The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-06-24 00:00:00

THE CONDEMNED CONVICT.

The exemtion of Claude Scott Wodley, a lad of 19,
wle • was convicie I at the laet ststi one of the Central
Criminal Court of the warder of Sensuel Tn e, a pot
men:. at Bronip,on in Augnat last, under circumstancke
whica have att.:kited much pubic attentien, was
dud tsr Monday morning t ext in the gaol of Neivgate,
where the :wowed has been confined for recut or eight
weeks pact; but lie has, however, been re spited.
The jury, it may be remembered, added ts their
verdict a strong and emphatic recenimesilation
tu in, rcy on belirlt of the prisoner, and this Mr. J iwice
Ryles, who tried him, undertook to ferwaril without
delay to the proper quarter. Ever duce the con•
vie' in the relative, and friends of the prison. r, and
other ; cesone who bad interested theineelves in the
conduct of his di-fence, have been making strenuous
• fonts to place b• fore then, me Secretary certain facts
etited on the trial wian a view to indivie him to give
effect to the recommendation of the jury, and to re-
prieve the cenvict. The conviction of the pr iron. r was
due tnainly, Ii not solely, to the c infearion of guise on
hie part made several months after the mime had been
committed. As the Judge pointed one in lis charge
lee the jusy, the 031P1 stood or fell itcxirsliug to th-
rsliance which thy plead cn this statement, the evi•
den- e given in enpport of it hardiy in its sleet cc,
warranting trisp'inion against the accused. The "here
fact of Mel a corefersi wiihont corroborative evidence
to support its details, but, on the contrary, with eel-
deuce tending to cantradtct it, should not, it is arid by
these urging a reprieve, be taken too strongly am an
absolute proof of guilt, • speciatly remembering the
twiny instances inwhich simi'as statements have ben
me& by inure, sit persona from reasiden dela. b.. spite,
otherftrupuises. The prisoner, who wrt confined in
the co•ideamed cell in Nn-eirgate. behaved, Slice his
coriv:c don, in every tes;.ect with propriety, and
with a &to nivierat aiding of ihe dreadful position in
which he was placed; but finial shich ignominious
doom he has no w been reli,vi d.

COTTILIS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.
Leavenworth, 1C In ia gni,' to h lot of a wan wbo
to tell fl-a. oL. Aeneas, e Jen,t be got inb., one picture. A
r he. print,- d Maned and shoulders, and enreunees
Mat. be will be cxettuuel next ',at.

A Wikcon-in Le'doolboy living very govi-naturedly
helped enothor In ,1 ini el! lesion, Wit phut' y or•tt..” eLt
by he teacher, " did you wo, k hit !worm t" fo le.ean
hi. work," ere the lop,.
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Ono of °lir mo lern poets has tlo followinr fine
flueoh, she was fair. but sorrow came and tall its trace.
there." What became of the remainder of the harness he
doeyliot sta'o.
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that Mr. Greeley' lgu at nre ?" Asked an inno-
cent neraon, polialf •to a. little wood-c .I.lu 12 I.rlbt,b's ad 'hr.
tfacment of What I knew of Kinn, g" th .t'a • pic-
ture of a new strwoll Wooten."

'Which aide tl the ntreet do yon live on?" eeid a
k COOLS t TCCCIAIy, eroet-ei tio!a,n ; a whiten. 0 I
either side, sir. It ye go um Way liii oa tho Zichc; )• go
the o9ter we) tt", on the left"
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A coarae,'ill•nutured ft How died in Winconsin
Rod bit blend. stumbled at tbe funeral, but ro one hal a
go.tword to say about tbe del3ased. At let g h o goof.
howled 0.1.1111111, no3o turned to go home, said, Veil, he
VA.O goof rcbm-irer."
A young lady, beeitat'og for • word in deacribing
the character of a raj .ctent auto r, lie inot a tryant,
n t • metly domincemcg, but—" "1) gmatic," rum,atea
e• rd.,. "No, he bm not d'gnity eroug% 1o• cost;
' pu.matle • trJu'd c.orey my onacing edre'r,b'y."
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The Mayor of Pr.:Wet:de, It.l at to 0-11 11'9
own rotary to 3 Ouo dot,. a year. Th•• vdo In toe ovuned ,ot
thajropoittlo wall Ve, and isio Unooy felt In hOtioUr
b.l.llJd to dud by hle Maude, to he got. his eta.lbg vote on
then. slde.

A siVzen of Nebraska was boasting eat in Ail town
there was:A either a doctor, a lau7sr, or a clergyman, aud
(LW roopeeller. Hew many Inhablaei• are there en.
clothe!. 7" naked a bystander. •' Welt, was 100 50 ply, "there's
ocly my family and my brother Jeka's, nod J.** Is the rum-
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An Amerfesn pep r Confairo an ol itnary n thee of a
late'y dime:aid musiclin illus.—. From that primeval hour
h it the Ott of If eternal beau,. oceratire throogh AdAmle
trsnrgresafou, each fleeting mooted t has Bean greeted on the
rust, of the epee' ral heat new loges from the cons of earth."

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A Boston papw Htys A bore run away yesterday,
&to a dcctor ran, aids amour ran. and a rev0r1.,,...1.0.
Thl hers, fell, the floor was nohla- the doctor had no case,
litcoroner no IF a, the reporter hadtats paragraph, am, that
wa-.. all that came out of the runaway.

A rrbool-b y b•ring been required to write • corn.
pod' ion cu some pars of the buwao body, expounded as
foil WI: 'The ttreet.—A thrust is COElrrnient to 111,0, thee-
CAST. to roosters end mtniatere Tile former este corn and
crows with It; tl latter punches tbro4,ll hien and then
Wee It up."
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" An cc mtotrie murderer Ilse tnrui- dap in Lonisvilbs,
Ken•ncky. (I:orge Walcott, Who killed a moldier at Frank-
fort corn. lima elm*, and for where arreek tinvet nor Lselle
offered fen deli. reward, had himielf arreated by a inend,
,eh, drew the reward and guy, it to Walcott. Wale It
Iminrillately gave Ilia money to the widow of hie victim. lie
was dinuk when the killing occurred."—New York Sun.