Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-09-29

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LuCIUS.
CASE or ROBERT GIBSON
Robert Gibson was led 10 HE bar Of
The circuit cour! on Saturday last. Ia re
COVE las seil,cmce from the tips OF Jmd.c
Rrockenbrougb. The Compiler states
that on being ASKED the usual question,
whether he had any thin. 30 urge why sen
tencc OF death should not be passed I'D
GA INN, he replied, as we are informed
III substance as follows:
Eace something To say. Had ! been
rich, and had had plenty of money.
should not have been hung. should
have had lawyers enough TO plead iornc.
-iiml, ania poor man. and now l.ave 60
die Such thing is not usual in Vir.i-
ma, where there Is PcuitCniiary- ouse,
tor I; man q be condemned TO death u0on
circumstantlal evidence alone. ! know
Ihat Cannei be saved now, for ain AS
good as dead. and my sullerinm:s have
been very great. Al | have To say, is,
HAT am net sF'Lty.-Pass your sen
tence."
Tie wretclcd prisoner, while speaking,
Is represented as hard, suiIen and unfeel-
ng.-Judge Brockrui.ruugh, then pro-
ceedet To lie execution OF hiS painful OF
nee; himself strongly affected, he pro
nounsed the sentence IN most affecting
manner. The Judge, nj parlicui.., so!ici-
taiion, has favored us WITH The copy OF il,
as follows:
RoSERr GIssoH. atlas RonEnr C:rlToyI
iou stand before thIs cour; undcr &: rc,mStau
ces Of ihe most distressing ciIatac,rr Ven
Have been charged with the murder G Z Job =
l'tGtFo&s ana three successive iur,cs have on
their 0aihS declared that yOu are ruiitV ot' tluS
dreadful crime. Two new trials have been.
granted to yon i'y the COurt--nct indeed from,
d behei that either Of the two yerii,rts which
were rendered against you were CONTRARY 10
evidence, Tor The chain OF circumstances nrov.
ed against you was too strong aud irresistible
60 leave Il dcnbi OF your Guilt nor from 4 b..
lief That there caS any unfairesSi IN your ;Iiais:
yon were on both occasions defended With
great ability, and every thing that could ne,
urged III your behalf, was irnpnIouSly and
strongly pressed By The SeHtiemc,, nf tie bar
who volunteered their service Tor Won Vie
reasons tor granting the navy trials were nar
ficulhriy expressed ~ ;i;p time a.ld they ,yprc
founded Oh the humane principc thar no man
however guilty shall be cGnle,nme unless
the stfic,r't principles OF the law shsl be in
a things complied With
1on nave beCn trcia third time. aHfl "a third
time COuviCie and your last trial; as well a. th
tor'ner has been, believe, perfectly .m,,ar
tial
Viii hnt d~eii on HE ennrU'ty of yOur f.
fence VIII leave YOU tn YOUR own ra;ircilu,,s
and To The goadings OF Your own conscience
when Ia ic solitude Of yOur prison. Won bring
to your view, the dead body OF ne murdered
Peat ross. When You recall to Your memory
the dreadful spectacle Of u YOU u who lad moi
| Injured, nor even provoked ou, suddenly and
violently deprived 81 thai life, winch i.n man
couid richtluiiy take away WHEN son look on
your hands, @nd your garment dyed 18th his
blood, Your mind will revolt With horror from
If my
much less so Insult your ieclngs tt is NV
dutS to announce 10 You ti!e penalty Shifi you
nave incurred. by violating the first ia:@ ~
nhE. CT nltdre, and OF God This soIcinI,itty
Affords ne $50 pleasure Wouid to & ni ia -
deed hdd never been done Would To Ue..
ven You ldd been innocent Of tbs great CriHisi
imperou' neceSsity has obliged the la,V 10
declare. tia whoever murders ms feiio.y-,uau
snail himself de. The heart which cOuccivcx
SUCH 1.rOc0us TIckednesS must cease t. beat ::
ihS hand which executes IL must be taised 40
no more. The deliberate dnd cfuci murderer
mGSt be cUt Cti from society tifs powFr of
destruction. must itself be DESTROYED. But ict
II bf forever remembered. that 10 is not Tor
'eHscan BAT Tor sdiciy,tlIat this law iia> been
made
such is your present situation. You have
she'd ianOcent blood; sour own will shortly I've
poured out un the scail0h. by the voice Of vow
cauntry. After leW tHore days snail have
passed over yOn, it VIII be your idtc 10 ne car
ried 10 thr g1iiows, there to expiatr your OF.
Ats Il N
sCene~ wall close upon yoW. But incIc is a
world TO come, and though no living man j., 20
pure as 90 be able To meet thg jifsiice of MS
COP, yet is there none so stcCPet 10 crime WHO
may not hope ilat I've extended mantle OF His
mrrcy may protect him from everlasting ini.e-
ry. Let me therefore urge Jon, Csfee>t,y urge
you, to repert sin cgeiy OF Your fFaifsgres
siOns, and call for relief. and pardon from, HIM
alone wio can grant them To veu.
II now only remains that snonld prof.nunce
the sentence Of the law, which is that YOU be re-
handed to the Jail from whence you came, there
to reInais till the day of execution tiat yom
be from thence carried on Tuesdag the 27fh ddg
Of Oct0berRS1t, TO The gdllOws, and that between
the hours OF 10 IN ihc morning, aud in the at.
ternoDn Of that day, you be hanged by the
neck, TIL yoa are DEAD: aud may God have
mercy o. sou.
Gibson VI enc passage only, betrayed
d sense Of his awful siiuaiian.-~At tie
conclusion Of lhc sentence, he arlicna-
ted, that his trust was in God only he
had nothing 10 expect from man.
The Charleston Patriot advocates tie plan
OF a NGti0aat University, established At 80 iac
metropolis % the wdpie cOuiedetacy"--" the
seat ard snUtce Of legisajou'--tbs p0tat
whore" superior minds from a!l quarters meet
aud muglc together. = he PdtrI0t contends
that such an lustiui ou wall promote Tie -" sta