The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-26
The Kunlux Sentences.

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been convicted In the United States Circuit
Court ut Raleigh, were brought before the
court. An appeal was addressed to the
court on their behalf by their counsel-who
made no objection to their conviction, as
the court was left TO form its Judgment en-.
tirely to the evidence for the prosecution
But It had appeared In the evidence that the
order to which they had belonged was bro.
ken up; most of the prisoners were very
young; several Of them were not present
when MIR. Justice was visited, &c. Which
facts were good grounds for clemency In the
sentences TO be passed upon them.
Judge Brooks, in reply, gave the opinion
of the court to the effect that the offences Of
the prisoners called for rigid aud severe
punishment, and this the court proceeded
at once to allot to them. They were then
called separately In the following order and
sentenced
R. "A. Shotwell: Judge Bond asked the
prisoner what he had to say in mitigation
of punishment. The prisoner said the ties.
I timony against him was In many cases very
false-in some ridiculously false. That was
all he desired to say. Judge Bond said the
court regarded the prisoner as the most
guilty party. as he was leader in the OF,
ganZation, and as he WAS neiahbOr o.
| Justice, whose only offence was j difference
in political opinion. Thcro could be no
mitigation In the case. The sentence OF the
court was that the prisoner be imprisoned
with hard labor for SiJ gears aid lined Joe
| thousand dollars.
| Amos Owen was the next called up. Mr..
| Strong appealed for lcnicncy Oil the ground
| that the prisoner had wife and seven or
eight children, most of whom were females.
His position in society and the low order oil
his intelligence showed that lie took no
leading or controlling part III the matter.
| The prisoner stated to the court that rs lie
understood the matter he ought not to be
punished, and would not have justice II
punished. The court sentenced the prls-
oner to six years hard labor and u une ol
! five thousand dollars.
| A. Depriest In his case Mr. Fuller drew
attention to the fact that he was il mere boy
and did not 90 on the raid. Could read and
write was not twenty years old. Sentence
two years hard labor and five hundred dol
| lars fine. .4: !
| George Holland: Twenty-three years old ;
a farmer, and bad wife and family; could
read and write. Judge Bond, as it did not
appear the prisoner had been actually en-.
gagged in the raid, sentenced him to t,oc
years hard labor and $500 fine.
J. w. McIntire: Twenty-one years old !:
can read and write little d; not married
Sentence, two years hard labor and $500
/ fine. ...
| William Teal: Married, with two chill
| dren Gun read and write little Il farmer
twenty-five years old; never saw Justice
! the night of the raid, and did nothing
went with the crowd; they did not say
what they were going to do. Sentence,
three years hard labor and $500 fine.
David Collins stated that he knew he was
not guilty as charged was not ut Ruther.
! fordIon at the time Of the raid; was OF
home, in Spartanburg, S. c.; was not in
the den when the matter was spoken of.
In lending his gun and mule he did not
know what purposes they were to be put to.
Judge Bond said that the den in South
, Carolina, to which prisoner belonged, had
! raided every decent man out Of the town,
and was terror to the people. Sentence,
four years hard labor and $500 fine. :
| VIM. Scruggs did not feel like he was
much guilty; lived in South Carolina; was
Al years old; was married; farmer; what
he did was done through ignorance. Sen
tpnce-Three years hard labor and $500
fine.
Spencer r. Moore was on the raid, but
| did not know what was to be done: %
years old can read little: farmer. Sem
! fence-SiX months imprisonment.
/ ID. B. Fortune went only within q quar-
| ter of mile Of the town on night of raid,
and did not know what was to be done ;
never was sworn into The order; 2l years
; old; farmer; read and write tolerably.
Sentence-SiX months imprisonment.