The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-07-14 00:00:00

wEsTRINFTEB.

emir? OF ARCHES
tfiernitanee, Jett I.
(Before the Sight Hon. S. Lee
Martha s. O'Natm..—This was s lithe
mi. of judge was promoted by Mr.
puntery to the Bight Hu. the Lad B.
egaiest the Bey. James O'Neill. Meer of
'Bedfordshire, and formerly curate at
Dereetthire, under the Ohara Dem.
haisondity ; the charge being that is the
/tarot, 1461. the defender atteasthea fie
assault two Merpret Ellen Strickland, a r
M the Metalled School at Bleadford. .
The promoter'• cause was argued by Dr. ak
.iourre, (tutee's Advocate, with whom were
illaton and Mr. Field, instructed by Mr. Skly
defender was repreeented by Mr. Collier, ,
whom were Dr. Dune sad Mr. Pritairett,
.by lft. Finches's.
The rue hewing been briefly opeleed by
more, be called at the first witness
Margaret Ellen Iftrieklsod, who paid: I ant
in 1861 I was papil-teether at Blandford '
which Min Bolds ems the romances. '
Aimed I me Mr. O'Neill stoat f deb& ,
school. He mated imie if I could do sure x
I said, I suppose I could, and went to the
o'clock. He was time reading in his genies, and
go for a suit for ten minute", became he had 0
hese ready. I went away fir • short time,
"gape beck. Ha was at the trout door. ands
"go to lb* top of the stein," sad I west •
bees in the halm before, bet never spetaira
Its leading two or three minates, and he lb
and taking me by the an. drew me throw
toward. a clout, which woo dark. It bad •
' it, *lit wu done lie with souse Wad. H.l
' mead ire;and kissed me severed these, sad i
I would do something for him. I asked hi,
meant. He then asked we to lay dews a
I resisted, and asked hie' to Mt tel out. He
doe's on the floor. After that I besesee
' When I recovered he was beginning to gel '
*peeling. He asked me if I should like to lea
* lib parish. I told him I should kayo to go sm.._
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r was pot. I tried to getap, sadse
"reeehed." He toM
not to make a noise, as his sons were in the kit '
'baron's their Imposes. He told me not to toil *o
I slept at the school when I went there. My hm
Has not good, and I continued unwell till I Mid of
I first told one of the pupil•teathen six or eight menthe
Mier. I did not tell my mother. Sbe neur talked to
tiestieztnt it. I went OW dim to OE OWeil's house
. times I the lest Ina when I tooted', work bookie
Ithe, which was in thefholidays. On that occasion he War .
in ths library. I gave it to the housekeeper, and after°
,Zbeareirent into the library. Mr.( I'Main asked me if I
scythe. I Mid him ' mo." Me odd bethought!
'Weld bete ardoelialt. Next time I wish, his. on Mr
eased for ise Ilbeity. the (overate& I ILota
reasMaaa where I saw him, but be athed me if I
he in the gardisa at 8 o'clock. I said. "yes ;MAW" '
mot go. I think this vu shout I o'ciuck. Another
11.. I met hira in the ravel at Blandlord. Hie home-
beeper was passing at the time. He pretended to give
me • letter to put in the pool; but as soon am she had
pared, he took it from me, and asked me if I wield
pinto bei garden. This was shout 7 o'clock. I mid I
would not go, and did not go. Mr. O'Neill left Bleed.
ford in September or °Moller. On my first visit he
sever gave me en:i Cork. Mr. O'Neill called as our
*use after this couduct once ...ben my haler was is
liquor.
Cross-examined by Mr. Collier : The first person I
told wu Flora Meek, a fellow popil of mite. I deo
told my anat. It was on the litth Amp* tine
occurred, bemuse the Saturday before we bad
taken our Government money. I have bees
tortoise in Mr. O'Neill's home since that time. I tried
to find the glees where this occurred, but ooald not
recollect where it was at all, or whether it wee in the
doom or the passage. I um sore there was a door sad
ei shadow to it, because Mr. 014111 shut the door. I
r did not call out before he shot the door and fadeout it.
