Record Data
Source citation
"Trial of the Harper's Ferry Insurgents," Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, November 17, 1859, p. 2: 2.
Newspaper: Publication
Carlisle American Volunteer
Newspaper: Headline
Trial of the Harper's Ferry Insurgents
Newspaper: Page(s)
2
Newspaper: Column
2
Type
Newspaper
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Zak Rosenberg, Dickinson College
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Transcription
The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and other typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.
Trial of the Harper’s Ferry Insurgents.
CHARLESTOWN, VA., Nov. 5.
Shields Green, one of the negro prisoners, was found guilty this morning. The first count, for treason, was abandoned upon objection taken by Mr. Sennott, that it was not proven that the prisoner was a free person, and therefore did not come under the statute which reads “any free person,” &c. His sentence was deferred. Copeland is now on trial, Mr. Sennott defending him. Tranquility is being restored.
