Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-02-19
Trial aad Ttscstioa of DATES.

ttts Do nca p~rc,'e Ihsi dnTr' masfh's hon
~. f,.s 90 N. .f.as.i.or s-f,- ne covrt 81 ioqu,,
ssS ~hs,s pusHsAsa ,t- psp@f ~ Ne uus No ?
esssa os r,.s @. sss s.iss 81 try Tsu q ths rv u
Bs,.. hsu III. ts.rsos,, AID he eosfs.tieh
en- safsrsist' Y ths,s ~ts any
..-ay.,o u. sentence Of Oh. Hoe Chi,i Js,;e. WI.
n.-. -s,ss srd 70 hs pamphlet tos,'hsi -iih What
.is ~ 70 ~. ,as.,sscs Of CONFESSION made b,
-. rri.ossf Shortly before hssi,csuoH
SENTENCE.
Archibald l. Bate, You have been indicted
ty tie Gftnd Juf, Ter The crime Of Murder A
trial has been lsa y 4 petit jury. 10 Which you
-as ably tu3 ingeniousiy defended BY canned
oo0r'sl. ard every thing urged 10 your behalf
sh.eh Tie lsw OF testimony Souid warrant. That
ja'y. hs,e declared you guilty. In The opinion
.nd ~ the verdict Of tweniy -four jldIcous and
disinteresied iictao,dc-s, men Who could have no
ether motive than to investigate the truth ard de-
iertnine scco'diagly, you are convicted Of a most
srgfsssied murder enc suended with citcum-
stan.es. which strike the mind With horror. and ~
calculated TO alarm and carry terror wherever II Is
heard o. Il 10 unnecessary for ne to recall TO
yuor mind the circumstances which haze placed
you " his situation. and to harrow up your feel.
iBgs. by recital Of the evidence " your Cu.lt.--
Il "a sufficient TO ssy. that Won STAND before uf
convicted of murder, and that the proof of your
CRIME is too strong to be resisted. II remains for
known TO the law, and to pronounce the sentence
which eonsigns you to on gnomiu,ou- death To
award sentence which sends eellow mortal int,
the presence Of hs Maker snd his Ombiscicni
.edee isa painful and distressing du'y witch
would ghdly avoid. End from the performance Of
Which, should be excvsed could consul, my
oSa feelings alone bot II lie one which ss Min
later Of justice may not and cannot decline. A
fellow being, standing IN a near relation 10 you BY
tTaby. has been by yuur means, almost instantly
deprived Of life and sent to her Oceoun, and this
dore to crafty mslignant aud deprsscd dsposl-
ton. II s neither excuse nor pallistion of the
offence, that yoo was dissatisfied with the manner
in which the property of your father managed
II you was sc;ueted by desire or wish to poric-
ipa;e in BIZ property, or f you envous st the
prosperity of your father your brother your
si,,er,n-lsw. IT ia but snoiher proof that nvance
and the love Of money is The very root and source
Of bitterness and evil.
We can give you no encouragement that the
prerogsiive Of pardon will be exercised in your
behalf. Nothing was disclosed on the trial which
car Justify you in entertaining any such hope. -
The crime 10 so great. and the transaction so APP
pslling ss 20 forbid oil hopes Of yoIr escaping
punishment, which most civilized notions have ap-
proprlaled TO the crime. The sentence Of the
law will limit the days Of your continuance on
the presence Of your God, who cannot be deceived
as to your motives, thoughts. or actions. The
victim Of your crime. VAS hurried from this world
with scarce an opportunity OF u,Iering prayer OF
duplication for mercy. You viii have time for
rejection, for peuiience, and conrilIon aud Il
with tue and sincere faith; with humble and
penent sense Of ell your tr,nsgrcssons, and o
this mos, foul and aggravated murder. you trull
and sincerely repent and CO yourself on the mer
cy Of God, you may through the merits Of ,h'
Redeemer attain forgiveness Of your sins. Guilt,
as you are. YOU may yet find mercy and PARDON
In the prison where you will remain from this &
the day Of your execution you will have time en-
opportunity for reflection. In silence and IN soli
tude you can recall to your mind the events c
your lie. your ,ransgressious, and your crimes.-
Let me beseech you TO employ this time IN dee
.and sincere penitence and contuton for all you
past offences Should the voice Of blood cry
you from the ground should your msginalio
call before you the image of the unfortunate bein
you so cruelty murdered; should the scenes
guilt and misery render this silence and soli,uc
almost iusuppotiabIe and in the agony OF a coi
vicied and wounded conscience you should be Il
10 e1elAim with the guilty Of old. "my pdnlshme
Is greater than can bear" remember your Hca
eny Father hos declared, that they who seek hi
IN the way Of his appointment shall surely be four
OF nun hnO ihai your fcuctmtr oeClaftu 10 "
penen, thief on be las: day Of his existence, th
he should be With him IN Paradise.
tiesrken TO your sentence. The sentence
Law, which the court award is, that you be TAX
from the bar to the prison from whence you osr
and be there kept Yulil Friday the eighth day
February next. and on that day between tina hoo
OF ten IA the forenoon aud three in the shef0o
alta place Of execution 10 be selected by the Sh'
~. you be hanged by the neck until you ore del
and may God Almighty have mercy on your 90
CONFESSION.
The prisoner denied the crime imputed to hi
until some days sler be usd been declared GULL
ey tie JSfy. sod tie sentence Of the lew had b
pronounced upon him BY The court He fret G.
fessed bis guili To bic Father snd Brother
siaee TO many othcrs ssys thu, fof two yesfs
had ne1,s,ed opoa killing her snd had de,erun
10 DO Il; but bis courage failed him whenever
opportunity offered. On the cay be murdered
bfolhsrs wife be ~en, deliberately from his fsi b
90 the Testimony declares to his o~n reside
sod got rife. the rife he loaded Nth bullet,
then re,ufued % quick as possible to his Ia b,