The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-22 00:00:00

THE ULAFOOW MURDER.

VERDICT AND 21101THECE.
SATURDAY EWING.
The trial of Jiwete M'ldauclilan elided to-day,
Etter four long day.' proissednigi, with • verdict of guilty,
■al no recoenuouthition to mercy. bad Dorm began to sum
up to the jury at tweuty-Bve minutes prat tee in the morn-
log, and did out hutch Lill halt-peet two o'clock. He went
over the evidence with great Cate, and piled up the number-
lea circutuataoces which told women the prisoner in one
but fatal order, which fumbled the jury to come to their vim-
tin • very short space of time. After an absence of
about half co hour they returned into court unanimously
finding the prisoner guilty of murder cod theft.
The prummer, on hearing the veiditt, rose up and
"Well, Imo as innocent of this murder as my owe
three years old."
air. Rutherford Clark then sail that the prisoner would
Mica that a statemout ale had turtle should betool.
The Prisoner—Yes, my lord, I would him th-it read.
Lord Dare having giveu pennteiriou, Mr. Clark read •
long statement, in which she told a completely new
story from her previous declarations of the case. She
denied that she was the murderer, and thee proceeded at
great length and with pemhaz ur umatatitLlity to relate a
most plausible tale ea to how the *punier was committed.
She ■dnutted Laving viaitall the deoeared ou the eight iu
question ; but stated that it woe old Mr. Flioniug who had
done the bloody deed. She had guise out for drink about
11 o'clock at night, and ahem she returned, the deceased
was lying inweinble, with a deep wound ou the forehead,
which had been sidm.ttedly Came by old Fleming. She
wished to go fora doctor several times doriog the night,
but Fleming refused ; but bye-cud-bye Jessie ei far re-
covered as to be able to speak, and then She told her
that old Flaming had attacked her in a passion, and
because be wee afraid she would iufarm his son that he
Lad been attempting to take liberties with her. Subse-
quently the same night, while she went into another room
• little, Fleming attacked the deceased again, and killed her
outright. Then be would not allow her to go away until he
made her swear on the Bible that she would never reveal
wod, had taken place ; and be gave her some clothes and
silver plate, so that he might be able to state iu the morning
that the house had been rubbed, sod the eervaut murdered.
This is the gist of her story—a well told tale— and which
she delivered to her agent ea far back as the 18th of Aug.,
about sit weeks after the murder, and atter she had made
three evidently false declarations before the sheriff. It is
needless to say that no intelligent penal who heard the
evidence of the trial believes iu its truth.
Lind Dues thee proceeded to pan eeutence of death. He
said—Of the crime of murder you have bees convicted by
the unanimous verdict of se intelligent and attentive a jury
ei 1 ever saw in the box after • trial of very uuusual
length, cooducted with the greatest possible patience, and
all the inquiries having bean pursued with the greatest pos-
sible core, and when your defence has been conducted
in the ablest manner in which a defence for •
prieoeer could lie given. Your stskuleut dues not
convey to my mind the slightest impresaiou of
truth—it conveys the impression of one of the most
wicked falsehoods I ever li,tened to. In claw iA your
atatemeat throwing suspicion on the old man, I think
that if anything were wasting to satisfy the public mind
of that man's innocence it would be tent moat incredible
statement which has now been reed. Be that as it
may, I must act upon the evidence and the ver-
dict. The evidence bas been led and considered by the
jury, who have unanimously returned • verdict finding you
guilty. I caneut do otherwise than say that I concur in
that verdict, awl that no other verdict would have been
consistent with the aids of justice. In that state of mat-
ter., the law leaves me no alteruative whatever, but to
pronounce the sentence against you. which I uow do. Hie
lordship thee, having assumed the black cap, in the usual
form sentenced the prisoner to be executed on Saturday,
the 11th day of October, between the Lowe of eight and
ten o'cdoek em.
The prisoner, who bad listened to his lordship throughout
with strained attention, though weeping 'Deadly, then
quitted the duck without any expressioe of heeling.
The foreman of the jury then thaoked his lordship for
the attention and courtesy which he had shown them.