Year: 1872

| pceh III lhe llell AT lne time when tht
murder was committed; of having, by
his own admission, had a quarrel with tn,
murdered man not long before, terminal
ing in assault and Il threat on his side


and, lastly, as having attempted to set NJ
an alibi by a false statement of the ques-
ton OF time. There WAS no alternative
but to commit him to tlke his trial at the
Assizes, charged with the murder of the
builder in Pardon's Piece.


The trial occupied two DAYS.


No new facts OF Importance We're dis
covered in the interval. The evidence
followed the course which il had taken q,
the preliminary examination, with this
difference only-thHt it was most carefully
sitted, Mr.. Dubourg had the advantage
of securing the leading harrster Of the
circuit, and Of moving the irrepressible
sympathieS of the jury, shocked at his po-
sltion, aud eager for proof OF his inno-
cence. BY the end OF the first day the
evidence had told against him with such
irrepreSsible force that his own counse
despaired OF the result When the prison
er took his place in the dock on the second
dav there was but one conviction in the
minds of the people in court every bod,
Sftit ut tlDtk Will udug Ulnl.


1t was nearly two in the afternoon, ant
the proceedings were on the point of be-
ing adjourned for half an hour. when the
attorney tor the defense was seen to hand
paper to the counsel for the defense


The counsel arose showing signs of ag-
ltatlon, which aroused the curiosity of the
audience. He demanded the immediate
hearing OF a new witness, whose evidence
in the prisoners favor he declared to he
too important to be DELAYED for one sing
moment. After short colloquy between
the Judge and the barristers on eithe-
side, the Court decided to continue the
sitting.


The witness appearing in the box proved
to be a young woman in delicate health
On the evening when the prisoner had
paid his visit to the lady, she was in thai
lady's service as hou>emaa The day
after She had been permitted (bv previous
arrangement with her mistress to take {
weeks holiday, and 90 on a visit to her
husband in the west OF Cornwall While
there She had fallen i'll, and had not beer
strong enough since 10 return to her eni-
ployment. Having given this prclimi-
nary account of herself, the housemaiC
ul'H Htiftitu me loIlo"ihg EXTRAORDINARY
particulars IN relation 70 h"r mistress
clock


On the morning OF the day when Alr
Dubourg had called AT the house she ha}
been cleaning the mantelpiece. She had
rubbed the part of it which was under tht
clock with her duster, had accidentally
struck the pendulum and stopped it. HAY
once before done this, She had been severe
lY reproved. Fearing that a repetition OF
the offence only the day after The clock
had been regulated by the maker might
lead perhaps TO 4 withdrawal OF her leave
OF absence, she had determined to put
matters right again, II possible by her
self.


After poking under the clock in the
dark. and failing 70 set the pendulum 20
ing again properly IN that way, she next
attempted TO lift the clock and give it a
shake. 1t was ~et in marble case, with
a bronze figure on the top, and it was ~
heavy that She was obliged to hunt for
something which she could use AS a lever.


The thing proved to be not easy to find
on the spur of the moment. Having At
last laid her hand on what She wanted,
she contrlved so to lift the clock 4 few
mches ana drop 1t agMn on the mantel-
piece as to set it going once more. The
next necessity was, Of course, to move
the hands on. Here again She was met
by an obstacle. There was a difficulty
IN opening the glass case which protected
the dial, Alter uSeIeSNlY searching tor
some instrument T. help her, She got
from the tootman (wlthout telling him
whlt she wanted i tor( a small chisel-
" lth thls she opened the ease, after accl-
dentaIly scratching the brass frame OF it..
ana set the hands ny guess. She was
hurried at the time, tearing that her mis-
tress would discover her Later in the
day she found that she had overestimated
the interval OF the time that had passed
While she was attempting to put the clock
right She had, in tact, set 1t exactly Il
quarter OF an hour too fast,


No safe opportunity OF secretly putting
the clock right again had occurred until
the last thing at night She had then
moved the hands back 10 the right time
At the hour OF the evening when Mr.. Du-
bourg had called on her mistress. she
positively swore that the clock was a
quarter of an hour too fast. 1t had point
ed as her mistress had declared to twenty
five minnteS IA ninn-thp ri,rht titnA than