Author : William Teignmouth Shore
Publisher : Canada Law Book Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Book Synopsis Trial of James Blomfield Rush by : William Teignmouth Shore
Download or read book Trial of James Blomfield Rush written by William Teignmouth Shore and published by Canada Law Book Company. This book was released on 1928 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At his trial at Norwich, in March, 1849, James Blomfield Rush, a farmer, was charged with the murders of Isaac Jermy, his landlord and a recorder of Norwich, and his son, also Isaac Jermy. Rush, after a great deal of premeditation, surprised his victims in their own house and shot them. At his trial the motive for these crimes was supplied by the fact that the murderer was very deeply in debt to Mr. Jermy. The most interesting and amazing feature of this trial was the behaviour throughout of the accused. Rush conducted his own defence, delivering on his own behalf a most remarkable speech, perhaps the most vivid ever made in a Criminal Court. He was executed on 21st April, 1849.