The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-02-20

she had ia deficient moral sense" EDglisf
jurIes listen to these pleas With great disdatn
in their opinion, when PERSONS mora
sense" is 80 ''deflcient"as to lead him to mur
der, that person must be hung. The presid
log Judge was Mr.. Baron Martins, and he was
hard upon the prisoners defence from the
first. Hooked with much curiosity and pity
on The wretched womin from time to time
during the trial. She is nota bad-looking per.
son. r.. -
A sliehtIy-made and psle-faced woman, she
gives The Idea that Nl-health has made her
look older than she really is, and yet, even
without making any suc5 allowance, you
thirty. The upper pant of the face, with the
/ high. narrow forehead. the hazel eyes, the fair
brown hair, and clear diiye-colored complex
| lon, is certainly not wanting In feminine
beauty. The defect of the conntenance lies tn
the mouth, which is full and tbick-lipped, and
| In the somewhat heavy and protrudlng lower
jaw. Whateter might bsthe objections to the
| face 1t is not wanting, so far as expression
goes, in either character or intelligence; and
one could even fancy that when II is bright
aud animated, instead ofbelng set and rigid,
it might easily enough b deemed attractive:
The prisoner was very simply dressed;
wearing black velvet nantle, with O. small
black tippet around the meek; and the only
noticeable popularity inher appearance was
large coronet of htir surmounting the
| smooth locks braided iLfa fashion now long
out of date. Throughout the first day she
sat with her small, tight&goved hands folded
across her knees, PERFECTLY calm and SELF
possessed to all outward semblance, but yes
| terday her nerves occasionally gave way
| When her mother went on the witness stand
she sobbed and wept bitterly, and when one
| OF the medical witnesses was giving some evil
dence in her favor she rose from her seat and
tried to speak. The jury retired at four
loyo of
verdict Of guilty. In Wasons case there was
q recommendation to mercy; here there was
none English jurles are always very hard on
women. And now there comes, as The finale
of this extraordinary trial, an extraordinary
scene.
The foreman of the jury said; "We find the
prisoner guilty Of wiltul murder"
Silence having been proclaimed, the prisoner
was asked whether she had anything to say,
wish that had been tried upon the other
charges which were brought against me, as
Mr.. Sergeant Ballantine said yesterday, and
that the improper intimacy existing between
me and DR.. Beard had been inquired into, as 1t
might have otherwise determined my case.
Mr. Baron Martin. It does not rest with me
to soy whether you should have been tried on
any other charge or not; but have no doubt
the gentlemen with whom 1t rests will see that
your representation is forwarded to the proper
quarter.
nv having been patient Of DR.. Beard, and 10
INV going to his surgery at his instigation,
and to the treatment have received from him,
thai I have been brought into this terrible
position. wish that the jury should have
known the circumstances respecting the Injury
he did me- asi might haye turned my case;
Mr.. Baron Martin. While am not disin-
clined to believe your statement, ! believe that
the unhappy circumstances in which You
placed yourself towards the close of the year
1870 probably led to all this; but the truth is,
that only confirms the propriety of this YER
dict. In order to have your case fairly tried
wished to keep out the whole of that matter;
for It seems to me that the more you say about
1t the worse you,make your case to be. am
quite certain that the unhappy manner under
which yon became acquainted with DR.. and
Mrs. Beard led to your turning your attention
to poisoning these artic.e LED to your poison
ing fruit and variety Of things. / have only
one duty 10 perform. Ieniirely concur IN the
verdict Of the Jury. consider that they gave
lheutmost attention to the CIRCUMSTANCES under
which you gave those sweets to the little boy,
and they have arrived at o conclusion which
believe to be the right one. believe That
you, having the idea Of pol; ouiug into your
mind, poisoned quantity Of sweetmeats
and gave them to the boy Adam May, and
have no doubt that your giving him these
sweets caused eventually the death of Sydney
Barker. You had no desire to XII this chila.
believe, butt seems to me that you got into
a morbid state of mind in consequence OF
YOUR relations with DR.. and Mrs. Beard, and
In the end 1t led to all this. That Is, think,
the truth Of this case, and / wished to keep
DR.. Boards case entirely away, with the View
of giving you the fairest trial 1t was possible
TO give any one in such position. really
/ hot
more do consider that the jury were right IN
rejecting the evidence respecting your ln-
sanity. In truth, think there was no
evidence on thai point to go to q jury; and
If I had been asked to rule against it
should have so ruled. The question really
lect, but whether he or she is able TO
distinguish between right and wrong. With
such lstlers a. you have written, 1t would. have
been impossible to find any other verdict. 1t
could be no pleasure 10 the Jury to bring you
In guilty. But do not wish to make any
further observations to distress you. eau
only say that believe the verdict OF the jury
to be right Judgment on both points sub
mitted 10 them. The law imposes upon me
the duty of passing sentence upon you, which
| ia That you ne taken 10 the place from whence
YOU came, and thence to lhe jail at LeWesi
| that you then be taken to the place OF eXecl-
| tion, and be hanged by the neck until you be
dead; tnaG yOuF DOuy 10 Uullfu WAtulu Iiie
precincts of the prison: and may the Lord
| have mercy upon your soul.
The prisoner, who stood very calmly listen
inc 10 the jude :, was now asked whether she
had anything to say In order to stay the exc
culion of the Observation-Disclosures she was peg
| panC with child. After q few moments delay
the prisoner muttered something, which was
80 inllstInct that the female warder and the
| governor uf Newgate had 10 ask her again.
At lepg b a reply was elected, to the effect
| that she was pregnant, and amid great excite.
ment-nearly everybody IN the place standing
up 1.-The under-sherlis were directed 10 imme-
dialely empanel jury OF malrons 10 try
| whether this statement was True or not. Inls
was matter of great difficulty, and messeng-
| ers had to be sent out inio The neghborhoon,
but after some delay, Twelve ladies' were
placed In the jnry-box and sworn, and the
prisoner was asked whether she had any evil
dence to offer. To this she simply answered,
stNo"
The jury were then removed to another
| room, where the prisoner, was also taken LOT
! examination. Another dlthculty now arose,
| for doctor was needed, and no one seemed
willing 10 offer himself. Several names were
called InclndIng those of the medical men
who had anneared as Witnesses In the case;
bnt some were out of the court, and others
obecIed on the score OF bias. Amongst these
| latter was Dr. Blake, who excused himself on
Dr, Byardis and DR.. Boyd's family, and his rea.
son was admitted as valid. At length doctor
named Ryey was found and sent to the jury,
who after more than half an hours absence,
r,inrned to the court and re-entered the box,
| a., ..;,o - =, hoIn,r ruin OlHcpd Qt tho hor