The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-04-08 00:00:00

THE BLOODY ABBIZE.

In the " 10:Ionian's Mavens" for April is a very
interesting article u the suld-ot of Judo Jeffery's
notorioue a mastodon into D matt awl the neighbour-
ing cooties. After a cspitel hi.torio sketch of the
incident, of tho rebellion and Monmouth's cruel
death, the writer (Mr. A. C. ilwold, F.d.A.), aye:—

If scant mercy had heel sh iwn to the leader •if (ho rebel non,
the putt ailment 01 th no ha hal led wait not to ho a whit less
500000. The prisms of Sonserietalrre and Donut hire wore so
c. 05,151 with t:I. followers .4 Monmouth (hot the county
autlioritle, won at their wit. cods to god rums for the nom-
her of catitive. daily hot ;g hao (of over toputtice. TI., ..rein
upon their to:Pities Ira., ImwaVer, I, be rellevol by the tined
terri tau gaol delivery that the hi,tory of crime hats bulb, remrd.
Two .100(110 ter the 1.14.d0l la..dins at Lyme there net out
from Lond in, to ;mai la ov,r tho WOW western circir t, olio
whom awe an lidantm• imat.rtably must pr. mere so I ;rig as
Os° sleds one of tbe tosch c mtanue •0 Interest us, It is the
lashieo picture J. ffreys 01 a 1529 whose features were ai
repellant that instinctively the 0111 I all who C4lllO ill c intact
with him w.ss av fie I ; yet 6,M !he o e,y ported: WO pogo..
of this Inhuman Julie the f ice ill reivrlo was far Irons being a
lice hulas of the tunes cruel, retention disposition.„The row
was brim I and open, the et os were blue and wall cut, their
exproocion wonsewhat savare by the Mraight thick
, eyebrow that eurdetuote I them ; the noel was aqiiiiine, its
tot Igo thin and well defined. hot than merits c arse and wide;
the upper ho win short, lutti It. deep Curtis II alive .4 4..1
and humour ; the mouth wit (ho 500,1 rea•ure, (Arse aril
thick-I tired, with the h irsh I nal ii each side full of
I temper ; the chin vas re.oksto al determined. It was only
who intoned by att. er or by the drink now neemmry to
support Ws nery tin Syntenl, th it the f •Cl which In ropcse was
handsome, bee .me aim st hideous to rn the furies raging
behind lite mob. As to the nature if the Mari there never has
been any dispute ; cruel, Yin lairs], servile when servility
suited hit purposes yet overbearing to Inferiors, utterly
uninincipled, he enjoys the unnsvabls reputation of being
the basest Jolge that In any civilised c suntry has ever boon
celled upon to hold the male of Jtatice. Ills abilities wore
of a kith order, and he had risen to the position of Chief
Just m by placing his talents entirely at the dietetical, now if
the Roundhea I. then of the Cavalier ; now of the Protestant,
then of the Papist ; yet proving himaelf on every °cosioo not
only ready to do whit he Two biddei, bat to dolt go effectually
as left nothing to be desired.
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Aco.mpanied by four other judge., ho early in Septembar
sot out upou Id. Return tour. That eumnser no mate, had
bon held on the western c it • •Incial comonissi•to
had been now app Anted •ro try criminals for WI the count.).
upon It, at the head of wirch was Jeffrey.; b. a second
cornrois.lon h, Wag also depute I c num usderon-,hiel over ill
the king's f. Tee* within th• some nowt.. The title by whlih
he was known was than of • 'the Lord General Judge
The savage and servile f alga hal .o. ,not his esnornirsi. tn at
Winehoster ; Alice Lisle, a Sell•losnonan nuslitr,'' war
hit Mat victim ; ao.d 11, Was Aletnrtnine I tO oho. his king
how ml oolesely hi nruildl putvish Dale who in any way
esnsi e I the at bilay of hie throw. It was in.ligerent t..
Jeff,yu that the e titan, he was oh rut to pronoun. was
I neither on law or justice ;ho hid hat ore object
sided th jadgment pleased hi. royal Meter he reeked
not how basely he interpreted his judicial oath
ItverY net, ther fire, that told in favour of the prisoner
he supprevaal or distort-A, whilst any hotter that could
prejtahce her came h• unblushingly advassowl. The
witnesses that spoke In her favour he intimidated and oun•
fume I. 11e adjured to.. alter he own peculiar fsabion not
to g.ve false ardente. 'Do not tell no. I.e.' he thu..dered,
fool• will be it,. to tr. enure up every lie that thou tel:ed
to, shd thou naajest be certain it will not ho for thy
advantage. 1 would not terrify thee to make thee eay anything
but the truth; but aware thyself I never met with • Iyhat,
stwook.noz, catalog folow but I always Demented up vengeance
for hto ; and theref-re look to It that th dust not prevari-
cate with see, for to ito3 sure thou will coral to the worst of It
In tho end. • hen • witnes. enttrulict,d himself he was
as sale I from the Death with such eh tee alou.e ar • thou art
• strange, prevaricating. shuttling, *tine trig rascal,' or,
JAM, God I wee there ever such • fellow ac lb, of.
• thou v•le wretch, thou art ; Of. • • lying Presbyterian knew,'
No wonder then that. soar, excuse Ire hi, c ontradictions, the
bewildered witness trembling before them, embruted eye. and
that streperous 'oleo murmured, • I am quite cluttered oat id
