™:!!^&*# j * na—amn - -- $& m d 1 1 iibt a m5f © at mai * fly h4 niltqy e jo^es f^am^bi , ff €. 8atti'i*a1 way it 1834 vol.jtihffoa 43 whole hq 5 if feel lest i should b suspected of partiality he was the late lord mansfield — a roan wh '" addition to the other eminent judicial qualities which belonged to him possessed some which peculiarly fitted him for investigating su^h a nase as wel 8 s some which were thought to bear against his filnos 5 :. before his elevation to the pidicial bench he had been for some years not only one of the most eloquent debaters but one f th most powerful reasoners in the house of com mons and had acquit ed the reputation which he richly deserved of possessing a power ot dis criminating between truth and falsehood rarely attained by any individual but at the fame time he was more than suspected of being delic ient in that firmness of purpose that moral courage essential to the efficient discharge of his high func tions in a ease where doubtful and difficult ques tions were a'rnofit certain to arise which a tic id man fearful of committing himself would rather avoid than decide upon the recollection of lcrd ged'ge gordon's rio's then fresh in the mind of every man tended ve ry much in the breast of the common people to strengthen this opinion the belief was general and i confess that even my affection cannot l^ad me to doubt its accuracy , that in a great raeas u?f at least the scenes of that fearful time were to be attributed to the timidity and indecision of this otherwise rreat man the king had pub licly declared trial the magistrates had failed in their duly and thi3 reproach applied with pecul iar force to the lord chief justice of england had be but employed those powers wuh which the constitution had armed him for the early suppression of the riots the metropolis would lot have been given up for a week to he un i ; i controlled dominion of a lawless mob nor that k . rfa must extraordinary nature i melodramatic jumble of tragedy and comedy been -• excited by it was almost un i enacted which cannot now be thought of without tiie accused was a gentleman of ! amazement and which has no parallel in uiod property residing upon his own e3 . cm history part if shire aj lord mansfield's charge to the grand jury c pen li tobi an entire stranger to him t the subject of this murder fad excited a good i summer's day requested and oh 1 deal of attention he had recommended them it and hospitality for the night he j if they entertained reasonable doubts ofthesuf nrpposed after taking some slight ficiency of the evidence to ensure a conviction i . reured to bed in perfect health re i to throw out the bill explaining to them most • i be awakened at an early hour the justly and clearly that in the event of their do auroing when the pers«.n appoint ingse if any additional evidence should at a f u i ni red his room for that purple | tore time be discovered the prisoner could again r ■. i in his bed perfectly dead and j be apprehended and tried for the offence if they tspearancc of the body it was obvious ; found a true bill and from deficiency of proof leea so for many hours there was j he was now acquitted on his trial he c mild nev test mark of violence on his person j er again b molested even though the testimony ntpnance retained the same expres against hint should be morally as clear as light had borne during life great con j the grand jfery after as was supposed very gon ial was of course excited by f his dis j siderable esscusston among themselves and as tsd enquiries were immediately made — j was rumored by a majority of only one returned ii to who the stranger was — and secondly a true bill after the charge i have mention bow lie met with his death both wereun ed it wvs conjectured that the proofs offered tc as to the former no information the grand jury must have been strong to su lined—no clue discovered to lead to i thorize such a finding and a strong impressmn in sledge either of his name his person or consequence prevailed that there would ultimate paiion re had arrived on horseback j ly be acotiviclion as if to show however j how ns taen passing through a neighboring vil uncertain all conjecture must be by those who •. ut an boar before he reached the house ; are mere spectators of what is going on the next ■ existence whs so mysteriously termin ; morning a different current was given to the tide could be traced no farther beyond i of popular opinion al the sitting of the court i 3s cunicctiire an application was made by the counsel forth iln respect to the death a little could be i crown to postpone the trial to the next assizes h as ia th dead man it was it is true | on the ground that a clue had just been obtained j gulden but there wag no reason j to evidence of a most