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ng hail ceased vvDon 1 got up—sum Cameron in they uudrcssed- ihe children's door was a htile •pen, a ml so was Cameron s. J loht my husband, ind sent turn up, without his shoes ami the lamp mill matches— I nlo went up again, ami heard the tttlc mil crying out—“Get oil the be i, or you will Miuuher me.’’ Cameron replied to her—“ Hush, Imi i cry—don’t make a noise ” I then spoke and we pot n hght. During tins C ameron had time to jel off ihe bed, before I glt;*t into the loom. I asked what he had been doing to the children, and he asked ne what business it was to me Then Adeline said •• Lady, do come in—he lias almost killed me—he .•ot right on top o| me.” Cameron made no answer 'o this My husband told him to go out, and he at-tempted to strike my husbai d. I called “ watch.\|it*r he was put out, 1 locked the children's door, iiid *ent my husband to the circus lor Mr and Mrs Slope rMr* Sloper passed through the odeal of tne cross-examination unscathed.I AtUlinf S!opir~a sweet pretty child, was the Iasi w itness called. Judge Thaeher questioned her ♦ std her knowledge ol her obligation to tell the truth as a witness, and she answered w ith the greatest clearness ami simplicity, nml in such a manner is to atiMy ih»‘ Court ol her cmnpctency. She spoke very low. and her testimony was repeated aloud by Mi r itrker. who, with Mr Wheolock, stood tip close o her Hei testimony wa* a* follow s :—* I was H'hep—was waked up by feeling somethin g on my lace. Looked up, ami saw a man — he Mitd. •*H»sh. hish,”and said he wouid give me nine-pem eit I would n't cry. lie said In* hail his panta-lootts on, bin he was gmng totind in shirt only The i»ed w as all tucked up, ami he untmked it. He took hi Id of my legs, ami tried to raise them, but 1 twisted the blanket loiind me He then got upon me, and all but smothered me to death He next got into the bed, beside im sister, and spoke to my brother Bv-roti I he woman then came m, and put him out, and locked him out. ami mid me to go to sleep. I did n't know whole was, but supposed that it was voice man come to scare me. He iiied to gag me. At ' ne tune. 1 s;iw him picking it the bureauI .t. eross.examinaiiott ol the child only drew out mcntenuii tacts, corroborative ot her testimony in eh letJn the argument for the defence Mr Wheelock maintained at g eat leng’h that the evideme fell vhott o proving a felonious assault, with the intent itWrit in the md'cimcnt It was much more nruba-
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Boston Morning Post
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Thu, Jul 11, 1839
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