The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1778-11-24 00:00:00, page 3

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 7. .
The following is a copy verbatim of the sentence of
the Court upon John Roberts, convided of High
Treason, pronounced by his Honour the Chief
'Juftice.
John Roberts,
YOU have been indeed, and after a very long,
a very fair and impartial trial, been cdnvided
Ct High Trifon. You have had all the indulgence
and adv a nta[ethat the law wvuld allow you ; you
have had a copy of your indictment, and of the pan
nil of rhe jury, a fufficient time for your defence
and challenges.
The jury who have found you guilty, were luch
as may be justly hid that you yourielf approved of,
for thong.: the law gives you a liberty to challenge
thirty five you have challenged but thirty three, io
you allowed the red to be An ind fferent jury to pass
Between the hate and you upon your life and death.
Your Council have moved for a new trial and the
Court have disallowed that motion, being fully
Satisfied you have been honviAed upon legal and
clear evidence; tbr.r next step is to proceed to
judgment ; and furry Lam, that it falls to my lot
to pronounce the dreadful sentence, but I must dis
charge my duty to my country.
Treason is a crime of the moll dangerous and fa al
conf-qnence to society ; it is of a must malignant
nature; it is of a crimson colour and a scarlet dye.
Malictoofly to deprive one man ofiife merits the
pun fitment of death, and blood lor blood is just
yefauton. What pmifhment then must be deserve,
who joins the enemies of his country, and endea
vours the t&a! deftruaton of the lives, liberties and
property of ALL HIS FELLOW CITIZENS ; who wil
filly aids and affits in so impious a haute; a cause
which has been core pl cated with, the horrid and
crying fins °f murdearing thouiands, who Were
not duly innocent, but meritorious; arid aggravat
ed by burning fume of them alive and starving
others to death. It is in vain to plead, that you
have not personally allied in this wicked business ;
for all who countenance and assist, are partakers im
the guilt. Your ju/ & on {ave encouragement to the
invaders of your country ; your example occasioned
the defection of others, and you exerted yburfelf in
forwarding their arbitrary designs. It is in vain to
plead, that you fled to the enemy for pretext on
a> ainft some of your neighbours, who threatened
vour life because they thought yen a tory ; for
vou might have applied for, and ob ained protection
from tfiefcfo Migrate or from tire army of your
own country. ''lt is in vain to plead, that you in
tended to relieve some Friends who were ordered
Under a guard to Virginia for government was then
doing a neceffaty and usual aA in like cases for its
brefcrvation; the tefttaining men, whose going at
farye was thought dangerous to the community, and
puttm them for a time under a gentle,confinement.
Your ofcring to par yourfelf at the head of a troop
of hoife of the enemy, and to effed this refeue at the
r'q 4 e of your 1 fe, was a ftran^e piece of conduct,
in cae who pretended that he was confeientioufly
(crapulous of bearing arms in any case. A
las ! happy had it been for you had you fallen un
der the like indulgent refiraint, and been also feat
to Virginia.
I is trie, and I mention it with pleasure, that
voir imereft with the Commander in Caief of the
fcitifh army was frequently employed ia acts of
humanity, charity and benevolence. This must
afford you fomo comfort, and your friends some
con folation; but a good General would have done
the fame things to a vanquished enemy; and they
can by no means cornpenfate for treason.
You will probably have but a short time to live.
Before you launch into eternity, it behoves you to
improve the time that may be allowed you in this
woild: It behoves you most seriously to reflect up
on your past conduct : to repent of your evil deeds :
to be incessant in prayer to the great and merciful
God, to forgive your manifold tranfereffions and
fi >< : to teach you to rely on the merit and passion
of a dear Redeemer, and thereby, to avoid those re
gions of furrow, those doleful Shades, where peace
and rest cun never dwell ; where even hope cannot
enter. It behoves you to seek the conversation, ad
vice and prayers of pious and good men ; to be
importunate at the Ihrone of Grace, and to learn
tie way that leadeth to happiness. May you, re
fleeing upon these things, and pursuing the will of
the great Father ofUiJrt and life, be received into
the company and society of angels and arch angels,
and t! e spirits of just men made perfcA; and may
you be qualified to enter into the joys of heaven ;
joys tin peakable and full of glory.
The Leg'fl^ute of this Commonwealth, agreeable
to the enity evinced by all their laws, have thought
proper to dire&, that persons guilty of High Trea
son, mould be dealt with and proceeded against, as
in other capital cases: And therefore the * solemn
judgment in Treason, heretofore prescribed by the
Laws of Pennsylvania, is now done away.
The Judgment of the Court therefore is,
“ You shall be taken back to the place from
whence you came, and from thence to the place of
execution, and there be hanged by the neck until
dead?
May God be merciful to your foul.
* The solemn judgment in Treason. under the
Government and Laws of Pennsylvania, before tne
late glorious Revolution, was as follows, viz.
66 You shall be carried back to the place from
whence you came, and from thence be dtawu to the
place of execution and be there hanged by the neck,
and then cut down alive : Your entrails fhau be
taken out and burned, while you dre yet alive,
your head shall be cut off; and your body divided
into four parts ; and your head and quarters be at
the King's d fpofal " 2 Hawkins, chap. 48. fed. 3.
I H. P. C 450. 2 H. P. C.^96. 4 Bla-kftone, 92.
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