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April 15, 1850
Port Tobacco Times, And Charles County Advertiser
Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland
What is this article about?
Mrs. Webster petitions Governor Briggs to commute her husband Dr. Webster's death sentence to life imprisonment. The Atlas remarks that the case will receive due attention and impartial treatment from state officers.
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Mrs. Webster has petitioned Governor Briggs for a change of the sentence of death against her husband. She asks but a commutation of the death penalty to imprisonment for life, hoping no doubt, with the confidence of a woman, that so long as there is life, there is hope of release. Of this petition, the Atlas remarks:
We have no doubt that the case of Dr. Webster will receive all due attention from the State officers, and that the same degree of impartiality and uprightness, which have hitherto been exercised towards the prisoner, will continue to influence those who shall be called to official action respecting his situation.
We have no doubt that the case of Dr. Webster will receive all due attention from the State officers, and that the same degree of impartiality and uprightness, which have hitherto been exercised towards the prisoner, will continue to influence those who shall be called to official action respecting his situation.
What sub-type of article is it?
Legal Or Court
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Webster Petition
Death Sentence Commutation
Governor Briggs
Dr Webster Case
What entities or persons were involved?
Mrs. Webster
Dr. Webster
Governor Briggs
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Key Persons
Mrs. Webster
Dr. Webster
Governor Briggs
Event Details
Mrs. Webster petitioned Governor Briggs for a commutation of her husband Dr. Webster's death sentence to life imprisonment. The Atlas remarked that the case would receive due attention and impartial treatment from state officers.