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The Daily Dispatch: February 2, 1864., [Electronic resource], Affairs in the Valley. (search)
Trial of Forde — conviction of the prisoner. --The trial of Robert S. Forde, of Kentucky, for the murder, in April last, of Robert Emmet Dixon, of Georgia, Clerk of the C. S. House of Representatives, which has been going on in Judge Lyons's Court for the past ten days, was yesterday brought to a close. The attendance of spectators was even larger than that of any previous day, and each one seemed to have his own views of the verdict which would be rendered by the jury. Mrs. Forde and a female relative appeared in the Court-room at an early hour, and continued by the side of the prisoner till the close of the afternoon session, at which time the case was given to the jury, when the ladies retired to their home, and did not again return. Gen. Geo. W. Randolph took the floor about ten o'clock, and continued to speak in defence of the prisoner till a few minutes to one o'clock, at the conclusion of which he was followed for the prosecution by Littleton Tazewell, Esq., in a speech