important nature which e-i-ic rx'vpt.it suppose that it was caus i could not be procured in fine for the present as v 1 l>.ir.it t msn rather than the hand of j sizes and without which those whu conducted w a am a urn jmy was of course summon j the prosecution thought it would not be safe to r»n investigation in which little ; proceed to trial tne application was of course b v proved than that which i have ; strenuously opposed by the counsel for the prison i rerdict was returned to the effect i er it was urged in his behalf that as thi was faeased died ou t':r visitation of god ' a case in which no bail could be taken ihe giant weeks passed on and little further : ing it would have the effect of keeping him in v in the mean time rumor had not i gaol manv months when lie was ready to take ii rrepioons vague indeed and undffin ins trial and it was said that this was not a com m fi dark and fearful character were at , mon case where the committal of the offender ■ tpered.and afterwards boldly expressed i was m pursuance of a rinding by a coroner's ju h object f these suspicions was not i ry.and therefore where the prosecutor was coai h rated rome implicated one person pelled to come prepared with the best evidence '. hut they all pointed to smith the he could procure ; but that the prosecutor had ? house as concerned in the death 1 without interference and without compulsion :•' a usual in such cases circum selected his own time for the apprehension of y unconnected with the transaction the prisoner and iho statement of the charge wt matters many years antecedent and and that he was bound therefore to be furnished a ; rt persons as well as other times with proofs in support of the accusation he had h tiliary to the present charge niade ' these arguments were not without their ■ ft rf smith in early life had been eighi ; and lord mansfield refused to postpone ■ hservation while his father the trial as the application avowedly badpro b f t lie had left his native country in ceeded upon the insufficiency of the evidence at v ht known to have been guilty of present in the prosecutor's possession to sabstan ■ falanties and suspected as having not fite the offence expectations of his acquittal b !, mpulaiis ns to the mode of obtaining were confidently entertained and unreservedly ■■* ut money of which he was contin expressed during the short period that intervea a t and which he seemed somewhat j d before the trial which was fixed for the fol ;; '■' procure lowing morning and which without any thing and mure had elapsed since his re ' uiatenal occumtigon the one side or the other ■ tbt events of his youth had been for took place at the appointed tune ■ | my and to many were entirely im i never shall 1 forget the appearance cf anxiety ■ i itsoccasion they were revived i exhibited upon every countenance on the en h \' . u ' i considerable additions trance of the judge into court loan instant h ,. a;!,t tl,r dra,h "* l,ie stranger the must profound silence prevailed ; and inter r.^'f^'d at the place impressed with est.iuiense and impassioned though subdued ■ » was his brother and seeking for teemed lo wait upon every word and every look ■ ejwer to confirm or refute his sospi as if divided between expectation and donbt h tone and the clothe of theonfurto whether something miglu not yet even inter k uiiii'iuiikfrimiisianily re fere to prevent the extraordinary trial from ta ■ other test there was though it was king place nothing however occurred ami v teerthat would lead to an posi the stiiiness was broken by the mellow and si b-sv^r 1,0 exh mation of the body very voice of lord mansfield let john smith m • tned > and altho decomposition had be placed at the bar the order was obeyed ; ■ /'•>'• vet enough remained to inden j ami as the prisoner entered ihe dock lie mei » aiuch llu brotherdid most satis ion every side the eager tkauxtoua eye of a couat ni a it was known that there \ less multitude bent in piercing scrutiny upon his m s ! by relati nship to the de ; face and well did he endure that scrutiny a ir ' into the raise u ins death and '< momentary sufl'usion covered his cheeks uut i ■ t to have been otherwise than j was only momentary and less than aught have ■ ieps for bringing to justice those j been expected from an indtierent person who ■ trned in it the reports which i found himself on a sudden " the observed of all m • t atinsr idty aix.ut.and ctr j observers he bowed respectfully tu the cour ■ having any distinct object were ; and then folding his arms seemed to wait until h lianni ! and poured into his ear j he stiould be called upon to commence his part in ■ / ns * et *- »">! what they a j thatdramain which he was to perform al conspicu av tillv 1 t uv ilp "' ' ' m,,,lmon s!lf ous a character 1 find it