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The Daily Dispatch: July 1, 1864., [Electronic resource], The bombardment of Fort Sumter. (search)
Conviction of Irvine. --The trial of James M. D. Irvine, indicted for forging the name of George W Finley to an order for commutation of raucous and drawing the amount from Captain John H Wayt, Confederate States paymaster, consumed the whole time of Judge Lyons's Court yesterday — for the defence Messrs. John S. Caskie and Alex. H. Sands, and Littleton Tazewell for the Commonwealth. At half-past 7 o'clock the argument for the prosecution closed, and the case was submitted to the jury, whJames M. D. Irvine, indicted for forging the name of George W Finley to an order for commutation of raucous and drawing the amount from Captain John H Wayt, Confederate States paymaster, consumed the whole time of Judge Lyons's Court yesterday — for the defence Messrs. John S. Caskie and Alex. H. Sands, and Littleton Tazewell for the Commonwealth. At half-past 7 o'clock the argument for the prosecution closed, and the case was submitted to the jury, who, after a retirement of three quarters of an hour, returned into Court with a verdict of guilty, assessing his punishment at two years confinement in the penitentiary, but unanimously recommending him for Executive clemenc