A Treatise on the Law of Circumstantial Evidence

and the next day. On the evening of July 1st, the two left the town together in a buggy. Next day, on being met and asked what what had become of his companion, the prisoner said he had left him at Parkesburg. On the 11th July, the body of a man identified as W. S. Goss or A. C. Wilson was found in a stretch of woods about ten miles from Jennerville. The head and trunk were buried in a shallow hole in one place and the arms and legs in another. The stranger who was with the prisoner at Jennerville, identified as A. C. Wilson, was traced from place to place, living in retirement from June 22, 1872, until within a few days of the time when he appeared with the prisoner at Jennerville. During the interval the prisoner and Wilson were seen together several times under circumstances indicating great intimacy and privacy. Wilson was not seen or heard from subsequent to the time when he left Jennerville in company with the prisoner. The great question in the case was the identity of A. C. Wilson and W. S. Goss. This was established by a variety of circumstances, leaving no doubt that Goss and Wilson were the same person, and that the body found in the woods was that of Goss. A photograph of Goss taken in Baltimore was introduced and presented to a witness, who, so far as he knew, had never seen Goss, but had seen a man named Wilson, and was declared by him to be the photograph of Wilson. There were letters from Wilson, identified as being in the handwriting of Goss. Wilson wore a peculiar ring which belonged to Goss. Wilson had at one time recognized A. C. Wilson as his brother. Packages addressed to W. S. Goss, and envelopes bearing the mark of the firm with which Goss had been employed, came and went to and from Baltimore. There was also evidence that Wilson and Goss were both in the habit of becoming intoxicated. Other circumstances there were which pointed to the one conclusion. Altogether the facts were most convincing, and left no room to doubt that W. S. Goss and A. C. Wilson were one and the same person. This being established, it was equally clear that Udderzook had done away with his accomplice in the fraud, to secure to himself the whole proceeds thereof, and to make it impossible for any witness to jeopardize the possession of his ill-gotten gains. Accordingly the prisoner was convicted and suffered the full penalty of the law.

TABLE OF
OF CASES.

Abernethy v. Com. (101 Pa. St. 322),

55.

Abbott, Com. v., 338.
Abbott, People v., 82.

Ackerson v. People (124 Ill. 563), 271.
Ackley v. People (9 Barb. 609), 270.
Adams, R. v., 90.

Adams v. Field (21 Ver. 256), 215.
Adams v. State (28 Fla. 511), 150.
Adams v. State (52 Ala. 379), 72, 141.
Etna Ins. Co. v. Johnson (11 Bush,
587), 322.

Ah Chuey, State v., 191, 354, 377.
Ah Chung, People v., 481.

Ah Fook, People v.. 129.

Ah Ki, People v.,

80.

Ah King, State v., 302.

Ah Sing, People v., 333.
Aiken, People v., 281, 382.

Ala. G. S. R. Co. v. Hall (17 So. 176),
156.

Albin v. State (63 Ind. 598), 271.
Alcorn, R. v., 388.

Aldridge, R. v., 211.

Alexander, State v., 262.

Algheri v. State (25 Miss. 584), 302.
Allbritton v. State (94 Ala. 76), 277.
Allen, R. v., 298.
Allen, State v., 396.
Allen, U. S. v., 261.

Allen v. State (16 Tex. Cr. App. 237),
308.

Allport v. Meek (4 C. & P. 267), 215.
Alphonse, State v., 113.

Alton Lime & C. Co. v. Calvay (47
Ill. App. 343), 238.

Alviso, People v., 377.

Ardesco Oil Co. v. Gilson (63 Pa. St. 146), 163.

Armor v. State (8 Ala. 173), 263.
Armstead's Case (1 City Hall Rec.
174), 86.

Armstrong, People v., 301.
Armstrong, U. S. v., 52.

Armstrong v. State (30 Fla. 170), 296.
Arnold, State v., 81.

Arnold v. State (23 Ind. 170), 326.
Arthur, People v., 201.

Arthur v. Arthur (38 Kan. 691), 210.
Arundel, R. v., 254.

Ashe, People v., 260, 328.

Ashford v. Thornton (4 B. & Ald. 405), 290.

Astley v. Astley (1 Hagg. Ecc. R. 720), 350.

Atwood, R. v., 459.

Austin, State v., 267.

Austin v. State (51 Ill. 236), 116.
Austin v. State (14 Ark. 555), 52, 116.
Ayres v. State (21 Tex. Crim. App.
399), 80.

Babb, State v., 96.

