Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-09-19
TRIAL. OF WIN. STEGALL.

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d" ''e4ii lof iahef, at inc late term ol The sue
nor C0u.t o. Halifax eaazHy.
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had been accidentally discovered ais, , 80 49,.
which had PARTIALLY exmsed il This was n cu, II
from, Ualjtax cYnrbn,se and " ill,m sell ,. h'
susDrcted and e,tamtisd On Tho I'd ;,s,,n, b; -
cane an FIR trial beG,re Indye eoh and ,L' III -
that day MAS consumed in The examination IF tcs,i,n,
and aro,,ment bv counsel OF The r,nn,nt 1 c,, ca,
little as heard 5nly Mr. Flournoy' : sn,rlte and ucb
mo anpeal in behaluf r prisoner The G,c,, f the r,s
proved were substantially as follows.
On the tn day of March last In the evening" Cor
man pcllar travelling On foot and cirr,uo n 1ark cal
led nj the residence of Mr. F1mopdson vho hys ~,
far from Halifax court bouse He was v,nth c ,h,,
II yesrs of noe of amjable denortmcnf ami ~ anno,
was hghly rpsnected and kindly reoa.d by ll , h,d
Ide,linos with him He rensIned At Mr. EIr,naJn,s
that nobl and after tea ,xhibited b;s oos St,.o0
was nres.n Anan,s, tho ,rt,cL.s which ,,,ro ,ar
Iorlv nntire5 by Al, 9rlmondson ,,cro ,,, ,, ,
,crns of necar fe,tte one Of y, bch be hcuyh, fr M
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womb n,, Give tho nr;e, r,oni,a1 hy rho Iii. A.
Edn,ndson III e.isa l.,nohi , st,,cE ,t ,L sa,a -
far bio,salf Nyhen Steal 6rst c,,,o IN h. - H.
pcdlar if his name was noi crousc nnJ SAL, , h.
bad becn "a Limo ,bnn, him 'rbe n,lI,r ,rod Tho, !,
was his name. and Steoatl uh,so r,a,nn ,a ,t fr,
pnorv ovrressed lis se,ist,ctin, o,I ontr,J rr III
narnrr IN, lad, nr,scn, l,c,,. ,h ,ali, -, nam, :,
be Cronse. and so told Mr. Flmondsn WIN was y,xed
with The v,,h rr III. flsabnoJ lam ho ~, ,l,in1 \,
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lL stained hand and # sp,rarip, nc thr,l lid
body bad been draooe ever II Nfarthis lLc,sa Wa,
found tie pcdIa capand his sick which last ,,,s
ais, Dlhdy About twenty steps from ;lo ,ody and in
the sane direction, was loubd letter. written to Le
uGtriuuar ynuthhy Ii, mother aud father and several
cuhue--i appeared 10 have hfen partially proved up5n
idpd g, hair ana Il H. aud ,ih ay homes broken 10 small
iannrns Vas 5unl several Yards from The bdy coyer
ed IN ssnd--1ne ann seprat,d also, was brke1 in Two
place,-uip lee Was slctno ~ from the sand with a
p,ti.n ol the body. still covered Al the cor,uer's in
quest Parker mentioned the fact that he had seen the
podlar last with egall-and il at ,nce flushed across
Edmondsou's memory that same time after the pedIaf
was al his house he bad seen SlcpaU win 4 vest OK
acly similar To the on, he had cn,f rc, far win In
pedlar-Ile remembered loo his observation ia Steua
$50 you ou1 hnt vest nj The nedlar At os2', and Sie
calls reply. na BOUGHT II of another nedlar al March
Court (Le 2Stb)-and hmol is stack (pn,n,in,r Il,
one ON his n,ck1 al the same t,a his led ,hon Ia
have Warrani taken cut so,ins, Slcoall-aud in the
mean time II send for him before the Cor,ner as vii
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