The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-01-09 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AGAINST A

FATHER OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC
CHURCH.
On Thursday, at the Knutsford quarter scissions, the
Rev I.eph Daley,37, Roman Catholic priest, was indicted
for stealing the sum of £l4, the numeys of William
Hal!wood, at Hemmen, on the sth of December last. --The
Deputy Chairman of the sessions, Mr. Horatio Llovol,
prodded; and there was a large attendance of magiotrates
on the bench.-- Mr. Hwetenhassi, in °inning the case, said
it became his duty to lay beture tins pin: the detailsi of an
exceedingly Moo:ming c4me. distressing becsiuse it eould
snit la! rtherWiSU IILIII dist...sing to any person of right
Its see one who had MI torts, ue,ispiel the posision
of a 111 ister 4lf religion standing at the bar of an EligliAb
COM' t .f jostlee to take hls trial for a larimily such es that
mentioned in the IlsilletllllClit. It wan distressing also
becanse of the necessity that was laid upon bins to C3ll
before them a young Lady who had, he
virtuously and tenderly brought up, and she wools! be
obliged to give before then, in evidence circumstances
tending not only to her own shame but also, to speak sub-
stantially. to her °on dishonesty, and that in point of
fact she was almost .dislionest ass the prisoner at the liar
was alleged to have been. Previous to the sth of Decent-
her—for some six months—the prisoner had !seen the priest
In charge of the Roman Catholic church at Runcorn, and
there being no house for him whets that he arrived, for
about live weeks he Imlged tunt boarded in the house of
Mr. Hail w sal, the father of the young holy who would
be called. Mr. Hailwoosl kept a shop, and the shop was
communicated with through the house dn.. There was

a kitchen and dining-room on the ground and a
drawlng.room upatairs. An Ile had said, the prisoner
came to lodge at Mr. Hadwoott's house for about five
week,. During the time he lodged at the house Mfg,

would em t ia the i1f1.1.01101. Vo,k advan-
tage of the opportunity to seduce her, and that after he
went to the lionee prepared for him lie WOO in the habit
from time to time of viiiting at Mr. Itailwixera, lint the
ViSitfl were of ouch a nature that Mr. William Ilailwood.
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the son, aged, shout 22, felt it is duty to request the
prisoner not to visit the home: any mon., unless
he (Mr. Millwood, jun.) or his father was present.
The learned Coumel then detail d the circumstance of the
case, as given in the evidencs berm., the chief
.of which
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was that id Miss Winifred Hallam sl who was well dressed,
and presented the appearance of is highly respectable and
well-inter:dot young la.ly. Ile, evidence wad given ill is
calm and straightforward 1111 iiiii er. without any appearance
Of embarrassment, althongli she was tinder examination
and cress-examinath .ll foi abut two hours. She said: 1

111:1 tb. laughter of William I lailwomil, who lives at Run-
:mu. I have a brother named William. Ile is adder than
me. My age is lot. We employ two servanta—Mary
(Ml!bootie out Jane .tntrolius. I remoonloor Father Daley
co 11l ill g i.e priest at Runcorn. hoc; the knot Sunday
in July, awl-stayed at 'our house an a guest for live weeks.
My father in a unlimber of the Roman Cathodic congre-
gation. All the family have IMMII brotight up in the same
religion, and the prisoner meted so father confessor to us.
