ried into
execution, and having been carried into execution, terminated in
the killing of Cronin, and that these men are liable for the
murder."

From this point Judge Longenecker went through in detail the entire
record of the case as it affected the defendants collectively and as
individuals and then continued:

"I believe I have gone over the main points of the evidence. Of
course, there will be evidence here and there showing conclusively
that this conspiracy was well planned, and showing conclusively to
your minds before you are ready to render your verdict that these
defendants are guilty. I said that this was a conspiracy. Any one
who looks at the evidence can see very readily that the acts
committed of themselves are conclusive that the murder was the
result of a conspiracy. When Dr. Cronin's body was found the head
was cut in a dozen places--from behind and on the temple--showing
that they had killed him by giving him lick after lick until his
life was beaten out. All that will be described by the doctors; the
condition of the body shows that the blows were dealt from behind.

"Now, a conspiracy is made up of certain acts by individuals,
either together or separate, and every act that was done by either
of these parties necessary to carry out the object of the
conspiracy binds the others who were in the conspiracy. For
instance, if a conspiracy existed, then the act of Coughlin in
hiring the horse was the act of Burke, the act of Sullivan, or the
act of Beggs, or any other person who engaged in that conspiracy.
The renting of the cottage by Burke under the name of Williams was
the same as if they had all gone there and rented it. The going
over to P. O'Sullivan's to tell him they had rented the cottage was
the going over of all those interested in the conspiracy, and so in
making the contract with Dr. Cronin. If O'Sullivan made a contract
and those other parties were in the conspiracy, and that was a part
of the conspiracy, then they all entered into that contract as a
part of the work to be done. Every act that was done by either of
those parties before the commission of the crime is the act of all,
if you believe there was a conspiracy to kill Dr. Cronin.

ALL ARE GUILTY.

"Another thing I wish to call attention to, and that is that th