Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-05-21
TUESDAY, MAY u, 1913.
TIE UNITED STATES }
PC Mil II Il 49,.

TUESDAY, MAY II, 1873.
TIE UNITED STATES
l.w,. q H.,e }Nal' Robbery.
IN consequence of the Youth Of this pri-
soner, Gagged % years. the attorney gene
raj suggested that lift could be- douc With
proprIrly, he would consent To the plea
oi guilty being entered on the 3d count of
The hdicimeni, which wonii subject The
prisoner 10 Imprisonment only After
some conversation al the bar, difficulty
was suggested as 10 the right of The dis
lr'ct attorney to enter uoIle prusequi on
the other two counts, which would sub
lect the prisoner 10 sentence of death, If
he were convicted un them.
The attorney general then suggested
The proprieiy oil laying The case before HE
Jury, and remarked, Ihat should the pra-
oner he convicted ON all tlIu counts In the
indictment, an application wnu,,i be made
10 The President 10 enter uOiie proseuui
OH Tie two FIRST counts, previous To SEN
tence being past, so that Rveniaallv the
sentence against the prisoner would be
on The thifd count.
The same Witnesses were then cxamin-
ed as IN The case oi JOS. +. Hare.
m. HeDmdn, Counsel for the prisoner.
IL is conceded By the prisoner at the bar,
'fat ne was one OF the persons concerned
III robblnS the mail In the preseu, Ia
S,auce, there Is EO evidence that there
was amy weapon used that would put life
III Jeopardy. Under The arran cement en-
tered mic II Is understood, that the iury
were sworn pro .f0ynaa, and that the YER
diet should be guilty on The third count.
and not guilty on HE Isl and 2d counts.
~ Wot, attorney general. ltwas our
Deiief HAT HE purposes of public justice
would be as we'll answered by the intend
ed arrangement III this case, provided
that arrangement could legally have been
entered mic, but as il cOuld not, we have
though! proper to put The case before The
Jury without deeming Ii necessary TO
make any further remarks.
The jury retired for few minutes. and
returned verdict Of GUILTY on ali me
counts i'll The indictment.
After this verdict, MIR. Hoffman stated
To the court, that The money concealed
about the parsons Of lie prisoners, had
been given up To The counsel Immediate
~ on the prisoners being committed to
Jail, and had been deposited the same dav
III Tie bank. Ii consisted Of 5 1000 note
OF The Bank oftse United States, payable
to the order OFFS. & A. Il. Arnold, by Sam
uel rockingham; one : GOO note, PAYABLE
to W. ,. Johnson, endorsed bv him 10
lie order OF John IL Daniel EinsdaIe, and
Two 200 notes OF The Bank Of alexandria.
lie mentioned this, that it might be pub
lIciy understood, that the Counsel never
had received one cent from the Dris-
oHers, for professional services, but ON
lie contrary, had refused TO receive any
compensation whatever, and had placed
IN the bank 10 be delivered TO the Droppr
owners, all the money that had been giy-
eli TO them by the prisoners.
Gins money was The same that AIexon-
der confessed to have been sewcd up in
the collar and button of one of the liares
aud was cut out by them aGte= they were
commttod)
THE MAIL ROBBERS.
On Thursday Oath inst.) .JOhn Alcreu-
de', Joseph Thompson HIRE. and Letgis
Hare, were brought TO the bar of Tie
court TO receive sentence-Judge Duyal.
hopresided, Grst addressed Lewis Hare.
who was very mach affected, and drew
great sympathy from every by-stander-
EiereDarked TO him, that in consequence
OF his youth, Che mol having arrived at his
2Oth year. the President of the United
States had thought proper 10 pardon him
on tie two first counts Of The indictment.
which released bin from the punishment
al death Tie sentence would therefore be
on the third count, which subjected bim
TO imprisonment. That during his impri-
sonment lie would have ample time for
reflection, and he hoped tie mercy extcu.
ded 10 him by the President, would be
gratefully acknowledged, and flat he
would be able TO foriiiy his mind against
all evil temptations, when he should a.
gain be restored 10 society. lie was then
sentencedto undergo an Imprisonment for
Ten years.
Judge Duval then asked John Alexander
aud J. T. Hare, if they had any obiec-
iions to make, why sentence should not
be pronounced on them. Alexander re-
phed, that he requested lis life might be
spared, and he hoped only to be seDtenc-
ed to imprisonment. Hare made some
incoherent and nnBteIlgible remarks.
Judge Duyal then stated, that ihev had
sealed their own fate by the commission
OF crime which the law viewed as one
Oh Tie most heiUOus nature, and which at
ftcted society generally, more than any
other that could be committed. That
there could be so induccment in this
country Tor the preparation Of any crime.
msch less one of so enormous a cbayac-