I have only confessed to bite omen. Whet. he lived with
us during these five weeks no improper familiarity took
place between ILA. It was after he left that the first im-
proper intimacy began. I thiuk it svaii in the month of
August. I rec041....t a letter 1,e11,4 giVOll to ine by 0110 a
tlio. servants. It was on the Thursday belsore the :doh
December. after the return of 'lipoid( and father from
, Buxton. In consequence .4 the receipt apf that letter, I
went upstairs to My isoirooni. I I. Ino it.,,. thort.. I
then went into a room adjoining, and found Mr. Daley. I
di.l not stay !nom than a minute with lobe. This would
li,, a little after eight oo'clos.k. I left him there. Later in
the xvening. about lialfopast eight,-I went to illy own bed-
room and RIM that Mr. Daley wax there. 110 told me to
lock the oloor and go olownatairs. I .11.1 so, anti remained
down until otter time. My father was in the sitting-
room, and I went to the drawing-rixnu. Shortly
after nine o'clock I went upstairs again, un-
locked the oblor. and joined Mr. Daley. I slept
that night in the seine 1.1 with WM. (tieneation.) I
rose the next morning slimily after eight o'clowk. Mere
I left the rosoin„Fatlier Daley went back to the room in
which I found T.iui in the heat ituitancie in the previous
evening. That in nu do not Use eXcept iny
sisters are at h.llllO. Ile remained In the house until -my
father had gone. lin the sth of December Mr. Llitley
came to the humagain. My father load left home in the
insetting, and was not reported to return that day. My
'nether had gone to WitillCA on lousiness. It waso &mut
OHO o'clock when Mr. Haley came ; lot crime into the
sitting-room. and remained with me until a miarter past
three. We 1.1 dinner together, n.P One else being present.
My yosinger brothers were in the kitchen, :mg haul dinner
before Niro D der came 1 swot expecting expecting hino to I,4);L:P.
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He left shout a quarter put three: and returned in the
evening. He went into the sitting-room awl hail !supper
with me. V. bile we were atsupper he asked if I thought
the manager .4 the shop hail lett the money in the shop
or Mel taken it. I saiil I thought it was hi the shop. He
aohl he wanted some money to pay hia hills with and to
semi the reoiipts to the Bishop, and we ohoial.l try to get
it out. I raid, " All right." After supper I hahl him the
servants haii said there tea', Is 101 l at the l'Uldie hail, STIII
he coil, " Let them ge," and I went and told the servant.
they might go. fhey left the house about halfipast time.
The y ger rhildion were then in bed. Father Daley
anal I were then:fere left alone. Ile then wilted ma
for the key of the ilraiving.risom doer. I knew it would
. open the shop door, so I went anti fetched the key. Mr.
lialeY knew that my father hail Well the ono key to
open the shop iloor. 011 the Thursday night previens the
key Wile tilled lip hey father for that purpoe, and Mr.
• Daley wa,, aware id the Isn't When I mine .1- wenstairll
with the key Mr. Daley was in the lobby. We linleeked
the Ale dom. I think it Was I Wlni tn.! that. I got a
smell lighted taper "et of the sitting-risen, and we
walked into the shop. The prisOner asked where the
money drawer was, and I showed it him. He then tried
to prize it open with a airead knife, hut the kuile we.
net strong e ti. Ile asked Ille to get something
stronger her i , PAO I got a large phial, it inoi out of a
drawer in another part ef the shop. I handed it to Mr.
Daley, Mei tie loil/Od the drawer open with it. I pulled
aiiihhe prized it. When the drawer WitS 11110,1 lam
two paper 'timid& Mr. Daley opened them, Kiel 1 SOW
that they ceutaintsl silver anal gold. Ili, teak the in .....
and plat it iii burned the paper in the sitting.
nom tire at Mr J taut'is suggestion. tin the Saturday
' evening Iseore this Tuesday hie said he wanted wino
money Ixelly. -Mr. Daley laid I went into the 'lr.*. ,g-
-room ahem 10 and remained there till Ike servants
Cable hoots. 1 went hi play the mime, mail Mr. Daley
smoked it cigar awl hail Oslo,' braudy :laid Witter to drink.
The sereillab were 111 OW and .lid not kiniW that
lie Tea, in the house. They knew he war, there
before they went out lie lived about live lunettes'
walk from our hens, I low him next morning after
eleven o'clock. 1 Went to his hoino to tell illlll they
hail found out that tin, money hail been taken out of
the till. I wet him routing out of the house, lie
tem gmog to Liveri..l, and I waiked with hint
half way to the station. An we were walking :done
lie teld mu he was wane to pay wins,: lan,.
