The Express.
London, England, 1848-12-04 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

BWlVlUMT.—(nerefe Mr. *wee column.)
TRIAL Of' TIIS flein*Eht sT. mAitr.
hen our repot of this trial &reed on Saturday,
the witness, Riles Russell, wee under cross examine-
tins. In conttnuation she mid, It was between the
breakfast and ma time that the baroness told her to pawn
the rings, and she said she was to give the name of Mary
Ann Turner, 16, Gloocester-place, and she pawned the rings
in that name. She said she was sure sane did nut pawn
the rings on the Friday, and that she nevi r saw them tin
Saturday,, the let of May, the day. on which the peisoner
was married. She did nut pay particular attention to what
wee writtea en the duplicate, but she gave it to the prisoner
the moment she returned, but she could not say whether
she was in the bedroom or the beck dining-room at the
time. The witness was then asked whether this was not the
' first time she had made this statement, and she made no an.
ewer. She was sure she pot biome so early as alert set
tshe en
o'clock at night, and her salamis discharged her because
was not home by half-past four. Could not recollect having
mentioned to any one what the baroness had said about there
having been a litUe " pied the house.
The witness was then by Mr. Cockburn to stwe
where the alleged coon nations took place between her and
the prisoner, but she would not state positively, merely say.
ing it wee either in the bedroom er the back dining-room.
—Mr. Cockburn insisted upon an =ewer being given, and
be asked the witness whether she 6. dined to name any par-
ticular place or time for feu he should call seine one to cos-
indict her ? She made no reply.
The witness wee then asked when she ha firt made same
of the determinate which dm had deposed, and she admitted
that this was the first *credos of her having done so, and
that she did not say a word respecting them when she was
examined before the magistrate. In *ether crow-examina-
tion the witness said that Sir John Haze had never promised
to give her any sum of mossy if the baroness wee trans-
ported.
Seine further evidence was then given with regard to the
pawning et the rings and the manner in which the matter
was made known to the promoter throne* the instrumen-
tality of the widens Russell, which it will net be necessary
to repeat, as the facts have_all been riven within the last
few days, and must be ee* in the reeolleetion of the pub-
lic. The shopman to Mr. Boyce proved that the diamond
rings were pawned at his master's shop on the let May,
11147, by a woman, but be could not speak positively to the
witness Russell being the person. He also said that the
same rings were pledged by the same person whoever she
was, on some previous occasion ; and he contradicted Rus-
sell with regard to the name in which 11157 wen pawned on
the let of May, stating that the name gives was Mary Wil-
son, and not Mary Anne Turner, as she had represented.
The statement mane ty the prisoner when before the
magistrate was put in. She " Sir John offered me
marriege, saying that andwas richer than the baron. Us
showed me the rings, I handed them to my mother,
who gave them to the baron, and be returned them to Sir
John Hare,
the OM for the prosecution.
Mr. Cockburn then made • most eloquent and forcible ad-
dress to the jury on behalf of the accused lady. He com-
menced by stating that when he reflected that the interests
of a lady standing in the polities of the accused, the wife of
a gentlemen, the possessor of an ancient and honourable title
in a foreign country, and who, besides, wee in the condition
of being on the eve of bringing into the world an heir to
that hones and title, were plated in his keeping ; when he
reflected that that child might also become the heir to the
brand of infamy which would be indelibly impressed upon
it, if its mother were found guilty upon such • charge as
this, he could not deny that he felt the deepest interest
he
in
the isms of the moist iimuiry. When, however
thoseht of the nature of the evidence chimp
sponwhich the
was *ought to be supported—at the inconsistency of the MO
for the prosecution. he eideeminedaeoisfitlent opinion that no
jury would think of returning a verdict of guilty upon such
evidence, and that the necessary consequence must be an
honourable acquit al. The Wanted counsel then mooed& to
comment upon the facts, and said it wee clear that the vene-
rable prosecutor looked upon the young lady with much
more than Platonic affection, and that he desired a much
more tender intimacy to exist between them ; but finding
that his snit wee not successful, he had inatittred this pro,
(lading, actuated by feelings of jealousy and disappointment.
It had beenamnestied by the counsel for the promotion that
be might possibly think it necessary to ridicule the pet:ae-
rator on account of his position and his being (mainly a
tradesman. He certainly should set think himself justified
in ridiculing any man who might be deemed worthy of re-
ceiving knighthood at the hands of his sovereign,
bat he did think that everyone might be excused
for laughing at an old gentlemen like the
who, forgetful of his years. took upon himself
young ladies about, deuce with them at different
houses, write love sonnets, and place poetry on their plates,
and other ridiculous proceedings which might be excusable in
a boy, but which were totally inconsistent with the patio
of the prosecutor and his advanced period of life. Ile ad-
verted * the manner in which the prosecutor had given his
evidence, and said that, although he could hardly get one
single straightforward answer from him, It was emu that
after the marriage he had acted in a most unmanly tenser
towards the prisoner and her husband end mother, and that
be bad most grossly insulted him upon armed occasions.
With regard to Sir John's own statement, relating to sho
ginal transaction, he submitted that it was hardly maple.
He talked of the value of these rings and the care be took
of them, and yet, after they were left in the pow
aka of the prisoner oa the night alma he ant
shewed them to her, 'be preteaded that he lied entirely
forgotten these, althoogh with regard to the rep& et the
baron's own ring, he did not forge's to esk for the WIDOWS
ism of depence which he bad expanded far it. With sword
to the evidence of the witness Resell he subasittiod that it
was so entire fabricati in, and that after what she had ad,
raided no jury would be justified in placing any reliance
non such a person. The leaned counsel having inti-
mood that • number ot witnesses weft is attendance a
contradict porticos of the avidness gives by that witaies,

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