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PREFACE. .V; /r^"'""'^

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Tanarla h;js just wlrnossod the dl.tso- ! It 1m str;inj,'(» t!nf M«'inl.f»r«i of Mte
liitioii of li»>r Parlianiont. We have un-' last Ministry, ihoii^h now in opprisirioii
d«'rt;oin» the excilcineut of a Cleucral har« not y;iven us ariv account of tht-ir
l.iiM-tinn. , jipast or pres»'iit vitws rogarJiug th-j

'JVo parties viz: the Miiiistr^^ and Aylward Execution. Our Itadiiuj *tn
the Opposition, who have differed on I /*:«»(•« in office and o»r of ofliee aro
many issues in the last Parliam-jut are '■ wonderfuHv united in the Silence ! !

cunteuuing with each other fur the right
to rulp us.

Some lion. Members of the late Mi-
nistry have enliHted under the banner
of the (ipiioHition.

What new arrangement j'lny take;
place — whether or not a third party |
may rise to power — these are problems I
that can not be solved. |

Dut wo addresd ouraelvcs to a class 1

With the exception of lion. Mr.
Alleyn, Mossr.n. Huot, Fer;jiiMOfi and
O'Connor, nr» comtuiseration w:i(* ex-
pressed by Meuiliers in the house when
the Aylward trial was nientiooed.

These are the only exceptions : thei>H
,(;cntlem«n ac(|uitted themselves rredUit-
bly. Our Oratrirs in ofliee and out ot-
lice are dumb on the Aylward Ca8e.

Now, the Public tlesire an ex plana-

more iaipottaut than any political i tion of this singular silence. The fat «
jiarty. We are addressing ourselves to!|of the Aylwards awoke pity and legret
'VWVl PKOIMjK Op CANADA. jin millions of persons — in every clasn

One pfiint came up for discussion in iland creed,
tho last session of the Jlouse : yet it re- ij It is a Gross Blunder to say that Ihi^
mains unexplained. And yet we be- ;i sympathy is a ^>a/7y t/y. No.- — It was 4

licve that no other point has siuco that
jteriod created so much interest outside
the house. AVe allude to the fate ofj
the unfortunate Aylwards ! ! j

feeling of Humanity — proved Ly faot-j.
For the loudest in expressing this
just sympathy were persons whose reli-
gious opinions ditlered frotn those oi

Had they been murderers of the decp-i| the Aylwardf.
est dye still their helpless little children It is true that THE PRESiS so ofieti
— th'ir three hel|)!c»s orphans, thrown il the faithful advocat<i ul the poor and
on iiie world without ''ny means of ! oppressed^ — ^iu many iUi-tauces, was tiuu
support claim public sympathy — the Go- 'j to this cause. ., , _^ , ....-? „t,.. .•

veniment it appears refuses any in

tins matter .

We may mention as liotiourable ex-
e.nnlcs. — The Dailj 's\ws, The Chro-

'idtels, Caurrier du Canada and lome
Mimtreal Jommali.

GorerameBt, it is trae» MDt a Return
to M AddreM from the Legislative
Afsembl/ asking for all Notes and pa-
pers connected witb ibis ExecuUon.

This printed Return contains the Evi-
dence at the trial and the Petitions sent
to GeTernment. But we do not find in
it the addresses of the Judge or that of
the Coroner, nor those of the Lawyers.
Other facts distinct from the trial, but
throwing much light on the subject
are omitted.

Now we intend to gire in this pam-
phlet not onlj the Goyernmeiit State-
ment of the trial but likewise all lead-
ings facts which were made known
eiUier before or since the Execution.

Nations and Individuals resemble
each other in most cases. If a neighbour
is injured we naturallj sympathise with
the party aggrieved, we will only sup-
pose that an injury has been inflicted,
if it be only by general report — still'
humanity— our own interest — prompts
US to know the facts.

And if we find that no Injury has
been done we will observe noninter*
vention — if the contrary we shovld
peaceably seek legal and constitutional
redress.

Peace and good will will then be
promoted by this publication.

We trust tbat those who were wrong
will repent and amend, then all parties
will be satisfied.

Revolution we abhor — we are loyal
to the Queen and the constitution of
Cauda. But no Canadian Minister has
any authority to infringe on the rights

of that clai$ of pitr$(m$ loho are ouUide
the houte.

Tbe PiV^bts of her Majesty's ^ubjirct.i
are concerned even when the opprcMed
iedivtduahi belong to the loivest Mni
humblest class. Ail arc interested in
the RIGHTS OF THE POOR WHO
ARE OUTSIDE THE HOUSE.

Peaceably then we present our Pu-
blication premising the foUuwing obaei-
vations. 1st. We do not mean Jirectty
or indirectly to censure the Governor
General. So long as he is the Lieutenant
of her Majesty in Canada be is entitled
to our respect. Znd, We do not aim
at overthrowing the present Government.
Our bumble influence could not affect
their position. But sdmitting as we du
the ability of Ministers in many
well known matters since the Premier
took ofiice nevertheless we do say that a
Gross Blunder hss been committed in
the treatment the Aylwards received —
we will give it no harder name than a
Gross Blunder ! f I

Repentance, Amendment and Resti-
tution will he the duty of the Ministers
who dictated such a policy.

We will just glance at it.

Ay 1 ward and his wife were tried be-
fore the Court ef Queen's Bench, at
Belleville, C. W. towards the end of
October 1862.

They were found guilty of tbe murder
of WiHiam Munro. But the Jury in that
verdict strongly recommended them tv
mercy.

Tbe Judge sentenced them to be
banged on the 8tb Dee. following :

Immediately several petitions, nume-
rously and respectably signed by Pro-
testants as well as by Catholics wers

sent to
cil.

Thes
of the f
On tl
quarrel
remote
interfer
ed woul
less cbi
the brcfl
means
grounds.
No n
Govemt
tions.

Lastly

of the oc

ment thi

absolutel

preparati

Buttfa

wards tot

Since

Sollicitoi

the Ayln

Bench. IV

out Csni

that disti

tion for

wards — r

Solicitor

lieu of H(

be Judge

Strang

fully res

the follov

case iosti

There

in the Ar

We
enend i''

•<r ovUide

I iiubjeCta

oppreMed
IV est »nJ
rested id
R WHO
USE.

our Pu-
ng obaoi-
\n Jirectif
Governor
lieutenant
in entitled
not aim
>Ternment.
not affect
g as we (lu
in nianj
e Premier

saj that a
nniitted in
received —
ne ikan a

md Rcsti-
Miuisterd

tried be-
13cnch, at
ihe eod of

the murder
ury in that
*d them t(f

em to be
nng :

ioDS, nume-
d by Pro
lolics wer9

sent to the GoTcrnor General in Coun-
cil.

These petitions asked that the lives
of the prisoners would be spared, viz :

On the grounds that the affray was a
quarrel rnernly. Thnt it occured in a
remote settlement whore no police could
interfere. That the prisoners if execut-
ed would leave behind them three help-
less children, one cf them a babe at
the breast — tliat these would have no
means of support — besides other
grounds.

No mercy could he obtained from
Government though thty read the peti-
tiont.

