Our sentiments on the cas...
Our sentiments on the case of the unfortunate man Con- nolly, who sbot poor Grainee, are already before the puhlic. They were called forth by a series of mischievous endeavours, ma(le through a portion of the daily press, to screen that offlender from his well-merited punishnment-to obtain for a convicted criminal that mercy which he would not show to his innocent fellow-creature. It is now affirm- ed publicly, that these attempts to turn the conrse of jus- tice have failed; and certain we are, that had they succeed- ed, a deep wound would have been infl'cted on the safety and morals of the community. It may be right for us to state, that Connolly is altogether unknown to us: we have never heard his name but through the reports of those judicial proceedings to which his own outrageous passions and unlawful acts have exposed him. There is no desire to trample on distress, in praying that for the security of thiose who may hereafter be engaged, as was the unhappy victim of this man's violence, in the discharge of a swdrn and ne- cessary duty, the well-considlered sentence of the Judge may be, in the present case, carried into strict execution. If it be not, a precedent of the most fatal class will be esta- blished-such that every man may consider himself a char- tered butcher, to slay whatever constable shall dare to pre- sent him with a writ. In Hertrorlshire, we hear on good authority that the public are well satisfied with the charge and eentenice of the lvarnedJudg.'to-wlrrrthe trial -ofUCo&- nolly was intruste(d.