The lawyer for the defence rose and informed the court that the witness
was a servant whom Abonyi had discharged.
"I was discharged after I gave the same testimony at the preliminary
examination which I have given to-day," observed the gardener quietly.
"Speak only when the court questions you!" said the judge reprovingly;
then he whispered a short time with his companions in office, and
finally announced that the last witness would not be sworn.
The gardener looked at the judge in bewilderment and returned to his
place among the audience.
The prosecuting attorney now began his speech. He censured Abonyi for
sending for the revolver, and the command to handcuff the refractory
man seemed to him to show over-zeal and somewhat unjustifiable
severity; there was no ground to believe that murder was intended, yet
the defendant had committed a grave offence when, yielding to an absurd
notion, he had deemed it proper to threaten the cartwright with a
fire-arm. He would therefore propose to sentence Abonyi for homicide
through negligence to--six months' imprisonment.
Pages:
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81