Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-07
nzArH OF tn CONVICT.

,,,xsrox. March 3-Quite Unexpectedly
hadv. the Jury in the case of George 4.
cry .Lis morning entered the court room
lla't, .,ast eleven O'Clock with n verdict
nou .i pr was seated in the court room, and
pf '.. tonk their places he peered scrutn-
p !u.s tbeir faces. as if to elicit one faYora-
r. ,. ni'G Disappointed in this, a death
nd'o"'' s., snread over his features mortifica-
\ paynI' asnoir appeared to paralyze his whole
~ The verdict was guilty.
feh' ,.ord;ct was announced, MIR. Bradley,
hfief w oonnselfor the deiease stated that the
Of inc = p,,renared to file bill of exceptions,
Rnse' h"a l,Ii prefer to have Judgment pro
NV, anj Immediately.
RneeG NM Gardiner was then called upon to
~. ueo. reeeiye the sentence of the law !;
r. up 9 q~ Crawford pronounced as follows :
zen Ja's Ion convicted by II jury of your
gu nj IL orime of false swearing, touching
Pntry u r tau of public money. and in support
eXpehol',; fhe United States. Perjury,
n clam ~ and general sense, strikes at the
lfs nh ii tho securities which society IS bognd
\ q ' a. - and maintain around the Citizen
WI ont;enlar offense charged upon you and up
| I;n,, rho Jury have passed, whether consid-
w., roterence to the complicated plot by which
soafs
gpo,. obtained from the Treasury ON the n
1.-the commissioners appointed to decide
/ .bo claims under the treaty with Mexico of
,raarv. 1913, is one of unusual enormlty.
w. od1ress such observations, as must seem
,ory man who knows the circumstances that
.,mded YOU, to a person of your conceded II
/ :, wonld be useless or vain-useless,i if they
arisen in your own mind vain,if they have
| From your fate others should learn, Il at
nan. however remote its origin, with what
forecast laid, however stealthily or adroitly
[.ynod for wears, and at length executed, or
|, ,gbateyer success for time attended, can be
|aonnpgy devised as to escape detection. The
Is,ampled ingenuity of the network spread
| IN This trial, and the fact that it has been ex-
| sd at the last stage, ought not to fail of ben
| .ial effect in convincing all men that if they
4 rample on laws, human and divine they
hill suffer for it.
THE sentence of the Court is, that you suffer
|tbq pepitentiary for the District of Columbia
|misonment and labor for the period of ten
|rs"
After the sentence was announced the priso-
\ was taken to the jail in custody of the proper
Beer.
|Nr. Bradley, the prisoners counsel, was pre-
lt-and having been seated, some converse
| took place between them. Gardiner then
lk glass of water and signihed his READINGS s
| 20 to Jail. Mr. Smith, the warden of the Jail,
! Mr.. Wilson, balitf of the court then accom-
| MED him over. In entering the guard room,
Gardiner took chair, and in about five min
L. was seized with severe fit, and fell to the
|olnd cutting his head. MUSICIANS were soon
Int for and he soon recovered. Several fits in
ok succession followed. He was cupped, and
|ery remedy used without effect. During these
|ferngs Gardiner called Mr.. Bradley to his
h. told him he was dying, and that he died in
|cent.
Gardiner died about three o'clock. This mel
|cboy occurrence has shocked our citizens, and
this is closed we are waiting for Coroner
|oolward to convene jury of inquest, and the
|Yscians are preparing to hold post-mortem
|amination on the body.
The court, after sentencing Gardiner, adjourn
until Monday next, when it commences "A new
pm, and the spectators present cleared out
bot more than half an hour elapsed between the
(pearanee of the jury,in the court and the final
|osing of the scene. Gardeners counsel had
fed bill of exceptions before the District
burt. NJ.