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DOUBT OF
moo pm
IX 11 IP2OII.
TM bankrupt, a boot sad oboe Raker, of 1
,24 to pass We last -..-anthem. His dol3l ;21 11:r=t
Kr. Linklets, for tlts assignees. stated skit SON *ll.
den kid been made to the asoante by Mos utile Mies
'assent of personal expeuditure. As the Maltsupt, bow
ever, bad produsd vonelsen for this, there was so SOWS
to bis pawing.
Passed accordingly.
111 13 3121/12.
TM bankrupt was a lineadraper, of Brisk-lane' BOW-
fields. This was tbe lest easnaisation meeting. TM so.
swats laving Ma sly just illsd,
Kr. A. Tans on behalf of the assignees, stud for an
adjetuunient. whisk was adored.
The liabilities are of mall ansount.

TL-Arzp. 12.
MUM

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.—Aria. 12.

IMPOLI Mt. MIMI ans.
THE FOLEY•PLACE MURDER.
Leoffi Bursaelid, 31, was tadietad for the waist smart
elieseph Latham.
Tee prisoner was also arraigard upon another sharp of
Nominally shooting at Mary Ann* Junes, with intent to
murder her.

To both of the ekups the prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Upon being asked whether he desired to be tried by a jar;
esospoesd half of foreigners, or one compound of Boglish-
sea entirely, he said he woad be tried by an English jury.

The primer appeared W be still entering frese-the ;Sets
Otte wounds he inflicted epee himself, and he held a
ituidkerchief to his face daring the greater part of the day.
Mr. itadkla and Mr. Clark meditated the prosecution.
The prisoner was defended by Mr. Mae rattier and Mr.
Le Brehm

Idr. Bodkin, in opening the ease to the jury, said, that
although in every eau where the life of a fellow-creature
was involved the inquiry out necessarily be one of great
Importance, yet on the present ooeuion the facts lay in so
small a campus that he felt it quite unnecessary to occupy
the time of the jury by any lengthened @tangiest. The
prisoner, he believed, was a native of Italy, and he had
formerly resided at Penalsorst, in the county of Heat, where
he was engaged as a tailor, which wee his trade ; and it ap-
peased that, after residing some time at that plies, he came
to London, when ha Demme acquainted with the deceased,
who at that time went by the Mill of Lambert. It ap-
peared that he had separated from his wife under an sitees
mast entered late between them ; and at the time the emur
ream took plus he was living at No. 6, Foley-place, with a
female who passed as his wife, mid this eireuastuses probably
accounted for the het of the eleceesed having assumed the
name of Lambert. It appeared that the deceased and the
funds to whom he had referred, before they went to
Foley-plass, bad resided in Newman-street, and the prisoner

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oompied a part of the same hones, and he aooomparded
them to the bow* it Foley-place. A female named
Williamson alao lived la the house, and there appeared to
be no doubt that an improper intimacy had existed between
this person end the prisoner, and upon the feet
becoming known to the deceased he 'edited upon the
prisoner leaving the hems. It appeared that be afterwards
wrote two letters to Mrs. Willie son, and as he received
ao answer he, according to hie own statement, became
desperate, and proceeded with the greatest possible delibe-
ration to carry out the deadly project that was imputed to
him by the present indictment. The learned counsel then
proceeded to narrate the facts of the ease ; and he said he
believed that no attempt would be made to controvert those
facts, and that the defense that would be sought to be
established for the primmer wee, that at the time he com-
mitted the act he was not to such a state of mind as to
render him responsible for his actions. If such a defence
were made out, of course thejury would gladly give effect to

