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    eel rcxed when I desired you to tell Mrs . Stacey bat I was going to marry a rich widow ?—Witness No ; I looked upon it as a joke , and laughed . You told mc I should wear weeds , and I replied that as soon as ever I did so , I should marry again . I wrote to you from Mrs . Staccy's on the subject of the agreement with Mr . Jenny , which I signed falsely , and vou 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 hVnds of James or Mary or anyone else for the world . I went to mv bedroom , and after I had

    been there for some time you came and said that Mrs . Stacev would hear mc crying so , and that I had better go to the sitting-room . Tou also said , " We must make it up . and think no more about it . " I gave up a copy of my letter when you inquired for it . The paper now produced is one of the three copied by me at Potash . —Prisoner : Will vou swear you signed that paper in my presence i —Witness : I am sure I did , while you were standin" by my side . —Emilv Sandford here retired for a short time in order to attend to the wants of her infant and to take some refreshment , and the Court directed another witness to bo examined in the

    interval . Mr . Babox Roue here put in a letter which he had received that morning , a copy of which it stated ir as sent to the prisoner . Mr . Pinson handed a letter to Rush , which he read without making any observation . Mr . Pixsos , governor of Norwich Gaol , examined : I was present at the cross-examination of Emily Sandford , on the 14 th of December . Heard tho 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'brandonit , " I received the letter ( produced ) from the prisoner after that ( the letter addressed to Emily Sandford ) . He 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 .

    Hoses Holmes examined by Mr . Evans : Was kitchen-maid at Stanficld 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 Harrey , Todd , Howes , and a young man named Leach . Clarke , another -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 p istol . Was looking from the house at the time . Did not see anything- Went on towards Ketteringham-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 by the bleach-way and the stables , and through the back door . When she got in she heard Chestney calk 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 was like a person walking past the kitchen windo w . Looked out to see what it was , but could not see any one . Two days before the murder , as witness and Eliza Chestney were at the outside door , about eight o clock , they observed a light moving across the lawn , and a figure , which appeared like that ofa man with a cloak on Mm , going towards Wymondham-gate . He was about 100 yards away . About a week before that saw a light on the lawn also , but no figure ofa man . Eliza Chestney was with her at the time . The night was very dark . The li ght was lost at the lodge-gate . —Cross-examined : When she went out on theSSth of November she left the

    cook and Chestney in the servants' hall . Clarke told her there wore persons waiting outside . Hone 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 vrent away when they heard the report of the gun . Witness steod 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 bang very 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 twentj * 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 ox 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 hour 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 li ght in the passage that night which leads to the butler ' s pantry . After the first shot saw no one pass 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 very faint and witness made her some

    tea . She asked how Mrs . Jermy and the maid were . Said it was a dreadful thing . " Asked witness if prisoner had been there that day ( 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 . Rc-cxamined : 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 bell ring . Heard three reports and the banging of the door . There was no interval between the two last reports . Johx STAXLEr examined : Was at Stanfield Hall

    on 2 t > th November , at nine o clock . The paper produced was given 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 ^ lark that he could not hav e seen any one on his way . It was a dark blustering night . Went from the bridge to the stable yard . Was the first person from Wymondham . About five minutes after his arrival saw Mr . Jermy , sen ., lying dead in the porch . Watson told him * he foundthe paper in the passage leading to the servants' hall . Was not more

    than seven or eight minutes going to the Hall . Knew the time , because he was with Mr . Candle Clarke , at half-past ei ght , 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 Wymondham , had been acting as clerk for three or four years to the prisoner , when he was an auctioneer and valuer at that place . Had often seen him write , and had Copied papers after him . Believed the letters sent through Mr . Pinson to Mr . Cann , another dated