my senima I do not know what I' Ray.. Deplorable as
was th s judicial licence, and il...graling alike ti the
Bench Aral the man. JAIN), woe at hie very worm
when ha proceeded In real his v oVum, witnese or
telrotter, a snort' lecture on the heinousness of beating fa'wo
het ins try or rain in revolt airtime the toren:lot. On then
occenions—and they were very frenprod —his I.lety I. more
monstronis than his abuse. During the bidet Alt,, Labs he
waa much given to diecour• es .I this nature —Hoc ut no
wboch, coning (rum such a pollute I sour.. were blaspine-
mous in tl,e extreme. Over and over spin we bear loins
present,: .4 the enormity of slr,, groaning over the iMuttity
of the Limos M which hie lot Wall cast. dincoursing upon the
purity and holism. of 0,4, and, like the devil, freely quoti g
Scipt.tre. 'Ott, Wonted Jesus! he cr;o.l, 'what an age ilo
we line in, tel what a generation of vipers dn we live aro trig:
• viper he wan determined to crush. Three times the
jury came forward an.l renounced Ali. 1.1,1 e not trete,
and three linri drew), sent then, back to rev on.sid,r th dr
'senile,. Then, cowed on I hr.wheat.n, anul also threaten° I
with an attaint jury, the mow II ng f .reman at last
op 1.1(li. et hi. C,nectened and broutht the rigs ono. In cu Ity.
The dna I ser.tence WAS then proliontieS I nit y ro, Moe.
Lisle, to. ngr ayel (nun la.wto 1,11,0 Ire. from whcneo y u
ctn., and Cr.,, thence you era be &IMO 011 A /1111,111, I' the
of •aceuti•on, where y our b ti I, b 3 litneat ale,
lii sou bo I. And the Ler I h ‘re mercy I y our maul r
Every nil rt wa •n• male by the friend., soml tel
by the 1.1.1 cierzy and gentry, to obtain a tepeeno for
the tinLappy woman, but if no ava I, and she w be-
heeded.
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Front witichefter the Lori Oen nal Judie 'Woe le Ito Kali -
bury. Like Itanapdiire, thee lolly of A ills had t ikon no lan
In the tieing, and there emscquently being it rebels to ha g
or burn, the ineatiable bat ilium. Anted Jeffrey* was I r •
to c eut Inmsell with I •Ing out and punishing thane who
had been guilty if tittering • todiecreet w auto.' la the ere .rd
before tool 1111.1 enter.' • Wilte,in. - None Indict@ II e hi 41.
Orson ; six men convicted for op:104 g us words,
Fererally fined and whipped'
This leotency wee, alt.! only ex 'optional. The dtr aft,r
the execution of Pame Lisle. the kedge e tiered ,rsetehire,
and tok up hie quarters in the town of Dorcheste-. It, wad
bow In the rery heart of the c Arita. which hail declared for
Wont:mut h, and he knee with ole ious Joy tat the calendar
would I,e a full one. 1i.,. remarked that when In tne I ii
church, he clef. yam, who •VI prcachit,z the usual aus:te
sermon, dieeoarsed upon the sacred duty of tempering Justice
with mercy, the thick brows of thr hole. c miner& and
there was a emi'e up.. the large mouth which round to the
awed epe-tatore to Imply that lie •as &bow t brmthe dew h
Ilk. a destroying angel, 2IA I t • 141,1031110 hi. eery cnn no
In blood.' Their concluelo Intl only to, accurate. Jeffreys was
anxious to:do his work, and do it q eckly. inc I. ,rol Keeper,
Guildford on. dead ; the vacant post on. bored I. Jeffreys
and he was bidden 010 finish the kine's bunion's ,n the 'hot.'
Noon* better appreciated than the judge the activity of his
enemies during hie absence. Ile was, therefore, mor denten*
urinating back with ell opened 1, Whitehall and checkmating
their to ives. Toe podita matters his wie.kel cunning now
came 1.3 his aid. If every primoor were 1., plead not gailty,
th trials must necorri'y noted orcr a long period 01 (1,,.,
but If lira/amen eh,dthl be tetopted to throw thew dyes upon
his mercy, a very different rem', tati:ht be obtained. Ott
opening hts court in the Town Hall which mu ominously
hang set h scarlet for the occasion, Jeffreys welt careful to
make • loromim which might MOM • go-A dedl, and which
might •Iso mean •Oillifig. II• 4,j 'lf any of thole Indicted
would relent from their c ins roe..t and plead guilty, Vey
ghoul I find him t. he a merciful fusl:e ; but their who put
thernrves on their trl de (which the law ti ercittelLfave them
aI, in uric:nes*. aright to doi, if foondi wo hare very
little time to live, and thered.re that such as were em.cioue
they bind in. defence hail bettor si,are him the trouh'e of trying
th :tn.' As drowolog 11.4:11 at a straw, is, mon Ithell
f=cr fac, with death arc it's Ito nisi upon any alteenative
which giv s them f rospest Ide. Prisoner alter prisoner
o-se brought bo the her, and, acting upon the seek. of the
Judie, o,jed guilty. It. V. were sentenced to death, sod
,upon hosts the sontem• I eras card lout. Itre•y nun •ho put
moral upon his money 0114 WA. e .0V1A.341 WO IMAM up
then en I there. I give the numbzrs of the Dorectehire naen
tried on this occasion al Oct out in the ,moo' list sent to in.
Treosury, and the punishment billeted upon them : - •
Ihireoty.four men executed for high tensors. Ninety-four
• primers cony-idol at Dorcbootor for hidh trams eb be
dellvered to Sit Wpm Booth to be takeeported.• Out,