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THE POWELL PLOT. TRIAL OF GEORGE BRIDGE ...
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- . nncnnu FROM COUGHS . ' PERFECT FREEDOM FROM COUGHS , - ^ n « - If t erns- and a rapid Cure of Asthma * ^ Co ^ ni % . ' an ^ U ? ^ rders of the Breath anuLnnfri , is insured by Dr LOCOCK ' S PULMONIC WAFERS . " T .. e truly W ) ini r- 'al powers of tun r ^ m-dy have called forth tesdmont ^ ls from all ranks of society , in aU guarters ofthe world , the following have been just e-* MOBB CUBES OF ASTHMATIC COUGHS , ASTHMA , & c „ JN DORCHESTER . Gentlemen , —The greatly increased demand by persons of all classes in this town and neighbourhood for Dr locock ' s Wafers , is one of ihe strongest proofs of their excellence , and that they are peL-uharly adapted for the relief and cure of pulmonary affections . They hare been ofsiagolasbeo . efitvn innumerable cases of cough , but Tjrinc ipaUy their extraordinary efficacy has shown itself in asthmatic cases , whether recent or of long standing . As your appointed agent in this town , I have g reatpleain bearing the above testimony , and in confirmation ot my statement , I hare the cames of individuals , to whura reference can be made , ( Sianed ) Jasies Faonn , Chemist . -Oct 23 rd 1847 . BEHABEABLE CUBE OF A BUPTUBED BLOOD YESSEL OF THE LUSGS , COUGH , _ c „ IN EXETER . Extract of a letter from 3 . Huntley , Esq ., 12 , Albionterrace , Old Tiverton-road , Exeter . Gentlemen , —I ruptured a bleod-yessel of the lungs about three months since , and a most troublesome cough succeeded . I tried everything that my surgeon , friends , and self could think of , bnt without alleviation . It was at length suggested that your raters might be useful . I tried them , and a single wafer , taken when the fit of coughing was about to cosomence , nsver once failed ot giving it a complete and instantaneous check . A lady , also a friend of mine , and who by the by , is iaher 6 Sth year , is , or rather was , troubled with a hard distressing cough , she used them , and wonderful was the relief she experienced , ( Signed ) Hesei Hdstiet . — March SOft , 1815 . CURES OF ASTHMATIC COUGHS . _ b ., IN YEOVIL From Mr Inee Gamis , Medicine Warehouse , opposite Stuckey ' s Bank , Yeovil . Gentlemen , —Asa proof ofthe excellence of 'Dr Locock ' i Pulmonic Wafers , 'I may mention tie following case : —A lady called and purchased a 2 s . 9 d . box , and observed that she had heard a good character of them , and wag determined te give them a trial , having suffered for years from an asthmatic congb , and s ^ ient pounds on other medicines , and all to no purpose . A few weeks after the Sime lady called again , when I asked her if she had found any benefitfrom the box ; she replied that' she has been completely cured by them . '—merely one 2 s . 9 d . box . Other instances are from time to time occurring , which prove the value of these lozenges above all other medicines for pulmonary diseases . coughs , cold , _ c—Incx GAHis , 3 u . y 28 , 13 i 7 . IMPORTANT TO ALL WHO SING . From Mr Edward Page , Director of the Choir and Organist of St Peter ' s Catholic Church , Leamington : — Gentlemen , —Having frequently suffered mm _ from relaxation of tbe throat , I have often been obliged toresort to various preparations ; but since I have had tha good fortune to try Dr Locock ' a Pulmonic Wafers , I am now but seldom obliged to resort to taem , for the extraordinary good effects they have produced are most surprising . Even when the throat appears to be completely ex . hausted and the voice to be nearly gone , two or three ( at most four ) will , in the short space of half an hour or so , completely restore its flexibility and power , and they do not act as a mere temporary exciting remedy , nor do they leave any lassitude after . Having fels the great -value of the remedy , I feel it a duty to generally recommend it , as I am convinced that all persons will find immense benefit from the general and persevering use of it , and I shall be happy to answer any inqnines . —I am , gentlemen , yours , & c . Edwjbd Page , B ^ valteamingtonSpa . The particulars of many hundred cures may be had from every agent throughout the Kingdom , aud on the Continent Dr Lo : ock ' s Wafers give instant relief , and a rapid cure of asthmas , consumptions , coughs , colds , and all disorders of tie breath and ltBga . To singers and public speaker * they are invaluable , as in a few hours they remove all hoarstness , and wonderfully increase the power and flexibility of the voice . They lure a most pleasant taste . Frica Is lid , 2 s 9 d , and lis ptr box . Agestb—Oa Silva _ Co ., 1 , 3 ri € e-la _ e , Fleet-street , London . Sold by all Medicine Venders . BE WABE OF IMITATIONS OF DR LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS . Unprincipled tcrsons ( Chemists and others ) prepare Counterfeits of this popular remedy . Purchasers are therefore eautianeu not to purchase am Wafers unless th ? words ¦ Da Lococs ' s Waiebs' appear in White Letters on a 'led Ground , on the Government Stamp outside each Box ; without which all are counterfeits and an imposition .
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rp 0 U R P R 0 V T , 225 , STRAND . 1 ' No . S 08 , Piccadilly , London , Oct . 19 , 1817 . Sib , —It ia now three yeara and a half since I was sorely afflicted with Rheumatic Gout , the suffering fro a which Induced me totry al ; the proposed remedies that extensive medical experttnee could devise , without ehtaining any satisfactory relief from pain . Boring one of tha paroxysms a friend advised me to try Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , observing that he had in some t «« % casts taiea ___ . himself , and they pwwed very successful . I instantly adopted his advice , and to my joy the excruciating torment soon began to abate , and a few boxes restored me to health , since which I have bad so return of the complaint . I trust you will give publicity to my case , tbat suffering humanity may know how to obtain a remedy for this distresjinj disease . I am , Sir , your obedient humble servant , 'Michael Nasmith . ' The above testimonial is a further proof of the efficacy of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills , which afford speedy relief to those afflcted with gout , rhematism , lumbago , sciatica , tic-dolereux , pains in the head and face , and all analagous complaints . Th e never-failing effects of Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Fills in curing every description of Gout aud Rheumat sm , having secured to them a celebrity unequalled by soy medicine of pa » t or present times . They not only give relief in a few hours , bnt restore to perfect health in an inconceivably short space of time . Tney are equally speedy and eerta ' s in lumbago , sciatica , pains in the head or face , and indeed in every . rheumatic or goaty affection : in fact , such has been the rapidity , perfect ease , and complete safety of this meucine , that it bas as- ' tonished all who have taken it ; and there is scarcely a ¦ iry , to wo , or village inthekingdem but contains maaj ratef ul evidences of its benign influence . Sold by Thomas Prout , 229 , Strand , London and , by his appointment , by Hci ; on , L-ud , H * y , Haigb , Baints and Sewsome , Smi-eteu , R ^ inbsrdt , Horaur , Ru _ i « orth , 5 _ . veil « , end Brown , Lerdu ; Bronte D- > w » tury ; BdI ou tni Co ., Wa'ker scd Ca , Hartley urn DpiJiUI , DoacasU ' r ; Jadgoa , Eipon ; F-jjigitr , C . ates , and Thompscn , Ihirsk ; T ? : ; ey , Easin s woia ; S ^ ivty , Hudd rsfi Id ; Ward , Ricb . con-J ; Sweating , Kaaresboron / h : Harsan and Wiltoa , lW-ington ; Dixon , Metcalfe , and Liogdalo , Nr . r-bailert u ; Rgo ' cs , Sneith ; Spinfes * nd Pannctt , Tadcaster ; Bog « : s -n . H'ck-i , Sharp , aa . - - S < ick , Bradford ; Arua : l and Co ., Wainwright , Brc < - , ana Pnesuey , Pontvfraci ; Cornwall bnd Smith , Wdktfie . d ; Suusr . L-jlsmd . H'rtlsy , Demon , Dyer , end L'ftho . use , Halifax ; Beoto Rochdale ; Lambert , Bjroa $ ; ibridge ; D & lby and Swales , W . thtrby ; Waite , Harrowgate ; Wall , Bawlc . y , A kin-Eoa Brigbouse ; asd all respectable Medicine Venders tkrocghoat the United Kingdom .. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT AND ' RHEUMATIC PILLS , and observe the name and address of 'Thomas Front , 329 , Strand , Lendon , impressed upon the Government Stamp , affixed to each box of the Genuine Medicine .
