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THE POWELL PLOT .
TRIAL OF GEORGE BRIDGE MULLINS ? . Friday . —T { w judges took their seats on the benoB at tea o'clock , when after some farther evidenoe on tbepart of the Crown , Mr Parry then addressed the jury fer the prhomr-, an * nfter some preliminary observations , he Baid lw miret admit that the case for the proseontioa had beeamott fairly conducted by the Attorney General and if any man had ever had a fair trrrij the prisoner at tBo bar certainly had had * that fair trial . While admitting tufe , bowser , be exptewefr Ma opinion
that if the jury oazie into the box without being prejudice by what had already taken pBice , or by the oironmBtances of the country or the comments of tha publio-press , they mast acqpit the pri&aner , upon tha ground that the charge W 8 B not proved against him by a fair , proper , and legal evidence . He would » ot Bay a word regarding the alteration of the law which declared this offenpe , which certainly substantially amounted to the crime of high treauonv ' only to be ah ordinary felony . It wa > the law , and it waa hia duty : as aa advocate , and ft was their duty , and ' the doty of them all , to obey it ; bat , he would repeat that if this case was treated as an ordinary case of felony , theprigoner must be aeeoitted upon the evident * 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 the performance of the high duty , oast upon him , could only make ate of the materials within hh power to support the charge he sought to tn » ke out , and he ha 1 no alternative ; and he must say thai the evidence which had been brought forward on this occasion was as tainted as any that bad ever been adduced upon a atate trial . Tha jnry would remember tbtt he had C « B 3-Gxafiiin 8 d the witnesses Powell and Davis at considerable length , a n d t h at his lordship had expressed an opinion that the facts whiehhe endeavouredto establish wersBot material , and that it was au unnecessary waste of time . That thisirqairy had occupied a very considerable time .
and bad cast onerous duties upon their lordships and all who were concerned in it , he would admit , and he regretted it , but it w » s no fault of his . It was a most important and solemn inquiry , requiring seriouB and deliberate consideration , and with all respect for the judicial charaoter of his lordship , heesuldnot help feeling that in the eouree he had pursued he had only performed his duty . . They . weie aware that a great many unfortunate persons had been already [ convictedofjtahinga share in this trangaotion . and he could notjhelp entertaining an opinion that many of those men ougjrt more to be regarded in the light of vhtimsthan criminals , and if this were the case surely it was most important to show the jury that those men , Powell and D-tvis , were goading on men
to their destruction for the purpose of earning their waees—their blood-money from the governmentand that their evident object waa to ' i n crease 7 their tide to . that blood-money by increasing ' the number of their 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 that it waa perfectly relevant and germane to the question atisiuej and that he should ' have neglected his duty if he had not adopted the course'be did . The learned counsel then proceeded to comment upon ttie course adopted by , the government in employing such ' men as Powell and Davis , and'gmng them the opportunity toco amone people who entertained extreme '
nbliti-« 1 opinionB . lantfgoad them onto commit the crime which the government was anxious . to punish . The prisoner , he said , had been introduced to them by the Attorney ! Ganeralas a Burgeon , a man holding a respoDsiblejpositiob , and this was made an aggravatien of hw guilt , but what waa the faot ? He should show them that the prisoner was merely a surgeon'a apprentice , only twerity-two years of age , and jost entering upon manhood , and therefore this topic of aggravation could ^ hardly apply . With regard to the conspiracy-he considered that he should be insulting their understandings if he were to attempt to deny that Buch a conspiracy , as had been suggested really existed ; but the question whioh the jury had to decide was , whether the prisoner had taken a guilty share in that conBpiraoy . " and whether the 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
aocompliojs wno nad been examined ; and although , several of such persons had been examined to prove this faot , she jury ought hot to rely upon mafi te » timony , unless it was corroborated by independent and uncontamiaated evidence . In this case he contended that there was no such corroboration , and that the only attempt at it which had been given was the production of the letter to David , and the olan of the Seven Dials , about whioh he would offer a few observations in the course ef Mb address . He fcen referred to observations made by Mr Baron AldersOH . Mr Justice Littledale , and Lord Abinger , to the effect that thecorroboration given by acoomplices to eaph , other ought not to have any weight with a jury , and that they should only give effeot to Buoh testimony when it received' corroboration in some material and essential particular by unimpeaohable testimony . The only e <« obpration of thi « hind wag the letter ; and the plan to which he had alluded but he asked them if they , oeu ! d rely , on the proof of tho handwriting upon the word of a man who had only seen the priBonsr write his name once . ' If thin
had been a charge of forgery , he asked them would hey for a moment think of convicting the prisoner upon such evidence ? He therefore called upon them not t ) place reliance upon this testimony , and Baid that the evidence of the accomplices weuld be altogether unoor'eborated , and this being the case , he submitted that the prifoner , both by the law and . hewouldadd . bythe dictates of common sense and proper feeling , whioh would direct them not to place reliance upon . such tainted testimony , would be entitled I ) an aoquiital . The learned counsel than went on at some length to commant upon the absence of anything like direct or conclusive testimony to connect the 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 .