Lastly the R. C. clergyman, pastor
of the convicts cert'Hed to the Govern'
ment that he believed a month's delay
absolutely necessary for their spiritual
preparation for Eternity.

But the delay was refused. The Ayl-
wards were hanged on the %th Dec.

Since then Hon. Mr. Wibon who as
Sollicitor-Genoral for C. W. prosecuted
the Aylwards has been raised to the
Bench. Mr. Wallbridgc famous through-
out Canada as being the only man in
that diatrict who refased to sign a pcti*
tion for some mercy towards the Ajrl-
warJs — r^id Mr. Wallbridge is now
Solioitor General for Upper Caaada ia
lieu of Hoa. Mr. Wilson, promoted to
be Judge.

Strangers and those who have lot
fully read this oocurrence will find
the following Memoir on (he Aylward
ease inftructive.

There it nething more extraordioary
in tke Annals of Law and Justice.

We however who are alive can
an«nd i*"* ip^rf Vy t.'. " r.:<ur'.

We sincerely hope that the People of
Canada will peacefully and strenuously
oppose Aylward Executions for the fu-
ture.

We trust that this little publication
may help to iacr^iasc the fund for the
Aylward orphans, viz :

It may as we hope direct the atten-
tion of good citizens to their undeserved
fate. For however violent they may
have appeared — taking their conduct in
the worst light that reason permits — they
did not deserve the death they under-
went. — [Note.]

As a friendly warning we will glance
at dangers that may be avoided bj those
who have the ta4c of Legislating for
Canada.

Report had it that eertain atatesmen
at one period Members of the Ezeen-
tiye Council ware strongly addicted to
strong liquors.

Sots he they who thry may make
silly statesmen. Drunkards are Disoi-
ters in any Ministry.

IVo give more credit to the opinion
tftiat some unhappy Blunder at first gave
foundation to this long series of Blun-
ders.

In fact BItMders are apparent on eve-
ry stage of the proceedings.

We believe tbat no man of feel-
ing will read these pages with anger
towards us. What man who has children
can be insensible to the associations
that, anse in parents torn from their off-
spring — in little ones torn from them.
Cold and daik must be the heart that
withboids syn»p»t;hj £rom such scenes.

In one smss The Aylwards were for-
tw»ate. They died amidat .the consola-

t.'i(C;i >:

c r*^.

•'*n

R'vd. Mr. lirciioan. thwir pastor tcsli- !I Stu li h-pislators ini;^ht j.crliaps i7»ti;/t?
fies ibiit in Wii '• &frmoi»," %vliich we ,: Irom tli»>ir <lay ilrouiuH or fuul the stat
^ivc l.crc. .■-..- \'"J' (t'urenitiirut rrnuiVud /or (t time, ti.

In tliat «lre;nl hour tlicv wi'tt; cliocrcl ' '/t«^ Ptuvimial Lunatic Asufuni «.
by a I'aiih whicli no power on caitli '''""i"^'^
ran suhvcrt. ■, Wij-liiujr pt'acc and jironpe'rity to ('a

III union wiili so many ChrMians injuatla we clusc.

every »^c, *h«'y «lied in peace forgiving j ^ ^ ^ _

iheir jierseoutors. They were denieil I

mercy by tlicir llnlerB bore. Jlut tbey | Tbc following List contains ibt- Niiin.;i

knew (anil the Public knew) that ibcij of the MinisierH who by tbeir vote ii

! tbc Executive Cimnci! concurred in tb.:
Uunsin}' of the Aylwards ;

I Atty. Cen. W. Hon. John Sandfiebi
I Mrl)nnald, Alfy. (icu. K. Hon. * L. V
I Sicotle, tjol. (ren. W. * Hon. A. Wilson
'fcjol. Geu. K. * Hun. .1. Abliotr, Cow
Crown l«and», Hon. \Vm. .McDougal'
Com. I'. Works, * Hon. U. J. Tess'ier
P. Sec, * Hon. J. O. Bureau, l*ost
Gen.* Hon. M. H. Foley, M. of I'i
nance, Hon. Wm. Pcarce Howland, P.
of Council, * Hon. T. D. McGoe, R
Gen. * Hon. Jamea Morris, Agricul-
I turc, * Hon. F. Kvanturel.

Merciful Kuler of all will judge diife-
rently. With these Ohristinn nentimcnts
thf Ayfirnrds met death in peace. We
can forgive others though we deteat their
principles.

Some members of the Ministry which
approved of hanging the Aylwanls have
now held the Keins of Government more
than 12 montlis. • -i. . - .

We do not deny that the abilify and
intngrity of these Gentlemen is murh
extolled. But in this ease we look for
Wisdom in vain. j!

Perhaps this humble publication w:rit- i; * Since the Aylward Execution after
ten without animosity — may serve them '< the vote of non confidence in the above

as a fiiendly warning.

Canadian Ministers no doubt under-
take heavy responsibilities. But the
people arc heavily taxed and pay lar^e
salaries to Ministers.

•f^ Socrates wc are told replied to his
accusers by maiotainiug his right to
public maintenance in consideration of
the service he bad done to Athens.

Canadian statesmen who will Blunder
with human life — ^Those who would obsti-
nately force an unpopular policy — might
find in one reupeet indeed the fulfillment
of the wish exprebocd by the Athenian
Mge.

Marv Ayi.ward.

Ministry the Gentlemen whose namc«
arc marked with a star have led the
Government, Hon. Mr. Wilson having
been promoted to be Judge. v: .

Tried before Chief Justice Draper.
Tub Queen

vs.

Indictment for

the Murder of

William Mnnro,

Richard Aylward ]^at the township of

and

MontcuijUf on thr
I6th May, 1862.

\st. Alexander Munro, sworn.
--1 liv^ on the town- line between
! Monteagic «nd Wicklow, and h.ive
: lived tlicre since the 16th May, 166 J.

I rose J
neur
shoulc
threw
He st«
mo in
or. F
ward.

laps tinukf

IK I the ,uiit

<i tiiiic, ti.

l^y/«ni If.

:ritv to Ca

s lilt' Niunfii
heir votf ii.
uri'ud in tli-

ui Sandfit'l<i
Ion. * L. V
I. A. Wilrion
bliotr, Cotu
AlcDougal^
. J. Tes!»ici
ureaii, I'osl
y, M. of I'i
Uowland, P.
. Mcnte, R
rris, Agricul-

lecution after

ill the above

^vho8e namcis

have led the

V'ilaoa having

lice Draper.

Indicfmrint for
Murder of
illiam Munro,
the township nj
mleuglef o» th<'.
th Mai/, 1862.

UNRO, sworn.
line between
)w, and h.ive
th May, 166 J.

