The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-08-26 00:00:00

Attp .07ssons.

Tire MODDlCALOiljutdiy,*fp
Mr. Baron Wytde William Robert Tone, aged ,
and Mary Ann TaYlor, his wife, were indicted for the
wilful murder of Evan Moller, at Manchester, on the
leith of May last, The male prisoner pleaded, "Not •
shadow of guilty; the female prisoner, "Not guilty."
This rime is so extraordinary in its circumstances that
the court from an early hour was densely crowded. The
male prisoner is & very dark, sallow-complexioned man,
with black curly hair, node large black beard and him*
eyes, having &kunst the ippertratibli df a halt-mete, The
female prisoner is a fair-haired woman, pale, and tole-
rably good looking, and by no WNW/ gave the intone-
Rion of a person of resolute purpose—Er. Honk, Q.C.,
Mr. Bowler, Q.C., and Mr. Holker appeared for the pro-
mention; Mr. Pope and Mr. Edwards defendedtbe male 1
prisoner: abA r. Ovetend,.Q., and Mr. LOOM°
Temple the (Inhale pawner,— Ednt ended the case
to the jury which on all important points wad flit same
as that given before the magistrates, and which ap.
peered In this journal at the time. Segovia
witnesses were called, and Mr. Pope then
addressed the jury tor the male prisoner.
The learned counsel, referring to the eridenee, said it
established that at the time the prisoner was without
home and oast on the world. He had no means to oat
witnesses to prove before them satisfactorily the state
of hie mind at the tithe. But. reviluog the widows,
he asked, *ll this min ionalioite at tine he Mina
milted this act—coneeiosta of the q ty and barite et
the crime be was doing? They found him complainhin,
of failing health ; then possessed and seized of Mid
absording ides, that Mr. Heller was responsible for the
death of his child. They found pathos of the deepest
kind in one part of the case: indifference In another
pert. No concealment, no attempt to escape, no
consideration of the consequence of hie act. When hie
child was burnt his manner was wild—so much so se to
attract the notice of the surgeon, He sought then on
his child's death. not compensation for the damage done
to hia house, but for the lose pf his Athild, *WO he
attributed to Mr. Mailer's fault,. Then the d
put into hie house, deepening hie tinting that
At ir.
Atelier was the cadre of hisrain. Then the Moond I.
tress taking„from him even the hat remembrances df
the poor child he had lost. His reason was then
to tatter into the grill into which it had been falling.
He would net lift the Wright to the ind MWe at th•
's house which Bateman had atediterfid-
Rishreirdisoner whose manner bad shown gra-
dually great ;motion, here suddenly fell down in the
dock fainting. After some little time he recovered.)
The learned counsel proceeded. He would ?orbiter from
farther allusion to thin some. Look at the prisoner's
eondnot at the time, He had been presenting his pistol
at the head of young Mailer, and then at the man
whom he had killed with 11 wounds, who was then
lying deed, and by mistake wounding Hooley. And
then they had him colony addressing Haney, and
advising hice to go to the infirmary, making DO effort
to escape. When spoken to be said "He has murdered
my children," evidently possessed by deltulon. Rid
these sots tend to show that he was not aware de the
act he *as committing? Was it revenge—the tantalite
and passion of sane nian, revenge for the death of his
children He asked them to read again the popery
planed on the children by him, in all their sad pathos,
and ask themselves was the man who wrote them and
placed them there sane man? The learned counsel
asked them to say that the prisoner was not responsible
for this eat, became he was not of sound mind. He
asked them not to turn him loose again on society. He
pleaded only for his life. The law, if they acquitted
him on this ground, would imprison him to the end of
his days; and he asked them nob totals away his rife from
a blind and unreasoning desire to punish for so atrocious
an act—The learned couriers address was listened to
throughout with 'she greatest attention, and he sat
down amidst marked gensation.lfr. Oviaremd ad.
dressed the jury for the female prisoner. He said the
eases were wholly distinct. He drew attention to
her °ancient.' She had indicated no wake ; nod he
contended that she had taken no part in the murder.
The learned counsel oontended that young Keller by
his waded never believed that abs was iog • whirr
tory part iii the scene of violence that was taking
plum or that she bad threatened him by presenting
the pistol at him. He had made no charge against her
at the police-dew, and his stalled alarm had prolathly
misled him to think she presented the pistol at him.
She had, for aught that appeared, gone with her bee.
hand for a perfectly innocent perpees, be complain of
the taking of their property. Re contended that there
was no pretense for saying that she had injured the
decanted, or that the knew what her husband wen
