The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-22
TO BE HANGED.

Two Men Sen,ensed In Prince George
County, Wa.
The Petersburg papers give the following details
OF the sentence of two convicts on Thursday:-The
Courier says Richard Green and william II.
Johnson, alias Birney. VINO stand convicted Of the
murder in the first degree, were again led the bar
Yesterday In the custody OF the aicr OF the county
and the motion their part by counsel for q new
trial was overrued by the Court, AMI tnereupon, nt
thing TO say why the Court here should not now
proceed 10 pronounce JUDGMENT am execution
up, n them In tile premises, aud nothing beng
Oiered or alleged In delay thereon, u was con-
sdered by the Court to pass the following SEN
tence:-That the said Richard Green and William
Henry Johnson be hanged by the neck until they be
dead, and that the execution 81 tins laagment DS
W Wsm aa son oy the the e Of George
county, on Friday, the 3oth day OF June next, De-
tween the hours Of ten IN the forenoon anu Two III
the afternoon or the same day, at the place Of exc
cutiOn directed by law. The prisoners, wnen inc
sentence was being pronounced, were deeply az
fected. and nearly the entire crowd was moved 70
tears After receiving the sentence the prisoners,
still bitterly weeping, were taken W the Jaor TO
ironed to await the punishment W winch they are
to oxpiatc their atroclous crime. When the sen.
tence was concluded the prisoners Wept ana each
declared that lie was innocent. All present seemed
to sympatnlze with the unfortunate lncn but there
was manifest approval OF lhe sen n one
had been given ample time 10 procure their Wiz
nesses, mad been deiended W able counsel. AMI
were tried by a lawful jury Of their countrymen-
two OF the Jury being of their own race aud color.
Hence there can be no doubt that they had u fair
and lmpartal trial. In The case Of Kate Banks, the
woman who was indicted as an accessory alter the
fact TO this murder, the COmlnonWealth's Attorney
entered a ,tolle prOseqd ana she was discharged,
but cautioned to lead y diIIcreht lie and become
moral and upright woman"
Negro Convicted by a Negro J.ry, ind Sen.
fenced to be Hug.
On tho 1ltn inst a capital case was tried in Rich.
mond county, N. C.-tnat OF Ned Mclendon tcolored)
for rape-which consumed nearly all day. He Is an
ordinary looking negro ana committed this crime
last June on very respectable White lady whose
husband had The negro employed on the farm.
While the husband absent In another county
and wnie the lady was getting . bucket Of water
though almost IN sight OF her home ana little ch-
dren the negro came upon her stealthiy and at once
BY brute force accomplished his nendish purpose
aud csc ped. lie was afterwards arrested and con-
fined in jail for sria In many parts
Of the country he would have been
regular jury and most OF the large number OF spe.
cal Jurymen, usual IN capital cases, were refused
by The prisoners counsel; but finally Jury OF
eight negroes and tour whites was organ Tne
evidence was brief, plain and positive against inc
prisoner and he was unable to dsprove the cnargc.
The jury retired aud returned IN some I'VE mlnu.Ss
or less with verdict OF guilty. ms renarkaoi.
and aggravated case was Conducted as pcaceaolyas
could he done before any tribunal Nortl or So1su.
Prompt Justice was mcted out as iir as tnc law
could afford remedy. and all seemed sdtisncu ~
this ready eX pre5son OF justice. Tue sentence Shco
passed. on the criminal - tnat ne ue n"nt t VI or
day al OF June next. In the same iatai month
raQe viii he recorded also the terrible ana extreme
penalty Of the law.