'i li" |>iis«»riprs I iimc two iin>ri1li.s Iiilcr w;i-» loiirlod wnii nit. end ; 20 pfcrs
to liv«' on flic o|i})MMt«« .vidf ol tin: were tiikcii out of mo. As wc wir©
roiid. Tilt' dv V ri»>t'»l is mv t'.iilifr. We Jioinji to llic \\r.U\. d. fca.s« d .^«id U>
\\v\M on pKid teiins with the |iriMiii-; priM>a» r Ivitiliiird, he did not luiiid his
frs when ihcy tir^t ( unn*. 'i liere|l>hooling hi.s hens, if in Iok win at, it
wore, after a while, a few little dilFer- he tlid not take them JiWu) with hiin,
t'lici's tif>twefMi ii>. I ne\er heard (he When I rose with the pistol, I saw
pri^oiics lomplaiii of our f.iwi.s be- j the pristiner Mary about 11 or \%
fore the ICtli May last. On lh.it day,;! yards away, at the place where I Idt.
auoiit 4 r. M., I and deceased heard j |)ristMier liirhard and deceased . ■<euni-
a shot, apparently f»red on prisoner.**'! ing for the gun. { did not then sets
lot. VVv went iiouie, ai;d nit>ther said 'deceased, nor did I see her until 1
mie of our hens waa missing. Deceas- turned, having pieked up the pistol,
ed and I went over. Fri.soner lliehard ; I could not cav whether she had any

It ■' •

I thing in her hand ; I was frightened.

^a d he would not till he got the hen.! .\fter I got into the liouiie, deceased

Prisoner lliehard was .standing inside,
at his own door ; he .said he did not
shttot the lien, but he wished he had.
Deeea.std .said, [lerhaps they're on
now ; and prisoner Richard took a
gun, and we all three went into hi.s
Jield. We went west. J'risoner's
liuusfi fronts (othesoulli ; o|i the west
i.< a gable eml. The Geld was\ I think,
,^own with wheat. Then jMisoner Ui-
chanl turiied, with the gim towards
jU eca.sed, ixwA dceeu.<>.ed caught hold
of it. 'J'hey were close l»)geiher, the
niuxzleof the gun towards deceased.
Fti'iOiicr Elifliard took a nis<o| out uf
1)1$ pocket with his right liMnd. De-
ireased knockeii it uut of his hand,
and tuld me (o get it> 1 a.sked where
it was. Deceased ^dd it was behind
me. 1 went for it, found it, and rose
with it in my hand. It was 11 ur 12
yards from where deceased struck it
from prisoner Bichard's hand. Whan
I rose, prisoner Richard Wits standing
near me with the SL<^\\ to his left
shoulder, pointed towards me. I
threw myself at Ins feet, on my knees.
He stepped back and fned, and hit
mo in my back, over the left should-
er. I was on my knees, leaning fur

cunie in ; he was cut on the left sid>^
of the head and in the arms; he w.u;
bleed.ng much. The cut was abovt;
the left elbow. He had no coat on ;
was in his shirt-sleeves. Deceased
never went out of (he house again,
and he died in 11 or 12 days.

Cross cxamifU'd. — This place of
prisoners' is not on tlic Hiistiii^s Road.
It is on u roail that iTosse.s (he Ila&l
ings Road. They had a clearing, anl
.some wheat sown thai spring, 1 be-
lieve, not long sown before this oc
currenoe. Our two houses are aboi)!
2^ acres apart. Oqr house ii» to tin*
west of theirs. Our hens vvere over
tn prisoners' wheat. Deceased and i
went to prisoners' hou.se. Deoeascil
was angry at prisoner Richiud shoot-
ing at liifi) hens ipore than 1 was. 1
saw prisoner Mary m the house, an!
her children — two were running u-
bout, and there was a baby. We d. !
not enter the house. Deceased Ji l
not ask me to go with him ; I wei.^
of my own accord. I followed a litt!
after deceased, not directly wiiii hi::.
The first I heard was prif«oner 11
chard saying to deceased, "Go awj\,'
and deceased replied, " Not till I.

ward. Iran home directiv. The p:un| could {^et the hen, or know wi :.t

• *-« i|

-«.. ^ ■.^■^^

lind been ilone with it." Prisoner
Richii'd denied shooting the hen, but
«aid hf: wished he had. Deceased
6aid| " Perhaps they're on now.''
Then prisoner liichard look *he gun.
I did not see him put any thing in it.
We then walked abreast to the wheat-
field. Prisoner UithHrd wa.^ on de-
ceased right hand, and he had the
gun in his own ri};ht hand. We \»ent
iib«>ul I^ or 2 acres. 1 ^saw prisoner
lurn with the gun. I did not see de-
ceased first try to get hold of it. Pri-
soner had not the gun up to his shoul-
der. I did not see him try to pull the
trigger. Then deciased seized the
gun. Tliey tussJed and wrestled. De-
cea.sed was the olde$;t and strongest,
I think. I did not .see either of them
lall. I did not ;:ee deceased seize hold
of prisoner Richard, but he tried to
take the gun from bim. I did not in-
terfere. I was 8 or 10 feet from them.
I don't know whetlier tfae gun was
cocked. { believed deceased life was
in danger. Prisoner Richard got tfae
gun at last Prisoner Richard was
drawing back, and deceased kept hold
of the gUB, following him. I never
«aid to anybody that deceased had
threatened prisoners. Prisoner Ri-
-chard took a pistol from his pocket
with his right hand, holding on to the
gun with his lefl. Deceased kicked
the pistol out of prisoner Richard's
band. It was is his right trowscr
pocket. A double-barrelled rifle pis-
tol, the barrel 4 or 5 inches long. I
ran for the pistol, and picked it up ;
and as I rose, prisoner Richard was
about 3 feet from m6, right before me.
I had turned round, with the pistol
in my hand. Prisoner Richard then
stepped back. I threw myself at his
feet before he stepped back. I did
not /»-•-'' h'*' ^'?!:r;. rrrr try to.

I stopped a little forward. I wa.s not
looking at him. When he fired he
had the gun right on my hark, —
resting on my •^ack — and he lir»;d.
I had no vest on ; I w.is in my .shirt-
sleeves. When deceased came in, I
did not tell him I WHKshot. The <loc-
tor came some days after deceased
was wounded. 1 never heard deceas-
ed say it was his own fault — that
these people ought not (o he pro.se-
cuted. The coroner came a few day^"
after my father's death. I cannot ex-
actly .say how many days after ; de-
ceased had not long been buried
Prisoners were in their own house
when deceased died. They did not
leave the country. My mother is liv-
ing ; not here. I had not been on
very good terms with prisoners. We
passed one another without speaking.
I never played tricks with them, nor
with a spring that was near. I did
not speak to them when I and de-
ceaseil went over to prisoners. I car-
ried the pistol home, it was not cock-
ed then. I never pointed it at priso-
ner. I never fired it. f know it wa.s
loaded ; there was something in it ;
it was capped.

