The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-04 00:00:00

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he sa:d, w:is walking fast when he passed him ; and we;
it not quite clear that Watson could not ohs, rye what
ha was like ? But ho had not given 111;1 same evidence
};ere that he gave before the magistrates. There Branch
low's evidence was most important for him, and if hi,
Lard-hip wished for justice he should have insisted upon
its b,ing read. He now came ,to the evidence of Mar-
garet Reid, the cook, He hoped the jury would remem-
ber that evidence, for he stood there before God and his

country, and he defied them to find anything against lain,
if that evidence was attended to. He asked them to com-
pare the evidence which Reid gave before the c:zoner
with what she had stated there. His firm belief was
that she never saw any one in the passage at all. Before
he was done he would show that his cloak was placed on
him at the Bridewell to see if she recognised him, but
she failed to do so.

The JUDGE—I think you are justified in asking that
that should be done again.
The prisoner would certainly like it. There was
nothing sufficient in the evidence to satisfy a jury that
anybody saw a man coming along the passage at all.
Here was a great cloak reaching down to his legs, and
yet was it not extraordinary that Reid should have given
such evidence? She said the cloak might have been
held up, but she admitted that his hand was down; and
she swore before the coroner that the cloak which the
man wore did not reach beyond his knee. He would
produce the garment which he had on that night. He
would prove the reason why he went out at nights, and
that Emily Sandford had seen him go out, and told the
prosecution what his dress was, and they have con-
cocted all this evidence and put it into the mouths of
the witnesses. He would produce the dress he wore the
night of the murders, and he was not ashamed to own
that he wore it. He had most important documents to
show, and one particularly so, 'which Mr. Jermy handed
him on the 21st, and which, if produced by the prosecu-
tion, would show that he was at the time in his (the
prisoner's) power. It would be no great advantage to
him, perhaps, to produce that paper, but it would show
the confidential footing on which Mr. Jermy's father
was with him; and that, being one of his best friends,
he (the prisoner) could not do anything against bis
family beyond protecting himself. The jury would
bear well in mind what Reid said about his wearing his
head on one side. He never heard of such a thing be-
fore. He wanted nothing but the facts and truth of
the thing, and that would come out befbre he had done.
She said the man was walking quicker than he (the
prisoner) usually did; but how could she see this with
Miss Jermy between her and him ? The prosecution
had not produced that young lady. The poor boy who
was put into the box yesterday spoke the truth; and why,
therefore, should she not be brought forward? He now
came to the case of Honor Holmes, the kitchen maid,
and it would be his duty to read the facts in her evidence
which were in his favour. She went with the other par-
ties in the direction in which this man must have come
in going to or leaving the hall. It was impossible for
him to have gone in that direction without knowing
that they were there; and did the jury think he could
have had impudence enough to go through all these
people on such an object? Holmes must have seen or
heard something of the man described if she returned
when she stated. Harvey's evidence, the jury would see,
had been tampered with, he (the prisoner) knew how
very well. The evidence had been twisted and twirled
in every direction. Reid used the word "intervened"
in her examination, and yet she acknowleged that
she did not understand its meaning. He had no he-
sitation in saying that God Almighty would
enable him to make his evidence appear clear
to them. Another most important point was the time
that Holmes was gone. He would prove that it was not
as stated. She states that five or six days before the
murdsr she observed a light on the lawn, and the ap-
pearance of a man with a cloak. Now, was it likely
that a man there with an intention to commit murder
should have a light? It was well known that he had
had a dark lantern for years, and the jury, as practical
' men, were quite aware that it was much better not to
show a light if a person wanted to detect anything
wrong among his servants. Where was the farmer that
had not a dark lantern? Then, he would ask, how had
Harvey given his evidence? How could any man have
got there and shot Mr. Jermy while these people were
about the door? It was impossible without being seen by
these servants. Then, there was another thing—why
should all these people have run away if they thought
there was anything serious going on? These servants were
running about the hall, and yet they had never been ex-
amined before the coroner. He would show that there
never was a man who had been treated as he had. If
the reporters had been admitted at previous inquiries the
public would have known what was going on. They
would find that, please God Almighty, in spite of all that
could be done against him be would be able to look his
enemies in the face. He hoped God Almighty would
make it appear how this thing was working, There was
every excuse for Mrs. Jermy's deposition, considering
the situation site was in, and the situation in which she
thought he was. The jury would recollect the evidence
which had been given as toMiss Sandford being at the hall
for 12 hours. He had no doubt that she was examined
over lied over again that night, notwithstanding Mr.
Cann's statement. He thought that she was honest
enough—he did not think she was so bad as that, poor
thing; and if he knew whom she had been examined be.
