Trial of John Jasper for the murder of Edwin Drood; in aid of Samaritan, Children's Homeopathic, StAgnes and MtSinai hospitals, April 29, 1914, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, . ke the red-handed bandit, or themarauding brigand, is a challenge to civilization,and hence it is that the law demands as a protectionto organized society, when one is convicted of un-lawfully taking the life of his fellow man, he shallbe made answerable for his crime even to the givingup of his own life. Life is dear to every one, andthe right to enjoy and defend it is a blessing vouch-safed to us by the struggl
Trial of John Jasper for the murder of Edwin Drood; in aid of Samaritan, Children's Homeopathic, StAgnes and MtSinai hospitals, April 29, 1914, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, . ke the red-handed bandit, or themarauding brigand, is a challenge to civilization,and hence it is that the law demands as a protectionto organized society, when one is convicted of un-lawfully taking the life of his fellow man, he shallbe made answerable for his crime even to the givingup of his own life. Life is dear to every one, andthe right to enjoy and defend it is a blessing vouch-safed to us by the struggles and sacrifices of thosewho battled their way to freedom and libertythroughout the generations of men. The higher thecivilization, the greater is the protection affordedthe life, liberty and property of the individual. Theright to enjoy and defend life and liberty is funda-mental to the whole system of Anglo-Saxon juris-prudence, and hence it has come to be the settledlaw, that no man shall be deprived of these inde-feasible rights without a trial by a jury of his peersaccording to the law of the land, with a full oppor-tunity to be heard in a lawfully constituted court. 138. Mr. Justice Elk inwho presided at the trial CHARGE OF THE COURT When a crime is charged, the accused is presumedto be innocent until proven guilty. This is the lawof Pennsylvania, and as applied to the present case,it means that John Jasper, the accused, chargedwith the crime of murder, is presumed to be inno-cent until the Commonwealth produces testimonysatisfactory to your minds that he is guilty beyonda reasonable doubt. The case is extraordinary and unusual. It is thefirst time an American jury has been called uponto try such a case. You may consider yourselvescomplimented and honored in being selected froma panel of the most intelligent and highly respectedcitizens of Philadelphia to determine a questionwhich for more than a generation has been dis-cussed without reaching a conclusion by the ablesta
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