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whai part II any, d the expense should Be paid out
az refunds Of The Insttnie. That tae expense
o1ghl 10 b eoTne ~ the Common Fral,h, cut Of
The funds d The Institute, some oshes inna: We
think must be obvious to every ode
Every sensible man Iaasi pcreeive thAtiftke AZ
torney for The Comm0nNeallh, - be left 10 con-
tend 10 such Eases. single handed, againsg whole
host o. the ab.ess Attorneys, that money can com
nand the services Of, The prcietce al ,hszS,ate
guarding TIE lives q our citizens. By bringing
wealthy cnendeIs 10 justice, Is a mere mockerr.--
And unless sons Leg islayive provosiuu Is made for
Limiting The number II counsel, who may appear
for any purpose on either side 10 criminal pfose-
cntions, 70 not more than two; and lor having the
Cemmonrsal,h fully represented il all cases il
would Be bster al once 10 declare that ary man
who takes the lie II aaoiAer, shah pay certain
peeuaiaEy penasy, and be exempted from heing
subjected 70 undergoing the formali,y Of criminal
prosecution.
We understand, that eemp plants were made dur-
ing the trial. OF cAkaneous influences being brought
10 bear against The accused. How linle fcunda-
tion there was f;sF any charge Of an unreasonable
desire on The part Of the cilIxe Of the Town
", 10 have The accused convicted may De Judged
of ifom The verr remarkable cireurisiancs that
enc q The most Important facts in the case and
which vent strongly tooverlhrow The whole gfonrd
OF the prisoners defence, although knoNn 10 per
haps twenty respectable men. was not proved ~ a
single witness until near The close Of the examina-
| iion OF the C1fnmunwealth's Witnesses. That the
wiiness who FIRST stated it, should when he saw that
his testimony 10 Be assElled on that 5oinf have
islt, aud manifested, 4 desire 10 fortiy il with the
testimony Of other Witnesses il surely not 10 be
wondered al The truth Is, that whilst most Of our
citizens fetka the interest Of society required that
the tier should be fully investisa:et, each indi-
vidual Eel; such aFePugnanee .e appearing 70 take
an active part against the prisoner, that the Com
monweahh was in dancer Of losing the bsneft q
I much Gift mcst important testimony.
on the other hand, il We ale correctly Informed
efforts were not wanting TO bias the public mind ii
Flavor Of tie prisoner. What effect, If any, thost
| efforts had, in producing toe iesult which tool
place those who were apprized Of what occurred
can best Judge
II the friends Of he prisoner right in The idea
which they seem to have entertained, that in Grim
iaal prosecutions no man is be at liberty 10 az
ford any assistance 10 the prosecution, or iniorma
tinn 10 The representative Of be Commonwealth
without beiag sabiessed 10 the impntaiion Of seek
ing for revenge or of having disposition to hun
down the prisonN. ard thai the Attorney for lht
C Jmfnon wealth aust be leit 10 grope his way ID
The dark every law for the pun ishment Ct erml
might as well be repealed al once. We contend
on the contrary that il is duty 7a=s=every goo
citizen owes IS soeeiy, TO ford The constituted an
ihorites, such informaten, as will lead to faith
full and proper execution Of the laws Of the land.
Ia conclusion, we will say that in what We hav
written, i WAS not our purpose 10 cast censureo
any ofthe Counsel engaged in the case, much les
the Cont. Nes do We desire to do injustice TO n
parry accused, lr inlet pain on any Of his friend
or relatives our pnrHo@e has been 10 vindieate ii
dad and doJnxtiea toEsome ofthe living, who hav
incidentally, in the cdurs Of The trial and the put
location Of is proceedings been subjected 10 gre;
injustice
we viii further remark, lhatthere are very grei
! inaccuracies ID the reports Of the evidence and
The debates in the aral which we have seen ov
ing no aoaht, 10 the diftcaliy of making correl
report; under the circumstances in which the r
porters were placed. JUSTICE.