The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-19 00:00:00

ANOTHER ROW,

The weekly meeting of this board was held yesterday
in the board=room of the Workhouse, the chair being
occupied by Mr. Ward ; and the other members present
heing Afessrs, Reyes, Woods, Ledger, Clarke, Roscoe,
Webster, Jeffery, Garrett, Ledger, Pilling, Roberts,
Medcalf, Abrahams, H. Edwards, SMith, and Ware-
ham. The governor reported that the nubero
paupers, in the workhouse last week was 310, this week
309. The checines signed for otit-door relief amounted
to £167.
f rTahleitCatAarwouldforbear naontctehoinfkthheimmembers
imper-
tinent in requesting that a matter which personally
and trusted sd askedt
htehye
affected their chairman, should take precedence of the
) All of them, he had
no doubt, had read the speech
of Mr. Shaw at the last
get:6l...g business. (Hear, hear.
meeting, and his (the chairman's) reply thereto;
and if they had done so, it would save him the
necessity of trespassing upon their attention for any
lengthened period. He could only repeat, that when
the unfortunate woman appeared before the board he
was perfectly ignoynt of all her antecedents. If he
had had the least notion of what she was going to say,
he thought he should, on resection, not in deference to
Mr. Shaw, but in deference to the feelings of his family,
have requested that the matter should be heard with
elosca doors. The gentlemen who were present would,
he dared say, recollect that at the time lie said it was
not a matter for them, and that they were not a court of
morality. Mr. Shaw seemed to lay considerable stress
upon the letter which he wrote to him. When the
statement was made by the woman,. and as soon
as Mr. Shaw's name was mentioned; he stopped
the examinatkn, and sent 4 most courteous letter
requesting Mr. Shaw to attend. Instead of writing
him a reply he sent what he thought was a very
curt answer both to himself and the board. (Hear, hear.)
He appealed to the guardians who were present at the
time, whether the whole of his conduct towards Mr. Shaw
did not evince the greatest tenderness and the greatest
consideration for him. If any gentleman there could
say that he pressed the thing unduly upon hina, or that
he put any question which the urgency of the case did
not require, he should be glad if that gentleman would
step forward ; and if any gentleman could say that he
wittingly injured Mr. Shaw in the course of the proceed-
inge, ho could only say that his sorrow should go hand in
hand with his offence. Mr. Shaw had not taken the part
of a prudent man. When he received the intimation of
the charge against him in a matter which affected his
moral character and his position in society, he should
have attended and have met the charge with the manli-
ness of an Englishman: (Hear, hear.) He did not,
however, attend to the letter, and as a last resource he
(the Chairman) sent 'Mr. Bolshaw, who, he believed,
was his only personal friend there, to request him to
come down. Mr. Bolshaw returned with a message of
which he would say nothing but that it was offensive
to a body of gentlemen there, and upon that the reso-
lution was passed, in which, however, he took no part
except that he acted as chairman of that board. There was,
therefbre, no excuse for Mr. Shaw's stitement. Mr. Roscoe
had told him that hedid not believe that he (the Chairman)
knew anything about the matter. The personal Anse
he should not heed : coming from the source it did, he
could afford to forget and forgive it, but that it bad
been the subject of a great deal of obloquy with the
public; and Mr. Shaw had intimated in his speech that
they were a set of conspirators against his character.
He did not know whether he was made out to be one of
the conspirators, or only one who was in the relation of
complicity in it. But'what was there in Mr. Shaw that
he should go out of his way to conspire against him
(Hear, hear.) Bad as the offence was in Mr. Shaw, if
it were true, he held that any man that conspired against
the character of another committed a crime which
ought to be punished not only by the laws of social
society, but, also by the severest sentence of the law of
the land, short of capital punishment. (Applause.) Mr.
Shaw had said another thing, and he appealed to them
to say whether it was true or not: He seemed to think
that the chairrnan of that board had assumed the posi-
tion of dictator there, that the members deferred to him
in everything, and.were afraid to speak their own minds.
Now he had been chairman only a short time. He
had presided for many years over a neighbouring
board; and never had a single angry word with one
of the members. He appealed to them whether as a
guardian, during the year that he was not in office,
he had not conducted himself in every respect as a
gentleman, and whether in giving his vote he had not
apparently an honest object—the protection of the
pauper and the protection of his constituency. (Hear,
hear.) 'He appealed to them also, to say whether, since"
he had been , chairman, he had ever stopped the fair
course of obiervation, or anything which had been
brought before them; but,whether his endeavours had
not always been, to' get rid of that personality,
that imputation of motives which had made them for a
long time a bye-word amongst the electors. (Applause.)
Mr. SMITH--I did not hear the whole of the chair-
man's statement, as I came in about the middle ; but
I have a word to say respecting it. I objected to the
proceedings, I believe, altogether. If you were to go
inquiring into the chastity of all the members of this
board, go on, go through ; but begin at the house there.
(Cries of order and chair.) The affair was altogether
unwarranted, and the most dis--; I will stop the wore.
(Laughter, and a guardian, " I think you had better.")
But, Mr. Chairman, you say you stopped the enquiry
you wrote the note to Mr. Shaw. In that note
you state the enquirY had been held.
The CHAIRMAN—I do no such thing. I stopped the
examinatiop, but I never said a word about it. I said that
a statement had been made, and that I stopped the fur-
ther prosecution of the enquiry until I wrote to Mr.
Shaw.

