| Show AGED WOMAN THE VICTIM OF ABSURD BRITISH LAW O ONDON DO Dee Dec 1 lly n to co LONDON L Incidence with tho the here of ot the cabled re report report report port of ot Joseph li Choatee a speech atthe At nt Atthe the l otus club N Nw New w York YOlk wherein he the opinion that law was L superior to the homemade honto mude article mid and hatter bitter we have hlo bo been n treated 1 to a x striking demonstration of lit Un Iti It II H With black cap on nn head 11 II judge hRs has solemnly pronounced l of or death on an In Inn ml 1114 n for lor the murder of ot her hu hue hus band hanl whom she nhe did aid not murder and to to the farcical tragedy n a has solemnly Invoked the mercy merc of or God Cod on her guilty soul loul which was all hOt not guilty And nr all till thin thle with the full 1111 knowledge that ho hn did not eel commit lh th the for tor which she ahe was wu convicted and a lId that she ahe will whit never be he hanged banned for tor it lt In n B condemned cell celt tho the HK aged M victim vIrUm of nt if cruelty whose sad dil plight hns hus evoked expressions of ot the deepest Ice put sympathy from ill ull h I ii awaiting the tho of ot the crowns prerogative of ot mercy mere After Atler a IL brief L L period of ot she ahe lh will probably probably ably ob tie tic d to eke cite out nut what re 11 mama of ot her wretched existence branded ilK an u a Judge tutu Jury jul are arc that she should never have been convicted Hut they ih y had no other othur than thun to tn conform to tn ton toa n a 1 stupid and Ind an law late which ought ht long Ions II ago KO O to have hae been b en repealed r pen hd MOST IOSI TUH TI Mr JIre Marian story IH tH owe of ur the thu most t pitiful that Hint haM lino ever be hen ii told In the tho Krlin grim old olli Halley court Hh Abe was 65 years old mind and her husband hu was 18 They hUll hud been married led 12 U yearn ream After their they the started start ell a shoJI nt lit tar For a II time were fairly Then trude trade lell oft ort tool and they moved nond to II a u hop hopIn In there Then went from bad to worse rime fhe health failed when day du ram came round cutout then thov had hail nut not enough moneS to t ply ay th the rent Death or th the workhouse to be he the only alternative open to tim them and then choKe hut but the time alone found It ItI I I A VI WORLD D We decided said mild Mm Seddon at nt tho mooed on his body that we had hUll better h both hoth leave leno this thiN world together liter After pawing n a nl night ht worry worryIng 1011 Ini Ing over their lot black despair gripped her I cant this thin If INN I I V any uny loni longer r oho Kho ho said to her I husband hu Mixing ln trout from the bed bell khe went to a n cupboard and amid too took from It n bottle containing con u a 1 j o u bel hel ludonna and un l which hud hind been 1111 b i n used ailed to her husbands pain pahn It hr a ivus ns d olson loison She HIli drank half hull Its Then slip she said Id to her There la III nothing for tor tm ua hu but or the workhouse Ale tte you going to take your our Yes Ves IS replied the theman theman h man sad and snatching the bo bunko tie front from the Ids hands handa he drained what shut 1 ut of the tho TOLD IN LAV Mrs Mm Seddon then ought Bought her elster haw who lived lIell In III the game came house houn hOIl r told her hat they had done end and besought her to tee pen to It that lint they the wore were sled saved train from the Ignominy of or pauper h idol Then die chic returned to tho the bed and lay laa down doses bv by b her side elite to lie die with lint hlll h UI thought nut flat ut tub liaison worked slowly As Aa A In duty bound the tho told the lie police what timid hud I The rhe police removed the cou 1011 couple couple to the fhe workhouse which they hail had hadt doctors did 1111 their t so o n There the tho hest best to prevent them escaping e from rein It by hy death on In duty dut they the were bound to todo todo do III They Mm Iu lif but her husband hu more fortunate sue flue succumbed Tm TIIE AWFUL INQUEST INQUI ST There followed toll owed of ot course n II coroners coroner Inquest The Jury jur brought In n a ver verdict verdict dict diet of ot suicide while temporarily Insane Then the thu ponce police arrested Mrs Seddon tutu nUll charged her hel with the tho murder of ot the inan who according to tn the coror comat Jury had hod committed Paradoxical cal 1111 as 1111 It sounds tho the law III w Justified that hill chut charge HO lie For Fat nl tho law declares that If It two persons OIHI colI to commit and tI ono one survives that survivor Is KU Hull Kull I tv of or murder WAS NOT 01 Thu evidence at tit tic the trial made mado It that It was 11 not a case COI of ut murder that hi 1st 1 according accord log to common Reuse no notions Hons Hut But lut the law haw equally em emit emphatic that It 11 murder and the th judge jUIge told tho time Jury jur that they would could have to stand Bland by the law In Time The Jury fury JUI reluctantly bought In n a verdict of or HUll guil HUllt guilty ty t adding It ii recommendation to merry mercy Inen And Anti the Judge reluctantly sen fen sentenced leered the 1111 woman to death He sub said It was the saddest case cane he had hlll over ever er tried Ills opinion of ot the thc law which compelled him to 10 Impose a I that WIt was utterly abhorrent to Mc no notions lions of right and Justice he kept to himself for tor In lu a u court of ot Justice the tho most mot stupid law III 1 roust no tie treated us something sacred We Ye did not riot want to timid the woman t I sold fluid OUR ells of lit th the Jurymen utter aft uti r the trial was over but mitten what thu tho Judge told us liS see ive I could sot not do du III other otherwise otherwise otherwise wise lf lr course COUl wo WI know knew that the tho woman would not bo he lounged I and undo of ot course Duree th the judge jude knew knee It II too when ha h pronounced 1 sentence of or death upon Ulon her herIn herIn herIn In this comic the law l is III certainly erta nh an nn hose lias timid and It IH Is I absurd to II retain It on min the tho FLAW FLAV FI IS iN 1 E LAY LAW LAWOne I LAYOne W WOne One or of the council who took look part In Ili Inthe Ilithe the trial ald to tl tine the writer The rime ewer casp reveals a II law Haw In our OUI lu late certainly I ought to 10 be he untended We Ve I to have huye murder In III the tho degree and amid andIn In iii the second d degree dere Br c as n I believe you have In ht the United It Is he to tn put nut ti a who Is mpr mer ly ally guilty on trial for tor his hi IA or her life lite A who Situ l u a t window with his hi list the th j insa from runt which fatally tn fn billy Injured anyone would he hI technically guilt of or murder mUffler Ho Fn would u II must mUll who shut idiot Itt at t a n fowl which did not mint belong to 10 him limit and ami ac accidentally c 1 killed a o I man n |
