On this page
-
Text (1)
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
eel vexed when I desired yon to tell Mrs . Stacoy hat I was going to marry a rich widow ?—Witness : No ; . I looked upon it as a joke , an < l laughed . You told me I should wear weeds , and I replied that as goon as erer I did so , I should marry again . I wrote to you from ill's . Stacey ' s on the subject of the agreement with Air . Jermy , which I signed falsely , aud you quarrelled with me violently for so doing , saying that if I wished to complain I ought to do it personally , and you would not have such a letter fall into the hands of James or Mary or anyone else for the world . I went to iny bedroom , and after I had
Deen there for some time you came and said that Mrs . Stacey would hear me crying so , and that I had better go te the sitting-room . You ah > o said , " We must make it up , and think no more about iL" I gave sp a copy of my letter when you inquired for it . The paper now produced is one 0 the three coffted by me at Pot-ask—Prisoner : mi you swear veu signed that paper in my presence . —Witness . ,- I am sure I did , while you were standing by mysiue . —Emily Sand&rd here retired for a short time in order to attend to the wants of her lniantandto take some refreshment , aud the Court directed another witness to fce examined m the
in-Slr . Barox Koi-fe here put in a letter which lie had received that mornis ? , a copy of which it stated was sent to the prisoner . Mr . Pinsoa handed a letter to Rush , which lie read without making any
obser-Mr . Ptssox , governor of Norwich Gaol , examined : I was present at the cross-examination of Emily Sandford , on the 1-ii-h of December . Heard the prisoner say ( referring to her signing her evidence ) , " If she signs that I hope her hand will rot ; and if she bears a child by me , I hope it will be born with a brand on it , " I received the letter ( produced ) from the prisoner afterthat ( the letter addressed to Eniily Sandford ) . lie asked me to send it to Mr . Cann . I was present at the examination before the magistrates . The prisoner ' s behaviour on that occasion was very violent . He called them a set of villains , but witness's attention was more directed to the actions than to the words of the prisoner .
Hosor Holmes examined by Sfr . Evans : Was kitchen-maid at Stanfield Hall , and on the 28 th of November went to the bridge over the moat about half-past eight o ' clock ; found there three young men , Harvey , Todd , Howes , and a young man named Leach . Clarke , aaother woman servant , was there too . They all went towards Ketteringham , through the gate . Just after they went through , witness heard the report of a gun or of a pistol . Was looking from the house at the time . Did not see anything . Went on towards Kctteringham-gate in the middle of the lawn . Before she got there she heard two more reports . Heard the dinner-bell ring also . leach and witness then returned back into the house , round bv the bleach-way and the stables ,
and through the back door . When she got in she heard Chestney call , and found her at the bottom of the staircase . " Picked up a paper about twenty minutes afterwards ( identified the notice left in the hall ) , just past Eliza Chestney ' s feet in the passage leading from the kitchen to the staircase hall near the back stairs . Before that had heard a noise outside the house , like people walking past . Heard it about three times . It was about eight o ' clock It w . oslike a person walking past the kitchen window . Looked out to sec what it was , but could not see any one . Two days before the murder , as witness Mad Eliza Chestney were at the outside 4 oor , about eight o ' clock , they observed a light moving across the lawn , and a figure , which appeared like that of a
man with a cloak on him , going towards Wymondham-gate . He waB about 100 yards away . About a "week before that saw a light on the lawn also , but no figure of a man . Eliza Chestney was with her at the time . The night was very dark . The light was lost at the lodge-gate . —Cross-examined : When she went out on the 2 Sth of November she left the cook and Chestney in the servants' hall . Clarke told her there were persons waiting outside . None of them went back to get their bonnets and shawls . The persons she had named were standing outside the gate ; remained there about nine minutes . They all went away when they heard the report of the gun . Witness stood next to Harvey at the time of the report After the gun went off she heard a groan . Harvey said he heard some one . He also said he saw a man . After the first report heard a door bans verv loud . Had gone about 240
yards before she heard the next report . They all returned back when they heard the bell ring . It was about twenty minutes from the time they left the Hall till they returned . Picked up the paper near Eliza Chestney in the passage . Did not pick up two papers . Did not hear of another paper being picked up at the time . Heard of it afterwards . Heard of Watson picking it up and throwing it down again . Heard the two reports quite plain . Was about 245 yards off at the time . It was half an Lour before she gave the paper she picked up to Candle Clarke . Saw no person while out that night except those she was with . There was a light in the passage that night which leads to the butler's pantry . After the first shot saw no one pas 3 the light from the porch towards the passage . The day after the murder Emily Sandford went into the servants' hall before she went into the pantry . She said she was verv faint and witness made her seme
tea . She asked how Mrs . Jermy and the maid were . Said it wa 3 a dreadful tiling . Asked witness if prisoner had been there that flay ( Wednesday ) . Witness replied , "Yes . " Had never seen Emily Sandford since that time to the present . Had not got the newspapers'to read at the Hall since the transaction . The young- men she had mentioned used to come about the house , but not round by the window . Re-examined : All turned round to look at the Hall after the shot was' fired , and then ran on . It was about 250 yards from the lodge when they heard the two reports , and about 140 yards from the drive-gate when they heard the hell ring . Heard three reports and the banging of the door . There was no interval between the two last reports .
