The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1839-12-06

mains to say whether, under, all the
circumstances, the prisoner al the bar is
guilty Ofthat murder, land 10 your de-
liberations remember his former charac-
ter, and that he is entitled to every doubt
that may arise. We have both SOL
emn duty to Preform in which fellow
creatures life is at stake. Mine is now
done. !..dismiss you to you's; and may
God Almighty guide you Alright"
He ceased. He moment, aler the
falteriDg tones with which he FURNISH
ed had died away, there was pros
found silence, and then came a low,
smothered cob, as ofa feeling Of sus-
pencetoo great to be supported. The
prisoners wife was faiutlng!
The jury retired. Few words were
spoken by those who remained, for all
(elt it was no time for idle talk. Every
eye was directed to The group IN the bar
But the bearing Of the prisoner was as
unruffled as ever, and no sign betoken-
ed that like ell around himyhe felt the
terrible suspense. e.-CaImly, and self
collected be sat winding his arm around
the slendor form Of his wife; while that
Wife burying her face in his bosom,
waited breathlessly for the word which
was to restore him to life, or send her
broken hearted to the grave.
AT last the officer announced that the
verdict was made up, and following
him with slow and solemn steps the
jury entered the box.
II 10 always an eager moment when
these arbiters Of life and death appear,
the countenances Of one or other ol
them generally betokens, in an exciting
trial, the result of their deliberations.
But in vain did ! scan them now; Save
o solem, awful responsibility depicted
on the face, there was nothing either Oi
hope or fear.
As the prisoner was ordered, accor.
ding TO the Ls la| form, to ttind up and
lock upo the jury, convuIslve quiv
past across the face ofhs wife, and ther
with breathless in:eres' she gazed npor
tn event.
How say you gentleman Of the jury,
said the clerk in the usual formality
'is Henry Duval, the prisoner a. tn,
bar, guilty or not guilty in manner ant
form as he stands iGdicted}"
Fl The imoment that follows this is o
the most intense suspense. All tn
hopes and fears that the prisoner OF b,
trends have cherished durug lon
J and harrassing trial are then ,brough /
} a crisis, aud the instant clapsing be
i. tween the clerks question and The on
8 swer Of the foreman seems prolonge
, into an age. This feeling too prevads
The spectators, and on the present oc
v casion it had been wrought up to III
y highest pitch. A silence like deaf
Q hung over the crowded room. TIL
3 Judge advancing from his seat, stoo
y up just behind the clerk, and court leal
ed breathIessly forward. while thot
g sand anxious faces, piled one above III
il other as they rose backward from III
J, bar, and looked eagerly down upon tn
!, 'lent jurymen. The prisoner alone b'
8 okened no anxiety; for save slight ar
. most imPerceptibIe quivering Of Il
e lnes of the mouth, he was as calm ar
| collected as ever. One arm rested O
i he chair and the other wound arou
: The trembling form of his wife. All tn
IN moment the eye took in; for yea
v seemed crowded into seconds. 'Guilty
= said the foreman in law, solemn ton
r. but which,so strained was the attentio
e was heard distincly in the father corn
= ofthe apartment.
n One wild, fearless shrek, ran throu,
il the crowded room, aud then all was
I, gain as still as death. II was the pri
u Dner's wife.
ol The Judge hastily drew his hand aero
l. his eyes and said to the clerk IN bu
d Ky voice.
10 'Poll them-every mani"
J. 1t is a mercluI provision ofthe 10
d, which gives prisoner a right of ask
n; the jury individually for their opinic
l- 1t thus secures him the benefit Of a
le change Of sentiment, and prevents
of doubt. The right is not always ex'
y, ted, but the judge IN this case hims
a. requirpdh.
I'd 'John Fletcher said the clerk g
ne emnly, 'bow say you, is the prisoner
ID the bar, guilty or not guilty in the mt
T. ner and form as he stands indicted .
A Gailty,' au' wered the foreman, W
n> terrible calmness.
Aud so they continued one by o
%, amid a thrilling silence, to give in Il
,l- condemnation. Mans breath ca
id thicker as they drew nearer and net
r. TO the end. The last man was at
n to answer, when ! cast hurried
ye, tiny client. But though his feai,
lily were rigidly set. not a muscle Of
" conntenance betokened fear. His
its dead wife gazed alternately at her |