Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-22

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well, and turned from him think that was
about o'clock; / remained till and returned
homei did not again see Mr.. Garden till Sum-
day; never encouraged the addresses of Mr..
| Garden.
Crossexamined by Mr.. Marley, Q. CT
have known Mr.. Garden for about two years as
an acquaintance; knew him first at Mr.. Bag
wells; had been staying at the house on
the I'd of July / resisted Mr.. Garden as much
as could did so with success; / was not
moved at all until after Miss Lyndon and my
sister had been taken out as the strap broke
! was pulled down to the end of the car, where
! was then standing was near falling out
recovered with one foot and kicked him with
the other; was never altogether removed from
the car.
several other witnesses were then examined,
all OF whom proved the attempt at abduction.
The jury then retired to their room, and,
after about four minutes absence, brought in
verdict OF not guilty Of abduction, but guilty of
offelony.
a most indecorous scene followed the an
nouncement of the verdict. The greater mum.
Der OF the persons who filled the court cheered
loudly; several ladies in the gallery waved their
handkerchiefs, and the cheering outside the
|
The clerk Of the crown then ;nfnrroaa Mr.
Garden that he was about to be sentenced for
the attempt at abduction, of which he had been
| convicted on Saturday and he requested to
make few observations
| oudge Ball-Certainly; / am prepared to
hsten TO anything you may wish to saw.
Mr. John Garden then said: Mylord. in what
| have to say, do not, by any means. attemnt
TO palliate the heinous crime have comm;t.
ted, nor DO wish to attempt by any LANGUAGE
OF mine to influence the court in the amonnt Of
punishment which it may be thought fit to visit
| upon me: l have very strong feeling that the
judges OF the land are just and impartial. and
therefore prior TO your lordship commencing
nose stnctnres-whlch must be of grave
character do wish to impress upon Won nm.
der the most solemn asseveration. that thee of
the positions which were made by the attorney
general In his opening speech against me. and
which, no doubt, We're briefed to him, are alb.
solutely and positively untrue. The first is.
that was influenced in this attempt bv anv
degree OF malice either towards the Young lady
herself or any member of her family. Secondly
that had the slightest idea or KNOWLEDGE n
the world of the delicate state of health of Mrs.
Cough; and the third is that which ! wonld
aisciaim with the deepest indignation, that /
| nad the remotest intention of using any of those
! drugs whatsoever for the production of stupify-
ing enects, or the production of any effect in.
| consistent with the dictates of common human.
ity. My lord, as to the first, the malice and
hatred towards Miss E. Arbuthnot. or anv mem
Der of her family, every person who is ac.
quainted with me is aware of the FEELING which
l nave Tor some time held towards that vounp
iaoy, ana II Is hardly necessary for me now to
observe, upon 1T. Not only towards her. hut
WIN respect TO every member of her family.
l solemnly avow that was not Influenced bv
any such feeling, and at this moment no sucb
leeling has possession of my mind. It il per
iectly true that at one time, when angry with
Mr. Cough, expressed myself towards him in
.nat manner; but l now say that the attempt.
the criminal attempt, which have made and
'aiieu IN, arose out of no such motive; and
even now do not blame Mr.. Cough in the
sightest degreej and had been convicted of
Tue crime OF which, thank God, have been ac-
Quilted, would not entertain acrimonious feel
ings towards him or his family. / now Law
Gown all anger at once and forever. Mr.
uough ought to know that malice or hatred il
not congenlal to my mind for it is well known
tnat my career has been a terrible one and
40 attribute 1t to that circumstance that | never
| yea, nance towards any person opposed to me.
ana now That that career is brought to a close.
| standing as do in this dis2racefuI position.
90 ieel there Is not single person in this great
country VIII exult in my downfall Sensation
win respect to Mrs. Cough, have made
solemn observation, and it is true, that had |
not the slightest idea that anything of the kind
was the case. Had providentialiy known it, |
certainly would have forbid me to make any
| such criminal attempt Now, as to the chloro- |
form. There were various other medicines in |
the carriage, which i had collected from time
to time, according as they suggested themselves
10 MIND. One OF them was iodine, which in. |
tended for local application. / need not
mention what that was. The sal volatile and |
valerium bought before the chloroform was |
purchased, and therefore they could not be got |
as antidotes; but labored under this disad. |
vantage There was brought up, apparently in |
my favor but ia reality against me, one of the |
worst witnesses that ever appeared in court |
OF Justice. The character of DR.. FORSYTH is |
well known in this country. He is a clever |
man, bookworm, and is even in private life |
badly able TO express himself; therefore, YOU |
may Judge OF his confusion in this court. |
must tell you the real facts. Almost immedi |
| ately before made the attempt it suggested II. |
self my mind that such extraordinary excite. |
ment might produce hysterical affections, and |
as did not know how to treat them-faintine
or that sort Of thing might have managed
and as was afraid would, under the circum.
stances, be unable to give up the young lady
to the first doctor, thought it better to get some
advice on the subject. Accordingly waited on |
DIR: Forsyth. He described to you the CONVEX
sation in the garden, in the course of which |
said, by the way, lady, friend of mine, is
subject to Mysteries. Are they dangerous?'
lie said yes" | said, "could they kill per.
son| He replied, something near It."
What is the best thing for them 2" Inquired.
"Chloroform," said he. asked the quaint.
ties. Twenty drops in water" was the reply,
or what he forgot to tell you, thirty drops ap.
piled externally" He took his pocket-handker-
chief out rolled it up deliberately, and showed
me how to hold it, and remarked that il should
be kept at distance, if insensibility was not
to be produced, for the purpose of admitting
atmospheric air. He told me he was in the |
habit Of using sponge for the purpose l
procured the sesond bottle, fearing the first
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