2nd. Mast Ann Macrak, sworn.
— 1 live just a lot from the prisoners,
in another township. I remember de-
ceased being injured. The prisoners
were at my place the week before
•diat with a scythe. They were grind-
ing it. One of my children asked
prisoner Richard whether he was
going haying. He replied, yes ; he
was going haying. There was no
grass then.. Tliere was a little snow
still left. Prisoner Mary did not speak.
She turned the grindstone, and he
ground. I think they said it was
Munro's scythe. I did not see tho
scythe again until the inquest. Pri-
ll :»i.-.r? ..i.K . *" ?•:• h"""" tl»e day de-

er ajied V

and load

H" had

had cut I

that Ric

hei, 'S*^

She sai(

s ythe.

atid .sjiov

eiltje of I

till' blooc

ii> him, n

cap on

in and to

and thev

was, I th

It had a ]

eii this oi

Munro's

him lymj

I all over (

I of blood i

across til

I which bl

' arm was

spoke th<

' I went th

he said i

would li

died on tl

lie was h

after, till

jon the 11

! From the

ways told

from that

his expe<

spoke of I

lie, but hi

of how h«

garet Mui

saction to

Cross-e:

iiis last w

ijave bei

his counti

XT place

■■> _>»f«i. *m

I was not
I find he
■ bark, —
1 he firrd.
my shirt-
cuinc in, I
The (l.)c-
deccMscii
rd dcceas-
ault— «hnt
be |>rosi»-
1 few Hays
cannot ex-
after; de-
•n buried
own house
iY did not
►thcr is liv-
t been on
oners. Wc
t speaking,
them, nor
jar. I did
I and de-
lers. I car-
s not cock-
it at priso-
low it wasi
hing in it ;

lAB, sworn,
prisoners,
lember de-
e prisoners
eek before
irere grind-
Iren asked
he was
d, yes; he
re W&6 no
little snow
i not speak.
16, and he
lid it was
lot see tho
uest. Pri-
t1i« dav de-

trailed was Inrt. She li;u! (h<; gi:n.
Hnd loaded it at the end of our i»ta!de.
If' had the ^cytlip. She said, she
Ititd cut the head otf the old man, and
thut RichHrd had 5.hot AWcU. I told
her, ** Surely that wasn't the trulh.'*
She 8aid it v as, nnd sthowed me the
s ythe. She held the ed^e up to me,
jiiid showed mp the blood on it. The
pjj/e of the srythe was turned where
thf blood wjis. Slia jjave the scythe
to him^ nnd t(H>k the gun and put a
cap on it ; and thtn my boy came
in and told her to f;o out of the house,
and they went away. The scytlic
was, 1 think, the one they had ground;
It li;id a piece off the point. 1 observ-
cii this on both occasions. 1 went to
Munro's about 4 o'clock. I found
him lymgon the floor, fainted ; blood
i iill over the floor, and part half full
t of blood and water. He had a cut
across the top of bis head, from
J which blood was flowing, and his
; arm was cut. He did not speak. He
spoke the third day afler that, when
'' I went there. Two days after that,
i he said to me he did not think he
would live, be was so weak. He
died on the tenth or twelfth day after
he was hurt. I saw him every day
I after, till he died. He was hurt
I on the 16th, and died on the 28th.
'; From the second conversation, he al-
I ways told mc he would not live;
from that time he always expressed
his expectation of dying ; always
spoke of himself as a man about to
lie, but he did not give any account
of how he was inj-ured. I saw Mar-
garet Munro the same day the tran-
saction took place.

Cross-examined. — We came out

his last winter from Lower Canada.

have been upwards of 22 years in

iiis country. The prisoners came to

«ir place after dinner. Our houses

'are a qnarlcr of a inil»> ap.»rl. J hey
continued on ilu'i: twn pi<ice afer
deceased died. I am no relaium of
Munro's. i ncxer hud nii\ ditfereti-
ce with prisoners. 1 jji-ier ^aid I
would wait in tuwii :t]ui .see ihese
people hjingcd, or any thing like it.

5rd. Isabella Machae, sworn. —
I am ditu^htfr oi last wiine.^s, and
live with her. 1 kn*jw pris»iur!<. I
kt)ow deceas< f), and reiiiember the
(hiv he was hint. 1 was in pri.'^oneis
hiuise one evening, nut long befote
this. I Ik aid prisoner Mary say, in
her husband's prc-^encc, she wouM
tempt decea.sed ovtr ibeir fence, and
she would draw ba( k till she got to
her door, and she wt>nld lake a gun
or pistol ar.d shout him, and leavo
him dead at the door, and then she
would go for two men to see how far
he had followed her into the door,
yard ; that her husband could be a
witness for her. hut she c(»ujil not be
I for him. I told her to lake care of
herself, or something to ihat effect.

Cross-examined. — We were on
gooil terms with the prisoners. I was
not at her house, after this conversa-
tion, before the fight. 1 iU> no, re-
member being in the house after it.
I spoke to her on the road. I did not
think much of this at tho time. She
would talk in this boasting style of
what she would do.

4th. William John.son, sworn. — I
live about 100 rod.s Irom Munro's in
the same township, since the 27th
March last. 1 remember deceased
being injured. I saw the prisoners
that day, about four in the afternoon.
They were coming along the road
from their place. IShe had a gun,
and he was training a scythe. Sho
said, *' William ; Munro's dead. I
lifted up the scythe and struck him
on the head, atid that would not do,

a;u! I striuk l»im agHin. I did not
:nean to hit him on tiie head, I
meant to hit }»im on the neck and cut
hip fiead off! '' t^he made a gesture
nith the gun al my neck, to show
me wiiat she meant, I said it was
toi bad. She said ^he couM not help
duing it. Then they went on- 1
iniUnved, and saw them l)nth at
J.imev Macrae's, Prisoner lii<:l)ard
had the gun, and tfie scythe was on
the tahle. James Macrae came in.
Prisoner Mary asked him hhimt de-
ceased, anti he told her deceased
was j)retty badly l>urt, and tl»ey tiid
not think he would nvl over it.
She replied, " God Almighty increa-
se his pain ! Sh<4 spoke Hiostly on
these two occasions. He said little :
he w^as standing close hy her.

Cross-examined — I am a relative
of Mary Ann Macrae : she is my
aunt. Prisoner Mary <litl not i'|:j,ear
to be excited. It was about 4 i\ m.,
about three-quarters of a mile from
their place, t was sitting on a log
by the road-side when she spoke to
me. I was in their house when she
was arrested on the Saturday week
after deceased gi»t hurt. He was
hurt on a Friday. 1 have not teen
in the house since. It was the Satur-
day after deceas(d died that she was
arrested. I stop at my uncles. I have
no house of mv own. I never had
the slightest trouble with the prisoner
Mary. I heard that she got a wari^ant
for me, but I never saw it.

5th. Margaret Glen, sworn. — I
live near prisoner, 1^ miles off, in
Monteagle. I remember deceased
being injured. I met prisoner Mary
on the rosid after deceased was hurt
and before his death. She was just
outside her door. She took hold of
my arm and told me to come and see
were the fight was to come and see

the cii; In Mnnro's h it. 1 walked Ji
short disfancc and saw the fiat iiiid
would not go lur.her. 1 .-aid if would
give her a gieat deal of (rouble. Slie
saiil it would give her no (i-ituble,
that, if it wa.s to do, .she Woidl do it
again. Her hu.>hriud w.tsnot pres* ni.

Cross-examined. -'VUis was* a lew
days after the tight.

G(h. Thfofhilus Goi.der. .swor .
— I live on the branch road, U mi es
from deceased. After driea.sed Wii-n
hurt, I went to prist her.«' house — (he
iiiorningthe iut|uesr. washel I, 1 think,
or the morning before. I saw the,
prisoner Mary. She .said she whs
glad " Old haldie " was dead ; that
if he was alive she would cut the
head off him again, or any person
who would do any thing to her.

