The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-08-10 00:00:00

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put into a jar, end sealed with les own seal, and emit them I
I'. Dr. Breast-mi./ticks, if Guy's Hospital. After the
death he founi in the deceased's room a bottle containing
• fluid with • white sediment. Thisbe similarly seale4 up I
and gave to the sergeant of police to take to Dr, Stoddard. '
the county analyst, who wee since deal. From the 1
appearance it might have been quinine and sherry; he
could not my it Imo He did not know that quinine used
In large qmantitles would have • certain effect in a ease of
the kind.
Crooreexunined by Mr. Clarke, Q C.: lie had heard of
Mrs. Colour for some yearr. He knew elm bad one sou
who was aenualified medical man. He did not know she
had two. His knowledae and experience certainly did not
chow him that woman were often affected in • mincer for
which they preferred to he ex enicierl be other women
rather than men. The instrument in emeetion would be
need for examination in caw of Alsace... rii at ouch an
,r'y stage of pregnancy it would lo lie. Iy to prolong
laceration. attended with a copious diecharge of blord.
If
she bad had much hemorrhage on the 0/0/I.o* 08/ her
system would have been ot weakened that a slight recur.
repos might have had the effect of producing • collapse.
Apart from any evidence in the case he should think
the urea:sous be had described had resulted from an
opsrstion within the previous 24 hours. Considerable
violence must have been used judg n t from them. He
thought that it would have been quite pardble for a
having sutenitted to such an operation and in the
law= prostration, in which Mrs. Budge bad been
duerihed to be, to have taken a journey by bus and
train—ulna immediately after. It wits • common thine
in the country for • woman to be *uncut in the kitchen
and then to walk up stairs and evil medical sesietance.
Mr. Charlet Elwin Alford, of Crewkerna, who assisted
the last witness in his examination of the body of the
ilecessed, said he agreed with him in his opinion as to the
cause of death. (No other question was put to this
witness).
Mr. Jas. Wright Outchince the public analyst for the
city and borough of Bath, said he received on the 27th of
March last, for the parpoee of analysis, some rarcela One
of them, • bottle contained sherry, —probahly, and sulphate
of quinine in solut,a, and also the some in the form of
crystallised solid. It wet an ilos. bittic. end there were
3 a. and 9 drams of 'hold, to each oa of oh.ch there were
grains of dissolved and 3 grains of solid qe •n'n t, Another
bottle was labelled "contents of stomach.- hut there was
nothing material In that. But • third which run'
tamed aeons' yellow fluid, gave the al.a...'rat t'ace of oily
soot ominous matter but he was nd in • Ili!: en to state
'chat that matter was. It it jut posioWe it might have
proceeded from mein.
Mr. Alfred Louis Gall iris, F WC. P . to id' an oaaniina•
tinn of other portions of the body, wh:ch he.t been sent
to him, and the result of a careful ex sioinYion of them
rhowed that instruments aunt have been used to procure
abortion Pregnancy bad, no doubt, existed for between
two and three months. Tbe proportion f quinine, stated
to have been found in the mixture, was greater than what
would be generally given—about S grains ti the rc Ira
the ordinary proportion. A mixture of that streogth
would have had a cartels effect after an operation bad
been performed.
Dr. Jonathan Wybrants. one of the coroners for the
county of Somerset, stated that be bald as inquest upon
the body of the &roused, and in the coons of the enquiry
Use Kumar, Jane Colmer, was examined as • witness by
hiss. She was the second witness on the wood day. Stse
made a statement which she signed.
Mr. Norris: Perhaps the Court will reed it.
His Lordship: I have tried, but failed.
Dr. Wybrants : But you have loopy, my lord. (Laugh-
ter.)
His Lordship : I tam glad to say, air, that I hare.
(Renewed laughter.)
The statement was then road by the witness himself.
It was to the effect that she, Jana Colmar. was • herbalist,
sad lived at Yeovil, and she had an American diploma of
M.D. from Pennsylvania, obtained by examination. To
her knowledge she had never seen the deceased. On the
day in question no ono wig taken 11l at her house and
obliged to remain there She had given 38 grains of
quioine to a person who called at her shop, hut she could
not tell who sbo woo, or what kind of a person she was.
fibs did aot know UN name but she called on the follow-
inLtoty and asked for something for worms. She did not
her, and the woman did not say what she was suffer-
ing from. She did not my she wee in the family way, and
she did not go into her house. The bus did not stop at
her shop that evening to her knowledge.
dairyman, living at Crowkense, said on
thea.l2. of Man* he returned by the 8 train to Crew.
kerns. He drove to the Yeovil station in the Mermaid
'hue and he remembered it stopping near the Castle to
take op • lady. She was dressed in black and looked very
The photograph handed to him was that of the tarty.