difficult to describe ihe b^of in i , p ll '° r i;i , ' tfore ho im i ellecl produced on my mind by his personal ap ■ strict such evtder.ee as induced | pearai.ee ; yei nis features were most remark ■ ... mi;h . '- 1 b o1 ' to tak « is j t.le.anu are indeimly impressed on my memory inh'-^u'ex ' i ru i '" r ' ri!1,mbon - as ! he vvas hr**»dy between forty and fifty years ■ iserwih ' • at:ai " ne " t of j us u,a s e i ms uair s r,j «» grey eitner from toil or ■ ft pr o r ' lp x:l:i i'i:i'-ion of the wit care or age indicated an approach to the latter h | kiuce,t utiore he magistrates period ; while me strength and uprto-htness ot h i.i oi winch the public were in his figure the haughty colduess of his look and i '■'■'-<» h»"rr e l t \ p ' ace ' was thal hls 6 >' e lhal p ke ut rire ' and p nda ' and pas s "« h i til-coucealod would have led conjecture to lis i j tfinifi of things upon the morn on liie former his counienance at the first eldom erhaps had specula glance appeared to oe that which we are accus ■ 1 s ll , wm i 1 t,lls eoetaion tomed toasswiate with deeds of high and noole h itmiiprab^e amount were depend ! oaring but as>econd and more alteiuivoexainuia ib . " l,t tlu case s lightly do men tion of the face and wow was less satisfactory ra sy x pwe lu n ' j!ers in wl ich rhere was indeed strongly marked the mteliect i^i^h 4 * hai^w c,nt cmfd even though to conceive and devise schemes of high import ; i ' r^km t 0 ' w involved in the ls " bul l '»» c cd that 1 could trace in addition to it t v v c nara ctcr 0 t the presiding caution to conceal ihe deep design a pjwer to ntt 1 ? wt % rru ' '" hiftaencing penetrate the motives of others and lo peisonate i^i^i 1 jidge l " v ' l couvlct ' 011 or ac " ■ character at variance with his own and a cun & l *** a man whom lie mng ihui indicated constant watchfulness and b v it 14 , 11 , penwry 1 now circumspectioa fir meese there was to pre fefcltt'uft a r r ' 0t ' vt '" ut this i serve to the last bat mat was equivocal ; and i him as could r.ot help persuading mygelt that it waj not of that character which would prompt to deeds of j seerie as he had deeanbed it was acted over a virtuous eiterprize or to seek the bubble repu train ; but it was utterly impossible from the tation a the cannon's mouth ;" but that it was canst above mentioned to ascertain when the rather allied to that quality which would let no lijht disappeared whether the parties had rone compunctious visitmgs of nature shake his fell into thompson's ro>nn as it however to throw purpose whaicver it might be the result of still deeper mis'ery over this extraordinary this investigation into his character such as it j transaction the witness persisted in adding a was was obviously unfavorabls ; and yet there new feature to his former statement : that after were moments when i thought i had rafted to ! the persona had returned with the litrht into him a hard measure of justice and when i was j smith's room and before it was extinguished he • tempted to accuse myself of prejudice in theo j had twice perceived some dark object to inter pinion t had formed of him ; and particularly j vene between the light and the window almost when he was asked by the clerk of arraigns the ! as large as the tho window itself and usual question j&rt you guilty or not guilty f 1 \ which he described by saying it appeared as if a as he drew hi form up to the fullest height and j door bad been placed before the light now in the fetters clanked upon his legs as he answer i smtth room there was nothing which could ed with unfaltering tongue and unblenching | account tor i his appearance ; his bed wis in a c!ieek,'-ftot guilty ray heart smote me for j differed part and there was neither cupboard nor baring involuntarily interpreted against him ev ' prssl in the room which but for the oed was en i ery sign that was doubtful , lirerj empty ; the mem in whim he dressed being tlie counsel for the prosecution opened his ; at a distance beyond it he would state only case to the jury in a manner that indicated very : one fact more said the learned counsel and he little expectation ofa conviction lie began by | bat d,jie his duty ; it would then he for the jury deploring them to divest their rr ids of a:i thai , - • do theirs within a few days there had been they had heard before they came into the box ? } fodndj in the prisoners house the stopper ot a he entreated them to attend to tho evidence and ' small bottle ofa very singular description ; it was judge from that alone he statec that in the j apparently not of engfcti manufacture an was i coarse of his experience which was very great \ described by the me jical men as being ofihe | he had never met with a case involved in deeper ! descrijttioa used by che mats to pres.