    2 Sth of April , 184 S , ( not yet put in ); another 2 nd of October , ISiS , to Mr . Heed ; a notice of the 29 th nf October 1848 , signed " Jermy , Jermy , " and relating to Fclmingnam farm ; three notices—li $ rc \ of October , 1 S 4 S , 2 ( 5 th of October , 184 S , blank day of October , 1 S 4 S , ( signatures only ) , two papers produced by Emily Sandford ( signatures ) , and the notices found in the Hall , to be in the hand writing of Mi-. Hush . The last were not in his usual hand " —Cross-examined : His reasons for thinking so were oh account of certain letters in them—letters in some words . The witness pointed out those letters ¦ which he thought bore the most evident mams of being written by the prisoner , and was subjected to a severe ordeal by the latter , who , 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 latter those letters which , were best known to him , and most like the letters he 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 eaw gome 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 . Gerhard , bookseller and stationer , of Norwich , deposed that the prisoner had occasionally dealt at his shop . In 1844 made up sets of

    mercantile account books , of five books , three lar ^ e and two Email . ( Produced a set of those books . ) ° The three were ledger , post ledger , and daybook . The daybook had no flyleaf . The marble covers were « enerally 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 faint tracing in the covers . The Books found in Potash-farm ( produced ) were ofa similar description to those or which he has just spoken , though covered with a different pater a of marble paper . The covers produced ( those on which

    the notices left in the hall were written ) were also of tte same kind as the covers o the books of £ i < Z ° spokc " 0 n eMmimng the covers he found Ibere was a space on which there might have fe ^" ^ * £ ^ 0 tt the b ° <* sle sold . It had been rubbed off ; but on measuring the space hefound it was of the same size as thos ! labels ho put on his books . . . Had no douft ihj two covere fonndin the Ikllluid formMpart rf £ 2 LEE Believed them to have formed the covers of one of theseijof books made by him , and believed that to have been the day book . His reason was the existence of those iiiarks . —Cross-exainined by the prisoner * Had made 100 sets of ( hose , hooks , in . 1844 . Some years before that had mad & . anpthe ? get with the

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    labels ofa larger size , but similar in other respects . Had onlv twelve sets of the 100 remaining ; had found the lines alluded to in all the daybooks he had examined . Did not know whether pnsoner had always hadinvorces of goodsafc his shop ; he had had an account extending over several years . —Prisoner ( having one of the books in his hands ) : How did you find out that the size of the labels and of the space on the covers . corresponded ?—By bending down one of the covers of my own book over the space , and comparing the label with the space . — The prisoner here insisted that witness should cut a niece of paper the size ofa label .

    Mr . S . Bioxold , Mayor of Norwich : Knew the late Mr . Jenny , and was well acquainted with his handwriting . The documents produced ( tho pretended agreements between Mr . Jermy and the prisoneras to the Potash Farm ) were not in Mr . Jcrmy ' s handwriting . — Cross-examined by the prisoner : Had not seen the papers produced before he saw them at the Castle . Had never at any tbne said they were written by Mr . Jermy . Thought so because of the characters of the writing . In one

    particularly , the "J used by Mr . Jcrmy . —To the Court : There is the appearance of tracing under some of the writing in one of the agreements . Mr . C . 4 XM . E Clarke produced a deed executed b y the late Mr . Jermy , reciting two former mortgages on Potash Farm , and acting forth the advance of another sum of money up to the 30 th of November , 1848 , on Potash , at four per cent . Margaret Doe proved her signature as attesting witness to the deed , as well as the signature of the prisoner and of the late Mr . Jermy .

    The prisoner was allowed to examine the deed and compare the signatures . Miss Emily Sandford was then recalled , and her cross-examination by the prisoner resumed . She said , J cannot swear I ever saw you sign a paper in which Mr . Jcrmy ' s signature appeared , I am not aware that I have imitated other people ' s writing before you , but lean write different hands if I like . I have at present a squaro box and the name " George Preston" on it , which you gave me at Mrs . Stacy ' s to take care of . I have liadno money g iven me since I lived with you . —Prisoner : Did I not give you money a short time before the murder f and did you consider it as lent or g iven ?—Witness : You gave me £ o . I also bought a bed in London

    with vour money . These 1 considered presents from you . ( The receipt for the price of the bed was put in " evidence . ) When you were in London you passed as my uncle . —Prisoner : Do you not know I had no money of my own , and that the bills 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 for mo , 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 o f 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 perfectl y firm , and having impressed the whole Court with a strong sense of the propriety with which she had conducted herself in the witness-box . Mr . James Boiighex 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 wall . —Cross-examined by the prisoner : In stating the hour I was at Stanfield Hall , I am not guided by railway but by Wymondham time , hiving come thence in a fly with three others . —The 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 said—I remember the 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 prisouer did not pav for . —Cross-examined by the p risoner : I was paid 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 ni g ht . Reed came to mc and mentioned what had happened . I saw no strangers about my cottage that night .

