Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-07-09

nIi.vnp ,yes condemned for murder The whole record
is Of course nj yonr service.
- p,Hars which have published any notice Of Chcslcrs
cas- will OF publish this such portions al least a.
may p'EseH' al ''' '''''''' 49, JOHN ROBERTSON
plTTsYLvAS1A CorRrH0uSE August 10, 1886.
To his E1ccllcncy, WvspHAM RoBEaTs"S
LiruIcunnt Governor OF Virginia:
Sin. Tho undersigned; AZ counsel for slave
Chester alias Jester who condemned 10 be hCpg Tor u
murder Tnus r. Williams the last court 81 this county
liberty of undressing you FOR ire PURPOSE q" calling
the attention OF the Executive particularly thla reS
the mere rcuciu record u it. +" the many errors
committed By iii. Cont The taI 10 thu inInry :" III: ri
sunrr ard Tor lie has remedy tArtnt oy an a''r1
to your FxceIrncy Chester ar sicr "a. Seen pres p'Si'
lrird urLrr rce;, assembly 1r !,"iug sutk IT,
aid ThuS. i. ~ Ius wih intention - .'!i hs va" VIZ
ecr!v ~ tie Ilcrd Jrti lit. til, tt 81 tAc"1"
AMI WIS acquitted Of he chaGr i"ls "caniia ci*sl
o,,vaS .lr ac ,+ The said williams struck by
with the malicious intention described n 'e ar
mi which iaY - constitute m"c or inti
he struck The blow all We offered pls" :s ucqn!iti
in bar but not permitted to i :" sy lie C"u: W.
would they nermi; us 10 PUT IN tn" plea ~ "h,rh me Goa"
cailt woul have been compelled u ds.ur Or Try
IT, ht decided ;i.i should Dot be permitted 70 plead i;
al all. .
Ala s.bscauen, stage Of the trio! 'ha Common wealth. ~
cred cyijcnre against til: '"e 1eci:aiina- Z" tie
iec"ts,r aud Eyrcencv "!l perceive hv =" eAlGtna-
n a the b 0 pii"nst ;ft lie C"nh I:c'ti
the sai LraralIous "vd"rce "a nc ifa "i'a ~ Tie
Whole rv.iencc TIE legality ~ ;hat t's'.E's::.
set !rh ~ aid bill ri r;iura Et ""rt IS sh!
Of his !li;c said Tacs T. Win ms: n rNi'e'-. ~
urcc any ap2Trfetlsluns G ap;,a, 'h. lis deal!
cydenco and the decision IN receiving a"c Get
lag or il, illegal.
Having ~ tribunal b. which t"sc nrd ne 0!he- error
apparent TIC record wirh has h": Transmitted 20 s't
i:xrelcncr corrected, trust ws shni mn he mis-
taken suppnSr. rH! he ESccr i'e "i SO: II. '!lf "
uartor the nero Chester li"' - chtrgc his punishment
To Tran, at zion Tie Comm nweat; W.: u''hcr beg
leave Ia snpge that HE day ii execution is Friday y" 26il
day ri l- raril any communication I" tie Shcrr
mis- cnny could scarcely iC ms place te'nr
shat time by III" nrdnarr mail cnavcyanr"
We have the be- with Great e-P"ct end consde!n-
- ia I.It
T!iOS GREEN,
WM DANIEL j.
pnK n. TERRY.
NOUUSON HUGHES.
EXECUTIVE DrrAnrmES-, !
Jur.c 22 ]. 1852
Tho FOREGOING Il true cnny Ola r''cr file Ihis De-
nartn,e!t WI H. RICHARDSON, Sec'y Ccmhh.
Cory from The Journal Council Sal. relation 70 The
Stare Chester enne1 10 death III PRtsy'sand Conn'y
MJSpAy, l5ti Au-u'l, 1856.
Prcscn.-Ir Robertson Lieut.. Gov, and Nj. Macia'-
The Lieutenant Governor submitted the ii.iowng and re-
onrcd n. advice Of the Council If State thc;cao:
Record Of HE ir Of Crs;c slve, condemned; 20 death
Advised that he be reprievc Tor sale and transportation
q lrrc clDy WI Ii. RIGA AID son,
Secretary Of the Common "e.l.h.
From the EXECUTIVE Jouracl April HI, 1886.
sOa cunslGcra ton Of the Of tiHmoAry negro man
slave. the properly Thomas Griffin Thornton, condemned
10 death by Tie Cont Of Caroline county io muric and 10
executed The 10Th nS the
10 interfere for reasons slated "a tOlOws-
The foowir sentence is trns extracted from the fea
aons the Lieutenant Governor IN the ABOVE case
"Iat crime il which in the actual condition CT our
society stern but necessary pulley places among ne 9h
es. that be commedthe slave destroying the lie oi
his while in the act ocnretng him Cor dl4o5dlcncs
oil ORDERS EM Il. RlCbAnD'o.''
Secretary OF Commonwealth.
We ore glad Of this opportunity 10 the SUBJECT
because confidence In the correctness Of the opin
ions We first expressed has only been strengthened
Nv this failure utter failure-cf Judge R. TO show
that we erred In single points bu: second refer
ence 10 IN. record has satisfied that correct
in everything said 10 regard 10 The matter, both re-
IDS the law and the facts After his criticisms and insin
u.iions the Judge excuse US for noticing patcu
lay paris Of his communication, and comparing them
with the record il that instrument has been Impair
tj,ly or parilay quoted" by him; and in doing So we
will otice these passage, the order in which they
h says "Tbe self records partially quoted By yon
(us 10 sustain Jour impeachment, &c. If by this il is
meant that The rhole record not published answer
that il true because deemed useless TO lumber
columns witt, the form. Of pleadngs or TO gre the lesmo
nv Of ersry witness who might testify the ac-bu,
If meant that The testimony was par;iay given by
suppressing any material part thereof the statement is
founded We gave every material TACT developed by the tes-
,imony, and defy any show the contrary. But even
this correction perhaps unnecessary, for Immediately
following the sentence abuve quoted Judge r. says You
W. fc;csr perhaps very truly Chescss case as pal
pabe case OF r,urtcr murder OF the mos, yio.n, and as
eravsted kind" and yet Judge says his brothers. act in
committing the sentence bad in 70 sense positive or
In accounting for the remarkable endorsement upon the
back Of the record made at the time of granting the
preve Judge Robertson says, I" You should have known
that eprevss trusted the hazards Of the mail