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ABDUCTION OF MISS GLENN.
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and we have no doubt that there has been a conspiracy, and
that the persons, named as defendants, have been concerned
with it, or had some knowledge of its existence;—but that
there has been a conspiracy, we think, there cannot be a
doubt.
Mr. Justice Park. Gentlemen of the Jury; the case
before you is a question of fact depending upon a mass of
conflicting testimony, to which I am confident you have
paid infinite attention. I have, myself, taken full notes of
every thing arising in the course of the trial, to lay before
the Judges of the Court of King’s Bench, when they give
their judgment: being under an obligation to report every
thing that has passed. If you, Gentlemen, are satisfied that
a conspiracy has existed, there can be no necessity for my
taking up your time ; but I cannot help observing upon the
demeanour and manner of the young lady. You have heard
her evidence ; you have seen the manner in which she has
given her testimony upon this trial; and I agree with what
has been stated by the learned counsel for the prosecution,
as to the nature of the case; it appears, as far as my judg-
ment goes, to be fully confirmed and proved by the evidence.
The young lady has stood a very severe ordeal; she has
heard a great deal of testimony addressed to her conduct
and character, and I am bound to say (for the advantage I
have at present may not again occur), that I never saw,
since I have had the honour of sitting in a court of justice,
which now, as man and boy, has been about nine-and-thirty
years;—I never did see a young woman apparently (for
God only can read people’s hearts), sit more patiently and
listen to all the obloquy which has been attempted to be
heaped upon her.
With respect to the material parts of Mr. Tempter’s evi-
dence, which does not seem to be mainly relied upon, that
her mind did not seem to be at all distressed:— upon that
subject it would appear, that till some one happened to men-
tion her uncle’s name, she was unmoved; but when her
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and we have no doubt that there has been a conspiracy, and
that the persons, named as defendants, have been concerned
with it, or had some knowledge of its existence;—but that
there has been a conspiracy, we think, there cannot be a
doubt.
Mr. Justice Park. Gentlemen of the Jury; the case
before you is a question of fact depending upon a mass of
conflicting testimony, to which I am confident you have
paid infinite attention. I have, myself, taken full notes of
every thing arising in the course of the trial, to lay before
the Judges of the Court of King’s Bench, when they give
their judgment: being under an obligation to report every
thing that has passed. If you, Gentlemen, are satisfied that
a conspiracy has existed, there can be no necessity for my
taking up your time ; but I cannot help observing upon the
demeanour and manner of the young lady. You have heard
her evidence ; you have seen the manner in which she has
given her testimony upon this trial; and I agree with what
has been stated by the learned counsel for the prosecution,
as to the nature of the case; it appears, as far as my judg-
ment goes, to be fully confirmed and proved by the evidence.
The young lady has stood a very severe ordeal; she has
heard a great deal of testimony addressed to her conduct
and character, and I am bound to say (for the advantage I
have at present may not again occur), that I never saw,
since I have had the honour of sitting in a court of justice,
which now, as man and boy, has been about nine-and-thirty
years;—I never did see a young woman apparently (for
God only can read people’s hearts), sit more patiently and
listen to all the obloquy which has been attempted to be
heaped upon her.
With respect to the material parts of Mr. Tempter’s evi-
dence, which does not seem to be mainly relied upon, that
her mind did not seem to be at all distressed:— upon that
subject it would appear, that till some one happened to men-
tion her uncle’s name, she was unmoved; but when her