    Elizabeth CoorER , living at East Carlton , said—I remember the day of tho murder at Stanficld Hall , and was at the lodge entrance on that day . I was leaving , but had not 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 . Jenny 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 time . 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 . Baileyat the same time . You were not with her , nor did I sec you speak to 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 . Colsox , keeper of the toll-gate at Cringleford , between Wymondham and Potash Farm , said , Mr . Hush 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 throe and five , in the dusk of tho 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 cveninsr .

    Jonx Chaplin , the gatekeeper on the railroad at the Wymondham crossing , which is on the road lrom Stanfield to Norwich , said , I saw Mr . Rush on the 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 1 S 47 . —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 fi g hting man came in . Mr . Rush asked who he was . and his name was mentioned as Samuel

    Simmonds . Mr . Hush 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 . " Yery 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 . Jcrmy , " It 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 . Hush , and though his expressions in respect to Mi-. Jermy on these occasions were unfriendly , they were not violent . —The Judge : Do you wish the cross-examination to be put off ?—Prisoner : Certainly , my lord . —The Judge : I should have thought there would be no cross-examination at all .

    Alfred Barseller , clerk at tho Wymondham railway station , said , he had received from Mr . Rush several pamphlets to be given to different parties , but he had none himself . James SKirrER 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 ni ght 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 ground that were dirty . ~ -Mr . Prcndergast : 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 <; oin <» on

    Xou 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 . Prcndergast : Was there amuse for that path then?—Witnefs : No ; not that I know of . —Mr . Prcndergast : Where did it lead to ? —Witness : To Mr . Jenn y ' s Hall . It was a path there for no one else but those who lived at Potash . William Coleman , pclice-constable , examined On the morning after the murder went from Stanfield Hall across the fields to Potash . Found a quantity of straw laid on the path leading up to the fields from Potash . There was no straw till tho

    grass ended . I compared the time between the clocks at ihe latter place and at tho former , and I found a quarter of an hour ' s difference between them . The latter were the faster . —Cross-examined : No one was with him when he did so . —The prisoner put a great many questions as to , the , state and position of the straw , which ended in nothing . —Rc-examincd : I took a quarter of an hour to walk from the Hall to the farm . My watch was five minutes i b n wF * and a 8 reed wita the Stanfield Hall ci . ocK . When I got to it it was ten minutes after nine by my watch . The Potash clock was a quarts past nice , —The Jud ge ; What do you mean by

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    stating there was a quarter of an hour between the clocks ?—Witness : There was just a quarter ofhour between them . ( A laug h . )~ -The Judge : You say when you arrived at Potash your watch was ten 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 is not possible to rel y upon your evidence . I don't think you mean to deceive , but you are so confused you don ' t know what to say . J . Colville deposed , that he met in September last , . the prisoner going from Stanficld 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 you r defence . The prisoner said he would be quit « ready , and was removed to gaol . Monday , April 2 . . The Court satagamto-day at nine o ' clock . —Rush looked somewhat paler and more fatigued to-day , and his head appears to have acquired a very slight paralytictromor , buthismannerthroughout 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 irith respect to a witness . He had laid the letter oefore the counsel for the prosecution , and he now ordered that it should be shown to the prisoner . The prisoner having read the letter said , I hope , my lord , you will postpone my cross-examination of Howe for a short time . I have had another important letter put into my hands with regard to him . George Pont , county policeman , said , on Tuesday , 28 th of November , I was sent for to Stanfield Hall , and saw the bodies of both the Messrs . Jermy before 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 , . 1 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 my prisoner , on suspicion of having murdered the two Mr . 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 searched him and found three small keys , which are now produced . I also found half a sovereign , 13 s . Cd . m silver , fourteen keys of different sizes , a pocket book , containing a check , dated 25 th of November , 1848 , by a man named Gambler , in favour of the prisoner , for £ 49 10 s . Mr . Sergeant Biles read the following extracts from tho pocket-book : — " ' 20 Sept ., 1818 . —Potash interest due . ' * Principal due 30 Nov ., 1848 / ' Friday , October 27 . —Called on Jcrmy . He has found out I am in earnest at last . ' Nov . 21 st , Tuesday . —With the Recorder in the morning , agreed to see