Mr. SMITH—But you suffered it to go on, and—
The CHAIRMAN—I
Mr. Smitit-t—l will not be interrupted.
interrupt you. Your letter states that fact.
The CHAIRMAN—What fact ?
. Mr. Smug—You permitted all to be stated that could
be stated to injure him. It was the worst transaction
I ever retollect. (Cries. of " Order" and " Chair.")
In your letter you admit that the investigation was
concluded. .
The CMAIRSIAN —I did not say any such thing.
Mr. Smint—l did. not expect to have an impartial
hearing,'so I' must answer in another way. When-you.
wrote the middle of the letter, you did not know what.
you said at. the begirming. You have committed your-
self most grossly. (Uproar.) As for this board, why,
the pride of my life has been to have it censured, and I
have enjoyed that twice this year, and I am proud of it.
(Uproar.) lam proud of the censure of this board,:
knowing the profligacy of that house. (Cries of
" Order," " Chair," and great.confusion.)
The CHAIRMAN—Yon have no right to impute bad
conduct to anyone.
Mr. SMITH—Then why do you do so?
The CHAIRMAN--Mr.. Smith, you are not in order. '
Mr. SMITH—And you are riot in order.
The CitAmrstAx—l must beg of you to sit down.
Mr. SMITH—It was a most villainous proceeding ;
and which of you can undergo the ordeal ?
The CHAIRMAN—Mr. Smith—
Mr. SMITH—You are a lot of—
The CHAIRMAN—Mr. Smith— (Uproar.)
Mr.-SMITH—But I challenge you:to prodiice anything
against ine.

I did not

The CHAIRMAN—YOU know you are bound to obey
the order of "the chairman ; and' if you do not, I shall
exercise the privilege of am Englishman:
Mr. ISAAC EDNVARDS moved a resolution expressing'
satisfaction at the' cOndlict Of the chairman relative
.to
the charge against Mr. Shaw.
Air; LEDGER said, that as he was not present at the
last meeting or the previous one it would be improper
for him to take part in the disciission, but he would
perhaps be perMitted to say that he thought Mr. Shaw
would'have adopted a wiser course bad he insisted upon
the presence of the woman before he contradicted her
statement. He said so because, not long since a pauper
mistook him (Mr. Ledger) for another person at the
door. He looked at her and said; "Look 'at me, woman,
have you ever seen Me before ; she begged .his pardon
and said she had mistaken him. for s'onie one elk."
Re wotildionly remark that no one acquainted with the
English language would put that construction upon Mr.
Ward's letter which Mr. Smith had done. (Hear, hear.)
The resolution having been carried, Mr. Smith only
not voting in its favour;

The CHAIRMAN said he would not say he was very
handl obliged to them, because he really believed they
had dome him nothing but justice. (eat, hear.)
Mr. HEYEO said he had
_been requested to oorrect'a
misstatement to the effect. that Mr. Gough was eaves-
dropping at one of the doors at the previous meeting.
The party who entered the room was Mr. Lythgoe, who
was returning foi his cheque-book, but seeing that the
board was at business retired immediately. Mr.
Gough was not in the lobby at all.
A GUARDIAN remarked that at the time referred to
he 'saw yr. Gough standing on the steps at the opposite
side of file yard;

