The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-03-10 00:00:00

MONDAY MAacz 911.

Mr. Forkent MEI took hi, meet on the Bench, at
nine o'aluek.

THE IeTRDER AT RIRTLAHD.

Edwin Alfred Prwi 20. was indicted for the Wilful
murder of Charles Esau*, • warder at Portlsod Prison.
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Chi the prisoner being Phi;e4 in the cloak. Mr. ffrideaux
said there were circumstances which bad come to the
kistmlidge of the solicitor, who w is conducting tbe de-
fence, which after careful consideration hod isdecred
him to apply to hie lordship forms adjournment of this
trial to the neat addiVel. It arise. in oonisequenets of •
letter hoeing been received by the governor of the
count, gmd. Had there been time Mr. Johns sand
bane gob* to London. and have stmertaiiml the troth of
tbe matter, bet • telegram 6.4 been sent which in part
cookrused the statetocot in the letter. Mt. letter wee
the handed to the learned Judi., .ho handed it to Mr.
Padden, the counsel for the tiros-cation.
After penults" it, Mr. Poulden said Inch a letter
might hays come from any quarter. The offence wait
committed on the Btl, of September, and the prisoner
bad been in the County Osol ever since the 13th of
13eptember, and them facts might have been ascertained
be fore thia time. It was intimated to him that this de.
fence was .bout 1,0 he got oa. cad therefore he had
taken apse bianself that. pertioulsr inquries should be
tnade ad to the **Meet of the prisoner, lath before and
'net the committal of the a i.e. He wee bound to my,
from the intirmation received, that there was not the
slightest foundation for the assumption contained in the
letter. At the 1..1 moment an sluiciat anonymous I.tter
woe received, stating nothing mere than hearsay, end
therefore, he could noe think the smart coo d eat upon
each • emnanunicetion. Ile apprises-A on the part of the
public. but he would leave it entirely to his lordship,
mid if he considered it right be no. bound to •ct upon
it. It did seem to him that the inquiry could have been
made lig the defence previous to tlsi day of the feta
Mr. Prideant said it. had vet, litUe to reply to thee.-
mark. of Mr. Poulden, but from what he had stated he
thought lie had shown the extreme importance of this
matta being inquired into, unless his lonlehip was
clearly of opinion that there wee not sufficient reasons
Mown for the delay. The disposition of homicidal
Mania WoUI.I not arise until circumstances 00011 r to call
it int. tiveeney.
Mr. tierfeent !thee maid if affidavits were produced
showing thet the letter was received lb due coins, of
poet, be would cooler with his brother Bylea, and if he
cousidered there wee aufficient grounds the cam should
be adjourned; but at present, be was of opinion tt
cutebt out to be allowed.

Mr. Wiirt-o—al—mi.d--a-itl-grani had been seat to
Pantinie Woikhotiee, and the Answer remieed did not
welkin th. eireainstances of the ease, not that might
have oteutr,d by a mistake in the name of the work.
house. lie thought it was right to mention that to bit
lordship.

Mr. aeries:A Ifbee then left the Court, and
sonsulted Mr. Justice Biles, sod ou his return he stated
thut the learned judge ',occurred with Abu (Mr.
fierjeant fthee) that there was nothing in that letter or
U.. °incarnations' which have been received to justify
the postponing of this saes. They considered the case
had better not be beard until to-inorrre isOreing, sad
In the anthatitne the 0011 foll for the pnsothr had better
wake further inquiries, sod then they could bring the
matter before the (Jacek Re did not dispute the hots,
but for the sake of precedent he thought they ought to
have the necessary &Wavle,.
Mr. PA.:lathe ssid they should be supplied.
The elute the then axed for nine o'clock the follow-
ing neorning.
MURDER AT WALDITCH.

