The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-10-01

law requires it and it must be done. And when
reflect that this penalty has been established
by the law to which we all owe subsection, thar
II has been sanctioned by the practice Of civiliZ-
Ell, enlightened, and christian natons-that, in
your case the crime was established by such sat-
isfactory proof as to leave not shade of doubt,
that this penalty will he inflicted upon the guilty,
yield to my duty as the minister of the law, q
feel that the voice Of blood cries from the ground
that the sentence should be awarded. You have,
with a degree of cruelty aud malignity rarely
to be met with, deprived fellow being Of life
one to whom you was under obligation to be a
protect tor, and who as a human being had IA
claim to he secured from lawess violence. She
was your wife, and your lawful partner for life,
the connection may have been unfortunate, and
your lives may have been a scene of wretched
ness and crime; yet while there was life there
was opportunity for reformation. You deprived
her of this opportunity and killed her at II time
when she unconscious OF danger, stupid
from the effects OF dulgence and with all her
mperfections, crimes, and guilt, probably I'M
thought of and nnrepented Of The scenes dis
closed on the trial, which took place on the night
when your hands were stained with the blood
of your wife, and when you sent her, instantly,
into the presence of her God, polluted with
CRIME, from the very bed Of infnmy and guilt,
must he TOO fresh in your recollection and too
narrowing to the feelings of all to he repeated
The desperate attempts you made, whenNyou felt
that you could not escape detection and punish
nleat, to rush into the presence of your Maker
not only with this aggravated crime on you head e,
but that of self murder added, show TOO plainly
that you had become callous TO crime, and your
moral sense had become utterly depraved.
l hope and trust that the time which has
elapsed since the fatal deed was committed, has
not been unprofitably spent by you, and that the
efforts Of the exemplary aud pious MN who
have endeaVored 10 rouse your conscience and
awaken you TO Il sense ofyOur situation, have
H.. Cal. IL.
been the fruit OF reflection, and that YOU see and
feel how guilty you have bGen.-You will soon
appear in the presence of that Omnicent Being
who tnthOuls all your secret thoughts and pene
tratcs the rcccsscs of the heart. From his ius-
tice you can expect nothing but condemnation s.
an inarminnble existence oil unulteruble anguish
In his wisdom he has provided n way in which
he can he nerciiUl well us lust. You will
however, remember that has mercy can only he
obtained by deep contron by unegned and
real pentence. ! entrcat you then, not to fiattcr
yourself with the hope that you will escape the
sentence to be declared and that Your forfeited
life will he spared, but 10 spend the remaining
dlys allotted you here, in sorrow, repentencc s,
prayer Though you nre guilty, You nav vet
in humble hope, raise your hands in PRAYER to
your Heavenly Father, and in the world TO
which you are shortly 10 60, you may through
the merits and intercesslon Of your Redcemcr
obtain pardon for your aggravated offences
Although; you are to die n violent death, Won
will not like the unfortunate victim of your
crime, be Gu, off in moment when Won are
wholly unsuspcious of the approach of DEATH
nsensible from the effect of indulgence; but in
the gloomy recesses of the prison where you
will remain, you will still have time to mediate
upon your past life, to reflect upon you unwor
thness, TO remember your crimes and trans
gressons, and 10y the exercise of repentance,
humble supplieation and prayer be fitted
for tho everlasting mercy of your Redecmcr &.
your God.
The Sentence which / am about TO pro
nounce, will Fix the time of your departure from
this world, and establish the limit which will
terminate your existence; your days on earth
will be numbered.-And may the Lord teach
yo so to number your days HAT you may apply
your heart unto wisdom.
The sentence of the court is, that You he
taken from this bar TO the prison from whence
you came, and there he kept until Friday the
twenty first day OF February next, and OH that
day, between the hours OF ten in the forenoon
and three in the afternoon, mt place of oxe-
cation to be selected by he.Sherif you be hang
ed by the neck until you dead. And may
Almighty God have mercy on your soul.