Litchfield enquirer., 1862-04-24
THURSDAY. EIGHTH DAY, APRIL 17th
 THE VERDICT. &o.


 THE VERDICT. &o.
 .[Ths following appeared in part of our edition last week.;
 The Court opened at g o'clock.
 At 1925 the Jury entered the Court Room from the Jury room. -.....
 They answered to- their names as the Clerk eallSd them. sThe Jnry Fasg and the prisoner arose. The Jury have agseed to the verdict "Gu1LrY OF MuHDER"1s THE 2sD DEGREE.
 woodford maintained perfect composure, while his wife burst into a flood of tears.
 Hubbard for the prisoner gave notice ofs mo- ton in arrest of judgment and for new trial
 (Which motion has since been withdrawn1
 MONDAY APRIL 2lsr, NINTH DAY.
 ~e.: THE SENTENCE.
 Court opened at 2 o'clock, P. M when the prisoner, Lucius J. Woodford, being brought to tle bar, was addressed by Judge Dutton as fol- lows:
 LUcIUs J. WooDroRD:-In an ordinary case of the conviction of prisoner of murder in the 2d degree, it would not be considered necessary or proper, to address the prisoner before pro- nouncing the sentence of the law. But this is an extraordinary case, and in compliance with the request of the presiding Judge, shall brief. ly remind you of your situation. A jury, re- markable for their intelligence and impartiality, have found you guilty of the crime of murder. large majority of them, we have reason to be- Geye, would have acquiesced in . verdict, pro- nouncing you guilty.of murder in the first de- gree; the highest crime known in our law. ex- cept that of treason. They were satisfied that instigated by a bitter feeling of revenge, you wilfully and deliberately, took the life of fell low man, and that man your brother-in law. In- deed. they believed that you lay in wait for his, and that as he was peaceably passing by your dwelling, you sent bullets into his heart. What the views of the court are, it is not important to state, except that they concur fully in the yer dict of the jury. The consequence is, that you must pass all the residue of your days in pris- on. cut of from all connection with the af- faifs of your fellow mei, and deprived of all those endearing relations which render life a blessing. Let me warn you not to indulge the hope that there will ever be Q remission of your punishment. There are circumstances which have appeared in evidence, which, in my judg- ment. will prevent any Legislature of this State, From endangering the lives of the citizens of this commonwealth; by setting you ct liberty Consider yourself IS dead toshis world. and de- vote the residue of your days, to repentance for this great transgression, that you may be prepar- ed for another si ate of existence. Remember that you must appear before another tribunal; be- fore judge of infinite pdtity and justice, from wkom nothing can; he coiessied. Let your ps- tiaons for mercy De to him, and to him alone.
 Itremains for mo toapronounce the sentence of the Court upon you }. which is, that you be committed to the Connecticut State Prison, dur ing your natural ife.,
 During the delivery of the sentence the priso. ner seemed perfectly nnmoved; at it's conclusion he wasremoved to the Jail, and will be remand cd to the State Prison, at Wethersfsld, during the present week. su
 Gov. Buckingham has accepted the appoint ment of the American Temperance Union; in place of Ex. Gov. Briggs, deceased.