—I salt' him again in the circuit g. lie calleil at oar Loose
a little after PIK. 'lnc of the servants let him in. My
father was in the itrawing-room ; my three leothers Alei
were in the sitting-risen : hind Mr. Daley Teas iltioen inte
that nom. My brother toll lino that the shop had Isoin
broken int. and the tieiney taken. Mr. Daley said, " IM,
I id:albite. lalalawd for that : when a pow fellew ence get,
auto trouble lie is :delays suspected." He rionsitioxl in the
honoti about live iiiiuutes. I remember Mess cohalti: lute
the house in tle, ..... rning ot the MI, Ilarenther, and
beiking all over it, I gave Illy jewel LOX Ii time servant
and anted lair tipet it in her box in ben mina I did el,
hi preis.tb: that I knew !loth:nit of the rolihery. I
appeared to be a little 11...reC1;11 about it--about woos-hely
!sung in the house. I said nothing id what I "Ave •
stated on the Wednesday, lett en the Thin...lay night I
Nil isy limther what bad taken place. Superintendent
Stem ,e,mtle to we in the at lernoim el that day, an I urged
in,, to tell all I knew about the MSC, Wei ill toe 0011,0 ef
the afternoon they said they thought Father I kiloy had
taken the money, and if I dbl not tell the truth my
',railer would lie Limiest. My cousin, Miss linixon, told
no, that in wiewing. Mr. Steen id,i told hoe the came
q,ingw.•what I have now Anted ctrietly tote. • roe,.
by Mr. Mleityre : My latlicr leas turned Tir•••ot
las liouse.-14 the I loftiest' Ui turned me aea lel
night.--Cross-examination teatime.' : did
not then threaten to Illlt Ills ill convent, lot he has done
cinee.—Mr. Mintyre : In point of fact, you knew ha was
~.ming Is lesetk Into the shopr—Wittie,s : Ye,. -Nle.
M'ltltyre Anil thew pal :hellos! 100,
Witness : Ile asked w hat I Wee gOillk; to bass fur soppera
and on ruy telling him, he said he would stop—Mr.
M'lntire : Everything Was done at Father
/lacy s request Witness : Yes Mr. M'lntyro :
Yon were :tot willing ut all !—Witness : Yes, I W 34.—
My father Ito since receive,' bills for dresses and dralterT
that I have "Meted v.ithoot his knowledge. I have no
hiva What the ansolillt is, hut .telet th4ils it will Ist
I have n... 1 Uly father Sihee; 10,1. hone I been to hie
house, hut I hate iewal that lie has been at lilY cousin's.
Nothing Walt said before the megistaotes about rather
Daley having sealleed no,, I toll Mr. Day, the s.whentee,
that the inspreper intimacy began while Mr. Daley was
siayihg. as. the lioirsO ITU. it was two or three 'lay, atter
he left.--The ; That yiei say Was the hind. Ihist
the intimacy rot/Mimed down Irons that 611113 to tho
Ihseelaber 1— Warn.. : Yes. ---it, essieliast Ile joss
stayed all night oil other nights besides the one 1 have
spoken of. Ile. has had a lulittsoi-ehui• to eat ill usy
bedroom. 1 Vaid the sertout girl to cook two. She did
to, and took it up to him—thy the Chairman : 11., stayed
in toy liZtlroorn all night five or six tines. Ile lets been
in the house Vending the uvenilig with tt4, playing cards,
toy fele: keieg then at limite. Ile has Mein asked papa
If he could resaiii.. ut•ht am, was supposed to Sleep in
the big bedrosouL—Ey Mr. :ive.stenh.aL ! L 37.1 Peed pa
tny father's housekeeper. Ile allowed Me a ohm of suessey.
lout not for dressio. I was cdticitta‘l at a Convent in Salford
prat, and aftelwards I Was Rat to lionlonge and IiUISIIO4
nay education there, returning h.:Hellbent three yea/Sage.
