The Express.
London, England, 1848-01-08 00:00:00

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No. 425.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 8, 1848. [3d.

kind, but there is one observation which I cannot avoid
making. Who was the victim in this instance? A farmer
and a farmer not of the wealthiest clam Nothing can better
indicate the true character of the outrages that arc now dis-
gracing the country,—nothing can better show that they are
levelled not solely against those who possess rank and wealth.
And if these crimes proceed, and be not checked by a vigor-
ous, prompt, and effective administration of the law, I think
there is something in what has occurred in the exhibition
made in the course of your trial, to show the Armen of
the couutry—the claw to which your victim belonged—that
not one of them can ay that his dwelling—his hearth—his
family—his property—his life—are not liable to the 1-k that
attiches to outrages such as that for which you have been found
guilty. Tho duty now devolves upon me of pronouncing upon
you the awful sentence of the law. You sent Kelly, without
delay or warning, to his last account. The law will
be more merciful to you. He has been summoned by your
act to the presence of his Maker, without preparation. You
shall have ample time to prepare your immortal soul for the
presence of an offended God. Entertain not for amoment
the least hope that your sentence will be averted or mitigated.
So surely as the sun shall rise upon the day I em
about to name, so surely upon that day you die.
(Sensation.) Reflect upon it, I conjure you. Turn
to God—reft ct upon your crimes. Take advantage of the
time that will be allowed you—it will be short, but it will be
long enough for repentance.
Prisoner : I hope you will give me a long day, my lord.
The Lord Chief Baron : It will be long en"ugh to seek
that pardon from Heaven which you cannot get upon earth ;
hut which you have only to seek from Heaven to obtain.
Spend the few remaining days in the exercise of repentance
and devotion, for which lon will receive ample assistance from
the spiritual directors in whose charge you will be placed.
Spend them, I implore you, thus, sad you may not-
withstanding the depth of your guilt, utd notwithstandicg
what I fear from what appeared before us are the multitude
of your crimes, from the God of mew, receive that
mercy which you denied to your own Mow-creature. It
only devolves upon me now to pronounontie &wren &teem of
the law,and that sentenoe is, that having bola taken back to the
prison fromwhich you were brim& here, andhaving been kept
there until the 6th day of Fehr use; mgt, dual be ow that day
taken to the common place of execution' and there hanged
by the neck until you are dead, and your body buried within
the preciucts of the prison in which you shall be confined
after your convic'ion. And may the Lord have mercy upon
your soul. (Sensation.)
The unfortunate culprit heard his sentence with the same
calmness and apparent unconcern which characterised him
throughout the trial. He remained for a few secouds in
the position occupied by him during the sentence, and then,
with a firm step, walked to the bark part of the dock.
The prisoner was then removed, but after a short time wee
ordered to be brought forward again. It wes discovered that
the day named for execution (the Gth February) would fall
on the Sa!ibath, and,
The Lord Chief Baron again passed sentence with the
same formality as before, merely changing the day from tl.e
6th to the I'th February.
The court Was much crowded during the awful solemnity
of passing sentence.
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long paned was then called over, and, after a largo number of
challeng. s on the part of the prisoner, a jury was sworn to
try the case cf Frewen, charged with bring an accessory
after the fact cf murder, by harbouring and conrmling in
his dwelling.hoase William Ryan, then charged with, and
now convicted of, the murder of John Kelly.
The Attorney General stated the case for the crown, and
the evidence heard in the trial of Ryan was again gone into.
The only new features were the production of some witnesses
to prove that Frewen won aware of the charge against Ryan
at the time he harboured him, and has he heard to say
' that hi, (Ryan's) name was in the general Hue nod Cry.
Mr. o'll, a ably addressed the jury for3the defence. Mr.
Bennett replied for the Crown; and alter a lengthened charge
front the Lord Chief Justice, the jury, without leaving the
box, found the prisoner " Guilty."
The Chief J ustiee passed sentence of transportation for
life.