Mr: SMITH—I should like to know who it was
furnished the manuscript for the entry, which states
that Elizabeth Wilkinson Caine before the board in the,
usual course. Why use that expression? Can you
find such an entry in the book on any other occasion ?
•
It is a conspiracy to-- •
The CHAIRMAN—NOW, don't impute motives.
Mr. SMITH--You are 'conscious it was a vile con-
spiracy against him. (Great uproar.) What busineiss
had you with it? (At this time the chairman rose to
call' Mr. Smith to order, and a scene of indescribable
confusion ensued: s'
the voices of both speakeri being
drowned by the cries of the other, and the uproar
prevailing throughout the hoard.)
The CHAIRMAN at length said,--If you interrupt the
business of the board, Mr. Smith, I Shall exercise the
authority of a chairman, and compel you to leaVe the
room.

Mr. CLARK—You'uever will have peace until that old.
man is removed,

The Cuaut.turr-z7.3:0n have no right to vilify the per-
sons who differ frotifYOu.
The Clerk read a letter front the Poor-law Board,
stating that if Mr. Henry Edwards and Mr. Owen
Roberts, were elected guardians of the poor for the
township, at the election in April. 185.0, and continued
to possess the Atidificatioits foi the (Ace, it was com-

petent for them to act is guardians for the remainder of
the current patobhial year. Messrs. M'Connal and
Ifaigh, however, having been elected for the past year,
were precluded from continuing to act by the 'erder

issued by the board on the 12th instant. The board
was not aware that the last named gentlemen were dis-
qualified from becoming candidates if an order was issued
fOr a new election.

Mr. SSMITH referred to a paper which had been sett

by the Poor-law Board, and had to be filled up, with
reference to the antecedents and character of Mary
Parker, who was elected as nurse at the last meeting;
and he wished to know whether it was the intention of
the board to direct that paper to be filled up ? He
believed the woman referred to was notoriously pro-
fligate. (Confusion.)
The CHAIRMAN-But, Mr. Smith—
Mr. SMITH—I want to know if we are to stand god-
father to her?

The CHAlRNtAN—Anything you have got to say

would have been all very proper before she was
appointed. Now that she is appointed, you say
that she has this character ; and it is your duty

to bring forward specific acts of profligacy, and
then we can deal with the matter, but we cannot
allow the character of a woman to be run down upon
your ipse
A GirktimAN--Mr. Smith has already been convicted
of. making false charges. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. S:eurru—.l do not object to the election, but I
object to giving her a character.
The CHAIRMAN—You must make a specific charge.
Mr. SMITH—T am told, on authority which I

entirely believe, that she was in this house when the
former master—(uproar)—l am going to tell you

A GUARDIAN—We don't want to hear it.

The CHAIRMAN—Mr. Smith, you and I will have to
sit here till the end of this year, and I want to make
make you understand our relative positions. If you

have any charge to make against the' woman, put it 'in
writing—give a fortnight's notice of it, and we will

have aboard summoned to investigate the charge ; but
I do object to charges ofthis sort being made against
a person in general terms.

•-•
Mr. SMITH—Very proper, indeed; and if it were the
practice of this board to go thtis regularly to work, it
would be all the better. But will you defer the filling
up of this paper for a fortnight? the woman is in the
house. Is she to be there a fortnight, when she is not
fit -to be there an hour ? (Cries of " Order," and

confusion.)
• The CHAnimAN,---I believe the woman has an excel
lent character.

Mr. SMITH----You did-not give Mr. Shaw a fortnight's
notice, and you only brought the matter against him
because he assisted me.. (Laughter.)
Mr. J. ED WA.RDS —Assisted you! Assisted you in all
your roguery. (Loud laughter.) It is a pity Mr. Smith
and Mr. Shaw are not expelled from the board. (Hear,

hear.)
The CHAIBMAN suggested that if Mr. Smith continued
to interrupt the proceedings the board should send him
a memorial, asking him to stop away. (Laughter.)
Mr. SMITH, who is rather deaf, asked what the chair-
man said, and his neighbour, amidst considerable
laughter, informed him that the guardians were going
to sign a memorial to him, asking him to stop at home.
The remainder of the business was unimportant.

THE DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1860.

TRIAL FOR 11ifRiitR, A♦ND,SENTEIstQE'OF
DEATH ON A GIRL 16 YEARS OF AGE...

