The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-03-30
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q Mrs. Glen Sentenced.

inso ney Criminal Court room, which, was
at The Tine crowded with spectators,
some of whom were women. She was
assigned seat placed directly in front
of the Judge. and when she was seated +
Judge Chapman proceeded to pronounce
sentence. -. y-
fIe sai.L callina il e,sby name, fhat she
had. been~tsied. and found guilty of the
crime of numbering Nancy lane Young.
Such motions as had been interposed by
her counsel in her behalf had been dis I
posed of by the Court, and their then
ere!nained only the formal duty of pro
nouncing the Judgment OF the Court,
based upon the verdict of the iur,. It
was not unfrequently the custom Of !
judges when passing Judgment upon /
iconvicts. to 'atidress<them sach words of /
{ admonition7 as seemed proper under the |
circulns tances, Taking into considera (
ton the character Of the crime, which she |
had been found guilty, and her own in
dividual character, as disclosed by the
evidence. he had come to the ,conclu. !
sion that no words which he could utter.
| even in the trying position in which she
was then placed, would produce upon
her mind any good result He did not
choose, therefore, to indulge in anvil
words Of advice Or sadmonition touch. z
ing her future course, but left it to her
to determine that for herself, aided by
such counsel as she might receive from
those whose claim upon her was such
as to demand her attention, if there was
any such. He said: at is marvellous
! how one, with family ties such as yours,
and surrounded as YOU have been By
the comforts, if n OF 1uxuries of life-a
woman with husband and son, mother,g
/ brothers and sisters,9in close and affec- /
/ tionate relationship and everyday asso.
/ ciaton-wth a beautiful homo and
/ pleasant surrounds gs, and no useful
want nsuppiied-could be tempted by
avafice, or any Other motive, into the
T preparation of a murder so revolving
/ and diabolical as was that Of which you
/ stand convicted. Not hastily, with the
| mind darkened by some suddenly con-
| ceived passion. but coldly. deliberately,
and with a full 1un understanding Of the
/ legal and moral culpability of the act.
But as there is no rule by which We can
measure the conscience, the sensibili-
ties or the passions of individuals, we
simply stand and wonder that such a
crime could have come from such
/ source, with out attempting to account
| for the measure Of moral corruption
perpetration of the crime, in defian ce
not only of your own welfare, but in
+ face of the almost inevitable destruction
! Of the peace and happiness OF those who
occupied toward you the nearest and
/ dearest relationships of life II is to be
! hoped, that your fate may be sufficient
4 warning to all others, to whom it may
/ become known, from treading in the
/ pathway of deception and crime which
+ you have trodden; and further, that the
detection and punishment which follow
your crime may not, at least, drive YOU
any further from the paths of virtue,
/ but, rather, by bringing the past con-
stantly in retrospect before Your mind,
! cause you to bow humhly, and with
: broken and cortrite heart, before the
throne of that great and merciful JUDGE
whose power to save was sufficient to
carry With him. in his own blessed com
pany, through the everlasting gates of
[ glory, the soul OF the repentant thief on
/ the cross. 1tf- gl u
= The Judges concluding words were.
Ei'It is the Judgment OF this Court that
you be confined in the State prison dur
ing your natural life
q Mrs. Glen remained perfectly calm.
Just as the Sheriff was about to con
/ ton of the crowd commenced to rush
out. The Sheriff was compelled TO ask
them to remain seated while the prison
er was removed At this juncture. one
of the counsel of Mrs. Glenn approach
i ed her. She smiled and bowel politely;
then went on out
The statute Of this State provides that
where one is killed by anothe' that the
representatives of the deceased NAV
/ bring a civil suit against the criminal or
criminals. Langsley. the administrator
of Young, has sued Mr. Glenn for
damages, on the ground that man is
responsible for the tort OF his wife. or
the wrong committed. The suit has |
just been entered in the Circuit Court |
1t is not probable that it will be reached |
at the next term. suit is also pend
ing against Mrs Glen and her husband |
for the recovery of the money taken |
from Rr. Young The sentence, pro |
n ounced yesterday, does not divorce Mr.. !
and Glenn, but it furnishes cause for an !
application, on his part, for divorce !
There are fully two thousand pages
Of testimony taken in the trial of Mrs |
Glenn. If an appeal is carried to the |
Supreme Court, the cost of the record |
alone will be about $500. Incdcntlv
we may rem ARK, that me supreme court /
of this State decided, in the Fahnstock /
case. from Lafayette, that al hougli a
juror had expressed an opinion before /
the trial, yet if he would say ON oath |
that it was an opinion which would /
yield readily to the evidence, and would /
not preventhim from returning an i'm. /
partial verdict, that he was not disquali- !
fed to serve as a juror. On this case,
as basis, Judge Chapman ruled that
the tour jurors, Wilson, Stockely Evans
and Moore were competent notwithstand |
ing they each stated that they had par
tally form's ed and expressed opinions be-
fore the trial /
l. The Court has not vet Issued the or