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,...,., i.,,. he Second 4sy The March Tern q
-. 60 court Of Ibis COssly, was sakeh up a me
80 .r .~ero sosor, slave he property o. yAAlA
49,. shsrrcd with 81 assault with latent % xii, sP-
- -, -. .nd ARAFAT tse lie Of $. HowEtt Bso~Es
-. "a Al, eounty Before entcring into trial. ths
-, !. Mo.d.v evening issgaed - Counsel for the
$500. Arpnrw HurTrt. Esq.,-so that he might
-. ie sssastags cfthe best legal ak aad aoli,y'
q .ard scms time for Ms learesd eoanselto make
- ssts.ssy pfspsrsaicl far the trial. ne es1se
mr. de srraignpeHs q ne RrisoAer ana =. pr
80 q she e.n.s .. proved. are Substantially ied in
= ~ uerds, o follows:
Thc rrrro vas hired b NJ. Bfcwa from Mr.. Roper,
- a. ve.,. snahaYsE been gtltY Of negIestn his ne
,,,.y dudes upon the farm, biz master ordered him IN:
I, - ~ hcuss Tor the purpose correcting hEhen
,k.r, having commanded him % reach out bis hands for
b, parsoss Il being ted he gaze but one, and stopping
,;sed ,.if de other hand large corn knife made o.
noxnr ,cythe and a Mr.. Brown struck, he returned
a. blow with this deadly wcapoa. upon the front Of his
~ ,nd followed il up with smother upon the back Of
~, k,sd producing two large ard ghasy solnds some
,hfss hches in cagth and through the scalp 10 the
skn boae Some two weeks before the negro' a. the
syiaeaes shows. made positive threat that Il corree-
,ion wss attempted BY his master he would kill hun
No paliaing circumstances were addneed BY the DC
fooee, Aid the counsel ptpcceo0u " ene 1BuiAS"e. -
4. HAKprxe, Esq the Attorney for the Commonwealth
pened the case in speech on great credit to himself
displsyipg uoh legal nfaraiiou and proper zeal IN
eatryise out wh he conceived 10 be his duty to the
Cennchwealth. z, ~
He Was followed BY AxDhrw HrsTER, Esq, for the
Prsonex, ana his effort upon h occasion as credit
sble tos his heart his head The learned eonnsei
aariag his professional career HIS earned for himself an
snvabe position in every elliott he has been called up
On 10 make. Taking the ground Of some legal defect IN
de Law under which the charge tried. as well as
The quality Of mercy he made an appeal that told with
powerful effect upon he Court and the Numerous spec
tstors pressnt.,
The case was closed ~ NM. O. WoRrEisSros.
ESQ. who had been retaiaed Tor the Commonwealth,
and the sledge hammer bis genius soon scat
tered all hopes for the unfortunate negro p the Winds
And as legal argument. andin addition, asthe exsres
sioa Of the inmcasc tespons blty resting upon him
dealing a he was with The eOf fellow creature, Ia
never been excelled al our Courts
The Coart, consisting Of B1axfoS Davenport. Pre-
sslaiag Justice, JoHs MeIsa, LooAs osBoasE. Gro
D. BeaLL and H. N. GAtLhnHa. Associate justices. Eel
with force the socmnity of tile occasion upon which
they were called upon 10 preside. After an half hour
debersoa they agreed in find ng the Prisoner guilty
and the Presiding Justice proceeded 70 pronounce tn
sentence Of the lawths he " hung upoo tho Goth da
u May next. ~ -N
The subject sanghi with reflections Of interest aud
Importance. but designte src simply synopsis Q
1ha trial ia a.s