Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-06-13

Fam the " y JIanta 4 CoH,nerec.
AvrnYs raItL - u nave a. l.a.th fOuhj the
end of the yotuminous testimony IN hs important
trial.
They who doubt the eorreelness of the verdict
land harc arc some such lay great stress upon the
fact that during par ofthe evening previous 10 the
morning GA which the boly of th= dccea ,cd was
found, Mr.. Avery was not able 10 account for HIM
self by the testimony Of others Or IN other words TO
prdU> az dh6i from the place whore he alleged mu.
der was committed. Ia the absence OF any decisive
tcslim my 10 that effect. 1t viii naturally be nquir-
ed what does he himself Gay, rs TO lhs manner In
which he passed. his time the evening referred
to Thi. question is 3efed by the testimony Of
John Boyd, No So for the prosecution, and perhaps
rather more fully by the annexed testimony OF
Rev. Samuel Doake, Of Portsmouth, gven under
oath at the Bristol examination, January Rad, aud
published in MIR. Drury's Il Report -
" On Saturday % cem FER, Avery sent for me
had not head of The death then | CAM over.
Ayarg told me that on the 20h he wen, on to the
island lie left hame about bis object partly
to see about some coal partly curiosity 10 vicw tne
Island Mr. Pcarce Carried Inn over Alter he got
on the Ialanl, he thought IL would con" down
to grt me to 90 with INN, but thinking that h days
were short lie would % alone, aod started in Tic
direction Of the mres alone, as nearly AS he coI!d.
Near the mlnCS lie SAY II man WITH n Yuu lnqpl-
red Of him if there was any coa 10 bc had lhen NJ
The mine gunner sad no, TINT the mines we're not
worked now. Then he thought II would be Of NJ
use to 90 there. so he would 20 wn and see SIS
ter Frceborn, because they had invited him at foar
days meeting to VISIT them, ana that hc had walked
with Mr.. Frccborn from the Ferry 10 Bristol lie
then stored for Frecbotn's NJ hc knew, Tor
he did not know where they lived Ms he II I'll never
been there but once, and that IL was through mum
Der Of gates. Wh,n he SUPPOSED he was near
Frceborn's, he saw a boy he supposed driving some
sheep but he was not positive that he driving
them inquired of the boy II Ereoborn was al home,
boy sad he thought MOI. am not certain that the
BOY told him where + hed sone If he did tell him
where il wAs to Fali River lie then though ,aal
IF was not at home, he wnati not 20 there la,
that he would 10 down the Vest side of the Island
and bring out by SISTER Wilcox's. for she had invi
ted him to visit hen. William y. Cook had show
ed hun where It was, when he carried hlnl 90 New
port but II ~ns fogRy wet day then, aad hc
could not tell where II was, He kept DOWN the
West side Of the Island I'LL he thought hc was near
. her houso, when lie Thought he " ud hiring out
TO the road but when he bra3sh out to the road il
was farther than he thought; and night having
CONF upon him, and his leg fading, btg,nnlng to
grow some ilnc, f1r. s-Vs hr vou rtmr rbcr that
the witness before TINT he had broken DEDICATED
his leg about the tine he left Lowell) Well, when
ne came out into the road It wes dark, something
"a the evening. He Vas in doub, whether 10 20 to
SISTER Wilco, or To 20 10 brother Cook's orto
turn over the Ferry that there would b. some diff
Guilty in finding Wilcoxs and he bad rather be at
home commenced returning there vas no nnon,
think he SAID the farther he travelled the more
II hurt hun 1t gave HIM PAIN If he did step Just SO,
us II was very rough travelling, as there wero ghs
III al he houses, he thought he was early enough
to cross the Ferry II he kept on and a. his fam
ly we're not vciy vel his wish 10 keep on and
eros the Ferry, rs he had heard they could cross
the Ferry at almost any time. When abreast the
windmill he heard the Btistol bell ring for nine
IIe came down othe Ferry house raped at the
door, made no body hear saw h liz hi ut the little
house back of the &c ~ ho1se; called there, be-
eause n thought the Ferry man might live there
they told hun lho Ferry man lived al the large house
went to the back door Of the lnrge house raped
again Mr. Clifford llt him IN requested Gtrod to
carry him across the Ferry Clifford told him he
could not that night he my ht stay all nigh, ana
he could cross in the morning SO he went in and
went 10 bed, observed by t5,I clock TINT it lacked fl
teen minutes Of ten O'Clock II took him some min
u,es in gong from the great house bach TO- lie
sna1 hou,e and baeh afaln. Witness then o55.ry
ed to Avcy have considered ti,al clock toa l,s.
visited that family ireqa'eus. Avery thea sailed
n the monn. MIR. GliosU's son set him across
the Ferry aud he cam b1be.'
The trial Of Jeremiah our for the murder Of
his young child, has recently terminated at Greens
Iuursb in Tins SLATE IT, inI,ltn,up ,,r,,cL :, d,