    him in the 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 maysce it now . ( The pocket-book was handed up . )—Witness , —I went with the prisoner to his 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 . George Thompson , police-constable , identified the guns as having been in his poesession . 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 Pont 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 p istols . " He replied , " I used to have , but I have none now , " I went with the prisoner to the Wymondham Bridewell , starting about seven o'clock in the morning . As we went along the prisoner said , " Is there any one susnected besides me ? " and I answered , "I don't

    know . " He said I have been on much bettor terms of late with the old gentleman than I used to be . The voung 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 the young man was inthe room . The old gentleman then told the young one to leave ; and he answered , " I think I have a right to remain . "— Mr . Prcndergast ; What more 1 — Witness : He said he had called at the lodge—but did not mention when — to ascertain if the young Mr . Jermy was at home , as he thought tic was at Norwich at the concert ; finding him at home he did not go . Had he gone he would have got there by eight o clock , as that was his usual time to get there . If he had , probably this

    occurrence would not have taken place . He repeated that he was sorry for them . On Wednesday evening I examined the clocks at Potash . and Stanfield-Hall by my own watch j that at Potash was faster by a quarter of an hour . From the time that I apprehended the prisoner till he was committed to Bridewell 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 , "No 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 wet 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 tho distance from Stanfield Hall to Potash yesterday across the fields , and it took mc 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 . I was not in 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 J" 0 U there were two guns there ? — Witness : Yes , and that they 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 looks had been broken . I don ' t recollect any papers lymg 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 ten 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 mc if 1 did not recollect one of the police saying it was about eight o ' clock when the 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 . —( Tho 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 he tween thcu- evidence and the depositions was very slight . ) J

    John Mortar , of tho count y police force , said that w nen told that the two Messrs . Jermy wore killed and that he was 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 he understood it had taken place about eight o ' clock . I immediately said . From whom did you hear that , as you arc SLir- rf ? ? J ? ! , named any time in this house ? LTo replied that he had heard one of the policemen say so ; but no one had made such a ft

    t ^ t } f in T 7 *™ m . though I was with him up to that time from the moment of his arrest He also observed that he would havejbecn there about the time the murder happened unless he had been told that young Jermy was at home . Youn * Jermy was a great enemy of his , but the old centk ? man 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 Potash , and on the way to Bridewell . Thomas Osborne , policeman at Norwich , said

    tuat before breakfast , on tho morning after the wKM- P ? onei : £ d Wm which was the man tw ™ hlm when *? ° , aff Ir ha PPened . He replied At wSr ? ^ * T $ l 'K £ been lnhdc ^ wn "tain , to her « f „ fc Wlth E '"^ Sandford , tho prisoner said that frllol ^ i , CUSed u f murdeving Jc It is KSaviSn cP arke Wh 2 r done ' > but you and SSR ^^^ ffi ^ - S ^^ S ^^^ o ^ fr w »^ Sxjo » i SWffiS ? SI

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    said you were away a quarter of an hour . " The prisoner replied , " I was not away more than ten minutes , and vou know I had my slip-shoes on . " She said , " I don ' t know that you had : I did not see you put your boots on . " ' He said , " Ihave no doubt I shall be suspected , because we have lived on such bad terms . Of late the old ' un and I have ^ . better friends , but the son is " > y biteH ^ He repeated , -lam sure some ^^ eveli tS when the affair happened , 'V « y » J 2 £ Umes asked for his cloak to P ^ hSriEiKSS by the V ^^^^ ^^ J ^ ^ Z GZfi io 7 e ?™ noUspected , it ' s ' rather a HuBBEnsTV Mpcr ^ tendont of county po-? 1 T ¦ i T 3 farmhouse on the 1 st of hcosaid 1 at i * f

    v « . ™ s : p , : was o » - , , , . .. ft December nomt ol prisoner ' s bedroom , and o 7 d ^ her : t ^^ sw ^ rw ^^ s- ^ Sber wig with long hair , a woman ' s front and a S iTng cap . When the prisoner put it on before Kh-ai . Chestney he asked mc to assist him , and I said , "No , put it on yourself . " He said nothing about its belonging to him . He also put on a cloak at the same timo . -Cross-exammed by the prisoner : Shortly after I went to Potash on Friday , I found Emily Sandford sitting alone in a room , and said to her •« Did you speak the truth yesterday ? She burst into tears and said , " No . " None of those