Babcock v. People (13 Col. 515), 57.
Bacon v. State (22 Fla. 51), 263.
Baden, State v., 142.
Bailey, State v., 254.
Baines, R. v., 275.
Baker, State v., 67.

Baker v. Haines (6 Whart, 284), 219.
Baker v. Mygatt (14 Ia. 131), 217.
Baker v. State (53 N. J. L. 45), 260.
Baldry, R. v., 113, 116.
Baldwin, R. v., 245.

Amrick v. Mitchell (1 Norris, 214), Baldwin, State v., 409.

Banks, R. v., 92.

Banks, State v., 233.

Banks v. State (72 Ala. 522), 306.
Barnard, R. v., 257.
Baranelli, R. v., 160.

Barbour v. Com. (9 Va. L. J. 309), 193.

Barfield v. Britt (2 Jones' L. 41,) 322. Barker, State v., 103.

Barnards v. State (88 Tenn. 181), 247.

Barndt v. Frederick (78 Wis. 1), 32. Barr v. State (10 Tex. Cr. App. 507), 309, 333.

Barrie, People v., 113.

Barron v. People (73 Ill. 256), 132.
Barrow, State v., 216.
Barth, State v., 260.
Bartlett, R. v., 128, 412.
Bartlett, State v., 319.

Bartley v. People (156 Ill. 234), 114, 115.

Barton v. State (18 Ohio, 221), 58. Barton v. Thompson (46 Ia. 30), 341. Basye v. State (63 N. Y. 811), 113, 252.

Bate, R. v., 206, 447.

Bates v. Morris (101 Ala. 282), 142. Bauer's Case (2 Chand. Am. Cr. Tr. 356), 276.

Bean v. People (124 Ill. 576), 241.

Beards, R. v., 204.

Berg v. Peterson (49 Minn. 420), 211, 214.

Bergen v. People (17 Ill. 426), 118. Bernecker v. State (40 Neb. 810), 265. Bernhart v. State (82 Wis. 23), 261. Berry v. Com. (10 Bush, 15), 123. Berryhill v. Kirchner (96 Pa. St. 489), 221.

Best, State v., 394.

Bestor v. Roberts (58 Ala. 331), 216.
Betsall, State v., 459.

Betts v. State (66 Ga. 508), 98, 99.
Bevan v. Atlanta Nat'l Bank, 217.
Bickle, R. v., 388.

Bigelow, Com. v., 71.

Bill v. Com. (88 Va. 365), 388.
Billard v. State (30 Tex. 267), 330.
Bingham, R. v., 224, 250.

Binns v. State (66 Md. 428), 302.
Birch v. Ridgway (1 F. & F. 270), 220.
Bird v. State (21 Grat. 800), 163
Bishop, R. v., 369.

Bishop v. State (43 Tex. 390), 310. Bishop v. State (30 Ala. 34), 215, 216. Bissell v. West (35 Ind. 54), 342. Bitter v. Saathoff (98 Ill. 266), 322. Black v. State (1 Tex. Crim. App.

368), 281, 307.

Black v. State (18 Tex. Crim. App.

124), 97, 309.

Blaeser v. Mil. Mech. Mut. Ins. Co. (37 Wis. 31), 341.

Blake, People v., 324.

Blake v. Blake (70 Ill. 618), 348.

Beavers v. State (58 Ind. 530), 129, Blandy, R. v., 28, 147, 337.

193, 300, 377.

Beck, People v., 303, 336.

Blatch v. Archer (Cowp. 65), 138. Bleasdale, R. v., 59, 73.

Beck v. State (44 Tex. 430), 90, 95, Blewett v. U. S. (10 Ct. of Cl. 225),

144.

Becker v. Com., 263.

Beckwith, People v., 365.

Beebe, State v., 259.

Belaney's Case, 323, 428.

62.

Bell, Com. v.,

Bell, People v., 262, 295.

Bell, R. v., 51.

Bell v. Brewster (44 Ohio, 696), 221.

Bell v. Com. (88 Va. 365), 399, 409.
Bell v. Norwood (7 La. 95), 214.
Belote's Case (36 Miss. 97), 79.
Bemis, People v., 37, 105.
Bemis v. Rd. Co. (58 Vt. 636), 163.
Bemmerly, People v., 328.
Benedict v. Flanigan (18 S. C. 508),
221.

Benedict v. State (14 Wis. 438), 54.
Benjamin, R. v., 256.

Bennett, People v., 301, 362, 365. Bennett v. State (86 Ga. 401), 270. Bennett v. State (30 Tex. Cr. App.

341), 319.

Benson, People v., 243.

Bouldin v. State (8 Tex. Crim. App. 332), 36, 198, 201.

