Evening journal., 1889-08-07
GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY2
Mrs. Maybrick's Fate Will
Soon be Decided.
SHE WILL PROBABLY BE FREED.
Judge stephens Charge TO the jury Was
Not Unfavorabie TO the PrIsoner--Last
Scenes in Eng'and's Great Sensational
Poisoning Case.

Scenes In Eng'and's Great Sensational
Poisoning Case
LIVERPOOL, Aug. Z Judge Sir James
Fitzjames stephen devoted the entire day to
the delivery Of his charge 70 tho jury, who
viii be called upon to pronounce the guilt or
innocence Of the phi oner. 1t was an address
which viii be memorable IN the history Of
criminal trials The Judge began with a
mild protest against tho irregular way in
which the evidence had been presented, and
which be feared might have lod 10 confusion
in the minds Of tho jurymea. Then he began
70 weave his own story of the testimony o.
fered, taking It up thread by thread brush
ing aside everything unimportant, empha-
sizing all things important aud bringing the
critical points INTO the glaring light OF Brit
ish law.
Not unfavornbie 70 tho Prisoner.
Taken as a whole, the address was not at
all unfavorahle to the prisoner She list.
ened to every word OF it, trembling with
nervous excitement occasionally weeping
when the judge demolished some OF Sir
Charles Russsl's sentiment with "a statement
Of bald fact The judge made particular
point Of the prisoners letter to Brerly which
the baby had dropped in the mud, and which
Sir Charles Russell claimed that the girl had
opened purposely because OF the suspicious
which she had conceived about the relations
between her mistress and Briefly
II was hard 10 believe, the judge said, that
Nurse YaPp had committed perjury about
the letter But in any event II was not OF
the slightest Importance how she became pos
sessed Of Its contents II was enough for the
jury to consider the contents OF the letter,
and II was one of the most critical points 10
the case. The judge carefully sifted the ex-
pert testimony Of ali scholastic discussion,
and said that the defense did not attempt 70
deny that there was arsenic IN the stomach.
The question was who put 10 therei
A solicitor out Of Pocket.
There are almost az many opinions as there
are lawyers in town as to what tho verdict
will be and as to whether the jury win leave
their seats before finding il The general
/ opinion seems to be that the woman will get
of. 1t is said that Mr.. Cleaver, the solicitor
for the accused. is ont of pocket 81, 600 more
than he has received for defending the case
Madeline Smiths Case Recalled.
No such trial as this has been known il
England for thirty years, when Madelin,
Smith was tried for poisoning her. lover
Miss Smith, like Mrs Maybrick, was q
young lady Of some social consequences and
resided at Glasgow While still a mere girl
her affections were won BY a maretriciou.
fellow, who proved unworthy. Her percep
tion Of this ana bis personal treatment OF
her caused q revulsion Of feeling. The allega.
ton against her was taat she had inveigled
him 70 her house ami had poisoned him. The
evidence against her, although circumstan.
tial, was very compromising Owing 70 The
brilliant defense OF her .unsel she was pc
| Quilted and Is now happily married AMI liv-
/ ing in Lond on