Marks Pock 49 was indicted for the wilful murder
of board Juiteph thone, at WaMitch, on the 9981 of
August last.
Mr. Collier, Q.C.,.with *boat was Mr. Pridraas, con-
ducted she prosecution. rod Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and
Mr. 81uo1 defended the prisoner.
Mr. Collier *posed tb• in.. for the prom:ethos. Hs
5001 11 wait his duty to item to them tbr outlines of
Mist estrerely panda' es-e. The priacieer was • hireser,
living at a village mad Walditeh, about rote mils
front bridport. He occupied • good position in the
parish, mid had been °warmer sad wayw-rden. He
was • bachelor, and lived in • boom in the villsip of
Waliiitoli. The ambit twist. ,nan, the 0n... of whom
desalt they had to inquire into, wee tho first *oasis of
the prenver, sad bow.. • rear oeiglibour, 'lnd lived
at Walditch shoat one hardred yards from the
130"91.01, these near relatives and neigh.
boars could not agree. What the origin nod mars of
their diesearion might have brat. hit was not Wormed.
It might have bees trilling, but sometimes trills, Oral
had to 'latter thinosities. He usdaratood that tin
pri.oner for some cause or otINIr entertathed • strong
feeling of hortdity towards his cousin. Elfurte were
nude by the neighbours front tines to tame to mamas
Shun, but I ain inform.' the prienuer Pilger!,
and that he bad and expressioas which had better
mime from the precise words front the oilstones.
The Merged sours' them went into the sate,
white will appear to aha fallowing evidevrea. He
had ho maid is tide alas • wittier who woald depose to
the hog, whiob was not usual la eases of that bled. As
far as he could ledge it would seem that probably the
prisoner lianag sews num of se-plaint. whether roll
or Imaginary /Mout, it woe impalpable for his to
I say, thread of, as war hie duty, endeavouring to shock
hie Istilatis 01 salamis), &Pilaf." t"bna.
them maid they became too stroll. aro raas
• enurdomnis sampan in his hand he yiel
to the middy, impulse and without pnimethtatioa
shot Ilkoss. That was • Mpg sad cam. There were
two young men retriever—neighbours, who ought to
have been en tones of Itiendship, quarrelling. it
might, about mere trifles, and the rod one shot the
other. Owe of them hes been sent to his lest me
thank the other now stood lapin his trial for
murder. The ease would tat, moo tlia" any other
in no wiliaerl 40901111, their patirros asd their sym-
pathise, sad at Mir same tints their sansitiveams. U,
upon bowing the svidsthia, they had any "6'4'l"lb"
doubt upon your mind, as to the guilt 01 tin 960000 r,
of course it sionlil be their duty to hint to acquit him.
Sod on the other head if they coasidered him guilty, it
will bis duty to mama hi
Mr. Pridesaz then ealisda.

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Without Perkier tedd : I was it Waldilek no the 3Dth
at payed. I knew the ;trimmer and the &ea.'. 61,
ntone. I busy that they were coandon I know where
1,...ks lived. nod rnt Mb of A nest I wso wrsikivi
as the rued or Zwits's Mess. ibis was swat War-
p* SIM a kiss mobs. I owi.priessar cow

nut a the front &tor of Ma hems. Ij.w Mai /Mr •
gnt. lie held up the gun tind deliberately fir-il at the
to aof Mr. Stone's heed. Mr. &Ogle .nlis then in the
silent visiting on. reoiti win. ..hunt Clow- or four yard..
Ruin the .:eeia.e.l When he real Olt pen. Mr. SN,IIO
/as .bo; in the hihid, and he fell does in the road.
Jr.siii Pettit and John Lthibop cerrie Lim home. I
we a Olga+, el blood Suring from hit bib& The
gun wu bald oat and iointed hu Mr. Stone.

Crowhezanottevi by Mr. Coleridge M. on. was
walking away Irons hia own house, and 1 WIN Fonts to
Meeting. I Is I come out of the Line near Fuoka's
house before Stone was shot. Fault. woe net of ho
door; fired the gun, and went in again. I have been in
the pthetnee.t employ. He kept several guns, and he
omsetinies shot game. I have never Seen him shoot
sparrows in the public street.
Re•exawined : I had ju.t ttmeel ths corner before he
tired. I never law nuy one in the street besides Blr.
Stone.

