The Life, Trial, Confession and Execution of Albert W. Hicks: The Pirate and Murderer, Executed on Bedloe's Island, New York Bay, on the 13th of July, 1860, for the Murder of Capt. Burr, Smith and Oliver Watts, on Board the Oyster Sloop E. A. Johnson. Containing the History of His Life (Written by Himself) from Childhood Up to the Time of His Arrest. With a Full Account of His Piracies, Murders, Mutinies, High-way Robberies, etc., Comprising the Particulars of Nearly One Hundred Murders! to whicHicks, Albert W.
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The Life, Trial, Confession and Execution of Albert W. Hicks: The Pirate and Murderer, Executed on Bedloe's Island, New York Bay, on the 13th of July, 1860, for the Murder of Capt. Burr, Smith and Oliver Watts, on Board the Oyster Sloop E. A. Johnson. Containing the History of His Life (Written by Himself) from Childhood Up to the Time of His Arrest. With a Full Account of His Piracies, Murders, Mutinies, High-way Robberies, etc., Comprising the Particulars of Nearly One Hundred Murders! to whic
Hicks, Albert W.
Burr, Capt. (George H.), -1860; Hicks, Albert W., approximately 1820-1860 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials (Piracy) -- New York (State) -- New York; Watts, Oliver, -1860; Watts, Smith, -1860
the great deep”—there comes the cry of “justice.” The prisoner equally
calls upon you to do justice; and gentlemen, I ask you, in the name of
the government, if you believe him guilty of this crime, which he
committed speedily, summarily and devilishly, that you will let your
verdict be speedy, summary and just.
During the whole of Mr. DWIGHT’S address, which occupied nearly an hour,
the prisoner was still unmoved; he never winced, but coolly twisted and
turned a pen in his hand, pointing it to the table, and scarcely once
looked up.
JUDGE SMALLEY said it was now past four o’clock, and he desired to look
into some authorities which had been referred to; he would not charge
the jury until morning.
The COURT then adjourned to Saturday morning, at ten o’clock. The
prisoner was removed, in irons, by Deputy Marshals De Angelis and Dugan,
who had special charge of him, and who kept a sharp watch that he should
have no means of suicidal death at hand, nor make any effectual effort
to escape.
The court-room was, as it had been every day during this extraordinary
trial, densely crowded.
SIXTH DAY.
THE VERDICT.
JUDGE SMALLEY charged the jury. He instructed them that the case was
clearly within the jurisdiction of the Court, the occurrence having
taken place in the harbor. The jury retired at 10:36, and after having
been out seven minutes, returned and announced that they had agreed upon
a verdict. The prisoner was directed to stand up, which he did readily,
exhibiting little or no emotion. In a scarcely audible voice the foreman
then announced that the jury found him GUILTY of the crime with which he
was charged. Hicks appeared to be somewhat stupefied by the
announcement, but resumed his seat again when the counsel told him to.
The Court then remanded him for sentence, and he quietly held out his
hands for the handcuffs. His counsel, Mr. Eagles, then asked the Court
to set some time in which to make a motion for arrest of judgment. Judge
Smalley designated 10 A.M. on Wednesday as the time for making such
motion. Hicks was then conducted back to the Tombs by the officers
having him in charge.
A motion for a new trial was afterward argued and denied. Immediately
after decision, the sentence of DEATH was passed upon him, the day fixed
for his execution being FRIDAY, the 13th of July, on BEDLOE’S ISLAND.
THE
CONFESSION OF ALBERT W. HICKS,
PIRATE AND MURDERER.
OFFICE U. S. MARSHAL, _Southern District of New York_.
I hereby certify that the within Confession of ALBERT W. HICKS was
made by him to me, and that it is the only confession made by him.
LORENZO DE ANGELIS, _Deputy U. S. Marshal_.
_July 9, 1860._
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