it ; but he must observe that, in such • case as this, the
jury ought not to say that a prisoner was not responsible for
such • otiose as this unless upon evidence which left no na-
meable doubt upon the question.
The following evidence was then adduced :
Sophia de Beaux examined by Mr. Clark—l am a widow,
sad I was acquainted with the dammed by the name of
Lambert. A restate was living with him as Mrs. Lambert.
I knew them fist whets they were living is Newel's-street,
Oxford-street. The prisoner lived with them in Newman-
street for a short time. This was in the course of last year.
The Lambe/MIA *Gloss" in Newman-street, and removed
to No. 6, Felerpleos, three weeks before Christmas. The
prisoner aecompaskd them. I was engaged by the Lam-
berts to assist in cleating the house. I think the prisoner
weed to live at the home is Foley-place about ten days
heron the 7th of January, when this occurrence look pleas.
On that day I was at Foley. place. The deceased aced Mn.
Leashed were in their bed-room, and a Mrs. Williamson
was also in the how, and she occupied a bed-root on the
third floor. About nine o'clock in the morning I heard
• ring at the bell. I opened the door and the pri-
soner ow. in. He asked me where Mr. Limbed was, and
I told him he was not up. He then "eked where
Mr. Lambert was, end I gave the same answer. He then
in aired for Mrs. Williamsoe, and I said she was in her
bedroom. The primmer then gave me • great-coat and a
pule!, end I was going down stairs with these things-when
I heard the reports of two pistol. Upon bearing the first
ripen I tuned to go up stairs, and when I came to the tap
of the stain I saw Ides. Lambert. She was bleeding from
11111111111111 is her arm sad neck, sad she desired me to go for a
pellemeee, sad I fetched Sergeant Hayes. The prisoner
we dimwit:de tarried away on a stretcher by the police.
I wee an aware that there was any intimacy between
lie 'Weser sad Mrs. Williamson when they lived in Foley-
pine.
Hy the Court—There was nothing particular in the
veils or maw of the primmer on the morning when I
opened the deer.
Mary Anna Jaw, sgrestenz:d to be still stiffer* from
the Wades she bed said—l an a widow. For
ISM time Man this earn I been living with the de.
Weed as his wife. We bed lived together fourteen years,
aced during all that peeled I pasted by the name of Mn.
Lambert. I thlok the rinser lived with se live or de
weeks la Foley-plass. Re ked bees ea &aqui:Sean et
Mr. Lambert fee In yeas% but he had only bees in Laid=
• few =Whs. We allowed him to ewe to our Muse to
take his meek, sad he hired a bedroom in oar house in
Newnan- etres_it SS be VII■ 0•61 with is to Foley-pines.
ftA
male seem Willitineen minpied wa apartment is oar
kerne is Newmarnstrest. She wee a milliner. Mrs. W-
iliness reviewed with as to Irelephatte, and she cuspid •
beak Wham at the top of the WM. Mr. Lambed eat I
dint la the back non as the gonad floor. Far shall a
Attaight the pima slept ia • roon adjoinieg thet et
Mrs. bat he afterwards elereintber;
roan es Se • eessad doer, sad ea the Illth
he left the town altogether. I believe the pelmet is a
talkce by trade, bat he had not mash to support klerelf won,
sad ILL Lambert aniseed him as much as laid in he power.
The plisses men es idle, easy man, who never seemed to
sore abseil Ming mean far himself. We desired the pri-
son When the bows, hems, Mrs. Williamson requested
that he might not be allowed to continue there. I bad not
the Is lin there had been any intimacy Wm's him and
Mrs. Willemen until after the prisoner had left. Mr.
Leathern Ishii the primmer tint Km Williamson desired
he should pp away, and after he had left he sent two bitten
to Mrs. W by a little boy. I do net know whether
the boy waited for as answer to these letters. Oa Sunday
morning, the 7th January, I and Mr. Lamborn were la bed
in our bed-roam. The door was not fastesed. I wee awake,
and I saw the prireser eater the room. Our bed was jags
behiad the door, en the left-hand side, so that a perms
eastlag late the roam woad p straight to ern side of the
bed, and the dole where Mr. Lambert was eleepbs. I saw the
prisoner had a pistol in one of his he the lament he
entered the rem. He exidainted, " Mr. Lambert, Mr.
Lambert," and instantly discharged the pistol it him. He
was fan asleep at the tins, and be appeared to die instantly.
I did net see kin move at all. Upos shit happening, I first
'palled the clothes one my head and thes j umlettt of bed.
I had ems the primmer ezakaage the OM be had dis-
charged for another whet he held in Ms left Yak end I
attempted to seine that pistil The mesh I pi dem to
' him he fired the seised pistil at no, sad the bed tea ant
in my sunmud seek, sail I ant still labsearg sobs the
effects of the wounds. AIM the primer hot (es
am, le
intently left the roon and west up steles
Creseszamined—l did set ahem hat the primer
swath at all excited when he ow late the room. He
said the words "Mr. Umber; Mr. Lambert," In • eels
Mae. He had to shat the deer a little way Were be amid
=to Mi. Unio deceased
doss
vary kid to tbe priew n.
m. H The
e woe its the bebadndlelaware last
year, ant the tholesest him frequently, and gave
him evesplian be required. I also myself &quietly gave
bin tee. insilair, and mosey. The primmer rocanved
=hen a and he mid top to the 'Mare and
out twelve Visa. at nigh" hid* was sew
scary to the rides ells dub. Huhn himself Old me Ohl
he had bees to the theme, eh arse be nail be had ems,
the Cbrrnitan Brothers. Mrs. Whimsies anmegisied
him on the ettemiss. In addition to thesswasy he endued
boa his club, he remind wary ben. Sestlead, ben the
family, in whom melee he had heel. The Owner
bees he the swiss if one et the embus of the Inert
yla Italy. Diane be remind 101. ernigaryeer,,
end that some patios of the but pspeoes bed loft in
ihe piessedes efliz. Leathern, but he zmuswell to the
I:l=Ledter &hostas ~Wag that was win to Mrs.
I dews% mealiest daemons of dm hashed yang
te no with regard to always Posilaurid" at "ad"
rtrage pious& The primmer always appeased to be gran-
ter the kindness he resolved ben me ash Mr. Lambast.
The prisoner was alwayervarist while hi lived with as.,
I de net mew et art, for the primmer 'shag hen:
LOOM • thief sad an easessis. We parted very good