By the Judge : I saw Folks pet up the gun to his
shoulder after be bed come out of the door,
Juba Onstiop : I am • lebcnrer, and reside it
Walditch. I lire in e house oppodite Fooks'a. On
tbe morning of the 29th 4 August I waa le the garden
at the hack of my house. Iko aril a gun, and directly
afterwards tie, wife of Joseph Gundry came t 00.., and
I. coa-equence of what she informed me I scut iato
the .trot. I sew Mr. Dank I Stoae lyieg in the road.
He was bloodies from he back of the toad. Titers
we. no OD. in the street. 1 spoke to him, but he could
not speak. Fie kitsethed tml.. and then died In sty
arum Jessie Parker then same up, and we tarried
the deceased to hia father's hoses I beard a second
port about two or tbree minutes after the grist. I
liaard ihet it was "handy," but I could not tell when it
name from,

William Sheppard examined by Mr. Pridemit
• brU•bill•ker, and in Angost last I resided nt wat
ditch. On the morning of the 29th of Auguat I was
working in • garden os.posite Fooks'a lion.* I board
tho • goo, bat 41 UolLi 1111111 • usual thing I did
not take any notice of it, The shots tame over to me.
The gun +am Arad from Pooks'a house. Shortly &her-
der* I heard. moped sapdrt. It was • dead mound,
bet I eould cot tell where it oame from. I then went
into Um street and eac a numb's# of iiersont arobod the
'winner's hflusa. A man n.thrd Adria. Was
there. In conualuenee of what Adams said deist to
to the bsck of the house. Adams accompanied
me, and afterwards the prosoner's nephew, Edward
Allen, jotned as. The beck door au open, and I went
upstairs to the prisoner's bedroom door. I made an
attempt to open the door, but I could not get in—the
dour am fastened in motne way. I time went to the
back door, whet *Odle person brought • ladder and I
pot it to the 'ludo* of the ',flotilla's bedroom. I went
up the ladder and looked through the window into the
room. I peroeive4 Mr. Foot. lying in a beep en the
floor by the bed. I went down the lathier, and Hallett
and to- If went lileddirs and broke open the door. I
found Mr. Fooks lying on the boor, and the gum was
near him. I h+k up the gun athl sikiced it aaide.
lb. a direeied my attention to Mr. Fools., who was then
lying on the door at the foot of the tied. He was
bumthisig hard. He was wounded in the lip and loft
taint le, and • pool of blool wee by his aide. It was a
kind of groove on the the temple. The dootor was
sent, for •nd I.e att. oiled. I did not examine the gun.
I had seen the gun b. fore the sergeant irol it Inc
that no,. of the hammers wan up, and I had 'mho
difficult, in pushing it down. It 11111 overcooked. The
other cook was down, and • portion of thefts, warn 0.
11.. nipple. A shot pouch and powder flaik was on • box
near the bed. I kept watch over the gun until the
+repeat of police reseived it. I raised the prisoner
from the door, and whilst I was doing so be maid,
" Whaler. yon doing toil.. with me. I said "We
are going to lift you on the bed, Me. rooks.") He mg
"He has teased in. long i hough." It watt after I bed
put him on Noe bed that he isoist that. He Ailed "le
the other one dead I hope lie is." That was WS aftri
be was on the bed. I olueraed two large boles on the
ceiling in the room, as if shut bad been fired in the
mom. They appeared as if they were fresh.

Cress-examloed by Ur. Coleridge : The prisoner's
nephew wee le the room with me. Him neioe. Sew
Kendall, Was out in the yard. I wu there when tbe
ielfeethan dame. I stood In the he nearly all day.
There were dter peraons !oxide* in the home
—Joseph and John Ackerman. ill& doctor came
about halldin.hour after we bed ptit him on the
bed. Yr. looks was in the habit of Bring
gone. It wee • very nand thing fur him to Ord
off • gun in the evening when he had returned
bowie, and einietinies in the middle of the day. He
fr• 2ently fired In the same direction as be did on the
I 29th August. thodght the eon wu fired to frighten
away the birds.
Re-eramined by Mr. Prideanz I don't know Obete
Bessie Kendal ia now. I have noteeen bar mince 8osp•
tember. The I hot* came Put eame over leer bead.