' I could just discern anything that was while. I
resisted by trying to get away from bin', and by esteem-
ing. The door we. opened by peel.* in. I sereaseed,
and naked him what he meant. He said hie was
net going to do me en! harm I weaned
as loud as I could, and went on sorawaing
for • long time. I can't tell exactly how long. We
were then both standing up. He was trying to throw
me down. after he threw Me down I beam* in-
Medbie. I wee there till half-past nine. 1 hed been
there half-an-11*r before be threw me down. For half-
ithholo niter I recovered toy onus he kept talk* to
me. I answered him, sod tried to get out but amid
net. Directly I went out of the be.... I went to the
school I never told my mother. I called out
" murder." I was examined in Mr Pan's, the
attorney's °Moe. before Lord Sidney Osborne mod ery
mother. It waa taken down in writing, but not read
over to ma I sun sure I then mid I became insensible.
I was examined before the magistrates et Blandford
on the Pith September. I did not take an oath then.
Mother took toe there to give evidence on the i
Lord Portman and Mr. Farquharson were thersture.
Johns was acting as attorney. My evidence was taken
down by Lord Portman and Mr. Johns. The charge
was dismissed - By His Lordship : There we. no in-
jury done me, but I thought there was. I took no
medical advice, and did not mention it to anybody. It
vies hi consequence of the alum and fright I believed
there was Injury done.
Mir Houle, examined by Dr. Midelleton : I was
mi tress of Blandfonl school in August, 1861. I pure
leave to Margaret Strickland to eo to Mr. O'Neill.
some time after she returned I noticed she looked very
11l Her face was pale, and her eyes swollen as if she
lmel been crying. I sent her to bed on account of her
looking so poorly.
Cross-examined by Mr. Collier : My attention was
lint called to this matter last harvest. Lord 8. (1.
Osborne wrote to ine about it. I did not tell her
mother of it. I In. sitting up to pack some boxes to
and to London on the 19th Augur( I scolded
' Margaret for staying out so let-. She said, in excnee,
she had just returned. About half-ewhour after,when
she was at supper, I noticed her dine's, sad meat her to ,
bed She would otherwise not have gone up till I did.
By Dr. Lushington : I thought she had cried because
I had scolded her. I told her to go to bed, thinking
she would perhaps be better the next morning.
Sarah Strickland examined by Dr. Middleton: I live
at Illandford, and ern the mother of Margaret -tricklarsd.
In the mouth of August, 1861, she • sited the school.
When she came back I noticed she was unwell. She
afterwards got better. The find thing I heard about
Mr. O'Neill was in August, 1862. whet bar that told
ma of it. I asked her a few questions about it, and
afterwards told Mrs. Penny. who is now dead. Some-
time after, when I was in had, I been Mr. O'NeilPs
voice outaide, about 12 o'clock. My husband .
the window, and asked who was there. Mr. Mt
replied, "Mr O'NeilL" My husband wont down, and •
Mr. O'Nerillasked if he could see me, sad mid : ' Come,
let us ' symphonise' together' I was at the top of the .
stain. My husband said: "Whet is it all
shout'" He did not say, but walked backward
and forward, wanting lee to come down sod pee
matters to rights, saying it would be better for him and I
better for sue. He was tie re • little more than •
quarter-of-an-hour. I had not then told my hothead.
I meant to let Mr. Penny tell him.
Cromosamined by Mr. Collier : I have wen both Mr.