t i ? 2 £ ? -r ~ < U udg « w , Mr Justice Maule and , Mr Justice WlghtBian took their seat * on the bench at ton o ' olook , and the prisoner Mullim wai again placed at the bar . . Evidenoe was then adduced for the defence . Gnstuvu 3 Cox said that he knew Barrett , one of the approvers who had been examined . Heremembered the 16 thof August , . the day on whioh the parties were apprehended at the Orange Tree and the i l'H » bad been empiOjed by Barrett , on the 13 th of August , to make ball cartridges . He made about half a bushel , andhe was enwged . all Sunday and part of Monday , amiwas paidOi . by Barrett for his work . Barrett himself waa also engaged in mak . ing cartridges as well as a man named Prockter . . By the Attorney General . —He had knnwn n »» tf .
Montnz weeks before this time , Did not know that Prockter was known by the Mme ofHell-fire Jack . He d . d not know what had becomeof the cartridges r , W ™' : „ ? - ? ' * atteBdanoe at the last trial , bnt be was not examined . -nA ¦ * nfA * tOekU > r - ' » M , ^ hVknew Barrett , H » ? . M ? w w lUalnt 8 d wI ^ him about fivemonths ££ i S « wi enip ^ ' ' *»«* t o 8 iB . iwSf I the . l « sb of August tomake ball-cartridges , which Barrett told him were for . some gentlemen who were about emigrating . Heaawin theroom a pistol and an iron railing , bent at one end and a spike at the other . A pike-handle wa » sent to him at hw father ' s house , but his-father broko it , and lorbade him from speaking , to Barrett again . He added that he had never gone by the name of Hellfire Jack . ; , , -, , ' ' ., ; . The Attorney General said . the person he referred to was George Prockter , and not Charles . . a
Mr Parry said he knew of no other witness named Prockter . ' . ... . ' By the Attorney General . —Witcew is a Chartist . He was present at Bonner's Fields , but went away when lie found the meeting was forbidden . He attended a great many meetings . He was nosaolassleader , and did not know what he ; was , except that he was a Chartist ; ¦¦¦ Jastice Maule . —What is a Chartist ? .. Witness ^ A Chartist is a . man who wants a fair d 6 y ' i wages for a fair day's Wjprk . { A laugh . ) Attorney General . —And how do job expeot to set the Charter ? Witness . —Why , by peaceable meana-by , petitiontag . Justice Maule .-Then , you are not a physical-force Chartist ? ¦
Witness . —Oh dear no . Attorney GeneraL-I believe you attended the Eamett brigade ? I did . -Who was Emmett « Robert Emmetr , I believe , was a man who was hung in Ireland—What for petitioning ? Oh , no bnt because I supposa the other side , was the strongest , and had the power to do it ; ( Laughter ) Thomas Pans , a blacksmith , at Greenwich , deposed that he bad been acquainted with . Davig , and saidhe was sorry for it . Davis kept a ahoe-shop , and sold rots , and piBtols . and Bwords . Witness pur oba ? ed a gun of him a short time . before the 16 kb ot August , and about one o ' clock on thatday he mei him , and Davis said he was just the man he wanted to ¦ ' £ * & tbeB told hitt tt «* *» tbe Bight on which the blow was to be struck in London ? Sd he
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iHlil ^ i ^ S ^ SSalaMa ^ W^—^^ SUMaiSl wanted bin to go up to London , exclaiming tbafc he ( Daw ) 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 ie being a Chartist . -Juttiee Maule . —Y <> u surely must bnow whether you belong to the body of Chartists or not ? Witnew . —Well , then , I am a Chartist . JuitioeMsnle . —Then why did you say upou yeuy oath that yon did not ; know whether you were s Ohartwlojrnolf . ¦ gg ^ g ™ ¦ ' - "
. . .. CrogB-examwatioB continued . —He belonged to the Wat Tyler brigade of Chartists , at Greenwich , and Davis was a-slaA' leader . He was the prinoipal man among thena "Btr bought the gun'becauie 'fie ei " pected there wotvld be a fight . and , he ought to tw preiared as well as the rest . Dans told him there was going tobe-a revolution , but he would not . believeit becausftbs thought the people w » re , not prepared for it . He wnBidered the guS he bought was cheap , and thalr Ire oould get more ! nwcay thnn hesave for it . anvdayTie liked to sell it . It . was'an old ;
piece , and a regnlar' rum one . ' ( Laughter ,. } , , : Reuben ColleSt said he knew Davis , bat he had never asked hint to become a Chartist . He did wan' . to get up a raffle-for a Fair of piatoli , bufe it was w i done became he coold not get raemben enough . : Mr Justice Mavle , remarked that Davi » had . himff 9 w admitted thisfaot , and to call a witnew for the ,. j ' ifBncetoprovia'it ,. wa » , really ' awa « teofti «» . UB * ' , InBmwettowsotBw ^ WBtwnput byMtJW , , . me witness said ,. tbat he nerer heard Davfe « r V ° ? T , he was a Cnartist , and he wenld waillow knee . . * *¦!« ; blood for the benefit of his fellowmmtBie * . aeep IB
