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Palmer's
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The words of the sentence were delivered on the 27th May 1856
by Lord Chief Justice Campbell and were as follows:
Click
here to listen to the sentence (Windows Media Player required)
Read by Ray Braziel (Creative Arts Theatre &
Stafford Players)
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William
Palmer, after a long and impartial trial you have been convicted
by a jury of the crime of willful murder. In that verdict
my two learned brothers, who have so anxiously watched this
trial, and myself entirely concur, and consider that verdict
altogether satisfactory.
The
case is attended with such circumstances of aggravation that
I do not dare touch upon them. Whether it is the first and
only offence of this sort which you have committed is certainly
known only to God and your own conscience. It is seldom that
such a familiarity with the means of death should be shown
without long experience; but for this offence of which you
have been found guilty your life is forfeited. You must prepare
to die; and I trust that , as you can expect no mercy in this
world, you will, by repentance of your crimes, seek to obtain
mercy from Almighty God.
The
Act of Parliament under which you have been tried, and under
which you have been brought to the bar of this court at your
own request, gives leave to the Court to direct that the sentence
under such circumstances shall be executed either within the
jurisdiction of the central criminal Court or in the county
where the offence was committed. We think that, for the sake
of example, the sentence ought to be executed in the county
of Stafford.
Now
I hope that this terrible example will deter others from committing
such atrocious crimes, and that it will be seen that whatever
art, or caution, or experience may accomplish, such an offence
will be detected and punished. However destructive poisons
may be, it is so ordained by Providence that there are means
for the safety of His creatures, for detecting and punishing
those who administer them. I again implore you to repent and
prepare for the awful change that awaits you.
I
will not seek to harrow up your feelings by any enumeration
of the circumstances of this foul murder. I will content myself
now with passing the sentence of the law, which is, that you
be taken hence to the jail of Newgate, and thence removed
to the jail of the county of Stafford, being the county in
which the offence for which you are justly convicted was committed;
and that you be taken thence to a place of execution and be
there hanged by the neck until you are dead; and that your
body be afterwards buried within the precincts of the prison
in which you shall be last confined after your conviction;
and may the Lord have mercy upon your soul! Amen.
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Palmer
was returned to his cell at Newgate Prison where he changed back into prison
clothes and he was handcuffed and his ankles chained and he was chained
to a warder. That evening, May 27th May 1856, at twenty minutes to eight
two "Black Marias" (convict vans) were brought to the prison,
one went in to the prison gates the other remained outside the Governor
Mr. Weatherhead's door. Weatherhead and two officers got Palmer into the
cab outside the Governor's door and drove rapidly across to Euston Railway
Station in time to catch the eight o'clock train to Stafford. When the
second Black Maria came out of the prison gate empty the crowd that had
gathered realised they had been tricked and ran after the first van shouting,
"Poisoner, " and "Murderer".
At
Stafford the party was met by Woollaston, the Superintendent of the Stafford
Police and driven in a prison van straight to Stafford Gaol.
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Introduction
