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Recollections of the Court Room, Or, Narratives, Scenes and Anecdotes From Courts of Justice
Recollections of the Court Room Or Narratives Scenes and Anecdotes From Courts of Justice Author:Peter Burke General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1860 Original Publisher: H. Dayton Subjects: Trials Law Fiction / Classics Law / General Law / Jurisprudence Law / Legal History Literary Collections / General Literary Criticism / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has ... more »no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Traveling in a bye-road, for safety Mr. Kidderminster took a guide with him ; but, on reaching Chelmsford at night, he discharged him. Mr. Kiddderminster himself -put up at the White Horse Inn, at Chelmsford, where it appears he had lain at other times, and was very well known; but there he was murdered on the same night, in April, 1654. The last place his wife heard of him was Cambridge. A report was spread that he was gone to Amsterdam, where she seut to inquire for him, but was assured he was not there. After some time, she heard he was at Cork, in Ireland ; thither she also sent, and made a most diligent and exact search for him, both in Cork and Munster. Again there was a rumor that he was in Barbadoes, and again did ehe have inquiries set on foot at Barbadoes. She continued constantly carrying on investigations after her husband, till her sister, one day, in 1662 or 1663, reading the newspaper of the day, suddenly cried out, " Sister, here's news of your husband !" The intelligence was in these terms : -- "The bones of an unknown person, supposed to be robbed and murdered, are found buried in a back yard in Chelmsford. Whosoever can give information of any person missing, let them give notice to Mr. Talcott, coroner, in Peering, or to the constable of Chelmsford, or to Mr. Roper, bookseller, over against St. Dnnstan's Church in Fleet Street." Upon Mrs. Kidderminster comparing the time of her husband's being m...« less