The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-06 00:00:00

BOW-STREET

A respectable loolcing widow, named Elizabeth Odell,
was summoned before Mr. Jardine, to show cause why
she had not paid the sum of 11. 15s. 9d., being the post-
horse duty due to the Excise Commission.
Tilbrook, an Excise officer, stated that the defendant
bad always paid the demands hitherto made upon her
with punctuality, but in the present instance she had
expressed her inability, owing to great distress and pri-
vation, to mite the amount. She was in lodgings at
20, Aluseurn-street, and had six children, but there did
not appear to be anything left to distrain, cxaept the
miserable bed upon which they slept. Still it was his
duty to apply for a distress warrant for the seizure of
her remaining goods, if the sum was not forthcoming.
Mr. j ARDINE said the sum was not a very large one;
and asked the defendant if she could not get it from her
friends?—Mrs. Odell said that her husband died two
years age, leaving her with six young children unpro-
vided for. He had carried on the post-horse business
before his death, although latterly it had not provided
them with the means of comfortable support; and, since
his death, it had been entirely unproductive; she was,
consequently, unable to extricate herself from the diffi-
culties in which she had become involved, and every-
thing but her bed was-gone. She had completely ex •
hausted her friends and could not ask them for further
relief, and the only means she had of living was the
trifling remuneration she received from sharing and
washing.
The officer said there could be no doubt that her case
was really a most distressing one. _
Mr. JARDINE said he had Co alternative but to grant
a distress warrant, but it should remain in the hands of
the officer fur a fortnight, in order that she might try to
get up the amount in that time. The money belonged to
the public, and she would be bound to pay it.
Mrs. Odell—l have tried again and again to obtain the
money, in every quarter where I had the least chance of
borrowing it; and anyi further attempt will be quite
useless. At times we have been nearly starving.—(The
poor woman cried bitterly.)
Mr. JARDINE—You will have to pay it, and they must
take the bed from under you if you do not.
Mrs. Odell then left the court, the excise officer kindly
promising to lay her very distressing case before the
Commissioners.

STANFIEL D-H ALL MURDERS.
WYMONDHA3I, TUESDAY EYENING.—The examina-
tion of the prisoner Rush before the magistrates at Nor-
wich Castle was continued until a late hour last night,
when a most important disclosure was made. We men-
tioned the existence of a rumour on Saturday and Sun-
day that a mask had been discovered in the prisoner's
house, and we are enabled to state from the best autho-
rity that up to Sunday evening no mask had been found.
A. most careful search was, however, made by the police
yesterday, which was successful, a black mask having
been discovered among a bundle of newspapers so care-
fully folded up and concealed that nothing but a careful
examination of each newspaper could have led to its dis-
covery. This mask covers the face as far as the mouth,
to which a piece of black lace is attached, effectually
concealing the lower part of the face. A messenger
was immediately dispatched to Norwich with the mask,
and it was produced before the magistrates. The
prisoner appeared for a moment confounded by the
production of this important link in tho chain of evi-
dence, but speedily recovered the same tone of levity
and indifference which ho has exhibited ever since his ap-
prehension. _ _

He cross-examines many of the witnesses, but many of
his questions are so foolish and irrelevant that the ma-
gistrates have been compelled to tell him he is doing
himself no good by asking such questions. He fre-
quently inquires after the servant, Eliza Chestney, who
lies dangerously wounded in the thigh, and manifests
much concern for her situation, but it is observed that he
has never once shown the smallest solicitude for Mrs.
Jenny, or mentioned her name to those about him.
When taken to the bedside of the lady's maid, Rush ob-
served that he was sorry to see her suffering so much.
She remarked that she had no doubt it was he who had
fired at her. He said, " Had I a cap on?" but the girl,
who was then suffering great pain, only replied, " Don't
ask me such questions, Mr. Rush." The medical men
hope this young woman will eventually recover. The
replies to inquiries this morning relative to the state of
Mrs. Jermy were, that she is slowly recovering. The
medical men in attendance have removed a splinter of
bone from the broken arm of the unhappy lady, and al-
though they entertain a sanguine hope of saving the
limb, there is reason to fear that she will never regain
the free use of her arm.
The funeral of the deceased gentlemen took place this
day (Tuesday) at twelve o'clock. The funeral was
strictly private, the cortege consisting of two hearses,
three mourning coaches, containing the relatives of the
deceased, and Mr. Colman and several of the family
tenantry on horseback. The chief mourners were Mr.
Thomas Preston, of Lowestoft, only surviving brother of
the late Mr. Isaac Jermy, and Sir Thomas Beevor, Bart.,
of Hargham, the elder deceased's father-in-law. The
coffins were of plain oak, severally bearing the following
inscriptions on brass plates:—" Isaac Jermy, Esq., died
28th November, 1848, aged 59," and " Isaac Jermy
Jermy, Esq., died 28th November, 1848, aged 27." Great
precautions were taken, in consideration of the dan-
gerous state of Mrs. Jermy, to conduct the funeral as
quietly as possible, and a quantity of straw was laid down
orrall the footpaths and carriage-ways leading to the
hall, in order that the sound of the carriage-wheels
might not be heard by the unhappy lady so awfully be-
reaved of her husband and father-in-law. The police
prevented any person from entering the park or ap-
proaching the hall this morning, except those actually
invited to the funeral; and the result of these precautions
was, that the sad ceremony was performed with the
utmost privacy and silence. At twelve o'clock the
bodies were removed in two hearses from the hall, and
the funeral procession set out for Wymondham church.
The shops in the village of Wymondham were all shut,
and the entire population appeared to have assembled in
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