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TWE . TTY-FIFTH EDITION . lHoitr ^ i ^ d Lj J « 6 atj-s _ : Anatomical Engravings on Steel . On Physical Disqualifications , Generative Incapacity , and Impediments to Marriage , new and improved edition , enlarged to 198 pages , price 7 s . 6 A . ; by post , direst from the Establishment , 3 s . 6 d . ! n postage stamps . i'ilE SILENT FRIEND ; medical work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system , prodacedby excessive indulgence , the consequences of infection , or the sbnse of mercury , with observations « , n the married state and the disqualifications which prevent it j illustrated by twenty-six coloured engravings ; and by rte detail of cases . ByR . andL . rfiHP . an _ Co ., W , Serners-street , Oxford-street , Londoa . Published by the authors , and sold by Strange , 21 , Paternoster-row ; Hauney 63 , and Sanger , 150 , Oxfordtt eel ; Starie , 23 , Tiehborne-street , Haymarket ; and ftordon , 146 , Leadenhall-street , London ; J . and R . _ aimes , and Co ., Leithwalk , Edinburgh ; D . Caropbell , Argyll-street , Glasgow ; J . Priestly , _ ord-street , and T . Newton , Cherch-street , Liverpool ; R . H . Ingram , siarket-jtlace , Mitnolies-ter . Part tie First _ s dedicated to the consideration of the Anatomy and Physiology ofthe organs which are directly er indirectly aa ; a _ ed in the process of reproduction . It is illustrated by six coloured engravings . Part the Second Treats of iha infirmities and decay of tie system , pro-< lac _ i by trt-erin-ju 2 <{ encc ? f the passions and by the practice of soHtary gratification . It shows clearly the manner in wkich the baneful consequences of this indulgence operate on the economy in the impairment-and destruction ofthe social and vital powers . The existence oi nervous and sexual debDiiy and incapacity , with their accompanying train of symptoms and disorders , are traced by the chain of connecting results to their cause . This election concludes with an explicit detail of the means by whirhtflese effects may be remedied , and full and ample directions for their use . It is illustrated by three coloured engravings , which fully display the effects of physical decay . Part the Third CoaiajHs an accuratedescripf . cn of tbe diseases caused by Election , and by tha abuse of mercury ; primary and e :-jnd _ -y * ymptoins , eruptions of the skin , sore throat , Innaiowat . on oi the eyes , aisease of the bones , ronorrh < Ea ) KiMt . awicure . _ c , are shown to depend on this cause . _ T __ r treatment is fully described in this section , rneeuects of negUec , either iu the recognition of disease or in the treaUneut , art shown to be tfce prevalence of the irui itj tne system , winch sooner or later will show itself in one oi the t _ - m * already mentioned , and entail disease n its most iriglaful shape , uo « . only on the individual himself , bnt also on the ofe pring . Advice for the treatmen of all these diseases aud tbeir consequences is teoiered in this section , which , if Holy followed up , cannot aii in eftwrtrag a cure . Taia pa ? ' ie UlttStratftd by SCTen . te £ n ooloareden ^ raTinga . PartthsFoHrtii Treits of tne Prevention of Disease by a simple app ' . ication , by which the danger of infection is seriated , it ! action ia simple , but sure . It acts with the tirua chemically , and destroys its power on the system . This important part of the Work should W ' rea _ by every Young Man entering icto Ufa . " --- Part the Fifth Is devotid to t' -. e : tt ^ ideration i-f the Duties and Obligations of . the Married nata , end " ¦? the causes which lead : trXih 3 happinessur osis-Tj oftfc ' jSDwbohavecntertdiiito _§> bonds of matriaiii : ij-. DUqutttiiies and j « re between __ Sfed couples are traced to depend , la ths aa of — s *
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jistances , ou causes resulting from physical imperfec-• ioM ana errors , aad the means for their removal ^ of shown to b ! within reach , and effectual , The operation jf certain disqualifications is fully examined , andlnfeli . ittom and unproductive unions shown to be the neces jary consequence , The causes and remedies for this r tatsferm an important consideration in this section of the work . TBE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRUCDM njrfesaiy employed to renovate the impaired powers of jfe , when exhausted by the influence exerted by solitary indulgence on the . system .. Its action is purely balsamic' . . _ power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of ner . jus aid sexual debility , ' obstinate gleets , mpotency , barrenness , ana debilities arising from veaereal excesses , __ been demoustratedbj its uaTaryin _ success in thou-« rads of cases . To those persons who are prevented ensriog the married state by the consequences of early rrors , His -nvaluable . Price Us . per bottle , or four uantities in one for 33 s . T tfE CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE An anti-syphilitic remedy , for purifying the system from renerealcsntsunination , and is recommended for any of die varied farms of seconilarysymptems , such aseruptions ja the skin , blotches on the bead and face , enlargement ¦ if the throat , tonsils , and uvula ; threatened destruction it the uose , palate , _ c . Its action is purely detersive , and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable , fric * lis . and 33 s . per bottle . The SI . cases of Syriacum or Concentrated Detersive Sssence can only be had at 19 , Berners-street , Oxfordstreet , London ; whereby there is a saving of H . l 2 s ., and the patient is entitled to receiTB advice withoutafee , which advantage is applicable only to those who remit 51 . or a packet . .,-Consultation fee , if by letter , i „—Patients are requested to 02 as minutf . as possible iu the description of their cases . Attendance dally , at 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , Loudon , from eleven to two , and from five to eight ; on Sundays from eleven to one . Soldbj Sutton and Co ., 10 , Bow Church Yard ; W . Edwards , 67 , St . Paul ' s Church Yard ; Barclay and Sens , Farringdou-street ; Butler and Harding , 4 , Cheapside ; ft . Johnson , 63 , Cornhill ; L . HU 1 , New Cross ; W . B . Jenes , Kingston ; W . J . Tanner , Egham ; S . Smith , Windsor ; J B . shilicock , Bromley ; T . Riches , London , rtreet , Greenwich ; Thos . Parkes ,. Woolwich ; Ede and Co ., Dorking ; and John Thurley , Hlgh-street , Romford if whom mas be had the' SILENT FRIEND .
