Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-10-18
TRIAL OF Mcleod

Correspondence q fte Nsts York Commercial ss-s,,,
Urea, Oct. 18Th, IS4I.
As you VIII see by the final proceedings OF IN,
Court, sent herewith, the long pending trial b,,
closed with verdict IN favor OF tie prisoner Tbi
believe Is Iu accordance with the feelings of every
one who was present In the Court room when IN,
jury returned, with the exception OF those who cam,
4 as witnesses ashinst the pusone; and in the nan
ner IN which some OF these swore, was eyInced a
most awil. picture OF the depravity TO which the
/ human mind can be brought
l nope ina. those who were concerned in the ont.
! break against Canada, and who were in attendanc.
al the ira. Just terminated, will learn lesson by
what they have seen and heard that viii nut s,or
I 10 any further action on our ffOnlIur Much couli
he SAID Of the proceedings that have taken Mac. in
/ 'nIS city. The leaders IN the patriot cause have
.eenqAIei, oI' active ~ aiding the prosecution The
Allnfney Gene'a cfme here, believe, witn the f.
I7"'i INA, ne hiH evidence enough to convict Nc
Ltoi' lie certainly has sustained his c-use with
coasummats aoIty, ami IN his final address to The
jury those VITO know HIM well, sly that he never
appeared 10 better advantage.
IL d,i all that uis tmlLeut talents enabled him 10
cO-tuL % cl,pr away the dark C ouis that INN.
over MS owa evidence was more than ~ d be ex-
pee e. ifym tie Attorney General ofauy other mn.
man beng. There was such mass of coutraoic
ton Among The Witnesses frs the people that several
Of 'he Jury stated last evening Ihut they wete nre
phreI 10 give verdict the close vi the evidence
on The part Of the prosecution.
II the eT dence tnat was taken before the srand
jury al LOCK port should ever see the isht am sat.
ishsd ihai u VI greatly surprze every one that 4
OH OF Indictment was then found HaG it not been
ior the then excitement u never would hive been
found
IL mus be gratifying 10 the people Of this city 10
observe The quiet winch mas prevailed both in and
oN' VI CouiI dufI"S Ihe whole progress uf this event
ili irid.. see by he G Numerical OF Monday. IN
the extract you made from another papgr. that
al me close Of a remark made by Mr. Hall there
were some Sigh, cheers" \ lre change nm the
Fh'"'euiOSy would p 1a,s have been more uppro
pirate. There was some Ugh. appreciation or M.
pause male with the tee, oi some m a certain d.
r,cuOn, which DID not ,scrpe the ai,entiye car ~
Judge GIdey. He ium.d, ,,eIy cl.Ieu the ,be,,T
1" MN, ana, presume, asked II the offenders could
De discovered. AT al eyguls We heard no more of
The uu,iesof The Hon. JItg: have been dischar,
co ]" mariner which o., gained for hun, perhaps
without exception, the a.m.rt.I 0u of all. In the
coI Sc OF his remarks uIuus the trItL when some
point was IUmutei % hun, he made a beautiful
a.uslOn 90 "our Owu r Gw,u" IL was not r.ou
sIcy mcn We neeu i,arauy outbreak, or any I'm
lawful IcL TIE cntrEsIs .rEuoyy Ieig,d n h.. u,.s
n Tie best ever ue Verei rp an Anne. Ican iur,.
have gwen YOU % Due', aus nee. ssiry an I'M.
perfect sketch Of ~ % occupied two hours 10 the de-
lively.
Mr. Mcleod took Tea with US last evening At the
pubic tiJe.
10 the course Of the proceedings Of Friday. Won
not leave the courtroom uuh uine o'clock IN the
evening. when und the walks in a bad state from
tue quinty Of hai. Or snow which still remained
ana even tn next m"rmng, 90 many spots the
ground was covered With lrs material 10 the d, nth
Of some inches. earn from old resident, tn,t The
8 ofm WIS one OF Unprecedented severity. Many
phhes oi 2 'ss were broken m various parts Of the
city ard trees were s.np,d Of their leaves
In BIgs's tavern, where there we're many fires.
every one was pu' ont ny The quantity Of ice winch
came down the chImngs. How far It extended
am unable 10 sly; BUTTON Iis duration am rrclin.
cd 10 think, m1uy mics. In the female academy
more than iwo hundred pines were broken.
The lhfle young men Who were Concerned IN the
oink ro0oefy a. the Lutte Fas, pissed through IN
city on Sunday, On their way To Auburn. Tie
trial closed on Saturday evening" when they wers
sentcrce1 p Tour yeas confinement ~ the State pr-
son.-Ihus two weeks on.y had passed from, tb,
d1Y "han 'hc robbery was committed until Their
sentence Wa gwen. One Of the three. ,,n m
formed, Will have his dis-hirge by death being ir
a very feeble state Of present