Litchfield enquirer., 1830-01-07

Indictment with hIs customary impressive,
 meas and sulemnlty, while she rema,neI
 ataNtling to listen Co the charges cVmtasnCu
 .-In few mn Mcnts a tMtrrng Snu s'mNl"e
 was seen la the person Wt tue ue'sn"amT
 aud when tho words "Ilu steal, l"Ne @ NuN - "Sssx nwnyV werr uttered, the prisoner was senssless on the floor of thu bar, and there
 wna a rush of the by.slanders tO sustain thls
 WAated being, aud lO bear her away to her nrIsuo, There was Visihla shuddcr which ran through the crowd around her, aud the conviction nf her innUccnce was written Rs 1t were by the Anger Of GUd, upon the l hearts ur thG multitude. ln few days she had SD far lVrOVCred as to say "n0t RNlly" t0 the indictment, and theso were used in pre- para,tOn by her friends tu impress her with fOrlltude, Co calmly abide and chdnre th" trial which awaited her. Her two boarding schonl friends the Misses - became the partners ofher prlson--,hey assisted her with inc consultations of friendship and rsltEiOn-- they made cheerful the grated cell aud glaOnIy walls, and with more than sisterly kndncSs, cndcaVorcd tO raise up this. crush cd flower and bid 1t blossom anew. Nor were they alona tn their angelic arts-others pi,pd, and admired, and assisted the ill fa. ted one and her afflicted copartners in grieI, and the tide of feeling ran at first gently aud then strong in favUr Uf this stranger OC our city, and her aifectionate schOOl. mates who had comfOrted her in her lonely prison.
 At length, the trial day came. when her companions, together with the first one who had taken an interest in her cause, Rcc0mpAn. led her into Court.--the Court humanely suC. ierrd her tO sit with them, and nut in the crim. inal bar. Every indulgence was allowed by the Judge amt County AttOrncy--the indict. ment was read tc the Jury, and NIr. Emery was introduced on the part 0f the Govern. ment Ns a witness-sO far, she had remained collected and between her devoted friends the witness had not proceeded far in hts state mont, before related, and was going on to state that the defendant denied that they were in her possession, when n spasM0diC affection came over the defendant. every fsa- ture and hmb was distorted as if a holt ot heaven had stricken her-again was she car. ricd from the court in state seemingly Of sensrlesS, yet indescribabIe agony.
 Here her counsel bcsought of the Court that the trial might proceed, notwithstanding the absence Of the prisOner--he should waive all xceptiOns--every technical illegal. My-he implored u verdict, be 1t on whatso. ever side 1t might be, before she was called to higher tribunal to answer fOr the deeds done in the body. The excitement of feeling throughout the spectators was great. The trial went on, and the witness, Mir. Emery
 
 of the gloves believed that the prisoner intend ed to steal them and also related the fact relative to his keeping the gloves taken. ant his giving up the mitS tU the officer, under tn, suspic ion that they were stolen, because she said she gave 2s Sd when the mark on then was Ss Cd. The Government here closed.
 The defendants witnesses were then sworn J5hS HSmSs, &c. E ffs last Wines; cam naA nffn Rha nAhar kn. been examined, made his way toward tn, stand, a stranger in the city, whose vessel hat just arrived at the wharf, and who had no twenty minutes before his appearance, knowT Of the accusation against the defendant. He knew her parents and herself the latter from her infancy; and on his arrival and knowl. edge of the trial, had hastenrd to the Court House tO testify, unknOwn to her Counsel or friends. From all, the following facts were abundantly proved-that the defendant was daughter of respectable, and formerly afiiu. ent parents, in the State of -. and had received the first education, (which was not entirely completed at the failure of her fa- ther,) which any of the daughters of that country had enjoyed. On learning his mis. fortune she hastened home. and to prevent being burthen to him in his calamity, she came to this city to learn the art of millinery not being successful in obtaining immediately situation, she went tO service in the tamily of MT. Benjamin Smith-the testimony of Mr. Smith was truly interesting, as to her virtue, intelligence, honesty, education and purity in reply tO u question from her Coun. srl, should this Jury either convict or ac. quit the prisoner, would you in either case trust her as you have done?" his reply was, while tear stood in his eye, "most assured. ly, with untold gold" He expressed his deepest conviction that she was not capable of doing or had not done any act. intention ally dishonest The reason why she had lelt him was, that her health was not strong enough to fulfil the duties which devOlved up- on her; though to the time when she went to Mir. Clark's. she always discharged them with the utmost fidelity and cheerflllness according tO the hest of her ability. Mir. Clark testifi- cd as tO her conduct from the time Of leaving Mir. Smith, the 10th of November. when she was arrested, {accOrding tO the indicim ment ;) and in this he was most full and unequivocal, and that she had charge of the most valuable things tn his house. such as plate, money, l Be. and that she was to him almost invalla. ble. from her carefulness, honesty, ability and | integrity-that he parted from her with the