Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-11-04
Trial of Edwin COUpeo.

| cnsRLEsrows, Nov. 1.-The court met ut 10
oclo,k this morning. Judge Parker on the ben n,
and Chas. Harding. esq, assisted by Hon. An
drew Hunter. Attorney for the Commonwealth.
Elwin CopIee was brought IN md placed nj the
bar for trial, the charge Of treason against the
State conspirine and advising with slaves to rebel
and wilfu murder.
Messrs Griswold Of Ohio, and IIoyt. OF Boston,
appeared IA counsel for the prisoner.
MOTION FOR ARREST Of JUDGMENT
Previous to proceeding with Coppes's trial. Mr..
Gfiswold stated the points on which an arrest Ut
judgment was asked in Browns case. In addition
10 the reasons made yesterday that it had not been
proved beyond room for reasonable doubt, that the
prisoner citizen Of the United States.
he argued that treason could not DO committed
against II State, but only against tue General Gov
crnment, citing the authority Of Judge story
Also that the Jury hal not found the prisoner
guilty Of the crimes as charged in the indictment,
aud had not responded 10 the Offences charged but
hal found him guilty Of offences no charged. They
found him guilty of marIer in the first degree,
hen the Indictment don't charge him with offences
constituting that crime.
Mr.. Hunter reptile |, quoting the Virginia code,
t. the effect that tcrhnica.ites should mt arrest
the administration Of jxsiice. As to the uris'lic-
lion Of the State III uf treason, it was s,lih-
cent To say that Virginia had passed law assn
ming that jurisdiction, and defining what consti-
tIIes that crImr.
The Court reserved its decision in Brown
case for the prcascnf. 1t Is supposed an appeal
will b. taken 10 highcr CONT.
The jury was then sworn n tuppcc's case; the
main question put Ia them being. whether they
hilyed hey could give I'll" prisoner n fair and i'm
partial trial on the testimony. independent OF any
Ting they had heard or read GA the subject.
The testimony was the already pub.
li,hed, but much more brief, thry only being qucs-
Il ned On such points ~ are essential for convic-
ton.
The examination 81 witnesses for the rrosccu
ton had not conclu lie up to the time Of adjourn
ncnt
Cant Cook waves an examination before a
magistrates c'uri, and will probably be indIctcl
hY n special GRAND .ju,y to he called next week.
lcis moro communicative than any Of the other
prisoners, aud denounced Fred ID Iuglls rs IL tra.
I and coward
The tw, negroes Copeland and Green who are
Indicted with Brown and Coppce will be 'riel
Evxt
Phil, the negro of NJ, Alstadt, who WAS com
'cllcd bv Capt. Brown II assist in making the
Ipnpholcs through the walls Of the engine house,
was arrested and conveyed to all the charge
of symInDhising with tie insurgents. lie has been
since lying very i'll aud died Yesterday of pncumo,
na, though it is said his sickness was caused by
fight
Martial Law prevails throughout, Jefferson
~, and every stranger that arrives is compelled
60 give satisfactory account OF himself or lmne-
d,ately leave.
cnArIt>rowS, Va Nov. @.-Coppec was today
convict al ou all tho counts 9, the Indictment.
The Court oycrrnlcl the motion tor arrest If
iudgmcnt in the case Of Brown, and scntcn;c d him
to be hung on the u IT December,
Brown made speech insnlying his conduct