, 1879-04-06

aus,tion for the inry was: 10 it credio!e' The
Interfere unless he vas clearly Of the opinion that
me Jury hao utterly disre7arded the facts OF the
case. He was not 10 satisfied, and should not feel
ground Of its being against the evidence.
many books. aaa yaid :. to the English cases, that
can Court having affirmed the doctrine as to the
Be.ae!s t5a P aess o sst al
as the law elsewhere be- thought be could say that
the Ia" gwen In the instruction the law In Ill
nmetea9 cnets ~ Goutts it certainly vas he law IN the
tion waa copied almost word for word from that
Or Or our supreme Court IN tho Brennan case: and
Sherry and Connolly case, which was passed on BY
the Supreme Court He did not know what view
the Court TOOK, as no decision had yet been pub
1shed, but they refused 4upersedeas. II that
Court had believed the law was Incorrectly stated
aud that Sherry and Connolly were prejndiced in
consequence OF The instruction, they of course
have been very brave man to have ignored the de-
cislon Of the Supreme Court, sanctioned as it had
been by more recent adjudications, should he have
rejected the instructions given on the part Of the
people,, de thought they fairy represented the
law, and therefore that in the only point that had
been urged by Col Van Arman, there was no
error.
During. both sessions Of the Court Lamb was
present, but only in the afternoon did he OCCUPY
a seat near his junior attorney, Mr. Forrest he
OF hin!-while the opinion WIS being delivered,
and though he apparently realized that 1t was
against him the only emotion he disp!ayed was an
occasional half-suppressed sigh. He, however,
hrsathed heavily, especially toward The close, and
once or twice seemed Ittle nervous. When told
to stand up to receive bis sentence, he arose as
II he were about to leave the room, and YVES col
iected as II he was aoout to bo discharged. His
ealmness IVES natural, too. nor forced. With
hts hands crossed behind his back. and
his head a5 erect as If he had stock, he listen
ed 10 the awful words Of the Judge without =
quiver.
sentence OF the law upon you, which IL that you
be taken from YOUR cell in jail by the Sheriff Ut
this county on the 2oth day Of June next between
tue hours of sunrise aud sunset and be hung by
the neck until you are dead"
tamo said not word, bnt turned to get his ha1,
xd hs aoe leading saen to 4
jail, preceded and followed BY the bail1ffs
who had him in charge The days work of the
hundred who had come in to hear the decision,
not expecting anything else, went away to spread
the news
TAKING SMOKE.
The. condemned murderer, John Lamb, LETT the
Criminal Court and proceeded TO his cell IN the
Jail instantly On receiving his sentence. He
walled dfmly along tEe corridors and through the
any symptoms Of breathing down. His arst care
on reaching his cell was to light up his
pipe and indulge in quiet smoke
To the newspaper men who attempted to
condole with him on his prospects for q speedy !
translation to another sphere, he suid that be was
not surprised At being refused a new trial. lie
knew nothing about what hts counsel would do |
next, and said IT was all In their hands.
''Shecuey George" was informed OF the pros
pecrive fate OF his companion in crime, anu whned
ont some hypocritica lameutinga accordingly. He
said he was sorry for Lamb, but IT seemed that |
George only grieved because be was opposed to
capita! punishment and not specially for the suke
OF Lamb. When told that under Judge Williams
definition OF tue law it looked very likely that !
every person concerned ia the burglary aud the |
consequent murder might hang, George said |
that be had received assurances that his neck !
would be saved; BY the prisoners, who
thoroughly hate the ''squealer,'' and By the |
prison officers, VINO have grown siek OF !
dis canting sentimentality the opinion il freely
EXPRESSED that the ''Sheeuey" would grace gal- |
lows much more than Lamb, and the plucky bear |
ing of the condemned had considerable effect on !
the minds Of the spectators. |
THE APPEAL
As soon as the record is ready, Col. Van Arman |
will make application to the Appellate Court for |
and will present to :hat body great
many points for its consideration. 1t is not be-
lcyed, however, that either the Appellate or the
Supreme Court, to which the case will 60 il the
'ormer refuses tu Interfere, will find cause for
granting new trial; and 1t IS pretty certain that
N the verv day a year and day from the date OF
;herry's aud Connollys execution John Lamb. the |
hief and murderer, will eod his life on the scaI-
old.