Berckmans v. Berckmans (17 N. J. Bowditch, R. v., 244.

Eq. 453), 344, 348.

Bower v. State (5 Mo. 364), 124.

Bowler v. State (41 Miss, 570), 232, | Brown v. State (1 Tex. Cr. App. 154),

334.

Bowman, People v., 262.

Bowman, R. v., 94.

Bowman, State v. (N. Y.), 128. Bowman, State v. (N. C.), 156. Bowman v. Sanborn (5 Foster, 87), 211.

Boyd's Adm. v. Wilson (1 P. & W. 211), 214.

Boyd v. State (2 Humph. 39), 113, 115.
Boykin v. State (34 Ark. 443), 83.
Bradford, Com. v., 68.

Bradish v. Bliss (35 Vt. 226), 341.
Bradley, State v., 56.

Bradley v. State (31 Ind. 492),

329.

324,

Brook, R. v., 183, 185.

Brooks, People v.,
263.
Brooks, R. v., 92.

Brown's Case (9 Leigh, 332), 124.
Brown, State v. (Ia.), 115.
Brown, State v. (Mo.), 82.
Brown v. Com. (14 Bush, 398), 156.
Brown v. Com. (76 Pa. St. 319), 98.
Brown v. Shock (77 Pa. St. 471), 338.
Brown v. State (46 Ala. 175), 270.
Brown v. State (59 Ga. 456), 89.
Brown v. State. (88 Ga. 257), 388, 396,
397, 410, 411.

Brown v. State (105 Ind. 385), 332.
Brown v. State (32 Miss. 433), 115.
Brown v. State (16 So. 202), 330.
Brown v. State (23 Tex. 195), 310.

326, 335, 354.

Browning v. Gosnell (59 N. W. 340), 226.

Browning v. State (33 Miss. 47). 332. Broyles v. State (47 Ind. 251), 120. Bruce, State v., 320.

Bryan v. State (74 Ga. 393), 107, 307. Bryant v. State (16 Tex. Crim. App. 144), 81, 310.

Buchanan, People v., 391.
Buckley, State v., 102.
Buish, R. v., 247.

Bulla, State v., 82.

Bullard, State v., 267.

Bullock v. Wilson (5 Porter, 388),

153.

Buntain v. State (15 Tex. Cr. App. 515), 309.

Burdell v. Taylor (89 Cal. 613), 213. Burdett, R. v., 18, 78, 140, 292, 293, 352, 355.

Bureny v. Torrey (100 Ala. 157), 167.
Burger v. State (83 Ala. 36), 273.
Burke, R. v., 369.

Burns, People v., 106.
Burns, People v., 116.

Burns v. Barenfield (84 Ind. 43), 156,
Burr v. Harper (Holt N. P. 421), 214.
Burr v. Wilson (22 Minn. 206), 343.
Burt, R. v., 268.

Burt v. State (16 So. 342), 30, 330.
Burton, R. v., 209, 358.

Busby v. State (77 Ala. 66), 199.
Bush, State v., 281, 324.
Butler, R. v., 70.

Butler v. St. Louis Life Ins. Co. (45
Ia. 93), 158, 159.

Butler v. State (19 S. C. 57), 327.
Butneau v. Hobbs (35 Me. 227), 341.
Butterfield, State v., 82.

Byrd v. State (68 Ga. 661), 113.
Byrne, R. v., 183.

Cady v. State (44 Miss. 332), 116.
Calder, R. v., 413.

Calkins v. State (14 Ohio St. 222), 218.
Camp v. Com. (2 Met. 17), 160.
Camp v. State (3 Ga. 419), 243.
Campbell, State v., 56.

Campbell v. Rickards, (5 B. & Ad. 840), 154.

Campbell v. State, (23 Ala. 44), 76, 200, 245, 463,

Campbell v. State, (55 Ala. 80), 128. Campbell v. Woodstock Iron Co. (83 Ala. 351), 211.

Cancemi v. People (16 N. Y. ), 260.

Cane, R. v., 275.

Cannon v. State (60 Ark. 504), 252. Cannine, R. v., 244, 274.

Carey, Com. v., 262.

Carey v. State (7 Humph. 199), 78. Carlton v. People (150 Ill. 181), 295,

300, 308, 345, 354.

Carmalt v. Post (8 Wright, 406), 183. Carpenter, U. S. v., 332.

Carpenter v. Willey (64 Vt. 212), 142.
Carr v. State (23 Neb. 749), 55, 331.
Carroll, R. v., 51.

Carroll v. Com. (84 Pa. St. 107), 466.
Carroll v. State (3 Humph. 315), 264.
Carsewell, R. v., 221.
Carson, State v., 306.

