19/33 And alternatively we submit that the prisoner at the bar is a man of unsound mind and known to be such, not responsible for his acts, and not in any wise amenable to the capital features of the law. I ask you, gentlemen of the jury, you who hold this man's life in your hands, are you going to hang a man for murder when it is not shown a murder has been done? We stand here together for the best interests of this growing country--this country whose first word has always been fair play. Now, is it your already formed wish to punish this man? |