Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-07-18

NEW fok Cnt.r OF SESSIONS ho following
extraordinary eireustances have trauSpncd in tine
; Court ri Sessions Yesterday. We quote from the
reports f,hc Times, and the Courier and En-
quirer
lllan ID. Gray, a remarkably good looking
Young man, very dark eyes, rather small and
slender in make, but elegant and gcniccl in ap.
pearanc.. dressed in neat black suit and the
celebrated companion of Richard p Robinson,
was charged on three indictments, with stealing
articles from different persons, coat, trowsers,
vest, hat, DC.
The prisoner smiled WHEN the third Indictment
read, apparently al the idea oftheir coming 50
thick upon him lie standing by the SIDE oi a
black man, on of the benches, who was also
charged with stealing cloihing.-One of the in
dctmcn,s was for grand larceny, and the other
two for petit larceny.
On being asked fhc was ready for trial, he an
swcrcd, no. lie had no witnesses and no counsel
nor had he had an opportunity of getting any. lie
had been kept at Bellevue in dungeon. in the
dark, separate from the other prisoners; had no
opportunity Of eonversng with any person, or of
procuring counsel. If the court will allow him
light room, and pen, ink and paper, he viii en-
deavor 10 procure counsel, and be ready for trial
next week.
This Gray is the individual whose cloak it was
said Richard =. Robinson had on, the night of the
thHutI, anu WHICH was lo"iiu w liV III tHc
rear Of Thomas street. In regard to his complaint
OF having been kept in the dungeon, the Recorder
stated, the management of the prison belonged to
the keeper and only under the jurisdiction OF
the Judges IT necessary, at times, to keep
prisoners secluded, some of them had many
persons calling To see them, and made an improper
OF their privileges But in the present instance
there was still another, an important, and most
voting reason why the rigors OF the prison were
enforced upon him. 1t appears, that while Rob-
inson was in prison at Bellevue, Gray also
there, and they contrvcd during that time TO keep
up correspondence by letter with each other.
After Gray arrest, letter. written by Robinson
10 him, whilst both of them were in prison. was
found upon him, in which Robinson states that
he, himself would be tried on such IA DAY, ac-
Quilted on such day. and that if he, Gray, want
ed TO get clear ofhis wife, and to get married n
gam that he would be able, when he got out, to
get divorce from his wife, as he, Robinson, after
his acquittal, would 90 and seducc her, and be AN
evidence for him To prove The criminal converSa-
ton adding that il was not the frs, time he had
Obliged friend in that way. This letter Was
written only few days before Robinson was tried
for his life. The Court decided that the prisoner
(Gray, should have till Monday next, Till IL o.
clock, and that the counsel he might engage should
have to him, and proper room be allowed
them.
| And this Young man (Robinson) is the boy"
/ in whose behalf such effort, were made to enlist
the public synpaihies
There is fact, in regard to the depravity OF
Robinson, which we believe has never been pub
lished. His private onrnal, which is Il loathsome
record OF his RIGHTEOUSNESS, and his consequent
diseases, was inscribed TO lis--but our pen rcvos
from the office of carrying out the record of his, if
possible, deeper inlamy.
THIS Gray, we have seen it somewhere stated,
has been confined in the peni,entiary, for a brutal
assault upon his wife