The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-26 00:00:00

TRIAL OF MADAME RACHEL•

THE VERDICT.
The jury at a few minutes past 8 o'clock retired
to consider their verdict, and, after an absence of
quarter of an hour, returned into court. On being
asked whether they found the prisoner guilty or not
guilty,
The Foreman said it was the unanimous 001011
of the jury that she was guilty.
The Clerk of the Arraigns—And that is the ()pi'
nion of you all ?
The Foreman—Yes.

The prisoner then rose from her seat and al'
proached the edge of the dock. Addressing 038
Commissioner, she said—My Lord,—Will You
allow me to speak one word ? May I request Mr'
Roberts to hand in the affidavit sworn to by Air'
Haynes?
The Commissioner assented, and the document
was produced by the solicitor for the defence.
The Prisoner—l must ask your lordship kinclif
to read it.
The Commissioner—Yes, if you wish it. Ole
read it, accordingly, but not aloud.) Do you W3vit
Ime to read this French letter as well? I have rew

the affidavit and the other letters.
The Prisoner—Will your Lordship read it aloud?
The Commissioner—That I cannot do.
The Prisoner--It is a sworn affidavit, my lord.
The Commissioner—That it may be, but it hO
no reference to the matter in hand.
The Prisoner—lle swears, my lord, that I art!
poor distressed woman in his evidence, and not ably
to pay my rent. Now he swears that lam a ricisha
woman. Then he swears that I have received t'
money, but, my lord, I never had the £5OO. 1-ler
paper she purchased in Bond-street, where I Put;
chased mine. There she is, ask her. I have be
defended by most able counsel, and I have tiethib„Pt
to complain of. They have done all in their Pe
for their client. I have only to thank the geutlo
men who have defended me. Far be it from Me t
u
make any speech or to create any sensatioufbl
that which is known as the Bond-street rertetri;
will remain a Bond-street mystery still. rase
sentence upon me if you please.
The Commissioner then said—The jai bld
their verdict have found that you obtatoe,
from Mrs. Borrodaile by false pretences
the
large sums of money. They have believed i3l
story, the theory, that has been put before °belie
by the prosecution. They have arrived at
conclusion, upon the evidence laid before tbe"-tit
that Mrs. Borrodaile first addressed herself to Y:f
in May, 1866, and that you, under the pretence e,
effecting a marriage between her and Lord s3l:tv
lagh, obtained from her large sums of reeled
thousands of pounds, together with jewellry, Pl6iii:
lace, and goods of various kinds, which you had e,
duced her to buy for her marriage. I do net ft,/
collect any case in which the obtaining reeneibas
false pretences, at all times a serious criinefro
presented more aggravating features than this•
foolish and misguided woman trusted herself eho
tirely in your hands, and I do not think that v;il
language of the prosecution, now that the jury l'ff%ori
decided upon the facts, was at all uncalled /0
You pillaged her of everything she had, you °het
left her with nothing except the pension which
husband gained. All the rest of her properti'd
fear, is irretrievably gone, and to a very
amount ; and then when she found herself in ""eea
culties as to paying for the very goods you /11.6b1a,
her to buy, you came down upon her inerellel
and was the means of shutting her up in Paseb'e to
cannot conceive, now that the jury have e°l3a.
aus jog
the conclusion they have, any case of obt tiog
money by false pretences which is more aggrar the
in its nature than this one, either as regards the
length of time which the fraud was carried
means by which it was effected, or the r,.°0,4,
which have attended it. Mrs. Borrodaile, roeif
intrusted herself to you, and now she fled° be sea
little better than a pauper. She has been e9:00-
to the public gaze—l will not say to the public
jots
tempt, but certainly to public pity. Iler Pe: 06
in society has been destroyed to some extel3"treet
the case has been described as "a peel iv'
mystery." But there is now no mystery
all the mystery has been dispelled by the 01" jai
exercise of common sense on the part of t138;a0 it
who have so patiently listened to the evidelich-erself
proceeded. Mrs. Borrodaile not only finds ter'
in the position I have mentioned, but her dall%e
who might have looked forward to some 0611 sbil"
entirely dependent upon her relatives. FAver'e lot°
ling which should have come to her has gebset 4 P
your hands. First of all, you attempted° 000
a pretence that you had in reality paid this Tisell
£2,700. The jury have found that this Wejs
atlll
part of the fraud and untrue; then, what W obbieg
worse, as the jury must have seen, after rob
this woman of all her property, you couct.t aba
scheme to blast her character by saYiug ta,33001.11
had been spending her money upon 3 00'cl
The jury have negatived that also. I ecrlel,l- rear,
not be doing my duty to society if I pair °I
to ft*•
to observations which may be made as tc,Yi°lo t!,,el)
tion, your age, or your family. I shout oil/1010
worthy to sit here lmf I did not mark your c bole
a the 1
some severity. I ust pass upon jop
sentence of the law, which is that you "r"
penal servitude for fire years.