The Portland daily press., 1869-01-25

by jury Of your country duly proved to be Impair
tial, and without disqua flying bae.
lou availed yourself 30 far as you deemed desira-
bic q the humane provisions OF the law, which prac-
dcally securedsto you the choice Of those who were
TO decide upon your guilt or innocence.
The process OF the State, with all its wealth and
the services of its officers, wss at yoar command to
obtain. without expen e to you, all the testimony
which was supposed useful in your defence, and at
the trial ample time was allowed you to prevent in
tuse by countervang the effect of evi ience which
might have been surprise 10 you.
Counsel of your own choice, sanctioned by the
Court as able and as faithful as any Of those most
distinguished Tor ability and fidelity among the
learned counselos of this honored TAR have done in
your behalf all that possibly have been expect
ed from untiring dilig nee and perseverance, the
most patient Investigation Of facts and the power to
arrance and them In the most favorable light.
At the midnight hour, " hen security To the lives
and dwellings of our citizens is generally found In the
protection of Heaven, the laws, and the good order
Of peaceful community, you applied the torch 70
your own immediate family, your boarders, and
another household. Your guilt is not Jesse ell by
of the police and the efficiency of the re department
no lives were lost. and repetition of the recent hor-
rois OF general confiagration was averted The
premature exti"guishment OF the fire kindied by
your hands the night OF DC ober o. 1867 revealed
the careful preParatiohs which, with diabolica
Ming you had made sy the liberal distribution of
you supposed. the rapid and total destruction OF the
building and with it the evidence Of your crime
". fafaIIV
bent on miichief you ''cast irebrands, arrows and
death" upon the midnight ar, willing TO deyole a
whole city once more to the evouring elemen il
small insurance.
Having first by false representations obtained upon
your furDitare insurance to an m,unt several times
its real value, you atteh pied recover of the Com
pany the entire sum, and il before your arrest YOU
had time to MAKE oath to your prets nded loss you
fraud ana arson. Emigrating from a foreign land.
you have abu ed the rites OF national hospitality by
CONSULTING 10 defraud s)me OF citizens to restrov
the property Of others, and to endanger the lives of
your neighhors, BY perpetrating CRIME which by
the common law of your country was felony without
ben fit of clergy and which even the mild code Of
Maiae has always p inished with DEATH
Your own experience, during the year OF imrris
onment which has elansed since your conviction,
Is hard in your cell within the Jail YOU have hal op-
pnrtunity to reflect on the eno,mity OF your guilt
and the probability OF human retrlbution. That
probability has at Icing ripened into anty, and
the penalty OF violated law is about tail upon Your
head Flatter not yourself thai your hope is in man.
deluded by the hope OF pardon or communication. AL
though in very few instances executive clernency
has changed capital punishment t, perpetual mpris.
onment, know OF no paating circumstance to JUS
tfy such an expectation in your case &
Let the recenr ergetic action Of the Governor in
executing In sric, coufnmty to the Constitution and
his oath long neglec Ell an much desIised statute
by issuing the death warrant of Harris warn you
and all otler capt. offenders that the sword OF ns-
tce has ben at last u"sheahei in vindic ,tion of the
majesty of the law, and is henceforth not TO be
borne in vain. Dismissing then delusiye homes Of
earthly PARDON, let me implore you. this solemn
hour, to devote the year OF life which the law in its
mercy still allows you to repentance of your sins
and preparation tor ueath.
You are yet in life, with physical heath and men,
tai souDdness unimpared. In the solitude OF your
prison cell you VIII have the Bible and the visits OF
the Chaplain; do not neglect them. Do not despair
you are resolved to propitiate the fvor OF Heaven.
The -oly Scriptures are able to make YOU wise unto
salvation, and contain abundant assurance oil helm
through the influence of the Holy Spirit to all who
ask It. BY prayer and sincere repentance, seek the
forgiveness Of God who Is able and willing by pardon
through the Saviour, to redeem You from spiritual
death. whether, by executive mercy you receive
back your forfeited lite, whether you suffer execu-
My last duty is to make known to You the sentence
Of the Court and of the law against you which SEN
tence Is, that T
In consi eraion of the offence of which Won stand
convicted, it is ordered that you be hanged by the
neck until You shall BIS dead, and for further SEN
tence, in consideration aforesaid it is ordered that
our State Prison, situated in Thomaston, IN our
county OF Knox, until such punishment is inflicted,
and that you stand committed of the latter sentence
And may God hare mercy on your soul.
State vs.. Thomas Fitzpatrick. Appealed from the
Municipal Court in search and seizure case. Yer
dict not guilty. H
Webb. ODonnell.
State VS.. James H, Morrison and Charles Richards,
indicted tor robbery of watch and coat from Moses
A. Doey at Scarborough the goth of October last
Testimony nearly closed, Suspended to procure the
attendance OF avoiding Witness
Webb. fiF Strout & Cage
State VS.. VIM. A. Mitchell, charged with being
common seller. ca, guilty. Fined 500 and costs;
alternative, two months imprisonment.
State VS.. Same, Charged with keeping drinking
house and tipping shop. Fined 500 and costs; al
tentative, three months imprisonment.