The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-12-28
THE PHANTOM WITNESS.
An ENGLISH STOEY.

was on my first circuit-both the cause
" list and the criminal paper Of the North
5, amdtOn assizes were crowded with cases
A. ! had two or three briefs of no great i'm
e portanch for was young at the bar; ana
II yet ut this same Northamptou assizes
WAS daily getting shadowy, uervolis pale
= and weak; could not sleep---at times
y could not think. a case" sat heavy on
my soul ! felt weighed down as l,y o
constant Nightmare | had :, criminal case
on hand. II had been put off from, day IN
/ pay. on account of the length of time il
was supposed it would occupy, butit was
coming on.
fearful sense Of responsibility was con-
stantly present to my Imagination i had
not yet grown callous to human suffering
! could not then contemplate crinA4zssz.f
iering, and retrbution, with the Eses~iy
critical eye of ar artist in law, and Uttered
accordingly. ffi'
A youg girl, almost a child-her age ~ as
but ifteen-was to be put on r...Sf5r
murder
Anna Derme" Heritage was comnsitted
for trial by the Northamptonshire inagis
trate, for the murder OF John Adoiphe
/ Seaton, an infant and her own sisters son
was retained for the defense
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