    who were with me said anything to her . I then drew up a written statement of what she said . It was not signed by her ; and I gave it to Mr . Cann . Arrangements were then made for examining her a second time at the Castle . ( Several irrelevant questions were also put to this witness , when the Judge said , " I have been exceedingly reluctant indeed to stop you , but nine-tenths of the questions you ask are irregular . " ) When witness got m there were several p apers ly ing on the table ; no one but Mr . John Cann and Miss Sandford were there at the time . When the closet was opened the first thing found was a cash box ; Mr . Cann tried to open it with several keys . The papers were found next . The box was taken away when the parties left , but he could not say if tho papers were removed also . Samuel Savory , labourer , of Wymondham , deposed , that he knew the prisoner twelve years ; recollected the niffht of tho murder : saw the prisoner

    that day between Wymondham lodge , and Mr . Coleman ' s going toward Wymondham , about five o ' clock . It was getting dark _ Wjmjam Baco * - deposed—He was a shernrs officer , and was emploved to distrain on the prisoner , in October , ' 47 , at Potash , by the late Mr . Jermy . Remembered tho prisoner saying on tho 18 th of October , something about Mr . Jermy and Mr . Clarke . He said , "He would do for them on the first opportunity . " Cross-examined . —Had never mentioned the threat to Mr . Clarke , or to any one , till the morning after the occurrence of the 28 th ( the murder ) , when he spoke about it at Attlcborough . The police came to him in consequence of what he said . , Robert Martin , bailiff at Norwich , was employed to distrain on the prisoner at Folmingham , on October 131847 .

    , Richard Reed , lived at Thames-street , London . Knew John Lamer . Was introduced by him to Rush , in March , 1847 . Had had some papers belonging 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 the prisoner , dated 21 st of May , 1848 , stating that he had unexpectedly got a will of the Rev . Mr . Preston , and asking for an

    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 Roed , Lamer , 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 , was 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 sf . V o ' clock . Thomas Jermy and John lamer arrived after he came . Emily Sandford was there when witness arrived , but was called out and left

    the room , There was an agreement on the table , and after it had heen read Rush said , that'that was 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 Lamer . Emily Sandford was called in to witness the 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 tho time it was said . Prisoner said he would require Jermy and Lamer 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 served with an ejectment on the 12 th ot October . Jermy 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 the 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 tho agreement which hound Jermy and Larner to

    give prisoner a lease of the farm , & c . Went over with prisoner on the 11 th to Stanfield Hall , and tendered the rent to Mr , Jermy . ( Identified » copy of the agreement made by him at the time , and also a notice to Mr . Jcrmy ; that signed by Thomas Jermy , stating that he had entered on possession of the Felmingham estates ) . - Returned to London , and on the 14 th of October Rush called on him , and they went together to Mr . Clowes , the printer . Had a sovereign given him by the prisoner for some notices which the latter directed to be sent to Norwich . Cross-examined : Thought at tho time the prisoner ' s plan was a very good one . Never heard prisoner express any ill-will towards tho lato Mr . Jenny .

    John Labxer was then called and sworn , but neither the council for the Crown nor the prisoner asked him any questions . Thomas-Jkkmy likewise left the witness-box without being required to give evidence on either side . This witness was the Jenny so often referred to during the trial , and co-claimant with Lamer 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-strcet , Greenwich , for tho

    lastseven years . My uncle is chaplain to the Mercers ' Company , and my father is mathematical master at Olflpliiun Grammar School . Was last employed at Mr . Simpson ' s , Bedford square . I was his clerk , and managed his business for him . Was never accused of receiving money there and not accounting for it ? I know somcthins : about an indictment relating to Eliza Kingatc . I went before Mv . Baron Aldersonfor a writ of habeas corpus on the behalf ofa client whose daughter was improperly detained by Kingatc , and in order 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 ofminc—a medical student of tho College of Surgeons—had proposed to send a friend of his , a Mr . 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 . Jardinc , 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 tho part of counsel at judge and jury clubs in London ( after a short pause ) f have occasionally been in such places , and have put on a wig and gown . ( Laughter . ) Have you employed part of your time in teaching boxing ? Never . I never wont by another name . In a joke , a friend of mine requested me to get some cards printed in another name , and I did so . Thonrieoner put several questions tending to damage tho character of this witness , but without effect . Mr . Candle Clarke , solicitor at Norwich , proved several documents in the writing of Mr . Jermy . Mr . J . Carver , solicitor of Norfolk , proved the signature of his late father to several deeds produced .