Penny and Lord Whores about it. Mr. Penny read a
letter of Mr. I eNeill's to me. He did not say it con-
demned Mr. O'NeilL [A portion of a lettx, wrlttee by
witnem, was here read, as follows: "What you intends
doing before it goes any further, aa nobody knows no-
thing about it but Mr. Penny end me. Mr. Palmy
thinks your letter will condemn von."] Mr. Poway
said I might make essetioe of his name. I suppose I
wrote to frighten Mr. O'NeilL I did not do it with the
Intention to get something out of him. I weak' not
take anything. I wanted to know what be we. going
to. do about the matter. I know Mrs. Dibble, lord
Othorne's housekeeper; she was Mr. O'Neill's. I did
not tell her, "If I had known the gentleman would ham
taken the matter out of my hands, and I should get,
nothing by it, she would not have done it ;" mad never
told her that my daughter called out murder. My
husband was sober when he went to Mr. O'Neill's. I
min sorry to say he gets beer sometimes.
Charles Strickland examined by Hr. Field: lam •
erhitemmith, living et Blendford, and recollect Mr.
O'Neill coming to my house one night very late I went
down stairs and opened the door. He asked me where my
wife was. "In bed, sir." "Then let her come
down: 1 want to speak to her." She would out come
down. He then paid: "Come, get her to wine down; I
went to speak to her and you, sod to no one else. I
went to symplionise' with her. It will be better for
you, hotter for we, and better for •Il of us." I said:
'Cen't you tell nisi whet you west'' He said : " Don't
you know r I replied: "I do not." I bad thee beard,
nothing about my diughter. Next morning I went to
his house eerie, and saw him welting on the lawn. He
asked : "What shill Ido to compromise matters with
your I told him it woe beet known to himself." He
then said. "How shout fifty" I said, "rifty words
won't fill a beithel" I then left him. He aeid I shall
be here two hours longer,
Cross-a:mined by Mr. Collier: It was the grata*
wonder I didn't fall foul of him. I rung at his ben sheet
three o'clock in the morning. I walked about with •
me. clewed Hunt and • policeman. I was Rot desist'
nor have I been Iwked up many times for tel
drunk and disorderly—oaly oath or twice wiabota
came. Iwe never in my life before a magistrate for
anything. I didn't tell B-sting I we. determined to got
sousethieg out el Mr. O'NeilL I did not say I wild&
sweat him. I have lived at Blandlord 42 years. I WM?
lily wife two or three week• when she esss charged*t.
the p oh. •• I went as ermosept to the " Sharpobeelleaffs
steamer. 1 .i. 4 not desert her, but she went swan /the
left We ashore. I caught • chill and resin the hospital. '
That is 8 or 10 years ago.
Hr. Peony said . I ma Teeter of Stapleton, sad to I
Athos,. 1861, wee, and arm still, toaster of the
Bleadford Grammer Shoot I was on friendly leemet•
with Mr. O'Neill, and two of his sons were at
my school. When he left Blandford he applied
to me for a testimonial, which I sipsed. This was
before I heard this story. Mrs. Stricklsod . has.
been my laundress 12 years. She made a ...
munication to me in August, 1862. I ear Mr.
and had some conversation with him. I also sew
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at last Dorchester Spring Asaises, but did not sle o
him. I communicated with Lord Osborne tit it,
and he employed Mr. Parr.
Mr. Collier, in wetting the defeat*, commented ej
great length upon the unsupported nature of the errs
testimony, and aloe the greet dissimilarity in some of
her statement, made at her preview examination sad
the evidence she noires. He also stated there bed
been three oases against Mr. aNsilL who mu in I
molt awkward pea ii. as be could sot by the miles of
the court be called u a wits*. ; vie , a skimp of rape,
dismissed; an union for seduction, abandoned
an action for assault, which, by the advice of w
was settled, the brief having written on it tha : 0
settled by Mr. OM. ill protesting hie in 1
avoid
_pain and anymore to himself. and=
the Church. After urging the 'weed Oats --
great care be called .
him Dibble, cesmined by Dr.
am housekeeper to Lord Osborne, an
the Derv* of Mr O'Neill. His twi
ei......... left the house except on
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