Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-10-09
CONVICTION ASn SENTENCE
OF ROCGuTpN

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The following the sco,enee rtonoune.
N by the Jvtc,
S-uk 4 riios-You have born
ARA gnol anil iri,d on charge Of robbo.
~ and jury, almns u your Own sclce
ton hare found you guilty Of The charge.
You havc lad very fair uiAl The
iurcu were selected with groa. care. tao
&, havng bocn tp~ni m sobjceiing Their
cyt'ous " the ,cvcroH scruuuy, and you
have yo1r,,lf sf,rded the be,l c,ilrneo
tha' hey were orninen,ly impartial You
have been allowed TO 90 y, large hui fully
10 prepare your defence You have been
dsHut,1 ~ able counsel You have bcen
surrounded BY oumefou, Trends, and eve
~ item Of evidence, sh'oh you OF they
DEEMED material to your defence you have
bcen allowed to lay before the Jury You
have born, o,Nnhs,anIing, convicted. and
!, now only remains lor the court 10 pass
sentence upon you.
Your fG,nce, though 10 form II !, pre-.
tculsd to ~ ~ robbery, IS IN fac, high uca
son, rebellion against your government
armed .nsufrect on against the supremacy
Of The laws
Unul you came among them. the tenant
~ on tho Monor were. IN outward drport.
men. n. east. Whatever might have been
het feelings, quiet, orderly, law-obscfT.
ins people. yourself suffering nonu Of tho
evils ofthc tenure Of which you complain.
q YOU came here volunteer from nuo,h.
or county n you had confined your opof.
a,.ons within lawful and pcaccahlc bounds,
yoa would doubtless have encountered, and
perhaps been aided BY The sympathy OF ma
nv wise and good men, 10 whom the evils
Of those tcnutcs are as appnrcn, as they
were to you But such was not your pur-
p.sc
You came accompanied by q band o!
armed ami disguised men, you carly avow-
cd your intention to rc''st the execution tf
\ r--' 'Hu Won w. ~
whon demonstrated with on the mpTopri,
IS OF your course, you admitted ,hn, YOU
knew Il 10 be wrong, ye, you avowed your
Intention to persist IN your measures OF re.
sisAnce, because thus alone you could at.
tam your end.
Possessed Of n species Of popular clio.
qucnce, you mnde your appeals to the in.
,crcs, Of the tenants, by holding out 10 them
tho prospect Of exemption from the pay.
mcul Of rent To the more lawlrss and
deprayod among them, you held up, by
means OF the DISCUSSES which you were
the ERE, to ,nuoduce among them, tho hope
Of IMMUNITY for any crimes they might
commit You thus enlisted IN your service
.cveral hundred men, whom you publicly
Iaraded IN different parts OF the county,
armed and disguised. And you publicly
notified them to meet you on the appointed
day armed and equipped, TO resist the sher-
10 IN the discharge Of his duty.
When that omcer arrived nj the village
OF Copake, in the pcacchble line Of his do.
,y. YOU placed yourself at the head Of your
armed band, and with pistols cooked and
swords drawn, you captured hun. You
warned him not to proceed, but avowod that
YOU hal thus met 10 rssls, him, and that
YOU intended to do so even to the shedding
Of blood. You held him n close prisoner
for several hours You surrounded ham
with your armed associates and finally,
with your pistol presented TO hiA breast,
YOU compelled him 10 surrender TO you the
legal process which IT was his duty and his
purpose TO execute Not contcn, then TO
discharge hun, bat most fully TO manifest
your contempt OF the law and It's process,
YOU kept him your prisoner unnl, IN his
presence, and tina, Of tho multitude whom
YOU had assembled there, you burned tho
papcrs Of which YOU had thus robbed hun
You afterwards, SURROUNDED IN the same
manner. publicly ayowod that You and they
were lhus armed in order 10 resist the Sher-
~ and hs posse IN any uttcmp, to arrest
you for tie crime you had committed And
you carried out your purpose by calling
upon your associates TO stand by you, when
he came to arr,s, you, by causing yourself
10 be- rescued from las custody, and by
yourself presenting a loaded pistol at bim
and threatening 10 shoot him wnh II
Under the impulse which you have thus
given and IN imitation OF your example
pcocenh,c Inhabitants have been driven from
thor homes ut night, Houses have been
torn own. farms lad waste, the laws latci
l.y s.,t,cd, and the officers Of Justice fred
upon auI wounded while IN the discharge
Of th,r olbciai duty
Thrse offences, serious rs they are, have
80 .
the eoun aud jug testimony when you
know to be false
You have been the leader, the active in
aicaior, the principal lomeu'or Of all these
diaurbinces lou have inside yourself m
example OF disorder and violence nni yoc
have caused many curing and misguided
men 70 follow u, e. their ruin and The dis