    Mr . W . P . Nichols , surgeon , deposed that he was in attendance on Mrs . Jcrmy , and that she was m such a state that she could not appear . The Prisoner 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 . Jermy might not be able to attend hereafter . The Judgb : if the prisoner says there is most important evidence which onn be , and is not produced , we may he obliged to postpone the trial . Pkisoker ; Let Mrs . Jermy ' s depositions be read--ft is quite dasr | b y . tie act , that I am ri g ht ,

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    ~ T larks it was decided that After some . further ^ . tiI i morning , in tho matter shoubj ^ j . m yai consult with his soorder that th ^ - ^ wou ld require Mrs . Jenny ' s ^^ . ons to be read or not . ' de rCe leases between Rush and Mr . Jermy were 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 examined before tho assignees . —The prisoner asked it tne papers produced contained an affidavit of debt to tne amount of £ 200 to his mother ; to which the witma > j „„ :. j „; > .

    ness replied that they did . Tho following letters and documents were 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 , October 3 , 1848 ; another agreement dated October 10 ; an agreement , dated November 21 , 1848 ; 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 tho Crown . The prisoner said , I hope , my lord , you will not press me to proceed with my defence to-night?—The Judge : Ho you think you cannot do so with justice to yourself?—The prisoner : I feel 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 the Court adjourned .

    Tuesday , April 3 rd . rush ' s defence . Before the reporters were admitted this morning , tho governor , Mr . Pinson , called them together , and expressed a hope that they would keep their penknives , or anything which might be made available as a weapon , out of the reach of Rush , stating that he did not ask this without reason . Wc understand that during the nig ht 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 p laced 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 prisoner , tho gpikes round the dock were covered , some time before the meeting of the court , with long and stout p ieces of wood . Tho conduct of Rush during tho night was ferocious in the extreme , and more like that of a demon than a human being , — Those revelations caused the greatest excitement in the court which was again crowded . Mr . Baron Rolfe took his seat at a quarter to nine o ' clock . 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 dischargea by the judge . Rush shortly after entered the dock .. Having 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 for the jury to judge . Rush said he only wished to ask two or three questions . ' . ,, „ , w Howe wascalled and examined by Rush—Was m the habit of frequenting the Wheatsheaf , in London . Knew persons in the habit of going there of the name ofDurrant 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 . Hid not say ho would give evidence on either side for £ 20 . He had said he had been out oh the " spree" with tho prisoner , which was the case ,

    and that he liad said he " was a jolly good fellow . The Prisoner 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 over heard brought against any ono 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 fannner 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 mc . I am quite aware of the Inconvenience arising from admissions made during the cross-examination of the principal witness , and also of some

    of the others ; but as she ( Emily Sandford ) has done such g rievous wrong to herself in 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 the truth against me . I hope and trust in God , gentlemen , that j-ou 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 13 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 , he had every reason to think that , on account of the way that Jermy and himself had been living , for the last eighteen months , ho should be suspected of tho murder . [ Here the p risoner became confused , and paused for about a minute . ] My lord , he continued , I must beg your indulg ence for some time . I request you to be so kind as to allow me some time . . The evidence is so materially altered , that I have not had timo 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 indul g ence for a low 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 the magistrates would not permit any communication to take place between him and his solicitors , except those communications passed through the bands of the governor of the Castle . He had written to Sir George Grey , and according to the answer sent down lie was only allowed to copy such papers as the solicitor might bring ; and the same privilege was allowed the solicitor with respect to him ( Rush ) . This restriction rendered the

    conduct of his case quite impracticable . In the first instance ho drew out a case to be submitted to counsel . His solicitor was allowed to copy fortytwo sheets of depositions , with his private remarks , and he had to get copied thirty-four sheets more from the solicitor , which cost him £ 5 10 s . He also was desirous , as exeeutov for his children , to give the instructions which were necessary on their behalf , and that without going to the expense of having another person to write thorn . Ills children , ho 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 , Wore imposed on him in the management of their affairs . He

    hoped the gentlemen of the jury would bear in mind the hardship he had to endure , in being obliged to conduct his own case in opposition to three gentlemen of great talent , assisted by two solicitors . They would also bear in mind the way in which the examination was conducted before the magistrates . The reporters of the newspapers were excluded , and the public mind was prejudiced against him . It was also both unlawful and unconstitutional to take the depositions without allowing him to he present . This was a cruel piece of injustice towards him ; and he hoped the court would allow him all the latitude it could in the . examination of the witnesses which ho . intended to call . Ho would now read a letter which had been written for a considerable time for tho instruction of a lawyer in Londonbut