Ith. Georoi: Sklby, sworn. — t
live 4 or 5 milf s IVom prisoners, f
heardof deceased's death. J was at
prisoners' house the Sunday after he
was buried. Prisoner Mary tohl me
decea.sed was in the habit of coming
opposite the house, abusing her, and
calling her improper n.imes, and that
she had given it to him for it now,
and she wished she had given hin^
another blow and finish' d him a.
once. The prisoner RichanI \\\.->
present. I can't say he heard her.
Soon after he brought out the scythe,
and said that was the scythe with
which she did it. I am not sure she
was in the room at that time. Tho
scythe blade had no handle then. A
few days after the fight, I saw priso-
ner Richard. I asked him what it
was about. He said it was all about
some fowls of Mimro's that came to
his wheat. That he had heard decea-
sed had used threats against him, andj
he was determined to be prepnrcii
and that he took the .scythe out of the

;'radlt'
help si
Cm,
nearly
■been d
ver&ati
dcce;is<
■was (hi
wit I; he
I am n
sation \
tijo roa.
not say

Sill.
sworn.-
miles fn
les from
<ioc on )
-ched th(
10 o'clo
An inqu
ge incLSi
deceaset
penetrat
the .skul
must ha
ce, or it
the sku
thick. Ir
in the bi
above tli
The we
through
the join
hy a slu
scythe \
The mjii
certainlj

Oi/i.
— I arres
of the w
deceasec
ness an(

1 walkpit J*
H' liHt, aiitl
iil It Would
iMil)U'. She
lit ti-«tul>U',

VoiiM (\o It

11)1 piest 111.
i vvaN M Itw

DEH. H\Vnr' .

iiif, U mi es
rea>e(l wjis

h'juse — (he
itfl I, I think,

I saw the
titl shp WHS
s dend ; lliat
ouUl cut the

any person '
to her. ;

•, sworn. — 1 1
prisoners, f
h. 1 w«s at
iday aftrr he
Mary told me «^
)it of coniiiig ;.
iing her, and l
mes, and thai j
m for it no\v, j
id given hin^ '
sh(d him i<-
Richard w.s
le iieard her.
nl the scythp,
scythe with
not sure she
t time. Tho
idle then. A
, 1 saw priso-
him what it;
was all about
? that came toj
heard decea-
ainst him, and
be prepared ,
the out of the

rradlo, aiid (old \uf> \> no ii lie wanted
lielp she was to use liiat.

Cross -cxnmi/u-d. — I have lived
neatly 4 years out then-. I have only
.been once at prisoners. 'I iii>s con-
versatioii (ook pUice on SuixJay, after

nsoiicr

iSI.ny

deceased burie«

Nvasdicn arrested. Tfie ci)iivtM>ation
witl; her was while she wasa prisoner.
lam not a constable. The conver-
sation with prisj)ner Kichanl was on
the road opposite my place. He did
not say lie was aiVaid of Munro.

^th. Dr. Augustus A. Yt-oMAN.*<,
sworn. — J was practisinj; at Madoc(70
miles from deceased's place), 100 mi-
les from here. We started from Ma-
doc on Saturday, 31st May, andrea-
.<;hed the neigbourh'.»od of deceased at
10 o'clock on the Monday morninf?.
An inque.st w^.s held. I found a lar-
ffc incised wound on tlio left side of
deceased's head, 3| inches lonj^-. It
penetrated into the brain, through
the skull and membiancs. The hlow
must have been given with great for-
ce, or it could not have gone through
the skull in a part wht^re it is so
thick. Inside, I found a large ahsces.s
in the brain. There was also a wound
above the elbow^ joint oi the left arm.
The weapon had gone half way
through tUe bone, and had fractured
iho joint. The wound was inflicted
by a sharp and thin instrument. A j
scythe would indict 5uch a wound. '
The mjury on the head must, I think, I
certainly have occasioned death. I

Otfi. William E. D- Edes, swoin.
— I arrested both prisoners on Monday j
of the week following the funeral of
deceased. I went wilii the last wit-
ness and arrested them on Monday
iTorning, before the ituiuest was ta-
ken. Prisotjor Mnvy had been arres-
ted tlie precediiig Saturday. I enqui-
red (of the scythe. Ov'* of Oi^. ]•:'■

soners got it. I then enquired for the
gun, and got it ; and a man w ho was
silting at the door had the pistol. 1 ,
took the scythe, and it vvas carried
off by some person — I tlon't know
who — as I was sto|)ping at a tavern
on my way to Belleville ; 1 have not
been able to recover it.

DEFENCE.

John Rous, sworn. — 1 live on a
lot joining the Hastings Road. I
knew deceased, and saw him after
he wns injured, on the fif(h day af-
ter, as near as I understood. I had
a conversation with him. He said
he felt very bad ; that he did not ex-
pect to live. I advised him to have
prisoners arrested. I proposed fetch-
ing a doctor. lie said, " No ; it
was no use." He said he had no
business interfering with prisoners :
this was in answer to my advisin"'
him to have them arrested.

Cross examiticd. — He was lying
in his own shanty, en the west side,
on a bed. His son Alexander was in
the house, and decciised's wife. I
live about 1^ miles from the iious.'.
I did not ask deceaseil how he got
hurt. I had beard from neighbour.^
what had happened : that deceased
had a bit of a qnarrel with the priso-
ner Richard, and deceased had got
hurt. Deceased did not say he hi.d
interfered with ])risoners, and did not
tell me what happened. He waa
ptetty bad.

REPLY.

Alex.wder Mukro, re-called. — I
was present when the conversation
tv>ok plftce between deceased and
John Rou.s. Deceased asked iiim to
go for the Indian doctor, and iiutia
said he would go the next tnorMit?;;
I was there aM tho {' r.^t rJoi;.; v as. J
:''ij I) )'. ji'j r i' »u., ij; )\) i\: IImI

p; .;j IS.

ceasetl should have prisoners arrested,
nor did deceased make nny such ans-
wer. The shanty is 18 hy 20 feet.

Cross-examined. — Rous was there
an hour or more. I was not able to
stir out of bed. I was onJy 9 or 10
led from deceased's bed.

I declined to receive evidence of
\vhat deceased had said respecting
the prisoners, or either of them, —
not being said \u their presence^ — un-
less it could bie sho^yn that the priso-
ners were aware of it before the strug-
gle tooJk place ; since, whatever it
might be, it could not have influen-
ced the prisoners' conduct if they
were in ignorance of it.

Verdicjt.— *' Quilty ; " strongly re-
commended to mercy.

Sentence.-r-To be executed on-i
JMonday the 8ih December, 18C3.

(Signed.)

Wm. H. Draper,

C. J. C. F.

Such is a faithful cepy of the Evi-
dence given in this Extraordinary
trial. Before we proceed to any other
documents, let us observe the many
flawi and contradictions in the Evi-
dence of ,all the witnesses againt the
prisoners.

