A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Pennsylvania > Delaware http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1738 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=52485 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: New England Weekly Journal Article Date: April 1 1734 Article Description: Terence ROGERS Sentenced to Death for the Murder of Edward SWAINEY. Article Text: Philadelphia, March 5. On Thursday last, before James LOGAN, Esq., Chief Justice of the Province, and his associates, were held the Azzizes at Chester, where one Terence ROGERS was indicted for the murder of Edward SWAINEY, and pleaded guilty to the bill. It appeared that the prisoner, without any provocation given to him, drew his knife, and stabbed the said Edward SWANEY upon the right side of his belly as he was sitting quietly at his breakfast. The prisoner had nothing to say in his behalf, but that he believed he was out of his senses at the time. But, tho' in strictness any man who commits so horrid and barbarous a murder is to be deemed a man mad, yet, before and after the fact, the prisoner was as much in his senses as he was commonly known to be, and never reputed to be anywise lunatick or distracted. After a grave admonition given to him by the Chief Justice, in which the heinousness of the offence, in very just and lively terms was represented to him, he rece! ived sentence of death. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ PA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com