New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-20
VENGEANCE FOR CRIMES UNFINISHED BY
LAW

To ne F9ifor 81 The \. T. Tribusc.
SIX: The recent trial in Canada Of George Brogdon,
LAWYER for the murder of his tell 'vstudeut and once
intimate f.icnd, Thomss Henderson, who ha seducei
BIogleus Wi f. with the subsequent acquitt, in de-
fence of the presiding Judge of Brcgden 10y the jury
TIM, tried him for murder calls to mind several other
irs,apces IN which jures sfirmed the rshtfulness OF
xii ing sodDcer- follows:
Some wears ago there was OF the same kind ia
Delaware a reckless man, VII. 81 Iaue we cRnnot
recall had taken from he d.f ndaot Greene his wife,
and kept her With him. Greene, according To oa-
recollection, as rather smyeiing, putdl below, anu
was once IRENE ndousy thrash@d BY the voinizer for
remou siI aiiOg with hm about his vile But he could
stand il : O longer and at last summ ming up courage
enough he shot bis eueGly white he lay snoozny In
chair Greene was indicted FOR murder. tried and
1r0u3ied ihonsh there n" doubt whatever OF his
baxy;ue COM i,icd the de ed. Aerw ard Anne lean
Girl 10 had been seduced ind promise OF marriage
and we have no doubt this IL always The case met
her fshless Lo0ario IN The streets we think,
If one Of our North western cues, where, after
a lorr searCh over the country, she NJ length
tor1d him, and reminded him OF hi@ promise.
Her erirt aties being Coldy, II not scUrnl ily de-
ni. d. she drew sto aud at once put AN cad H. 'n
The iu,v on the inst trial OF Il slyl. eere divided
rsrt no doubt oheying the INSTRUCTIONS at the C"dr
and were discharged On her second tTial the jury at
once oischag ei her Another ot like kind occur
red VIC think, in New Orleans The indicted girl
at once ,Quirted. Another Philadelphia, il we mis-
take lot in the of lrsh girl, where the trans
ore ssor being reminded If his promise ani refusin,
To fulfill IT, sho' Ia the street in open day
light before host Of witDgsses. Here the jury did at
bessie To acquit. cast invoicing like principle
occurred the oiher day in tbs Ii of Pm del.
pha, in phicb book keeper >huilockl shot down
If his mlloyeis lClawg.il who ne suppose is dead,
for improper intimacy With his wife.
As the nation bee mes more popuous aud more lnxu-
rious, doing every day, such Killings must
increase " us. Now what s tai ~ doue about them,
f. 10 one would be IN favor Il having such deeds
esamined For the injured pSty T., challenge to elus
combat the g.dOer gives TIE lter. according to
the lsws of the dHeo, the right ofcloosng the Neap
Obs distance &c. Indeed, It would be ;oo much lac
seDdiTg n cartel 10 hyena who proNls ooly 10 tho
oak or to a attesDako who unexpe,t dy strSe' You
a fatal blow from the grass which concea's him 10
bring such persons We have mentioned 10 the gal
lows would be out OF the question. The people inst ad
of growing in their reverence Tor the hT-the COM
monty received opnion-Sould hate aud detest one
which would c0psgn e. dspraceiul aud capital panlsh
mtDt a fellow being who vist majority would think
fom Their hesrts had done stTgnt toward he destroy
e their happiness. Nor would hong aud dlsbonorabe
pUDi,bueDis be oere ed am, D. liz here, sich "a took
place MOI long ago in Canada. nbere wealthy scodn-
dre seductd the sister q hard working man and
n en- drove ber into the street The poor went ID
demand something like reparatlon, when the black
guard attempted To kick him into the street. in not
blood the unfortunate man drew a revolver aud fired
tire contents into him, but he escaped with BIS life.
For This attempt 10 KILT the poor fellow was tired aud
sent to the Penittnnry for fourteen years The fact
H. saws Il writer, this las Is chance which
strikes down the chivarIc and high mi1ded win me
" ssme force that il does the base and Designing
This may do where there is nm h0R0rable ca"e-aboss
the peope-bu it would not be b me vi among US.
What then are we TO d1i T9i': Let the Grand
Jury ipdct not, at their discretion; shtn the facts
fuzzy hDos that there can be m'stakc about
ibtm- as in tue instances we have me0tioned-tho
Grand Jury will not irdct. Should they not be fuly
known Ter them DO Investigated befne Petit jury,
with the Liberty of acqut,iIg for murder or no, ant
have full power for finding for some slight ohsnse o.
nisdtmeanor. A. LAWYER.