The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-01

piper WHICH WOuiu ~ OHbE e. -
the matter. But nothing. OF the klnp
was done, and the law DID not con. cor
tempiute ttat any man, even u NC ~
reporter. has a right 70 come oyeI1'
minflF With and asepmG conniailn.
The bFis0nef had claimed that he was
an American citizen by a document
nroyed 10 be in his own handwriting
| If satisfied of guilt, their duty to
their conptry required. them to bring
I'm a verdict of guilty. if anyfdoubt,
TO give the prisoner the benefit, and
acquit him,
THE CHARGE.
Judge Wilson summed up at length.
He argued that ii reporters give aid
and comfort to invaders, they become
part and parcel Of them, and are liable
to the spma punishpent.q He thought
the teetiEtoAy OF the crown was un-
shaken; that the prisoner was proved
10 have come TO Canada al Fenian
invader, armed against the Canadians,
giving co1ptenaRpe to tho inyaddrsi
and identified as a commander lie
read aud reviewed the evidence. The
prisoner, if reporter for the Louis
vile. paper, could have. prodlcld the
evidence Of fts proprietof. Tie might
have been both n reporter and com
mander. III hefhad merely stood by
hewas not "A neutral The law rccog-
niEed no, Neutrality 10 ttimet 4 IL was
his duty Co warn otherse and dissuade
them IA all cases Of cfime';' no man
can stand neutral. So Of reporters,
aud In all other cases. h'4fl
iAt 400 the jury retired TO consider
and al 635 brought Ia q. vereict Of
guilty, goalia a'aaa ii''''i'.ia@oa - sa
l"'i n, i., e,l'l VERDICT. 84
The roll having been called by the
Clerk, he inquiredi Gentlemen Of the
Jury l!Is, ihaIYe you agreed on your YER
The foremaa---The jury have come
TO the conclusion that the prisoner u
The Clerk having reported the YER
dict, e.,.,. .a.alse aaIstyaa isaiaaI
Solicitor General Gockburn rose and
requested the Chief Justice 10 pass
the Judgment of tho court on tho prls.
oner, i!s fH nd at'ti5 Hti" lhh
His L6rdship- Robert. Bloas Lynch.
have you anything To say why the sem
terlce of the Cont should not be piss
ed on you for this felony2i 90 600
isaa THE PRIsoNERs SPEECH. 1a-sa,
Tie prisoner answered in6 a very
clear tone as follows Well, my lord,
you must be aware, you must have
noticed tho Inconvenience and disad-
vantagea my counsel labored under in
not being able to bring the evidence
of those who could have proven
clearly that had no connection with
the Fenian raid. i state now that
had neither hand net nor part in the
late invasion, and | came to Canada
not in the capacity in which 1t has
been represented. | came simply as
the correspondent of a public journal,
aud in so doing, was not aware that
violated either the laws Of Canada
or those of my adopted country, /
was not aware there could be. any OBJ
lection to reporter following the
army aud chronieling the Incidents.
Had / known this | would have been
careful to have remained ON the other
side. With regard to the manner in
which the Crown has conducted the
prosecution mycaseI think i must
confess that | have been very fairly
dealt with, both by the Crown aud
the Solicitor General, and Mr. Came
ron has carried on the prosecution in
the most fair and impartial manner,
and | feel that il is but right in me
tenn kV thisetatenSfit.. .FFIk mos 3
His LprdshiP-The object in ask,
ing you 10 address the Court was to
give you an opportunity of using
any legal objections, If you had any.
IL istbo late now to Discuss the facts
OF the cases laah y1ss 1aa onp E5HefHI
Prisonc rl1INYell, my lord, YOU mast
be aware with regard TO legal obiec-
tons that am not cognizant enough
OF law TO ,makeahy. / only know that
] am innooentof the crime laid to my
charge, and I here pledge myself be-
fore that God in whose presence /
must appear some day., that / am
wholly innocent of the crime for
which i was brought here, and that Il
never saw Stevens until ! was drrest-..
ed and brought into this very house
on the "a of June.q On that occasion
| saw him when placed ia his house.
| W. - HHVit tiiit IiNNAblt5 w sROliiS
brought up to the Court House.
The prisoner then sat down, but inn
mediate got up, when the orier made
the usual proclamation prior to pass
ing sentence of death.
Tflr JUDGES ADDRfss I'd 'TfE pRIa
ph oNER. N'A"s''A
His lordship then addressed the
prisoner, and during the delivery of
the address his voice was quite fGGble:
| am very sorry TO find a manaof your
age and experience stand where you
do to-day, You are a man who must
have seen good deal of the world
q man not without education aud in
telligence. The evidence brought he.
fore the Court is perfectly clear and
conclusive that you were not in Cana.
da ms n reporter on the occasion
! chorged i'm the Indictment hut tLnt