Sergeant Lavender said : On the morning of the 2911
of August I went to Walditeli. I first went to Mr.
Stone* bowie end ear the murdered man. He was then
quite dead. I then went to a. pelaoner's house. I
found that hi *as Wounded on the left side of the fore-
head. Sheppard banded inn a doable belief,' gun. A
powder 6oh mil shot hell were elm Inlnded to me.
The left barrel appeared to be loaded, and oti east:alto
Um I found that it oontained only wane wadding and
a few grans, of powder. The riht barrel appeared to
hive been recently discharged, The left barrel appeared
4ed to have been fired. There were two marks in the
wailing iii? caused by smell shot. About half-an•hour
after I told the prisoner that Stone was dead. He re-
plied. " I suppose he is." I told him that I ehould
take hint into custody for the wilful murder of Joseph
Stone, and whatever be said would be used against him
at his trial." He replied. "He has teased me loos
enough. I have been very nervosa for the last month."
I then charged him with the murder. He Aid not my
my more. In the primmer's pocket I found some gun
"rods stuillar to timil found in 'he left band banal f the
gun. I ilia realm! eons. OAFS lue waistcoat pocket. I
produce the gun dad slot bat.

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Richard Garland, brother-in-kw of Mr. Stone. The
deceased and the prisouer were consols. I hays known
Mr. Stone and the prisoner about 20 years. They were
not on the best of terms. I remember attending • ves-
try mietins in March twelveusonth. looks attended
that meeting. He was then wayerarden. Stone also
wa• prenest. After the vestry meeting I said annealing
to Fuuks and atom s "We are neighbours altogether.
Let us be friends and 'babe hands and make up any
old grievance." Stone consoneed, but looks refused to
do so. /keep be would shake hands with me, but
not with Kr. Sioi4l. I belsem he mid, "No, DO VV."
Croes-eistainad by 11r. Coleridge : I was not before
the magistrates. I have been asked to give this set-
deuce :several times. The atternerfor the promention
asked me to give evidence yestenLey. He num to nit
at Hythe, near Brislport. He gave me • paper to be
here to-day. 1 have been talking it over with him
during the past week. The squire of my good lady and
Mr. Fox persuaded me to give evidence. I monied the
sister of Stone last November twelvemonths. I fre-
quently sase him shoat 15 or 16 years ago. Mr. looks
and myse N have been like brothers all our life. I
don't think there has been gay difference since I have
married the sister os Stone. I have heard that Mr.
looks had a aerions ii' seer some years ago. i 1 woman
sassed Hallett and • Mrs. looks were there for •Olae
time. I went there occasionally, and had • glees of
grog. I don't know when them women kft the house.
When I was there last one of the women was there, bat
I menet my which it was.

Re-examined by Mr. Collier : I am • brotherin-law
of one, and a irlabd of the other. I have mentioned
what I have here .toted to ether people previous to
stating it to the attornoy, I as at the prisomie
home about sin weeks before this noeurrenee.
Domini Reed: I am a managing clerk to Mr. Temple.
at Walditab. I have known the prisoner and the de-
mimed for the last ten or twelve years. At the thee of
this occurreme the prisoner wan overseer of the parish.
I have seen Fooka and Stone together—Wry smeared
not to be on friendly terms. I have net men theta to.
Father for two or three years. I have beard him my
in referrooe to Stone, "That if ever be caught him on
his preniims be would shoot him like • rook. (Sense-
Um in Court.) That was about ten or twelve mouths'
ago. Oa one occmion, about Wee years ago, in 1880,
after • vestry meeting in the pariah, [mid to nobs and
Stone, "You be friend* and shake bands." Fmk, mid
be would not Make halide. Storm I don't think said
anything. They did not Make Min&
Cromemosined by Mr. Coleridge : I have known
him intimately for the peat four or Ilee loam I have
heard him complain 1.4 • pain in the had setae them
He mid it arose from ached disease, and he would my
"Oh dear, it is so bad I don't kliow whet you
are saying to me and me to you." He has not imes-
;gained in that wa7 very frequently, but be has
mem !aimed of • peon in the head. He has told
me that he has visited Mr Smith but that he did not
feel himself much better. The prisoner was of a very
irritable and nervous teinperinent, and was cagily ex-
cited. He has many time* mid to Martha Hallett
" Clime up the Mutter for I &my Stone may be listen-
ing to what we are saying." 1 have heard him say on
one ma'am. " I would not mind shooting • dome
wee.* I mid to him "Do you know what the souse.
quinces week' he sad he replied "Perhaps I should
*hoot myself." He wilted me on one of those ormaime
when be thought Stone was listening, be said to me
"Do yea think I could have these front windows
closed up and lime windows at the back so as to prevent
persons listenhg." Martha Hallett was there and heard
the eusverwation. I imeollect on one ommino the dogs
hooking. He mot Hallett ont to me what the dogs
were barking about. If. took down • ductile-barrel
gun and mid we will nee whether there is any one
Is out hem I will shoot him." Martha Hallett was his
Woe and hired with him for some time. Bbe left the
home the day previous to the murder. On the Sunday
previous to the murder. rooks and myself were in-
vited to dinner at Mr. Brown's, He atid to me "Give
my love to Mr. Brown and my that.., heed is so bed I
cant ODOPI there to day." I never heard him threaten
to *boot Martha Hallett and Fooka

