A Miscarriage of Justice
| Author | John Vibart |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X3500800211 |
| Published date | 01 April 1935 |
| Date | 01 April 1935 |
A
Miscarriage
of
Justice
THE
EDLINGHAM
BURGLARY
By
JOHN
VIBART
ATabout 2o'clock in the morning of 7thFebruary,
1879, twomenbrokeintotheRectory ofEdlingham,
a littlevillage notfar fromAlnwick, inNorthumberland.
The
Rectory,at thetime,was occupied bytheRevd. J.
Buckle, aged 77, his bed-ridden wife, a daughter, and three
maidservants.
The
night was exceptionallydark,
but
a light
covering of snow lay ontheground and thisprovedof no
little importance when the searchfor evidence began.
Roused from his slumbers by an unusual sound apparently
emanating from the drawing-room, which was directlybeneath
his own bedroom, Mr. Buckle, withmorecourage than dis-
cretion considering his advancedyears, left hisbed,lit a
candle and,arminghimself witha rusty old sabre, descended
the stairswiththe objectof discoveringthecause of the
disturbance. At thetopofthestaircasehewas joined by his
daughter who hadalsobeenawakenedby thestrange sound.
Softly opening thedrawing-room doortheycame upon
two men, withnarrow bandsof black crepeacross theeyes,
who were emptying the silver contents of acabinet into a
sack. Mr. Buckle immediately advanced into the room
flourishing his sabre in an attempt to strike thenearestburglar
across thearmsandlegs, whileMissBuckle pluckilydiverted
the attention of the secondintruder towards herself,at the
same time cryingloudly for
help-which
cries, it appears,
remained unanswered.
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