Litchfield enquirer., 1832-03-08

teS"r sought and obtained for the purpose, and when che attempted to escape, you, with strange madness pursued and manged her till you had almost separa- ted her head from her body, and there lr her die Ike brute in the highway. To escape the rUnish- Erent duo to such crime, you then attempted, with the same deadly instrument, to destroy your Ifs Had You succeeded in your purpose, you would have instaniy me, God of infinite justice with your. soul stained with murder. And what would have been yOur doom tn that case Not a sentence of death from earthly tribunal, but banishneht into cnd- less lame ntatiOn and Remember also that you cent this woman, for whom you now say you had strong affection, ard of wIOh it you jeal- Ous, umprepared into the world Of spirits, without moment for repentance, aud for seeking forgiveness from her God.
 ThrSe remarks are not made to give you unneces- sary pain, .O drive you desmir but in the hope that they may cause saIutary reflections in your own breast.
 Your days, ashappy man, are numbered, and al- most finished. The government. whose laws you have deed and broken do trent you, as you treat cd the object of your cruelty To you will he allowed weeks and mouths to seek the pardon of your sins.
 The Court would commend to you the solemn con- aderaon of your past li(e-solemn reflections the crime which has brought you the condemnation of death; and they would exhOrt you to seek pardon through Saviour.
 To aid you in this great concern. you may, if you desire it, have tie assistance and advice of such cer gymen in this neghborhood asyou may choose. They will pray with yoir-,hey will pray for you-hey will i"s"sead. ..iih G.A nf mercy i'm ynnr hehalC They will speak to you Of the greatness of lhe crime which you have committed, and of the depth of your guilt. They will tell you that without repentance. no mur- derer can inherit eternal lifshat f God shall smite, you will be Fmien indeed, and that he over whelrn your guilty soul with his wrath. They will 'warn you against making light of your condition and earnestly exhors you to impIore forgiveness of that glorious Being whose laws you have violated. And when they may thus speak, hear Nem-Reeard .hen as messengers of the gospel of peace to your guilty souI. When they tell you that without deep and genuine sorrow for your sins, and pardon from of fe"ded God, you mus. go away into everlasting wall inss, hear thess as for your fe When they may tell you that, by repentance and faith, you may look away from ,ha. blood which you have wckety shed o" earth. to that blood which shed on Noun, CaIva- ry that sinners might live, hear them the life o your 0Adyiag soul.
 It now only remainP, unhappy man, that tho sem tenee of death provided by law for the crime which yea have committed, be pronounced uron you. Be- ore this shall be done, the Court will express their hope, that when your body sha die O" the gallows, and when the darkness of death shall hide it in the grave, your immortal spri. may ascend to the life and light of Heaven.
 Now attend to the sentence. You, Robert Cantne, are so Ie taken from this place to the prison whence you came, nn there be kept till the o"rth Ved"es-
 ay in JSne nert, when you will be taken by the She riff of this county to inc place appointed by law for execution, and there, between the hours of eight and fen in the morning, be hanged by the neck until you ara dead-And may God nave mercy your soul.
 IDuring the delivery ofthe above address, the prs- manifested the most perfect indifference or har- demed insensibility--noi a muscle observed to change-and it was with difficulty he could be made to stand up while the sentence was pronounced. He is about 30 years of age.1
 The Superior Court for this county, Judge DAe- GErr presiding, closed its scsson Tuesday nigh, last. acr arduous session of 6fieen days Besides the crminal trials, there number rf civil cases disposed of, among which were the f"llowins:-
 Harriet 4. Lanaon vs. D.. Asuhei iRImphrey.-Ths was an action for malpractice in performing the ope- ration Of fvaccnation upon ,he left ofthe plaintiff. in March, 1929. IL appeared that the de !endant and sundry other physicians had made contract with tho .onrd of Health of the of Salisbury vaccinafe che inhabitants Ot that town that the physicians d. vided the iowa into districts enable them tO perform with facility the y assigned them; that the plain tiff resided tn the disirct co"ded iO the care oi the defendant; iha, the defendant employed one 9So'ii' -Sprasue, n young student of medicine, to attend to ike business for him his agent, and that Sprague varcina4eddhe plaintiff, and made two pHnciures just abovete elbow joint in very uai rlace-tle ci- feet of which was immediate, and attended with tie most serious consequences, indicating, in the opiuion of Professor Hubbard aad ohers with uner: ring certainly, that n nerve had been wounded. II was proved that the injury probably incnrable- Thecasc underwent an elaborate investigating, and she iury rendered verdict for tue planlif-$ dam @sses. s. Church and T. Smith, Esqs. for pIa"''f; 4. Bacon aud P. Wheeler, Esq.. for defendant.
 .Abei Bard vs. William Mo"sOn, jr.-!: c,ion on se,e The nole was daied 3d Jnse. 1899, payae one year from daie, and Gor oMe hundrrdand fifty dollars, signed by EsastUs Benton, aud claimed to have been signe.t hy defendant. Benton failed, and died in No ,vember, 1929. The plaintiff claimed that lhe note was executed by defendant tn the presence Of three witnesses of whom directly and positively that they saw defenlan, execute the note i" suit, and
 third that he twas present he time Uf the alleged execution. The defendants claim ~as 'ha; his "ane was logged, and attempted to prove this by long