The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-04-23

"'iiSi ScuIa DC expected, was from the tetti-
mony of the two !ecoads. One Of them i'm
mediateiy fed. The other fecond was Charles
BaIratt, OF this city. He was apprehendcd
and tried. 1t was known, at thar time, that
not veitige OF evidence could be produced
againit him. Ofcourle, his trial was, with
regard TO hlrniclf, nothing b,@ a ceremony,
and an ahiolute nuliitv, But this fep had
a very ferrous cftcSt in preventing the
ultimate execution of iufice upon the princi-
pal oftender, Bytrying Barr2tt with 70 much
expedition, 1t was made impraHicable TO pro-
duce him rs witnelS upon the fubfequent
trial, if fuch there fhould be, of Shelton ZONES.
Report ipeaks hardly of Barrat,'s conduct at
the duel;* hu whether the report be true or
tale, 1t is cctain 1hat in the eye Of law, the
offence of Baratt was traing, when compared
with that of me real aAaG,n. The traight
road 60 juitict was, therefore, to haze obtain
ed from the governor pardon fer Barratt
This, he uluf, of courle, have been directed
| to produce III court, or upon his refuial, the
! proper ofl@er could have produced copy Of
It he next fep was, TO have bound oyer
1arratt to appear as wltneis when Shelton
Jones ihouid Dc apprehended. The memori-
alItt Alarms, therefore, that Barratt's tra! was
nos an a6f oE juf.ice; but that it was mere
form, burietqGe, an outrage upon all the
! tupttantial ends and purpofcS Of juffice.
hat if any doubt had remained as to the
| groiS negligence, that reffed l5,astvhs,.s, the
| hhtory Of the other fecond exnnguiihcs all
| queitions upon the matter. Wltillire owls
attended MIR. Seldom to the held. 7 ma. he
! was preient, We learn, from thc coroner's
| proclamation. He abiconded for fhort time.
But ne has long fnce returned to his country
| ieat, wi5hn a Tila of Richmond He reGdes
ms ti.ss n1oment. He Is often in This civ,
MI Lewis can, at any Tina, be arrrf "a UPON
anhour's warning. Not,p:ss }sItIly7o his nm
fortunate Conne64; I. with this eiuel thc ,o,,n,,
| gentlemen Bears an amiable, and an honorable
character IN the world. rs the iccond of Mr.
| Seldom, his conduct has never been called n
quegtion, rs an horcf man, as 4 g,-3d err
zen, as the friend OF the deceafed, he can feeI
no reluctance in fulfilling his part for bring
ing the criminal to iuifice The read is o1,en
! and vide. What might have been done with
| barrat, san ttill be done with Lewis. i :.
| !heFciore, m'it RESPECTFULLY Submitted 20 the
! hohofobic the ai7arbly OF Virginia, whether
they will not confer evefIafinp hon9r ~
F! theruteIVes, yindiCate their nationa. charaaar
{! and teCure the araritudo and confidence of g,
| generous people, BY Topping forward in the
| line OF their duty, and by performing rraa+
/ luminous, ard mott nece1ary act Of ;n}}ica
ne memorable fuggehs that they can tb,s
repair that enormous, that ruinous breach i,
the police and cha. atte' Of the commonwealth
which has been made by the executive conn
GU. hey can iEttantly order the arrchnenf
or tNf EViltitlre Lewis. They can as readi-
y obtain his pardon from the governor. Tbsv
can then bring hun to bear as witDefs il tbs
tFisi OF Skeiton Jones. Every LAWYER in the
honorable aAembly muf be ccnicioue thar :
th0uiand Precedents ofthis kind are 70 be found
j" the raw Leports OF that intelIigen. and ors.+
people, from whom our lyltem of IepiG5tion
mas 0een eXchtiyciy derived The obhn.-
FcR~e IN wlnch murder is held in FroIsnd
t'S recently received ! noR res7ark36le H.
iui5ratior. In January Taft, geyernor WI
was hanged at Iyburn, for this crime H.
vas related 70 the duke Of Norfolk. ,gho ,,,I..
as the hit peer in England. Mr.. Waii ~
committed the fact at the diitance OK more ,tar,
G'S'1eeh years before his trial He WIS con"
nue,'1 Vi proving that his crime was onJy cnj-
Paoie honicIde, Or perhaps of proyino a. =
was no crime az all, that he iurrendersd b;r,
'eif' yoiunteef to iunice. After fan+s,,1a
me fing,s privy council was called. council
%h!ch, IN That cafe, behaved very unlike o,,rs
Nehner the lntcreR of me duke of JorcoiL
nor ISG OF other eminent perions, could fave MT
W ali rom The gibbet Yet the perfon. for
who's death he fufsred, had only Seen in the
very humble ftuation of Britifh fe-iearf.
IT even ieens probable, that his death was nm,
deilgned; ana that Mr.. Wall could nave no
previous intentionto kill him.
ne memorable bcgs leave to add what
e,vefyime9lber ofaGembiy knows TO Be true.thst
@"eiton Jones, the reputed murderer, has, for
@6oye ten months psf, rclided IN Richmond
5c has annourgcJ fim(>if in the newspaoerg.
as an author fie asboaacd Of his innocence
and OF lhe rcta-n 81 nonniar caeer, tn Ii -