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CL0UGil, ne .Ns~i<rsr or Mrs. Hs.s,i,s~.
The following is the Sentence or D-s,h M pro-
.oas'scs On CloAgh By the Chief Justice Of New
Jersey.
joel Closgh-sftsr % full. fair and
deliberate . trial - have ever witness.
ell in the experience Of thirty wears
practice at the bsr-yos have been
convicted Of the murder Of Mrs. Mary
w. Hsmilton. the history Of this
trial yen have had the benefit Of able
and distinguished counsel, and IL you
had been their brother instead Of their
client, the tepGer ties Of such connec.
ton could not have added TO the ON.
firing zeal, the labosious and honorabis
efforts, the exertion Of professional Ia
lents, the thrilling and soul subduinc
eioquence with which you have been
defended. The Jury was literally oI
your own selection, you were not cap.
tfoos and troublesome in making that sc
lection. bal you'did it With prudence sn,l
discretieu, and not juror WAS elected
6st in sccordance with your own feel
ipgs. The counsel for the State con-
Quoted the cause with benignity sud
mercy-bnt with those talents for
which they are distinguished, and that
firmness foe which ~ men Of virtue
and Of honor they dare not relax
Your triers, the jurors, have, in the
most patient manner, submitted 10 al
most unexampled privations and COO +.
Hnement for the period Of nearly eight
days, until some one of them % least
almost sunk under the pressure Of his
confinement and his feelings, and by
their fixed, solemn and patient atten.
ton TO every word and suggestion,
must have given you the assurance that
they desired not your blood, bat most
ardently and fervently desired TO find
you innocent, il that innocence could
be found even in The negative virtue Of
ruined and distracted mind; and as
20 the Court, il may not become me 10
speak-but think in view Of that bar,
before which you must shortly appear,
can say for my brethren aud myself,
that we have endeavored so to regulate
and control the trial, 40 10 secure to
you alt the advantages that the fair and
impartial administration Of justice can
extend to the accused.
The final and fatal result has been
recorded, and that record speaks while
mind and memory and judicial records
last, aud will continue TO speak you
GUILTY, GUILTY, oUTtry--of the muir
der Of Mary w. Hamilton, in manner
and form % you stood charged By the
Grand Jury Of the County.
And who was Mary w. Hamilton Z
Was she your enemyf Had she done
you wrongl Was Il her crime that
beauty had spread her charms and
smiled forth in all the loneliness Of
virtue, in every feature Of her counte.
nance, ia the delieacy and eiegancs Of
her Term, in the chaste and winning
manners Of her life? And was IL be-
cause you could not make such prize
your own. that you resolved in the
madness Of your heart, that she should
never live 70 bless another man and
make bin hsppy--as she had made the
former aud iamented husband Of her
first and earliest love Bot press
the inquiry no further. You say Voc
loved hsr--and yet mysterious love-
yea sei7ed the unsaspecting moment ol
her kind attentions, when sickness
teigned or real, We fear the former.
drew her, at your own request, with
Kind atfeBtions to your chamber to al
minister to your comf0rt-you seized
that moment TO plant the fatal Dagger
IN her besom-perpetrated the horrid
deed. She lived to say o! mother,
mother, ] screamed, and screamed,-
you did not come, and CIUuxh has kill
ed the because ] would not marry him
1 could not, mother--I could not, you
know. II must die, | must die.o
But forbear--l desire not TO ex-
tract the dagger from her bosom and
plant It in yOur own. know your
blood viii not atone for hers-But
have said this much, that you may zee
and feel we have Just adherence oil
your crime, and 90 Danish from you,
bosom ell hope Of . favorable intsT fer
enee by the Court, Wilh that depa r.
ment OF the government in which !,
LEGGED the pardOaing power. Banish,
hen, We en'rsat you, from your mind,
every hope and expeetatiOn--put out q
ones the fastest ray Of hope that me,
penetrate iOtO the darkest reeessss q
your cell, add prepare To meet ven,
God! The blooj you she'd wAs preeiou,
blood, bat infiniteiy, infinitely NOR,
precious 10 that blood which was shet
% Calvary and on thes. and that q
lone, We commend y0n b. look leg Dar
aeR and eteTual life.
- remains emily for ~ 20 pFonoune,
tAe sentence Of the Law--and Il b
considered snd adjudEsd that you b,
taken hence to the prison Of this eoun
", irom whence 700 came, aad Their,
De Kept " close ahd secure eustod,
sas.i sT'day, the goth day Of JuI,