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A WJFJE'd CKl.\ih\CON VIC TED OF COMPLICITY IN THE MLT.DER L'F llEti UUrlJAJfifl;.The trial of Louisa Lawson, charged wiih being an accessory before the fact of the killing of her busbacd, Du viu G. Lawson, in the Biue Ridge, in East Rockingham, on the 15th of March, 1S75, oowweueeil in the County Court at Harrisonburg, Yu , nearly two week* ago, has reached if5 conclusion. The jnry ai P. M., Saturday rendered a verdie*. ot “gmily iu wanner and Jurai as cbargi-d in Ihe iudict-The prisoner received the verdict trilhout apparent emotion.The murder ot which the accused lias beau coov-filed U known lo have bean cm* of ihe woEt horrible ever commit Lad in rwiy commu-uity, eivilizrd or savuge. Two of the partita lo Hie murder, one of whom is I lie brother of Mrs. Lawson, have already been twice tried, and are condemned to be fiuuged on Thuioday, the 23ih of September nexL The te.slimcuy iu this ease was substantially* ihe same -vs ihat, which couvlcied ihe mvu, Auric t'fiou tthiflleu and Silis Morri% the maiu witness for the Stale being u man named Samuel Hall, lo whom Louisa Lmwsou wade admission involv-ing her brother and hersell iu the winder of herhuaband.
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Petersburg Index and Appeal
Petersburg, Virginia, US
Tue, Sep 04, 1877
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