-rve those li | mystery than that upon which he was then ad : quids which are most likely ui lose their virtue dressing them the prisoner at the bar was a by exposure to trie air to whom it belonged or ; man moving in a respectable station in society ; to what ise it had been applied there was noev i and maintaining a fair cnaracter he was id idence t snow all appearance in the possessoin of considerable such was the address of the counsel for the propeity and was above the ordinary temptations ; prcsecmon ; and during its delivery i had ear . to commit m foul a crime with respect to the j neatly w?.t»hed the countenance of the prisoner ! property of the deceased it was strongly sus j who hat listened to it with deep attention pected that he had either been robbed o t ", or in i twice miy did i perceive that it produced in 1 some inexplicable manner made sway with gold j birr tho slightest emotion when the disappear j and jewels to a very large amount ; yet in cw j ncc of his housekeeper ra mentioned a smile dor he was bound to admit that no portion of it ! a 9 of can passed over hie lip ; and the notice however trifling could he traced to the prison j of be discovery of the stopper obviously excited er s to any motive of malice br revenge none i n interest and i thought an apprehention but could by possfality be assigned for the prisoner | " quickly subsided i need not detail the en and the deceased were as far asi could be aacer : ; - i ' r st was given for the prosecution ; it a tained total strangers to each other still there j mounted in suostanee to thai which tne counsel were moat extraordinary circumstances counec i stated : nor was it varied i-i any particular the ted with his death pregnant with suspicion at j stopper was produced and proved to bo found least and imperiously demanding explanation ; mn the house ; but no attempt was made to trace and it was justice no less to the accused than to i to the prisoner's possession or even knowl the public that the case should undergo judicial edge investigation the deceased henry thomson vvheti the case was closed the learned jud^c was a jeweller residing in london wealthy addressing the counsel for the prosecution said , and in considerable business ; and as was the he thought there was hardly sufficient evidence custom of his lime in the habit of personally con o call upon the prisoner for his defence and if the ducting his principle transactions with the for jury were of the same opinion they would at eign merchants with whom he traded he had once stop the case — upon this observation from travelled much in the couise of his business in l be judge the jury turned around for a moment germany and holland : and it was to meet at * n,i then intimated their acquiescence in his hull a trader of the latter nation of whom he lordship's view of the evidence the counsel was to make a large purchase that he had left folded u their briefs and a verdict of acquittal london before his death , was about to be taken when the prisoner adores it would be proved by the landlord of the inn ed the court he staled that having been ac where he had resided that he and ins corres cosed of so foul a crime as murder and havina pondent had been thete.i and a wealthy jeweller had ins character assailed by suspicions of the of the town we acquainted wiih both parties » ost afflicting nature that character could never had seen . 1/r thomson fter the departure of be cleared by his acquittal upon the ground that the dutchman ; and could speak positively to the evidence against him was inconclusive with there being then in his possession jewels of out giving him an opportunity of stating his own large value and gold and certain bills of ex case > 2[ld calling a witness to counteract the im change the parties to which he could describe pressiuns ihat had been raised */»..:.--- ■ : - j this was on the morning <* thou j*r - p e *♦"*" "««*"" which at present ture from hull on his return to london and was appeared douotful he urgeu the learned judge on the day but jim preceding that on which be t permit him to stato his case to the jury and to arrived at the house of the prisoner what had ail h.s housekeeper with so much earnestness become of him in the interval could not bs ascer an,i was seconded so strongly by his counsel mat iained ; nor was the prisoners house situated in : ru mansfieid though very much against his the road which he ought to have taken no re mediation and contrary to his usual habit gave iance however could be placed on that ctrcum wa v aild bdded to the fatal request stance for it was not at all uncommon for persons i ertere domos iotas optantibos ipsis who travelled with property about them to leave dii taciles — torreos dicendi copia multis the direct r^ao even for a