Mr.Braham in his closing speech surpassed himself; his effort is still remembered as the greatest in the criminal annals of New York.
Mr.Braham re-drew for the jury the picture, of Laura's early life; he dwelt long upon that painful episode of the pretended marriage and the desertion.

Col.

Selby, he said, belonged, gentlemen; to what is called the "upper classes:" It is the privilege of the "upper classes" to prey upon the sons and daughters of the people.

The Hawkins family, though allied to the best blood of the South, were at the time in humble circumstances.

He commented upon her parentage.