The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-06 00:00:00

COURT OF QUEEN'S MiNCH.---Dsc. 5.

After Term Sittinp at Nisi Prise at Weetmiuster.—(Befote
the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.)

TUB QUEEN r. =NBII

At the ekes of the evidence in this mem the Laird Chief
Justice said the trial must stand over for the examination
of twovritnemes now shout._ _ _ _

Tiejury the Mild to bs adjourned tot
The Lord Chief Justice—Till the sittings after next
term, in February. Yon well take care to keep your minds
in the meantime free from all impressions upon the case.
Mr. Bovill observed that he hoped the Admiralty would
render their &mistimes to prccure and produce the two wit-
nesses referred to, and who were both is the government
service.

The Solicitor-Goooral ma Do bad DO doubt the Admiralty
would do ao.

The trial wu then accordingly adjourned until February.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—Dic. 5.

Sittiap at Niai Prins in Itiddlaaax.—(Before Lord Chid
Justine Edo and a Spacial Jury.)
cox r. Tits LONDON ovaasi. moms COMPANY (Lacrrzo)—

ACCIDUT.

This was an action to noover damyea for injuries sae-
tined by the plaintiff, a boy &Doan:I:la:Jo ears old.
endee Mr. Daly and Mr. H for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and . Oiffard for the de•
!andante. •
The father of the plaintiff wan a greengrocer in Hiding'
house-street, Portland-coed ; and on Sunday, the 3rd July
lest, be went out in his cart for a drive, and took with him
his wife and infant child and the boy in question, and also
Mr. and Mrs. Coreish. Having driven for two or Hires hours
he was returning home down Ogfordertreet, and
when nearly opposite liarylebone-lane he saw three
omnibuses corning towards him at a rapid pans. One of
the omnibuses —a Bayswater one—was hailed by a po•
tlestan., but neither the driver nor conductor saw the goo-
tlemiu2. He was, however, seen from the defeedants' anal-
bur, which was co the further skis of the road ; and the
plaintiff's case wee, that in the anxiety to secure the passen-
ger, the omnibus was driven right across the road, sod tame
In collision with the cart. The two men sad the boy were
thrown out of the cart, and the horse was thrown down.
gibe boy wee cut about the head, and the result was that
be had lost the power of hearing with one ear, and instead
of being se he was before the accident, • sprightly boy, he
now seemed stupid and heavy.
The defence wee that the cart was going along the road
on the wrong side of the way, and that when the Says.
water omnibus pulled up on being hailed by the
gentleman, the defendants' omnibus was shout peeling it ie
a perfectly proper manner. At this moment the cart "shot"
from one side of the mad to the other, escaped collision with
the defendants' horses, but struck the splinter-bar sod thus
caused the accident. flare was no rivalry between the
three omnibuses, nor wars they racing, but, on the Poo-
trary, were proceeding along the road in a perfectly proper
manner.

Soca after the jury were locked up they mot to know if
the verdict of ten of them would be taken by the parties,
and this not being acceded to, they remained in coosultssiow
for about two hours longer. Upon being afterwards called
into court they said that there was no chance whatever of
their coming to a unanimous decision ; and, under these
circumstances, his lordship discharged them without
verdict

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Dr.c. b.
(Before Mr. Registrar Murray.)
ut u =WARD BEHILNDB.
The bankrupt wee described u a merchant, of Cleveland-
row, Islington. This was the Ant sitting. A peliminary
statement of account, by Messrs. Dubois sad Newstend
shows liabilities of 13,0001., with assets of uncertain
amount. Several creditors attended and proved their debts,
bat ao choice of assignees was made.
On the application of Mr. G. Lewis, for creditors, it was
ordered that the proofed debt should be received without
prejudice to the ngbt of the creditors Snapp], hereafter for
the petition to be dismissed.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD ClRCl7lT7LerirroaD, Dec. 5.
• TRIAL /01 WILRIL 11171Dli.