friends, sad the primmer wished us " Good bye," and said
he was sissy to leave.
Re"' —I did sot obeerve that Kr. Lambert wes
very mash displeased when he heard of the intimacy that
had existed Mtwara the prisoner and Mtg. Willisassen, bat
ea sh• wished the prisoner to leave the boats he told hint
to do so. Mr. Lambert was of course rather annoyed when
be beard what had been going on. We thought it was to
oar ititerest, as Mn. Williamson and I were is partnership
and did hostages together, that the prisoner should go away.
Before the prisoner went away there was a sort of settle-
meat. and Mr. Lambert charged the prisoner one shilling •
day for tweed and half-a-crowa a week for lodging for the
last fortnight, and the prisoner said it was not enough, but
Mr. Lambert would not take any more from bier.
Sergeant Hayes, of the metropolitan pollee, was:
called to the house is Foley-place, about half peat Hied 14'
the morning, on the 7'h of January. The street door was
open, and I went into the back parlour, and saw the body
of the detested lying on the bed, and apparently dead.
Mrs. Lambert was also lying on the bed. Is consequence
of what I was told, I went up stairs, and I beard a rapping
at one of the doors, and heard a suite say, " Open it, open
it." I prosetded up stain, and saw the prisoner go into one
of the rooms, and when I got up I found the door fastened.
I then heard the report of a pistol. Some other consteblee
came up, and we forced the door open, and found the pri.
goner lying on the floor, end bleeding from a wound
la the face. He exclaimed " I shall die, Isbell die." A pis-
el was lying close to him. It was warm. The room .was full
of smoke. Dr. Bridge soon afterwards arrived. The prisoner
rtoatinaed talking to himself all the time and outlawing,
"lam • murderer—l am an maim." The prisoner sub-
sequently made • statement, which I took down in writing
and read over to him. The statement was as follows. " I
wee in Middlesex Hospital some time ago, and being •
friend of the Lamberts they wished me is come and live
with them at their house, whisk I did. While there I be-