considerable distance ei sua mortifemeat facundia in order to secure themselves as effectually as the prisoner then addressed the jdry and erf possible from the robbers by whom the remote treated taeir patience for a short time here parts of the country were infested he had net plated to them that he never could feel satisfied teen seen from the time of his leaving hull tilt i l0 be acquitted merely because the evidence was lie reached the village next adjoining snath's n t conclusive , an i pledged himself in a very house and the next morning rots discovered short time by the few observations he s ould lead in his bed he now came to the most ex i u , a ke and the witness whjm he should call to traordinaiy part of the case it would be proved j obtain thoir virjici upon much highergroonds.apon beyond the possibility ofa doubt that the deceas j tl;f unpossibiiitj ot his being guilty of the dread ed died by pouotir poison of a most subtle na fa crime with respect to the insinuations tore most active in its operation and possessing which bad been thrown out against him he the wonderful and dreadful quality of leaving no thought one observation would dispose of them external mark off token by which its presence assuming it to be true that the deceased o;ed ci.uid be detected tne ingregients of which it ( rom tft e effectof a poisen of which he called god vas composed were of so sedative a nature thai lo witness that he had never even heard either instead of the body on which it had been used | the name or the existence until this day ; was exhibiting any contortions or marks of suffering ■ not every probability in favor of his innocence ? it left upon the features nothing hut the calm ! h ere was a perfect stranger not known to have and placid quiet of repose its effects and i u his possession a single article of value who indeed its very existence were but re might have been robbed of the property which he cently known in this country though it had w « said to havejhad at hull what soproba for some nine been used in other nations of eu 0 le as that he should in a moment of despair at rope & it was supposed to be a discovery of the i his loss have destroyed himself the fatal german chemists and to he produced by a pow ; rjrng was stated to have been familiar m those erfol distillatioa of the seed of the wild cherry oountiies in which c thompson had travelled tree bo abundant m the black forest ; wbl j e t i.hnaeltit was utterly unknown above bat the fact being ascertained that the cruse ! all be implored the jury to remember that al ol the death was poison left open the much more j though tho eye of malice had watched every momentous quest ton by whom was it admihis proceeding of his sinduhe latal accident and toreu . it couldhaidly be supposed to be by the j though the most minute search had been made deceased himsel there was nothing to induce mto every part of his premises no vestage had such a suspicion & there was this important fir b ve,i discovered of the most trilling article be cumstance which of ftself almost negatived its longing to the deceased nor had even a rumour possibility that no phial,or vessel of any kind had i b p e „ circulated that poisen of any kind had been been discovered in which the poison could have j ever!n his possession of the stopper which been contained w as it then the prisoner who ; had been found he disowned all knowledge ; he administered if before he asked them to declared most solemnly that he had herer seen come to that conclasioo it would be necessary n before it was produced in court ; and he asked to state more distinctly what his evidencs wac cou i i liie f act ot 1ls being f nri j y his house ou ■ 1 he prisoner's family consisted only of himself j \ y a ew j ays ag0j wnea h 11!lure ds of people had a house-keeper and on3 man-servant the | been there produce upon an impartial mind even ■ man servant slept man oat house adjoining the l a momentary predjodice against him one ■ stable and did so or the night of thomson s f ac t and one onlv had been proved to which it ■ death the prisoner slept at one end of the j w as possible lor him to give an answer the ■ house and tne house-keeper at the other and 1 f act 0i - his havii!