Carson v. State (50 Ala. 134), 262.
Carson v. State (30 S. W. 799), 336.
Carter, R. v., 73.

Carter v. Boehm (1 Sm. L. C. 9th ed. 791), 163.

Carter v. People (37 N. E. 244), 42. Carter v. State (36 Neb.- -), 265. Carter v. State (46 Ga. 637), 91. Carter v. State (56 Ga. 463), 155. Carver v. Heskey (79 Mo. 509), 53, 56. Cary v. Pitt, 212.

Casey v. State (20 Neb. 138), 302, 304. Cassidy, U. S. v., 300, 332.

Castellon v. State (15 Tex. App. 551), 85.

Caster, State v., 87, 88, 90.

Cathcart v. Com. (37 Pa. St. 108), 109.
Cauley v. State (92 Ala. 71), 264.
Cavender v. State (126 Ind. 47), 302.
Chaffee v. Taylor (3 Allen, 598), 212.
Chambers, People v., 80.
Chambers, State v., 179.

Chase v. People (40 Ill. 352), 319.
Chee Gong, State v., 272, 295.
Chester v. State (23 Tex. Crim. App.
577), 217.

Cheverins v. Com. (8 Cr. L. Mag.
760), 41, 42, 43, 109, 461, 481.
Cheverton, R. v., 370, 373, 374.
Chicago, M. & St. P. Co. v. Kendall
(49 Ill. App. 398), 162.
Chicago, etc., R. Co. v. Lambert
(119 Ill. 256), 164.

Chick v. State, (40 Ind. 263), 270.
Child, State v., 318.

Ching Ling, State v., 331.
Chisholm v. State (45 Ala. 66), 298,
307.

Chitister v. State (28 Ga. 683), 336.
Choate, Com. v., 63.

Christensen, People v., 325.
Cicely v. State (13 Sm. & M. 211),

Clark v. Cassidy (62 Ga. 407), 322.
Clark v. Com. (123 Pa. 555), 330.
Clark v. State (12 Ohio, 483), 336.
Clark v. State (28 Tex. App. 594),
199.

Clark v. Wyatt (15 Ind. 271), 216.
Clawson, State v., 62.
Clay, R. v., 243.

Clayton, State v., 326.

Clayton v. State (15 Tex. Cr. App. 348), 298.

Cleary, Com., v., 262.
Clements, People v., 262.
Clements, State v., 296.
Clewe, R. v., 67, 123, 375.
Clinch, R. v., 181.
Clinton, State v., 215.

Clough v. State (7 Neb. 320), 47, 199.
Clouser, State v., 300.

Clunnes v. Pezzey (1 Camp. 8), 140. Cobb, Com. v., 302.

Cochran, People v., 96.

Cochran, R. v., 124, 292, 474. Cochran v. U. S. (157 U. S. 286), 336. Coffee v. State (1 Tex. App. 548), 259.

Coffin's Case (4 City Hall Rec. 52), 213.

Coffman, People v., 319.

Coggeshall v. U. S. (2 Wall. 383), 463.

Cogle v. Com. (100 Pa. St. 573), 296.

Cohen v. State (50 Ala. 108), 328,

331.

Cohen v. Teller (93 Pa. St. 123), 219.
Coke, R. v., 51, 69, 250.
Cole, R. v., 266.
Cole, State v., 44.

Cole, State v., 156, 163.
Cole, U. S. v., 29.

Cole v. Lake Shore & M. S. Ry. Co. (95 Mich. 77), 139.

Cole v. State, (59 Miss. 484), 263.
Coleman, R. v., 127, 135, 180.
Coleman, State v., 306.
Coleman, State v., 158, 332.
Coleman v. People (58 N. Y. 555),

Coleman v. State (26 Fla. 61), 277.
Coleman v. State (87 Ala. 14), 298.
Coleman v. State (44 Tex. 109), 460.
Coleman v. State (59 Miss. 484), 263.
Collier, Com. v., 155.
Collier, R. v., 255.
Collins, State v., 277.

Collins v. People (98 Ill. 584), 460.
Comfort v. People (54 Ill. 404), 82.
Com. v. Abbott (130 Mass. 472), 338.
Com. v. Annis (15 Gray, 197), 132.
Com. v. Bell (36 W. N. C. 146), 62.
Com. v. Bigelow (8 Met. 235), 71.
Com. v. Blood (2 N. Eng. 393), 63.
Com, v. Bradford (126 Mass. 42), 68.

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A Treatise on the Law of Circumstantial Evidence: Illustrated by Numerous Cases