John Stanley examined : Was at Stanfield Hall on 28 th November , at nine o ' clock . The paper produced was g iven to him by Watson ( the other notice ) . —Cross-examined : Was at his brother ' s , near the church , when he first heard anything had happened at the Hall . Was first told of it by the servant . Passed Mr . S . Cann as he was going . Went through the gate , and saw no one whatever till he got to the Hall . Could not say whether it "was so dark that he could not have seen any one on his way . It was a dark blustering ni g ht . Went from tiic bridge to the stable yard . Was the first person from Wymondham . About five minutes after his arrival saw Mr . Jenny , sen ., lying dead in the porch . Watson told him he found the paper in the
passage leading to the servants' hall . Was not more than seven or eight minutes going to the Hall . Knew the tune , because he was with Mr . Candle Clarke , at half-past eight , and heard the report about twenty minutes after , at his brother ' s . Got his horse when he went home . Had not observed Watson ' s dress when he handed him the notice . Had not p icked up any pieces of lead . Had seen pamphlets circulated as to the disagreement between Mr . Jermy and prisoner . Jesse White , accountant , of WymoHdham , had been acting as clerk for three or four years to the pr isoner , when he was an auctioneer aud valuer at that place . Had often seen him write , and had copied papers after him . Believed the letters sent
through Mr . Pinson to Sir . Cann , another dated 3 Sth of April 18 *? , ( not yet put in ); another 2 nd of October , 1848 , to Mr . Reed ; a notice of the 29 th of October , 1843 , signed " Jenny , Jermy , " and relating to Felmingham farm ; three notices—23 rd of October , 1848 , 2 Gth of October , 1848 , blank day of October , 1848 , ( signatures only ) , two papers produced by Emily Sandford ( signatures ) , and the notices found in the Hall , to be in the hand writing of Mr . Rush . The last were not in his iisual hand . —Cross-examined : His reasons for thinking so were on account of certain letters in them—letters in some words . The witness pointed out those letters which he thought bore the most evident marks of being written by the prisoner , and was subjected to
a severe ordeal by the latter , yho , having been furnished with one of the notices while the witness held one of the letters , asked him to point out in pencil in the Litter those letters which were best known to him , and most like the letters ho had sworn to in the notice . Had last seen the prisoner ' s hand-writing at the Lent Assizes in 1848 , for the action on the breach of covenant . Had then copied some letters for the prisoner . Believed the notices to be written by prisoner before he saw some letters which had been recently shown to him . —Re-examined : Went by the general character of prisoner ' s hand in speaking to those notices . Mr . T . .. Gerkahd , bookseller and stationer , of Norwich , deposed that the prisoner had occasionally ubiiib snujjxii icut
ucan > . maae up sets ot mercantile : account , books , of five books , three large and two . small . ( Produced a set of those books . ) The three were ledger , ' " post ledger , and daybook . The daybook had no flyleaf . The marble coverB were generally of the . same description of paper in two of those books . In the daybooks the sheets next the covers were ruled , and the paper being damp , and the pressure great , the consequence-was that the lines on the leaves left a iaint tracing in the covers . The books found in Potash-farm ( prodaced ) were of a similar-description to thoso ox which he has just spoken , though covered with a different patern of marble paper . The cpvereprodueed ( those on which the noticesleft in thethalf were written ) were also
of the same kinaas . ; the eovers-. of the books of which he . Epokc . On examining , the covers he found there was a space on which there might have ^ Jlf hel similar to that on the bopksne sold ; Ithad been rubbed off- but on measuring the space % Wrt was of the . same size as those labels he ' SlSiS ^ n i . f ? donbt tue tT ™ c 0 ™* SS- ^ e Hallh 1 ? fonned part of tli *> same book ¦ SS 5 S £ S ? - ^ o foraeS the covers . of o 5 f £$£ * £ ^^^ " ^ "i ^^ evedthattohaye HadaadelOOseUof ^ ose tofit'&FSi jear ? before . . that had wade another set with the
Untitled Article
labels of a larger size , but similar in other respects . Had onlv twelve sets of the 100 remaining ; m found the lines alluded to in all the daybooks heba < examined . Did not know whether prisoner . -tow alwayshadinvorcesof goodsat hisshop ; he hadtaj an account extending . over several . ^" how dm ( having one of the looks in his-hands ) . How am S 33 ?^ & 5 B «^ 8 ^ { l ~ l ^ * ^ 4 W& ^ % n *!» W * . fate Mr . Jermy , and was well acquainted with his handwriting . The documents produced ( the pretended agreements between Mr . Jermy and the pn-SonerastothePota 5 hPann ) werenotinM 1 . . Jei . my ' 8 handwriting . — Cross-examined by the prisoner Had not seen the papers produced before ho saw them at the Castle . Had never at any time said they were written by Mr . Jermy . . Thought so because of the characters of the "Titing . In one particularly , the "J" used by Mr . Jermy . —To the
Court : There is the appearance of tracing under some of the writing in one of the agreements . Mr . Candlb CLiBKE produced a deed executed by the late Mr . Jermy , reciting two former mortgages en Potash Farm , and seting forth the advance of another sum of money up to tho 30 th of November , 1848 , on Potash , at four per cont . Margaret Doe proved her signature as attesting witness to the deed , as well as the signature of the prisoner and of the lato Mr . Jermy . The prisoner was allowed to examine the deed and compare the signatures . . and her
Miss Emilt Sasdfobd was then recalled , cross-examination by the prisoner resumed . Sho said , I cannot swear I ever saw you sign a . paper in which Mr . Jermy ' s signature appeared , I am not aware that I have imitated other people ' s writing before you , but I can write different hands if I like . I have at present a square box and the name "George Preston" on it , which you gave roe at Mrs . Stacy ' s to take care of . I have had no money g iven me since I lived with you . —Prisoner ! Did ' . not give you money a short time before the murder ? and did you consider it as lent or given ?—Witness You gave me £ 5 . I also bought a bed in London with your money . These I considered presents from you . ( The receipt for the price of the hed was
put in evidence . ) When you were in London you passed as my uncle . —Prisoner : Do you not know I nad no money of my own , and that the bill ? -which I now produce were paid for out of my mother ' s money ?—Witness : No . — Prisoner : I ask you again , did you not alter these bills from Mr . James , intended forme , to Mrs . James , for yourself?—Witness : No ; I never altered it or saw the word altered . —Prisoner : Do you not know that the piano , sofa , and other articles which were bought on that occasion were paid for out of my mother ' s money?—Witness : No , I don't know where the money came from . —The prisoner was proceeding to ask other questions of the same kind , . when the Judge interrupted him , and said that he could not
allow him to put them unless he made out a prima facie reason for doing so . The prisoner thereupon intimated that he had closed his cross-examination , and Miss Sandford left the witness-box after the long and trying ordeal through which she had passed , pale , but perfectly firm , and having impressed the whole Court with a strong sense of the propriety with which she had conducted heraelf in the witness-box . Mr . James Boughen said—I was at Stanfield Hall on the 28 th , about twenty minutes after nine , and found there the ramrod which I now produce . It lay near the body of the young Mr . Jermy , and by the skirting . I saw shot marks on the opposite side of the waff . —Cross-examined by the prisoner : In stating the hour I was at Stanfield Hall , I am not guided by railway but by Wymondham time , having with three othersTh
come thence in a fly . —o prisoner requested that the ramrod might be handed up to him , and he examined it minutely . It looked like the ramrod of a large pistol . William Bailey gaid—I remember tho prisoner coming to my house on Friday , the 24 th of November , and asking me how much corn I had dressed for him . He said that was quite right when I told him the amount . He then asked if the two Messrs . Jermy were at home , and I said they were when I left the Hall , where I worked . That was all that was said about the corn , which the prisoner did not pav for . —Cross-examined by the prisoner : I was laid for some , of the corn dressed , in which work Savory assisted me . I went home at five o'clock on the night of the murder , and remained at home all night . Reed came to me and mentioned what had happened . I saw no strangers about my cottage that EtrzABETK Cooper , living at East Carlton ,
said—I remember the day of theniurder at Stanfield Hall , and was at the lodge entrance on that day . I was leaving , but had Dot got out of the grounds when I met Mr . Rush . He was going towards the Hall . He asked me if I was belonging to the Hall , and I said "No , I have only come from it . " He then asked if the Messrs . Jermy were at home , and I told him I saw them about half-an-hour before with the men planting . He then turned back and followed me for a short tune . I had got through the gate , and to the right towards home about 100 yards , when he asked again if I belonged to the Hall . I repeated my former answer . This was in the dusk between four and five o ' clock on the night of the murder . — Cross-examined by the prisoner : When I saw you I saw Mrs . Bailey at the same time . You were not with her , nor did I see you speak te her . I did not look back till you called me again . I never saw Mrs . Bailey move away from the spot where she first stood .
