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ABDUCTION OF MISS GLENN,
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whatever might be my private feelings upon the subject: the
purposes of justice are now answered.
The Jury then returned a verdict of Guilty, generally,
against all the Defendants, with the exception of Elizabeth
Snell.
Mr. Justice Park, as soon as the verdict was returned,
said :■—As this case now seems to be disposed of, I cannot
but remark, that all the evidence given on the part of the
Defendants is only a continuation of the conspiracy. Now
the verdict is given, I feel at liberty to state this as my opi-
nion, but I would not say so till after the verdict had been
returned.
The trial lasted from about half past ten in the morning
till past eleven at night.
Counsel for the prosecution;—Mr. Serjeant Pell, Mr.
Gaselee, Mr. A. Moore, and Mr. C. F. Williams. For the
defendants ;---Mr. Casberd, Mr. Selwyn, and Mr. Jeremy.
In Hilary term following Mr. Scarlett obtained a rule to
show cause why a new trial should not be granted; after
hearing arguments at great length on both sides, which
lasted near two days, the Court declared they were perfectly
of opinion, “ that there was no pretence for a new trial.”
The rule was accordingly discharged. Mr. Justice Bailey
then in a most solemn and impressive manner delivered the
sentence of the Court. He dwelt on the enormity of the
offence, of which the defendants had been convicted, and
told them, that if they had succeeded in their object, they
w ould have been guilty of a capital crime. The evidence
against Susanna Bowditch was but slight; and as the coun-
sel for the prosecution had consented to enter a nolle pro-
sequi as to her and Mr. and Mrs. Paul, no punishment
W'ould be inflicted on them. It could not be denied, how-
ever, that the conduct of Mr. and Mrs. Paul was very
blameable. The sentence of the Court was, that Joan Bow-
ditch, and William Bowditch, should be imprisoned in the
gaol of Dorchester for twenty-one months; that Susanna
Mulraine should be imprisoned in the same gaol for two
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whatever might be my private feelings upon the subject: the
purposes of justice are now answered.
The Jury then returned a verdict of Guilty, generally,
against all the Defendants, with the exception of Elizabeth
Snell.
Mr. Justice Park, as soon as the verdict was returned,
said :■—As this case now seems to be disposed of, I cannot
but remark, that all the evidence given on the part of the
Defendants is only a continuation of the conspiracy. Now
the verdict is given, I feel at liberty to state this as my opi-
nion, but I would not say so till after the verdict had been
returned.
The trial lasted from about half past ten in the morning
till past eleven at night.
Counsel for the prosecution;—Mr. Serjeant Pell, Mr.
Gaselee, Mr. A. Moore, and Mr. C. F. Williams. For the
defendants ;---Mr. Casberd, Mr. Selwyn, and Mr. Jeremy.
In Hilary term following Mr. Scarlett obtained a rule to
show cause why a new trial should not be granted; after
hearing arguments at great length on both sides, which
lasted near two days, the Court declared they were perfectly
of opinion, “ that there was no pretence for a new trial.”
The rule was accordingly discharged. Mr. Justice Bailey
then in a most solemn and impressive manner delivered the
sentence of the Court. He dwelt on the enormity of the
offence, of which the defendants had been convicted, and
told them, that if they had succeeded in their object, they
w ould have been guilty of a capital crime. The evidence
against Susanna Bowditch was but slight; and as the coun-
sel for the prosecution had consented to enter a nolle pro-
sequi as to her and Mr. and Mrs. Paul, no punishment
W'ould be inflicted on them. It could not be denied, how-
ever, that the conduct of Mr. and Mrs. Paul was very
blameable. The sentence of the Court was, that Joan Bow-
ditch, and William Bowditch, should be imprisoned in the
gaol of Dorchester for twenty-one months; that Susanna
Mulraine should be imprisoned in the same gaol for two