The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-09-11
DR.. Dodd and Dr., web.,,r.

gn, Ihspan n Ordinary TO his Majesty and Minister the
agufeh hosita Tie also stood high in the estimation Of
n ISpc rs r. 1lvpe popular preaohe and elegant
Ct some he may be said be the nsutor The Mngdalen
ns ieC s Young women who have sweTyed from the
and that OF the Humane Society the recovery of persons
apparently drowned, their institution 10 Pr Dodd He
wat patrOnized by the King, and Immediately by Lord
Chesterfield, and his church peicfmep lucrative but
nus expenses outan his ncOme which induced him to conf
init this forgery on his former pupil the Earl of Chesterfield
| He committed the forgery for which he suffered,
on his former pupil and patron, the Earl OF Ches-
| terfield, the nephew and immediate successor OF
the great Lord Chesterfield The bond was for
| E4200 He had intended to pay of the debt and
| cancel the bond before its maturity. But a mere
i accident led to the discovery The letter in the
word seven G777) was bIotted if by design,
| and the purchaser called on the Earl for new
| bond. Complaint was Immediately lodged, and
| two officers, accompanied by the holder called on
! the Doctor who at once confessed his crime and
paid back the money But the prosecution was
pursued, and he put on trial on February 9th
1777. Among the eminent counsel who appeared
in the cause were Butler for and Mansfield AGAINST
him. AT that time counsel could speak only to
points of law. The prisoner himself addressed the
jury and relied on the want OF faudaslcnt infant
The speech is brief and to the point that il NAV
well be published as model:
my Lords and Gentlemen of the Jnry-Iyoop the owl
uence wren mas tins day been produced against me- find il
world who has deeper sense OF the enions nstnTe Of he
crime for which stand indicted than mysgf viet II ,S
state IKE ours but, my lords humby apprehend tLoS%h
me Always b bo III n Rs av gP9de and asnaac Of %
G s consist IN the intention am Informed M lords
style nth an Intention to detTgG sTSh g an i, , m is
lords and gentemen of the Jury believe has not bee5 my
th9npenod which have before YOU sufficiently prove
y my lords to and the gentlemen Of The jury to con-
right ys in the snsg me eneF aeEGes Tom the lay Of
all he can to make full and perfect amend what nv ioFds
aRa gem een oil the Jury, can COD and man desire further
oqbe you w With respect to IN nstteg w We e5e
to give loose TO my feelings have many things 10 say
lords as II appears all hands, as il Appears Gentlemen Of
been done to any man upon the ee saq Fl b T ss
therefore on viii consider tecae in true state OF cenen
with oil candOr in this court vet have been nred Win
eAees cruelty have been prosecuted Gier the most en-.
ess eRsasemeats after the solemn assurances fer The
most de uslve soolhing OF Mr. Manly; ave
person, ayowedy criminal in the same Indictment with nv
e, haf Pegn brought ioth as capital wines against me
ib sm n WIN IN amy loaded as am with distress under
Ike n Poseeuton yonr ofdships and the gentlemen of
my 93rds soemny protest that DEATH Of ali blessings
STd, ties which SAL upon tss which render me desol,
lords who for twenty years las ye any 9%psrg
avoP dS ri eo9Gsa al attachment and fidelity and whose be-
ton an sure even from Tie mos in6umaa Ny iotis,
b"n eI r hGaeSt men, who will lose much by DEATH
oe sTowH to me- IT, upon the whole these considerations
if the most impartial survey Of be ms,'e o. inc Ju
oemey des eoh o, 9Iug can appear to one and
months Of this assured Mi Roberfeon ire9ueDfy mi
but Mr. Fletcher and hms and mo- Sg On be p{y to
any m9 n upon eash then hope, trust iay con6iS
country" anu p'O'eeuOn Oh my
Ihe Jury were out ten minutes and returned |
with verdict of pultv aocorpr,,,i aJ ,,.;n