The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-03 00:00:00

two yardS of-his father,-wino wail oh Abe torn. Ain
drew Turner had a bayonet in his • hand. After
witness was- knoCked down .he crept,-.under
and one said damn him, tie hirn:- Heathen wenf
to get out of the room, bUt one of them gave him a
kick on the breast and forced him join the bed; and
another man stood on his breast and forced:him to
cover his head with the clothes. Oee of the men
asked his .father for his money; but he AA not hear
his father Speak ; another of them said, give -him
another stab Or two. Heard ink father say,. " Gen-
tlemen, I will give it up, I cannot stand this arty
longer." There was a desk in the morn with some
silier in it, and a bladder, as a purse;'in which was
some gold. They went. backward and -forward
through the house. Both of his younger brothers
were also stabbed: His father died beforeahe parry
left the house.. It was a menth.befOre 'witness re-
covered.- He had received twenty-two woupds.—
There were two windoWa taken off from the back
of the house. The gang remained about DkO'hours
iii the 'house'; witness's .father Was reputed to be a
rich man. Thefinnily all kneW• O'Neil, the pre-
ceding witness. 7
.Several‘vitnesses.being.examined, who established
the guilt of the prty,
The Learned Judge addressed-the:Tr:try ; his Lor-
dship recapitulated the evidenCe of the different wit-
- tresses in a clear P‘lld Pers,picubut- manner, 'and:point-
-ed out the bearipos of the several parts pf it, 6bserv.
ing upon it with considerable 'farce.
After his 'Lordship had finished his charge, the
Jury retired, and in a few Minutes
.'returned 'a ver;.
"diet, -finding the prisoners guilty, both of the mur-
der and btirglat:y.
. After- the Jury had 'returned their 'verdict; 'his
Lorriddp paesed kir a few mintues, hod then in a
'very soleinn and impressive manner addres'sed the
prisbners toothe following effect :
" David Montgomery, John 'Chambers, and
Daniel Stewart, you. have been tried for thia mur-
der of Alexander -M'Culloch on the Night of the
ethof November 'last, and also for a burglary in
his dwelling-house. Of that burglary and of
.that
murder you have bben foUnd ; a murder the
most 'barbatotis and 'inhuman ; for if it is possible
that murder can admit ofaggravation, every cireuni-
stance Of this deed of horror tends to render it .most
atrocious. it appears That you and a , number of
trthers conspired together fOr the purpose of corn,.
stnitting a robbery itfthe house of this man, and That
you armed yourselves with deadly weapons. You
knew that thoughte was old, 'he was strong, and
might make resistance, and though six 'of you corn, •
,bined, you carried. with you bayonets and pistols,
and must have had in contemplation, if he made
such resistance, to commit murder, rather than be'
prevented from accomplishing your plan of robbery.
I have not.in the course of any experience known a
more barbarous and shocking act. You, entered the
dwelling house of this than after he had gone to
bed, and, while surroultded with his 'children, you
attacked him with bayonets and pistols. Ile
deavoured to defend himself, bat you overpowered
him. Even after this,- when yoki had tied and dis-
abled him from making further resistance, you ton-
tinned to cut and mangle him till his body exhibited
one continued wound. It appears so strange as
hardly to be believed that human beings should per-
sisr in such a bloody scenes and feel no compassion,
even when he was tied and rendered unfit to make
farther resistance. It manifested a spirit of barba-
rity and inhumanity which I did not think existed
in thiscountry. It is in-vain for you to exped mer-
cy.—ln this world you can have none.—lndeed, you.
yourselves shewed no mercy—no compassion to that
Unfortunate than, when, in the midst (Allis crying,
helpless family, you, before the eyes of the chil-
dren, shed the blood ()lithe Father. You have been
guilty of the primeval crime, and must meet the,pu-
nislitnent that was pronounced on it--r,“'whOever
sheddeth man's' blood, by man shall his blood be
shed."—'f llere Chambers cried bitterly; and intreat-
ed for mercy ! " Mercy, 0 my -Lord, have mercy,
and give as long .a day as. possible."}-4n this world
the gates of. inery are shut against you, and even
your intreaty for mercy to lengthen your time can,.
not be granted.-=lt ;s impossible.—The law pre-
scribes your day of punishment. Men guilty of
such a barbarous, inhuman, and shocking murder,
must;speedily be sent out of this world ; and you,
short as.your tithe is; it is not so short as. what you
allowed that onfortunate person, whom you &jet:n-
ay murdered, and to -Whom you shewed no Mercy,
although now so clamorous to have mercy extended
to yourselves. In -the little time that remains to
you, prepare to meet your God. [Chambers cried
out—".o ! for Jesus sake, for Jesus sake, mercy,,
Mercy, do not send me into eternity—make of, me
any thing you will, butt spare my life."). The cur-
tain of this. world has! dropped upon you.—Enslea-
your to save your souls, your immortal part. As
for your bodies, they are doomed to suffer the pu-
-nishment of the law: In the Midst of this accu•
mulated scene of horror and of, blood, 1 feell
glimpse of consolation,. that I can make a distinc+
non of one from the .other, and which I shall attend
to hereafter. It is the case of Stewart, which is
somewhat different in its complexion of moral guilt;
though not in -point of legal criminality. By the
evidence/of the witness O'Neil, and also that of Mr.
son, it appeared that Stewart used his
endeavours successfully, in saying the house from
being burnt: • The contemplation of such an event
is shocking to, human nature. What .an awftil car
lamity must have followed, had that dreadful idea
been carried into effeEt, and his family' of young
,thildren been, censumed.A:vith the mangled-body.ef
their father. . The preventing of -such an enormity
ria certainly some alleviation of SteWart's.guilt, and
therefore not so • much out of r..gard: for him,, as
from 'a regard to Others in society, whos'e safety may
came into sUCli'arrawful sitomion, -tarn glad that I
am enabled to distinguish his case.' But as for you,
Montgomety:and ChaMbers, there is nothing in- the
case of either of yon to brighten 'the deepest shade Of -
guilt. -
.The Only mercy that I can she* to you; ia.
Pa 'tell you -there is na hope for you. -To reOueit of.
you Out to entertain the slightest expeEtation of it.-
TO impress-cponyour minds'iharyon must,pasitiVely,
and certainly' die_ in pursuance Of the'aWfial.Sentence
of the law.whieb it is iiviv,ipy duty 'to pronounce. •
HisLordshipthen sentenced them to be hAnged:
on 'Friday ilext;.'and-theiribodies- 'to..be: 'Afterwards'
public:y disseCtetL