John Matthews-, said ,. that Davis- had ) or .- va senoe urged people at the meetingii at ft „ nm " j > Arms , Greenwiohj where the Cha ^ stsaw a e P , " ?* join them . andalsoitoprocurearm ^ eu « iea , io ! John Hanks , » carpenter , at GreenwSr , -,.,, he heard Davis , say that half-iooto chiar i BMd i * « very gosd things to run into the Wwelfe *' ™ . " » andthathe ; al 9 &askfedhimifhewouid ) ° i rP ? , . ce ' to fight for his country ? H * lifc » not be ^ willing another ocoasion , pointing to a bluni '' '"^ « M d- « P ° n hanging upio the shop , that , ife w » . fi ? W * J to settle the ipeoial const&biiesi 1 Resort of thing added , belief him on his batik 4 ° would not » he
By the Attorney General : ' -W ' ' ' - . constable himuelfj and Dr . « j * lr ' - inei 3 wag a ^ peeial he made those obiemtif m ? - » lt at *? J * he was a special conataW L b * ' ° * im * L Although to the police of what D » rJ * to ' ¦ . y ? * ° mfinm » tlpn . ^ hat some dangerous w bm > j- Mld # , ^ believed plaee , ' bufc ^ et he gave'Srijif ' dmg was about to take came they were'oontinv ^ / Z ^ A ^* & the meetings wereheld /^ . ^ fH , wif 2 "« . - a . speoM constable , i ^ c L&HS «« -T f J hiB own property . ,. m . rd ^ V th »* . hemight protect na ^ SofcaSd ^ ° ^ f taIk ««*«« # himto goTthe mee *? f' ^ hS' tfJ * S Arm ? ¦ ' ¦)> ' ^ Cbartists at Ifae Druid ' c
John Staritondepaif ; ,,. ¦ . rt . : ., ¦< ,. ; j o in the W a t T yler br , / iHf ? t ^•? Dted J t , * ° wished him . to havf , ? ' !? . of Ch . |^! a ?^ he ? ty pay for it by inataJ ^ ft' ? ? th J ath ^? 'R wanted him ! to bU' P ^^ ^ T *^^ ought to be prepare ! - - / r £ W-. « f Pfo's . and said he hemieht be attacl , ij . S fu n dld n ? •>«»» how aoon added " that jhe T s ? r ! ^ ~ r ] > Iue devils 5 ***** thev ^ ould Dract ' ' ' ^ ^ the * some P ^<» where orSionT "efi ^ ft and get themsjlvesuito vSSOSS !
J ^ S ^™^* wm frequent siBn ? - ** *»> »** <«» mi 8 . ed , bnt . TniswTtwS 7 : . ^^^^^^^ MUchll -5 ? ' k * i' : totfK& that about the' tim . S had t convi t ct S " » Inland . Davis told him makeonet *; fllll 8 P 'W *»»» » nd ho said he would of parliatu . J ? . P : .: p . ond ( »» and : blow up the homes Queen to / a 11 tll . - rrs . Jn , then » * nd 4 he — . Da ^ is *!! ' ' , « M ° ey . Generai ^ He bought a gun of }¦ .. iocs ware 'itntninn Dk < u , » > » -j
not * J % 2 r ? Of th 9 Wali Tyler 'Wff fc . ' He did Zi f ?? w ffho i ° »» ng to attack him , but he m £ % r f W ! * ife and f « aiIyand S wilA \ He &ot 8 parrows w Hh his gun , w . ialsocats anddogg ., Hepould-not take this ' gun Vj to the streeti , beoanseit waBtoe long . ivHe- - re ' Fje mbered the day the people .. were : apprehended in iiondon . He went to London that evening because hothoniht there would be something goinlon . He did not know what was to take placo exactly , but he heard - something , said , about fires . Two or three ethws went to London from Greenwich tbe sam » night . H j left his gun at home , but he did not know whether any of the others were armed . They went to . a publie-honge in Bermondsey , and afterwards walked about the streets till eleven at night , an * then went home to Greenwioh . -
Some other witnesses were then examined with a view to Bhow that Davis had offered arms to them , aad endeavoured to induoe them to > join the Chartists . William John Garrett deposed that a few days before Whit Monday the witness Barret showed him a pair of pistol * , and a quantity of cartridges , and at the same time Baid that he expected a turn-up with the police . ¦ Cro 8 s . exarained . —Witness was a Chartist , and he attended the ¦ Chnrtist demonstration on Kennington Commr n on the 10 th of April . They all marohed in procetaion from their different localities , and there were about B | xty or seventy thousand present . They did not go armed , beosuse theyhad orders from the Chartist Executive not to do so .,
Richard Pennellsaid he . had known Powell twelveor thirteen jean , aid shortly before the 10 th of April he heard him say that the government was a weak and government , and that the Chartists wotld send Lord J . Rasselland Sir G . Grey to the devil in a month . Powell pressed him to go to the Chartist meetings atCartwrightfaand told him to think of the Queen with her hundreds cf thousands to iqaan ^ 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 he came to his heuse on thei 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 Baid that he was always oalled and known by the name of Lying Tom . He likewise said that hejad repeatedly heard him express bis disbelief of Christianity , and had seen him tear tbe name of our Saviour out of the New Testament and burn it .
