The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1875-10-16 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

TWENTY-SEVEN TRADE UNIONISTS CHARGE OP MURDERING A SWEETHEART. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. A great deal of excitement was caused in the village At the Shire Hall, Nottingham, last week, t.w...t.y. of &diem., near Hurstgreen, close to Hastings, .on even men and two women were charged, on remand, S wurriav, in consequence of the arrest of a young man s with having intimidated several workmen employed at named Henry Millard, on toe ser.ous charge of having Messrs Sylvester and Bridgett's lace factory, Lenton, caused the death of his sweetheart, Emily Hodge, near Nottingham. The case excited the greatest possible whose body had been found in the moat at Bedlam interest, the street and approaches to the court being ;NA, it seems the an ~..sed had burn during tliu crowded with unionists. This was the first case of the post twelve months courting this young woman, kind which has been heard in Nottingham under the who was aged eighteen years. She was a domestic new Act, the following being the section under which s irvant, and up to the time of her death was in the summonses had been issued i—" That it shall be the employ of Mr. Adams, the proprietor of Park unlawful for a number of persons to follow others in a ~. disorderly manner, with a view of preventing them work- . F,r_r_l B9diam. Some evenings back Mr. Adams ing for any employer, he.; and, al _ so, that the defendants ' .erm he so n.iscovered her in conversation with a m iseeesge, and on going out at the back o, the u co inq object to the exercise of the magistrates' summary t 3 _'unsdiction,and,thereupon,the case to be sent for trial. supposed to be the accused. Mr. Adams said to her, Dir. Laeranee (barrister) represented the employers, and 'You are wanted indoors." She made no reply, and Mr. Heath (the trade union candidate at the last elec- when her master was leaving he remarked that if she don) defended. It appears that for many months past did not come in at once, he would "lock her out." She there has imuu a strike at the prosecutois' factory, and WA, never eeeU alive after that time, tut during tilt) in consequence nomunionista have been employed. I night she was heard quarrelling with Millard. She was tills enraged the men who were out se much that the/ I al so heard crying and the voice of a man was , oitered about the premises, and who the new han s i heard to exclaim, " You go your way, and were going home at night across Nottingham Park, they ~.. go mine. This was ascertained to be the I t " followed them, called them "block sheep,' used very II bad laeguage, and threatened what they would do when voice of Millard. The girl's body woo found dark nights came on. This practice had been indulged on the following morning in the water of the in to such an extent that it became very dangerous for Castle Moat. Her dress was thrown over her head, the complainants, who were often followed by about one and her hat and jacket were missing. The left eye thousand people. A large number of witeesses were Ind nose appeared as though they had been injured. examined, utter which the Bench decided to commit the Death had taken place some hours previous to the men for trial at the assizes, and to discharge the discovery. A woman named Smith, who lives in the women. neighbourhood, stated at the inquest that she saw _____ Millard_ about ten o'clock at night. He appeared ex.