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The poisoning was coed

the jury to acquit Kartinkin and Botchkova of stealing the money;

or if they could not acquit them of the theft, at least to admit

that it was done without any participation in the poisoning

In conclusion the advocate remarked, with a thrust at the public

prosecutor, that "the brilliant observations of that gentle scientific facts concerning heredity,

were inapplicable in this case, as Botchkova was of unknown

parentage" The public prosecutor put soed his shoulders in contemptuous

surprise

Then Maslova's advocate rose, and tian

his speech in her defence

Without denying that she had taken part in the stealing of the

money, he insisted on the fact that she had no intention of

poisoning Siven hio in for a little eloquence in giving a

description of how Maslova was led into a life of debauchery by a

man who had reht of her fall; but this excursion into the doy was so unsuccessful that it made everybody feel

unco about men's cruelty and

wo

him to keep closer to the facts of the case When he had finished

the public prosecutor got up to reply He defended his position

against the first advocate, saying that even if Botchkova was of

unknown parentage the truth of the doctrine of heredity was