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FAMED THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE . HOLLOWATS PILLS . A CASE OF DROPSY . Extract of a Letter from Mr William Gardner , of Hanging Haoghton , Horthamptoushire , dated September lith , 1847 . To Professor Holloway . Snt , —I before informed yeu that my wife had been tapped three times for the dropsy , hut by tbe blessing of God upon yourpUls , and her perseverance in taking them , the water has now been kept off eighteen months by their jieaus , which is a great mercy , ( Signed ) William GabPHEB . DISORDER OF THE LIVER AND SIDNEYS . Extract of a Letter from J . K . Heydon , dated 76 , Kingstreet , Sydney , New South Wales , the 30 th September 1847 . To Professor Holloway . Sib , — I have the pleasure to inform you that , Stuart A . Donaldson , Esq ., an eminent merchant and agriculturalist , and also a magistrate of this town , called on me on the I 8 th instant , and purchased your medicines to tbe amount of Fourteen Pookds to be forwarded to his sheep stations in New England . He stated that one of his overseers had come to Sydcey sometime previously ior medical aid , his disorder bang an . affection ofthe Liver and Kidneys — that he had placed the man for three months under the care efone of the best surgeons , without any good resulting from the treatment ; the man then iu despair used your pills and ointment , and much to his own and Mr Donaldson's astonishment , was completely restored to his health by their means . Now , this surprising cure was effected in about ten days . ( Signed ) J . R . HeIDON , A DISORDER OF THE CHEST . Extract of a Letter from Mr William Browne , of 21 , South Main-street , Bandon , Ireland , dated March 2 nd , 1817 . To Professor Holloway . Sia , 4-A young lady who was suffering from a disorder of fte chest , with her lungs so exceedingly , delicate that ? he Iiad the greatest difficulty ot breathing ifahetooka little cold , which was generally accompanied by nearly total loss of appetite , together with such general debility of body as to oblige her to rest herself when going np but one flight ef stairs ; ? he commenced taking your pills about six months since , and I am haj py to inform you they have restored her to perfect health . ( Signed ) Wfrxuit Bbowhe . A CURE OF ASTHMA AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH . Extract efa Letter from the Rev . David Williams , Resident ; iV ' eiileyan Minister , at Beaumaris , Island of Aogksea , North Wales , January 14 th , 1845 . , Tu Professor Holloway . Sir , —The pills which I requested you to send me were or a poor man of tbe name of Hcgh Davis , « ho before he took them , was almost unable to walk for the want of breath ! and had only taken them a few days when he appeared quite another man ; his breath is now easy and natural , and he is increasing daily and strong . ( Signed ) David Williams . THE Earl of Alcborouga cured of a Liver and Stomach Complaint . Extract of alerter from the Earl of Aldborough , dated Vflla Messina , Leghorn , 2 lst February , 184 S : — To Professor Holloway . Sim , —Various circumstances prevented the possibility my thanking you before this time for jour politenes nding me your pills as you did . 1 now take this opportunity of sending you an erder for the amount , and at the saws time , to add that yonr pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach , which all the most eminent of the faculty at home , and all over the continent , bad not been able to effect ; nay ! not even the waters of Carlsbad and Marienbad . Iwish to have another box and a pot of the ointment , in case any of my family should ever reqtuVe either . Your most obliged and obedient servant , Signed ) Albeobodqb . These celebrated Pills are wonderfully efficacious in the following complaints . — SiliousComplaints Female Irregu- ScrofuIa , orKings Ague larities Evil asthma Fits Sore Throats Blotches on Skin Gout Secondary Symp-Bowel Complaints Headache toms Colics Indigestion TicDouloreux Constipation of Inflammation Tumours the Bowel * Jaundice PIcers Consumption Livsr Complaints Venereal Affec-Debiliry Lumbago { ' tibns Dropsy files Worms , all kinds Dysentery Rhematism Weakness , from Erysipelas Retention of Urine whatever cause Fevers of all kinds . Stone and Gravel _ c , & c . Sold at the establishment of Professor Holloway , 244 , Strand , near Temple Bar , London , and by all respectable Druggist ^ and Sealers in Medicines throughout the civilized world , at the following prices : —Is . ljd ., 2 s . 3 d ., 4 s . id ., lis ., 22 s ., and 33 s . each box . There is a considerable taring by taMng the larger sixes . N . B . —Directions fer the guidance of patients in every disorder axe affixed to each box .
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THE BEST , r iTj U ED I C 1 KB / ' 0 f ' % »; \ N THE . " _^ # f ^ r : ' WORLD . This medicine has been before the British public only a few years ' , and perhaps in tho annals of the world was never seen success equal to their progress ; tfce virtues of this-Medicine were at once acknowledged wherever tried , aud recommendation . followed recommendation ; hundreds had soon to acknowledge that Pake ' s Lira Pills had saved them , and were loud in thelrpraise . The startling facts that were continually brought before the public at 3 nceremovedanyprejudicewhichsomemayhavefelt ; the continual good which resulted from their use spread their fame far and wide , at this moment " there is scarcely a country on the face ofthe globe which has not heard of tbeir benefits , and have soaght ' fer supplies , whatever might be the cost of transmission . The United States , Canada , India , and even China , have had immense quantities shipped to their respective couutri ' S , and with the lame result as in England-Universal Good . Communicated by Mr John Heaton , Leeds . Gentlemen , —I asa happy to inform you that we are daily hearing accounts of the good effects of Pass's Life Pills : to enumerate the cases would be a task too formidable for me , and which has prevented my writing to inform you before , as I can hardly tell where to begin . One man said he wanted a box of Life Pills , for Life Pills they were to him , they had done him so much good iu relieving him of an obstinate cough and asthma , Another said they were wobtu iheib weight in gold ; as he was not like tbe same man since ho had taken them . Another said his wife had had a bad leg for years , but after taking one small box , nhicii was recommended by his Class Leader , her leg was much better , and when she had taken the second box , it was quite as well as the other . A very respectable female said her husband had been afflicted above two years , and had tried many things , but since he had taken Pake's Liie Pills he was quite \ new man . You will please send immediately , thirty-six dozenboxes a Is . ljd ., and six dozen at 2 * . 9 d . I am , Gentlemen , yours respectfully , 7 , Briggate , Leeds . John Beaton . Communicated by Mr W . WHITE , Agent for Ciren-« ester » 3 t m » In Sentiemsn . -Enclostdisa statement made to me in parson , by a female who requests that her case may oe made known , that others similarly afflicted . may receive benefit as she has done , through the use of Fabus \ xs % ^ 'Thadbeen afflicted with a severe weate = !' fl ^ aa to ultimately prevent mc walking across the : floor of Sp bonse I aooliedto a medical man for his advice , but WssWUoVoveate oeainnvain . At last I was recoramendldb ^ a person who had taken Pabb's Life Pills to SveXhatrial . I did so , and before I took the whole of tho first box , found myself greatly improved ; I continned the u < = e of them for six weeks , and am now stronger and see . better than I have been for years past ; .. nd wMLj I live I sbali bless the name of you and yonr ? i _ 5 . ' 8 Lira ? HAB . ' Bs a pplying to me , l nave the liberty to refer any one to her at her residence . I remain , Gentlemen , your obedient servant , W . ?•"___ . — CireH : oR _ r , May 9 th . 1847 . ^ TO PERSONS GOING ABROAD . These Pills are particularly recommended to aU persons going abroad and subjecting themselves to great change of climate , Officeus of toe Arht akd Navv , IIissiokaeies , EuicsA . vrs , < fcc , will find them an iuvaluable appendage to their medicine chests as a preventive of tbe attacks of those diseases so prevalent in our c-. i ' onii . s , especially in the West i' . U ' es , where a small i hox recently sold for 10 s . In America , also , its fame Is getting known , and its virtues duly appreciated , causing
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an immense demand for it ; and there is no country or port in the world where it will not speedil y become an article of extensive traffic and general utility , as it may be had recourse to in a'l cases of sickness , with confidence nits simplicity , and in it power to produce relief . None are genuine , unlesn the words 'PARR'S LIFE PILLS , 'are in White Letters on a Red Ground , on the Government Stamp , pasted round each box ; also the too simile of the Signature of the Proprietors , T . ROBERTS and Co ., Crane-court , FleeUtreet , London , n the Directions . Sold in boxes as lsljd , 2 s 9 d , and family packets at Usjeach , by all respectable medicine venders throughout the world , Full directions are given with each box .
