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Alexandria Gazette & Daily Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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On May 6 in Baltimore's U.S. Circuit Court, Leonard Nett was tried and found guilty of robbing U.S. mail near Bladensburgh on the previous Christmas; his brother, who found the mail, later died in prison.
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Yesterday in the Circuit Court of the United States, now sitting in this city, came on the trial of Leonard Nett, a coloured man, charged with cutting open and robbing the United States' mail near Bladensburgh, on Christmas last. It appeared in evidence that the brother of the prisoner found the mail in the road and brought it to the prisoner's house, where the bag was cut open. When the case was submitted to the jury, without retiring from the box they pronounced him guilty.
The man who found the mail died in prison some time after his arrest.
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Baltimore
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Yesterday (Trial); Christmas Last (Robbery)
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pronounced guilty by jury without retiring; the man who found the mail (prisoner's brother) died in prison some time after his arrest
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In the Circuit Court of the United States in Baltimore, Leonard Nett, a coloured man, was charged with cutting open and robbing the United States' mail near Bladensburgh on Christmas last. Evidence showed his brother found the mail in the road and brought it to the prisoner's house, where the bag was cut open. The jury pronounced him guilty without retiring from the box.