Crime and Punishment in Old Augusta

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There's so much bad in the best of us,

and so much good in the worst of us,
that it little behoves any of us,
to say anything about the rest of us
Source:Johnson, 1938

We didn't start the fire

It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
Billy Joel, 1989

Records

Source*	Year	Extract	Comment
1:27	1747	MAY 20, 1747. (192) Trial of Rebecca Buchanan, Jr., on suspicion of murder, and Rebecca Buchanan, Sr., Mary Ann Campbell, Ruth Buchanan, alias Carmickell, on suspicion of being accessories. All acquitted except Rebecca, Jr., who was committed for trial at Williamsburg. (193) Thos. Paxton, James McClung, Isaac Taylor, Gilbert Campbell, Wm. Hall and Andrew McNabb recognized that their wives, as above, appear as witnesses: William Lusk in behalf of Agnis Grey; Saml. Davis in behalf of his mother, Eleanor Davis; Moses McClure in behalf of his mother, Agness McClure; Andrew Hays in behalf of his mother, Rebecca Hays; Silas Hart in behalf of Esther Lyle.	See: Rootsweb for one persons take on this trial, and other background information]