Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-04-22
Baltimore, april 20.
MAIL ROBBERS SENTENCED.

MAIL ROBBERS sENTEHcEp.
Yesterday morning Peregrine Hutton anc
Morris ". B. Hull we're Brought from prison
Y ;ntu court. 10 receive the awful sentence OF
+, the law. for the late murder OF the mail car
{ rier. John Heaps--oi which they confessed
themselves to have been the perpetrators.
An immense crowd convened on the ocea-
sion. while Hull being asked if he had any
hing to say why sentence of death should
not be pronounced against him, replied as
follows
{" have nothing to say against the justice
OF my sentence. am perfectly aware OF
the enormity Of The crime l have committed
My only wish is, that | had it in my pow
er to make restitution 10 the woman have
widowed, to the children have made father
; less. j indulge no hope of pardon-my only
trust torimercy is in the redeeming blood OF
Jesus. This is all have to say. The court
cannow pass the sentence ofthe law on me. "
Hutton had nothing to remark.
His honor Chief Justice Dorsey (tbere be-
ing present his two associates, Judges Ward
and Hanson) then in most feeling. affect
ing and solemn manner, which made won
deriul impression upon his auditory. pro-
nounced their sentence in the following
words
Morris N. B. Hull and Peregrine Hut.
ton you hare been indicted for the wiltul,
deliberate and premeditated murder OF John
Heaps. and upon yeur arraignmsnt you have
confessed the :. deed OF dreadful: mute" In
THIS horr;d transaction, 40 alternating cir.
cumstances can be found the deceased ne
yer offered you wrong-never didyou in]u-.
ry. You leloniously despoiled him OF the
treasure withwhich be was intrusted as
public agent, and you then plunged your
daggers into bis heart, topreyent the cisco
very Of your crime. When you arrested
hin. be protested he knew You not be Of
iered you the booty; he duplicated for
mercy in the name Of his wife and children
the heart. renGing appeal passed by unheed-
ed. You seized upon the spoil, and deiibe-
rately sent tue victim Of your bloody hands,
TO another, and, trust, better world
Such is the sad tale of your misdeeds.
g mention not these things TO harrow up
feelings, perhaps already agonised to the
full extent oil human suffering but for the
purpose Of impressing on your minds this
an ful truth, thatthe doors OF mercy, IN this
world, are barred against you-but God be
blessed, mercy may be found beyond the
grave, for we are instructed by Divine au-
thority, that broken spirit, sincere repen-
lance, and holy faith, may restore the pro.
digal Son 10 the bosom ofhis Father. That
such u az be your lot in the world TO come,
must be the wish Of every christian! May
your unhappy fate be awarning lesson 10 the
rising generation. May il daily imprint on
their iniads tbs solemn truth, that the COM
mission of one crime leads to another and
another, until the guilty wretch expiates his
offence against society by ignominious death.
In cases Of this kind, the Judges hare no dis
cre,ion. The law has $ Fixed its canon "a
eainst the crime of deliberate murder, and
has declared the culplit shall die"
Here the Judges, The Bar, and all the
aueitors rose from their seats, while the
Judge pronounced the decree that
s. The court do, therefore, order and ad.
Judge, that you and each Of you be taken
hence TO the prison thence TO the place Of
execution, and that you there be hanged by
the neck until you are dead !; and may God,
10 his infinite goodness, have mercy on your
souls
Philadelphia, .april IS.
Mr.. Philips, supercargo OF the Nymph. ar
rived at this port, was at Panama early 10
January. at which time the Macedonian FIJI
gate, capt. Downes. lay there, from whom
he received every attention. and his vessel
being shor: handed lthen at Chagres] cap
tain D. supplied him with an able seaman.
Every thing was quiet al Panama, except
that Patriot force was approaching the
neighborhood olChoco. I've hundred roy
alsts had been dispatched to bold them it
check. while more considerable force was
pushed up the river Arato, in the Gulpb OF
Darien, to cooperate with them; but this
: division had returned TO Carthagena, not
having beeo able 10 form junction ~