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  2. Celebrities at Botany Bay.

    HE original text of the confession made by Margaret before the magistrate ran as follows:— ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 307 words
  3. IN THE DOCK.

    The proceedings began with the reading of the proclamation, followed by the list of the grand jury. Then came the Lord Chief Baron's charge addressed to them, in which he referred to the ...

    Article : 356 words
  4. THE GUARD'S EVIDENCE.

    Among the witnesses examined at the police office was Edward Proctor, the guard of the mail coach met by Margaret on the road to London. It will be interesting to compare his evidence with ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 498 words
  5. LOVE IN DESPAIR.

    The good old lady did not object to drive down to the gaol and give her more advice; indeed, she paid her several visits there during the month she was awaiting her trial. To her, and to ber father ...

    Article : 322 words
  6. THE ORDER OF CHRIST.

    Quite recently we announced that the King of Portugal had conferred upon Captain Hugh Craig, of the E. and A. Company's steamer Guthrie, formerly of the Menmuir, the Knighthood of the Royal ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 143 words
  7. JOHN COOK.

    "That on Tuesday week, as she was in the street at Ipswich, returning to her lodgings, she casually met a man who has since informed her his name is John Cook, who appeared to be a sailor, ...

    Article : 394 words
  8. NO BAIL.

    With all Mr. Cobbold's kind intentions towards her, it never occurred to her, apparently, that the kindest thing she could have done for her just then was to get her out of prison on bail, as she ...

    Article : 167 words
  9. BLACK MARIA.

    At the end of her ten weeks' confinement Margaret was put in a van, with nine other prisoners, and driven over to Bury, under Ripshaw's charge. They started at 6 o'clock in the morning, and ...

    Article : 151 words
  10. MAN'S CLOTHES.

    "That she by much entreaty consented, ana upon his suggestion she the same evening purchased several articles of the man's apparel she now has on. That she did not see Cook on the Sunday; but ...

    Article : 380 words
  11. SERVICE NOTES.

    That the fact of being able to fall back on sail-power in ease of emergency may have its advantages even in these scientific days was proved last week in the case of the second-class cruiser ...

    Article : 816 words
  12. THE ASSIZE TOWN.

    In ordinary times Bury was considered "the most silent, the coldest, and the dullest place in England;" but when his Majesty's Judges came down from London to hold the summer assizes in ...

    Article : 189 words
  13. OYEZ! OYEZ!

    The Judges who came down on this occasion were the Lord Chief Baron Macdonald, and Mr. Justice Heath. When the doors of the court were thrown open at 12 o'clock on the 9th, there ...

    Article : 139 words
  14. THE RIDE TO LONDON.

    "That examinant told him she was afraid to get on him; but Cook swore that, if she did not get on him, he would murder her that night. That She agreed to ride the horse, and got on him ...

    Article : 294 words
  15. A REAL COOK.

    This construction of her language, if the true one, disposes of any idea that Cook might have been the man for whom she felt such extravagant affection; because in that case she would not have mentioned ...

    Article : 170 words
  16. A GAOL SENSATION.

    Let us now return to the story. When the proceedings at the London Police Office were closed, and Margaret was taken back to Newgate, she lived in daily hope of being restored to Ipswich, where ...

    Article : 229 words
  17. COMPARING NOTES.

    While the guard's evidence, as far as it goes, agrees with and confirms Margaret's statement, it will be seen that there are many points of difference between her version of the facts and ...

    Article : 216 words
  18. A POPULAR STORY.

    The authenticity of the handful and the confession as they are given here was certified in the following memorandum, written twenty-four years ago: ...

    Article : 176 words
  19. A PENITENT LETTER.

    On the evening of he arrival at the Ipswich Gaol, where she was received by Ripshaw, the keeper of the gaol, she wrote a very touching letter to Mrs. Cobbold, expressing the anguish ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 562 words
  20. FACT AND FICTION.

    There can be little doubt that, as we are told in the book, the secret of Cook's influence ove[?] her lay in the fact that he was an old acquaintance—a sort of travelling post office between ...

    Article : 447 words
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