LErtnsimi.idly
(tefore Mr. Jtistice Wightman.)
Harinaii Hollins, aged 16; pleaded "Net to
an indictment charging her with the wilful murder of
Samuel Wells: .
'Mr. Merewether and Mr. Sergeautt appeated as
counsel for the prosecution; Mr. O'Brien and Mr. R
Palmer for the prisoner.
From the statement made by the learned counsel
who opened the prosecution, and from the evidence
by which it was supported, the facts of the case.
appeared 'to be substantially these : —The prisoner
had lived as a domestic servant from Martinmas to
April last, in a house inhabited by the deceased man,
Mr. Samuel Wells, who was 60, years of age, and
farmed his own land at Soagrave. One of his sons,
Thomas J. Wells, and his wife, 'occupied a portion of
the same house, but their meals were taken separately
from Samuel Wells, the prisoner acting as the servant
alike of him and the young couple. She did not, how-
ever, live on good terms with the former ; there were
constant altercations between them, and on several
occasions the prisoner had expressed a dislike to him,
saying at one time that she hated him, and "wished the
old devil was dead." These differences had not, how-
ever, become so great as to induce either her master or
herself to determine the service by notice. On Thurs-
day, April !6, she was sent to Mr. Henry John Wells,
another son of Samuel, living at Seagrave-lodge, about
a mile from his father's, for a lb. packet of arsenic,
Which was handed to her unopened, and having on a label
which it was proved the prisoner read, and which bore the
words "Poison, beware !" This packet sbe delivered to
her master, Mr. Samuel Wells, togetker with a bag of
offal corn, given her at the same time, and he took a
small portion of the arsenic from thd packet with a knife
and mixed it in a basin with the corn to poison sparrows.
He then tied it up, put it into a bag, and gave it to the
prisoner to take back, which she did, but not until she
had taken from it between loz. and 11oz. The deceased,
Samuel Wells, was in the habit of supping on gruel,
and about eight o'clock on Friday, the 27th April, while
his sou and daughter-in-law were at supper, be desired to
have some, which the prisoner was told to prepare. She
did so, and Mrs. Wells, who was looking on at the time,
noticed nothing improper. When made the deceased
put some bread into a basin, and the prisoner poured
the gruel upon it. He remarked that the gruel was
thick, and when he had eaten half of it said that he
did not know how it Was he couldn't get through it, and
presently told the prisoner to take it away, and she took
it into the dairy which adjoined the kitchen. Shortly
afterwards the deceased exhibited symptoms which
ordinarily follow poisoning by arsenic; remitted, and
could retain nothing of the medicines that were given
him by his daughter-in-law. In this condition he
remained until about 5 o'clock on the fallowing morning
when the prisoner was called up by Mrs. 'Wells and told
that her master had been very ill. The prisoner inquired,
" Do you think hell die?" Mrs. Wells answered, "No.
T don't think he'll die, Ann, but he has been very ill.
Lie down a bit, and attend to your master if he rings."
Mrs, Wells heard her afterwards go to the deceased, and
upon her coming back and saying that ho was no better,
she told the prisoner that she was 'to go to Mr.
Downey (a surgeon living two miles off, at Sileby)
to come. This was about 6 a.m. on Saturday, April
28. She reached Mr. Downey's between 7 and
and informed him that Mr. Wells had been very
sick, and swelled, and purged a good deal,. and said
that she had been told to desire him to send something
to do him good. Mr. Downey replied that,he must see
him, and he accordingly went, and on arriving about
eight o'clock a.m., not then suspecting poison, gave the
deceased rhubarb and magnesia draughts, which seemed
to benefit him, as he was afterwards able to take some

toast and water, though he could oat nothing. About
two o'clock on the same day, Thmnas Wells came
home, and was informed by his wife, that she had,
on going into the yard, found two chickens nearly
dead, and two others " very bad." One fowl and

two chickens died, and, on cutting open one of their
craws, Mrs. Wells found slime and .what seemed like
sopped bread, and was supposed to be a portion of the
vomit of Samuel Wells, which the fowls had picked up.
About seven o'clock on the same evening, Mrs. Wells
proposed that her father-in-law should have some thin
gruel, and she herself put some water on the fire to boil,
and mixed some thickening, but, as she had completed
this part of the process before the water boiled, she
Placed the basin with the thickening on a ledge,
and sat down to read a newspaper ; on hearing
the water boil, she told the prisoner to finish
making the gruel, to do which it was unne-

