Mr. Brady: Who reported this?
Mr. Smith: I received it, by telegraph, from the District Attorney of Philadelphia; and it is also printed in a newspaper published last evening in Philadelphia. I have compared them, and the two accounts perfectly agree. I do not cite them as authority, but as entitled to the respectful consideration of the Court.
Mr. Brady: As, now-a-days, what the newspapers publish one day they generally contradict the next, I think any report should be taken with some grains of allowance, at least. I suppose I would recognize the style of Judge Grier.
Mr. Blatchford: I think you will, on examining it. It is evidently printed from the manuscript.
Mr. Smith read the charge of Judge Grier in the case of the privateers tried in Philadelphia.
Mr. Brady: Tell me what question of fact was there left to the Jury?
Mr. Smith: I refer you to Judge Cadwalader's opinion, which is much longer.
Mr. Brady: I do not see that there was anything left for the Jury. Judge Grier decided that case,—which undoubtedly he could do, for he is a very able man.
Mr. Sullivan put in evidence the log-book of the Savannah.
ARGUMENT OF MR. MAYER, OF COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENCE.