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-vative or Southern in sentiment as the past record of our farcical trials by Virginia juries, too plainly show. And the present trial only goes to prove that it is mere mockery of justice to submit such cases to the juries as now composed.

Here is a case where two witnesses one of which stands unimpeached, or any trial to impeach the same; swore positively that they knew Jack Wrenn intimately, lived not over 75 yards from him, saw Wrenn strike Jones on the head with a pistol (a fact corroborated by the dying man's declaration) saw Jones when he ran, and saw Jack Wrenn shoot him (Jones) and saw Jones fall. To support this the police officer saw Wrenn coming from the direction where the murdered man was lying, with a pistol in his hands, saw Wrenn throw the pistol away, arrested Wrenn, found the pistol, examined it and discovered one chamber empty.

If Wrenn did not kill Jones and was not present when Jones was shot, why did he not prove or try to prove an alibi. Thousands were present and if he was in the crowd, as

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