Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-07-21

IN po .rssion Of very important secret IN re-
latiou 10 ini, and he puts heterogeneous 10 her as
Ia whether she will belra, him. Will you expose
M. 10 the world, he says-rW yOu 6m my hroml
Ii YOU p rslst in what YOU threaten, ! know my
course. II shall be short and swcet-no, not sweet
hitter bHt,rt
Perhaps there nesci was Il case IN which the
public prosecutor had more 10 contend with than
ON D.lfet Attorney had on that trial, For some
time previous to lis taking place, among other cx-
pedicnts resortcd To, colored prints pretending to
be likcnesses OF Richard Z. Robinson aud Helen
Jcwctt, were placed in the windows oil all our print
shops, and in every public place where people
would allow them 10 remain. These pictured Ro
binson as beautiful modest youth, one apparently
Incapable Of crime and Helen, the other hand,
rs a course looking brazen eyed shrew, that would
do any ihing. Neither OF them, we understand,
looked any tling the like original and, we need
not say, were too probabl, placed there for GER
tain eject.
The minds Of our Young men, in particular, ran,
ii consequence, strongly IN favor oi the prisoner !;
the court room filled with his friends, ready to
hiss any thing said by the prosecution against him,
10 applaud what his tru, talented counsel might
say in his favor. II was in vain thai the court
endravorcd at All times to preserve order the
feeling would show itself whenever an opportunity
jury. Besides this, the court did every thing that
II consistently could to favor the prisoner, allow
ed evidence 10 be suppressed at the request OF h,
counsel, and the whole, put together, truly made
uphill work for the cxerons Of the prose cutting
| attorney.
In regard to the witnesses it will be conceded,
We believe, il must have been truly painful 10 the
feelings, and was injurious TO the reputation oi the
young men who had been AT the house, to be called
up to the stand. 1t was necessary, however, for
the District Attorney to bring forward those that
he did land his heart must have BLEED at the man
ner in which some ol them imporcd To be eAcnsed)
IN order - strengthen the circumslanidl evidence
in particular thai of the cloak, the handkerchief,
and the miniature. On this account he brought
no mere forward, Of either sex, than would have
been >rrviecable ON the trial. Gray, if he had
brought hun, would probably lave gone for his
friend, and the Porter in Mr.. furlong store pro-
badly to testify 10 young man having been there
that night.
The speeches made by the prisoners counsel
were MASTER pieces OF eloquencs, but, as We lave
already said, We have never heard any thing that
snrpaS sed, in eoqucncc energy, the final charge
OF the District Attorney When he spoke Of the
deed committed in the quiet OF the night, when the
city was enwrapped in slumbcr, its effects upon
the community, &c. his language startling and
checiive--hls manner in speaking OF the unnatural
GOODNESS ot the prisoner too, on being brought To
the house, and told that one whom he had loved
and carcssed was horribly murdered, was thrilling
in its effect. lie described the marble and unl,c-
ing appearance OF Robinson, spoke OF her affection
for him, OF having v orn his miniature round her
neck. He asked if the appearance was natural or
assumed. " Why, even do y said Mr. p.
=" would have howlcd forth its lamentations. But
our object i, not TO culogisc the District Auor
nev. 1t Is merely to show the transaction in its
true light. Various unfounded reports have been
spread about the country, and it became absolutely
necessary to give TO the public the real facts in the
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