Prisoner’s Counsel. That’s it, your honour. Why did she kick him down stairs?
This the fair Rachael indignantly denied, and the prisoner was found guilty.
Recorder. This striking of women is a very bad crime, you must get out stone for two months.
Prisoner. She’ll repent, your honour. She loves me—I know she does.
“On the cold flinty rock, when I’m busy at work,
Oh, Rachael, I’ll think of thee.”
Thomas Ward, charged with petty larceny. Guilty. Ward had nothing to offer to ward off his sentence, therefore he was sent to the island for six months.
Maria Brandon, charged with petty larceny. Guilty. Sentenced to pick oakum for six months.
Maria. Well, I’ve friends, that’s comfort, they’ll sing—
“Oh, come to this bower, my own stricken deer.”
Recorder. You’re right, Maria, it’s an oakum bower you’re going to.