a maw who
tea rote I am about to give on the commit. •rime under their power. I do
ground that Louis Riel, at the time he soot propose at this most to discus
committed th. ctfence5 with 0(521)1 be tae radical ovd.eoe or th. ezpart avatar
was changed, was laboring under certain ewe, althowgb I.hall •haw .bolt tbak
/alusivui. I know quite well that this it preponder•tea is four of the thea ee •
question has challenged discussion dur- his ws.uoty. It meat net be f egottews
Ing tb• pest few month. in the press sed hewerer, that the tlaeation we hive i;e
out d the prem, •mottg mdieal "NI due"„ u nut what kis ee.ditios was at
and among hymen, and ,400514 pukka the time of his execution, bat whether
MCI on the platform, and we know that h e was taburias ander them l teraon. at
it has been challenged on the floors of the tkow the offence was commetted. M
Parliament. Impremed with the grave he was meas at the time thea. jaws.
ty Of the questions towelled is the trial sere comp tted but meths at th. aim.
of Lou'. liters insanity, I me beo.,ty he was execueeoj, he aught tont to have
My that I endeavored to bring my own bean sxeoetd ; and If le ossa labor2ag
mlmd to the investigation d the laces, under time delusions at the • time these
and the •zuntn•tioe of the law, free of ac.a were committed, he ought net
and unbiased. I 1, Mr. to be heeled. If in fact he were inesme.
Spedter, when I entered upon this in- other when the offences were committed
Yrstagatlon, to Niter ionto • t'Aveuast ur isms when he was executed, thew
with myedtf that my titter want th. Goves►mant of this country data
..t confidence in this Government, wrong in banging him. Dr. WUutegbby,
ley entire sympathy with the half- wile was p.U.4 as $ witow fax the
breeds in the Northwest territories Crown, .ay. :-
n n in thole long, their earnest and theft What did belay as la Me Gov-
Jahn Ftwtt fwd t" "�• 7
this ct titttry with the Government of
kosa■Dry y iii l aria and
this cnutltry te' Msshe aleft ent o, °re to d s 0._1Mntry 1-4, 'Choy
Join Frovt yectived at hams
ins
should not 'mislead my own mind or were to have a www-tioveresemit in the
sovereign the mercy and the clammy of w m lent.
At all eynts I Northwest. It was to be eompo$d of
the Crown. Zephaniah Williams and honestly entered upon the ell even"' God-fearing mem. They would bays no
William .Iones were tried 2n 1840 for of the evidence mud the consideration of each Parliament as tat House btOttawa. '
high treason an the earns outbreak ; they the tar, and I have beneath' arrived at 1 cattail/1Y thin* that oa that puemt, at
were found guilty, ecntenced to death, eh. conclusion 'thick I am °bowl to al- levet, L"si• Ri51 was not lira.
recommended 4, mercy by the 55405 jury arm with my vas There u a popular
tart found them guilty, and • humane
C . t, not actuated by pressure
from withost by ,n unseen and irrespon-
sible power, carried out the re•otmmen-
dati.w of the jury and their sentences
were commuted. Charles Walters, Jobs
Lowell, Richard Benfield, John Roseland
Janina Morgan were convicted it len,
were °,maenad to death and the am
tenets of all were muniuted. I° 1/di,
Meagher, the Irish rebel., was tried, eon -
Mead, aeateamd to death and his sun -
ems ooermet d, In the sus yew
Wm. 8msth O'Brien was tied for high
treason, convicted,-.erten.'i to death,
1 to meaty, and the mercy
of the Crown wea.eztendd to him. Un-
fortunately, in this ore, the jury did
Dot state the grounds upon which they
the prisoner to the elem-
ency of the Crown, they were not Mod
t• do so .1 the trial and they did sot do
•o. But we ba,M evidence from the
orgasm of *MG of the reason
why three d these jurors did
Laois Kiel to theme's, of the Sovereign.
The . , , lost of the Mali news-
paper, Moiter, from Kegtna on the Mon-
day after else trial, makes use of tate fol-
bwtog (•npag•
Q. Anything else 1--- A. Then he
misapprehension as to the rule that stated how lis intended to divide the
ought to prevail m criminal caw when elontry into Beton portions.
insanity hes been 1st up as a defence. "44. In what manner 1-A. It was
The popular upinico is that if • man is 4o be divided into seven portions, but as
able to ltimtingwish right fres wrung be to who were to have the seventh 1 cannot
u held responsible fur violation of law. *M-
I
'y
I say, Mr. Speaker, that that is an en- `Q. You mean 10 my you cawoot say
tire miaappnheneion of the law. A how anal oven were to be apportioned '
man may be able to distinguish right -A. Yes. Re mentioned Bavarians,
from wnmg. a man may he perfectly re. Poles, Italaaaa, Germans, Irish. There
tional !spoil every subject but one, and was to be •row Inland in the 1\urth•
If he commits an ' offence within Na west • • • •
and li.ntt of that subject, then to ,•Q What wet flat TTA. As Rae!
the eye of the law hes not responsible.