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The Powell Plot. Trial Of George Bridge ...
THE POWELL PLOT . TRIAL OF GEORGE BRIDGE MULLINS . Friday . —The judges took their seats on tho bench at ten o ' clock , when after some further evidence en the part of the Crown , Mr Parry then addressed tho jury for the prison : r , and after some preliminary observations , he said he must admit that tbe case for the prosecution had been moitfairly conducted by the Attorney General , and if any man had ever had a fair trial , the prisoner at the bar certainly had had that fair trial . While admitting this , however , he expressed bis opinion that if the jury oame into 'he box without being prejudiced by what had already taken place , or by the circumstances of the country or the comments of the public press , they must acquit the prisoner , upon tbe
ground that the charge was not proved against hira by a fair , prober , and legal evidence . II 0 would not say a word regarding the alteration of the law ' which declared this offence , which certainly substantially amounted to the crime of high treason , only to ho an ordinary felony . It was the law , and it was his duty as an advocate , and it was their duty , and the duty of tbemall , to obey it ; but , he would repeat that if this case was treated as an ordinary case of felony , tho prisoner must be acquitted upon the evidence that had been adduced . It was perfectly clear that the evidence was not of a character to demand any favourable consideration . The Attorney General , in tbe performance of the high duty cast upon him , could only make use of the materials . within his
power to support the charge he sought to m » ke out , and he ha i no alternative ; and he must say that the evidence which had been brought forward on this occasion was as tainted as any that had ever been adduced upon a state trial . The jury would remember tbat he had cross examined the witnesses Powell and Davis at considerable length , and that his lordship had expressed an opinion that the facts which he endeavoured to establish were sot material , and that it was an unnecessary w & te of time . That this inquiry bad occupied a very considerable . ' time , and had cast onerous . duties upon tbeir lordships and all who were concerned in it , he would admit , and he regretted it , but it was no fault of his . It ' was a most important , and solemn inquiry , reuniting serious
undeliberate consideration ; and with all respect for the judicial character of his lordship , beesuldnot help feeling that in the course he had pursued hehsd only performed his duty . They were aware that a great tnany unfortunate persona bad been already convicted of taking a ab _ r & in this transaction , and he could not help entertaining an opini ~ h that many ofthose men ought more to be regarded in the light of vijtims than criminals , and if this were the , case Biirelyit was * meat important to show the jury that those men , PoweU'and D . m ' s , were goading on men to their destruction for the purpose of earning their wages—tbeir blood-money frsm the governmentand that their evident object ' was to increase their title to' that blood-money by increasing the 1
number oftheir victims . With all due deference . therefore to the bench , he must repeat his opinion that the course he adopted was not only not irrelevant , but thst it was perfectly relevant and germane to the question St issue , and tbat he should have neglected his duty if ho had not adopted tbVcourse he did . ' ' ; The 'learned counsel then proceeded to comment upon the course adopted by the government in employing such men as Powelljand Davis , and giving' thern tho , opportunity to go among people who eritertajae'd extveiaa political opinions , arid goad them on to com ' mif the crme which the gtfvernment was anxious to punish .,. The prisoner , he said , had beeri introduced to them by tbe Attorney General as a surgeon , a man holding
a responsible position , and this was made an aggravation of hi « guilt , but what was the fact ! lie should show than that the prisoner was merely a surgeon's apprentice , only twenty-two years of age , and just entering upon manhood , and therefore th ' s topic of aggravation could hardly ap ; ly . With regard to ( he conspiracy he considered tbat he should be insulting their understandings if hs were to attempt to deny tbat such ' a conspiracy , ' as had been suggested really existed ; but'the question which the jury had to , decide wajs , whether the prisoner had taken a guilty share in that conspiracy , and whether tho evidence which had been adduced made out " that fact to their satisfaction . He submitted to them that the charge rested entirely upon the evidence of the infamous ¦
accomplices who had been examined and although several ' of such persons had been examined to prove this fact ; cbe juryougbi not to rely upon tuoh tes timony , ariless ' it was ' corroborated by independent and undoritariiia ' ated pvidenbe . In this case he conr ended that there was no such corroboration , and ihat the only attempt at it which had been given was the production of the letter to Davis , and the plan of the Seven Dials , about which he would offer a few observations in the coarse of Ms address ., He then referred to observations made by Mr Biron AldersoH . Mr Justice Littledale , and Lord Abinger , to the effect that thecorroboratioa given by accomplice * c 6 each other ought not to have any weight with a jury , and that tbey should onlv civo effect
to such'testimony when it received corroboration in some material and essential particular by unimpeacbable testimony . The only corroboration of this kind was the letter and the plan to which ho had alluded ; but he asked thera if they ceuld ^ rely on the proof « . f the handwriting upon the word of a man who had only seen the prisons write his mme once . If this had been a charge of forgery , he asked them would hey for a moment think of ennvicting the prisoner upon such evidence ? He therefore called upon them not 11 place reliance upon this testimony , ' and said that the evidence of the accomplices wou'd be altogether uncorroborated , and jhia being the caw , he submitted that the prisonerboth by the law .
, and , hewoul ' d add : by ' . ha dictates of common eenee and proper feeling which would direct them not to place reliance upon such tainted testimony , would be entitled 11 an acquittd . The learned counsel then went ' on at some length to commant upon theabseuce of anj thing like direct or ' conclusive testimony to connect 'he prisoner with the conspiracy ; and concluded a very able address by expressing a confident opinion that the jury would acquit the prisoner .. After whica the Court adjourned . Satordat . -- The judges , 'Mr Justice & au ! e and Mr Justice Wightman'took their ' seats on the bench at ten o ' clock , aucT the' prisoner Mullins was again placed at the bar .
Evidence Was then adduced for { be defence . Gustuvus Cox said that he knew Barrett , oncoi the approvers , , wbo _ ad been exam ined . He remembered the 16 th'bf August , the day on which the vavties were apprehended at the Orange 'iree and the Angel . He had been employed by Barrett , on tbe 18 th of August , to make ball cartridges . He mede about half a bushel , and he was engaged all Sunday aud part of . Monday , * aa'd was paid Si . by Barrett for his work . Barrett himself was also engaged in making oartridgesaa well as a man named Prockter . ¦ B ? the Attorney General . —He had known Barrett ' . about six weeks before this time . Did not know that Prockter was ksown by the name of Heil-fire Jack
He did not know what had become of the cartridges taat he had made . :. e was in attendance at the last trial , but he waa riot examined . Charles 'Prockter d'j-posed that hekrlew . Barrett , and had been acquainted with him about five months He said that he was employed by him on the'Sunday before the le " : h of August to make balloartridges , which Barrett told 'him were for some a ntlemen who were about emigrating . He saw in the room a pistol and'ah iron railing , bent at one end and a spike atjthe other . A pike-handle was " sent to him at his father ' s house , but his father broke it , and fortiade htm frt > m epcakiisg to Barrett again . He added that be had never gone by the name of Hellfire Jack .