Charles B . Colsos , keeper of the toll-gate at Cringleford , between Wymondham and Potash Farm , said , Mr . Rush came to me a week or ten days before the murders , and asked if the Messrs . Jermy had gone home . He made only one inquiry that day , but he made another inquiry of the same kind about a week after , on both occasions calling between three and five , in the dusk of the evening . —Cross-examined by the prisoner : The first inquiry might have been ten or twelve days before the ' murders ; the second was on a Saturday p . vfininor .
John Chaplin , the gatekeeper on the railroad at the Wymondham crossing , which is on the road trom Stanfield to Norwich , said , I saw Mr . Rush on tho Saturday before the murders , and he asked me if old Mr . Jermy had been through that morning . I said I had not seen him . ¦ William Frederick Howe , living in London , said , I was a clerk to Mr . Waugh , Bedford-row , in 1847 . —Prisoner : I would esteem it a great favour if the examination of this witness was put off till Monday . —The Judge : I have no objection to your
deferring the cross-examination till then . —Witness : In 1 S 47 , 1 was in Catherine-street , Strand—at Jessop's wine and refreshment rooms with the prisoner , and a fighting man came in . Mr . Rush asked who he was , and his name was mentioned as Samuel Simmonds . Mr . Rush then took up a glass of claret which was before him , and said , " If I could strike like him , I would knock down Jermy like a bullock . " Very early in 1848 , at Mr . Waugh's office , there was an action of ejectment going on for Mr . Rush ; and the prisoner and I were walking down James-street , when he said , with reference to the
action and Mr . Jermy , " 16 will not be long before I serve him with an ejectment , or he has an ejectment , for the other world . " When Mr . Waugh was out I used to see Mr . Rush , and though his expressions in respect to Mr . Jermy on these occasions were unfriendly , they were not violent . —The Judge : Do you wish the cross-examination to he put off ?—Prisoner : Certainly , my lord . —The Judge : I should have thought there would bo no cross-examination at all . Alfred Barseller , clerk at the Wymondham railway station , said ; he had received from Mr . Rush several pamphlets to be given to different parties , but he had none himself . James Skipper produced a pamphlet which he had received from the last witness .
Robert Smith , a boy in the employ of Mr . Rush , said , that on the nig ht , of the murder he laid down straw on certain parts of Potash Farm leading to Stanfield Hall . Ho laid it on the parts of the around that were dirty . —Mr . Prendcrgast : When did you lay that straw down ? Witness : About noontime on the Tuesday . ( Sensation . ) When I did so there was some straw on the ground which had been placed there before . —Cross-examined by the prisoner : The workmen were at work in the turnip field that day , and there was carting going on . You were back and forwards during the day ; and as the cart passed you ordered the straw to be laid down in the worst places . There were thirteen or fourteen forks full of straw laid down . Some parts
where I put the straw were quite impassable . There has been straw laid on this path ever since harvest , when the pigs went back and forward to feed there . I was employed by the young Mr . Rush , and not by you . —Mr , Prendergast : Was there any use for that path then ?—Witness : No ; not that I know of . —Mr . Prehdergast : Whore did it lead to ? —Witness : To Mr : Jermy ' s Hall . It was a path there for no one else but those who lived a t Potash . William Coleman , nriice-constable , examined On the mornkig after the murder went from Stanfield Hall across the fields to Potash . Found a
quantity of straw laid on'the path leading up to tho fields from Potash . There was no straw till the grass ended . I compared the time between the clocks at the latter place and at the former , and I found a quarter of an hour ' s difference between them . The latter were the faster . —Cross-examined . No one wasVith liim when he did so . —The prisoner put a great many questions as to the state and position or the straw , which ended in nothing . —Re-examined : I took a quarter of , an heur to walk from the JHall to thefarm .: My watch was five minutejs before nine " , and agreed with the Stanfield Hall clock . When I sot to it it tvasten minutes after ¦ nm&b ymy Tratch , ' . The Potash clock wasaquar « T ' past nine . —The Judge : What do you mean by
Untitled Article
stating there was a quarter of an hour between the . clocks ?—Witness : There was just a quarter of hour between them . ( A . laUgK )^ TEe-Judge-T-YoU Stiy when you . arrived at Potash your watch was t en minutes past nine , and-that the Potash clock was a quarter past nine . You also say there was a quarter , of an hour between the clocks . What time was it by the Potash clock when you arrived there ' —Witness : It was half-past nine . ( Laughter . )—The Judge : —Go down , sir . It 18 not possible to rely upon your evidence . I doa't think you mean to deceive , but you are so confused you don't know what to say . J . Colvillte deposed , that he met in September last , the prisoner going from Stanfield Hall to Potash . ( Described ^ the course taken by prisoner , as to the particular paths he had taken . ) Had measured the way and found it was seven furlongs . The cross-examination did not elicit any fact of the least importance . ' '
The Court adjourned shortly after half-past seven o ' clock . Before the prisoner left the dock , the learned Judge said : As it is probable the case for the prosecution may close early on Monday , it would be desirable that you should be prepared for your defence . . . . The prisoner said he would be quite ready , and was removed to gaol . MoJfPAT , APBH , 2 , The Court satagain to-day at nine o ' clock . —Rush looked somewhat paler and more fatigued to-day , and his head appears to have acquired a very slight paralytic tremor , but his manner throughout betrayed no abatement in the confidence and resolution with
which he has conducted his defence throughout . — The names of the jury having been called over , — the Judge intimated that he had received a letter with respect to a witness . He had laid the letter oefofe the counsel for the prosecution , and he now ordered that it should be shown to the p risoner . The prisoner having read the letter said , I hope , my lord , you will postpone my cross-examination of Howe fora short time . I have had another important letter put into my hands with regard to him . : . George Poxt , county policeman , said , on Tuesday , 28 th of November , I was sent for to Stanfield Hall , and saw the bodies of both tho Messrs . Jermy beforo they were removed . I picked up on the hall side of the lobby five slugs , which I now produce .
