Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-04-07

Sag. ., hard labor, fos The urn O' ne
ysara
| Jsiues johnson, alias Simpson, Who pleaded
guilt, 10 the charge Of picking the poke, o.
Dr.. J. Augustine smith. was put 20 me na' :
The Recorder told him he sass pirkpoese.
VI the mosi sdron and daring character, ana
another instance oil q msa Of good address
and education throwing himssf sssy. HIS
vie. a woman of good msuaefs, had intsree.
aed in hi. behalf, bu, the Court were urged 10
iiseba.gs thsr duty by .hs poss'i"l eon.,hef'
alton ina, II the guilty were SLOWED 10 20 IN
I,uni.hsd. The ianne.nt must be sacrificed.
Isnh was The iaeress- OF erins that wa i'm
po.s,bIs 10 presris ~ social order without am
ins III. erimiusi lava With ali thsr energy, and
lii.was their juJgmeai. therefore, fis, he be
confined Ia tbc State Prison. AZ hard Labor.
iior tie term OF five years. While the Hecor-
der va. st"aling, his wife neatly tainted, and
WIS carried ont Of COuu by the ofbeen 10 a..
| tendance.
l George !. Jeaklns vas brought 10 the bar
| The recorder obssfved to him that hs had been
eso,,ct.d on t~o indictments, for oS'aiang
! money by false aud fraudulent fepre eaia-
,,ons he had 10 July last cheated DIR. Hyde
oui OF Sl4UO. and Ia February last Capt, Be
| doll Oh. Of Si45p. Il Mas es,den, that Capt
Bsd-ll had been imposed on without ihe eau
ttDu on MS pAft tnAi bukNt W NV tAfftbsht
bui he was approached by the pfsoner 10 an
srdul manner, with q story that he had bought
pfopen, IN Ebssbs,h sreet Tor Sla,0Oo WHICH
he could eel t., $4,000. lie exhibited wbai
appeared 10 he a receipt fof 5000 OF the por-
chase moosy, stating that he wanted 10 borie~
j ED0 10 make payment which bscaiDe due
the beii DAY, In The kindne.s OF his hear,
Csp' Bedell furnished h,n MI 'he money b.
had, via. gl45O, sh,ch prisoner TOOK asd de-
samped. Inc proof of quit was so clear that
the Jury returned their verdict without u min.
u,e's dslibrIalion lu The case OF Mr.. Hyde,
there was developed an hrtiul system OF fraud,
50 complete snd veil co niiivca as 10 throw
that gentleman wholly oil hts guard. lie had
koo~n the prisoner, Jenkins. "heh boy, md
mcsiing hin by seeidsut, was assured b, bun
that. he had been very successful ~ business,
and mai ed woman OF wealth aud r.spectu-
bili,. he represented that he o.ued a loi on
which he pf oposvd 10 T.ct gun factory, aud
sIbbiiing The same recsip, lor money paid,
prevailed vn Mr.. Hyde 10 lend him 10 an I'm.
guarded moinsDt, the sum oil Sl4uU. Not sat
isbed iih Defending thsse gentlemen, he had
iDstIssied his counsel 10 pour Out O piofusIob
oil abuse on ib.it heads and they had thrown
out impuiaiioDs, which the witnrs,es. smarting
uDra their loses, we've compelled 10 sat and
endure. Ths entire Transaction disc losed so
artful u scene Of iniqufiy. that tue Court IN
Justice to the parties aud the community felt
Themselves called On TO give III, prisoner the
foil measure oil punishmen allowed by the law,
and therefore odjudged bun 10 an ,mprsan-
m.ut Of sn ytars IA The Stale Prison We
learn from Mi Ihorf, h Keeper Of BriIewel', |
that Jsnk,ns after b. wac recon,ey-a 10 PRISON
On Friday n'gh'. mnde All attempt u s,raolie !
hlmAct ~iih he bludkeI chst lie was not
probably Ia earnest, Though tle prisoner. ia
the ssn,s Dpar,inent vi b him, we're some~ ma,
irig h,.nrd. Toe, alarmed Nj, lbotp, VII, on
htIns informed vi the encaInstanee., caused
Inn to be eonhoed III sts Jacket unlil he
"ss bfonRbi du"n IN tbs carriage OIL Saturday
% rees,ss sen'euc,. The JACK awaited bis
return iio'n he Court room, ia which it IS the
determination of NJ. Inorp 10 keep nm BIZ AZ
e'sJ on''l he !. Iranspori.1 10 Smg snug