First see how the chief witness,
Alex. Munro, contradicts himself or
proves that the afifuir was a quarrel
begun by Munro. . .<<

Alex. Munro swears, *^ Prisoner
" Richard told deceased to go away.
« — ^Deceased anil he would not till
*' he got the Ucu, ^Deceased said I

!" perhaps t!i<'y'r(? on now, — f*fis<.{)tf
j" Richard toul: a gun iuul v.-f, wtui
J" all 3 into the lit Id.— We aom W.''
(Cross Ex;;iriiii'jd). — '' Oiir iiounf^
" are about 2\ acres jjpnjt. — Our
" house is to the West (W.) of theirs,
" — Deceased w^s yijj;iy iu piisonor.
" shooting at his heiit> more ihaii I
*' was. Prisoner Richard had nut
" the gun up to hijs shoulder.— r-I did
" not see him pull ithe trigger. — I (l<>
" not know if the gun was cocked."'
So far we finii from ihe evidtnce of
Alexander Mu:)ro; viz :

That the Munroes ( atlier and son)
went of their own atconl to the resi-
dence of A yl ward,— That instead of
forcing a quarrel Aylward simply
said go about your business.

That the threatening and contempr
tuous words used by Munrc were the
cause why Aylward Icit his house.
We find also; that he (.\ylvvarcl)
went out alone leaving his wife and
children in the house. We see that
the Munroes and Aylward went in
the direction of the fieUl in which
were the hens that Munro ch;illenged
him to kill if he dared. We see that
they all 3 went West, viz : towards
the house of Munro.— Hence they
were about 2 acres from A yl wards
house and only ^ an acre fiom Mu Gi-
ro's at the moment when the struggle
began*

Lot us return to the Evidence of
A. Munro. — He does not say that
Aylward had (he gm; u|> to hiy
shoulder !

t4
.1

tt. — Our
(if theirs,

e than I
hiul i\ot
r.-r-I ilid
er. — I (i<>
tockeii."'
id t nee of

and son)
( the resi-
usiead of
rd Minply

contempr
were tlio
us house.
Aylvvarcl)

wife and
see tlial

went in

iu whicli

challeng-od

i^e sec that

: toward:*

encc they-

Ayl wards

jom MuM-

ie struggle

vidence of
it say that
u|» to hiiJ

'•' Prisoner Richnrd turned with
" the sriin towards the dfceascd and
•' deceased caught hold of it — Pri-
*' soner Richard took a pistol out of
•' his pocket with his right hand. De-
" ceased knocked it out of his hand
" and told me to get it. It was 11
" or \2 yards from the place where
"• <!ecea«od struck ii out of prisoner's
" hand.''

N. B. — As to this nexi part of this
evidence we defy any man to unders-!Ut
tand it. Youny; Munro says he took
\ip the pistol and that he then saw
Ayhvard point the gun at him. He
(A. Munro) states that he irmnediately
threw himself on his knees. Cross
examined, ho stated that he was not
looking at the prisoner when he was!
on his knees. — He then told the Court
that the prisoner had placed the gun
on the back of him A. Munro and
then fired. He said that he was
shot in the back and that he walked
Ijome afterwards, that 20 pieces of cut
lead were taken out of his back. How
(we ask) could he walk if he receiv-
ed so much lead !

N. B — A\e\. Munro does not say
thfit prisoner took aim after he fell on
hi3 knees. — In fact he .says he did
not look at the prisoner.

Is nv)t this charge of aiming to kill,

" the scythe shown her by prisoners
" the day of the quarrel was the one
" they had ground." Therefore she
saw it again before the inquest.

Are these ntradictions or not ?

N. B. — In the following testimony
we see points in favour of the Ayl-
wards.

Isabella McRae (Cross examined)
says : " I did not think much of this
" at the time. She (prisoner) would

talk in this boasting style of what
" she would do.''

DEFENCE.

John Rous, testifies. '* Decieased
" said he had no business interfering
" with prisoners?. — This was in ans-
" wer to my advice to have them ar-
" rested."

As to the words used by the priso-
ner Mary they were no doubt violent
— hut a woman is excitable — parti-
cularly after so terrible a scene. —

We do not positively know any
diing whatever of tha scene between
her and Munro.

Alex. Munro had fled when he saw
her at the place of the fight.

There is no direct, evidence what-
ever to show that the prisoner. (Mary)
struck with t!ic scythe. Might not

made agninst Aylward a monstrous I, ^I""''" '»'''^'o ^"'1^" on the scythe—
absurdity ! ! || ""^^ '^^^'^ ^"^'7 ^'^^ words of the poor

Mary Ann McRae swears 1,?/.—" I | frightened woman with regard to the
♦' did not sec the .scythe again /j/^ wound received by Munro.

" the inqriest. ^dly. Tiiis was I think
'* the scythe tlicy IukI ground, viz:
" (Mary Ann McRac) thought that

N. B. Munro's head and arm might
have been wounded by one and the
same blow.

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We jind then accoriiing to the ve-
ry words of Alex. Munro himself that
it was Munro (deceased, who without
any provocation seized Aylward'sgun
trying with all his might to get
possession of it. Therefore Aylward
in struggling for it only acted in self
defence.

And as to the woman however
violent she may have been she was
bound to defend her husband in any
w»v necessary.

PETITIONS.

The following Petitions were for-
warded to the seat of Government,
Quebec, and were received and ac-
knowledged in due course at the office
of the Provincial Secretary.

Also a Petition from the phtoe it-
self, vi/ : (Hastings road) signed by
70 residents — even one from ihe wi-
dow and son of the deceased. One
uf the [)oints mentioned was the la<'f
thai deceased live:! for !2 days « rer
the wound and did not gel proper iit-
tendance having luui only a quack
doctor's aid.

All the petitions prayed of Go\er::-
ment to5pa!e the livcb ot the con-
victs — They were receiveil and read
in the Executive Council before
Doc.

But 710 mercy unndd he granted.

To conclude, the Rev. R. C. Pas-
tor of the Aylwards with 7 other.-
petitioners asked a delay of one
month — on the ground t!;at the Avl-

The 1st. bore date Nov. 11, and|j wards were not fully prepared for
was signed by the leading men of I, Eternity.

every class and creed (with very Tew || h^.^, j. g. McDonald, Atty. Gen.
exceptions) residing in that county | w., knew that the delay was asked,

in which the event occured. It
prayed that at least the lives of the
prisoners would be spared — on oc-
count of their infant orphans, and
from the fact that this qnarrel did
not occur in a place like a town,
where police could interfere.
, A similar petition was duly laid
before the Gov. General in Coun-
cil — this last was signed by Rev. E.
B. Lalor, former pastor of the priso-
ners also by 150 other persons.

A thi -d signed by Rev. Mr. Bren-
nan and 273 others was, with the
other two, l&id before the Governor
Generjvl in Couucil

! he would give no aid to tlie prayer.
His Example Mas followed. — The
Aylwards were doomed and exe-
cuted ! ! !

About throe o'clock on the day of
Gxecutictt the bodies of the Aylwards
were taken to St. Miciiael's Church,
ard placed in the centre aisle. The
Church soon filled up, and the Rev.
Mr. Brennan commenced the service
usual on each occasions. After con-
cluding the introductory service he
stepped forward from the altar and
addressed the large a-'sembly as
follows ; —

IS an

jc {)liioc it-
) signed by
rom the wi-
lasef}. One
f^!> the lacf
2 days w rer
()r()j)er al-
ly a quack

I (>( Gover::-
L»t tlie con-
ed and read
icil before

■; granted.