    , which ho could not forward , because he did not wish to have it inspected by tho governor of tho 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 a lawyer would come to Potash , and speak to me on Friday night , at eight o clock , relative to the estate of Stanfiold-hall . The lawyer wished to hear from me what I thought about it . I told him I Would let him know , but to be sure not to come to the house ; for if ho did , I should be sure to be suspected , from the way Mr . Jcrmy and I had been living for the last eighteen months . I said to him , if you come to the garden in thfront of

    e the house I will speak to you . I went out that night , and had a look about the plantation , to sec if there were anypoachers stirring about . I was in the orchard , and met the lawyer , who asked me what I thought of my undertaking ? I t 0 ld h } I thought it a dangerous one , and particularly if it were attempted with violence , and without pleiitv of help ; and even then I did not think it would succeed . Ho saul that he and the others thought differently ; and had made up their minds to prenare that night , and see what could be done ? I Sd 'lou will do somethin g that vou will ^» pent of , the same as I fc when X w « there

    the doorl £# haTe tried to have broken ^ surotheSnii ' ^ 110 ' undonc f ° -- « - I IsaidHon !? ffl da re 110 t interfere with them . rcntlv' Z ° 5 . ' ° r i now bost but I think diffecoSotolJ J ' I d 6 n , t ft ** if one <* two are Kh e & ^ - J , 6 says h <> can manage them , all wfn w "I ? be ko P t from getting the alarm aU will benght . ' 1 said , ' Wait Till tie mornin "

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    when others will be there to assist them . ' He then said , ' It is getting near the time that we are to meet , when you may show us the way across the lands to the hall . Joes said , ' There was no occasion for that . He knew the way . He had been across the fields since Michaelmas . '—The Judge : What day are yon speaking of ?—Prisoner- . Friday , my lord . ( He continued reading the letter . ) He went down the loke on the way to the hall , and I followed them for some distance . I went 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 , ~ Y »> n nfVif > rK will lift ihore in nqaisf llmm > TT „ a \

    mc if I would allow them m at the farm . He said , ' If I once get Jermy ' s people out , and plentv of help frojn the 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 got into trouble , as so many did before . Ho said , ' If you do not assist me , we have wholly made up our minds to do so without hel p either that evening or the next morning . The majority thought it best to make the attempt in the morning , because they would have at least five times the quantity of assistance that they would have in the evening . But six or seven more , besides the lawyer , thought ifc

    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 . ' All I said was , ' Vou know best ; were they not there , ' said I , ' on Friday , as you expected V ' Yes , ' said he , ' but there were people walking about on the lawn , and I was afraid to be * discovered . We had wholly made up our minds what to do , but we were obliged to go back , after waiting three hours . ' I said , ' I think your coming in the night is 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 nrocced . ' I said . ' ITiad rather hear nothing of it .

    If you attempt to do anything to-night , I shall hear how you get on in the morning . '" lie had thought a great deal about it during the 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 ho 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 ho 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 ne thought he would so back again , as he felt very unwell .

    Ho heard the 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 he 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 tho evidence . ) Gentlemen , he continued , the happiness of my dear young children depends upon tho issue of this trial . God knows I am innocent .

    I have nothing on my mind ; and I 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 mo 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 were 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 , and that he was innocent . He should give satisfactory

    reasons why he went out , and , in short , ho should snow 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 he 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 p iece 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 took to the fields . The prisoner then contended that . Mrs

