To which charge and specification the accused, David B. Herold, G.A.  Atzerodt, Lewis Payne, Mary B. Surratt, Michael O’Laughlin, Edward Spangler, Samuel Arnold, and Samuel A. Mudd, pleaded “not guilty.”

FINDINGS AND SENTENCES.

1.  In the case of David B. Herold, the commission, having maturely considered the evidence adduced, finds the accused as follows: 

Of the specification, “Guilty, except combining, confederating, and conspiring with Edward Spangler; as to which part thereof, not guilty.”

Of the charge, “Guilty, except the words of the charge that he combined, confederated, and conspired with Edward Spangler; as to which part of said charge, not guilty.”

And the commission does therefore sentence him, the said David B. Herold, “To be hanged by the neck until he be dead, at such time and place as the President of the United States shall direct; two-thirds of the members of the commission concurring therein.”

2.  In the case of George A. Atzerodt, the commission, having maturely considered the evidence adduced, finds the accused as follows: 

Of the specification, “Guilty, except combining, confederating, and conspiring with Edward Spangler; of this, not guilty.”

Of the charge, “Guilty, except combining, confederating, and conspiring with Edward Spangler; of this, not guilty.”

And the commission does therefore sentence him, the said George A. Atzerodt, “To be hung by the neck until he be dead, at such time and place as the President of the United States shall direct; two-thirds of the members of the commission concurring therein.”

3.  In the case of Lewis Payne, the commission, having maturely considered the evidence adduced, finds the accused as follows: 

Of the specification, “Guilty, except combining, confederating, and conspiring with Edward Spangler; of this, not guilty.”

Of the charge, “Guilty, except combining, confederating, and conspiring with Edward Spangler; of this, not guilty.”

And the commission does therefore sentence him, the said Lewis Payne, “To be hung by the neck until he be dead, at such time and place as the President of the United States shall direct; two-thirds of the members of the commission concurring therein.”

4.  In the case of Mary B. Surratt, the commission, having maturely considered the evidence adduced, finds the accused as follows: 

Of the specification, “Guilty, except as to receiving, entertaining, harboring, and concealing Samuel Arnold and Michael O’Laughlin, and except as to combining, confederating, and conspiring with Edward Spangler; of this, not guilty.”

Of the charge, “Guilty, except as to combining, confederating, and conspiring with Edward Spangler; of this, not guilty.”

And the commission does therefore sentence her, the said Mary B. Surratt, “To be hung by the neck until she be dead, at such time and place as the President of the United States shall direct; two-thirds of the members of the commission concurring therein.”