The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-20 00:00:00

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pet slippers, and a great gniantit,y
cles. The prisoner was a brut
cross.essioiried I paid prisoner her wages
in motley. She went away for a short time. I
did not send for her to return. I know a little
girl named Hill. Did not send lell to!etch the
prisoner Wilms'', as rivit4hlei had displeased me
by taking wdy qnuntity of the articles pro.
Many of the articles were the property
of my deceased sister. Mani, of the articles
have toy initials on them. I did not give any of
them to prisoner. I have seen the prisoner,
Kennedy, wear my black shawl, and told \Virt-
ual it was very wrong of her to let her sister
wear it. I did not lock myself in the bedroom.
The prisoner locked me up five days ard five
nights without food.

'he Bench : What is that to do with it ?
311.. Maltby : I want to show the state of Miss
Hopkimes.mind, _

Mr. Collis said she had been subjected to great
cruelty by the prisoner.
Cross-examination continued : Prisoner did
not threatea to send to Mr. Freer. I do not
know she sent for Mr. Freer. The door was
locked on bo h sides. I was without food for
five days and live nights. There was a window
in the room, but if I had made a noise no one
could have heard me. I gave instructions for a
search-warrant, and swore to the information.
Ite•examined There are two bolts outside, so
that it was impossible for me to get out: She
refused to let me out. The dress ominced is
my own. Have never given it to the prisoner.
Elisabeth Evers said she was a laundress, re-
siding at the Longlauds. Have worked for Misi
Hopkins seventeen years. The flannel pettiodat
H
produced is Miss opkins's also the
apron, stoekings, linen sheets, ladies' drawers,
petticoats, and other articles.

Miss IGkios re•examilied by the Bench: The
prisoner came to live with me after the death of
my sister,

.Alice Nock, dressmaker, residing at IverleY,
said I was formerly apprenticed to Mks Was-
sail, of Stourbridge. I helped to make the
whisey dress produced, which was for the late
Miss Hopkins,
Cross-examined; I have seen the late 'Miss
Hopkins wear it.
Acting•sergeaut Jones said : I received a
search-warrant to search the prisoner's father's
house. I went to execute it, and found the pri-
soner and her mother in the house. I read the
warrant. She replied that she had nothing hut
what Miss Hopkins had given her in lieu of
money. I searched and found 161 yards of black
satin, six neckpius, two night gowns, two petti-
coats, one silk apron, one black scarf shawl, one
pair of stays, one flannel petticoat, two linen
aprons, one flannel shirt, and one chemise. She
said the whole of these things were given to her
by Miss Hopkins. In the same room I found
one flannel petticoat and a winsey dress. I
picked up the dress. Prisoner said that was
never Miss Hopkins's dress; but she had bought
it. Ste after sail she had bought it of Miss
Hopkins. On making a further search I found
a silver brooch and silk scarf, in the prisoner
Wiunall's father's room. I after searched down
stairs, and found a table cover and an ear drop
(gold mounted) ; in another cupboard a quantity
of slippers (one a worked slipper, the fellow to
it being at Miss Hopkins') ; also a bl .ek bead
watch guard with goid ring. Have since exam-
ined the boxes and drawers, and found they had
been broken open. On Friday last I went to the
prisoner Kennedy's house at Kate's Hill, Dud-
ley. I found a pair of blankets on the bed. On
the 13th I weot again to Kennedy's house and
fonnd a carpet ling, table cloth, amid one satin
I idies' necktie. I found that the two blankets
were gone. I asked where they were. She
pointed to two blankets on the bed. I told her
those were not the same. Pris nti)r gave me th
the pawn tickets, she having pledged them in
the usano of " Jane Davis." The prisoner Ken-
nedy said that her sister (Winnall) had given
them to her. I after found that one of the blan-
k' ts corresponded as ith the one at Miss Hop-
kins's. Prisoner said that her sister had given
them to her. I then charged her with receiving
the goods found, well knowing them to have
been stolen. Kennedy said "I received them of
my sister Mary; but not knowing they had becn
stolen."

Mary Wrigley, wife of Sergeant Wigley, stated
that she searched the prisoner Winnall, and
found a thinnei, which was of very fine quality.
She said to her they were very good for a Sec.
vant girl to have. Prisoner began to cry, and
said it was no use denying that they were Miss
Hopkins's.
Police-constable Taylor said frsm what he
heard he searched and found the box produced
in prisoner's father's house. It contained six
piesils of drab satin, one cambric handkerchief
(marked " S. H."), two black silk aprons, one
pea bine silk velvet, one dressing gown, two
satin scarves, one pair of black silk stockings
(marked ".1. H. 14 "), two pairs of cloth sheets,
one set of bed curtains, white bag, table cover,
two silk handkerehiefs (mark:A " S. H."), one
piece of corded silk, one bonnet, a table cover,
ornamental wool basket, parasol, diaper napkin
(marked "H. 12 "), pair of worked slippers, one
cloth boot, linen apron, piece of flannel, black
silk jacket, piece of carpet, black silk stockings
(marked "H. 1"), a door mat, one embroidered
body, six yards of black lace, one ladies' cravat,
three bracelets, and a patent corkscrew. I then
charged Winnall with stealing the above articles
that were marked. with others. She said that
Miss Hopkins had given them to her. I after
charged Kennedy with receiving them knowing
them to be stolen. She said she knew nothing
about them.

Betsy Cartwright, wife of Thomas Cartwright,
said she lived next door to the prisoner Kennedy,
at Kate's Hill. About half-past eight on Friday,
the 12th instant, Kennedy asked her to let her
put a box into her brewhouse, as her husband
was in a fearful temper. She let her put the
box there. Police•constable Taylor searched it
in the presence of witness.
Sarah Price, wife of Thomas Price, pawnbro-
ker, Kate's Hill, said the blankets and bed tick
produced were pledged at their shop in the name
of "Jane Davies." The prisoner Kennedy
pledged them. She said they were her own
things, and she wanted to makc up a doctor's
bill.

Miss Hopkins re-called, identified the bead
chain, she having made it herself, and the clip-
Deis; also a flannel petticoat and pair of drawers;
also the flannel chemise and the linen ditto. She
had a set of three. The one produced was one
of them.

Mr. Maltby then addressed the Bench for the
defence, and contended that there was not a par-
tiele of evidence against Kennedy, except that
of Miss Hopkins, and she was suffering from an
aberration of the mind, and that her evidence
was not to be taken. As regards the prisoner
Wilmall, the whole of the things produced were
given to her by Miss Hopkins in lieu of wages;
and he should ask the Bench to discharge Ken-
nedy at once.
Both prisoners were committed to take their
trials at the next adjourned Worcester Sessions.