Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-10-07

| prisoner Guf<tU.
SENTENCE OF DEATH was pro
nounced on Friday morning, by his honor
Chief Justice PARKER, who has, ct our re-
quest politely favored us with copy
SE.NTENCE.
JONATHAN JEWETr, JUNIOR.
You are now for the last time placed at the bar ,f
this human tribunal; chat the sentence of the law
TOR the atrocious crime of which y,u have bee, CON
vicie', may be awarded against you
at the last term OF this Court tn. Grand Iurx or
these counties presented Indictment against Won
tor the CRIME oil murder, which indictnou, was diem
continued because the Court 1T t,;it term haI no
authority to hear and try acapal offence ,ou wcr.
however brought into Ccut and Informed at ,b,.
charge, tor the humane purpose OF enabling Won n
prepare Tor your defence the slcce. ding tern, of
the Count.
At ths beginri Of ls term you were arraisned
at The bar, and pleaded not guilty to lie Charge
| try for trial.
Two able Coansellors of this Court, chosen BY
yourself, were assigned 20 prepare your defence
anu 10 advocate your cause before the Court aud
jury. When put upon AIR trial, you freely cx-
erclsed the right of challenge and twelve pood and
faithful men, flee from all prejudice. were sworn
wen ana trit to Try the issue aud true deliver
ance make between the Commonwealth and YOUR
SELF. '' '''
Alter patent and impartial nves,iestion bv that
tI,l al md
learned labours of your chosen Counsel and lv H..
adVice OF the Court in matters of law : you bav..
been pronounced by their verdict guilty of III.
CRIME whereof yon had been charged by the Grand
Jury. ~ anu
The testimony upon which this verdict was FINN
died. came from witnesses OF your own colour md
Kindred, so that no bias or prejudice against YOU
can be suspected '
lie Coort after deliberaton see no cause tod nh,
,he justice or legality of TIE verdict of the jury
f.srof h.,
murderer, set forth in the Indictment upon which
you have been so fairly and impsrtially tried and
| convicted. "''
The record ofthis Court will only show that ,o,
nave neeii su'''y OF murder but it proved on
the trial that the victim of your lu,u,s ii v;,d;c
| tive passions was feeble old man. bowed don,
with the weight ot years and infirmities. ba,ipn
been spared by the Almighty beyond the eornmoo
| period oil human iif- and that this man was the
author % yonr being, yotr father.
Ire law Enows 40 distinction in the crime nj
murder to take the life of reasonable bei., with
malice aioTttliought, is deemed 10 he proof of The
last stage ofhuman depravity, and the. degrees nf
a'roci'y cannot be asceri;neG b, grades If punish
m u'eh. Dea'h IS The penalty Of murder, aid more
IMAM death cannot be inflicted by human tribunals
bnt IN the sight oI that God who gave YOU If.
through him whose life YOU have taken. the nur.
heref o. parent cannot but lie viewed as exeeeflino
IN atiocty, beyond ali comparison any other crime
winch human being is capable ot accommodating
u"der whose roof3o enjoyed protection aud sup
port ended you for your idle and dissolute life
and that, not with verify than YOUR labitsand
conduct y. quirei.
You did not deny his accusation, that you left MIN
IN hIs extreme age to labaur not only for s own hat
ioryour comfort and subsistence while Won wasted
your time IN die or vicious pursuits Instead of ln
tening with becoming silence and resoeet IN ~.
proaches SO well deserved and with resolutions tn
apehd your lie with the lerociIy OF q savage or
VOnc f,rst I'll.
death, and with remorseiess fury buried it in the bo
som OF your fttheT and even sftcr this fatal blow
which pierced the iount-iu If life itself was st,,cL
you dragged the poor victim of your brutal rare A.
cross tne room, and gave him another cruel. and
r oDa1y mortal wouni, with the same deadly wea
psn
hs saugumary deed, so unnatural so barbarons
could not have been committed by one who until
then had pass life of innocence and virtue: but
scenes Of blood must have been familiar TO Won md
human lie must have been your sport
The evidence on the trial, furnishes ample rea-
son 10 beiicve that your savage fury had not been
Intercepted, you would before this have expiated az
la as you could by any human act or suffering, the
death Of The same old man who being entitled TO
your love and respect, has been the object OF YOUR
fercclous and unbridled passions
he IDLE, absolute and vicious life You have spent
mas no doubt hardened your heart and stlled Your
conscience; bat it to be hoped you know there IS
world TO come, and God whose tribunal is moro
aud whose anger, IL not appeased by sincere conir
tlon, on cannot stand before.
Einpoy then tie season Of life which may be still
Ieit YOU ~ searching your heart and in repentance
lo MI the crimes you may have committed for
u'ey are al known to that Being into whose pre-
s'nee your laat lnriid deed has hurried YOU
Even now u you call upon him in sincerity of
he'I ne may forgive you the Saviour Jesus Christ
may mtercedc fr you aud the punishment which
me law IS now about TO award, may be the last Won
will be called TO sufF r. -
The sentence at the law, which according TO the
Tenn duty imposed upon them, the Com 4 now, de
clare, that you be removed from this bar to the
prison from whence you was taken, that from
thence you be carried TO the place Of Execution
where you shall be hanged by the neck until Won arc
dead ''"''
And may God Almighty, Of his infinite grace.
haze mercy upon your SOUL
BY the evidence it appeared that OH the
evening Of the Goth of December last.
the prisoner having spent the day from
home in idleness and dissipation, returned
home between eight and nine O'Clock
That the deceased, n man nearly eighty
years old, reproved him for his idle1ess
and neglect Of duty, and complained of the
hardship of being obliged in his old age, to
provide provisions and fuel for the family.
and to support his son in habits of profiga-
cy and vice, and threatened to have him
" taken care Of"
This reproof, so well merited by the pri-
oner, was answered by some angry and in
solent remark and by an inquiry If the de-
ceased meant 10 haze u guaTTet?" To
which the deceased replied, if this was
quarrelling, he did-The prisoner then
said IL was best to have the ouarrel eettied