emu acquainted with a pirson named Jane Williamson' and '
ia coninquenos of some different* with her, Mr. and Mu.
Lambert wished me to leave the home, which I did. They
moos heard that Mrs. Williamson was with child b$ me, and
Mr. Lambert threatened to strike me. I become desperate'
from that time. This morning I went to the house, 5,
Foley-place. The door was opened by the servant. I
forced my way into the bedroom and placed the pistol
behind the neck of Mr. Lambert, and shot him. I then shot,
Mrs. Lambert. I west uostairs lad reloaded on. of the
pistols and shot myself, and 1 thought I should soon file."
Elimination continued—Mr. Bridge was prilient the
whole of the time when the primmer made this statement.
I found a second pistol in the room where Mr. Lambert wag
lying dead. The witness produced both the pistols.
Cross.exarained—The prisoner made use of the exact ex-
pressions that I took down I searched 'the Owner's
lodgings on the same day, and found a carpet bag contain-
ing wielding apparel. Two letters which are now produced
were on the table under a book. There were also soma
printed books in the carpet bag. Another parcel of books
was found in the pocket of the prisoner's great coat. The
letters were folded and addressed, and a piece of paper with
a memorandum upon it was wrapped round them. •
The witness produced the carpet bag and all the other
articles he had mentioned.
Mr. Justice Bele inquired U them matters bad soy rele-
vancy to the case ?
Mr. Bodkin said not on behalf of the prosecution, but kis
learned friends were at liberty to make any use they plumed
of them for the benefit of the prisoner.
Mr. Almada, Bridge said—l am a sargeosso I was
veiled upon to see the deceased on the manilas in trainee.
He was quite dead when I arrived, and I aseutaisid that
the spinal cord had bean severed, and death must have been
instantaaeous. I found • pistol ball. I afterwards saw the
'miaow* in • room upstairs, and I heard him make Um
statement to the offioer Hayes. He appeared annfas to
make the statement. The prisoner spoke in broken English,
but I understood what he said very wall.
Jane Williamson said—l am a milliner,
.and I worked it
Newman.street, in the Mlle house with Mr. sad Mrs.
Lambut. 1 watt with them to Foley-place. While we
lived in Newman-nowt, the primer aka lived with tm I
sad the primer bums intimate.
Mr. Bodkin—Do you mesa Wigan* as man aid wife.
You know what I mem ?