Rickard Hale (30), peddler, and Cecilia Baker (30), so
occuiPo+oo wars lermesed. charged with the wilful murder
of Kam Silletos, on the 20th of July, this year, is the
parish of Sedgley.
Mr. Mottenun sad Mr. A. S. Hill were for the prosecu-
tion • and Mr. Brows warn for the Wows.
_ .

deor;s-edti a child of uz years old, the daughter of
the goals prisoner by his Dow deceased wife, War* their
marriage. The female primmer is a woman with whom
Hale cohabited after his return from gaol, acquitted of the
manslaughter of his wife by starvation. At about two
in the aftersoon al the 20th July the child was
mimed, and Hale was inquiring for her oft that
night, and for several days afterwards, Previously
he had been heard to my that he would "as sore be hung
for her (the decried) as for anybody else," and it was also
shown that he bad *sprained • wish to get rid of the child.
On the 2nd of August the child was found lying dead in •
corn field at Conley. The body was nearly all consumed
lin the process of decomposition, the arms and legs alone
being sours. The child's arms were outstretched, with the
fingers clenched ; her bonnet had been plead by her
shoulder, and her shoes, with the stockings tucked in them.
by her side. Afterwards a silk handkerchief, "jellied"
with blood, and stiff, in a shape as though it had been cow-
pressed in the hand, was [mad in soother part of the corn
field. This handkerchief was pinned round thedecessed's neck
when shown last seen alive. On the 20th July both prisoners
' were seen together in the oorn field near to the spot where
the body was afterward' found. Mr. Smith, surgeon, of
Conley, deposed that is his opinion the child died in great
agooy ; that the upper portion of her clothes was saturated
with blood, and also the ground on which she was lying.
Dr. Wrightson, analytical chemist, of Birmingham, foetid
that 2 oz. of human blood had been on the handkerchief.
On one corner of the handkerchief there was scut se from a
sharp instrument, and upon the cut a portion of a single
hair of the same colour as that on the scalp of tin do-
omed. Ile also found human blood on the string" of
the bonnet, on the front of the frock, particularly
on the breast, and also on the soil that had
been beneath the body. Evidence to this extent was
give before the coroner's jury, who found •
verdict_of wilful murder agaiest Hale, but dismissed Baker.
But she was subsequently re-arrested and committed by the
magistrates on the authority of a barber of Conley,
named John Jose*, on the lith of October. 2.01110 days
before, Jones heard oust of the wiliness' reading hie
evidence in his (Jones's) shop, and then Jones said, and to•
day deposed, that about 2 o'clock on the 20th July be maw
both prisoners sitting in the corn, Baker with a child in
her lap. The child was tossed by Baker to Hale. The
child escaped and ran off, bat followed by her father was
brought hack and placed on the ground. The child
screamed. Hale pulled a handkerchief from his pocket,
and apparently to Jones tied it round or did something with
it to the child's head. As the handkerchief began to be
used the child's cries died out, and Baker, turning her fain
from Hale, stood up and saw him (Jones). As the prisoners
came into the field with the child walking between
them, the prisoners apparently looking round for a place in
which to sit down, they also saw bins. He did not disclose
during the inquest what he saw on the 20th of July, be-
cause he knew Baker's father.
Mr. Brown, for the defence, suggested that death had
resulted accidentally from the bursting of a bloodvaimel.
The learned judge showed that the eircionstaeces surround.
tog the child's death were incompatible with other than mur-
der ; and relative to motive reminded the jury that Hale
had said that if the child were dead, he could leave the
country. Supposing that both the prisoners were guilty,
the most thatcould be said is favour of Baker was that abe
WY second principal.
At about half-past flea, after the trial had lasted all day,
the jury retired to consider their verdict.
At half-past six they returned with a verdict of Guilty
against both prisoners, who were sentenced to death, bat
Wm being pregnant, her execution wee respitedL