<r gone to the bed-room of his ■ the deceased had been put into a room adjoiokg i hoosekeeper on fee night in question he had ■ the house keeper's it would be proved bv a , been subject for many years of his life to sudden ■ person who happened to be passing by the house i nts ot lllnes , . he had been seized with one on ■ on the nignt in question about three liours after that occasion and had gone to her to procure her ■ midnijiht that he had een induced to remain ; assistance in lighting a fire she had returned ■ ami watch from having his attention excited by j wit h him to his room for that purpose he having ■ the circumstance then very unusual of a light ! waited or a imrm!g j the passage while she ■ moving about the house at that late hour that ' t plu on | hr clothes which would account for the ■ person would stale most positively that he ajomentary disappearance of the light and after ■ could distinctly see a figure holding a light go she had re'mained'in his roam a few minutes rin i rom the room m which the prisoner slept to the ', din himself better he dismissed her and reti ■ house keeper s room ; that two persons then rea s aga i n to bed from which he had not risen ■ came out of the house keeper's room and the whe n he was informed of the death of ins guest i light disappeared tor a inmate w hether the i h hat l been said that after his committal to pris ■ two persons went into thomson's room he could , on h s housekeeper haj disappeared he avow ■ not see as tne window ot that room looked an j ed thal , finding his enemies determined if pos ■ other way ; but in about a miuute they returned i slbie to'accompltsh his ruin he had thought it j passing quite along the house to smith's room • brobab | e thev mi<rht tamper with his servant : | again ; aud in about hve minutes the light was , he ha d therefore kept her out of their way but | extinguished and he saw it no more j fjr wha t purpose ? not to prevent her testimo i such was the evidence upon which the ma j nv fo^g glv eu for she was now under the care ■ gisirates had commuted smith ; and singularly i ot his solicitor and would instantly appear for ■ j enough since his committal the housekeeper j lhe pnrpose of confirming as far as she was ■ tiad been missing nor could any trace of her be j concerned the statement which he had jast made oiscovered v ulnn the last week the witness ; such was the prisoner's address which i ztz a i k r a d r b r f m ! l e r rlicu!ariy p ed a ™? p w « fu i ect - jt « rfe - m examined acd in order to refresh his memory . f j j • c i he had been placed at dark in the very spot hvered ™ a firrn and &***"• manner & j whore he had stood on hat nisrht ami another | s simplicity and artlessness gave to it an h^rrsoa was placed with him fhe whole appearance of truth the housekeeper was riftofthi vvatcmma >« published tn f l \ t 77 d per year m advance ' v ;., l crr 7;rrs iiv in counties more than . d toi ie9 distant fro salisbury and in hrrc the aeeoobt is over one year stan jstwillbe , l , ; , nill v taken for lem thnn ooe s . . m r will be done t the nsoal rates ljoo will be withdrawn mttl arreara i unless th editor dkoete . re paying the whole ban in ad .. | lelfotdbnumat 0,50 tor one roneed regularly will be continn . ifterwards j ' . . the editor must be post paid or . - tended to j in-ring the editor on the business 1 ''-'*%: udow him as editor of the 1 ;'.' v ,„, mi those that write on oth , ;, r t oh.c..ione s . . . gohsenpuom taken before the >" b n paper it wih be reroem > the publication of the first then put into the lk.x and examined ny trs the according to t fl of ft .■ court unt ,| theirto-b l ari k at « near nct hear „ ■ t h ere n»th-fl remarkable her and apt , r fl not feaiuresfl f rorn emlurras i the pr:-on-b the story he had toldfl irr havm fl to adding th.-uh to |. cr b been man-b an account of t!'cl t0 uwcoroob sla'eb , a r ■ u/ujcr.stau-b ,„ attach 1 considerable to circum i by who suwfl prisoner and the fl were form a door intervened b appear fl when examined and heb t [ ere mustb the b t | 1p openingb for appear-b existence disappeared.h to th t!ii t i lbbbbh such information as he could get without from the nvww^^h alarming her by any direct inqmr on the ph7\tt fttni tur » i \ v nnnprnassi subject which as she could not h,l ? see | f ' 1 xtler01 \ b **»* l^uben ing its importance would have led hnr at i « „ . *' s 1 ? 8 ™ 0 p 0 "^ m n " 1 "^ once to a positive denial he knew more \ ' '■ ' p '" /" l w 1 ''' * s a ■ „.„ 1 , . , j . iwii.w nore marra^tne conducted jointly hvlirn^lt aod sous ■ ove that as she had not been in court she the following article will v reed with merest | couid hot know how much or how little the and at the same time may ho taken as a fair spe | inquiry hud already brought to light and by cimenof i work little known here though quit ! himself truaf ing the matter as immaternl he popular in england h might lead isr to consider if so a!