Whir-Tee
Ewe Mathis einilased—This sort of intimacy had con-
tinned for about three weeks before we left Newman-street.
Once or twits, I went oat with the prisoner for a walk, and
while we lived at Foley-place he and I went to the theatre
together. When we went to Foley-place Mrs. Lambert and .
I set up in business together as milliners. The prisoner
slept in • bedroom adjoining mine for • few nights, and
then went to a room down stairs, and subsequently left the
house altogether shortly after Christmas. It was by my
with that the prisoner left the house, and I communicated
'that wish to Mr. Lambert. He went away • few minutes
after I had made the communication to Mr. Lambert. HA
was told instantly to leave the house. Ido not knew what
Mr. Lambert said to him more then this—first, that I was
called into the room after they had been together five or
ten minutes, and Mr. Lambert addressed me and said;
"Do you wish Mr. Buranelli to leave the hence 1"
replied that I thought it would be better, and the
prisoner said, " I will go ;" and he went upstairs and
got his carpet bag. Before he left the prisoner said he
wanted to speak to so alone, and Mr. and Mrs. Lambert
left the room. The prisoner then asked me to meet him,
and I refund. He offered me some money, but I refused
to take it, and he then left. I remember telling the deceased
the reason I wished the prisoner to leave the house. Mr.
Lambert eked me why I appeared so unhappy, and I told
him of my connection with Buranelli, and said I thought
that I was pregnant by the prisoner, and I thought he had
better go sway from the house. The deceased emend
astonished at what I told him, but he said be would protect
me, end immediately went into the room where the prisoner
was and ordered him out of the house. I heard them con-
vening together before I went into the roam, but I could
not hear what was said. After the prisoner left I *mimed
the letters from him which I showed to Mr. Lambert,
but did not send any answer. One of those lettere I
burned, and the other I threw away. The substance of
the first letter was to the effect that the prisoner held my
honour in his hands, and it was my duty to see him,lind he
bogged me to do so. I sent no answer to it. The second letter
eaed me to meet the prisoner at All Souls Church, In
Regent-street, on the following evening, from eight to ten,
stated that he was going to Paris. I don't remember
whether this letter alluded in say way to the first letter that
bad been sent. I paid no attention to either of them. Both
the letters were written in affectionate terms. On the Sun-
Weanithinetwoheren thisoieffosnirhhoappened, I was awLokerbziga
part My bedroom
Orton& and I heard some one ascend the stairs, and try to
open it. I Galled out " Who is there ?" and some one said,
" Open the door ; open the door." I said "Who is it ?" and
mine one answered " Luigi Buranelli." The voice 'was
so agitated that I could not recognise it as that of the pri-
soner. I thought something was wrong, and said " Where
b Mr. Lambert ?" The prisoner replied "Dead," and
think he added "lam an eettleile." I then heard him go
Into another room, and the window was thrown up, and
immediately afterwards I heard the discharge of fire arms
1 gave ea ahem, and the policeman came up and told 'ma
to erem the deer, and when I did se, I saw the poisoner
lying as tbs ,wist wounded.
Crom-enembled—Whea I and the prisoner went a* the
iterate% the pees we saw was the Corsican Bro'here. The
to sertlimil he very much delighted when 'me of
11 =slim Mud a man who had shot his brother, and he
mid lers &Mid like to appear to me after he died, the same
se the poet did in the Corsica's Brothers. I told him I,
*mkt it was very ridiculous for him to talk in such
tameners end that I should not like him to appartto me
wheel be gee deed. The prisoner frequently told gee that,
ke would skeet himself, and I endeavoured to reason him
out of such notions. and spoke of his soul, and that it was
very wicked of him to talk in such a manner. He fre-
quently said that glace he knew ma he bad forgotten hi
child, and he also said be thought that some medical
men bad Wand him. I told him it was nonsenera
and that he only imagined such things, apd he
said he did not. I told the prisoner that be
used to read so many operas that he at tart fancied he was
one of the beings wbo were in them. He used to soy that
they were very beautiful. It occurred to me that be
was mad, bet I thought he was a man of great imaginatiosi
I do not think I ever mid to any one that I thought** was
mad, but I may have said, in a joke, that I believed he was
going out of his mind. I think that in one of the letters I
received from the prisoner there was the expression "dive
my respects to M. and Madame Lambert." I have written
letters for the prisoner. Those produced are some of them.
Re-examined—The prisoner told me in subtlests what
he wished me to say. and I wrote the letters acaredingly.
He told me that he had undergone a surgical operators la
the country. He frequently complained of pain in his left
side, and wet weather appeared to have an effect upon
Ides. The death is not occasioned in the Corsican
Broths's by shooting but by stabbing, and the ghost of one
brother appears to the other. The prisoner made the
observation that hie ghost should appear .to Ise, in
a jocular meaner. He always spoke to me in terms
of strong attachment. He talked of shooting himself
while we were living in Foley-plain. The firma*: was
jealous alas, not with regard to any particular person, but
generally. Hungarians and Italians used to visit the pri-
mer while he lived in Newman-street. I judged that the
pets seer was jealous from his talk and not from his actione,
and be frequently impressed a fear that I should be intimate
with same one else as well as be. I knew that the prisoner
bad a daughter who was living in Kist, bat I saw
ler. The primmer and Mr. Lambert did not talk together
la is bud Ina
leapecter Delves said—l was at the Middlesex Hospital
whoa the minas: expressed • wish to make a statement to
me. I took dons
the written state
be was going to
die. He Ikea
limbos. tell*,
ewer he wrote'
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Se primmer uremia e "'ien war aw.m. .. ...- ——_ _ _ -
took dowel La writing what be said, but I balm lost
tan statuasat. The prisoner told as he thought
miag to die, and he expressed a wish that he should
s then said that he had wri to Airs. Wil-
, requesting an interview - . 401,. •.• aa me-
wrote to roraest that ned,
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reoeiviag aa ansWllt:i v ' .Ms
I,*
e, and bought two pi s , • - . road,
e powder in (Word.' -"e' 4.,,' - shoot-
rho!' et them. He re ,- ~,,i r . •
bVired
h Lambert was go' • —7* • • that
d resew. • :0 krif 17:4'.. ' • ."'
szausined—All th ._, % ,'" ~4 I. k eg the
His nose wee bl ",-Ft_l,... ; ''''. 1. • ball
, sad this caused . 7`.' ' • .' • .
ustood yr.:7 well what i
d
.1,.., . " broke*
The term I took a the primate
otitis, was because he told as he Avant be wet
Thos pier was predated on several meekest, and