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Show MRS PANKHUR8T WHEN ARRAIGNED AR-RAIGNED SAYS "NOT GUILTY" London April 3 Mrs. Emmodno Pankhurst, from tho prlslonors' In- ( closuro at tho old .Bally courthouse today pleaded "not guilty" to the chargo of having "counseled certain persons whose names are unknowi) to placo feloniously and maliciously certain gun-powder; intent "thereby rto damago David Lloyd George's country, house nt Walter Heath. Tho suffragette leader frail looking and polo found the court room crowded crowd-ed with women wearing tho suffrag-ctto suffrag-ctto colors.. Sho turned composedly to Sir Charles MontaLush the Judge, and an-, nounccd: "I will defend myself.'' A table was assigned to her for her papers. Archtbold H. Bodkin, counsel for tho treasury had not proceeded far with his opening of the case when Mrs. Ponkhurst interposed with tho objection: "I do not mind counsel Introducing reports of my speeches made by Jour-v nalists, but do object to pollco reports. They aro grossly lnaccurato very Ignorant Ig-norant nnd ungrammntlcal and convey con-vey an absolutely wrong Impress'on of what I said" I Tho Judge soothed her by promts-' promts-' Ing that sho would have an opportunity oppor-tunity to correct thorn. Mr. Bodkin's speech closely followed follow-ed tho arguments used during tho pre limlnary bearing In tho police court. Ho Bald It was not suggested Mrs. I Pankhurst was present at tho time the bomb was placed In Lloytl-Gcorgo's Lloytl-Gcorgo's house but tho prosecution, charged that she was an accessory before be-fore the fact. |