•
Itewaanikeed by NS. COUNT : The prtsooer has not
doom the duties of an overseer for the past two years.
I amnesia, with Ilia Foltz. in making We retes. I am
a better accountant than the primmer. The pales be
complained of did not prevent him conducting his bed-
nem. Ile amiamitood what I stated to him on °Misery
ocemions.

Major examined ent by Mr. Trids's : I ma •
fartarls r ivnte et 131septon George, tbe adjoiniag perish
to Welditak. I had known Altos for surrend yearn
Home time meee—iihost two years ago—the dammed
and myself were walking near the prisoner's fields A
11110111 divided the prisoner's Acids from where we were
walking. We west up to prisoner's gate lending into
tie geld. We saw him coming on under the hedp
sgeinet Use reed. I did not me any ore elm in the Aeld
with the 11110054136 of the pawner. Tbe lsttsr saw in.
ead he these went in another direction. We did not
meek to bin; sod it,. Atone went along the lame
and I went after him. As Stone was going on
along the lane I saw his hat Ay of and • Mope roll
from bis bead. It wee as large has my Ask I did sok
see the elms before it rolled from his bead. Stone
staggered and I thought be wool' have fallen into the
ditch. Hie head wise not cut open but there was •
swelling, It was directly after the It-Moser had tensed
in smother direstion. The primaer maid "Ding it I
dies% hatwnd that inanely" I MA& thlll reply to kis,
"Ye or* mod to bays aimed pretty straight ci hiss if
you didn't intessd in" He did not make any reply and
then went on.

(4008-.1 noised by Coloridp : This was • Mib htne
sod the hedge wee 'try this. Moro wg• 00 Weis.
I wis adok b••• 01 Ware lie virgistrabor I gays Wee-
ms*. mks*/ re Mr. Yea. Re user tor Re. 114

