Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1855-12-28
PARDON OF DR. BEALE.
OFFICIAL. CONN iCATICly OF e RI {


Whereas at a eoart of Oyer and Terrni-
nsrs and gnafser ans af the Peace, hsll
IN and Tor Tie CITY and oounsy ef Pisslasisl-
iFhia. and Commonwealth Of TeansFlssnia,
At Auguss Sessions, a. D 1854 D4.
Stephen r BALE, l,satisf, was indicted Is
fae Grand Jugy biihe Sai4ieify and count +,
4es the 'erinie.a,f saps, alleged d hare been
eaa.naitgeti npcp tae persoa Of Mss Nlfcissa
i. Nudge.
And whereas. ata ssbsequest scssio, Of
SAID court, 10 wit, 1t the 0etttteF session.
! n. D. 1854, the said DIR. Steplsesl 7 .Iseale
Den;isi, having been err,gnett and iried,
was found entity OF the felony whereof he
s'ood charged. and was by SAID jury recon-
lneiided to tie mercy Of said ccnit.
And whereasou Ibes 18th df November
4. q. 1854. il was sadjandga,l by the said
eprTt diat lie saia DR.. Stephen T. Beale
pay a aEne as one .rcnt to tine Commonwealth
aases undergo an imprisonment aeiar4 labor
in tie Pailatelphia lgaiity Prison for the
ter.u Of foar years and dlsix calendar months;
That he be4esi. cle. he'd AID otherwise treated
as lie law directs. bet lie pay the costs Of
prosecution -apd ssand eosnA,ittsd until this
juagalslitis fulig compiled sif..
Aai where's il appears By the testimony
taken osi lie trl4i q he ssid D. Stephen
T. Beaie, and nov Esd III he igfise Of tae
Secretary Of tie CgiaiAohSeaiih, that tie
SAID Dr- Stephen u. Beaie was consie ID
oftae felony aforesaid uion tie evidence Of
The pFosecuhix alone, aud tlat she at lie
ti.le of lie commission of tie said ofence,
IS alIears ; ber ewn declaration, vas 50
ilincii Under The iDfle1ee os esbef as 80
lie uns e to rake lpy resistance Of
outeTY
Ana whereas i las been repvesfnted &
us sesase .sss iiEe II tfs; Slszss
.at ss4a ssecactar.y 81 the Coal,nollneaiti, from
Dr.. T. S. Crane. OF Eastoa Ps., Dr. s II
Harvey, Of aeConucilsburg. Pa. DIN. W.
Harris Of sberburne, Ky, Dr.. a. F. Smith
Ct Syracuse, y. Y, Dr.. A. G. S. Gale, Of
Port Richmond, Ny, Dr. n. Eaton, Of
Nid5letary Vt, recently Governor Of that
State DR.. Hugh Mcguire, Of Winchester,
Va, Drs Wan. II. Giles, u. E. Scbooa-
maker, Adrin r. Terry, W. B. Roberts,
c. $. Putnam, ana ore hundred other
dentists Of Inc city Of New York, Drs. 4
R. johnson, A. N. Burden, T. s. Wilkin-
son, D. B. Whipple, and twenty-five other
dentists Of the city Of PhilAdeIphia; Drs.
Edward Hartshorne, Wm. V. Keatlng, Mor-
ton srille, b. II. Coates, Samuel L. 1oI-
lingsworth, L. T. GebLard, Pref. Samuel
jackson, and sixteen other physicians Of the
city Of Philadelphia, that they have sever
ally bad considerable experience in tue ad-
ninistration Of ether and chloroform that
when either Of them is taken, it usually
produces a trance, dream, dclusiou. or hal
lucination uron The naal Of the patient: that
lie testimony Of . person as TO matters
tran spirine ehiist. .Grderi,S Influence, unless
sustained by corrobora,iye testimony Is un-
safe aud unrcliabll.and dould no: be re-
ceived and they therefore asl; tic Taracn
Of Dr. Stephen Brale as AZ act Of justice to
an irnoent individual. t
And whereas, if bas been further repro
sen.ed 70 me as aforesaid, by Dr. d. d.
Dickenson of Boston, Mass, Dir. Ward a.
~ Curtis, of Newark, n. j., DR.. J. ".
Haslctt, Of New York city, Dr.. j. MeAilis
ter, Of lancaster, Pa, DIS. j. T. Bird
Samuel K. Ashton, Thomas 3 Reid, Jas.
Bryan, Wm, t. Patterson, 4. A. Vaniyke,
/ L. p. Gebhara, Lewis H. GeBhari, fAec-
philus d. Bsasley. Profs. John Eif;bank,
Washington J DuiFec, VIM Gibson, and
ter ether physicians Of the city Of PhiAdel-
Pais, that they have carefully exannined tlie
testimony il the case Of Dr. Stepben =
Beale; tbat they believe hiu innocent Of the
crime charged against him, and they there
fore ssh the iutesposificn of tie executive
ireregetivein in his behalf.
Aud wiieresS, It has also been represented
tto me as aforesaid, lry z. r. Crouch, Esq.
Of tie city of New York John g. Sake. ol
| Darlington, Siermnni; John II. jackson
/ NJ D., and tbirteel other residents Of Gop-
| persyille. Kentucky Professor Benz. Hilli-
man, Of New Haven, Co1n Hoa. Neal Dow,
Of Portland Ne; Hon. Henry Dutton
Governor or Connecticut Hon. James NJ
-Duohanan Of Baltimore, Maryland; Hon. II.
Watson, one 81 tie Jadges Of the state 81
New York; lien. Demos sawyer, County
Judge schoharie county, New York: Eitam
Sexton ana YIN. u. Grow, Sessions Justice,
aud j. 3. Strain, Dis,ric. Attorney sor said
county, as wen is from Hon. p. s. Dan
forth, /. Sandsosd. Lyman Trenlain, and
twenty other members Of the bar Of the
State of New YORK, that in their opinion
The said DR. Stephen 7 Besle is innoocn.