Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-09-27

occurred six weeks agol, he had never spo-
ken to the man or set eyes on the man,
since.
As tat matter then stood, these eircum
stance were considered As being unfortu-
nate circumstances for Mr.. Dubourr- J.
nothing morc. lle bad his salibin e. a.
peal g., and h hamcter 20 appeal g. wi
nobody doubted the results
The lady appeared a. witness
Conirutel with NJ, pubcurE D, ,l-.
question g. dn, md forced tc srsvcr.
she absolutely 'ontradictcd him. IN the
testimony q the Clock On her -vr wani,,-
piece. IN substanc h,J evidence was sim
ply this. She had looked al bcf alncb
when Mr.. Dubourg entered the ro7m,
thinking il rather a late hom toI q visitor
70 call on her. The clock (rcrulated by
the maker only the day bcforCl pointed 20
twenty-five minutes 70 uine Practical
experiment showed that the time required
TO walk the distance. at a rapid pace, from
the stile 10 the lady's house, was Just FIVE
minutes Here, then, was the statement
Of the farm bailiir himself a respectable
witness s1rroborated by another witness
of excellent position and character. The
clocE, on hcing examined next, was found
to be right. The evidence of the clock
maker proved that he kept the key, and
that there had been no necessity to set the
clock and wind it up again. since he had
performed both those act IN the day pre-
ceding Mr.. Dubourg's visit The accuracy
of the clock thus vouchoO for, the conclu-
sion on the evidence was irresistible. Mr.
Dubourg stood convicted Of having been in
the field ct the time when the murder WIS
committed; Of having, by his own edmis
sion, had a quarrel with the murdered
man not long before, terminating in an as
sault and a threat on his side and, lastly,
of having attempted to set up an abb by
a false statement of the question of time
There was no alternative but to commit
him to take his trial at the Assizes, charged
with the murder of the builder in Pardon's
Piece.
The trial occupied two days.
No now facts of Importance were discov-
cred in the interval. The evidence fol-
lowed the course which it had taken at the
preliminary examinations-with this diff
erence only, that it was more carefully
sifted. Mr.. Dubourg had the double ad-
vantage of securing the services of the lead
ing barrister in the circuit, and Of moving
the irrepressible sympathies of the jury,
shocked at lns position, and eager for proof
of his innocence, By the end OF the first
day the evidence had told against him with
such irresistible force that his own counsel
despaired of the result. When the prison
er took his place in the dock Oh the second
day there was but one conviction in the
minds of the people in court; everybody
. said, "The clock will hang him."
1t was nearly two in the afternoon and
= the proceedings were on the point of being
adjourned for half an hour, when the at
, torney for the prisoner was seen to hand q
{ paper to the counsel for the defense.
+ The counsel rose, showing signs of agita'
! ton which reused the curiosity of the au-
dierce. He demanded the immediate
hearing of new witness, whose evidence
in the prisoners favor he declared to be
f too important to be delayed for single
/ moment. After a short colloquy between
the Judge and the barristers on either side
the Court decided to continue the sitting
' The witness, appearing in the box
/ proved to be young woman in delicate
health. On the evening when the prisoner
q had paid his visit to the lady she was in
, that lady's service as houscmaid. The day
q after she had been permitted (by previous
\ arrangement with her mistress) TO take {
weeks holiday, and to go on visit to hel
4 parents, in the west of Cornwall. While
D there she had fallen ill., and had not beer
+ strong enough since to return to her EN-
' ployment. Having given this preliminary
2 account of herself, the housemaid then mar
I rated the following extraordinary particu
: lars in relation to her mistress's clock.
o On the morning of the day when MI
+ Dubourg had called at the house she hat
IS been cleaning the mantel piece. She ha'
IS rubbed the part of it which was under tn
It clock with her duster, had accidental,
t struck the pendulum, and had stopped II
@ Having once before done this, she had bee
It severely reproved. Fearing that repetl
d ton of the oAense, only the day after tn
clock had been regulated by the maker
n might lead perhaps to the withdrawal Q
her leave of absence,.she had determine
d to put matters right again, if possible, b.
d herself.
e After poking under the clock in tn
n dark, and failing to set the pendulum goin
Y again properly in that way, she next al
Ie tempted to lift the clock, and give it
st shake. It was set in marble case, wit
1t bronze figure on the top, and it was S
s, heavy that she was obliged to hunt fc
% something which she could use as level
The thing proved to be not easy to find
J. the spur of the moment. Having at las
- laid her hand on what she wanted, sh
a contrived so to lift the clock few incht
G. and drop it again on the mantel-piece as
We set it going once more.
The next necessity was, OF course,
i'd move the hands on. Here again she WI
A. met by an obstacle There was difficult
at in opening the glass case which protecte
Mt the dial. After uselessly searching Il
he some instrument to help her, she got fro
st the footman without telling him what 81
". wanted it for) a small chisel. With tn
en- she opened the case-after accidental
a6 scratching the brass frame of it-and s.
lv the hands of the clock By guess. She w
,e- Hurried at the time, fearing that her mi
ed tress would discover her. Later in Il
in dav she found that she had over-estimat'
!. the interval of time that had passed whi
~ she was attempting to put the clock rigf
is. She had, in fact set it exactly quarter
to an hour too fast.
IN No safe opportunity of secretly putin
,as the clock right again had occurred un
w. the last thing at night. She had tn
moved the hands back to the right tin
Ir. At the hour Of the evening when Mr.. d
M bourg had called on her mistress she po
on lively swore that the clock was quart
ex- of an hour too fast. 1t had pointed, as /
mt mistress had declared, to twenty-five M
utes to nine--the right time then belt
1lv as Mr.. Dubourg had asserted, twenty M
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