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London, England, 1834-08-26 00:00:00

to be respited to the next session, and in the meantime I
can abate the nuisance.
CHAIRMA N.—Certaisly not ; you have had a very fair
offer. The sentence the Court is, that you be impri'
soned twelve months in the House of Correction, and the
you pay a fine of 251. to the King ; and further, that at tl!e
expiration of the term you enter into sureties, yourself lo
201. and two sureties in 10/. each, for your future good be"
haviour, and that you remain in confinement until such fin°
be paid and bail entered into,

IN THE MATTER OF ABRAHAM BELASCO.
Mr. PRENDERGAST applied that the recognizance Tnr:
be respited to the next sessions. He had an affidavit Mai
notice had been served on the parish. I ad-
Mr. ADOLPIIUS, for the prosecution, said that lie
mitted notice had been served, but it would not be coo-
sented to ; still, however, he would not oppose the aPP

cation.
The Court respited the recognizances to the next sessio!:
Mr. ADOLPHUS said the defendant must come into our'

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MURDER OF A SUPPOSED WITCH•

In March last, Annette Rumillier, a young viromall'4
years of age, living at Vergnoz, in the Isere, was attack
with a nervous complaint, which she attributed to a bege
woman, named Modion, nearly 80 years old, who passecil:
the village for a witch. Her family and the neighuL°"‘,o
were convinced that it was she who had cast a spell 017?„
the young girl. The relations of Annette took her to to;
house of Modion several times, but never found her
home, she being usually out seeking alms from door._'d
door. In a neighbouring hamlet lived Brochet, a repalaei.
sorcerer, and to him the family had recourse for the V.
ing of Annette. Brochet listened to their tale, and gh°ltie
up stairs, uttered, after a loud noise, these Prq-eOO
words :—"'Tis an old woman who has cast a spell IT it
your daughter. It will be difficult to get rid of it. If
were a man, there would be less difficulty, for then it Dugan
be made to pass to a cat or a dog ; but as it is a girls it co
only be given to another girl:, The next day the sorcecir a
went to Rumillier's. He muttered some prayers, diPPe
little ivory saint into the water, and directed the fan%
to light a large fire the next day, to give to the
water, in which the soles of old shoes had been boiled, °id
to place a chair near the fire, adding, that whoever slibt
first sit down on the chair was the person that had l'e;
witched the girl, and that the only means of curing be
was to heat that person well, and even give her a beaten
These directions were executed the next morning, an" -0
so happened that the widow Modion came in, and sat dow
by the fire. Rumillier and his son, obeying the instrl
tions of Brochet, seized her and heated her girl sonla
well, an
finding the patient grew no better, the son kicked her 4:1103
of the house, and beat her severely with a stick. a,
poor woman was afterwards found at the bottom of 3 the
vine, called the Grande Combe, 25 or 30 feet deep'
was taken up, covered with blood, and carried to a neig
bouring stable. The next day, her children went to er
vey her home, but she expired before she reached it.
milliet, his son, and the sorcerer Brochet, were in Co
sequence arraigned, a few days ago, before the Cn,r,
of Assizes at Grenoble, on the charge of raur'eke
ing the widow Modion. Several witnesses Wed
to the violence of the beating given to the cleeeasen
by Rumillier, junior ; and one deposed to having se of
her thrown down the Grande Combe by two men, one a
whom was the same prisoner. Other witnesses declarer
that they heard the deceased state that the author of the
sufferings was the son, Rumillier. In the course of ,the
evidence it appeared that the whole village regarded
death of this poor creature as a blessing of Providence, ans
that the Mayor of Vergnoz so fully believed she Wah.
witch, that he refused to make minutes of her violent dcatio
Against Rumillier senior no charge was established. Ihe
son, in his recital of the affair, evidently showed that,. Il
acted under the influence of brotherly affection, and in 1%.
persuasion of his sister being bewitched by the decelehie
Brochet betrayed also deep conviction of the efficacy the
curative means, and pretended that he only prescribed hatto
and prayers. The counsel for the prisoners argued
murder had not been proved, and called upon the Court. 0,
give to that part of the country the blessings of edueat:°o
and not the severity of a sentence. The Jury broughtfor
verdict of Not Guilty in favour of Rumillier senior, 43" co
Guilty of wounds and bruises only against the other tsta
prisoners, upon which Rumillier junior was sentenced
two years', and Brochet- to 13 months' imprisonment'
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