The jury was instructed that, if it
brought a verdict of guilty of murder it
should designate whether the punish
ment shop id be death or life imprison
ment.
The court went to considerable length
fo explain the law on Justifiable homi
cide. holding that the defendant to be
lustifted must have convinced the Jury
that she believed she was in imminent
danger of losing her life or suffering
*rcat bodily harm and had used all
reasonable means apparent to a reason
able person under the circumstances to
avoid the danger.
The customary definition of reason
able doubt and direction to give the
defendant the benefit of any reasonable
<'o"bt concluded the Instructions.
During the reading of the charge to
the Jury. Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, who sal
In her usual seat opposite Clara Hamon,
cried silently. She kept her eyes closed
tightly and choked back sobs. Tears
ran down her checks.
Clara Hamon sat beside her uncle,
Ben Harrison, and was unmoved as
Judge Champion read through the long
charge.
(|nntr* tlilite and Hlvtory.
H. H. Brown, special Prosecutor, In
opening argument for tiie State, stressed
that he had not been employed by the
Hamon estate, nor .Mrs. Hamon, the
widow, to prosecute, but had been ap
pointed by the District Judge.
lie said he had no personal feeling
In the matter and explained, turning
o Clara Hamon and her relatives, that
in the heat of battle lawyers eald things
they otherwise might not say.
This was interpreted as an apology to
Mrs. Smith, the mother of Clara, to
whom Wr. Brown referred yesterday as
"Ihe old woman."
Xlr. Brown delved into Biblical and
ulted States history for similes -,o
point the way of duty to the Jurors.
