_ This was evidently a Georgia case. The county
“ef waleh Sparta is the county seat in Ay Cc.
was not formed until 1359 and burglary had
ceased to be a capital offense in Tennessee
at this time,
foutbls. Was ¢vidently a Georgia case, The county
of which sparta is the county seat in N. GC.
was not formed until 1859 and burglary had
ceased to be a capital offense in Tennessee
at this time.
a Georgia case. Th
the county seat in
ee eel 1659 and burglary had
céased to be a capital offense in Tennessee
at this time.
August 26, L620
| Slave Dick
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"On Friday, the 26th Lbs (says the ise reneia was execu-
ted at Sparta, in pursuance of his sentence for the crime
of burglary, a negro man named Dick, belonging to Mr. Tra-
wick. As thecrime of which he was convicted was not
attended with any aggravated circumstances, a number of
the humane citizens of Sparta petitioned the Governor for
a reprieve. A reprieve was obteined, but the bearer of it
was prevented by unavoidable circumstances from arriving
in sesson to stop the execution, though it was delayed to
the last moment allowed by the sentence." DAILY NATIONAL
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INTELLIGENCER, Washington, De C., 9-16-1820 (2-).)
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Slave Dick
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"On eee the 26th ult. (says the Reece was execu-
ted at Sparta, in pursuance of his sentence for the crime
of burglary, a negro man named Dick, belonging to Mr. Tra-
wick. As the crime of which he was convicted was not
attended with any aggravated circumstances, a number of
the humane citizens of Sparta petitioned the Governor for
a reprieve. A reprieve was obtained, but the bearer of it
was prevented by unavoidable circumstances from arriving
in sesson to stop the execution, though it was delayed to
the last moment allowed by the Sentence." DAILY NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCSR, Washington, D. 0., 9-16-1820 (2-l.)
Assigned to Georgia - see over,
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