About nine or ten more policemen arrived at the Hall during the night , and by the magistrates ' order we went to the Potash' Farm , and stood at intervals near the house . While there , about three o ' clock , " I heard a dog bark faintly , and I then saw Savory going from the back premises with a light to the kitchen . —[ The prisoner here applied for a seat , which was granted . ]—He shortly afterwards returned and came into the yard , still carrying the lantern with him . I sent him with a message to the prisoner , and he came back with . a reply . The prisoner came down after the message to the kitchen ; and I went in . —I said , " You must consider yourself mv uriaoner . on suspicion of having
murdered the two-Mi . Jermy ' s last night . I handcuffed him at the same time . —He said " The two Mr . Jermy ' s murdered ! I don't like these handcuffs . God knows I'm clear of that . " I searehed him and found three small keys , which are now produced . I also found half a sovereign , 133 . Gd . m silver , fourteen keys of different sizes , a pocket book , containing a check , dated 2 oth of Aovember , 1848 , by a man named Cambler , in favour of the prisoner , for £ 49 10 s . Mr . Serjeant Biles read the following extracts from the pocket-book : — " ' 20 Sept ., 1848 . —Potash interest due . ' ' Principal due 30 Nov ., 1848 . ' ' Friday , October 27 . —Called on Jermy . He has found out I am in earnest at last . ' ' Nov . 21 st , Tuesday .
—With the Recorder in the morning , agreed to 6 cc him in tbte afternoon . ' "—Prisoner . —My lord , there are several points which it was most important for me to bring forward , and the dates of which I could only find by reference to my pocket-book . I have applied to see it in order to find out where I was at certain times . —Sergeant Byles . —You maysee it now . ( The pocket-book was handed up . )—Witness . —I went with the prisoner to Ins room upstairs . It was locked , and the prisoner having pointed out the key I went in , and went to a closet , which was locked , and which I entered . I found there two doublebarrelled guns , which are now produced . Georob Thompson , police-constable , identified the euns as having been in his poesessioh .
He said , I unloaded the guns , which -contained mixed shot , and 'had caps on the nipples . They are now loaded with the same chaages as were in them before . The barrels are respectively , thirty-one and twenty-six inches in length . I also produce a box found on the mantelpiece , containing bullets and caps . George Post recalled : I saw one powder flask in the closet and another in a drawer of the bedroom table . I also saw a shot belt , but they were taken possession of by some of the other constables . I said to the prisoner , " You used to have pistols . " He replied , " I used to have , but I have none now . " I went with the prisoner to the Wymondham Bridewell , startinjr about seven o ' clock in the morning .
As we went along the prisoner said , " Is there any one suspected besides me ? " and I answered , "I don't know . " He said I have been on much better terms of late with the old gentleman than I used to be . The young one and I could not get on . I think it was the last time I was at the Hall I told the old gentlemen I would not sign while tho young man was in tho room . The old gentleman then told the young one to leave ; and he answered , "I think I have a right to remain . " — Mr . Prendergast : What moro ? — Witness : He said he had called at the lodge—but did not mention when — to ascertain-if tho young Mr . Joi-my was at homo , as ho thought he was at Norwich at the concert ; finding him at home he did not iro . Had he jrone he would have
got there by eight o'clock , as that was his usual time to get thcro . If he had , probably this occurrence would not have taken place . He repeated that he was sorry for them . On Wednesday ovening I examined the clocks at Potash and Stanfield-Ilall by my own watch ; that at Potash was faster by a quarter of an hour . From tho time that I apprehended the prisoner till ho was committed to 3 ridewell I was present with him , except while at breakfast at Potash , when Osborne was in charge of him . I heard him say in his bedroom , " It was about eight o ' clock when the affair happened , some of you say ? " whereupon one of the constables , named Mortar , replied , "So one said it but yourself . " ( Sensation . ) I asked Savory for his master ' s
boots , and he showed me a pair in the back kitchen , which I now produce , They are half boots , and were wot at the time . There was also found under the bed a pair which was dry , and a heavy pair in the washhouse , also dry . I walked the distance from Stanfield Hall to Potash yesterday across the fields , and it took me fourteen minutes . —Cross-examined by the prisoner : There was a light when I picked up the pieces of lead in the staircase hall at Stanfield . Iwasnotin the brown parlour on the night when Watson was examined . I arrived there about twenty minutes or half-past nine at night . I don't recollect seeing a carpet bag in the bedroom at Potash . I did not examine the large trunk which I found in the closet at Potash , but handed it to
one of the other policemen . — Prisoner - .-Did I not tell you there were two guns there ? — Witness : Yes , and that thpy were loaded and capped . I handed them to Thompson and took off the caps . On Wednesday afternoon , at four o ' clock , I left Potash , and at that time no locks had been broken . I don ' t recollect any papers lying about in either the parlour or keeping-room . I went to Potash with Emily Sandford on Friday night , after she had been examined , and I found eight or ton policemen there , but I had no recollection of seeing papers lying about on that occasion either . When I was going to Wymondham , the prisoner asked me if I did not recollect one of the police saying it was about eight o ' clock , when tho two Messrs . Jermy were
murdered ? I said , that at the time the prisoner spoke in the room I had a distant recollection that it had been mentioned , . but I was not positive . — ( The prisoner here wished the 'depositions to be read , declaring that this witness had perjured himself . The depositions were read , as were also those of Robert Thompson , but the discrepancy bo tween theii evidence and the depositions was very slight . ) ' John Mortar , of tho county police force , said that when told that the two Messrs . Jermy were killed , and that he waa arrested , the prisoner said , " Good God ! I hope they don't suspect me . " The prisoner asked me when the murder took place ; but neither I nor anyone else told him . A little after that , however , the prisoner observed that ho understood it had taken place about eight o'clonk . T im »» o < i ; a + oiv
said , " From whom did you hear that , as you are ho first person who has named any time in this house ? Ho replied that he had heard one of the policemen say so ; but no one had made such a statement to him m my presence , though I was with urn up to that tune from the moment of his arrest . He also observed that he would have been there about the time the murder happened unless he had been told that young Jermy was at home Young Jermy was a great enemy of his , but the old gentleman and ho were better friends than they had been . Stephen Amos , inspector of police at Norwich , corroborated the evidence of the last witness , as to what was said by the prisoner about the time of the murder , his conversation with the police at Potashand on the way to Bridewell .