The witness waa cros > examraed at some length aa to his reasons for coming to this conclusion , and he said that he would not believe Powell on any account , forbeconsidf redhe was capable of everything that was bad , and that he never did a good action in his life , and would hang his wife and family if he oould get paid for it . Re-examined . He had heard Powell say that if he oould Ret hold ' of the old , his father , he would pull his boceB out of the grave , and itrewthem about ; and be added , that hehbped hia —old soul was burning in the middle of hell fire . Mr Jostice Maule observed that he thought it w as represented that Powell did not ' believe in thaw thhgs . Mr Parry hoped that this commentary upon the evidence would not be continued . He would rather hiB lordship should at once say that the evidence was obieotionable and not receive it , than tbat suoh remarks should be made in the hearing of ' . he jury .
_ Mr Juatioe Maule said he should not take any particu ' ar course because the counsel had rather he should do so . The evidence had not been objeoted to , and therefore he received it , and he must request that Mr Parry would be Bilent in order to enable him to do bo . James Bennett proved that Powell had made state , menti to him regarding charging blacking bottles with gunpowder and . nails , to throw among the police , and that , he also said that he oould take the Artillery Ground if four or five men would assist him . ¦ i Cross-examintd . —He was a Chartist , and should be so to the end of his life . ' ' He went to the meeting on the 10 th of April , but was not armed , because the Chartist exeoutive ordered them not to carry arms on that occasion .
Daniel Bnn gave evidence of a similar character , and oncroH-examination by the Attorney-General , he * aid that he saw Mullim speaking to Powell at one of the Chartist meeting ' s at Milton Street Theatre , and he cautioned him and told him that Powell was , in his opinion , a spy . He aho said that he attended the meeting on the 10 th of April , at , Kennington Common ; but he would never again , he said , g » to a meeting over the bridges , ' as they , were a traD , and prevented the people from getting back . John Westmorland , an Irish tailor , who desoribed
himself as a six-point moral-toroe Cnartist , said that Powell showed him a plan for taking London , and carrying out their principles bjforce . .. ' By tbe Attorney General—WithesB always advocated moral force doctrines at the ChartiBt meetings he attended , and biB arguments were well received until the ' mifibreant' Powell ' came among them . That m ? Boreaht , ' howe ' verj made an impression upon aome of them , and he considered that he had led them into the scrape . Witness had subscribed for the defence of these prisoners , beoause he thought they had been the viotims of Powell . Some other evidence of an iinmateml charaoter was then adduced , and This deed' the case fcr the prisoner . The Attorney General replied ! Mr Justice Maule then proceeded to sum up the c ase , whioh he did in his ubuqI conoite and clear
manner . The jury retired at three o'olook to consider their verdict , and were absent an hour and a half , when they returned into court , and the foreman delivered a verdict of'Guilty , ' coupled with , a strong recommendation to mercy on account of the youth of the prisoner . ' . .-,. Mr Parry said , that the prisoner was most anxious tbat he should lay some evidenoe before the court of his previous character , and with the permission of their lordships he would now do bo ,
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irnnSiZ ? 3 eMa » Ie ° k «» rcdjhaMwasamoBt un-Sited taff £ Md 8 UOh Wh - T ^ have ^ e " caned befo re . aa some evi denoe might have been tSu ' *>** ¦ *•;• . * AandwritiS VK «« Sa £ ^ B l « tb # » verdl ° * b 8 ing delivered , it undS llglP& »*»>^ *** l * " tob unaerew jed that he did net make the annHnntinn » . DrfiT ' Cat 8 ' >? - J ¦»*«« 2 S $ Stff& S % . fluently portwd fn otdinary mSr a 4 * istiit [ & ^^^^ ' ¦» J It Kingston , physjeian toiheTTeatminBter Hob-| W al , was then examined . He tfai * . he had known » pnwnw four years , and he hacr . acted a » hm olini . « al clerk , and his ooadnet during two yean of that i period gave him great satisfaction * Hehad lost sight I ef him for the last two yearn . ' : Mr Justice Maule—Canyon say nothing with re » gard to his conduct as a . loyal and well-conduoted subject durini ? the last two years ?
