THE THAW CASE.
JURY UNABLE TO AGREE
Received April 11, 10.30 p.m. NEW YORK, April 11. Mr Jerome, counsel for the prosecution, contended that of the scores of Stanford White's letters to Mrs Thaw prior to her marriage, in possession of the defence, not one was produced in Court. There was no evidence that .they contained anything bad. He proceeded to contrast this with the indefensible contents of one of Thaw's letters to her in 1903. He next ridiculed the so-called "dementia Americana," the term coined by Mr Delmas, counsel for the defence, to designate insanity. It was cowardice that made Thaw withhold his "dementia Americana" for three years before taking" vengeance. The case embodied all the elements of vulgar everyday homicide. Judge Fitzgerald, in summing up, remarked that no matter how bad a man was, he was entitled to the protection of the law, and concluded by placing the burden of proof regarding Thaw's insanity on the defence. The Judge added that irresistible impulses had no place in the law. The jury were unable to agree, and were locked up for the night.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8398, 12 April 1907, Page 5
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184THE THAW CASE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8398, 12 April 1907, Page 5
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