THE CHRONICHUE 
and fpoken with a great deal of eafe 
and collectednefs. She called feve- 
ral times on the Supreme Being to 
witnefs the truth of what fhe had 
related. The evidence being con- 
cluded, Mr. Baron Perryn entered 
on his charge to the jury, which con- 
fifted-chiefly of a fummary of the e- 
vidence on both fides; and, from 
the general drift of his obfervations 
throughout the charge, his Lord- 
thip feemed to think that the plea 
of infanity could not avail the pri- 
foner; fhe had exhibited no marks 
of it, as appeared by the evidence, 
at any period during the whole tran- 
faction; and under this impreffion 
he feemed to entertain no doubt of 
her guilt. On the prifoner’s de- 
fence they were to exercife their 
judgment, and to confider, in com- 
paring it with the general tenor of 
the evidence, if it could be found- 
edin truth. Whatever doubts they 
might entertain, they would of 
courfe give the prifoner the benefit 
of them. The jury retired for a- 
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bout twenty minutes, and at their 
return found her Guilty. After a 
fhort interval, Mr. Baron Perryn 
proceeded to pafs the awful fentence 
of the law upon the unhappy wo- 
man. He prefaced it by fimply ob- 
ferving thatthe was convicted upon 
very ftrong evidence—he had no 
doubt of the propriety of the ver- 
di&t—it appeared to him that fhe 
had barbaroufly murdered her 
friend, and a woman with whom 
fhe had always been on the beft 
terms. The fentence was then 
paffed in the ufual form, fixing the 
next Monday for its execution; af- 
ter which the. body to-be given to. 
the furgeons for diffection. The 
unhappy Mrs. Benfon heard the 
fentence with the: utmoft compo- 
fure, not to fay indifference; in- 
deed fhe feemed rather hardened, 
and expreffed fome language re- 
fpecting the decifion of the court; 
which we feel ourfelves not war- 
ranted ‘in, reciting. She was exe-_ 
cuted on the Monday following: 
Average Prices of Corn for the Year 1797. 
Wear. Bartey. Oats. Beans. 
& 2.5 S. | wee, S78 So ds 
qenusty - 6 10 <a | 2 2 «eae 
ebruary - 6 6 Ss 27 2 <0 ~3. 5 
March - oa re tar 1 10 3 3 
April ek ee or ee B.S @ 1 ro 35 2 
Mas 5% 2 S28? oO oR EI ¥ [106 558% at 
ja ae = alien | Ie ns ae 
uly - 6, 3 3 yl 1511 3 0 
Auguft Gar & x, 2m .0 38 85 
September 7, 4 66 2 =e 325 
Oftober = "= 7. & 4 0 2 4 3.10 
November. 6 10 4-0. 22 3 RL 
December 6 7 be 24 3 &s 
~ General Average 6 6 3. ¢ 3 
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