The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-15


The reason OF the establishment o. the prisoner
insanity was purely quesion Tor the inry VINO 9as
| justly pronounced upon it
M lhs Two Teasons, then. that the verdict was aps
preceding reasons, on which they depended, belpe
The only reason remaining was that Of after-dls
SSovsred evidence. The greater portion Of the afi
could not be admitted evidence upon trial; the
ceased were hfsndly. This corro6orates the Com
WI 6opsIy was gfOPuseS 70 prove sntSS tSat tSe
Secs 1 Zen s "a adj power
fthis we're proved, IL would entirely overthrow the
ton entirelv upon the dece1sed Instead OF upon bin;
toT an act .s1 done with the lntea,Ion q
eeydsncse q the ss9y Of AZ % ths evi,
that they never knew him 70 be insane '0''''' -
Ills reason is so contradictory and conflicting that
Il was said that the prisoners lnsaHity was os such
Rut of s 70 s @ dp6 wS as
therefore IL must fall. =
ter, the Court decided that the motion was entrey
nnS,I,pPorted r by sunclent reasgns therefore, che
, mr rC Dwight then rec9unted the pr0eeedings from
the motion for trial and the overruiag OF that
m9S,l49 sS6 apd then as the Commonwealth's counsel
BY the direction Of the Court the Clerk asked the
prisoner n he had anything 60 say why sentence OF
death should not be pronounced upon him.. He an:
Of this charge entirely innocent She was woman
defended
injuring Ofali the things said about me. many are
false The razor spoken of on the trial was not mine
''The money was'not found upon me, as was said
ss & % HS S IfGSsRS Ss at
the trial. told him that when touched her face
dS n h at 6
did not so out OF the house. he was frequently
~ my cell endeayoring 20 get me to say that ~
the hydrant buf never said so.
81 am willing 20 suffer for whatII am charged with
for am innocent. But It Is no death TO me, none
family Were i not for tham wod not care Co Ie
thought would not have strength to bear under
~ but, thank God have, and my innocence will
bear me mp TO the last hour.
81 believe that Is all an Innocent man can say"
been given every opportunity known TO mercf fuI
law 70 establish his innocence he had had fair Inn.
would rather the remaining words he had to speak
were other than those Of condemnation. But 1t was
the stern duty OF the Court; he would therefore i'm
press upon the prisoner the importance of deyotng
his few remaining days In this life to making his
II only remained for him to pronounce the sentence
Gs sns hfss be-
the County Prison, Whence you hat you 6s
there be hung by the neck Ut I'll you are dead. And
mey God have mercy upon your SOUL.
A muTmur ran through the room at the conclusion
of this solemn ceremony, aud the prisoner trembling
COURT OF QUARTER sEssIONs-Judge Ludlow.
The usual Saturday business was before the Court
The Commonwealth ex. rel. John COrcOran vs. The
lenses. The evidence before the Court was that the
relator sold person COW on general warranty OF
sale the COW died OF disease.
But Ithere was no evidence that the seller had a
lime of sale, The evidence made ont a that
plainly for civil court, and not for acrminal prose
In the case OF the Commonwealth VS.. Harvey X.
Meyers. convicted of bigamy In which motion for
trial should be granted upon the ground that the
Commonwealth failed to prove that the ofense was
committed within this jurisdiction, and therefore
made the rule absolute