Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-29
Important COurt-Martial-Hea Fine
ImpOsed--Sentence of Death.

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIo,l
CINoRNArI, ONO, April 81, 1868. J
General Order Ne. So "~Hf 70
| |. At a General Court Martial which con-
voned at Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 23d day oi
April, 1863, pursuant TO Special Orders No
1871, paragraph -, of April II, 1868, and Of
which Brigadier- eneral Robert b. Potter
U. 8. Volunteers, is President, were arraignec
and tried
Sampson D. Talbot, citizen
Charge--Harboring and shielding from ar
rest persons in arms against the Government.
Speciication--In this that the said Sampson
B. Talbot, on or about the 9Th day OF April
1863, at his house, near Paris, Kentucky, die
harbor and protect certain persons OF the So
called Confederate army, by concealing them
In his house, and denying their presence, wher
interrogated by officers sent to arrest them.
To which charge and specification the prison
er pleaded as follows: "Guilty"
FINDINGS AND SENTENCE.
The Court, after mature deiberation on the
evidence sdduced, find the accused, Sampson D.
Talbot, as follows:
or the Specification, guilty"
OF thu Charge, guilty"
Aud the Court do, therefore, sentence him,
Sampson d. Talbot, to be fined one thousand
l0O0) dollars, and to be kept In close confne-
ment for the term of three (3) months, at such
place as the Commanding General shall direct.
II the fae be not paid Ut the expiration OF said
three (3) months, the term Of imprisonment to
continue until 1t be paid.
IL. Thomai Sullivan, citizen.
Charge-Shielding from, arres. persons in
arms against the Government.
t. hat nm ahnut tho
5sh day of April, 1863, the said Thomas Sui
livan being at the house OF one Sampeon d
Talbot, near Paris, Kentucky, did shelter from
arrest certain persons 10 arms against the Gov
eminent, by denying their presence, and reius-
Ing to give any information when thereunto in-
terrogated, by officers sent to make said arrest
To which charge and specification the prl
oner pleaded as follows: ''Not guilty
FINDING AND sENTENcE =
The Court, after mature deliberaiion Oh the
evidence adduced, find the accused, Thomas
Sullivan, as follows:
On the specification, "Guity."
Ga the Charge, "Guilty"
Aud the Court does, therefore, sentence him,
the said Thomas Sullivan "to be kept 10 close
confinement for sixty (6O) days, at such place
as the Commanding General shall direct l"
iii. Thomas M. Campbell, of the so called
Confederate Army"
Charge-Being found and arrested within
our lines as a spy.
Specfcation-In this, that the said Thomas
M. Campbell, now, or late, OF the soc called
Confederate Army, was found and arrested with,
in the lines OF the United States iorcea, on or
about April IL, 1863, near Ruggles' Mills,
Bourbon county, Kentucky, as a spy.
10 which nharOa nd anacih linn ha ann
er pleaded as follows: "Not guilty"
FINDINGS AND SENTENCE.
The Court, after mature deliberation on the
evidence adduced, fiod the accused, Thomas
M. Campbell, nov, or late, OF the so.called
Confederate Army, as follows
/ OF the specification, "Guilty."
OF the charge, "Guilty."
Aud the Court does, therefore, sentence
him, Thomas M. Campbell, of the so.called
Confederate Amy, to be hung by the neck uu.
Ill be be dead, at such time and place os the
Commanding General shall direct
lV. The proceedings, findings and sentences
In all the foregoing cases are approved and con-
filmed.
The place of confinement in the cases OF
Sampson D. Talbot and Thomas Sullivan will
be on Johneon's Island, depot of prisoners oi
"S'j S"nuuehJ, Ohioi WhitueT theJ VIII Db sem
by the Military Commsndsnt of Cincinnati ,anc
| delivered into the custody Of the commander
of that post.
The Military Commander of Cincinnati, Ohio
will send the prisoner, Thomas M. Campbell
now or late OF the so-called Confederate Army
Ia irons, and deliver him to the custody OF tn
| Commander OF the post on Johnson's l,Iand de
pot of prisoners OF war, near Sandusky, Ohio
The Commander OF that post will ace that th
sentence of the Court is duly execu cd, at l!
O'Clock, nom, of May l, 1863.
BY order Of Maj Gen BURNSIDE.
LEWIS RICHMOND, A, A. G.
[oficial ". P. ANDERSON, A. A. @.