the six criminals most culpable suffered the wetreme penalty of the
the morning of
saw on
rud the
remaining
the 3rd instant,
four convicts
have had their sentence commuted
into Transportation for Life-
6. Considering that 7 of the Criminals sentenced to Death, were shipped on board the Herald from this Colony, and that unhappily several instances have recently recurred of Murders of a similar nature, rendering thereby the necessity of a severe example being made, the Council deemed it their duty, however reluctantly, to concur in the opinion of the deting Chief Justice; and it is satisfactory to observe that the b men who were executed acknowledged
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their quilt, and the originator of
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these atrocities made a full confession Jel to the thouff a Ethy of which is 12. enclosed, together with the Notes of the Acting Chief Justice on the occasion of the Trial, and the
123 Minutes of the Sxcecutive Corneil
consequent thereon.
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Shave the honor to be With the highest respect, Your Lordships,
Most Obedient
Hamble Servant.
JM Jenois .
I have omitted to report in the body of this deepatch that M-Gackell, An Attorney practicing in this Srimy, was entertained by this government to defend the prisoners in the