The Attorney General said the person he referred to was George Prockter , and not Charles . Mr Parry said he knew of no other witness named Prockter . ' '' , '•' _ , By the Attorney General . —Witness is a Chartist He ' was present » t Bonner ' s Fields , but went away when he ' found the meeting was forbidden He attended a great many meetings ; He was not a classleader , and did not know what he ; was , except that be ' was a Chartist ; Justice Maule- —What is a Chartist ? Witn «« .-A Chartist ig a man who wants a fair day'i wages for a fair day ' s work . ( A lauuh ) tuSr ? eneral - h ™ «• J « * W to get lioX 36 E 8 ~" ' by reRceahle means-by peti-ChwSs " * nte , ~ Then y 0 " afe BOt S Ph * sioal-for < - ' Witness . —Oh dear no .
Attorney General . —I believe you attended thn Swmatt brigade ? I did .-Who was EmmeL f Robert Emmet ] , I brieve , * _ . _ i'R hung in Irelaod .-Wuat for petitioning ? Oh , _* but because I sflfmp the other side was the strongest , and baa the power to do it , flSoahtw ) Thoma 3 Paus , a blacksmith , at Greenwich , de-P « e 4 that he bad been acquainted witti ' Davis , and suid ha waa sorry for . it ; Davis kept- ' a " shoe . _ op , and sou ! Hma , a : id pistole , and sword ? . -Vjt _ e »» r . » r 0 ^ s ' _ li 8 £ nn « fIi ' m * . i . « Mn-t time bifrce iha lfilh
ot Anguat , and abft-n one o ' clock on that day he mei him , ana D & w > aid he was just the man he wanted to see ; and ho then told him that was the night on which the Wow was to be struck in London , and he
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wanted him to go up to London , exclaiming that he ( D ' . vifl ) was quite ready . . . . Attorney General—I do not know whether I am a Chartist ; but I want equal justice , and I do not know whether that is being a Chartist . Justice Maule . —Y > u surely must know whether you belong to the body of Chartists or not ? Witness . —Well , then , I am a Chartist . Justice Maule —Then why did you say upon your oath that you did not know whether you were a Chartist or not 1 . . . ,.
Cross-examiaatiOB continued . —He belonged to the Wat Tyler brigade of Chartists , at Greenwich , and Davis wan a claw-leader ; —He was the principal man among them . He bought the gun because be expected there , would b « a fight , and he ought to be prei ared as well rs the rest . Davis told him ' there was going to be a revolution , but he would not believe it , because he thought the people w « re . not prepared for it . He considered the gun . ho bought was chesp , and that he opuld get more mor . iy ; than he gave for it . any day'he liken to sell it . It was an old piece , and a regular' rum one . ' ( Laughter . ) Reuben Collett said he knew Davis , but he had never asked him to become a . 'Charfcist . He did want to get up a raffle for a pair of pistols ,, but it was not done because he could not ; get members enough . ,:
Mr Justice Maule remarked ' that Davis had ; himself admitted this fact , and to call a witness for ' the defence to prove it , was really a waste of time . In answer to another qaesMon put by Mr Metcalfe , the witness said ; that he never heard Davis say that he was a Chartist , and be would wallow knee-deep in Wood for the benefit of his fellow-creatures . ? John Matthews said , that Davis had in . his presence urged people at the meetings , at the Druid ' s Arms , Greenwich , where the Chartists assembled , to join them , and also to procure arms . !' ¦¦•¦ - ' '
John Hanks , a carpenter , at Greenwich , said that he heard , Davis say tbatrbalf inch chisels would be very go & d things to run into the bowels of the police , and that he also asked him if he ' would hot be willing to fight for hia ' country ? He likewiso' / said upon another occasion ; pointing to a blunderbuss that was hanging up in the ' ehop , that it was the sort of thing to settlo the special constables . He would not , he adrfed , believe him ou his oath . . ., . •„ . By the "Attorney General . —Witness was a special constable' himself ;" and ' Davis knew it at tbe time he made those Observations to' him . Although
he was a special constable , he gave no information to the police ol > hat © avis had said ; He believed that some , dangerous , proceeding was about to take place , ; bnt yet he gave no information upon the eobjeot . > He thought the police knew all about it be- , cante they were continually round tho bouse where the meetings were held . He got himself sworn in as a special constable , in order that he might protect his own property . Re-examined . —Davis used to talk- about aeisesinating the police and burning houses , and he wanted him to go to the meeting of Chartists at the Druid ' s Armpi - . » .,.-. , «' ..- ¦ . — ¦ -
John Stanton deposed that Davis wanted him to join the Wat ' Tyler brigae'e of Cbarti'ls , and \ he ! ats 6 wished him to have ' a pike , * nd laid that he might pay for it by instalments if he pleased . He also wanted him to buy a 'pair ofApistols . and said he ought to be prepared , as he did not' kn ? w how soon be might be attacked by the —— blue devils j and he added ; that he wished they had some place where they cbuld practise firing , and get themselves into organisation . ¦* " i ' ¦ ' ¦¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ' By the Attorney General . —He was formerly a policeman , but resigned . He was not dismissed , but was frequen tly reprimanded and fined for miscondddt . " This was twelve years ogo . John Pinnegar deposed tbat about tbe time Mitohel ' waa' convicted in Ireland . Davis told him they had transported him , and he said he would make one to go up to London and b ' ow up the houses of parliament and all the——in them , and the ——Qaeeatoo . ¦ ' 1
By the Attorney General . —He b ; Ught a gun of Davis , and he was induced to do . o ' because he told him things were ' coming about , '' and every man should be in a position to project himseif . Witness was ; i member of the Wat Tyler'brigade . He did not knew who waa c ming to attack him , but he bought the gun to protect his wife and family and bis garden . ( A laugh : ) He shot sparrow ' s with his gun ^ and also oats and dogs . He could not take this gun into the streets , because it ' ' wa s " t 68 Tong . ' 'He re
membered the day the people wore apprehended in Locdcn ; ' He went to London that evening because be thonght'there would be something going on . He did not know what was to takte placo exactly , but he haard something said about fires . Two or three ethers ' went to London from Greenwich tbe same night .. He left bis gun at home , but he did not know whether any of the others were armed . They trait to a public-house in Bermondsey . and afterwards walked about the streets till eleven at night , and then went home to Greenwich .
Some other witnesses were then examined with a view to ! show that Davis had offered arms to them , and endeavoured to induce them to join the Chartists , j ¦ ¦ ' ~ William John Garrett deposed that a few days before Whit Monday ' the witness Barret showed dim a pair ofipist »! s , and a quantity of cartridges , and at the same time said that he expected a turn-up with the police . Cross-examined . —Witnesa was a Chartist , and he atteoddd the Chartist demonstration on Kennington Commdn on the 10 th of April . Tbey all marched in procession from their different localities , and there wev « about sixty or seventy thousand present . They did 1 ot go armed , becsusei they had orders from the Chartist Executive not to do so .