«o cy by fauntleroy suffered for forging the nam of ■ that means draw forth all that she knew — , owners , ot ba!lk stock ' 7 w,,ich u ft hn ' fl msm a^ma i ., . a l ously caused to be transferred into bis own bands er some lew unimportant questions he ■ j i i r ■ i j i . ' , 4 , '"' , considerable nay enonnouo sums of money ■ asked her in a tone and mannei rather cal still however continuing to pav the owners of fl ciliated to awaken confidence than to excite the stock their half yearly dividends on the fl distrust — same it is to be observed that he forg-dno fl during the time you were in mr smith's names nor made free with any sums of money fl room you stated that the candle stood on kinrinf tofhoeewho were not connect d with i the table in the centre of the room hl,n n lhb wa j ofb "- ; i n f a * *£ bak,r h i y eg was agent to the stockholders residing to the i t rv a , , ... country and wai authorised bv »•»*—. .'•«•" **• i was the closet or cupboard or whatever * c n ■. . ~ l ■ rantt ou their stock i ™« 4l it f .™. r j " "» w,|w8k jhe banking-house in which he was a partner i stood there — a pause no answer being on one occasim run hard upon and in waft i 1 will call it to vourrecollection after mr of money faunttvrey was alwavs esihaatedj i smith had taken the medicine out of the a ® » euperor financier ertnok to raise c i closet did he shut the door or did it remain and this he 4j the very v0ht nnen me tjmt il morning what he said to his i nersi „ r w p n"i \ iesnuill « . he accounted for his possession si t e ,„. mj 1 hen it was opened again for the pur has not yet been known : probably tiny wet pose of replacing the bottle was it — it too much hurried at tho moinoni aud ion jlad was t'j have the timely supply to bo over nice in do you recollect how long it was open the heir inquiries his however now knowr hat last time not above a minute l,e went t0 he bink ' and b x me * m " f ( h*f t a i ... r i j t „ t transferred the money he obtained from the name i lie door when opened would be exact . . ,, . j f .- ., „ . , i i i . i i • , i of a customer to that of hi owi , conceiving that between the light and the window would it the party wouw not p^babl y , w j on ,, s & liv . not — it would ed wish to sellout his stock and therefore i forget whether you said thecloset wason would remain unconscious of fhe use which had the right or the left hand side of the window been made of it so long as he regularly received the left bis dividends ; if howevorj it should occur thaf would the door of the closet make any the stock was r«mired he cslcolated as agent noise in ooenitiff none to lhe p arty ' that he shouid have t,,n " t0 repla * p . noise in opening in one . „, lf he 8h „ u d be driven to the necessity f can you spesk positively to that fact have mak , free with another person's block in the san you ever opened it yourself or only seen way m heretofore and tins he actually sujw jmr smith open it — i never opened it my qnently did many times ; until he got i:iv.i!ved self in a labyrinth ot transferred t"'?ck and bra c jlid you never keep the key — never counts so built up one on the other tint there who did mr smith alwavs wa - "° retreating before the world as at honest .... i , " u j a man — no dath open to him either to t op pay alt us moment the witness chanced to ma " »* a i , r r*r ■ t . 4l j _. .. ment or go on nothing before hun out fl.imati turn her eyes towards the spot where the dis ; racfii and pooifhrneni : yet in this state prisoner stood and the effect was almost hy pi uri i n g desperately and aa it vale daring electrical a cold damp sweat stood upon j the worst he maintaifed the credit of thfl baak his brow and his face had lost all its colour j king-house f)rupwa t ds of trht yeaic after the he appeared a living image of death she first traud is supposed w have been committed no sooner saw him than ruie shrieked and ah this period.it should be observed that his c i j n<i r u oar'.ners were tota v in the dark s to ins pro fainted the consequences of her answers l wni er , . /. „. ... •, »,,,„„ .,-'_,, ,. , . - j tju i j i eeediags he being the only rea kctive partner hashed across her mind she had been so -.„,«,„ thoroughly deceived by lhe manner olthe ~ , ti jm „» ,„ a nn » n f ,. ** j . 4 , ,.,.. . . fauntleroy couid every day p to the one ot advocate and by the little importance he his prrhe i ion , have pass himself of sulii had seemed to attach to her statements that c , tnl to have carried hiinsolf out of dan she had been led on by one question to an per . an d jj he could have brought himself to a other till she had told him all that he wan hfe of obscurity and seclusion siitrht have spent ted to know a medical man wusimmedia the remainder of his days in indeppndenct telv directed to attend to her and during this alternative he said constantly occurred o , ■ i i u i * 4 linn • but a though at ast hourly in anticipa the interval occasioned bv this interruption and the bor to the proceedings the solicitor for the pros ror wnich at t imt,s came over his inmd at bis ectrtion left the court in a short time the impen ji n g fate he was as he himse'f smiuted gentleman