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Penalty For Murder

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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
June
Year
1842
Copyright
Public Domain
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The AInbama slaveholders are quite inadvance [iWr' 'Sul!ivan an 8ome other Northern philnnthrorists in theirmitigation of the penal code; A man nnmed James Raynv.nd was latey indicted at Tuscaloosa for the murder of Kugene Tirrell, ahd the Monitor says the murder was clearly proved, but tne spirit of clemency and piiy so far prevniled wiih theauthoriries. that t!e onlypenaiiy inflicied was a fine of $;"0 ) and one year's imprisoninent. So, n a twelve month. the murderer will again be a meinber of society, and have the opportunity to murder somebody else. We shali watch with eoine interest to sec how rnpidh crimes against life deerrase in frequency in that country. As an offset to this the Asheville, i. C. JVlessenger, says thnt a frec negro at Tarboro,' in that State, wa? lately con rlemned to be hang fer forcibly entering a house, andstealing a decanter of whisky!

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News