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sidereel and delertnitten on by the Court, and in
leading them to seek consolation where alone it is
611 he found, let me again urge upon your attention
•s hat has been so properly suggested to your minds
by my Learned Bendier on the right (Lord Gi'lies)
—that it is not alone by the law of man that the
penally of your crinie is determinable, bur the in.
.^totoble end le/remodels decree of the Must
has ordained, that, " Whosoever spillefh
the Wood of snan. by man shall his blood Le spitt-
ed." Prison.rs, the Iwo of 111/114 1111 respects your
great crimeeformed upon thy bawls of this decree,
iissw demands for its ow', preservation, as far as thiss
Court is concerned. the administratorsu of its pe-
oalty in your case; arid I trust in God, that, as my
../.Y1'1111(1 Brothers have already observed. the effects
•,1 this example will he salutary on the country
mg tare, and in partirlllllt no that body of men who
ere emitted. when howfully called nut, to use their
oem• io aid of the civil power, for the protection of
the liberties of their country, but they are not to use
them as the means of egirreonon on the ;peace. free.
.tom, and lives of their fellow subjects; and,
t: sough when lawfully called out, the exertions
intrepidity of thes!se spirited men which corn.
the military service of the coosiiry—(Many
siorniconionimioned officers and privates were at this
tieie regent in Court, and very attentime,whieh
I trust always will, as they ever have been, evailielde
on proper occasions—though I repeat. those lawful
exertions will always entitle theirs to the honour
;::d respect of their country; yet when their exer-
r. 01111 are wantonly, unprovoked'y, and orfiiiiti.
directed ag lost she levet they 111 C 60111111
'o obey and to protect. tley most answer for their
eielduct before nit impartial Jury of their country,
and before a Court of Justice that is determined
ro toehold the law. The only object the Court lies
had In view was, that the truth of the facts should
to made evident, and the law of the lamd impar-
ts illy upplird ; and I hope it will teach the corstioy
to value and respect the decisions of Its Courts. I
pi-,y to Almighty God that he will lead you to look
will to your future conduct during the short time
whirls the sentence of the law can allow you
10 contioue in this world. lam sorry to announce
is, yore, John Dempsey, that the verdict of the
Jury being unaccompanied by any implied
trimatino of your guilt, there is out the least pros.
r-ect that in this world a purlieu can be extended so
ems ; and sorry am I to find that the circumstances
of sour rest. would not Love justified a recontinen.
of mercy in the verdict finding you guil.y.
Let me therefore most solemnly entreat you to pre-
pare yourself for the approach of that dissolution
oie the verge of which yoo are standir4. As to
you, David Sarin... although I shall most cer-
seedy concise w•th my Lee.reied Brothers in commit-
Meeting the Judy's recommendation of mercy Its the
prisper quarter, yon must be duly sensible dust the
tate of that recommendation does not rest with the
Court. It is therefore incumbent on you, as Writ as
sip, your unfortunate companion, now that you are
shortly to appear to fore the judgment see! of Christ,
situ in order that yore may be able to appear there in •
rr favourable light than you have appeared in
Mere, it becomes us to charge you to examine the
r•most recesses of your heart,. and to searrli the
Si•riptaires, with the aid of the religions coolestl of
vasee who will be ready to administer it, that yon
sy he able to make your pence with God. I have
now to declare to you the sentence of the Court.
Ills Lordship now read the senteeice authorised
by the Act to prevent the crime of murder in Scot-
L eed—That they he executed at Edinburgh no
Wed's. whey the 1311 i of December next, between
tie hours of eight and ten its tbe morriiiig, sod
their bodies be afterwards given to Dr. Alexander
IM:soiri), for dis,eetiote.
The Prisoners ale good-looking young men, and
oeprored in great agony of mind, patticulsrly Sur-
r,ee. who did not creoe to shed tears from the
tone the verdict was proilltUtiCt 11. S:trrige is a
cative of England, and Dempsey is an Irishman.

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