who had attended the witness ie j ppe!lf>^und u the sr>jt which he neve could turned into court and stated that it was im t summon resolution enough to break this may possible that she could at present resume ! in a manner be amounted tor by his macatnent her place in the box and suggested that it to more than one female ; he was naturally amo » ' , . . ' ., h p : , j ; c r ., ns an d ultimately l>ecame licentions men would be much better to allow her tojwait fof ; 5jsj5 im:i d ? . sometimes purcha their an hour or two it was now about twelve in nepentne i r ,„ n bacchus : fauntleroy the day and lord mansfield having direc . w t ' to anot hcr marker for this fraught or drug ted that the jury should be accommodatod j that of venus a passion of any kind hy ex witharoom where they could be kept by \ cessive indulgence will seas bsesaaa pretiirnatu thomselves adjourned the court for two ral a more sinking in-.tance i of which never oc hourg currel than in this case w hen wearied and ,„,' ... ■ , t ■ »: jj „. « c onnressed with intensity of reflection and thp nrforpr was taken back to gaol si op.>i«s>-»eu »■ ine prisoner v,ao idi.e.i uaei g , b d(jwn w , tn t ; ie » 1 , r . or 8 of an ignominiais the witness to an apartment in the gaolers deuh>and wh en nothing could rouse him even house and strict orders were given that she • w | lfcn j n j nson , his conduct towards women was should be allowed to 1 communicate with no , reirnr t a we had it been lawful or consistent one except fa the presence and hearing of wil h the rules of christian propriety to have flthe physician it was between four and five made au experiment with him 1 am convinced bo clock when the iud e resumed his from memoranda m my possession and other facts btr-af nnon the bench the prisoner his known to me that ho would if op^rtunny had seat upon toe b.ncn tie prisoner n.s i ,, . hira hive gone through all the station at the bar and the housekeeper hers ; j^jjs ,.; vc to any female tkrown in in the witness-box the court in the inter ; wiy>an j ilv0 continued o to engage hira hval had remained crowded with the spec { n ,. j^gt hours perhaps of his existence htators scarce one of whom had not his place • j a p jint f feet this is not a postulatum it all bless during ins absecne it should be seized . , u t did occur dead as he was loall worldly af flbv some one else i fairs ; wbilo under sentence of death the sight ■ the cross-examining counsel then ad of a *»»£ 1 z*^j ts ■ , . . , ?, ,. ifir*nrnoaun e with his then awtul situation ana dressed the witness have very few more l^^j'z accounted r upon the prin questions to ask ot you but bewaie that ou j have blaled : vl r morbid action of the hanswer them truly tor your own life hangs i neftou9 tt y 8 tem occasioned by the as-wciaiums i hupon a thread j the mind touching tiie chord of former r.*cal'.ec h do vou know thi3 stopper — i do tions : but of this presently 1 shall have s nw h to vboa djoes it belong to mr i thing more to say during they me period g^h ' that be was consgiota ol being crimr^jieugv vben did you see it last on the night of mr thomson s death at this moment the solicitor forthepros-^h i ecution entered the court bringing with ( him upon a tray a watch two money-lngs,^m , a jewel ease a pocket-book and a bottle offl j the same manufacture as tiie stopper and i j having a cork in it some other articles there i were on it not material to my storv the i : trav was placed on the table in sight of the i . rnroner and the witness and from that mo i ; ment not i doubt remained in the ramd of i j any man of the guilt of the pnselui i a few words will bring rriy tale to its close i j the house where the murder had been com i j muted wa3 between 9 and id miles distant i i from the court house flie solicitor as soon i j aithecro^-oxr'.mirlinattonofthe.'ious.-kceper j had discovered the existence of the closet &. its situation had set off on horse-back with two sheriff s officers k after p illmg down part of the wall of the bouse hid detected this important place of concealment their search was well rewarded the whole of tho property belonging to mr thomson was round there amounting hi value to some j thousand pounds and to leave no room for j doubt a bottle was discovered which the ! medical men instantly pronounced to contain j the very identical poison which had caused j the death of the unfortunate thomson the j result is too obvious to need explanation j the case presents the perhaps unparal j lelcd instance of a man accused of murder j the evidence against whom was so slight as j to induce thejtidge and jury t j concur in a j verdict of acquittal but who persisting to j call a witness to prove his innocence was upon the testimony of that very witnes conrieted and executed k • hi " 2 * *