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9 I •• • ,j - 9 . . _ -- •, • SENTENCE ( J* A MURDERER—A WiFE'3 DES-• ( FAIR.I^jucul dispatch to the Baltimore 8110.]HaRRISon'DCRG, Va.j July 2o.—Silas Mor-,j ri.-ij convicted as an accessory before the fact ] of murder in the first degree of David G.• 1 Law sou, in March, 1S75, was brought into ' court at 9 o’clock this A. if. to receive the j seuteuco of ibe court and to hear bis doom,! pronouaced, He came into court accompanied j by hie wife, both parties indicating consider-f able emotion. General Roller, of counsel for i the prisoner, indicated Ids purpose, under cer-1 taia circumstances, ro make a motion /bra new trial. IJudge O'Ferrall then proceeded to pavs ten-! fence of death upon Morris, concluding \i? li\-j( ing tip^n 1 iiesday, the 25th of September, a.s;1 the day of hU execution. This, the readers1 of ‘‘The Sun” vriil remember, is the day ap*-! pointed for theexecutiou of Anderson ShilUetf, j the first party tried and sentenced to be hong• for the murder of Lawaon. It was a moving sight to see the woe-stricken wife of the condemned Jeauiug upon his bosom, sobbing inf her agony, and covering her face from thej gaze of the crowd in attendance during the delivery of the sentence of the Judge, Morris is in the very prime and vigor of his manhood, with a face really not indicative of a hardened• murderer.
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Petersburg Index and Appeal
Petersburg, Virginia, US
Wed, Aug 01, 1877
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