It is very surprising, that Jon:a BoI)LE, the son of
the old man who was poisoned at Plumstead, and who accused his own son of having committed the murder, has been allowed to remain at large, after a charge so directly and publicly made against him by the son upon his trial. We noticed at the time the suspicious cir- cumstances that pointed at him. But "what is every body's bu- siness is nobody's business." People naturally shun the trouble and expense of a prosecution, whether they be relatives, executors, or parish-officers, in a case where the evidence of guilt is slight and dillicult of access, though the presumption may be strong. 1Vhen shall we have a public prosecutor, as they have in Scotland ; whose duty it is to bring offenders to justice, and who is answerable for the neglect of his duty ? Here is a man suffered to go at large, who, if the allegation made against him on the trial be true, is a criminal, the atrocity of whose guilt is rarely to be paralleled. If the allegation be false, it is equally due to public justice and morals that it should be investigated and set at rest. At any rate, either Boma: is, or some of the other witnesses are, open to an in- dictment for perjury.
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