; Witness—lean only speak to his conduct during the two years he was under me . i : - By the Attorney General—He knew nothing of the prisoner for the list two yean , 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 uWetttoodth » tin coming forward as & - witness on thisoooasionlamnotaotuated by any eympatby for the Chartists , for I hold them and their prooeedings in the utmost abhorrence : •¦ ' ¦ ¦ « ¦ Mr Justice Msule—The prisoner , you say , was your clinical clerk . I do not know exactly what that means ; but , at all events , you have seen him ' write ! . ;• ¦ Witness—Not tor two yeari . ¦ , ' . ¦¦
Mr G . F . Cox , cupper at the Westminster Hospital , said he had known the prisoner for four years , and had frequent opportunities of observing his conduct down to the cemmencement of the present year , andhe always considered him a well-oonduotad youtagi $ au . _ By the Attorney General-Witness had h ard tbat Binoe the Frenoh madness in February , the prisoner had become a" Chartist ; ' Of courie he did not call ihatbefog well-ooriduotcd . and he begged to repeat the 6 bkervationma £ l 6 byDrK ; ing 8 ton ; of his abhor rence of Chartist proceedings . ! ; i ; " ' ' ¦ w . ! il !? . qnestion putby the court' Mr Cox I ui • • ^ 180 n . erT 61 VW P °° '» « o » uoh so that when hd came ' tothe heipitel he could not pay , « ny [ 5-- ^? l ^ that K > M « T « l hiB ' p > ition Sd ff- ? . ^ . A ? . WT 0 : WiWtemi « tati 6 n , iri > tneexpec . FW ;*"! ' ^ ^ iff ' thesa - ' troubied tiiheii and that he would not have donego if he had been in better oironmstanoei . ; - : th
* mi » # f ^ l n l * id ' ^* it « n erder to give full-effeot to all the pomU in the oase , he should postpone the judgment ; and The prisoner was then removed from the bar . ¦ ¦ MMBAiTrAt the sitting of the court the prinn £ Mulhn » , i who , was convicted on Saturday of felony , rv-SW ^'* " , ?*^ 'eceive Judgment , and « v . ukad . iD the usual form what he had to rty why sen tenoe should not be passed upon him . The prisoner said that it WaB his intention to have said ^ a great deftl . 'bnt , by the ad vide of the learned Jonnsel who had bo ably defended him . 'he . ahonld reirain from so doing , but there were oae or two matters upon which he must say a few words . The first subjeot he should refer to was the plea that had been produoed , land which formed ' 'ffiiiMbttt i&S
e xD ^ th ? T 8 g 8 iD 8 t ? "m AltKfegh he " dM no ? expeet that hia mere ; ipie ditit would have muoh Weight still he felt WmBelf called apon to declare most solemn y ; and he was ready to take thetnost dri ? " ° «? W l ¦ "WMW . thai he never drew up that plan , and , to the test of his b ' elief . ihe hw belief , becange he had some recollection of having S «» ^ O / a ? imi [ at J oh 6 raoter ' tattoeperson who v ? Z . A ?} . } $ gone ,. pr , was . about to go ,, to Jranoe . Another subjeob towhio ^ hewbuld ' alsobeg io refer was the observation of the Attorney General , * at his connexion with the conspiracy wati pro red y the fact oThis having admitted bi 8 knowledge of f owell as Johnson , when he : was cautioned ^ by the witness Burn not to havean ^ thing ^ o do with him as ue was a spy , and this wasmadean imnnrf . titnnmt
against him . " The . real fact , ho ^ everT wai that " h . became acquaiaMcrwith Powell byhHopBhexion with He OhaftiBts , And they iro » ldremember ' 'that Powell ; in his evidence , stated that he joined the Chartists in that name , and this was bow he became acquainted with the name be went by He himself was a Ch » r . lst—he did not deny it—asii he' would also say , that he believed the Charter wa « the only measure that was calculated tc benefit ta £ country : and to secure the righto and liberties : of the people ; and he would readily lose h » hfe in support of it . In conohaion , he begged to return thank * to tho learned inrton fJ
n « kindness in allowing witnesses to his character obeexammed after the trial had conoluded j to Mf Cope , the governor ; Mr Wright , his deputy ; and the reverend ohaplwHofMewgate , for tbekind treatment which j consistent with their duty , they had evinced towards him j and also to the juiy for the attentive consideration they , had given to his" ease , and for their recommendation to mercy , : - ¦ ¦ . <¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - . . < . j .-ji Mr Justwe- Maule then addressed the prisoner as follows t-YoH have been found gailfy of an offence of the mpBt mischievoUB and dangerous character to lite pubho , peace ; atd the charge has bsea ' proved against yoa by evidenoe whioh left ' no doubt ' of yeur 8 u _ « - Xouhave denied ) that youdrew up . the plan which was referred to . but witnesses were examined
whoBpokepositively to . that plan being your hand , writing , or ,. at all events , tbat it had your handwriting upon it . ' Whether jbi drew up this ' plan , lowever , or not , if you were a consenting party to this treasonable oonspiraey , you were eq , u « lly guilty and the evidenpe that wasladduoed mast leave no doubt of that fact in the mind . of any man possessed of reasonable commoa-. sense . ¦ Witneaeet have been oalled to speak to your character before yen joined with these pergoaByand'ybu'have aWbeen recommended to mercy by the jury who tried yoa . ' We hayo taken that evidence and all the other facts into our most serious consideration , and have endeavoured to find out , if we oould , if there were any grounds for
