Halifax by Margaret Drinkall

Author:Margaret Drinkall
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780752482132
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2013-04-05T04:00:00+00:00

Concluding his eloquent defence, Mr Foster pointed out that if this was indeed the turn of events it would still have been an unlawful act but a lesser one, one of concealment of birth, and the offence would be manslaughter rather than murder.

The judge summed up for the jury, stating that if they thought the prisoner had been in such a frame of mind, resulting in her not knowing her actions, then they must give a verdict of manslaughter not murder. He once again castigated Mr North for his harsh treatment of Currie, turning her out without so much as the last few days wages which she had already earned. He told the jury that married women of comfortable means sometimes lost their reason for a time following childbirth and, therefore, they cease being accountable for their actions. It was much more to be expected that a woman in Currie’s circumstances should be in such a state of mind. The jury took only forty minutes to return a verdict of not guilty, proclaiming Janet Currie a free woman.

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