Richard Pennellaaid he had known Powell twelve or thirteen years , and shortly before the 10 th of April he heard him say that the government was a weak and government , and that the Chartists wonld send Lord J . Russell and Sir G . Grey to the devil in a month . Powell pressed him to go to tbe Chartist meetings at Cartwright'saud told him to think of tho Queen with her ; hundreds of thousands to squan d er in idleness , while they had to work hard all day for a morsel of bread , and he added that he would
blow the Queen and her — foreigner and her family to hell . He also said that if became to his heuse on the following Sunday he would show him materials to blow up half London . He added that from his knowledge of Powell's character he would not believe him on his oath , "and he said that he was always called and known by the name of Lying Tom . He likewise said that he'had repeatedly heard him express his disbelief of Christianity , and had seen him tear the name of our Saviour out of the New Testament and burn it .
The witness was oros ^ oxamined some length as to his re » aona f »? coming to this conclusion , and he stid th ^ t he would not believe Powell on any account , for ho considered he was capable of everything that was bad , and that he never did a good action in his Hie , and would hang his wife and . family if he could getpaidfor it . ¦ 1 . r - Re-examined . He had heard Powell say that if he , could get hold of the old— , his father ,, he would pull his bones out of the grave , and strew them about ; and be added , that he hbped bis——old soul was burning in . tho middle of hell fire . Mr Justice Maule observed that ho thought it w f-S represented that Powel 1 did not believe in these Vabgs . Mr Parry hoped that this commentary upon the evidence would not be coatinued . He would rather his lordship should at once say that the evidence was orjeotionable and not receive it , than that such remarks should bo made in the hearing of . he jury .
# Mr Justice Maule said he should not take any particu ' ar course because the counsel had rather he should do so . The evidence had nut been objected to , ar . d therefore he received it , and he must request that Mr Parryi would be silent in order to enable him to do fO . ¦ ' ..-i : ¦ '¦ " James Bennett proved thst Powell had made statements tohim regarding charging-blacking bottles with gunpow . deriand nails , toi throw among the police , and that , he also said that he coiild take the Artillery Ground if-four or-five . men would assist Cross-oxsmined . —He was a Chartist , and should be so to theend of his life . He went to the meeting on the 10 th of April , but was not armed , because the Chartist executive ordered them not to carry arms on that occasion : >¦ - ,
, Dan el Bura gave evidence of a similar character , and on cross-exam ination * by the Attorney-General , ha said tbat he ? aw Mullins speaking to Powell at one ofthe Chartist meetings at-Milton Street ; The . atre and he cautioned him and told him that Powell was ' in this opinion , 0 spy . He also said that he attended the m ectii K on the 10 th of April , at Kennington Common ; but he would never again , hesaid , go to a meeting over the bridges , as they were a trao , and prevented the people from getting back . John Westmorland , an Irish tailor , who described
himsflf as a six-point moral-force Chartist , said that Powell showed him a plan for taking London , and carrying out their principles by force . By the Attorney General— Witness always advocated moral force doctrines st tho Chartist meetings he attended , and his arguments were well received until the . 'miscreant'Powell came among them . That * miscreant , ' however , made an impression upon some of them , and ho- considered that he had Jed them into tho scrape . Witness had subscribed for the dsfenc : of these prisoners , because he thought thftv had been tho victims of Powell .
Some other evidence of an immaterial churacter was then adduced , and This cio .-ed the owe fcr the prisoner . , The Attorney General replied , Mr J ustice Mau'e then proceeded to sum up the case , which he did in hia usual concise and dear rnannm , . ,. , , ., The jury retired aWhree o'clock to consider their verdict , and were absent & n hour aud a half , when they returned into court , aud the foreman delivered a verdict of Guilty , ' coupled with a strong reeommend . 'ition to mercy ob account of the youth of the prisoner .
Mr Parry s . iid , that the prisoner was most nnxiou * tba :. he should Isy some evidence before thoet . urt ot hia previous character , and with the permission oi their lordships ho would now do bo ,
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Mr Justice Ma ' ujp observed , that if , wasa moat unusual oours ' e , and ; siich witnesses ought " to ' have been called before ; -as sorae'eyidence might hsve been elicited with regard to ' the handwriting ofthe prisoner . Mr Parry said , that tha verdict baing delivered , it could now make no difference , but he wished it tobe understood that he did not make the application a * an advocate , but solely at the earnest request of tb " prisoner ) and-he might , however , ad * that it was a course frequently pursued in ordinary oases of felony . -t- , The learned judges , after conferring together , said they would hear the evidence : "" : ' .
Mr Kingston , physician to the Westminster / Hospital , was then examined . He said , he had known the prisoner four years ,-and he had acted as his clinical clerk , and his oondnct during two years of tfiat period gave him great satisfaction . He had lojt sight of him for the last two years , v Mr . Justice Maule—Can you say nothing with regard to his conduct . as . a loyal and well-conducted subject during the liist'two years ? :- ' ' -. Witness—I can only speak to his conduct durinit tha two years he was under me . I : By the Attorney General—He knew nothing of the " prisoner for the last two years , and was not even aware that he was a Chartist ;—You are not a Chartist , Mr Kingston ? Certainly not ; and- . I beg it to be understood that in coming forward as , a witness on thiajaocasiph I ' am not actuated by any . sympathy for theWhartists , for I hold them and their proceedings in the utmost abhorrence ' . ' ; MrJmtice Maul ?—The prisoner , you say , was your clinical clerk . I do not know exactly what tbat means ; but , at all events , you have seen him write ? : -
Witnessi-Not for two years . Mr , G . F , ; Cox , cupper at the Westminster Hospital , said be had . kn 0 wn tne prisoner for four years , and had frequent opportanities of observing his conduct down to the . commencement of the present year , [ and he ^ always considered him a well-conducted young man . -r' ^ . i ; - . Byithe At ' to | Bb | . General >^ WitneB 8 hadh ardtbat since the Fren $ h \ rfladneBS in February , the prisoner had becoraeaGh artist .-: Of course he did . not call that being well-conducted , and he begged to repeat the observationttaae by Dr Kingston , of his abhorrencejof Chartiatjfeqoeedin ' gs . ' , ' \ , ' . "¦' In answer to ' a ^ eb tiori putby tho court Mr Cox ' said that the prisoner was very poor , so ainoh so that
when ihe came to tbeihoiipital he could not pay any fee . He added , that he believed his position bad induced him to giveaway to temptation , in the expectation of becoming ' a' great man in these troubled times ] and that he wonld hot have done so if he had been in better circumstance ? . Mr Justice Maule men said , that in order to give full effect to all the points in the case , he should postpone f he judgment ; and The pTisbner . was theg ; . renioved from the bar . MopAT-f-At the sittiM ^ of . i } jhe court the prisoner Mullins , who waa' ponv ^ pbn Saturday of felony , was placed at the bar to ce ^ Ve judgment , and wa > i asked j in , the usualform whMJhe had to ssy why sen tence should not be passed upon him . The prisoner said that it was-his intention to have
said a great deal , but , by thoedvice of tbe learned counsel who bad so ably defended him , he should re . frain fromso doing , but there were one or two mas - ters upon which . he ; must say a few . words . The firstsubject he should refer to was . tb ' ftplea that had bceu produced , and which formed so Important a feature in the evidence against him . Although he did not expect that his mere ipse dixit wQuldhave much weight , still he felt himself calle & npon to dVclare most solemnly , and , : he was ready to . take thejmost solemn oath that could bit suggested that he never drew up ' that plan , and , to the best of ,: his belief , he never saw it . He used the obeervation'to the best of his belief , because he bad aome'recollefition of having seen a plan of a similar characterbut the person who
, drew ., up that plan had gone , or was about to go , to France ... ,. < Another Bubjeo ; to which he should also beg to refer was the observation of the Attorney General , that his ' conhexion wi ih' the 'conspiracy ' -was pro' ed by t-helfaot'ftf bis having admitted bis . kho ^ l e ^ ge i . f Powell as Johnson , when'he was cautioned by the witness Burn not . to have anything te do with him as he wasj a spy , and this , w ? s made an ; imprirtant point against him . The real fact , however , was , that ho became acquainted with Powell by his connexion with the Chartists ' , a ' ndtheV would remember that Powell , in his evidence , stated that he joined the C % tists in that name , pud this was how he became acquainted with the unrne he , went by . He himself was a
Chartist—he did not deny it—and he would also say , that he believed the Charter was the only measure that was calculated to benefit the country ; and toeeouro the rights and liberties of the people ; and he Would readily ; lose his life in support of it ..- In conclusion , ho begged . to . return thanks to the . learned'judgWor his kindness in allowing witnesses to his chara ^ r to be examined after the trial had concluded ; tow Cope , the governor ; Mr Wright , his deputy ; and tn > reverend chaplain of Mewgate , for tbfe kind 'treatment which , consistent with their duty , they had evinced towards him ; and also to thejury for the attentive consideration they had given to his case , and for their recommendation to mercy .
