It. was tuaeourate to say that thecom
munlly at large was a third party to
the ease. Except to sis* that Jusllee
Was done Is'liween the parlies the
world at large had no luteri'st in I In'
ease. Public opinions should not
weigh a feather weight, abstract prln
elph's were not to hi vindicated. nor
the country girl, the home and the
family. Personal opinions or wishes
based on the relations between the
parties or other facts are not to hi'
considered.
It Is a question as to whether a con
tract to marry existed and whether, If
broken, there was an excuse for break
lug. The verdict was not to vindicate
the character of either parly. Al
though much of the testimony was un
lit to lie revlewisl 11 was to he said, to
the credit of the parties, that they had
handled indelicate details as carefully
and decently as possible. Nearly all
of the counsel had observed the same
restraint and he regrettml that this
could not be said of all the counsel.
(Here all eyes wer * turned to Pel, Phil
Thompson.)
Any revolting standards of manhood
which had been sei up were not to he |
weighed as evidence, nor were collat
eral details to be allowed to obscure
the main Issue. The credence to be
placed upon the testimony of plaintiff j
and defendant where they differed
was to bo adjudged In the light of the
( ha v aeier of lives of the two, as shown,
and of other circumstances afifeettng
their credibility.
After reviewing the contentions of
the two parties briefly he read the le
gal Instructions granted, which have
already been printed.