At Orswkerne he saw Foster, and he helped her into the
'hue
Mr. John Bayed. Deputy-Chief U instable of Somerset,
said there were two ways of going from Bristol to Yuri!
—au by way of Durston and the other vie Evert:reach
and Temolecombe. The times mentioned in the time.
table headed to the judge he knew to be correct
Hie Lordship: It taros I roe about three hours.
This concluded the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Poland then proceeded to sum up the evidence
which had been called. In doing so he said: You have
heard my learned Mead Mr. Clarke announce that he is
not going to call witnesses for the defence, and therefore
.our verdict will have to be given upon the sworn evi-
dence now before you, and it has become my duty to
point out in what way it beers upon this charge. The
on.. is certainly a very melancholy one indeed. When
ens consider the position of this laxly—here isa lady 36 or
37 years of age with daughter., one of them approaching
wornuahood, living in the place where she bad been known
noel respected, and her husband, who was • solicitor, had
been known and respected, and in the month of March
the finds herself undoubtedly pregnant We need not
trouble ourselves with the circumstances of that prow-
!limey, because no know she had 11..0 prognoot some
two or three months. and Sorting hers. 11 1,. iii•t cond.tion.
for her own reputation, and the nolo 1 her children, she
mune to hays determined the knowledge of it most by
all means be concealed fr nu her mother sad relations.
Now this young man, Ur. Foster, whose evidence I shall
have to comment upon. I think y. u will say, having
regard to the palish,' toeition in which he is placed, gave
his evidence in the liox in a •Ir to do I.lno. as • whores.
credit. I: is nit for on t ju except *0 (era. is
s ceeessry to come to a right conclusion. hot OM can't
bele remarking that this Sousa man I. 23 yesm of age
end this lady was the mo..her of fire children, • widow
4.1 36 or 37, and a rseroon who VIM in a condition on.
th.ubtedly to Dodo:: her-P.IU Ti, learn. c motto!
Oleo proceeded to recapi•ulete tl e r!tief wineo of the
toblenco at considerable lenztti On the 13th of Much
Foster told them, he remark° I, that the dec .aul wrote
a latter, but what the contents of it were they could not
say. yet they knew that it was toete.l by Lb. I sty herself.
Mr. Clarks: There is no evidence that the letter was
ever posted at all.
Mr. Poland, continuing, irked his learned friend to do
him the favour of listenin4. Toe fetter was written by
the lady, and the youag fellow, rooter, widowed it. gave
ft to her back, and she put it in her 'pocket Oa the 16th,
however, a telegram was delivered at the house of the
male prisoner, where he was ranting on big business, at
Bristol. They could not tell what the contents were, but
they had the fact that • telturarn was cant and whet did
they then find I Wbv that 00th. 17th a telegram was sent
from the male to the female prisoner, "Important businus
dotting me to-night, will ciii. by the first train in the
morning." Thero were commiinic,tione passing between
them, and the mate pros mer let • rui,d tort to Yeovil; but
was detained by ituportalt lo trl'••11, would came the
next day. What tuck phi'' next! The young man,
Foster, drove tho dcretse.l ...onto to her friend'''. to
Yeovil, *here oh ,c-ot to Mot Odin !I'd
the went there to i:o.and they woold v.:men th der at
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when she came out of the shoo. ,he tr. 0,1 t • ev.ild Mrs.
I 'ostsrd, and oft-mw sr-I. j m.d P ..ter in Hut,
where Me was seen to liend him •thm.r and he Ciro
drove her home again. Coal I toy doubt th.st ti.i• I
wag making amassment. with Mr.. Co'ner for the
rune.** of procuring abor:i a., and emit I they doubt that
Ph. Calm. emu 'wowing to do thst wide. Urn. II lige
...mired should be done I D d they datte tb it vie letter
sauch Wan written by thi !sly, ad tre....1 by Poet v
was posted? That left ir sr... Me one 41.bb s I—" they.
toads eneW/01 to get sear, and eh ill ‘v,in• g•• Inrl/
the next train. I have res.:mei th • All filmed M.
Budge. Was not that Perrot,* cowl list Arrange-
mats had hien mad for Unt Dirket +lathers...col t have°
i hat done which be would ailt them to believe was done.
and that she wag taking with to ro ro rwd, • psi went, for
It 7 Did she go to Yawn In pursuance d that letter I They
knew that she did I rater did not drive to r thst would
have been too serious • miner, bet she cent by train
and was in the prison -re hones ....est how., until 8
..'clock, when when rho was seen to cet in the 'bum and go
lack to Crewkerne. What took puce at bowel lira.