cessary for her to leave the fireplace. However,
from a statement which she afterwards made, it appeared
that with the newly-made gruel she mingled what was
left of that which the deceased had partaken of on the
previous night, and which she had put into the dairy.
The dairy adjoined the kitchen, and the prisoner had
ready adeess to it without being exposed to the observation
of Mrs. Wells, who could not, from her seat by the kit-
chen fire, see into the dairy. When the prisoner had
mixed thegrtiel, Mrs. Wells took it upstairs to the deceased,
but ns he would not take it, she took it. downstairs, and
said she would eat it herself. The prisoner upon this
exclaimed, "Don't eat it, mistress; I will keep it hot
for him. I wouldn't be at the trouble of making more."
Mrs. Wells answered that she wouldn't keep it hot for
him, for if he wouldn't eat it while it was thin, he
*wouldn't eat it when it was thick. A little boy of five
years of age came in at that instant and wanted to have
some of the gruel, upon which the prisoner interposed,
saying, " Don't let him have any; he's all humoursome
ways : he wants to taste everything he sees." How-
ever, the gruel being on the table, the little boy got
to it and tasted it ; and his mother beginning to
cat some, the prisoner again endeavoured to pre-

vent her, saying, " How silly you are, mistress ;
I would keep it hot for him." Mrs. Wells, however,
ate of it. and re:narked that the gruel had a disagree-
able taste, which she attributed to the prisoner having

put the toast too near a log of wood on the fire. The
prisoner tasted a very small portion, and by her tui_
tress's direction, and in her presence, put the rest into
the dog-trough. Soon after taking the gruel, Mrs.
Wells perceived her lips smart, her tongue tingle, and

her throat become hot, and the little boy also complained

of his mouth hurting. Thomas Wells came home at
three o'clock, and being informed of what had occurred,
and suspecting that there must he poison in the oat-

meal, he ordered the girl to fetch hack the gruel that
was in the dog-trough. This she did, and it was

buried by Wells in a manure-heap, but was suhse-

quently taken from it, and was found upon examination
to contain arsenic.- The prisoner recommended that
the oatmeal should he buried, but this advice was not

regarded, but it was locked up, and when subsequently

examined presented no traces of poison. Soon after the
children of Mrs. Wells bad boen put to bed she beard

her little boy crying, and brought him down vomiting by

he way. She then again sent for Mr. Downey, and was

herself soon afterwards attacked with vomiting. Mr.
Downey came and administered medicine to the elder

Wells, Mrs. Wells, and the boy, but the sickness of the

two latter continued throughout the night, and both expe-
rienced violent pain until three a.m. of the next day. Their
vomit was kept carefully, and both it and the gizzards
of the dead chickens were afterwards subjected to the
usual tests, and were found to contain arsenic. On
Tuesday night, the Ist of May, Mr, Downey and Dr.
Eddowes together attended the deceased, having agreed
as to' the treatment which was to be followed ; but
he died on Friday the 4th of May. A post otortent
examination of his stomach and intestines showed
a high state of inflammation, the lips were found
to be excoriated, and other indications of an irritant
poison were presented, which the medical wit.-

nesses did not doubt was arsenic, and the fause

of the deceased's death. Poisoning by some person
being strongly suspected before the death of Wells,
the prisoner was taken into custody upon a charge of
administering arsenic with intent to kill her master.
She' said she was sure sDe .did not do it, hat was con-
veyed to the lock-up at Loughborough, and while there

was observed by the woman who was set to keep her
company to be writing and doubling down a piece of
blotting paper over each line as she penned it. The
paper when written was taken from her by the wife of a
sergeant of police, and contained the following letters,
which she said were in her handwriting, and both of
which she intended to send to her father :

"Loughborough.
"My dear Father and Molhery—l now write these few lines
to you, hopeing they will find you quite well, as it leaves Me
at this time.

