During the speech of Mr. Curtiss, the vast audience hung in breathless silence upon his lips; and when he resumed his seat, it was very evident that the tide of public feeling had begun to turn. The prisoners, inspired with hope, rose from their seats, and stood leaning over the pickets of their boxes. Such was the eagerness to catch every word that the sheriff was obliged several times to rap with his pole and call "_order!_ ORDER!!" The witnesses for the defence were next called, and sworn, and examined. First, Frank Lenox. _Mr. Curtiss._ "What is your profession?" "I am a physician." "How long have you been in practice?" "About thirteen years." "Was Hugh Fuller your patient?" "He was." "What was his disease?" "Typhoid fever." "Have you been familiar with that fever in your practice?" "I have had many cases every year." "How have you commonly found the reason affected by this disease?" "The mind is frequently subject to aberration, but more frequently in the typhus, than in the typhoid fever." "Had you any reason to think the mind of Mr. Fuller was thus affected by his disease?" "At times his language was strange, and his thoughts incoherent. But he was more free from aberration than patients generally in that fever." "How near the date of his alleged confession, do you remember to have witnessed any such wanderings?" "I think his mind was rather wandering on the previous morning." _Mr. Burke._ "Had you given him medicine from which unnatural excitement could result?" "I had not." Cross examination by Mr. Willard. "Did you consider him of sound mind and memory on the night of his confession?" "I did." "How did he appear after the confession?" "Very much relieved.--calm and peaceful." "Are you confident that his mental aberrations resulted from his disease?" "I considered them in a great measure the result of a troubled conscience." Mr. Curtiss sprang to his feet, and said, "May it please your Honor, I must object to that question. It calls forth a reply not legitimate to the profession of the witness. Cases of conscience belong to the Clergy." _Judge._ "The witness will proceed, confining himself to facts pertaining to the case." Mr. Marshall, the Attorney General, asked, "was there any particular subject on which his mind seemed to be dwelling in what you supposed mental aberrations?" Mr. Burke arose under considerable excitement. "Your Honor, I must protest against the introduction of testimony going to show the subject of a crazy man's thoughts." Mr. Marshall stood waiting to reply. "Your Honor will consider the special importance of this testimony as showing the state of the confessor's mind, and the subject which principally occupied his thoughts." After a prolonged discussion of the admissibility of this testimony by the learned counsellors, the Judge decided the question in order, and directed the witness to proceed.