Thomas Osbornb , policeman at Norwich , said that before breakfast , on the morning after the m ? l ^ . ? P risoner asked him which was the man who told him when the affair happened . He replied that no such remark had . been made down stairs . Atbreakfast with Emily Sandford , the prisoner said \? , er i ,, I am accu 3 etl of murdering Jermv It is that felWClarke who has iono % , S ' ymlnl has been asking if . you were out ffnlgS . and I
Untitled Article
- ^ Sd ^ tSKw ^ nirinS sSEM fssr-aw ^ sa ¦ SHE Dy tac P " ""' • ar a 3 i can recollect , were ; " GS ? dSdTlt ? I am not suspected , it ' , rather '• SSfflSiirr . superintendent of county por „ ™ m T was at Potash farm-house on the 1 st of ^ ifeSS ^ 5 M 3 SK&tt ^ ffin = e ! w ^^ Svelling lv . When the prisoner Pf ^ ^ fore Eliza Chestney he asked me to assist him , and I si "No , put it on yourself . " He said note about its belonging to him . He also put on a , dwfc at the same time .-Cro ss-examined by the prisoner : Shortly after I went to Potash on Friday , I found Emily Sandford sitting alone » , * w « in ^ ? lj ? her "Did jou speak the'truth yesterday ? She tant into ' fears U said , " No . " None of those who were with me said anything to her . I then
drew up a written statement of ™ . "He / aia . , " was not signed by her ; and I gave it ^ Mr , Cann . Arrangements were then made for examining her a ^ conl time at the Castle . ( Several irrelevant Questions were also put to this witness when tho E said , "I haveW exceedingl y reluctant indeelto stop you , Biit nine-tenths of the queen s you ask are irregular . " ) When witness got in there wre several papers tying oh the taUfe ; no one bu : Mr . John Cann and ¦ MSb Sandford were thereat the time . When the closet was opened the first thing found was a cash box ; % Cann tried to open if with several keys . The papers were found next . The box was taken away when the parties left , but he could not say if the papers were removed also , Samuel Savory , labourer , of Wymondham , deposed , that he knew the prisoner twelve years ; re-£ > lWlfin the nitrht of the murder 5 saw the prisorier
that day between Wymondham lodge , and Mr . Coleman ' s going toward Wymondham , . about fi , yo o ' clock . It was getting dark . ' . „ .: ' L William Bacos deposed- ^ -He was a shenfra officer , and was employed to distrain ' on the-prisoner , in October , ' 47 , at Potash , by the late MK Jermy . Remembered the prisorier saying pn the 18 th . of October , something about Mri Jermy and Mr . Clarke . He said , "He would do for them . on the first opportunity . " Cross-examined . —Had nevfcr mentioned the threat to Mr . Clavke , or to any . onp , till the morning after the occurrence of the 28 £ h ( the murder ) , when he spoko about it at Attlebprough . The police came to him in consequence of what he said : ' Robert MARTijrrbaiU'ff at Norwich , was employed to distrain on the prisoner at Felinihgham , on October 131847 . ¦ . !
, .. . _ .. ; .., , .., Richard Rhed , lived at Thames-street , London . Knew John Larncr . Was . introduced by him to Rush , in March , 1847 . Had had some papers , beloncing to the former , and relating to the Stanfield Hall property , and was asked if he would lay them before some respectable solicitor . Accompanied the prisoner to Mr . Waugh , a solicitor , in Bedford-row . The papers were afterwards taken from him and put into the hands of Mr . Wilson , another solicitor . They were put in the hands of Mr .-Flower , a third solicitor , and Rush said , " They had got an honest lawyer to cany on the cause . " [ Identified a letter to himself , from tho prisoner , dated 21 st of Slay , 1848 , stating that he had unexpectedly got a will of the Rev . Mr . Preston , and asking for ^ n
appointment , in order to consult as to what steps should be taken in facilitating proceedings for the recovery of the property . Identified another letter , dated 2 nd of October , ' which has been referred to in the trial , making' an appointment for Reed , V rner ; and Jermy , at 2 , Mylne-street , Islington , on the 3 rd of October , and stating they would be introduced to the lady who was to find the money . ( Emily . Sandford , it may be remembered , waa the only woman present on that occasion , ) and that the prisoner would unfold his plan—the only plan—to get possession of the property . ] Went to Mylne-street about six o ' clock . Thomas Jermy and John Larner arrived after he came . Emily Sandford was there when witness arrived , but was called out and left
the ropm . There was an agreement on the table , and after it had been read Rush said , that that waa his plan . Witness signed it ( identified his signature ) . Rush said it was the only plan by which he would render the claimant any assistance whatever . Jermy hesitated about , putting his mark to the paper , but on witness telling him it contained nothing unreasonable he signed it , as did Larner . Emily Sandford was called in to witness tho signing of the papers . Prisoner said she would find whatever means were wanting to make good their claims . ¦ He called her " this lady , " and she was present at the tune it was said . Prisoner said ho would require Jenny and Larner to go down to Felmingham to see after the property , and that he would pay all
the expenses of any suit that might take place as to that property . He said he held the leases of the property ; that either one or both expired on the 10 th of October ; and that he would put the claimants in quiet possession . He said also that he expected to be sewed with an ejectment on the 12 th ol October . Jcvmy refused to go unless his cousin Larner went with him . As Rush refused to pay the expenses of the latter witness did so . Witness went down from London on the 10 th . Went over to Potash Farm . Saw tho prisoner at the Wymondham station , and accompanied him there . Was present when an agreement was made at Felmingham on the 12 th of October . Identified the agreement which bound Jermy and Larncr to
give prisoner a lease of the farm , < fcc . Went over with prisoner on the 11 th to Stanfield Hall , and tendered the vent to Mr . Jevmy . ( Identified a copy of the agreement made by him at the time , and also a notice to Mr . Jermy ; that signed by Thomas Jermy , stating that he had entered on possession of the Felmingham estates ) . Returned to London , and on tho 14 th of October Rush called on him , and they went together to Mr . Clowes , the printer . Had n . sovereign g iven him b y the prisoner fov Some notices which the latter directed to be sent to Norwich . Cross-examined : Thought at the time the prisoner ' s plan was a very good one . Never heard prisoner express any ill-will towards tho lato Mr . Jermy .
