Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-02-09

a gain Of one; Wedt Virginia 4. gam
OF one; Wisconsin 3.
Judge Cox on Saturday last over
ruled the motion for new trial in
the Guiteau case and sentenced him
to b hanged on the last day Of June.
An appeal has been taken 10y Scovil|e
to tho Court in Banc, which in tine
District Of Columbia corresponds with
the Court Of Appeals in MARYLAND.
The following is the sentence as
passed by Judge Cox:
You have been convicted OF ~ crime
40 terrible in its circumstances and so
reaching in it's results. that it has
drawn upon you the horror ofthe
hole world aud the execrations Of
your countrymea. The excitement
produced by such an ofFense made il,
no easv task to secure for you a fair
and inpsrti. trial. but you have had
the power Of the United States treas
ury and Of the government in YOUR
service 10 protect your person from
violence and to procure evidence
from all parts Of the country. You
have had AZ TAR and impartial ajury
AZ ever assembled in court OF Justice
You have been defended by counsel
with zaal and devotion that merit
the highest encomlums. and | Ger
:inly have done my best to secure "a
r.'r presentation OF your dsfense.
Notwithstanding all this. you have
been found guilty. 1t would have
been \ conloe, to many people if thu
verdict OF tao jury had established
the i,ct that YOUR &C. was that Of III
irresponsible man. It would have
lief, the people the satisfying belief
that the CRIME Of political assaSslnA.
ton wap something entirely foreign to
the institutions ald civil ,4tions Of
our country; bat the result has denied
them that comfort. The country Will
accept it AZ fact that that crime can
bs committed; and that the cour. will
have to deal with it with the highest
penalty known to the criminal code.
10 serve as al example to others, Your
career has been so extraordinary thai
people might we'll, at times, have
doubted your sanity. But one can
not but believe that when tbs crime
Was committed you thoroughly under
s God the nature OF the crime and its
consequences. tGui,eau-l "as act.
ing As God man !, and that YOU had
moral sense and conscience enough to
recognize the moral in'quity Of sucn
au act. (Prisoner-Thats a matter
Of orln,on.l Your own testimony
shows that you recoiled with horror
from the idea. You say that you
prayed against it. You say that you
thought 1t might be prevented. This
shows that your conscience warned
you aga:ns. it. but by the wretchsd
sophlstry CT your own mini you
worked yourself up against the pro
test Of your own conscience. WHAT
10 otive could have induced YOU to this
act must be a matter Of onjec!ure.
Probably men will think that some
fanatieism or morbid desire tor self
exalta,ion was the real inspiration
for the act.
Your own testimony seens to con
trovert the theories Of your coun.
sci. They have maintained and
thought honestly, believe, that you
were driven against your will by an
insane impulse to commit the act; but
your testimony showed that you de.
liberatsly resolved to do it. and that
a deliberate and misguided will was
the sole impulse. This may seem In
sanity to some persons. but the law
looks upon it as wilful crime. You
will have due opportunity Of having
any errors | may have committed
during the course Of the trial passed
upon by the court in banc; but mean
while il is necessary for me to pro.
nouuce the sentence OF ths law-that
YOU be taken hence to the comlon
iail of too District !rou wae1cs you