The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-26

they woud decide without parfy bias. spa o,v. a
lol 'elaiol according TO the evidence
sOhcltOi.Genefai Ct ckburn repled briefly ana
,enpcrateiy. lie expressed sy mpathy with the pri.
soncr ara said be had teen al owed 70 produce sns
tn.v ~ COmpatDlo with law and justzoe. lf The
Jury believe the evidence offered they nnst deem ti
hasto.eI hat guilty For the defense II had been set up
aoer ant that 1t was IN that cnpSottv tbat no cana
Invs rt Dut hthoueh they make the statement they
porter n sIU"ea nn s Dy any evidence that he Is re
nronrte, p pIls ner might have SUMMONED over the
iht matter n e paper, which would at once 0et over
"a" uiu not contemp plate that anv man. even N
with and assume nas y a reht to come over. nlipGe
c,a nod tha, ~ o , command Tno prisOner had
% Ula incu tnat ne was an American citizen nv dcs
satisfied of mill tbs,r ~ dnis ms owo handwriting H
lhem 10 bTlDR ~ q verdict OF uuutv ~ 80 IVJu,yNN
10 siye The prisoner the benefit and acout Inn SV''
.Ju0ge Wilson summed up at lene h a.. - -, -
mat u reporters glve aid and comfort To IN ~
,n1y become part and parcel of them aes are
testimony OF the Crown was mistaken; that tbs
LIlsoner as proud 10 have come to Canada as a
Fenlan invader armed against the Canadlans
giHng conntenance to the invaders, and iden.
nned m as commander He read and reviewed
for the Louisville ooarSog' could have reporres ItoI
suced the evidence Of its proprietor Ho might have
Doen o, Dotn reporter and commander II he had
melely sIoou DY ne was not a neutral. Tho law
recognized no neutrality in crime IL was LIs dutV
70 warn otlers, and dssuade them in all cases OF;
cIlmei no man can stand neutral. So OF reDorters
and IN all other cases
AZ 20 The jury retired to consider. and a.5.s5
fSSpDleTnoI.ueneral Sp Cockburn moved the judgment,
o. the Court ON the prisoner. The having read
death his lordshlp asked the prisoner Il ne nai any
g ,nlng 70 gay why sentence OF death should not ba
camness and admirable deportrne at NY iord.
cownsni c0% must have noticed The disadvantage my
cure The "OSrea Si,N under IN not being able to
prove that l, in act or part, had no connecTon will
X owing that was breaking the laws OF this pro.
vince vince IN 9olne SO, and as God viii some daY be my
ggoge' declare before the Court and your lordshIp
mat took no part IN the INVASION At the same
nme' take this opportunity, II may be my last
one, OF returning sincere thanks to the lesraed
Cameron and the Court and fury, for tho attention
Mmen they have gwen to my case and tor the i'm
partial manner In which have been tried "
Judge Wilson then proceeded to pass sentence OF
oealh upon the prisoner. he expressed regret and
pam, ana his voice was tremulous apparently from
conteudIpg emoIoUs. There was irepidation and
az last petu ant anger in his tone little consi,tent
tempcr ' prgsioSs % Cs oyoTas Of calmnoss and judicial
' S0me' as II ,epor er, TO gloat and glo over the
of the Saxon IS On the Cet Should the injury be- re-
peated in Canada the relation only oil the parties
being reyersedf Will any man of sense answer the
quesuonE Why rob Canadian farmers and kIl
Canadian young meng ] had abstained fiom char
aclerlzlng the crime OF the prisoner appropriately
an end. -
Ihe Judge at this period of his address. sadly
marred by the disp aY OF temper the effect OF his
previous selres rant tut yet gave the prisoner tho
benefit OF the DELAY left to the discretion OF the Judge
=, ,oOnnncc n @ J.ii i ne hau 10 erhatYe out 20
give all time for bringing forward all legal object ons
that can be made to the course OF this comt In the
nsna worGs he sentenced the prisoner Ito be taken
from the place OF confinement II the place of exeou
ton, ON Thursday, Docember 49, and there be hung
bY the neck until he is dead" He heio out little
hope Tor mercy.
There are assurances current in well-informed
circles that although the decision of the la ls pro-
Claimed, the sentence viii not be executed | have
a on the authority OF member OF the Imperial Par
lament that the hoEe Government have dc ernined
10 oVOlu eACcutOn; anu tue naInO oil John A Ale.
DoDa d Is coupled WI b similar honora pc declara-
tiOns N. y W0rd