John Larner was then called and sworn , but neither the council for the Crown nor the prisoner asked him any questions . Thomas Jrrmy . likewise left tho witness-box without being required to give evidence on either side . This witness was the Jermy so often referred to during the trial , and co-claimant with Larner of the Jermy estate . Mr . Frederic Howe re-called and re-sworn by the prisoner ' s request . —I am staying at the Bell Hotel , Norwich . I wrote letters to Mr . Cann about the trials , but never had any conversation with him in reference to money . I have received one guinea for my expenses coming down by railway . Have lived at Marlborough-streefc , Greenwich , for the last
seven years . My uncle is chaplain to the Mercers Company , and my father is mathematical master at Clapham Grammar School . Was last employed at Mr . Simpson's , Bedford square . I was his clerk , and managed his business tor him . Was never accused of receiving money there and not accounting for it ? I know something about an indictment relatingto Eliza Kingate . I wont before Mv . Baron Aldersonfor a writ of habeas corpus on the behalf of a client whose daughter was improperly detained by Kingate , and in oruer to obtain it I had to make affidavit of the improper detention . Kingate was tried at the Old Bailey , but in consequence of the magistrate ' s clerk not producing the depositions in conformity with the subpoena she was acquitted . I
know Charles Mathews , the actor . No charge was made against me for forging orders on him . A friend of mine—a medical student of the College of Surgeons—had proposed to send a friend of his , a Mv . Morgan , with an order for himself and lady . I wrote an order , accordingly , for the stage-box at the Lyceum . Mr . Morgan , on presenting it , was detained by the officer on duty . I went before Mr . Mathews , accompanied by my friend , and told him that it was done merely for a joke , and I proved by the evidence of my friends before Mr . Jardine , the magistrate at Bow-street , that it was only a joke . He was quite satisfied it was only done as a joke , and expressed his full conviction of it . I have never
performed the part of counsel at judge and jury clubs in London ( after a short pause ) I have occasionally been in such places , and have put on a wig and gown . ( Laughter . ) Hdye you employed part of your time in teaching boxing ? Never . I never went by another name . In a joke , a friend of mine requested me to got some cards printed in another name , and I did so . The prisoner put several questions tending to damage the character of this -witness , but without effect . Mr . Candle Clarke , solicitor , & £ Norwich , proved several documents in the writing of Mr ..-Jenny . ¦ Mr . J . Carver , solicitor of Norfolk , proved the signature of his late father to several deeds proluced .
Mr . w . P . Nichols , BHrgeon , deposed that he was in attendance on Mrs . Jermy , and that aha was in such a state that she could not appear . The PuisoNun objected to the case proceeding without an opportunity being given to him of coming ^ at Mrs . Jermy ' s depositions , and also if it was not proved that Mrs , JqrniT might OQt beabie to attend hereafter . The Judge : If the pri * o , ner says there in most important evidence which onn be , and is not produced , . we may be obliged to postpone the trial . PmsONEn : Lot Mrs . Jermy' 1 depositions be read-¦ -It is quite clear , by the act / that I am rightv
Untitled Article
After some further remarks it was decided that the matter should stand over till the morning , m order-thatlhe prisoner : mightrconBult : ^ ritfchi 9 _ -8 Or licitor as to whether he would require Mrs , Jenny ' s depositions to be read or not . The leases between Rush and Mr . Jermy were then read . Mr . Austin , an officer of the Bankruptcy Court in London , produced a fiat of bankruptcy , dated the 8 th of May , 1848 , against the prisoner , on his own petition , Mr . Jermy , it appeared , was oxamined before tho ; kssignoes .-rThe prisoner asked if the pa ' pers ' p ' roduced contained an affidavit of debt to tho amount of £ 200 to . his mother ; to which the
witness replied that they did .. The following letters and documents wero then put in : —A letter April 28 , 1848 , addressed by the prisoner to his son ; a letter dated September 27 , 1848 , signed < ' R . Reid , " and addressed to the prisoner ; tho agreement signed by Jermy and Larner in London , ; Ootober 3 , 1848 ; another agreement dated October 10 ; an agreement dated November 21 , 184 $ ; a letter addressed to'the " prisoner , signed "R . Reid , " and dated October 14 , 1848 ; a notice of protest by the prisoner , dated October 23 , 1848 , against -the legality of a distress ; a similar document , dated , October 26 , 1848 , and the pamphlet written , by the prisoner .
, This was the case for the Crown . . The prisoner said , I hope , my lord , you will not press me to proceed with my defence to-night?—The Judgoi . Do . you thinlt you cannot do so with justice to yourself ?—The prisoner : I fool that I cannot do so at this late period of the day . —The Judge : Then I won't press it . Accordingly at twenty minutes to six o ' clock tho Court adjourned .
' Tuesday , Armt 3 rd . RUSH ' S DEFENCE . Before the reporters were admitted this morning , the governor , Mr . Pinson , called them together , and expressed a hope that they would keep their penknives , or anything which might be made available H 3 a weaponj out of the . reach of Rush , stating that , ho did not ask this without reason . Wo undorBtand that , during the night the prisoner became exceedingly violent and vowed revenge against the witnesses who had given evidence against him . It was , therefore , feared that he might lay violent hands upon his own life , if the means were placed within his , power , or attack any one within his reach . In consequence of the threats used , and the apparently ungovernable rage which had ., taken possession of the Dvisorier , the spikes round tho dock were covered ,
somo time hofore the meeting of the court , witft long andstout piecesof wood . The conduct of Rush during the nig ht was ferocious in the extreme , and more ' : like that of a demon than a human being . — These revelations caused the greatest excitement in the court which was again crowded . Mr . Baron ' Rolfe took his seat at a quarter to nine o ' clook . The jury assembled shortly before . Before the prisoner was'brought in , Archibald Macdonald , who was arrested last night for calling out to the jury on leaving their omnibus , "Gentlemen , I hope you will be , merciful to Mr . Rush , " was discharged by the judge ; . Rush shortly after entered the dock . ITaving carefully arranged his papers , he applied to be permitted to put a few questions to Howe .
