The Scene in Court: Molineux Bouyant
Item
- Title
- The Scene in Court: Molineux Bouyant
- Source
- Evening World
- Date
- 10-Feb-00
- page
- 3
- Identifier
- Image 3 of The evening world (New York, N.Y.), February 10, 1900, (Evening Edition) | Library of Congress (loc.gov)
- Crime
- Murder
- Subject
- Poison, murder
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged murderer
- Gender of alleged victim
- Female alleged victim
- Stage of the Legal System
- Court
- Length of story
- 201 words
- Description
- [...] 'FIRST DEGREE,' SAID WEEKS The voice of Weeks rang out through the court-room as clearly as the blast of the trumpet. "It is murder in the first degree or nothing." This was a reiteration of the policy outlined by the defense throughout the trial and laid down by Mr. Weeks in his summing up when he said: "It is life or death." There had been no weakening. Molineux nodded in approval of Weeks and smiled faintly. The Recorder then went on and defined murder in the first and second degrees. The Recorder then gave what he said was a brief history of the important evidence in the case, without expression of opinion. He said this was necessary, because of the mass of testimony produced, and he merely wished to refresh the jurors' minds. This lasted over an hour. During the relation by the Recorder of this testimony, Molineux sat cold and impassive as a sphinx. He betrayed not the slightest emotion of any sort. His cold, expressionless eyes were glued to the Recorder's face, as if he were counting the words that fell from the jurist's mouth. Once he turned and made some remark to Mrs. Molineux, at which both smiled. [...]