a mitigation of your punishment , and that we oould aot upon that'impression consistently with our duty to the publio ; and I am sorry to say that we cannot distinguish anything in your oase different from those of the persons who have been already convicted for their share in the same tranBaotion . It has b « en 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 noalternative but toinfliotthe 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 usnal form >
Arson in Lon « Acrb . —Emma Beaumont , 26 , spinster , and Mary Ann Fi ' i ^ erald , 25 , married , standing remanded from last lesssion , were indicted for arapn ; and James Fry , who hsd been out on bail , and surrend ered to take hia trial , was indicted for aiding and abetting them in the commission of the offence . —Joteph Bagster , having been sworn , said : I am a porter , and work in Coveat Garden Market . I know the prisoner Beaumont , and have lodged in a coffee-hone kept by her at S 3 , Long Acre , and had done so for tome time previously to the 21 st of August . Whilst I lived there the prisoner Beaumont upon several occasions spoke to me about setting fire to the house , and said she would not mind eiviner
£ 10 to me if I would do it . I told her I would con aider of it , or ' something to that effeot , and Bhe then showed me a policy of insurance in the Westminster Fire Office for £ 400 . She then told me that the was behindhand with her landlord , and that if she procured the money from the insurance she should go to Australia and purohaae a farm . She pressed me further about firing the place , and agreed to give me £ 10 for it . I 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 glasB and obina—most of which was carried away by Fittgerald by Beaumont ' s orders : The beds were out up , and being made into pillows were taken away ; and it was finally arranged that I should set fire to
the hdase on Thursday , the 35 th of August , - and I left the lodgings on the preceding Monday : I called at the coffee-house on the Tuesday , and Fitzgerald requested me to allow some of her boxes to betaken to my lodgings ;; whioh was done . On the Thursday Beaumont sent forme to tbe coffee house , and came in shortly after I bad arrived there . She then said that matters were all ready , and they might as well go through with it , having gone so far . She then ' said that she intended to go to Aetley ' s Theatre with Fry at half-past nine , and that I was to set fire to the place whilst she was gone . She then pat three sovereigns on the Bideboard for me to take up , not handing it to me , so that I might not be able to say she had given me any money . She ' then said that
she would give me two sovereigns the next day , and the remaining £ 6 when she got the money from the Fire-office . Fitsgerald was there whilst the conversation was going on . Fry and Beaumont then went out , and I put the money into my pocket , and told Fitzgerald that I did not mean to set fire to the place , and would not do suoh a thing for any consideration , and that I was going into the' oountry : Fitzgerald said she thought as much ; and I then left , the house , and with a friend went down to Watford , and thence to ' Northampton , returning on the next day to town ; and in the evening I went to the coffee-house and saw Fitzgerald , whom asked what Beaumont
I said about my taking the money ? and she told me that Beaumont had said 1 had . acted wisely , for aa . it was opera night , the Btwets would be full , and it would ' not have been so safe . She then told me that if 1 would not doit Bomeene else would , and perhaps ehe would de it herself . She added that the prisoner Fry had been ft , » n 8 'heday , andthatit was arranged that £ 5 * S ? S - -l ^ ' ^ at . shewaste t * * l ° F doin K it s that Fry had gone out and bought a threepenny receipt stamp , upon which ' Beau W » nd toatootod' their nam ' eSte 'S ° Snd that Bhe had made her mark , each of them binding them-
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ntw tO n ° ^ Oufc A < $ H' ^ not b * W each 2 J « . «? " 5 T xt day , Fit « eraldcame to my lodg . h ft H « f f 5 ' * WM 8 l 10 Ter ' 8 Bd that ^ e firemen 5 * 11 ! h T- VW «*' Md th <* "he had Sassqfe ' j Sasf taaaiSSSSBiSS&iStSSSSid montwBhed to mb me ' at ' hw brojher ' fl ; and Iwent there , when ahe told me I need not be aS as Si had not done it . She then bonnd me toaeorew bn not giving me the money Isent to her when ' iSi
^ m ^ m der . on the roof where she was resoued : -The ladder wmmm or alter the anbatance of his evidencf _ A long Btatementmade bv ihn nV ; . nn » vu m
was then put in , and after atating that she had K a noXn 8 ft I f t ? ? ° \ empl 0 / ' « wobo « SS a portion of the statements made by Bagater , ' it went SSrhfcH ? WS ^* P ~ oi 8 eltbtake I ™ r > , SJ , U - ? 8 tralia )**? *« iM «» tbe place , and that by threats , promises of reward , akd entreat , she procured her aid to the extent she had . Ihe ! however deniedhew being the band that fired tfi place , and alleged that , according to her mistress ' s direohens , after she had fastened nn th « hZll ^ Sf .
