Castine, past and present; the ancient settlement of Pentagöet and the modern town . lled to be here either aslitigants, jurors, or witnesses. Doubtless the trial ofpetty cases of theft or of assault and battery was theordinary routine of business. Occasionally graver caseswere tried, and gave opportunity for forensic least five trials of persons accused of murder occurred,resulting in the execution of two. The first, EbenezerBall, of Deer Isle, was tried for the murder of John Tile-ston Downes, a deputy sheriff, who was attempting toarrest him on the charge of passing counterfeit m
Castine, past and present; the ancient settlement of Pentagöet and the modern town . lled to be here either aslitigants, jurors, or witnesses. Doubtless the trial ofpetty cases of theft or of assault and battery was theordinary routine of business. Occasionally graver caseswere tried, and gave opportunity for forensic least five trials of persons accused of murder occurred,resulting in the execution of two. The first, EbenezerBall, of Deer Isle, was tried for the murder of John Tile-ston Downes, a deputy sheriff, who was attempting toarrest him on the charge of passing counterfeit was convicted and sentenced to be hung. The sen-tence was carried into execution on Thursday, October31, 1811. The gibbet was erected in the centre of PortGeorge. A large concourse of citizens followed the crim-inal, while being escorted from the jail to the place ofexecution, prominent among whom was old Parson Fisher,of Bluehill, who distributed to the crowd copies of apathetic ballad written by himself for the occasion. Themoral advice given by him is still applicable:. CyW^A
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