Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-05-28
DEFERRED ARTICLES.
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FROM TIE Fffacftca2bHFg HfrHa.
Sentence of Death was on Friday last nfonoun.
by Judge lomax, on homns Jones. IN West
moieand circuit court tor the murder of hi. wife on
the Goth Of lasl month. The substance Of the sen
tenee IS published at the earnest solicitation of ma.
nv who head II pronounced and Who suggested
'hni The pubIiealion might greatly promote the
of Temperance.
SENTENCE OF DEATH.
Thomas JoNts,
fon have been convicted of the murder Of your
vile, by excessive beating This Is regarded as
one OF the most heinous offences which can be com
m'led, ana the Law dsnounees against II ita sever
esl sentence That sentence IT Is now my painful
duty, the minister of the Inv, 10 pronounce Bui
before discharge II, cannot refrain nom making
some observations suggested 10y your situation
not made, assure you, IN any spift Of rcpronch
boi OF deepest eommsseraton and concern Tor your
unhappy late and they are made WI hope that
they may not be wholly Improbable 10 yourself or
To others
1t las, no doubt, occurred to you. in all the biz
erncss OF grief, HAT the last month hns been mos
cfahtiu IN yon dcstnes--Onc month ago You
were IN possession OF most OF lhose means, whtch
when tightly improved, give assurance, IN your
humble sphere OF life, of u.cfnlness, lespcriabthiy
and happiness. Your humble home might have
been conseciood 10 conjuga all, cunn, to domestic
pence and felicity But your own hand converted
II INTO the ehatne house oil your wifo-und you 4 al
IN RuiU ard horror iiom It's blood " bespatiercd'
wallg-and you lief, her enydrrd with Lrnisc.
seeeehless, scnselfss, and weerng III her gore
Your home, with all the comforts which You mt.li
have there scared has been exchanged for the
gloom Of a Joil and you must have been more
than man-moto than ffnd II It's solitude hns not
been cmblltered by ngoaics of fcmorso uod horror
nnulterable " Gu have passed through oil the MI
mi ma aAIE
Jast and lawful conviction places You now upon
tho brink ofa nbyss, ,ndo.e,lbably awful ard ,se.
menlous Bcgre the hand of Spnng sbaLpsaa,q
sttaH %'d, your body loo will have beea deposited
in the sill n, earth
What demon was it, that entered into your d ct
ling, spreading fury around him, and blasting with
such tc,Iiie ruin and dcsolallon liza wfctched IN.
mates Your defence sought 10 mitigate, and even
10 excuse, your crime, upon the plea OF insanity,
prodocedby the lntcmpera'o Of ardent aplflts
And il was vanly hoped lint tho guilt of this
murder would be overlooked by tho Law IN It's be
dignity TO mental n6smlty.-lt was indeed most
cenr aud lndisputeblo upon your rlnl that drum
kenncss, lnnamng the constitutional maliennncy Of
| your passions, instgaicd the enactment oil ttls
| shocking tragedy aud that, without the drunken
cess, his ctlmo would never hive been perpedaled,
| BUTT was also most clear, that il was drunltc0.
ness, which did not incapacitan you TO petpelrIle
| the murder by " wlIlul, deliberate aud prcme datcd
| killing Dunk Then IS the proven and tcltnowod
sed cuuso OF the peiperailon of his most cruel and
| lnhuman murder. twas bat uis day week, that
| IN the adjoining county of this circuit an unhappy
wretch was condemned 10 die for an of nco ofg ma
| ting Ia DrinIs-npd now il IN ngan exhibited "a
| the abominnble cnu.e of the mot niro,io,,s Grim,
that can shock the heart Of man.
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