washed a coarse apron and hnngit near enough to wtch nW She then went to bed and was awoke by the knocking and ringing at the place when the fire was discovered . In her statement she also sought to implicate other oarties besides the prisoner Fry . M J »» ticeWightmansaid ,-Fry only being impU . oattd upon the , !? vidence , of his fellow priaonw . uitw " * 8110 e * * * 3 « y . » nd , direoted an ae ! ^ Wo'Brien lheii ' Made ' ' o ^ y ^ ppW for big ^¦ Mdteaan ^^»^^^ atp 3
His lordship having summed np , the jury retired , and haviag been absentabont haft an how NturaS mto . court , bringing in a verdict of Guilty ' llis lordship , in passing sentence ,: said , it was nS ? ft 8 ld h 8 d ^ I in the hai » d of b 2 mont ; he then sentenced her to seven years' S portation , and Beaumont to fifteen > ear 8 ' " J ££ P" one Is ^ n 7 iot lM * week of ' Poat-offico nbbwiMwerebrought updnring the retirement o evenyeaS Myer *" ° rdwed t 0 h «« W * d *¦
m . 66 , widow , and Mary Anne Dryden , were indieted . aa principals for the mnrderof Eliza Wilton , by using an instrument for the purpose of procuring uborhon ; and Rjohard Orpin , 85 , carpenter wm indicted as an accessjory before tie faot ,, Mr Ryland n . eld . ^ i " . depositions and examined ' the witnessess by the direction of the oourt . Mr Ballantine defended Lind&eld : Mr Parry , Orpin ; DrydeBhadnocoHOBel . Mr Ryland having briefly epened the oase to the jury , the fol Wing vidense
^ was , pddaced : — - Mr S ; Elyard , a , ' magistrate for the otffinty of SM *{> produced a paper containing a declaration made by the deceaBed shertly before her death in hia presence and hearing , which she signed after she had made it . He ; saidhe was requested to attend the deceased by an inspector of police , and on the firs . occasion ,, in consequence of ; an expectation that she did not expeot to ' reeoyer , but that she believed she , should dip ; and hethen took down her declaration . The dying declaration of the deceased wu nnf . ;«
and read ; It ; was to the effeot that , finding herself » tbe family-. way , she made the faot known to Riohard Orpin , who wsb the father of . the : child , and asked , hw advioe , and he told her he would take her to a woman at Walworth , who would e&ableher to get nd of it . . That he did accompany her to the house . of the prisoner , Dryden . who was not at home , and Bhe a « erwards , went to the place , by herself , and she bsw Dryden , and told her she was in the family , way . Dryden toldher she would asaist her , and gave her some pills , for whioh she paid ^ er 4 s . KJ days after Urn Dryden , she said , accompanied her to the house of the prisoner Lindfield . who took her into a bedroom , and then made ubo of an instrument to n ? r , JP , eire . >» and dm the same on two other occasions to state that Orpin promised , to pay her that sum . but did nqt do so ; and after the third time ' the in strument was made use of she became ill '
very . t « , othw witnesses had been examined , Mf • •' John Chapman , a Burgeon , who attended the de > ? 5 ?^ ¦ f i , he- WM " alled M fw tha * parpose on the - l ^ w September ,-tot ho did . not see her ontSt day , but did so en the : following morning . She waa ¦ .- , exceedingly ill , suffering from great constitutional « 1 " w ? $ && * y * f ^ ^ ngeroua state . She complained , of great pain in the abdomen and suffer- ' sing from constant sioknejs . In consequence of these ¦ oouiplaintg he made an exami-atioh , which' satisfied ' him that a mwoarriage had taken place . "After tho death , the witness made an examination , the parti , oulars of whioh are noi of a oharacter to be detailed , but the result induced the opinion that the death of tnedeceased
. was caused by seme mechanical violence , apphedfor the purpose of effecting the misparnage ; and he also said it was his opinion the injury might have been produced by an instrument j ? ?*! . * 0 tbe wtt »*« tbat had been produced . He added that the deceased appeared to have been seven wttto advanced in pregnancy at the time . ! " Mr Ballantine then addressed the jnry , and' * Mr Justice Mauje having summed » p ; they , after a- short deliberation , returned a verdiotof ' Not uuilty . ' There were two other indiotnients against the prisoners , but Mr Ryland would not proceed with them , nd , verdicts of Not Guilty' were accordingly ' re » OQTQ&ua
