Although，aswehavesaid，theGovernment，oritsrepresentatives，grew
rathermorelenienttowardstheendoftheproceedingsatSalisbury，itwas
evidentlythoughtessentialtoproducesomecrimedeservingactualdeath。
TheculpritinthiscasewasPeterWithers，ayoungmanoftwenty-three，
marriedandwithfivechildren。Hischaractertillthetimeoftheriots