I:Miner WS/ there and Kr. C diner wae there, for about
two o'clock the servant was sent to Mr. ti-ocher's (sn-in-
law) to tell him that he was weniel. Jr that were not
true Crocker would have been called. but Gilmer returned
to the house and was seen tavernl tante during the time
the unfortunate lady wee there and was dying. About
three o'clock there was a cry heard from the dial:sr-room,
'Mee. Colmar. bring • cloth ; she has fainted." Did they
mottos the manner and demeanour of the serrant girl in
the box t Sh• might have stated in her examination before
the coroner, when she was still in the service of the female
prisoner and under coercion es to what she should say,
that which was not a true story ; they were the solejudgem
sad bad witnessed her manner In the box. Had they any
doubt of the truth of her statement I Did they believe
that an operation had been performed at this time) Why
should she faint She had gone there In perfect gout
lealth. The elms panela of the door bad had • Meer
r acted over them, they found that a t wee discovered
in &pail under a tap, and the male prisoner was seen to go
to the closet where be could have disposed of anything be
desired. At hallf.pset four Kr. Godfrey, the next door
reighbour. went into the prisoner's house for the esteems
..f seeing a grate; bat Yrs. C liner told him he could not
to into th. room as there wigs someone in it, and at seven
• .'clock. when the 'errant wee sent to order the trim she
.WW• gOing,_dOWW the PSS/4“. Mrs. Badge sitting on
the sofa,at and m Colony with her arm round her waist,
tot Out of alection, but supporting her. The next thing
they found was that the 'boa was ordered, IM
the dammed was agelated Into it and returned to
t •nrakenta, where she left In the morning perfectly well.
l'oster was to have met her by the four train, but was she
trall enough to return by the train She was not, but after
Se had fainted, after she bad been revived, she went back
to Grewkerne—he would not /Sy she WY a hale woman
Lot • woman cf ordinary health—a wreck, She was so
Ii that eke was not asked for her ticket but WY assisted
i.ito the 'bus and into her home, helped op-stairs, and put
to bed, from which she never rose again. She took home
with her some medicine, and took two doses of it, being
then dreadfully Ili No one knew where she had been,
and she refused to have a doctor, but at last, when the
1-0/1/ of death was approaching, the doctor was sent for,
end in an hear she was dead. - The learned counsel then
Proceeded to describe the state of the decemed's clothes,
and remarked that the opinion of Dr. Wills, after making
• pest "wee.' examination, was that she had died from
lek, of blood, and be was oonarnsed by the analyst in every
r enact that abortion was procured by violence, by the use
c-finatraments—not for any disease, for there was no
image on the body—and that death resulted from the Ice.
I blood. The learned counsel proceeding said be did sot
Clink be ought to trouble them at greater length, and
!Astir referred to the Inquiry which was held an the
I. idy, and the total denial by the female prisoner of the
Id ask, and argued that if the deceased went to the
r rheum's house she must have gone therefor lane purpose,
rad Mrs. Colener most have known what that pnrpoee wee,
I' they had bad medical evidence brought beforet ern, the
s mole description of that lady's condition on the morning
• id evening of the day in question mast have drives
t ism to the conclusion that while she was away from her
I, .me on that day, the operation hart been psrf, rased, and
Ine injuries inflicted upon her. Good plain common mass
oohed be them. aa men of the world, to the facts as
proved by the witneasse, without the medical evidence
mat convince them of that His learned friend Kr.
t 'lark had cromaxismined, and very properly, the servant
, test her evidence, and they had heard her explanation
• '1 did MO mass untruth.' To Hr. Footle thesemeobear•
• silos applied hews " I did tell &deliberate felsehood"—
1 4 Wei as his nab sad conunitte I deliberate perjtuy.
1 lot what did ha also say I did it te protect 1.6
• oftlemel-" And, considering the Mahwah p existing
him and Bad" it was natural that the loan
t a the inn instance hamentlearoured to Prevent an
to her memory, and an irrecable lzgrr to her
and have might to prevent facts disekseed
dahlia, it wee right justice should be done to all
I man& Now did they not OM at *MT point in thecae*,
ell% dear° vs• dells te any hisOi by hour—that the
thit tam wag conArused by independent
Hamm! Further he coaliseded thatc.c ...e by his
wand demeanour UM/ he wee the tenth, and
My meld safely rely upon his Opens
of that Mad muld not be performed whbeieg
nor would they hnereept for a valuable asegiC=
Irma they ma to asunder all the
mould have to lay whether those two elipege=la
shown—Jame Colmar, in the first ineteliseiz
and -mitring the way for bar
dasalha a was his enstem,
there with Ids wife peeforealag
... have known to be deeper-
-eyed was performed sindonba
the oor woosaas death. It wee • ease of
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