fore, he would have had them examined as witnesses, no
matter how hostile they might be. The servants denied
that they had seen the newspapers; but was that at all
likely? Then he wished to examine Mr. Clarke.
The JUDGE—Iie merely produced papers, but if you
wish to examine him he will be here in an hour.
Prisoner—Then as to Futter; they had heard how he
had given his evidence as to the means of crossing the
drain. It was a very dangerous place to walk over i n
the daytime even, and at night not one man in a hun-
dred could pass. Then about laying down the straw.
This was a piece of beans, and the pigs used to go back
and forward, the straw being put there to keep them on
that side of the field when their bellies were filled. This
was the result of the fuss which had been made about
the straw. His impression Ras that it was at that very
time a bean stubble. As to time, Stanley's was the most
direct evidence of any. His evidence, and Watson's
taken with it, showed that the murder took place later
than stated, and that it must have been very near nine
o'clock. Coming to the evidence of Pont, Mortar, Amos,
and Osborne, he would show the purpose of the bare-
faced, impudent evidence they had given. He called
their attention to this to show the way is which the evi.
dence had been got up, for that must come out. There
was no doubt that the fellow Pont had studied his first
depositions in the papers, for he repeated the very words
he used before the coroner; but let them compare what
he said with the evidence of others, and then they
would see the difference. They would find that these
men concocted the point about time. At the time lie
could observe their drift, and that was the reason he
put certain questions. They had got up the story of
his saying that young4ermy was his enemy; but was
it likely that he would make such a statement if he was
guilty; and the jury would recollect that though it was
stated he said so in the presence of Miss Sandford, she
had no recollection of it. Then about the papers, that
fellow Pont told the ether men what they ought to say
as he went out of court, and they had done so. It
showed the injustice to which he had been
subjected. About the evidence Osborne gave as
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said that no one went up stairs with him (the prisoner)
but Amos and Mortar, and it was clear from the posi-
tion in which Osborne stood that he could not have
seen them. The evidence of these parties he hoped they
would well consider in all its bearings. The words to
which they spoke differed; and the jury heard what
Pont swore yesterday as to seeing Mortar taking him by
the arm. When a man would swear false in one way,
then he would do so in another also. Then as to the
boots. 'The first description of them which Pont gave
was that they were getting dry and had been washed;
while before the coroner he said they were wet. The
contradictions on this subject were many, and the pro-
secution had not called the most important witness that
could speak to the fact. Emily Sandford had no recol-
lection of the boots having been washed. He woeild,
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the bed, one of the fellows
gth'emre.' wliis home was at Felmingham, and ho would
swore that there was fresh dirt upon them, which
stowed what such witnesses were prepared to say
against him. lie declared solemnly that he never had
them on that day. Again, each of the police swore that
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who would not stop at small falsehoods would not stop
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to show the feeling between him and the deceared Mr.
Jenny. There was no ill feeling between them that was
sdaboing this,
not expressed by him (the prisoner) in an open and
manly way. lie had said much more to Mr. Jermy
himself than to any out else on the subject. Ho sent a
copy of his pamphlet to him when it was first published,
and he had no doubt it still existed to prove the fact.
He had particularly wished to know who the witnesses
were that were to be brought against him, and there was
plenty of time to do so; but that information had been
c.i:hheld, The banks along: tho fields between Potash
and the hall were very much broken, and, with ditches
to cress and other impediments, it would be most dan-
gerous, and ho thought almost impossible, to pass along
them in a dark night; but particularly it would
be impossible to do so in a quarter of an hour, the time
taken by the police-constable to walk it during the day.
They bud heard what Mr. Cann said about the witness
Emily Sandford. Had she spoken the truth at first there
would not have bsen enough evidence to commit him;
but finding that she was unduly tampered with, she was
induced to say what has led her to the statements which
she new made. Notwithstanding %%hat had been said

that Emily Sandford was left alone atihelalf,he was
sure the jury would not believe that all the time she
was there she was not cften under examination.
Honor Holmes stated that she was examined at three
o'clock. If she had said now what she said on her second
examination there would have been no evidence against
him. This Cann had been keeping off and on with
him; but if he was going to din just now he would say
that there was nothing wrong in the evidence which
Emily Sandford gave on her second examination. If he
had the truth of what took place in the brown parlour,
he could clear up the whole mystery in five minutes.
He believed Watson to be an honest fellow, and that he
gave his evidence in the brown parlour correctly enough,
and that it was subsequently the story of the mask and
all that was got up. The jury saw how Mrs. Bryant
has been a go-between 'between Mr. Cann and Emily
Sandford. They would find that Mr. Cann pressed the