The Forest of Dean Examiner : — 1875-10-15 (Blakeney, Gloucestershire, England)

TWENTY-SEVEN TRADE UNIONISTS CHARGE OF MURDERING A SWEETHEART. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. A great deal of excitement was gauged In the village At the Shire Hall, Nottingham, last week, twenty. of Bodiara, near Hurstgreen, close to Hastings. on mven men sad two women were charged, on remand, Saturday, in consequence of the arrest of a young man with having intimidated several workmen employed as named Henry Millard, on the ser,eus charge of having bfoo„ra Sylvester and Itridgett's lace factory, Lenten, 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 Boiliam intermt, the street and approaches to the court being Jastle. It seems the adueed had been during the crowded with unionists. This was the first case of the past twelve months courting this young woman, land which has been heard in Nottingham unier the who was aged eighteen years. She was a dommtio stew Act, the following being the section under which ea-vant, and up to the time of her death was in me summonses had been issued :—" That it shall be • the employ of Mr Adalus the o orimr of Park aalawful for a number of penons to follow others pr o in a Bodiam ra,aa a;aaia oar- iaLk mr Ad. disorderly manner, with a view of preventing them work- Hod • , g out at e back o, the itog for any employer, kc.; and, also, that the defendatota ge and on goin th tarm he discovered her in conversation with a wn may object to the exercise of the magistrates' summary iurisdictiomand,thereupon,the case to be sent for trial.. supposed to be the accused. Mr. Adams said to her, laarance (barrister) represented the employers, and You are wanted indoors." She made no-reply, and hfr. Beath (the trade union candidate at the last eke- I when her master was leaving he remarked that if she non) defended. It appears that for many months past did not come in at once, he would "leek her out." She nate law beau a strike at the prosecutors' factory, and us, lie... .neu alive after that time, but during the ho consequence non-unieaista baye been employed. I night she was heard quarrelling with Millard. She was This enraged the men who were out SO much that they also heard crying' and the voice of a man• was loitered about the premises, and when the new hands beardd to o.sohom, yo“ go your way, and owe going home at night across Nottingham Park, they I'll go mine." This was ascertained to he the followed them, called them "black sheep," used very alard The S Mill ed. The girl'. body was found bad laugnage, and threatened what they would do when 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 deem was thrown over her head, tg, complaimmts, who were often followed by about one and her hat and jacket were missing. The left eye thousand people. A large munber of witnesses were I and nose appeared as though they had been injured. examined, after which the Bench decided to commit the Death had taken place name hours previous to the nen for trial at the usises, and to diacharge the discovery. A woman named Smith, vrho lives in the neighbourhood, stated at the inquest that she saw Millard about ten o'clock at night. He appeared excited. He admitted that he load had words with the girl, and, during the time she was missing, aaid he did not know in which direction she went. Millard is about twenty years of age, and is rather attractivelooking. He was brought before the Rev. J. Safford, at the Hurmgreen police court, on Saturday, and formally examined.