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separated in a very slight manner , and there were several cracks in the wall , by which means she could see and hear a great deal of what passed ; she Saw tbe four prisoners together in one of the rooms , and heard Hughes say , " At ten o ' clock we'll lay him . " Hughes and Baker went out , and as they were going , Ludman said to the former , " Mother Hughes , don't shut the door , and they'll have no suspicion . " The testimony of a Mrs . Johnson , who lived in the house of Mr . Darby , was also very important . In the course of Saturday evening , she heard Mrs . Hughes and the deceased quarrellingand the former say to him" Strike :
, , me , you dog ! Strike me ! " The deceased made no answer . Several persons entered the house , went up stairs , saw the deceased , and described the situation in which they found him ; he was hanging at the foot of , the bed-. —a half handkerchief was tied very tight , and with a particular sort of knot , called a sailor ' s knot , round his head , and it was drawn over his face ; his hands were tied behind his back with a cord , knotted in the same manner . One of the persons who came in met the prisoner , Ludman , on the stairs , and stopped him till an account was iven of the matter . On which he went insat down on a stooland said
g , , , " D—mn my eyes , I may as well sit down , for you can only hang me . " On Hughes being asked about it , she said , " I suppose the man hung himself- " The officer who took the prisoners to Newgate deposed , that while they were goingthither . in a coach , Ludman said to Hughes , she was a wicked woman to bring them all into this scrape ; she had better tell the truth , and save them ; she answered , she told al ! that she knew about it;—he contradicted her , and said
you know that you hit him twice on the head with the poker . " Hughes answered , " you may say as you please , but if I am guilty , you are all guilty as well . " Mary Baker said , the man could never tie his head and hang himself . A surgeon who examined the deceased , was certain he came to his death by strangling . ¦ He observed no cuts on his head ; however , he might have been struck on the head ' without his perceiving it . . .. These were the principal circumstances against the prisoners . Their defence consisted in substance of assertions of innocence . Some
witnesses were called to the characters of Hughes , Baker , and Richard Ludman—the latter it appeared , had been at sea . The Lord Chief Baron , aftersummingup the evidence , observed , that it was one ' of those cases where there was no direct evidence of the prisoners actually committing the murder , yet circumstances were very strong . He alluded to the conversation that passed , and pointed out the circumstances in the case , which sensibly attracted suspicion towards the prisoners . He observed , that very little applied to the ' prisoner Baker .
The Jury retired for a considerable time , after which they gave their verdict— --Richard Ludman and Eleanor Hughes , Guilty ; Ann Rhodes and Mary Baker / Not Guilty . The Recorder immediately pronounced sentence of death on the two former / fixing the execution for Monday next : Eleanor Hughes pleaded her pregnancy iri bar of the execution of her sentence .
Fifth day . "Fourteen prisoners were tried at the Old Bailey , three of whom were ' capitally convicted , viz . William Miller , for privately stealing from the person of Andrew Slower , _ t leather pocket book , value 2 s . James Hardwick , for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house oi John and William Champion , and stealing therein a quantity of tea . John Appletree , Elizabeth his wife , James Brown , James Reynolds , and Elizabeth Paget were tried upon the capital charge of having traiterously
counterfeited the silver coin of this kingdom . After the examination of evidence , the Jury went out for about twenty minutes / and then returned a verdict of Guilty against Appletree , and acquiuted the rest . Thay were afterwards tried for counterfeiting halfpence . Appletree admitted he had been concerned in that . The Jury found him , Brown , and Reynolds guilty , and pronounced thej two women Not Guilty , who also in this case were not put upon their defence , .
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separated in a very slight manner , and there were several cracks in the wall , by which means she could see and hear a great deal of what passed ; she Saw tbe four prisoners together in one of the rooms , and heard Hughes say , " At ten o ' clock we'll lay him . " Hughes and Baker went out , and as they were going , Ludman said to the former , " Mother Hughes , don't shut the door , and they'll have no suspicion . " The testimony of a Mrs . Johnson , who lived in the house of Mr . Darby , was also very important . In the course of Saturday evening , she heard Mrs . Hughes and the deceased quarrellingand the former say to him" Strike :
, , me , you dog ! Strike me ! " The deceased made no answer . Several persons entered the house , went up stairs , saw the deceased , and described the situation in which they found him ; he was hanging at the foot of , the bed-. —a half handkerchief was tied very tight , and with a particular sort of knot , called a sailor ' s knot , round his head , and it was drawn over his face ; his hands were tied behind his back with a cord , knotted in the same manner . One of the persons who came in met the prisoner , Ludman , on the stairs , and stopped him till an account was iven of the matter . On which he went insat down on a stooland said
g , , , " D—mn my eyes , I may as well sit down , for you can only hang me . " On Hughes being asked about it , she said , " I suppose the man hung himself- " The officer who took the prisoners to Newgate deposed , that while they were goingthither . in a coach , Ludman said to Hughes , she was a wicked woman to bring them all into this scrape ; she had better tell the truth , and save them ; she answered , she told al ! that she knew about it;—he contradicted her , and said
you know that you hit him twice on the head with the poker . " Hughes answered , " you may say as you please , but if I am guilty , you are all guilty as well . " Mary Baker said , the man could never tie his head and hang himself . A surgeon who examined the deceased , was certain he came to his death by strangling . ¦ He observed no cuts on his head ; however , he might have been struck on the head ' without his perceiving it . . .. These were the principal circumstances against the prisoners . Their defence consisted in substance of assertions of innocence . Some
witnesses were called to the characters of Hughes , Baker , and Richard Ludman—the latter it appeared , had been at sea . The Lord Chief Baron , aftersummingup the evidence , observed , that it was one ' of those cases where there was no direct evidence of the prisoners actually committing the murder , yet circumstances were very strong . He alluded to the conversation that passed , and pointed out the circumstances in the case , which sensibly attracted suspicion towards the prisoners . He observed , that very little applied to the ' prisoner Baker .
The Jury retired for a considerable time , after which they gave their verdict— --Richard Ludman and Eleanor Hughes , Guilty ; Ann Rhodes and Mary Baker / Not Guilty . The Recorder immediately pronounced sentence of death on the two former / fixing the execution for Monday next : Eleanor Hughes pleaded her pregnancy iri bar of the execution of her sentence .
Fifth day . "Fourteen prisoners were tried at the Old Bailey , three of whom were ' capitally convicted , viz . William Miller , for privately stealing from the person of Andrew Slower , _ t leather pocket book , value 2 s . James Hardwick , for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house oi John and William Champion , and stealing therein a quantity of tea . John Appletree , Elizabeth his wife , James Brown , James Reynolds , and Elizabeth Paget were tried upon the capital charge of having traiterously
counterfeited the silver coin of this kingdom . After the examination of evidence , the Jury went out for about twenty minutes / and then returned a verdict of Guilty against Appletree , and acquiuted the rest . Thay were afterwards tried for counterfeiting halfpence . Appletree admitted he had been concerned in that . The Jury found him , Brown , and Reynolds guilty , and pronounced thej two women Not Guilty , who also in this case were not put upon their defence , .