{"character_count": 2262, "word_count": 418, "ccnet_language_score": [0.9891999959945679], "ccnet_perplexity": [1988.300048828125], "fasttext_language": ["en"]}
A PARRIcIDE coNvIcTED.-Willam Pierce, a
lad less than II years old, tried last week al
Malone, Franklin county, and convicted for the
murder of his own father. The following testi-
mony explains the whole transaction:


| Uiuara johnson sworn.-Lves in the town
of Mora; is acquainted with the prisoner Will.
am Pierce, and was acquainted with Oliver w
Pierce the prisoners father, previous TO his death
Witness and his son were at work with the pri-
soner and his father, on the 10th day of January
last A dispute arose between the prisoner and
his father, at the house, in relation to prisoner
having horse TO 60 to spelling school. Wit
ness, his son and the prisoner went from the
house TO the field, about ten rods from the house,
where they were preparing log heap for the pur-
pose of making ashes, between 2 and 4 o'clock,
p. NJ Witness directed his son and the prisoner
TO cut certain maple tree, to which prisoner re-
Piled he would not, and gave as a reason that "the
old man would not let him have horse to go to
spelling school," Witness advised him to be
quiet, and to go about his work. About this time
the father came up and the dispute was renewed
The prisoner said 10 his father, you promised me
horse The father denied it, and prisoner said
- it is a id lie." On this the father threatened
to fog the prisoner, and picked up stick "a OF
an inch through at the butt and about three feet
long including the branches, and struck him with
the switch end. After he struck him, prisoner
stepped over the stick on which lie was at work,
and stood four or five seconds, raised his axe and
advanced rapidly, three or four PAGES, and struck
his father with the axe on the right breast. The
father then turned the stick, and gave The prison
er blow with the butt end. The prisoner then
shoudered his axe, turned and went off; and the
father exclaimed johnson, 4 he has killed me- y
Witness assisted him to the house. He died or
Saturday the 18th. At the time the blow was
given, witness stood about three PAGES from pr
soner.


The Jury were out about three hours, and re
turned with verdict of Guilty. Judge Willart
on the ensuing Monday 18th inst.) passed sentence
of death on the youth, naming I'd September a,
,he dav Of execution.-Nelo York .americun.