Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-12-26
WEST BATON ROUGE. SATURDAY. DECEMBER &C. 1857.

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around by the back Of the building
once and that was an hour before
the fire broke ont. He knew moth
ing nothing. He clasped his hands
and with his fearless eyes raised
toward heaven, he called on God TO
witness that he was innocent!
l have told you that l knew him
yell. I knew him SO well, that
from that moment I knew him to-
be innocent I knew his very sollli
~ knew how free and open it was
--ah, how sinfully so. 4 knew
there was no falsehood in the story
he had told us. i tai, sea
"My boy is innecent!'7 Ny boy
is innocent !"iq ssy. 25asa a41
4 Iheard the cry-and Z saw an
old woman sink back into the arms
Of a male companion. Il was his
poor old mother! Her heart was
nigh broken! Yet I saw that all
this had but little effect upon the
mass Of spectators. The prisoners
course Of dissipation, his many
threats against the house, and the
very fact of his having been. rob
bed and abused there heavy against
him. s,a94a sazss.s,.s ....5sa ssottigsl
The counsel for the prisoner made
his speech, which was labored and
hard. He was foolish enough to
intimate that if his client was around
at the back part Of the house more
than once, he must have been in
toxicated. In short, his plea had
better been left out. The evidence
he could not shake, and he did all
he could to sppose evidence, some
Of it was most absurd and ridicu-
lous. I afterwards learned that
Moulton Warren engaged that law
yer for the youthful prisoner! The
government attorney made his plea.
It was plain, straight forward and
very conclusive. .rs asg.z.e sslsa
The Judge finally gave his charge
He was fail, and candid. He rev.
iewed the evidence carefully, and
pointed out such as bore heavily
upon the case. He told us If there
was q lingering doubt in our minds
we mnst give the prisoner the ben
| eft Of it. But / could plainly see
there was no doubt in his mind.
We--the jury-were conducted
to our room BY an officer, and there
locked up. A silence Of someImin.
ntes ensued. Monlton Warren was
the first to speak: ~ -. - ~..a.s
aW ell . he said 81 s'pose there's
no need Of onr bein' here . great
while. OF course we all know that
the prisoner mnst have set fire te
the house r !. .slss... rs ss5sa ~ iv
There was something in the man
liner Of that man she said this tha'
1excited my curiosity-I wontsay i
Twas suspicion then-only curiosity
i. He spoke with 2 forced effort Z
] Icalmness, which / at once perceiv
led. The more / looked At him tn.
more / / became strangly nervou
land uneasy, wondered why b
|Lshould be 80 anxious to be rid Q
! 1.-THE case and have Ambold convie
lIted. Ifknewithat he had frequent
led that evil house, and that Ne hat
ldone much towards 'tempting Char
Hey to dissipation | knew that b,
,Iwas1 il that house on the night o.
(which tie prriissoner ,was robbie 70
i Charley told me 20 when / visite,
!, him in his cell. I had then aske,
/ 1.-THE unfortunate youth If he wa
Isarre Warren was his friend. Oh
|he was sure Of it. He should hav'
f hunted him up on the night Of hi
I robbery, only they had told hin
Il Warren was gone. n sb~as
By and BY, the foreman prupQee'
Il that we should each take mp /
piece 3. paper and write down on
opinion, and then compare notes
] Iwent 10 my hat,, which I Ind pla
ced upen . table with . number =
|, others. and took outga sheet sof p