Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-06-18
MIL NEWS.
RICHMOND, June 2.

Thomas Logwood, was yesterday brought
before the Federal Court to receive fcntencc for
'countcrteitns the .bank notes Of TIE united
states. In!lead of introducing into one indiet-
ment, 'he various charges againit HIM tor coun. I
,erfeiilng 40, so, and 100 dollar notes. and for
forging gold money, they were branehcd out IN.
to five different Indictments, 70 THAT If the form
OF the f Il indictment had been contrary to
--s---s-~ror ", wfr'o- a.suid Occcrd Il.
mish, not contain the Objectionable clau es. -
The court waits for the arrival of Mr.. Symptom.
Gather Of the bank of the United States, from
Philadelphia, to put him on his trial on the
fourth indictment. On the four others he mas
been tried and convicted by jury. The fecond
indictment was difmided from fome want Of for-
maii'y. The court therefore intended 70 give
fentence IN the frit only
Judge Msrina!, after having made his remarks
on the formaii,y OF the indiGt mcnts, proccededto
pronounce the icntsnce. lie obfcrved, that the
pnnihment was lr.t by the law to the difcre-
lion Ut he court; but that it could not exceed
10 years imprisonment, and a fine Of 1000 dol.
lars that the prcisnt cafe fsemcd as atrocious
ss any cafe could poihbiy be, and that it there-
fore meriied the very highef puniihment which
the law had permitted the court 10 inGi6t that
nc was NOT one Of thoie who thought that fep.
arate pnnlihment could tic indicted for every fep.
afa'e charge. becaufe, according to this princi.
pie, the punsihment might be 20 multiplied on
the head OF a criminal, as to exceed the very
ereateit limit which The letter of the law had AZ.
hgned and becaule from the very nature Of the
crime, ne did not believe the legislature had
even intendci that this iimi, h3uld be exceeded.
as they would readily hare cnGdered q at any
one VINO would have undertaken to counterfeit
one note would have extended their Ingenuity
70 notes OF different value that as the court
would therefore fentence the criminal TO the
hishrit term OF imprisonment which the law
mentioned without pretending to multipl, thofe
terms tor each icpa~ase charge: thar as to the
nne OF 5000 dollars, which would fall mott
heavIy, not upon the criminal but upon
ms family, and which might perhaps abf,rb
,ho'c rciources which ought to reimburie his
defrauied creditors the Court was not anxious
10 approach the greateif limits they fhould
condemn C, him to pay fine Of only 500 dolfa,s.
ne court therefore decided that thomas Log.
wood ihoud be imprdoncd niue years and
eight months, on the irtt ;ndiamen,, and fined
a9o doiiars-On the third indictment he fhould
Dc Imprisoned months, and fined dollars.
'hd Oh ths fifth, months longer, and dollavs
is Preiumed hat the executive coun.
n WI grant him lodging in the fta,cs Peni-
entiary.
>, BOSTON, JUNE "a.
1t was reported at New York on Friday lafs.
nat The Britiih men OF war Lcanaer and Gam.
'ran' had been fpoken with fome leagues fou,i,.
"afd OF Sandy Hook The French f,ipates.
We osiieve remain in New-York harbor.
ny an arrival at this port from Mar.
unique. We are Informed, that part Of
he iquadfon which went aeainft smrinam.
had returned ! and that tie blockade !. as again