A SCENE IN COURT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4750, 21 July 1883, Page 3

A SCENE IN COURT.

The trial of the Jews in Vienna, aooußed of having murdered a young Christian girl in order to obtain her blood for use in a religious ceremony, has attracted much attention. Tha prinoipal witness waß 24 years old, a son of the ohief prisoner, Joseph Scharf. After detailing tho manner of the crime, kc, how thoy held the viotim so as to lose none of the blood, the son was cross-examined hy his father; and the general oharaoter of the trial is given in a verbatim passage of the examination, as contained in a despatch published on (June 25 :■— Prisoner : Look at me in the face, thou scorpion. President : Do not insult the witness. I understand your emotion, but behave properly before your Judge. Prisoner : Do you know me ? Witness : Yes ; thou art my father. Prisoner : What did thou tell the offioer at first? Witness: Nothing, beoause you had forbidden me to speak of the corpse. Prisoner: Ihou most wretched boy, thou dost not know what a corpse is. Witness : Tes I do ; it is a dead body. Prisoner : Then when I tell thee what thou sayest is false, I tell a lie P Witness : Yes, you are a liar. Prisoner : Thou infamous liar, do I deserve on false evidenoo to be hanged in the market-place F .WUtaess : That is no concern of mine; I ikspt wi_h to see thee again. Prisoner: W-Jp'-^j-Mtipfcou address me aB thou art doing? IWhwas ; Do you expect me to say " Your Grace " ? Toleration by the Oourt of suoh a soene as tbe general oharacter of the proceedings here exhibited, has provoked the bitterest feeling amongst the Jews. Young Soharf is considered a lunatic by several correspondents of the London preßS.