I hope you will excuse what i am goin to say, but it is no
use try to conceal it any longer. 1 have trewly repented it,
and 1 shall pleed for mercy ; i dig it, and shall never feel harpy
any more until the moister is better. 1 never once thought of
suNi a thing until l sent me up to the lodge for the Arsenick,
but I have trewly repented since i did it, but if you. will go to
him and ask him to forgive tue and not press the case, never
any more, as long es i live, will I de sutch a thing ; so i trust
bewill be mersyfnll to me, as I did it, and do repent, but there
is unregarded moments for all; so no more from me at this
.time. •

"I remain, your affectionate daughter,
" HANNA!! HOLMES.
"Go to him, and then write by return of post, and I shall
get it before i am tryed."

Loughborough.
Sir,---I now write these few lines to you, hppeing you are
better ; i must say i did it, and deserve to be punished for it,
but i have truly repented doing it, and if you will pleas have
mercy on me and not press the case, i shall take it as a sincere
act of kindness---i will never act it any more as long as i live,
and i have bitterly repented of it, and i hope you will forgive
me. I should be allowed to see you, if you please, before you
go before the Bench.. ' HANNAH HOLMES.
The envelope was addressed " Mr. F. Holmes, Cos-
sington, Leicestershire:"

The prisoner made several statements subsequently to
her being in custody. She had, she said, put by the
gruel made for the deceased on the first day in a basin
on a shelf, and put it in the gruel that was made the
next day, as they were so near she dare not throw it
away: She more than once declared that she had done
it, but she did not know why. And she told her com-
panion in the cell, speaking of the charge against her,
that they didn't know the bottom of it, nor they never
would. When informed of her master's death she

_ e said, and hasl never intended to k- ill him. She had
Taken the arsenic out of the packet and put a 1.., ~„-..
de it into her master's gruel ; adding that, if she had
not told, it iiiotild ba-vo been laid to her young master
,
At' the cloSe of
,The else for the firosecettion,
!Mr. O'nrien addressed the jury on lichalf oi' the
prisoner, contending that the circumstances would justify
them in finding by their verdict that the prisoner was
not guilty of the capital offence of murder, but of
..2,u
seemed greatly affected. She could scarcely believe it,
spoonful
'and mistress:
manslaughter only. The arsenic had Come into her
hands accidentally, and nothing had occurred likely to
induce in her the settled purpose to murder her master,
the principal grievance of which she had complained
being that she was kept from church. What she
had written in the strictest confidence, and when
she was not aware of her master's death, and
apparently not conscious of the dangerous effect
of the poison she administered, showed that the
dreadful thought of murder had. never crossed her
mind. The question for the jury was principally that
of intent. An act passed in the present session of Par-
liament had made a distinction between the criminality
of administering a noxious. 'drug with intent to do
grievous bodily harm. If her intent was merely to
annoy, and give the poison with that intent alone she
had caused the death of the deceased, she would be
guilty only of the crime of manslaughter. The second
administration was probably accidental. The statement
made by her in her agony of oiled should not weigh
with the jury, and apart from that the evidence ren-
dered it not improbable that, as it, was proved the same
saucepan and bas-in were. used on the second occasion as
do the first, the poisoning of the last made was not by -
design. I

The learned Judge, in summing up the evidence,
indicated the importance, as to the question of intent,
of the inquiry which the prisoner had made of her
mistress respecting the likelihood of her master's
recovery, and of her having afterwards, when informed
that he was likely to recover, put the remaining portion
of the poisoned gruel into that which was being newly
made. He left it for the jury to consider whether the
prisoner administered arsenic to the deceased ; whether
he died from the effects of arsenic so administered ; if
so, whether she knew it was likely to cause death, and
administered it with an intent to kill, or with an intent
to do grievous bodily harm. If either, she would be
guilty of murder. But if she administered it merely
with an intent to annoy or slightly injure, and not to
do (grievous bodily harm or to kill, she would be guilty
of manslaughter only.
The jury, after retiring for a short time, returned
into court and returned a verdict ofguilty, with a strong
recommendation to mercy on account of the prisoner's
youth

His Lordship then put on the black cap, and in a very
solemn manner addressed the prisoner, whose expressed
contrition he trusted was sincere, and, observing upon
the heinousness of the crime of which she hail been con-
victed, and the manner of which was the worse because
it showed deliberaCmn, he counselled the prisoner to
prepare for the penalty of death. which it was not in
his power to remit. He would, however, forward the
recommendation of the jury to the proper quarter. His
lordship then in due form, and amid the profound silence
of all around, pronounced sentence of death upon the
prisoner, at the conclusion of which he was visibly
affected.