, Caseby lithe ',quire, who has taken an much interat
iu this ease.
: Ye•teremir ems the lint time 1 men-
tioned II to Mt. For, bet I lied told other j•eople
about jit.
lit. Hay, a surer* peaofising at Heidport, said
made an amoninabon of Om beefy of the deceased about
a ght o'clock. I lint made a haste examination self
civet to 1101:00 there was an abrodon of the skiu on the
forehead, nose, and by, apparently produced by • fall,
as if upon the face s ei•esi examiumi the hack sari of
the head and found several emote's, apparently shot •
woenda, but there was also • eneple Of grove wounds
penetiatine about an inch long on the left side of the
each, not very deep as if mmething had carried assay
the akin. It might have Mon produred by mind shot..
There were also shot woCritie throngb the left ear— ,
quite licks. At that time I did not essusine very par-
tieularly them, but subsequently toad: a more minute
examleation. Or. removing the ligami's4 I found
wound,' as previmuly described. In my endaelents
three eroand• at the back of the bead and neck are the
cause of the death of the deceased. There was one
shot in the wine! marrow. After I had exatunted
Stone, I then went to the priamiefithesse,and lawns-aka
He was on the bed lying on his face. There was • Imes
pool of blood cm the floor. After turning him ever I (onset
his upper bp lujorad and blackened. It was krrn bat '
1.01 u any greet eetene. There was& loin of substatte.. •
The nail:this usembenee of the mouth was scorched.
That would hare been prodoesd by the discharge of •
gnu. Tb• loft eyebrow and theforehead were blackesod
and ...arched. There was • large Map wound as the
left forehead. lice. blackened and was emaciate; the
wound. It had ceamid bleeding at that lime. There
were DO Mule wounds. He pulm was quit* but feeble.
He was much recited and appeared glad to see me.
He told owe maim his Imo to Mr. Brown. He hoped mon
to be in inmeert and to meet me there. He mad he
had been sianderetli and added, "Ton we what comes
of annoying • nerved man." He mid other things.
but 1 casisiot cay what was Dee other obaervationa. I
could not say whether they were pea:dried by a shot or
the •sp of the gun. I IMO the promoter soustiratly atter
that. After • time he became tomb satinet—abbot
qsarter of an hour after I arrived. le the evening I
maw him spun with Dr. Sao ith.
Cross-examined by Mr. Coleridge I have attended
him iserore • reel may years arm. He we. then living
Wa farm culled Shedbeab in the perish vf Whitchareb.
Re had his home hung round with blanket. end carpet&
It was for the purpose of keeping out the air. That
as against so, Wish. When I saw him he waa
tene-
r.lty on the sof • with Irre heed wrapped up in • blanket.
That was about 17 sears ie. It was the lest time I
attended him medically. He bed bet • considerable
quantity of blood (rout the wound. The primmer wag
auleriag from deoprpsia.
This Mooed the mee foe the prosecution.
Mr. Coleridge, is addressing the jury for lbe defence,
esti he had never been engaged beture in his life where •
the &Os were eadder. The mese was one of thielf suffi-
cient to move deeply toe Nowt of any man endowed
with the Coultiroll feeling of liensmits. Hera is a
young, blameless. aol • good-natured man &mitten
eaddesily use of this world Mee mother in the very
face of day; is the etreet of the village as he was going
to his ordinal Work with his nii4iiboars all about him.
and by the hand ole man nearly related to bine, and
as far as be knew. and as far as the evidence disclosed.
never either wished or done the mullein evil or wrong,
and the man who had douse the deed embed at once to
bin own room, end there made an attempt upon his own
uabappy life, eith the very sellaame rearm& and
era-40.1y saved from self destruction by the provides's, al
God, who had brought him there that day to stead at
St. bar of a noun Euglish Mar to rmaire 1•6 their
kende full and even justice. The facia tbeeneelme were
pleas enough and as be had not offered to alter the
Imola of the eam in ermemelanustation he should not
make any attempt to Mitigate it. He ahould sneak
their understanding if he were to dbpietas the (mem he
thould greviumly tun if he were to say a eingla word iii
egieneation. It wan perfectly_ plain that the gun was
discharged; it was plain that Mr. Stone died from that
discharge and if this were an ordinary ease those &obi
would amount to murder, and that the primmer at the
biar must die. Botikhis wee not an ordinary cm., and
the defense which he had the homer to permeut to them
was not an ordinary one, it was • Mena consumed of
all that his learned friend had proved. The defence
wee as simple' as clear, as short, as conclusive, as the
is which had been presented to them on the pert of
the crown. It was that although the siet was dome,
Which be wag not there to dispute, it was not dam by
the premier at the mer when in • state of mind when
be was responsible for his actions; that although ha
did the act, the SIM was not of tie mind and that
be was entitled to that Motection Allele the law of
England gee and ems bound to eve to persons who it
Inial pleased God in his own niyateriets dispeasseies to
ns_nder Maim and deprive of reason. Thal being the
defense whieb it ens iii. duty to °fa, ill bassos
