The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-01-10

most OF the mans friends advised him to plead
guilty, and throw himself on the mercy of
the court, lhls advice he rejected, and when
aFra'sned, pied not guilty. The prosecutor
Nworc to the fact of the robbery; though, as
1t took place in the dusk. and the highwavman
was IN mask, he could not swear to the per-
son OF the prisoner, but thought him of the
same stature nearly as the man who robbed
HIM. 10 the purse and euineas, when they
were produced in court, he swore-as to the
purse positively, and as to the marked gum
cas-, to the best of his belief: and he testified
to their having been taken from the pocket
Of the prisoner.
The prisoners master, Mr. BruncIl, depos-
ed as tothe sending OF Jennings for the change
Of guinea, and to the walters having brought
back to him a marked one, in the room of
one he had givcn him unmarked He also
gave evidence as tot the discovery Of the purse
and -uinc,5 IN lie prisoner. 10 oo.4su.t.ln,i;.'
the proof, the Man TO whom Iir Bruncll had
paid the guinea, as mentioned came forward
and produced the coin, tcstiiying at the same
time that lie had received it on the evening
OF the robbery from the prisoners master in
payment Of debt; ani the traveller, or
prosecutor, on comparing it with the other
nineteen, sworc to its being to the best Of his
belief, one of the twenty marked euincas TAX
cn from him bv the highwavman. and of
which the other nineteen We're found on ,jc;l-
nincs.
The Judge summed up the evidence, point
ing out all the concurving circumstances a.
galnst The prisoner; and the jury convinced
by this strong accumulation of circumstanta
evidence. without go;ng out Of court brought
in verdict OF guilty. jennings was rxccut
ed some littlc time afterwards at Hull. re
peatedlv declaring his innocence up till the
very moment Of his Execution.
Within twcIvcmonth afterwards. Bruuel
the mater Of Jennings, was himself taken u
for q robbery committed Oh guest in hi
house, and the fact being proved on trial, l.,
was convicted, AMI ordered for execution
The approach of death brought on repentanc,
s, confession. Bruncll not only acknowledged
he had been guilty Of many highway roGUe-
res. but owned himself to have committed
the very one fJr which poor Jennings suffer
ed
The account which Brunril gave was, tia,
after roh;ing the tra,c cler. lie had %, hciao
before I,nl by switler riding and by nearer
wa. That he found man at home waiting
for him, to whom he owed a little bill, and Il
whom, not having enough other money in his
pocket, he gave away one Of the twenty gum
cas- which he lad Just obtained by the lo5bt.
". Presently came in the robbed gentleman
who, whilst Blunc!l, not knowing of his ar
rival, was in the stable, tod his tale. as be-
lore related, in the kitchen. The gentleman
had scarcely let the kitchen before BruneiI
entered il. aud there TO his CONSERVATION
heard Of the facts, and Of the guinra, being
marked. He became drcadiuily alarmed
The guinea which he had paid away he dar
ed not ask back again and as the affair OF
the robbery, as we'll as the circumstance Of
tie marked guineas, would soon become pub
licly known, he saw nothing before him bu
detection, disgrace and death. In this dlem
ma, the thought OF accusing and sacrificing
poor Jennings occurred 10 him. The stat,
.. intoxication in which Jennings was CAV,
him an opportunity of conrea!ing the none,
in the walters pocket The rest OF the stor,
the reader knows.