about to do. Her statement made afterwards was
the act of an affectionate wife striving to semen
her husband. There wee nothing to show Qat
she knew the fate of her children, nor did it
appear how she Might have been deceived by her bus.
bead. The learned counsel cautioned them not to rely
too much on the evidence of the younger Mellen' tend-
ing to prove that she was taking a part in the mime.—
Hie lordship then proceeded to sum up the evidence. It
waa clearly made out that the late unfortunate Hr.
Moller had been killed by the male prisoner. The de-
fence was that of insanity, and the jury were invited
to say that the prisoner was insane. No act had been
trto show that ha was an insane No word
pai seed num
his mouth that DM not the language ot a
sane man. No want of health had been proved by aft
medical man. There had been no proof that in the
ordinary affairs of life he did not properly fronded him-
self. Therefore, this was the we of a mem appeases*
perfectly sone, having • settled purpose, who, withost
any extravagant act, stabbed a man. This was a case
not without a strong motive. The prisoner, rightly or
wrongly, nourished greet resentment against the unfor-
tunate man. Then, the ewe was, that they had • lart4
man acting under strong rmilletcoont. All the °video's
there was to show that the primmer was not responsible
WU that the crime was so dreadful that a an. man
eronld not commit it. With reference to the other
prisoner, If she was not cognisant of her husband's in-
tention, or not intending to take any part in It, the
would not be guilty; but if the was aware of the inten-
tion, and had • common object with him, she was equ-
ally responsible. The kw 111 =nor offenees shields the
wife acting along with her husband, concluding that
she is acting tinder the °entre' of her husband,
but this was not so mimeo of, this gravity;
and whether she acted along with hierturommitting this
mime, or was ignorantof his intentions,thev moat judge
front chounastanoes. His lordship having allied on them
to come to their oonelusion firmly and conscientiously
on the evidence, then proceeded to read over the mi.
deuce In detaiL The fury retired, and, after an
of half-an-bone returned wrath • verdiet of
VlTagninet the male prisoner, and Not Guilty se
against the woman. His Lordship having put on the
black sap, proceeded to peas the awful sentence of
death. He mid,—Pdsoner at the bar, the jury4tere
found you guilty of this most barbarous *info.
Acting under asense of supposed injury, you seltalleit;
your vengeance on • man who was only an indrawn*
and in no way the taus of your troubles. I haven*
desire to *there on the wickedness of such en seta
You stand there an example to others ot the effeelti,
bad minims, entertained and fostered until they
you to this sot Ms your montane, bet warning '
others. The judge then, in the nasal terms,
sentence of death on the prisoner, and than his
red.edybe buried within the precincts of the gaol. The
prisoner was then removed.
A melancholy accident occurred at the Stalbridp
elation of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lineolnehire
Railway last week. Mr. Marlin Travis, • member et
11. Town Council of the borough of Stalheidge had
been to Saikllesworth on an 'amnion with some frieuda,
and on hie return he attempted to leave the carriage
while the train was in motion, and was thrown on the
line. He was dreadfully crushed, and although five
medical men were present and rendered every weir
twee, be died ',few hours after the occurrence.. Rail-
way travellers cannot be too cautious not to
leaving their mats till • train is brought to •
for the preservation of life Is of far more worth than •
hasty mittrom • railway carriage.
lillsiallir BLOWN /NT O TRU BSA AT
4 MASOATI.--011
,es lady was walking Own the lower "t
the jetty, the wind, whisk was blowing almost a si
the time, caught under her crinoline, and she fell over
ipto the sea. to bang, it hi supposed, WM head same
in oolitioi With one of the boats, ae she remind
overt cut over the eye. One of the sailors, as won as
be saw what bad occurred, jumped into the water and
brought Wont

-A-CCIDENT T MEIIIIIII TTDVIL —At
eight o'clook on Tuesday night, es two resble
ruestotradeemen from Aberdare were driving to hyt.
Tydvil down the deep hill of Lambda in • gig, the I
bone took fright, the driver lost all eoulrol, and MOW
• few moments of frightful ersepenee the seed
anima &AS against the parepet of thlligbsieg
131 Vise .hntimg the unfortunate num over into the
ram below. So great wee the impetus given that one
of the men Was thrown several feet ebove, tile bridge.
fulling whist the stones • mangled Dolma. The other
seised deaurstely • lamppost, bet, powerless to hold,
be too felt over, and, though taken up alive, no hopes
us held of bin recovery. It is tinted that Orchard,
the one who was killed on the spot, hes only been
married twelvemonth', and his wife was swatting his
return to Merthyr. Lewis, the other sufferer, was to
lave been married last week.