Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-08-28

which hereafter yon may expect to iri merry
winch cannot be extended Ia you here. lou VIII
liam BEAMS the elder are person whose condition
iS ME ought TO have taught sou To restrain any
ru'y disposition IA your less enlightened neigh.
bours, instead ot becoming Que cfthe most forward
in the preparation ofthose Offences which placed
your town tor several days in state of ,repia,ion
and alarm Yen hnastcd, how ever of your SITUATE
on, aud TOOK with you your own to De the part
ner OF your cr"nes Considering his youth, and
the influence which your evil example may he sup
pose', to have had upon him. lac is placed among
these who are recommended to the mercy Of the
throne. You George Grow, were one OF the num-
Der, no, at lsie hour af the night, broke the
dwellings ottwo psaeesbe individuals against whom
you had no cause OF offence. One oc them, whose
ageand infirmitias were entitled to protection snd
respect, was subjected to your violence and plan
der the other had the good fortune to escape fully
ny flying from You. Yosr offence, therefore, is
merely that OF which you have been convicted ::
you came there MT with that intention alone, but
10 destroy ihs life OF one person. You John Den
MS are alsn person whose condition life might
have laugh, you TO restrain the wicked passions OF
Others. You cndeayoucd, on your first appearance
IN us place. to represent to the Court that yoi had
heen compslt by force 10 leave the place of your
dwelling, and give your assistance III Numbering the
inhabitants Of Tins city. The jury to whom this re-
pre- senaiion referred, Did. even that occasi-
on, repudiae the evidence. Two other trials follow
e., and YOU were found standing forward the lea
uer ci tnat lawisss band which entered the city Tor
the purposes CT plumber and violence, and armed
with more dangerous weapon than the rest of your
associates Non Isaac Haley were the first who as
sauite'l the reverend minister OF your parish at his
own door you stood first OF that wicked assembly
and demanded money oihim and having refused
that mod, rate sum he offered, you enforced from
HIM the delivery of his money, by your own bodily
stree 9Th forced your way into his dwelling, and COM
PEELED him and his family fly a that late hour for
their lives. Ynu Thomas South the younger, appear
to have been of the most actJe in these wicked
Transactions which took place in your town you
look tiom one ot your neighbours the savings per-
hsps oi many years and then proceeded to anolh-
err, and forced him to part with such SUMS rs you
and your lawiess companions demanded With
deadly wespon in yosSr hand, you afterwards went
10 the house OF an aged woman, and shook it over
her head. In addition 10 these outrages there are
no less than four other cases in which the Grand
Jury your country have found bills of Indictment
against you You, then, the FIVE whom l have ad-
dressed, let me again exhort you to apply your
selves by Penilence and prayer, to obtain from Hea-
ven the pardon Of your crmes''
lie then passed the awful sentence Of the law
on item. All the other conyicts were discharged
On tier recognizances and all the others impiica
ted were Informed that The Crown would not pre-
Ter any prosecution against them.