—Mr. Mlutyre wldiressol this jury oil behalf i,u the pri-
soner, contending that there Tires not sufficient e.irrobora.
the evidence dal which to convict, and that Miss
thailwood's story was not to be credited seeing that site
was an accomplice of what was allogeil to have taken
Placo—The Chairman then nu 1111 l lid up, unil explained
to the „jury the law with regard to the evideness il,ll
aceemplice.—The jury, after live initintes'
retsir,si.s it V..rllirt of guilty age' 'u the prisener. —The
I %writ, in passing sentantee„said: Jewish html' y, the Tory,
after a most patient invegtigatien, Pipet Voll guilty
•..is °dello., and it would be ism...law:li: an has is
of Ow enormity of this idle., which yea
ouluhreao you 0' • h cii. *wry. 1.4.2 y that it the
have been found guilty • oarreet, and that
opinion of the Beech that the veriliet Is s " verdict
the jury on this bench have found a Wenuau
against you. It is iliipossible to ihragine a worse case
than this The way in which yeu got into the preseciitor's
house—what has occurred there I alit not going to dwell
Ilt/UU-11Utileient to say it is ems of the worst cases that I
can conceive of. You are a man of education, and ought
to have knew", laugh better, and. therefore. I feel wo
should not be J.; our duty society if we did not paws
upon you a nevem sentence. The sentence of the Court
is that you be imprisoneil and kept to hard labeur for Is
calendar unonthc—The prisoner Was then removed.
ICC SCF:lat UM COUNT.

Intense interest was manifested in the 111.811, and the
court and its approaches were crowded by people decreed
of, listening to the details. It bail been rumoured that
additional evirtenee to that given before the nia,giatrates
at Runcorn would be forthcoming, and that Mist hail.
wood hail confessed that the prisoner hail aeduceil her.
tin the magistrates' bench, and in other parts of the...art,
were a ~umber of ladies, and they appeared much
interested in the extraordinary evidence given by the
young Lily. The prisoner, who was dressed in the
ordinary garb of a Roman Catholic priest, when placed in
the dock teemed hi Is: somewhat nervous, and to feel his
position acutely, lie handed a written ritatement to his
counsel, and then asked the warder tin be allowed to sit
down at the table for the purpose of writing. He was !
doing this when the case was about to be opened by the I
prosecuting counsel, and the chairman sail that he must :
stand at the bar, lie it 1111 l ediately rose from his seat and
did so, but in a short time afterwards Mr. l'lntyre
applied that he might be allowed a seat. The Chairman
Raid he wit informed that the prisoner had not been in
good health, and lie therefore gave him pennisdon to be
seated; otherwise no difference would have been made
between him and any other prisoner. After this he
remained seated, and hatened attentively to the evidence
given H
by Miss ailwood in particular. As the trial pro-
greased, the agitation he had first exhibited became leas,
: and Inc appeared to 'mat the matter with a considerable
: degree of ealoinesa Miss liailwoisi is 11 young lady
possessing censiderable attractions, and gave her eviiieum
with remarkable liminess and apparent rand ear. After
' she had completed her evidence, Mr. Swetenham intimated
that a. Mien Unison, her cousin, had been mentioned
' during the progress of the ease, he would put her into the
winces box, not for the purpose of imettioning her him-
, self, but in order that Mr. Mlnivrc, if lei di MI.
might put airy queation to LeF, Mr. swetenham theii
called upon her to go itito the a itdegt
' was occupying & seat on the magistrates' hench, and LA
rising she fainted away, rind would have fallen mem the
floor hail not a holy who was close to her caught' her In
her arms. She was taken out ot the fliiirt into an adj„in.
co.!), hut in a few minute. returned into court and
' said she hail recovered. She wits not, however, as
, • witnees. Tlie father of Mile Hailwimsl WAY not present
in court, riot her uncle, in whose charge oho is at Present,
occupied a seat near the •witnees hon.