Mr Justice Maule then addressed the prisoner as follows : —Tou have been fo' nd guilty of an offence of the moat misohievous ' and dangerous character to the public peace , aid , the charge , has been proved against you by evidence which left . no doubt of ya ur guilt . You have denied that you drew , up the plan ' which was referred 16 , but witnesses were examined who spoke positively to that plan' beingyour handwriting , or , at all events ; tbat , it had your handwriting upon it . Whether you drew up this : plan , h owever , or not ; i if you were a consenting party , to this treasonable conspiracy , you were equally guilty ! and the evidence that was adduced must leave no doubt of that fact in the mind of any man possessed of reasonable common sense . Witnesses have been called to speak to your character before you joined with these persons , and you have also been
recommended to mercy by the jury whe . tried you . We hav . < taken that evidence and all the other facts into our moat serious consideration , and have endeavoured to find put , if we could , if there were any grounds for a mitigation of your punishment , and that we could act upon that impression consistently with our duty t'i the public ; and I am sorry to say that we oannct distinguish anything in your case different from those of the persons who have been already convicted for tbeir share in the same transaction . It has been urged in your favour that you are very young , but so were some of the others who are already under sentence . Af . er some other remarks , Mr Justice Maule said , I feel that I have no alternative but to inflict the full punishment awarded under the statute for the offence of which you have been convicted . His lordship then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for life , in the usual form .
Arson In Lose Acre.—Emma Beaumont, 26, S...
Arson in Lose Acre . —Emma Beaumont , 26 , spinster , and Mary Ann Fi afraid , 25 , married , standing remanded from last sesssion , were indicted for arson ; and James Fry , who had been out on bail , and surrendered to take his trial , was indicted for aiding and abetting them in the commission of the offence . —Joseph Bagster , having been Bforn , said : I am a porter , and work in Coveat Garden Matket . I know the prisoner Beaumont , and have iodged in a offee-housekeptby her at 53 , Long Acre , and had done so for some time previously to the . 2 Ut of August . Whilst I lived there tho prisoner Beaumont upon several occasions spoke to rae about setting fire to tbe house , aud said she would not mind giving
jEIO to me if I would do it . 1 told her I would con aider of it , or something to tbat effect , and she then showe me a policy of insurance in the Westminster Fire Office for £ 400 . She thea told me that tho was behindhand with her landlord , and that if she procured the money irom the insurance s'ie should go to Australia and purchase a farm . She pressed me further about firing the place , and agreed to give me £ 10 for it . J did not tell her I would not do it , or that I would ; and she then began to take away the property the house contained , consisting of glass and china—moat of which was carried away by Fiti _ erald by Beaumont ' s ordersi The beds were out up , and being made into pillows were taken away ; and it was finally arranged tbat I should set fire to
the house on Thursday , tha 25 th of August , and I loft the lodgings on the preceding Moaday . I called at the coffee-houso on the Tuesday , and Fitzgerald requested me to allow some of her boxes to be taken to my lodgings ; which was done Oa the Thursday Beaumont sent for me to tbe coffee house , and came in . shortly after I . had arrived thore . She then said that matters were all ready , and they might as well go through with it , having gone so far . She thon said that she intended to go to Aetley ' s Theatre with Fry at half-past nine , and that 1 was to set fire to the place whilst she was gone . ¦ She then put three sovereigns on the sideboard for me to take up , not handing it to roe , so that I might not be able to say Bhehad'Siven me any sjsoney . She then ssid that
she would give mo two sovereigns the next day , and the remaining £ 6 when she got the money from tbe Five-offioe . . Fitzgerald was there whilst the conversation was going on . Fry and Beaumont then wontout , and I put the money into my pocket , and told Fitz ^ era'd that I did not mean to set firo to the piace , and would not do suoh a thing for any consideration , and that I was going into the country ; Fitzgerald siici sne thought , oe much ; and I then left the house , and with a friend went down to Watford , and thence tu Northampton , returning on tho ucxt day to town ; and in the evening I went to the ooffee _ ous 8 and saw Fitzgerald ,
whom I asked what Baniimont said about my taking the money ? and ehetold taethat Beaumont had said 1 had acted wisely , for aa it- was opera nighn , the si r ; ets would bo full , and is sv-u'd not have- been a < i i-ate . She then told me tbat ii 1 would not do it Boraosno olso w « uid , and perhaps she would do it hersolf . She r . diiod that tliu " prisoner Fry had been tm > r «> duung the day / and that it was arranged that it , should taka place that night and that bso was to havo £ 20 for doing it ; that F * y had gone cut and bought a threepenny receipt stamp , upon which Beau mont and he attached their names ts it , aad that she had made her mark , eaoh of them binding
themselves to oawy out the object , and not betray each other . On tip next day Filzgeraid came to my ! odg . ings , j and said it was all over , and that the Bremen had set it down as aii escape of gas , and that she hod done it by putting a light into the cupboard whera tbe old newspapers were kept , and that it flared up and was over in a minute . ' I next saw Fitzgerald on Monday following , who oame and & ld me that Beau , raoni ; wished to see me at her brother ' 0 ; aud I went there , when she told me I need not be afraid as sha would give me what she had promised , although I haa not done it . She then bound me to flficreiji bill not giving me the money I sent to her , when flhfl sent me back word that I mvht do what I liked .
and tnat it l said anything she would charge tne with stealing Bor _ a | bings which she had given to me . The witness then went on to state that at two subse * quent meetings with Fitzgerald she denied having fired the place , but said tbat Fry had advised combustibles being used , and the first she knew of tha house being on fite was from being awoke by the smoke entering her bedroom , and that she made her escape with difficulty in her night clothes np a ladtier on the roof where she was rescued ; The ladder up which she made her escape the witness bad taken up stairs , and placed in a position leading Withe toef , a few days previously at the desire of Beaumont . He then gave information to the insur « au ' ce offices . at
^ he witness was cross-examined some length , but noifeing was elicited either to damage his character or alter the substance of his evidence . A-lpng statementmade by the prisoner Fitzgerald after lamination at the police court , Bow Street , was then put in , and after stating that she had been six wee ^ in Beaumont ' s employ , and corroborating si portion'lf the statements made by Bagster , it went on to state'itjiat Beaumont had promised to take her with her farAjistralia if she would fire the place , and that by threaifcpromisea of reward , and entreaty , she procured he % id to the extent she had . She , however , denied fiers being the band that fired tha place , and alleged " ti _& according to her mistress , directions , after she had faatesed up the house sha waahedjjMoarso apron and hung it . near enough to oatch fifffi $ iShe then went to bed and was awoke by the knocking and ringing at the place when the firs was discovered . In her statement she also sought to implicate other oarties besides the prisoner . Fry .
