Cora and The Doctor; or, Revelations of A Physician's WifeLeslie, Madeline
General
Cora and The Doctor; or, Revelations of A Physician's Wife
Leslie, Madeline
Physicians -- Fiction
Running along on each side of the room are three banks of seats,
resembling long slips or pews, and occupied by the witnesses and jury. A
walk or aisle runs along at the foot of these seats. The large open area
in front of the reporters and of this aisle, is circled with a railing
within which are seats and small desks for members of the bar. Just
beyond the railing and opposite to the Judge are boxes for the criminals
with sharp iron pickets on the top. All the rest of the unoccupied space
was crowded on this occasion with a dense mass of spectators, some of
whom had been standing ever since the opening of the Court-room.--Over
the end of the Hall was a gallery densely crowded. One by one, the
Jurors, Clerk, Lawyers, District Attorney, Attorney General and Judge
entered and took their seats. As the large clock in the room struck
nine, officers appeared leading in the prisoners.
I was obliged to put my arm around my distressed friend. She looked
ready to faint; but holding strong volatile salts to her nose, she
endeavored to control her feelings. Frank and myself regretted extremely
that the Attorney General thought it necessary to summon her as a
witness.
The court opened. The Clerk read the Docket, from which it appeared that
the Grand Jury had found three bills against the prisoners at the bar;
for conspiracy in obtaining property under false pretences--for wilful
perjury--and for fraud.
On motion of the Attorney General, it was ordered that they should be
tried upon the first of these, as it related to the primary, and
principal crime. The Clerk called upon the prisoners to arise and attend
to the indictment on which they were arraigned.
"COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
_"County of ----. At the Court of Common Pleas, begun and holden in
Crawford, within the County of ----, on the first Monday, being the
fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and forty-four._
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