neoseml for him to etatte shortly and clearly the
principles open *Pik* such • defence was founded. Of
course it was not a mete eccentricity, it was not a want
if control of temper, it wail DOS anything which left •
inau in the ordinary sense of the word timpoosslde for
his actions, that wool tier a moment justify them in
acquitting the primicier at the bar of the charge
oblate you have to try. It was a very .I.lllraels
subject, mote so to MAUI with scientific mounmy, Or
proving the principle upon which jarymen ought to act
in judging on ofettoe at this kind, but he might
venture to say, if the mind of • man was no far diseased
as Out to make the Mt which was the subject of
enquiry, morally, the act of • person in • soiled state
of mind. The person who had dem the deed was nut
reeponsible, and le• undertook to minify them that such
was the ease, and if be did not do so, they the verdict
grad pais against him. The learned coumel thee meted
the former eoedition of the law upon imanity, whisk
had now been amemied. He ilea moored into • lengthy
explamtiou of the far, seed Ms:Mooed several sum ahem
pentane !theorist under S delmien had omonitted
crammed murder, and bail been elrirofeted, vi'., Attheld,
who merninted the life of George the Third in a theatre.
He stated that Attfield had a potion be about be a
martyr, and he bad an idea that by killing the Wig be
he would be doing • service to the must/. The other
case was that of Illiorton who conceivedan idea that
Hr Hobert Peel had dose Lim some penoteal injury
*LIM of cOOrple wall without any foundation. He deed
• pistol at Mr. Drummond, believing that it wan Sir
Hobert Peel meetly, opposite Whitehall. The jury
acquitted him on the grorrid of smanity end it is well
known that Mr. Norton has bean a raving maniac for
meant years. TOO learned mama olio ills, satieled
them that although Mr. Fmk' Intended shooting
at mine one, be was labouriag under a delusion,
under an uncontrollable impulse, the melees was
taken from bon, that rendered hitu not • moral
agent, not morally responsible for the act, and it would
not be justice to end that man goal'. If he ehowed
that be was an sorentric mac, that was not enough,
but be should show them that coaatantly the subject of
the delusion that Stone was always laughing at bits and
making faces at him, that he was waiting wader the
window and annoying hien, that he was froin time to
time ender an irresistible inthatam to shoot some me,
aad threatened to shoot Stone like • rat. He Amid
show that he had said to person., wham veracity Gould
not be questioned, whose interest in this
matter was nothing; that his feelings were diligent
end that he did not know what would become of him.
The learned counsel then minutely explioried the
evidence he was about to bring before the jury. The
teamed counsel also cited two other cases that of
Oreemenith about 16 yeeri since, who altbooeh • very
an atfeetionate father, morderod one after •nother, four
of his children. The Diu in ilia Mee acquitted the
prisoner eomiabring that he was labmtring wider •
deludes. The pus of Tatchett, who abet a Man in
London believing that be had some animosity tower&
him, was also instanced by Mr. Coleridge and in thia
ease the prisoner was acquitted. He continued: Suppos-
ing that he or years and years onsoundiams and dela-
Mona had been observable is his mind, supposing be
showed them at that very tionient were present in the
prisoner's mind; that although he was • perfeetly
resposaille man upon special matters not contaminated
or mixed op with those delusions, at arm sebjesee
which touched 'his delasiess. upon efhjede with which
his disease was connected, he was at that moment per-
fectly unsound, and if be abowel them that those de-
lusions and diseased inspremions wes• the wenn of, and
Were intimately conamtesi with the act which they
were inquiring into, lie submitted that he made out the
eine, and entitled the prisoner to an acquittal When
the primmer was examined by the physician the pd.
weer'. eolieitor Wag not allowed to se-
mummy hies. He did not know why the
magistrates made such an order. If that was the
meaner in which things were °undulated in Donwtshire
the sooner it was altered the better. U they considered
that the prisoner knew what be was doing when is and
the gun, then Its must be punished, but it would be a
jodicial reorder to remise the death of Saone by
hanging Fucks, if the primmer was labouring under a
delmims and posemeed • dimmed mind. He was fully
cos/dent that the evidence be should produce would
prove that the prisoner was not in a condition to be
answerable for his actions. If the jury acquitted him
Fe could not be eel at liberty, but would be conined
daring Her Majesty's pleasure. The learned counsel
then spoke as to the importance of miesti6c evidence
and concluded • very aide speeeh by calm: neon the
jury to elm their verdict according to the evident*
that would be brought before them.
Several witnesnes were then examined, who.. *video°e
went to prove the prisoner's insanity, • full report of
which is unavoidably deferred until • later editicio.
The jury after about a quarter of an hour's consults-
ion delivered a verdict at GUILTY.
The Lamed Serjeasit put on the black cap, and
pared SENTENCE OF DEATH in a very impressive
manner.