Mother end Daughter on Trial at Supreme Court on Conspiracy Charge: Serious Allegations of Hiding Amah during "Danger Period"
The trial of Mrs, Judith Rowarth and Mrs, Margaret "Davis, mother, and daughter, on a charge of con-piracy, was begun before hie Hons our idea Peter. Grain and jury at HM. Supreme Cour "on Thursday. The circumstances of the sate are already familiar, the pro-ceding out of which the present charge arises already having been the subject of-lengthy criminal prosecution. IE will be _remembered that in fay last a murderous attack was_made upon a" Sikh: money-Tender. Mrs, Rowarth was sent. for trial in connexion with the crime, and was acquitted at her trial, Subsequently, the police discovered witness whose absence at the trial was commented on by the proecution, viz., an amah said to have been employed by the accused Mrs. Davis, and the appearance, of this witness led to the prosecution both women on charges of perjury, and conspiracy.; The amah gave an account of tie attack upon the money-lender;; Pakhar Singh, and alleged that'; arrangements ' were! made by the jageused to keep her out of the way during the trial, her rent being paid: and food provided. 'This formed the subject of the prenent charge, '¥iz., that on various: dates between May 15 and June 13 Jawt, the acctised, Judith Rowarth and' Margaret Warwick Davis, con-whired together to defeat" and obstruct the course of law and justice by preventing Wong Foo-mel from giving evidence, at the! preliminary inquiry and at the trial in the Supreme Court.
Mr. H. P. Wilkinson, Crown Advocate, assisted by Mr. B. Maitland, conducted the prosecution, and Mr. 8, H. Lewis defended.
The accused pleaded not guilty.
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