Mr . Baron Rolfe , said he did not know whether he ought to allow it , because the evidence was altogether irrelevant—whether innocent or guilty ho did not believe it could affect him , however , it was Rusk said ; he only wished to ask two or three questions . . . ; Howe was called and examined by Rush—Was in the habit Of frequenting the Wheatsheaf , in London . Knoir persons in tho habit of going there of the name of Durrani and Hythe . Had spoken- to the former about the murder . Never said he would go to Norwich and give evidence if his expenses were paid , in order that he might have a lark with his friends in Norwich . Did not ' say ho would give evidence on
either side for £ 20 . lie had said he had been out on the " Bpree" with tho prisoner , which was the case , and that ho had said he " was ¦ a jolly good felloW The PiuaoxEit then said—My lord and gentlemen of the jury , lam now about to ' submit to you my defence on ' one of the most awful and important charges I have ever heard brought a ' gainsfc any one in this country ; and , in doing so , I earnestly beg of God Almighty to support me in undertaking a matter of such great responsibility , and I beg of him to prepare me to conduct my defence in a manner consistent with truth , and that he may afford me his guidance in defending myself against this most horrid charge which has been so unjustly brought against mo . I am quite aware of the inconvenience
arising from admissions made during the cross-examination of the principal witness , and also of somo of tha others ; but as she ( Emily Sandford ) has done such grievous wrong , to herselfin departing from the truth , I have fully made up my mind to abide by the truth in time to come . I have made some inconvenient admissions , although I was directed by my solicitor not to admit anything but tho truth against" me . I hope and trust in God , gentlemen , tnat you will make use of such evidence against me as they may be necessary to attain the ends of justice . And although you may find that I had knowledge of something serious happening at Stanfield Hall , ' I say at once that I am innocent of the horrid charge mado against me . On the 18 th of January last
he wrote a letter for the information of his solicitors , giving them information as to how he had come to the knowledge that something serious had taken place at Stanfield Hall on tho night of the murder . By the way , ho had every reason to think that , oniaccount of the way that Jermy and himself had beeu living , for the last eighteen months , he should be suspected of the murder . [ Here the prisoner became confused , and paused for about a minute . ] ' My lord , ho continued , I must bog your indulgence for some time . I request you to be so kind as to allow mo somo titno . Tho evidence is so materially altered , that I have not had time to correct it , -, I hope you will allow me a little time to look into these little things . [ The prisoner again
paused for a considerable time ] It is a most important situation ; it is an awful thing to stand in the position I do . [ Another pause . ] I must beg your indulgence for a few minutes' time . I request you to be so kind as to use your authority and experience in allowing this . This is what I thought to put before you , but I cannot go on . [ The prisoner seemed to be much affected . ] He then complained that tho magistrates would not permit any communication to take place between him and his solicitors , , except / those communications passed through the hands of the governor ot the Castle . Ife had written to Sir George Grey , and according to the answer sent down he was only allowed to copy such papers as the solicitor might bring ; and
the same pr ivilege was allowed the solicitor with respect to him ( Rush ) . This restriction rendered the conduct of his case quite impracticable . In the first instance he drew out a case to be submitted to counsel . His solicitor was allowed to copy fortytwo sheets of depositions , with his private remarks , and ho had to get copied thirty-four sheets more from the solicitor , which cost him £ 5 10 s . Ho also was desirous , as executor for his children , to give the instructions which wore necessary on their behalf , and that without going to the expense of having another person to write them . His children , he thought , would have quite enough to pay for , owing to the expenses of witnesses , subpoenas , and solicitors , without the unceasing outlay incurred in
consequence of the restraints which wero imposed on him in the management of their affairs . He hoped the gentlemen ot the jury would bear in mind the hardship he had to endure , in being obliged to conduct his own . case in opposition to throe gentlemen of great talent , assisted by two solicitors . They would also boar in mind the way in which the examination was conducted before the magistrates . Tho reporters of the newspapers wore excluded , and the public mind was prejudiced against him . It was also both unlawful and unconstitutional to take the depositions without allowing him to be present . This was a cruel piece of injustice towards him ; and he hoped the co \ irt would allow him all the latitude it could in "the examination' of the witnesses
which ho intended to call . He would now read a letter which had been written for a considerable time for the instruction of a lawyer in London , but which he could not forward , because he did not wish to have it inspected by the governor of the Castle . The letter began as follows : — " A person who is known to me by the name of Joe told me on the 4 th of November that d lawyer would corao to Potash , and speak to me on Friday night , at eight o'clock , relative to the estate of Stanfield-hall . The lawyer wished , to hear from mo what I thought about it . I told him I would let him know , but to bo .. sure . not to come to the house ; for if ho did , I should be sure to be suspected , from the way Mr . Jermy and I had been living for . the last eighteen months . I . said to him , if you come to the garden in the front of the house I will speak to you . I went out that night , and had a look about the plantation , to , see if there were anypoachere stirring about . ]
was m the orchard , and met the lawyer , who asked me what I thought of my undertaking ? I told him I thought it a- dangerous one , and particularly if it were attempted with violence , and without plenty of help ; , and even then I did not think it would succeed . He said that he and the others thought differently ; and had made up their minds to prepare that night , and see what could be done . I aa'd 'You will do something- that' you will iV pent of , the ™ . as I . aid when . I was there before and took possession . '" The jud « o here requested the prisoner to raise his ° voice The Prisoner reading the . letter : « Ho said non-JhfLrUlT haVe tricd t 0 h ^ o broken ™\ mP + S ^' v $ * " « *»<* ™< ione forthem . I iTaid 'fc n ° fc /' not ^ fere with t hem . S , ? r u ou S to know best , but I think diffe-™ S u , i ? aid , ' I don > t fear tf one or two are completely Turned . Joe 8 ay 8 . ean manage them . all « fn 1 rvft ^™ ' fcept from-ptting the -alarm , all witt be right . ' I said , ' Wait till tfio morning
Untitled Article
when others will be there to assist them . He then said , ' It is getting near the time that we are to jneel ; : TC ! l * IL yCi' ^ tJJS uojar us-t " he _ way . across , the lands to the hall . ' Joe said , ' There iras no occasion for that . He knew the way . He had been across the fields since Jlichaelmas . '—The Judge : What day are you speaking of ?—Prisoner : Friday , my lord . ( He continued reading tho letter . ) He ' went down the loke on the way to tho hall , and I followed them for some distance . I wont as far as the fence to see what they were after , and if they made any attempt . I waited two hours , and then got back to Potash , when it was near eleven o ' clock . I never heard more of them till Joe came back and asked
me if I would allow them in at the farm . He said , . ' If I once get Jermy ' s people out , and plenty of hel p from tho men at Potash , the thing will be settled in half an hour ! ' I told him I would not assist them ; and it was one reason why I was then at Potash , that I might induce my son not to join them and get into trouble , as so many did before . He said , ' If you do not assist me , we have" wholly made up our minds to do so without help either that evening or the nest morning . The majority thought it best to make the attempt in the morning , because they would hare at least five times the quantity of assistance that they would have in the evening . But six or seven more , besides the lawyer , thought it better to come in the evening ; others thought , there
would be" seventy or eighty to assist in taking possession in the morning , and not half the hubbub made in getting possession . ' AH I said was , 'You know best ; were they not there , ' said I , ' on Friday , as you expected ? ' ' Yes , ' said he , ' but there were people , walking about on the lawn , and I was afraid to bo' discovered . We had wholly mado up our minds what to do , but we were obliged to go hack , after waiting three hours . ' I said , 'I think your coming in tho night ia not wise , and I hope you will find it out before it is too late . ' He said , ' If you come in the evening the lawyer will find how to proceed . ' I said , ' Ihad rather hear nothing of it . If you attempt to do anything to night , I shall hear 7
