The Daily Dispatch: January 1, 1863., [Electronic resource], Respited.

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--In accordance with the pelition of a number of respectable citizens of Chesterfield co., Gov. Letcher last week respited Joseph Fergurson who was condemned to be hung at that time for the murder of John Jewett, an engineer on the Clover The effence was slieged to have been perpetrated by Fergurson in the early part of last summer. He was convicted before the Circuit Cours of Chesterfield on circumstantial evidence.--Prisoner persistently refused to confess the crime. The potition which procured the respite stated that it was the desire of the parties that Fergurson should be put in the penitentiary for life on hearing this he violently protested against it, stating that be would rather be hung than submit. Efforte are now being made, as we learn, to get him a now

The Daily Dispatch: January 1, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. January 1, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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