was leaving be expressed w opinion. lie
N..o, I observe that the Minister of a+� they would have no Ur$ngeum in
Pub[iic Works has fallen tato this error the Aivrtbweat. I said I hoped by
in dismissing this question. 1 se► then Oranr.isin he did not ,r.rm�an Protestant -
is moa excess for him, and then is no ex- isle.. He turned excitedly and sad he
cues fur the Minister of Justice if they was glad I mentioned it, that he cer
they have Mallon into that error. It s tainle 1 the difference) between
an error in which it appears to me the Protestantism led Oramgeism, and he
medical o,mmiesion sent up to invests- then spoke of 14ae different religions and
gate the mental condition of Louis Rid beliefs, and illustrated it by the etheiela
have els., talion ; because f observe that of a tee The true church was Ute large
after they . . 1 that he was sof- branch of the tree, and the other as
tering under two delusions. tbey say he they departed from 4, got weaker, up to
was perfectly responsible. I tray it is no' 1he top of the tree. • * s
• proper rendering of the law, I say it "(i' Would you now indicate w us
is nut the law of the land. It it can be the different peol,le he expected to as -
shown that a man i1 sufferfne under • him 1-A. The lnah of tho Limited
mental hallucination or delusion, and he ftit•tem, lbw Cierma ane fib. Italians, Ilse
cholate an 09e000 sieve the scope of iui,na and Pelts, led Germany ale! In•
that delusion, 1 say that the merciful land.
provisions of the British anti Oanadian "Q. We kayo had Germany and Ire -
law exempts him from responsibility) l Iniad twice 1-A- Well he en it twice.
Dud I am Keine to fortify that poaittnn He put the Irish and Germans of tho
with the authority of writers oil the enh• United States ; th•o Germany itself wet
pet and with decisions in the courts of to woe into (la*'
England. Wharton end Belle, in their This is the modem as to the rendition
work upon medical j.ri. rudence, vol. of funis Kiel long before the outhresk.
1, page 122, lay down the hollowing Doss anyone mean to teU me that a man
law :- entertaining those delusions was perfect
"That the 'right and wrong' test dots ly rational and reaoonaibte. That i. nut
not waver all the cases of l.g.timate in- all. Charles Malan is railed, Let us
mile responsibility. Medical observe- Year tibia he has to qtly --and
yun, based .n an iuduction which scb he is one of the witnesses for the Crown .
yMr tu•hss u once mors eatendd is its •'Tee wiootss is aebe.l whether he ever
materialp wad more absolute in its re- heard the primmer seen of his internal
melts, is es that there are persons un- policy in the division of the a.untry,if he
questiauably insane who aro esp•W* of should succeed in his enterprise, mad ha
being instructed in the law of the land. lays yea. Ho says that after his arrival
of kuowine what the law is, both in 17* the prisoner showed him a book written
general character, and in iM results, and with buffalo blood, and tee witn.m said
of bong deterred by proper sanction that the primmer in that. plan sari
after taking England and Canada,
he would divide Cando. • and give
the Province "f Quebec to the
Premien*, t.nter.o to the Irish, and the
Northwest territ,Kies he divided eon
n •'w^ "The 0nsnlmons doers of the juryin we m iehmenf elm in the `icstes. •► :c . •'+ me in
bete maw edit to hb11 row iiaMill.vhewept* p*M
dimertililum •i'dsti"O�y or dl the accord to the .l.m o[ am wet ooinSitted under its mAe- that hook 'wan first to destroy Rnt[•od
tight to d)mptallie" ' ' 1 the mesh' He ninth M ll�>• se I .z.nN.d by the (2
L. • 'iM ileo °g
y'st Mliale,ss tan and eon awoh eats. it t. emery
t� Clown, sum flat fie !w nu! Mae.." and f`anoda `
Sow , otter !b. �� von **renal*
*OWL I esti
tot this 0 1, which do pit te' death"', ,(t pogo Ifib they further say -atter "ll. And t -A. And silo n destiny
�° Min Mtn d PabG4 bsb aha! OW gam •J$n� I ped y eng "1 the re•ptmsibilit) to sat** 1$on.. Ind th. 1484•
��tall nested and °•d ►anal the � I eek spin : hoose the M i � +
1 it bias M tries the wee fie lie thingo d the N.tghwest, to set an .wars of th.•. fated 1 seyti>�• gee. • case. o f those porosity gnaw.. "t,1. tt7thin ff Nee - - A. Hs .aid that
mid s Toe brew the min 1 YM num el fad teeth wed pius•t4tml '11ey take the Mail 0,..ray "Bet .tis otherwise with hueseity lis Asst a wdemipe to hail, • were mks
etheaites semi �tessts sad tall
y that appears to m. b• nod kt diligently, moat d the. Meer .ecompued with dalwioes of sin► • Bien, .n,1 Y . proof that 1s, had • res
( °R 1}. To. kleow in the hi of civilisation. Tam by it, sed, being aware of these !tin, 1 I.h.emm fir that the patiyet behoves .ion. h-, •kindle e idler'erre the Blebng.
I (m 1 rend go Ilse\ sad and • nt to . the ow el ane ht'not t5 have •flowed the ha is ettthorital superior w- of la[nnrrml eleven )eon .s .
bis t nt Nord, and 5a. 1 sum w, t, lata _Igoe. at Hannah, K .ewtYusa0 tob. awned into wswatioa I .e be deepen" ante the 4w� of t Q.Iltd M Y. e4w he wreak[ emu w
1N.o •,!Z sr r bTi [Dt the Omen le step hik mon Hie ilia' tits Kittg of Dahomey, fie mw tthet • pa5ished to Won•: tl45 ,Vgi. end with snese.ty ems t [ tont hill OM/ -A- He doh net way how
�. a Wen% pintas It M VW wlflide to potentate of that tie. t04, weigh ..ad es support thieGo ern- u a.i oatakm Man impulse to o megat . he would curt' u .. hu plane then.••
wart . r_ M r 1 wishful M wale het eel and no ei Tien we hate tat eride me. of T�lm.
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