The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-11-25 00:00:00

POSTPONEMENT OF THE TRIAL.

At the sitting of the Central Criminal Court. in London, on
Tuesday, the Rev. John Selby Watson, who is charged with
the wilful murder of his wife, Anne Watson, and against
whom the grand Jury returned a true bill for that offence,
was placed at the bar. The prisoner appeared very de-
jected and careworn, and he appeared to pay no attention to
the proceedings.
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The Hon. Alfred Thesiger said he had to apply to the
Court that the trial of the prisoner should be postponed
to the next session. The ground for the application was
that inquiries were now being made which were not
complete, and at present the prisoner was not prepared
to take his trial. He hauled in an aithlavit to that
effect. .

The Deputy-Recorder said that the case would in
the usual course come before the judges, and he
would rather that they should disp,se of the applica-
tion, . .

Mr. Poland, who, with Mr. Piesley. appeared for
the Crown, said he thought it right to inform the
court that he did not intend to oppose the application,
and if his lin dship did not intend to deal with it he
should ask that the witnesses for the prosecution
might not be required to attend on the following day.
The Deputy-Recorder said that as both sides were
agreed as to the propriety of the trial being postponed,
it was very probable that the learned judge would
accede to the application that had been made by the
counsel for the prisoner. For reasons of his own,
however, he would not take upon himself the responsi-
bility of postponing the case, but it would certainly
not be necessary for the witnesses to attend the court
on Wednesday.
The prisoner was then removed from the bar.

In the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday morning, the
prisoner was again placed at the bar.
The Use. Mr. Thesiger renewed his application for
a postponement of the tiial to the next session, on the
ground that the attorney for the prisoner was insti-
tuting inquiries which were not yet complete.
Mr. Poland, on behalf of the Crown, mid he thought
the application was a reasonable one, and he was not
instructed to offer any opposition to it.
Baron Bramwell mid he was aware of the application
that had been made on the previous day, and he was
sorry the Common Serjeant had not dealt with it, as
be was sure that the decision would have been satis-
factory. The case must, of course, be postponed.
The trial was then formally adjourned to the
December session.

A Dublin paper states that it has received a cheque
for £5O from the klarquia of Queensbury, accompanying a
IStter which states that the cheque is for the nest of kin of
Talbot, as a mark of his Lordship's sympathy for the family
of the man who was assassinated in the most cruel and cowardly
manner simply because be discharged his duty faithfully,
and whose fearless conduct contributed in no small degree
to save Ireland from the horrors of rebellion and civil war.
The letter further states thatthe letters which haveappeared
In some newspapers in reference to the recent trial of Kelly
are the production of the Dowager Marchiness of Queens.
berry, and not of the present Marchioness of Queensbery.