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Ion(hrwhheililt•tv■nDPIonwfcmCO'mlthiJli•10■nononlit)lotK•tv•n• U|• u,noonSI)HIbelolIlianbiiinrbea in depth an tha back pert of hia head; Martin died aoma twelve or fourteen hours alter1 wav oallud upon to attcod him; the wound* moat have been to Acted with • sharp cutting in. •u-nmeni; the adja of ■ poker would inflict aacb ; about an hour after I waa called in, iha symptoms became alarming, aod 1 aw the caia waa hopeless.Io hia defence the priioner merely pleaded in-tesication, denied haviog made oae of a poker— and stated that he atruck Indiscriminately wiih a •tick, in consequence ol having been attacked by aavcral roeo at once, and waa quito ignorant ol who ha atruck.(In iha courae of the trial it having been •taiad by an individual in rourt that he wav prevan t at tba effrav, ami could give evidence favor.•hia to the prisoner, Hia Honor permitted ilie prisoner to con toll wiih ihe mtu. to are if it woald be drairable to call hire ai a wiincia.)After a short onnauHaiion, tba priaonar called tba following witness:—Fdwerd Nor ion, vworn—I au at Mr Veitch'a on Ihe I6'h November, between ail and aeten o'clock, ihrre nr lour oihera were with me. and the prisoner came into where we were and said be had Wan beaten; he (ben lafi and waa away peihapa for about an hoar, wbon he came running into where wa were again, with some men after h-m, who knocked him down and kicked hia ; pnaoovr. wan covered wiih blood; ibo men then threw h-m out into the bath and in about half an hoar be came io where wa were again, and laid down, when aomo persona came in and said they mau taka lt;he prisoner away aa ihe man whom ha had struck was dead.Hia Honor recapitulated die evidence, remark* iagibaubc Iseta which were necessary tocootict the prisoner of the crma imputed to him. were fully I IV established and that W should he happy if he | rai amid, to direct the attention of the jury toaov | mi portion of the evidence which would enable them hri to re-luce the crime to manslaughter. However , iw painful it might be to their leeltnga. they were • hu bound to give a vardict according to (he evi«'en--e bo which was not as io moat cases of murder merely ' bu arcumitaoiial.The jury retired for about twenty minute*, and returned a verdict of ‘’guilty. The prisoner appe -red not tha lead disconcerted hy iha •anfrncr, in tact, throughout thu trial evbibited a marked in-liflereore to the result, and made no raply when asked il ha had anything to say why •en'unca of Death should not bu passed upon him.Hia Honor in an impressive address, scntenreii the prtanner in h« taken back to tho place from whence be came, and hence to the place of ei-aieceiiou. on su h day at Hit Kscslleocy the Governor should think At to appoint, there io bo hung by the neck until he be dead—and said His Honor, may thu l.ar-ihava mercy on your Soul.I see no circumstance in your case, Hit Honor uootioued, to justify roa in rect-mmending the Kiacudve to mitigate the sentence ot thu law.You must not regard it as my sentence, but aa tha sentence ol the law. lor whatever my opinion Kay be wtih regard to capita! punishment, I ■oh not allow my private feelings to influaoce me. You must not cherish any hope that your •anirnee will not be carried into effect, from tbe fact of similar aeuteoces passed by my predecessors not having been consummated. I ha eaotes which lulutocrd tbvircwsaa are net bo found in ynura, »od I feel bouod to ataia to yao my full conviction, (rum causes auoeeaatsry to •ipisio, because you would not understand Sham if 1 ware, that I at least am elotbad with sufficient aaihorny to carry inie efecs the aeounoa winch I bare passed. It is an awful thing for mu to tell you so d-t. and • atilt more awful tbiog lor you to hetr ii. I look upon you as a dying man, for.sa I obmrvoJ before. I can sea no mili;eiiot circumstance in your etae, and am drivtn to suppose it was iho resell of raltgioaa dimentioo ; Creaiuaa ilaavans, religious disaantion to gisa nsa to murder— murder commuted ib tbs dibs of Christ! far b«Uar would it be for ibuaawbo entertain difWent religions tenet* io vie with aaeh otbur in practical cbrisuaaiiy, for oertainly Crimea vueb aa that of you have been convicted never can be by respeei kr the band of any religiousan-•p.16IIIbeMbeill-body Enormous aa roar crlma bu been, • ewn hope was *m« i-*_______ _ leeiinc asay no msim•« bottom, and tbat you will so lar bruvfit by the aluiea end a ’monition of chow miataw ot tba faith tvbicb yoa prolam, -be wdl attend you dafiag your brief atay on eartu, as to ensure yourarenrel aalvatioo. 1 conjure you to divaut year of mercy io this worid, and let■mad at aay bopu of mrrcy your undivided thought* bu devoted to tbu ©oniem-plaamo of a world to cornu.Tbu prisoner was then removed, an I tba Crown Pram Wtor rely being prepared to proceed with Ml more CMU, which tbu defendant a coaosel uoltcitud might bu poat|Hiaad uuul this moroiog far thu pratbamiuo «»l a malarial wtmcaa, iha court adjauraad
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