how you get on in the morning . ' He had thought a great deal about it during tae night , and he had a sort of presentiment that all would not be well ; but he did not think that anything serious would take place . He left Potash the night of the murder ; he did not leave till eight or nearly half-past eight ; and he thought he would be able to prove that such was the fact . He went after poachers and he even had some thoughts of going to the Hall ; but . he made up his mind not to go on . . He walked round Mr . Jermy ' s plantation , and when he got to the fence he stayed there five minutes , and he thought he would go back again , as he felt very unwell . He heard tho report , of a gun or a pistol in a
direction from the Hall ; he soon after heard two more , but not so loud . He was struck with amazement , as they always said if they took firearms it should only be for the purpose of intimidation , but not to load them . He heard the bell at the Hall ring violently , and ho then got back to Potash as quick as he could . He went through the garden into the house . He had seen the lawyer of the parties twice —once at Norwich , and once at Potash . ( The prisoner then entered upon an involved commentary on the evidence . ) Gentlemen , he continued , the happiness of my dear young children depends upon the issue of this trial . God knows I am innocent . I have nothin ? on my mind ; and 1 defy the
prosecution , notwithstanding all the skill of the learned counsel for the prosecution , to prove one atom of important evidence against me , notwithstanding all the evidence they have called , Gentlemen , before I have done , I shall show you that I am utterly innocent of this crime , and I trust God Almighty will give me strength to support me to the end of this investigation . As true as he was standing in that dock , he should show that his suspicions wero well founded , and he had no fear of the result , and he hoped God Almighty would give them the means of seeing the case in its true light , anil that he was innocent . He should give satisfactory reasons why he went out , and , in short , he should show
them that he knew no more about the murders than any of them . He did not at any time shoot much , but it so happened at the time of the murder lie did shoot a good deal . There was one important witness , an honest fellow , whom they dared not call . They had threatened him with the prison ; but lie should call him . The evidence with respect to the boots was as gross a piece of evidence as could be produced ; he should show it in a different light . Then , with respect to the straw which was littered along- the soft soil , it had been there since the harvest , and was the track the pigs toolc to the fields . The prisoner then contended that Mrs . Jermy ' s evidence was most important to him . ; and he trusted to Almighty God , whose eye was upon
him , to show how important that evidence w , as to him . The jury should hear Mrs . Jenny ' s deposition , and God Almighty knew it would be of the greatest use to him ; and prove that many of the other witnesses had committed perjury . [ The prisoner stopped for some minutes , as though deeply affected . ] lie would have that evidence , in spite oi what the learned judge , or the counsel for the prosecution said to the contrary . [ He made this remark with much vehemence . ] Then addressing the judge , he said , " Mv lord , when shall I commence
calling these witnesses ? --Tho Judge : Of course you must concludo all you have to say before you call any witnesses . —The Prisoner : I did not know that , my lord . I will go on . He hoped the jury had paid great attention to his depositions before the coroner , and adverted to "Watson's description of the murderer , given before the magistrates , and declared his impression to be , that it was all forced from the poor fellow , ne believed Watson to bo aa honest man , and that ho was compelled , from certain reasons , to contradict his original evidence , and to state that which he did not believe to l > o
truth . ( Sensation . ) He hoped the jury had ; mado themselves acquainted with that hall in which the murder was committid ; and if they had and would compare the depositions of the witnesses with their evidence before the court , they would at once wo that that evidence was not founded in truth . Watson says , the man was five or six feet from the p antry-door when he saw him . Ho was walking fast m the direction of the pantry door . He called upon them to bear in mind , if Watson went out directly he heard the report , and if any time intervened between the first and second shots , some one or other of Watson ' s statements must be untrue . He thought thev would think that Watson was not in the hall
at all when tho transaction took place , and that this was the reason why tlie party who could have «» lven tho best evidence , and would have established his innocence , was kept back . He believed that vrhai was described as the banging to of that hall door , and which occasioned so much noise , wns nothing " more or less than the second report . Watson , said , the man passed him quickly : that statement as compared with his statement before the magistrates , wiis a barefaced perjury he brings in here Road's edition of the affair , " and says the man had on a dark cloak with a cape to it . The fact was , and there was no disguising it , that these false statements had been put into his mind , by persons who
wished to do him ( Rush ) an injury . Watson says , " I did not speak to the man , but I believe he must have seen nic . " Must have seen him , indeed ' What an expression to use ! How ceuld the man , if Watson ' s previous statement wastruo , have failed to see him ? Is it not a falsehood from beginning to eml ? To bo sure it is , gentlemen : it is popped in accidentally , tho witness having been tampered wicli ; and all the evidence goes for nothing , lie then adverted to Blanchflower ' s evidence , which was of the most important character to him . And , said the prisoner , I tell his lordship that if he has read that evidence , he ought to have insisted upon her being called . I don't cave what his lordship savs about
the matter , or what the counsel for tho proscciuton say about it , I say , if his lordship has paid any attention to the evidence at all , he ought to have liad il in court . It is a monstrous injustice to . me that it was not produced . Then as to the evidence of Mai ' garet Read , all tho . evidence she had g iven \«' false—utterly , wholly false . [ The prisoner nww this remark with extraordinary vehemence . ] Tll ° prisoner continued , at great length , to remark 1 " the evidence of Watson and Read , repeating his k' - licf that lleid did not see any man in the passa © ' . and that no man passed Watson . It was impossibU ; he said , that Read , codd-have been thoiv . It s ™ had been , Blanehflower must have seen her , &
they would find when her evidence was brpug" * before them . Now , with regard to the cloak ; it »"'" only justice thatho shouldhave that cloak put on i '" - —The Judge : I will have that done if you ^ » ' ^ and you are warranted in asking it to be uonp- "' The prisoner continued : What would the P * * think , after her seeing me with the cloak on , ot i « evidence about the cloak not reaching ^ f , nL of the man whom she says she saw in the hall . garments I had on that ni g ht I have had on " quently . Emily Sandford knew this rcr . > - * £ ' , u I would take my oath , if I was dying , that snH ^ Cann or some one else how I used to go out . uru of nights . I will prove that she has told W ™ - " j about it ; and they then brought forwnrJ »>* ^ denco airainst , m « . Thov Tint , the evidence Viiv —mrj £ —
O -- w v II fit Tl" * mouths of witnesses , and then , in a most « " » vC , manner make it appear that it was their o ^ luntary testimony . It is a most provid ential i ^ that the dress 1 had on that ni g ht has not , ^ - ^ their searching , been found . I have th " . ^ ( | , jj safe keeping , and I have given instruct o » ^ morning to havo that dross produce d , aj & 1 II 1 ; . put it on . I have no animosity against ittal ' jitfeford , and her evidence would have been T frl - > recf rent had she been left to herself , and not " , liar r «; ls with so improperly . After alluding to , ' viJt Micc with tho Jermys , he again adverted to tue rg ; , ) » of Read , re-asserting its falsehood , and •* , lt , that all ho wanted was to have the tacts » j truth , which should come out before ho "aU « hrf God gave him health aud strength . * , „ .-gjagf / statement that Miss ¦ Jermy ran down tiey ., $$ ho asked why was not Miss Jermy c » iw « ¦ * would have spoken the truth , and wonld . W * ^ U a most important -witness for me . - " / , jj 8 u »<* a poor bov , not- so old as Miss Jermy J > lu
Untitled Article
1 ™ -vr err A T > APBIL 7 , 1849 . f R the TioTiTnri rgj ^; *_ ,,
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), April 7, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1517/page/6/
-