Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-05-07

"Nsysr'" vas tie sesiy.
"ba' yoa knOw ,hs, lsf SONS fsall ~ AK
idisinhef.tcJ him."
Il do hot"
slave y0l noI heatd the testimony Of lhe VIZ
nesses wh0 have ptcce,led 4uu-ana also SEED
the will whereby Nc. Duuraven ~a. male ,bs
sO'e heir Of Ne. kvn,oa's property, snd Ris son,
the prisoner At The bsf, excluded from I'll nght.
tile or interest whatever IN ihe samei'
Il have certainly seen document pur.
porting as much, bat ! know il ~ be a false ons
- know also the contents 10 be a fabrication,
and hesitate not to say il Is bold and wilfll
Jorgs'y, which can substaniiste By facts and
W my oath in the presence Of God and this as
scmbled multitude"
All eyes we're turned towards the Wines
sho stood there with lis white locksfloslhk over
his shoulders, his fine old manly features glow
/ ing with the fire Of yinuOus indignaiion-his
heart bold inthe confidence Of right. and his hand
raised alOiI il appealing to the throne Of God.
breaIhless silence rcgined throughout the court.
The prisoner started ~ his feet Uuufayen en-.
dcayored 10 conceal his emotion eonyersed with
his counsel, but volcano was raging in his heart,
and he would have gladly returned the whole Of
bis ill.acquired wealth could he al thar moment
have escaped from the glance Of tho court.
One Of the judges now interrogaIed Kenneth
FOR it was plain from the carnesI manner of tho
man, that there was some secret Of paramount
importance TO the case, Yet to be revealed.
"You speak boldly, wiiness-renfembef that IL
what you have advanced you cannot subslanIiale,
you will suffer punishment" said the Judge.
81 am willing il should be the punishment Of
death" replied Kenneth, III do not prove eve
ry particle Of my assertion"
The counsel would have intefpOsed, but was
oyerrulcd by the court, inasmuch that if forgery
could be proved having been committed BY Dun
raven, aud which was injurious to the prisoner, il
might be accepted o! as PaiaGng the greatness
Of the assault.
"fou Sy," continued the Judge, "Ihat the doc.
ument which was this day produced 10 the court,
and which now lies before you, IS is bold and
rriyh .Gorgery'"
al do" answered Kenneth.
J produce the proof then. Now is the time to
benefit the prisoner"
/ "Tha proof--that is--the true document IS not
in my Possesson-but can direct you to where,
in few minutes you can obtain il. Or, if il
please you, send me in the custody Of officers
and will lead them 10 the place, where lies the
true and only will which ksnon ever made in
his lifetime"
4 "Be il so!" answered the judge. "ConducI
the witness 10 where he savs-in the meantime
let no one leave the court, We will suspend the
proceedings ull his return"
The dwelling Of Ihc deceased stood but short
way from tie court house, Gnd the document was
soon procured. A seal was placed upon the bed
escruioire if It may be so designated, and an OF.
fcer left in possession Of the house while Ken.
meth and the others returned 10 the court.
/ The true and false wills were compared and tho
real one proved. The very lawyer who had
drawn out the counterfeit document happening to
act for Dunraven in the present instance, being
interrogated by the court, 10 save himself, ac-
knowledged that he had been employed by Dun
raven 10 frame such document, but lhal he knew
nothing more Of it. The Witnesses and sigma.
ture Of kenIon having been obtained he believed
by Mr. Dunrayen himself. The two Witnesses
were soon icrreled out, their guilt and that Of
Dunraven made clear as the sunshine, and Young
Kenon was acquitted without the jury leaving
, the box.
Two months after this, a large crowd was as
sembled before the prison called tho Old Bailey,
and among Them, to crafty morbid curiosity
Of behOlding fJllOw creature suffer the last pen.
ally Of the law. The condemned was Dunraven,
who had been tried for forgery, and found guilty.
The prison clock Ioiled the hour Of eight. The
sheriff and officers Of justice appeared upon the
scaffold, the culPrt pale, haggard and trembling
ascended the drop-the moose was placed around
his neck-the loathsone cap drawn over his fea.
tures-ihe signal given, and the unfortunate
wretch hung wrIhing and quivering between
heaven and earIh-a victim Of bloody code.
now abolished.
William, with his lovely and faithful wife, is
now living in happiness and af1uence. Old Ken
meth has not been neglscted-the honest couple
with whom Jeanette and William after the battle,
soiourned, have been beuered in their condition,
and the good woman who offered them shelter
and assistance in their hour of trial in London,
needs no longer TO fear the frowns of poverty
A young and beauteous offspring sport around
Jeanette and William, while he ever bTesses the
|, happy hour when he. wooed and won JeaneIIeI
The peasant girl Of Belgium.