R. C. Pas-
til 7 otlier.>
ty of one
ut the Ayl-
icpared for

Atfy. Gftn.

was asked,

the prayer.

•wed. — The

I and exe-

the day of
e Aylwards
I's Church,
aisle. The
the Rev.
the service
After con-
service !;e
) altar and
setnblv as

My F^RiKNos. — God in his mercy creatures- Gixl crcaicci him — Grvl

has left It ia our power, through the,
merits < f the Pa&sion of Jesus-Christ,
to offer up OLir prayers for the repose

can end his d:iys, :u)d t" Him lie ntjust
give up liis life.

It is often said tliiU wl'.on juries Jin*.
of souls of the li^iihful departed. Noilforaied' such a man is disposed {■%
inntter whether they died justly orjicomdemn, and such :i man ilisposed
iir;jiistly, the charily of God, and the'lto acciuit. Let thai man reme;n!;er
iovc which the Saviour bears to man |l that with what juiU.-.T.cnt l:e measure**
teaches us this Important doctrine. It i' out it will be ineted untf? him by Him

is an article of our faith which no one
[):ofessina; the faith of our Saviour!

who show^ mercy to the jcj' and tit*
unjust. I canr.ot but allude to tlie:

cnn disallow or deny. — It is recorded h manner In which die trial andsenten-
by tliS Aj.'OsMe : — " I believe in the^jce of tliis po(t! man niiii woman took
Communion of the Saints," and since! place. My friends, aiutther trial took
I tie days of tde twelve Apostles, this j place in this town, at tlie sa!n(^
lias been a cardinal doctrine of our ii Assizes, At that trial, a \m:\\ was
(Church. — The Aj)ostle tells you that;, arraigned for taking th.e life of another
the man who denies any article ofljin his own defc'ise. Under.-iaiul, I
that denies the Truth of God — and jam not condemniit;^ rh.at man in
those who act in accordance with that j| thought, in woid. or in reason, betan-
have the price of salvation. It is this, jjse if that man had been allowed togi>
fny friends, which has congregated home in peace, he would not have

you together to give Christian in-

killed any one. I only allude to it

terment to two of your feliow-creatu-!| by way of supposition. You all know
ros. There are circumstances con- I under what circum'>tam.os the death
I'ected with the death of these poor jj of that man occumd, and it is only
creatures which have caused me to from the result of tlie trial that I
deviate from my usual course on such speak to you on the subject. One or
occasions— I man on such occasions two days intervened before the trial
as the burial of the dead. The two came on. During tliose two days, tv>

whose corpses are before you, I have
reason im|)!icity to believe were never
guilty of the crims for luhich they
(lied (sensation.) That I believe as I
believe I am living. I do not say it
because this man says one thing, and
that man says another thing, but I
say it from all the circumstances
connected with the matter. — You all
know that the Catholic Church con-
demns murder, and is always ready
to assist in punishing it. Because
Goi] has given life. — Let no man sav
because this man is a Catholic, or a
Protestant, or of no religion, that he
is not ei. titled to our compassion and
Go(is mercv. He is one olGotl's

the suprise of some and iidn:iratiou of
others, he was allowed to go home
without molestation, riohing would
have happened. But I regret the
death of any one by violence. Such
a death oftentimes does not allow a
man time to .call on God for mere).
After thai trial, my friendr, some
persons in this town, who boa.st of
their acrjuaintanco ot the law, made
use of these (earful words, Ayfu-G--/.
and hii' wife qtc djomcd ! ' (setiJ-a-
tion). Tlseir lri;.I, lencinoci', <iid not
take place un'.il tvo or three i\\iyA
after this expression was made us;
of. Those persons, whose consciet;-
ces are so tfr^er, a- ho c?M t*":T*^erve!5

!IfM!»'rmor, h,i(] ;v) mrrry for ollicrs.
T'^cv r>ri'-(>t hat v^ns^eanre he'f>y)fl[eih
r.n!'» v/i i«!, anfl Mcro pro; aretl fa take
t:'at v('n<jon!;c«> into their own h;tn<Is.
The S/iiracity '>f t}io individ'ial whs
t^rprisi-'t;, bvA prchsMy it was his
rtq'iaintHnce vv: h the law which
cnaii)P!! him to penetrnfe into the
{"iturp, iin'i !jtt(r 'lirtt tcrrirde e\prps-i
*".in, " Ai/fward and fit's viff arp.\
t^oomrd!" Well, my friends, they
v/ere doompd (ijrpat sensation and
<:"bbin:i) — Now I will briefly allude
tr» the Cfiiise and rirctiinstances con-
rt'Cted with the trial and cxcution ot
rhesf poor creiitiwcs. Aylvvasc! and
iiis wii'e were sitting ;it their dinner,
'.'.hen the poor nnforti.nate Miinro
rr.me to the door, to ask Aylwartl
f'.l out some fowl that were on a smali
J'eld between the two shanties.
Ayhvavd said " I did not kill your
hens, n(>r have 1 ony on my premises.
J. request you to go home." This
frail man still hung around the place,
nnf! Ayl'.vard rame out — 'angry worrls
took place, and a collision ensued.
Ay 1 ward supposd himse f in danger
of death, and called to his wife Nvho
was in the shanty. She overheard
him, and came to the door and taking
whatever wcnprn came to her hands,
».he went to rescue her husband from
danger. la striking Munro, she did
not know, owing to the fright she was
in whether she struck her husband or
jMunro After living twelve days
poor Munro died, and it is the strong
impression of a great many, that if he
had not been treated by a quack
doctor, he would have been alive
to-day. Tliere is not on record
in Ci'itish law, or in British history,
a case where a Man defending; himselt"
on his own soil has been condemned
to death, because bis house is his

r.ist.c. incrr ».s nnoui . : A;r"i::iu.Mg
Circumstance in her fa\'or — she did
ilot repeat the blow. Yon see, my
fr ^r\^\*^ how frivolous was the quarrel
w!iich led to the terrible result. How
easy it might have been arranged
without report t(» violence. But it was
such small and trivial things that pro-
duced all this misfortune and ult.mafe-
ly the death of three persons. Time
passed away — their trial came on.
At that trial they were deprived of
resources that would have acquitted
them, for there was rebutting testi-
mony which might have been obtain-
ed. But the length of the journey —
the poverty of the poople — and the
inclemency of the weather, prevented
thorn fr()m obtaining that testimony.
'J'his militated against them, and in
the most grievous manner, for there
was as much sworn against those
unfortunate creatures, as would hang
all th neople of Belleville. Another
serious act occurred at the trial. A
jury was empanr.elled, and sat on
therr cause, — they heard all the evi-
dence and passed a verdict of " Guil-
ty.'' It is strange to me how these
people could not see in what manner
this quarrel took piace ; what was its
cause and its origin. Each of them
should have weighed well the origin
of the quarrel, and what aggravation
was given to the Aylwards, before
convicting them of murder. Whom
the Jury was addressed by, and in
what manner, I do not know, because
I was not present. I do r.ot wish to
lay guilt on any one not deserving it.
But, my friends, that verdict recom-
molded those prisoners to merc^.
As long as you live, my friends, and
if I could address th.s whole country,
I would beg of you with all the
energy I possess, never again commit
that mercy you have in your hands

ttU y«^n|

live I wj
i«iio thel
living tj
brings
Cromwl
mitted,
t)e!bre
You jan
\lirougli|
Jesus
upon thl
J believ
an mar
God wi
I say
hours t(
were se
signed I
peetubl*

And, i
ihut Gi
treat ur<
incnth i
that pi
moiiiU

• •<u.