MuawRons AssAtiT .-Franois Shea , 30 , and Ca « thenne Shea , 38 , his wife , were indioted for cutting and wounding Mary Cox , with Intent to murder her ; snd also with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm . From the evidenoe adduced it appeared that the prisoners were IriBh people , and they occupied a room m the house of the husband of the prosecutrix , in George Csnrt , Snow Hill . They were in arrear of several weeks' rent , and the owners of tbe house wished to get rid of them ; but according to their statement , the prisoners would neither pay their rent ne go , and in faot set them at defiance . On the 18 th of September a breker was employed to put in a distress , but the door of the prisoners * room was fag . toned , and he oould not obtain admission , and went
away , leaving his warrant in the hands of the proae * outrix . Iatheoourseef the same day , the female prisoner came down and told the proaebutrix to go up to their room , and her husband would pay her . The proBeoutrix accordingly went up stairs , and tho moment she entered the roam , she was attacked by both the prisoners and knooked down , and the male prisoner knelt upon her * while his wife kioked her . She at length got ' Up ; 'when both the prisoners repeated their violence , and struck her on the head with a Bhoemaker's hammer , both of the prisoners having a _ weapon of that description . Her soreams for assistance brought up her husband , but directly he got into the room the female 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
kickinghim . The proBeoutrix was then enabled to get to the window , which she threw up and Boreamad 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 struok her again with the hammer . While this was going on-the male prisoner commenced nailing up the door , exclaiming , while He wai doing so , Death or glory we are sure to be h ' ung , a&d we will kill every one who oomea in ;' and the female prisoner joined in . the exclamation . The police arrived in a short time ; but they were ooapelled to break open the door before they could obtain admission , and when they did so a most dreadful sight presented UselTthe proaecutrir and her husband being covered with wounds and blood , and tha ^ m . vl , j TuT
evidenced one of them , looking more like a slaughwM ^ w u h 8 ? S latta . »» w habitation . The hamhiers with whioh the injuries had beeil inflioted were produoed , and they appeared to be completely cojered with bipod . The prbBecutrix was in the hospital foe a fortnight , and she was an out-patient to the pre > sent time , and was still suffering from the injuriei she received on the oocasion .-The jury found both ^ Ttv ^ ^^ Tfv * ? 4 cou ^ of the indictment , whioh oharged the intention to do some tenceaaid that the prisoners had been convicted of feloniously wounding the prosecutrix with 'intent to S ^ iffJ i 7 ° ^ bodu ' harm , and every onf who had heard . the circumstaaoes of the case musTsee that they w _ ere . of such a charaoter bb rande >« a it
impossible for the court to refrain from paisibg a severe sentence upon persons convicted of such an offence , as an example to others . Porsons of their Tl ! l * "Srt to " » oy to resort to snob Ltft ^ 'W 1111118 that «> ey and aU X nn \? , Uld ta W . that 8 U 0 h atwwouB aofi oould not be perpetrated m a civilised country with , out entailing severe punishment upon those who were convicted of themi He then sentenced thS male prisoner to be transported for ten years , and the woman was ordered to be kept to hard labour for fi J £ 5 ZZ ! / 1 * ° v ! aeraseemed < l « te astounded attho sentence , and the woman earnestly entreated for mercy-The Recorderan reply to hJr eSaty . S thai before Bheasked foe mercy for herself , sheshould i have Bhowa some to others .
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. Fatao»Agb . Dsdea Koxal Fatbonagb . _ Perfect Freedom From Coo&Hs.
. FATao » AGB . DSDEa KOXAL FATBONAGB . _ PERFECT FREEDOM FROM COO&HS .
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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/vm2-ncseproduct1495/page/2/
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