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fool all the m, nth, and now complains


that people won't laugh at his JOKES!


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The +, lowing is the sentence pronoun-
ced by Judge MAsos on M'Csuley, as We


find it in the Keosauqua Democrat. ia


You have been indicted for the most


heinous Of all offences, that Of wilful and


deliberate murder. sf


"Af,er pleading anot guilty. 10 that in


dictment and entering upon your trial, you


have at length, upon full deliberation With


drawn your plea and confessed your guilt
-nothing now remains for this court but


to pronounce the dreadful sentence Of the


law. - st.s.s...


We shudder equally at the recollectiops
Of the past and the prospect Of the future,
as connected with your case. "A father in
the full vigor Of life, with his infant daugh-


ter in his arms, have both, by one fell deed


of yours, been suddenly sent to untimely
! graves. The divine light Of life, which


none but God can kindle-which none but
/ he can therefore righlfully exiinguish, has


by your hand been luthlessly annihilated.
You have sacrilegiously usurped the au-
thority Of your maker, and human law IS
now about 70 visit your transgression, with
; a terrible retribution. The grave to which


you have consigned your victims, now
yawns for you. You have taken human
: life, and human hands are now about to
Deprive you Of yours. While the warm
blood is coursing through your veins, in a
healthful current, ere disease or age has
! destroyed or diminished yeur capacities for
) enjoy mept, with ample capabilities for USE


fulness, and while nature would seem e


tender you long life and happiness, The


land Of the executioner is now deliberately
to destroy both. Grievously have you sin.
ned-dreadfully, are you about to answer
for it, = 81, -


i speak mot thus for the purpose 0
. wantonly injuring your feelings; woult
not neealessly add one pang, to thos,
which must now be. rcnding your bosom


But the law has destined you for an ex
ample, and warning, and it is it TIA
9 others should be reminded Of the awfu
9 termination Of the d,wnwgrd road Of trans
: gression That The juvenile offender
: should lie called upon TO regard you
!. fate as ., mirror, which perhaps, but re
!" Elects his own, and that lie who indulge
Is in more manly wees, may reflect, that bl
Of one short year since, you stood where b
perhaps is now standing, and that an O
i, fence against the domestic peace Of you
= victim, Was the natural prelude to th
IS destruction Of his life and thai, Of his il
to nocent child. s IN, .sss.ss,
b But this is not all your crimes woul
10 not have ,ripened into murder, but for
Z fo,lhardy aud false courage. or rather, COW
+ ardice, in the garb Of courage, so prev,


lent throughout the country, and whis
q, has often before been productive Of sim
th lar results, which prompted you to, Ii
te your enemy, lest yon should be lkought
- : fear him, thus making the most emphat


acknowledgment Of your fears BY Il
q very act, BY, which you SO wrongful
es sought 70 refute the imputation Of their E:
a. istence. May the awful doom which
i. now impending over your head be produ
!. tive by its example Of all the good resul
" contemplated by the law, and by whi'
p alone it justifes its stern severity. IS


Your daysmust necessarily be few; i
discretion lodged With The court, viii ]
'iy extended to the greatest practicahle limit
Is your favor. ava ,'a Let the days thus number,
ay out e you be- employed IS becomes ..
h. standing ip your present posiiionr r-inn u
1. king your peace vYah the world---wi