:or — she Hid
^o?i see, my
s the quarrel
resulf. How
pn arranged
'. Bur ir was
njjs that pro-
mt! ult.mafe-
lons. Time

I came oi).
rleprived of
•e acquitted
lifting tesfi-
)een obtain-
e journey —
le — and tho
', prevented

testimony,
em, and in
r, for there
ainst those
kvould hang
c. Another
) trial. A
nd sat on

II the evi-
of " Giiil-
how these
lat manner
bat was its
-h of them
the origin
s:gravaiion
rds, before

Whom
y, and in
1^, because
:>t wish to
serving it.
ct recom-
mercy.
ends, and
3 country,
all the
n commit
ur hands

tfito the hands of the unvitrcifuL Ijluhd say ihuy suuli-cd i.imueiitly .«
till you if I had a ihousawd jfai\> to ! liie dt'>iirii ur p.-cnueditiitiou of a. S't
live I would iicvcr toiiiiult iliul iijCicy ilbfiitr ibuuld be i.-oinlt-aiiiei! U) i^icmU
i»;!o the haiids uf otiieis. lielutt } Dur I, auiejiii ior Nviiii.u niuUiL-r. Ai^l 1 *.-.
livin*'" eyes, you hu". u u scene whiclj ;j iiii|»;)y lu .sa} hoiu :i!l :!ie lirt'iui.-'iiiii-
brin'TS lo your laiiids the daya ufj ce^ coiiiietued witi; i.l.e i.lJiwr, c.:hI iuy
Cromwell, when such acts weie com- jj »)wn khuw.t Jue of their tm,duct, i/,. -j

■ .. t I _.. f.i ».. . * I » ;/<., , <• ii...f .„.- f'

— - — ■ t

mitted, and one of these jicts staiuLs
l)efore you in thy Church of God. i
You jura now called upon^ niy friends,!
through the nierits of the Passion ofj
Jesus Christ, to implore His ijjtrcy |
upon the souis of ihe departed. And

ivere not ^^ttitty of that irime {..'r
whicii they iLis (l*»y liuvc i.uiitiv;<l.

The followii^g leaer is from ti.e
pen of die Venerable rind Kevert.i.!<^

J believe from the heroic and Chrisci-HMr. Cazeau of Quc'oec. We irau*-
an manner in which they .died, thai | laie it from liie L\,'ioni^uUur 4

Montri;al.
My IJIuAR SiR : — ' •^ ■

No one couid I'e mor,e sarj riied

God will have mercy on tlieir souls.

\ say it because they had but few

hours to prepare for death. Petitions

were sent doyirn to the Goveriiment,

iiftned by the leading and naost res- ! , , i • ,

pectable men of the country and aip*^'»» ^ ^^'^s^ ^'^ I'tanf.j? tiii>t son.u

^avvura.Ue answer >vas anticipated, j ptfisoiis ha\e {placed on my shi>uJ«iA

And^ a petition was sen* down to'|ie,s l\^^^ responsihiliiy as to iho exc-

that Government to grant ll^-e r<^orj:^.^^i^^, ^^ ^^^^ Aylwuids, (mi;;.

creatures a j-eiV/i/e "^-^ ^^'^' ^"^"^"'"^Pund wife 1 '*

mcnth to prt pare them fur death, but [\ ^, , ,''' , , . ^

ikat petition ivas denied. If thati| ^''^ I possessed the influence ^a
mouth had been granted ihem, they ji freely attributed to me in this case--
never would have been hanged, for ! most certainly humanit;, — partieula:

. I * .1.1 l...aB.>^ l%.f-^j-k>i Ill-Ik.-. 11- l^r T j*^ _ ■ I ..

things would have been brought to
light which would ^^ve acquitted
them of the murder. And 1 repeat
in the most emphatic language 1 can
address to you, and I want you all to
remember it — never commit into the,
hands of men that mercy which they
refused. There is no clemency there.
In addressing you 1 tell you to show
respect to ihosii what signed those
petitions — they signed them because
they were merciful. God grant them
a merciful heaven. To-day, my
friends, is the greatest day Aylwaid
and his wife have seen on earth, for
they have suffered innocently belore
God and man (aen&ation). For fear I
ma/ be niisu::dertood, I will explain,!

ly my ciiaracler as a priest wouUv
hayo inclined me to mercy — 1 i.I;ui|
just give you the lai.ls.

The 6lh of Decciidjer last, via:
3 days before the Execution lixil
for the 8th, I received a letter froi'i
my Venerable Colleague and friei.'Z
Ml". Brennan, Catholic Pastor <cX
Belleville, enlreating that I wui.^i
use my exertions lor the 2 conviii-,,

Mgr. the Bishop of Tloa and i"
were prepared to visit His E.\ccL-
eucy the Governor Geneial.

But as Mr. Brennan'ti letter dii
not cuntain any particulais, ,Li ia

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I immediate!;/

tleman who was

with the Hon.

•he trial which had occurred without
jur Liicwlod^e — and as we had no
statement of the steps made to ob-
tain mercy — it was agreed (In con-
sequence) that ! should first inform
myself on these |:oints by repairing
to the lion. Attorney General for
Upper Canada,

went to this gen-
then in company
Solicitor General
Wilson, who had himself conducted
the prosecution on behalf of the
Crown.

After having i.iformed these Gen-
tlemen of the object for which I
came, I learned from them, that
after mature deliberation, the Go-
vernment had irrevocably determin-
ed not to alter the sentence, that
this decision bad been approved by
His Excellency, and that orders had
been given to proceed with the
execution.

On my return to the Episropal
Residence I imparted to his Lord-
ship the Administrator, what I had
liCJMi told in this matter, and hi*
Lordship and I came to the con-
clusion Uiat any further exertions
fi)r the unhappy convicts would bi.^
vain.

Not having time enough to ac-
quaint Rev. Mr. Brenriaii by Mail
I informed him by telegraph as to the
fruitlessness of tiie mission he had
confided to me.

Such arc the facts — as they oc^
cured — and I give them with the
utmost exactness.

I hope that my statement will give
full and entire satisfaction.

I have the honour to remain, My
Dear Sir Very respectfully yours.

C. F. Cazkau,

Priest,
Episcopal residence, Quebec.

NOTE.

At the public Meeting of the R. Catholics of Belleville, C. W.,
held in the Vestry of St. Michael's Chtirch — it was unanimously Resolved ;
That owing to the Unjust Execution of Richard and Mary Aylward, the
Rev. Mr. Brennan, P. P., Belleville, was hereby named Treasurer for
the 3 orphan children of the Aylwards.

That the Benevolent of every class and creed are invited to aid the
fund for these orphans.

N. B. — Subscribers to the above fund will please addrgss Rev. Mr.
Brennan, Belleville, C. W.

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niGK i» Bnn.

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V.*^,v

Nv Mr.
P. SI.'

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