    Jermy ' s evidence was most important to him ; and he trusted to Almi g hty God , whose eye was upon him , to show how important that evidence was to him . The jury should hear Mrs . Jermy ' s deposition , and God Almi g hty 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 . ] He would have that evidence , in spite of 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 , " My lord , when shall I commence calling-these witnesses ?"—The Judge : Of course you must concludo all yon have to say before vou call any witnesses . —The Prisoner : I did not knowthat , 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 , He believed Watson to be an honest man , and that he was compelled , from ccztain reasons , to contradict his original evidence , and to state that which he did not believe to be

    truth . ( Sensation . ) He hoped the jury had made themselves acquainted with that hall in which the murder was committed ; and if they had and would compare the depositions of the witnesses with their evidence before the court , they would at once see that that evidence was not founded in truth , Watson says , the man was five or six feet from the pantry-door when he saw him . lie was walking fast in the direction of the pantry door . He called upon them to bear in mind , if Watson went out directly ho 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 they would think that Watson was not in the hall at all when the transaction took place , and that this was the reason why tho party who could have sriven the best evidence , and would * have established his innocence , was kept back . He believed that what was described as the banging to of that hall door , and which occasioned so muen noise , was nothing move or less than the second report . Watson , said , the man passed him quickly : that statement as compared with his statement before the magistrates , was a barefaced perjury ; he brings in here Read ' s edition of the affair , and savs the man had ou a

    dark cloak with a cape to it . The fact was , and there w ^ s 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 me . " Must have seen him , indeed ' . What an expression to use ' How could the man , if Watson ' s previous statement was true , have failed to see him ? Is it not a falsehood from beginning to eml ' To bo sure it is , gentlemen : it is popped , ill . ICL'i dentally , the witness having been tampered with ; and all the evidence goes for nothing , lie then adverted , to Blanchflower ' s evidence , which was of the most important oliai ' . aotoi 1 to him . Aud , said llm

    prisoner , I tell his lordship that if he has read tlwt evidence , he ought to have insisted upon her being called . I don ' c care what his lordship says about the matter , or what the counsel for the proseciuio " say about it , I say , if his lordship has paid any atten ; tion to the evidence at all , he ought to have " had it in court . It is a monstrous injustice to me that it was not produced . Then as to the evidence of Margaret Read , all the evidence she had jriven w . false—utterly , wholly false . [ The prisoner l-wle this remark with extraordinary vehemence . ] 1 » e prisoner continued , at great length , to remark s the evidence of Watson-and Read , repeating l ' is •" ; ' lief that Reid did not see any man in the pa *^'' and that no man passed Watson . It was impo ^ i" ° ' he said , that Read , could have been there , it * b * 1

    had been , Blanchflower must have seen hei \ j ' they would find when her evidence was brou ?"; before them . Now , with regard to the clonk ; " " only justice that he shouldhavc that cloak put on ¦ ¦ •''• —The Judge : I will have that done if you « is ! i ifand you are warranted in asking it to beim ?' . The prisoner continued : What would the j - think , after her seeing me with the cloak on , ™ evidence about the cloak not reaching t , e . \^ of the man whom she savs she saw inthe I" » ¦ , garments I had on tliat night I have h » a ° " ^ queritly . Emily Sandfordkncwthis very * k '»¦ { i I would take my oath , if I was dying , that s ie » 4 Cann or some one else Iioav I used to i , ' 0 out anof nights . I will prove that she has told SOg ° . about it ; and they then brought forw ard . > ^ dence against me . They put the evidence w la mouths of witnesses , and then , in a most a r ( , manner , make it appear that it was their' v , ^ milLlIJ

    ' IrUOLUMVIIV , l \ , IS it 1 I 1 U 3 I / fl "' Wltl ''' that , the dress I had on that night has m > t , - j their searching , been found . Ihave that . - \ - | i 5 safe , ! keeping , and I have given instruc t ^ ^ nioriiing " to have that dress produced , a gflW ! . put it on . I have no animosity again st tni . " j ^ ford , and hor evidence- would have bee" . - ^ rent had she boon left to herself , and , l 0 . . ' , aVii * with so improperly . After alluding to his H . ' ent ., > with tho Jennys , lie again adverted to tne ^ . ^ of Read , re-asserting its falsehood , ana- . ^ that all ho wanted was to hav e »» UH truth , which should come out .. before he ^> . „ . r God gave him health and streng th . * ° ^ f , statement that Miss Jcrmy ran down wwi ? g ^ he asked why was not Miss Jermy cai « * lu , iJ would have spoken tho truth , and wouW «• ^ -u a most important witness for me . iJie - j jie l < a poor bov , not so old as MlSS Jcriliy i

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 7, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07041849/page/6/