Mr Justice Wightman . said , Fry only being uupU * cattd upon tho evidence of bis fellow prisoner , thore was no case for thejury , and directed an ao * quittal . Jttv O'Brien then made a powerful appeal for Mb orient , and Mr Gharnock addressed thejury at great length . His lordship having r . ummedup , the jury retired , and haviag been absent abont half an hour returned into court , bringing in a verdict of' Guilty . ' His lordship , in passing sentence , said , it was dear Fitzgerald had been a tool in tbe hands of Beaumont ; he then sentenced her to seven years' transportation , and Beaumont to fifteen years . Five prisoners convicted last week of Post-offiea robberies wore brought up during the retirement of thejury , and severally ordered to be transported for seven years .
, Alleged Mubder at Walwoeth . —Spencer Lindfield , 66 , widow , and Mary Anne Dryden , were in « dieted as principals for the murder of Eliza Wilson , by using an instrument for the purpose of procuring abortion ; and Richard Orpin , 35 , carpenter , waa indicted afl an accessory before the fact . Mr Ryland held the depositions and examined the witnessess by the direction of the court . Mr Ballantine defended Lindfield ; Mr Parry , Orpin ; Dryden had no counsel . Mr Ryland having briefly opened the case to thejury , the following evidence was adduced : —
Mr S . Elyard , a magistrate for the county of Surrey , produced a paper containing a declaration made by the deceased shortly before her death in' bis presence and hearing , which she signed after she had made it .. He said he was requested to attend the deceased , by ah inspector of police , and on the first occaaion , in consequence of an . expectation that she did not expect to recover , but that she believed she should die ; and he then took down her declaration . ' The dying declaration of the deceased was put in and read ; It was to the effect th : it , . finding herself in the family-way , she made the fact known te Richard Orpin , who was the father of . the child , and asked his advice , and he told her he would takf
her to UiWoman at Walworth , who . would enable her to get rid of it . - That he did accompany her to tha house of the prisoner Dryden , who was not at home , and she afterwards went to the place by herself , and she saw Dryden , and told her she was in the family * way . Dryden told her she would assist her , and gave her some pills , for which she paid her 4 s . A few days after this Dryden , she said , accompanied her to the house of the prisoner Lindfield , who took her into a bedroom , and then made use of an instrument to her person , and did the same on two other occasions ; and she gave her £ 210 s . The declaration went on to state that Orpiu promised to pay her that sum , but did not do so ; and after the third time the instrument was made use of she became very ill .
After other witnesses had been examined , Mr John Chapman , a surgeon , who attended the deceased , said he > aa called oc for that pappose on the Mth of September , but he did not see her on that day , but did so en the following morning . She waa exceedingly ill , suffering from great constitutional disturbance , and in a very ' dangerous state . She complained of great pain in the abdomen and suffering from constant siokness , In consequence of these complaints he made an examration , which satisfied him th \ t a miscarriage had taken place . After tho death , the witness made an examination , the parti .
onlars of " which are not of a character to be detailed , but the result induced the opinion that the death of the deceased was caused by some mechanical violeioe , applied for the purpose of effecting the miscarriage ; and he also said it was his opinion the injury might tave been produced by an instrument similar to the catheter that had been produced . He added that the deceased appeared to have been seven weeks advanced in pregnancy at the time , Mr Ballantine then addressed thejury , and Mr Justice Maule having summed up , they , after a short deliberation , returned a verdiot of ' Not Guilty . '
There were two other indictments against the prisoners , but Mr Ryland would not proceed with them , and verdicts of' Not Guilty * were accordingly re » corded . Murderous Assault , —Francis Shea , 30 , and Catherine Shea , 35 , his wife , were indicted for cutting and wounding Mary Oox . with intent to murder her ; aud also with intent to do her some grievous bodily barm . From the evidence adduced it appearedthat tho prisoners were Irish people , and they occupied a room in the house of the husband of the prosecutrix , in George Csurt , Snow Hill . They were in arrear jf several weeks ' rent , and the owners of the house wished to get rid of them ; bat according to their statement , the prisoners would neither pay their rent no r
go , and in fact set them at defiance . On the 18 th of September a breker was employed lo put in a distress , hat the door of the prisoners' room was fastened , and he could not obtain admission , and went away , leaving his warrant in the hands of the prosecutrix . In the course ef the same day ( the female ( jrisocer came down and told the prosecutrix to go up to their room , and her husband would pay her . The prosecutrix accordingly went up stairs , and tho moment she entered the room , she was attacked by both the prisoners and knocked down , and the male prisoner knelt upon her , while his wife kicked her . She at length got up . when both the prisoners repeated their violence , and struck her on the head with a shoemaker ' s hammer , both of the prisoners having
a weapon of that description . Her screams for assistance brought up her husband , but directly he got into the room the lemale prisoner felled him to the ground by a blow of a hammer , which instantly rendered him insensible , and , while he was in that state , both the prisoners commenced kicking him . _ The prosecutrix was then enabled to « et to the window , which she threw up and screamed murder . The female prisoner immediately went to her , and after throwing some garden pots upon the people who had assembled in the street , she renewed her attack upon the prosecutrix , and struck her again with the hammer . While this was going on the male prisoner commenced nailing up the door , exclaiming , while he was doing so , « Death or glory ;
we are sure to be hung , aud we will kill every one who comes in ; ' and the female prisoner joined in the exclamation . The police arrived in a short time ; but they were compelled to break open the door before they could obtain admission , and when they did so a most dreadful sight presented itself , the prosecutrix and her husband being covered with wounds and blood , and the room , according to the evidence of one of them , looking more like a slaughter house than a human habitation . The hammers with which the injuries had been inflicted were produced , and they appeared to be completely covered with blood . The prosecutrix was in the hospital for a fortnight , and she was an out patient to the present time , and was still suffering from the injuries she received on the occasion . —i ' ue jury found both
the prisoners Guilty upon that count of the indictment , which charged the iutention to do some grievous bodily harm . —The Recorder in passing sentence said that the prisoners had been convicted of feloniously wounding the proeesutrix with intent to do her some grievoua bodily harm , and every one who had heard ^ he oircuinstaEflea of the case must see that they were of auoh a character aa rendered it impossible fer the court to refrain from passing a sevore sentence upon persons convicted of such flU offence , aa an example to others , Persona of their country were unhappily too ready to resort to such proceedings , and it waa high time that thov and all others should be taught that such atrocious acts ( wild not be perpetrated in a civilised country withour , emailing severe punishment upon those who were convicted of them . Ho then sentenced the
male prisoner lo be transported for ten years , and tho woman was ordered to bi kept to hard labour fc ? two years . —Tho prisoners seemed quite astounded at tho sentence , and tho woman earnestly entreated for mercy —The Recorder , in iepiy to her entreaty , said tha : before sheasked for mercy fer herself , she should have shown some to others .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 4, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04111848/page/2/
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