The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-12-31

the jury brought n . verdict q guilty
She Vas consequently oondooos9 Il
die. After her condemnatiea che b.
haved in the moot peoits6t 0annsr
confessed that she had been guilty q
many sins. and evsn owned thst Shl
had swerved fssa ths line 81 duty 4
her absent husband. Bat che con
stantly ard sesadiiy denied shot sAl
had murdered her child. u evsu foeued
the idea of - horrible . crime. Nhl
said the fear Of being exposed to ths
ridiculs Of her ssiGhboss. when shs
should b. samoooed b. the church Of.
fcsrs to 60 and stand up before then
oil {" get puAaie ss6sko. had tsnpted
her 10 dssy 'thss shs wes psegnsnk and
thst being sudd6sly ssised With tha
paius Of childbirth. and -unable % pro-
cars the services Of any dsctoe o.
midwife. che bad fallen into stats q
i"sensibility md rdsa not hu0w whsa
became Of the is1Ass che bose.
At the pl.ce IL exscstioa. il tbe
Grass Market, Der -behavioe vso Coz.
sistent With her lnsnes doclasnaioo. 8he
avowsd hes tooa! 6nao1n1o Of the
crime tor which che was 70 suR~s. bit
psotssssd the siuesvGst sosro0 tee hss
other sins. After Aexseusioa herboly
was cut dews and delissssd - vhcs
friends. Who put il into . -co6ls and
sent Il 0f in q cert. - b decsntly
buried IN lnvsssSk obufshyasd. But
the weather bsiug ssltsy. ~ persons
~ho hah the BODY 10 their cart stopped
70 drink II . -plaee called ths Pepper
Mil. ah.us half wsy on the road and
while they were rsirsshias thsmselvn
there -dsioting The = disgjs." !" - they
would call it.-oes q them thsuRht -
ssw the Id Of tho oolla moss; tor il
bad ,.ot b.,sa sossvsd sosws. tn.
mortclo.h was bastily pallet a. 70 ~.
what was wrong whAa The bedy seais
moved. and scto9ily pashsd aside IL
lid. Terri6sd sst Ct their wits, oosa
of the spectators boltsd and sas.ae iase
- they could out OF the houss.
The woman sst up 10 beg eof1a, like
IN sutonaton. With apparent conscious.
nsss. Aud che might havs ssnk bach
ioto il ng.iL. after . few cosvulsivs
spasms. il these bod soE, 1ostasassly
for her. been . TRAVELLING Qusck doctos
then drinking il The pablic house. who
had pres."es Of mind enough 70 bleed
her. and got her put 70 bed. BY the
following morning Maggie vss - .SAs
recovered ~ 70 beisble 20 wslk 70 her
owm house, . disesnce 6f bstweon two
end three miles.
By the Sess,eh lav. ..vLish 10 leasdel
on that Of I"pesial Rome. . pessoa
against whom the judgment Of ths
Court has beeu duly executed. can Be
msde tn suffer no more, bot 10 thence.
forth fully excuipstsd. 80 that Mar.
gar~t Dixon. having undergone her
sentence. ih, Kings advocate could
prosecute her no further but be died
. bill in the High Court Of Just icisry
against the Sheriff Of Mid. Lothisa f,r
to fulfil the law; aad that
digoifed official was. 4wo presumsp
am-rced in damages.
A. HoOtch lawyers likewise hold. in
with Common sense, lhAt the
tie 10 dissolved BY the sxscu.
tion Of either Of the contrasting par
ties. Margaret Dixon was nov . sio.
gle or "lone woman again but the
husband to whom she had been IN.
faithful only sitss she lad been isit,a
'.grass WIDOW" 10 live b. her own
shin, through the arbitrary aet 81 ths
British 0ovssnoent. asassied hse pub
licly the second time . few days after
she had bees hsnged. ~ Asviag got
bic discharge and retained 20 1ussol.
bur9b while che was lying q. jail.
Thsss siagalsr tgsasaelisns took
place Ia the yssr l73o, and 1Gaegis
Dixon enjoyed life more than thirty
years sftsrwards. having beea living %
late - 1863 To the day se her dealh
she denied thst ste had bees guilty Of
he crime -iupstsd - bsr.