Page:The Legal Subjection of Men.djvu/52



Annie Hibberd, August, 1894, stabbed her husband twice, remarking, "Revenge is sweet." Found guilty of manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court, and sentenced to six years' penal servitude.

Jane Payne, August 18th, 1894, thrust her husband off a waggonwagon [sic], and then deliberately backed the horses, driving the wheels over him twice. Both legs fractured. He died a few hours afterwards. Found guilty of manslaughter.

Jane Ann Trelawney Baker (32) pleaded guilty to manslaughter of her husband and child by throwing a lighted lamp at the former. She was sentenced to three days' imprisonment, which meant her immediate release, and on leaving the dock remarked, amid the sympathy of the Court, that she was a childless widow, alone in the world!!!—Central Criminal Court, December 14th, 1893.

At the Central Criminal Court, October 24th, 1896, a married woman surrendered to answer an indictment charging her with the manslaughter of her husband. The defence was that the prisoner did not fling the knife with the intention of killing her husband. She threw the knife in a moment of great mental irritation, and it unfortunately struck the deceased. The jury could not agree to a verdict and were discharged. The case was put back until the following week for counsel in the meantime to consider if it were necessary to proceed further with the case. Mr. Justice Wright, in allowing the prisoner out on a recognizance, told her that she need not attend unless she received notice to do so. The