The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-09 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1852.

why I was to take the staa la sharp. He had blood up, t
his aose.
Edward Lydelon sworn—l an surgeon at the Bath lbw.
pitaL Deceased arm broaght about 20 minutes after U.
I 'minified bim. and found the knife had mewed ous ef
the veins between the ribs. He died on the Saturday.
The wound sae about two inches long. The 'naiad eared
death.

Jetta Lam boay avorn—l am clerk to the dark of Use
Bath Jude...s I took the deceased's deposition at the hos-
pital. Primmer was present. Deceased was more, and
made his math. (The deposition was then read. It stated
, that some p~rws called " Irish Pat." Deemed struck
' prisoner, sad afterwards ran to meet the prisoner in the
lane. He stabbed me, and I felt the blood trickle down.
Mr. Saunders then addressed the jury for the defence.
He contended that the caw, in ita worst form, amounted
only to manslaughter.
Ills Lordship here directed the prisoner's statement be-
fore the magistrate to be read. This was done. It stated
that prisoner was called " Irish Paddy," and struck.
Tudgee said he would take lis life. Prisoner went home
and met deceased with another man. Deceased again said
he would take his life. Premier said, "Keep off—l'll pro-
tect myself." Ile took out his knife, and deemed said
"he dad not ear. for that." He then tried to strike the
prisoner, wbo stabbed him.
Mr. Saunders, in continuation, remarked upon this state-
meet, which he said was the true version of the matter.
U. commented on the discrepancies in the evidence, and said
that this unfortunate circumstance would never have hap-
pened bet for the hasty conduct of the deceased.
His lordship then proceeded to sum up with great care,
and, having carefully recapitulated the evidence,
The jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, found the
prisoner Guilty of inanslaughtir.
He was sentenced crone month's impreonment.
On hearing the sentence the prisoner exclaimed, "Thank
your honour's lordship, may God spare your lite and health ;
and God spare my good counsel, too!"

MCADER SY A LCNATIC.
Chris•spher Smith, 18, pleaded guilty to • charge of
having wilfully murdered John Bush.
The learned Judge pnetpoard the sentence to have an
opportunity of aking medical testimony u to the prisoner's
sanity.
The (Int witness examined was

Mr. Walker, surgeon, of Shepton Mellott, who said be
bad seen the prisoner for a quarter of an hour every day or
every other day for three weeks, and had conversed with
him in order to diseover the state of hie mind. Prisoner's
conversation turned to the difierent murders to which he
had confessed, to the famine in Ireland, end to the potato
diocese them Prisoner arse an Irishman. PfiIIINNT bad
confessed to a murder committed 17 years ago, when be
could only have been 13 years of age. He said he bad de-
stroyed a man at that time. He said he threw him into a
ditch after he murdered him. He also confessed to having
murdered a men at Liverpool. He considered himself •
remarkably powerful, strong, and well-grown man, and
able to compete with any ether too men. Witness °mai.
dread hint anything but • strong man. He said he was
tired of life and wished to be bang, end he thought if he
confessed those murders he should be hung. He said he
committed the present murder with a clasp knife, which
had • very sharp point. The knife discovered was not so.
On other subjects hie answers were perfectly indices!.
Witness, should say be was decidedly insane, and thought
him unlit to plead. He was in March last in gaol sad ap-
. peered perfectly sane. On being liberated he fetched his
child from the workhouse, and had said he murdered it.
The child bad never been seen or heard of since.

Examined by Mr. Plums—Witness had no doubt of the
prisoner's insanity.
Mr. Christopher Arden, surgeon of the prima at Dor.
cheater, had conversed with the prisoner on various topics
disconnected with the murders, and believed him to be
perfectly sane.
Dr. Robert Boyd, medical superintendent of the Somerset
County Lunatic Asylum, had attended to diseases of the
mind for the last 17 years Had upwards of 360 patients
under his can. Sew the prisoner yesterday for the first
time, sad conversed with him only for a few minutes. He
conversed rationally on all subjects but his murders. He
told witness he hadeoenaitted seven or eight murders. He
mentioned the murder of a lady at Balfour. He said he
had broken a vow he had made against the use of tobacco,
and in consequence of this the famine visited Ireland and
destroyed thousands of persons there. He said he wished
to be hung. Witncsa's impression was that the prisoner
was decidedly insane. It was quite consistent that •
lunatic should be sane on every other topic but that in
respect of which he is labouring under a delusion.
Mr. Baron Platt then put it to the jury to say whether
they considered the prisoner sane or insane. It was mach
monk satisfactory to the public that they should be engaged
in trying the question before them, rather than another.
If the prisoner were of unsound mind, he was not called
upon to answer in a court of justice to a criminal charge.
The jury was of opinion that the prisoner was of uneoand
mind.

Mr. Baron Platt—Let him be detained during bee Ma-
jesty's pleasure.

loner, John Carey, camp up and Kayo him a violent blow
under tho rer, seed at the mime time made use of the most
violent oath.. Both the prisoners, es well as the females,
then fell on him, and the serious injuries which they in- I
dieted will be shown by the evidence of the medical gen-
tleman who attends him.

Mr. Wagstaff; the divisional summon, said that on 'ite-
mising the person of the constable Oakes, be fitted three of
his rib, broken, the spice so seriously injured se to emote
partial paralysis of the extremities, so that he scald cot be
moved. BPSiIICO these injuries, he was severely broiled on
several parts of the body, and it was quite evidivot that he
had been treated with very great violence. For several
days he spat Mood, from the effects of the broken ribs, and
had kept his bed to within a few days, and it would busmen
oonsiderable time before he world be able to resume his
duties.

Several constables, who themselves came in for some of
the rough usage, corroborated the complainant's statement,
and spoke to the whole of the prisoners as having taken
part in the murderous attack, and they wars fully com-
mitted for trial.

George Webb, aged 27 'van, who described himself as a
carpenter, living in Kent•street, Borough, was brought be•
fore Mr. Poynter for reexamination, charged upon his own
confession with entering three different churches in the
metropolis, and stealing therefrom a large quantity of va-
luable property.
It appeared in evidence that on the night of the 21st ult.
the parish church of St. Paul, Hammersmith, was forcibly
entered by some sacrilegious thieves, who plundered the
vestry.room adjoining the sacred edifice of the following
property . f plices, ma black silk gown, two silk
hoods, two scarfs, a cassock, a poplin gown, and four bottles
of wine. Information of the robbery was forwarded to the
police authorities, but they were unable to obtain any clue
that would lead to the detection of the offenders.
About eleven o'clock on Saturday night last, the prisoner
accosted Poliee•constable Joha Chapman, No. 62 C, whi:e
on duty in Piccadilly, and asked him if be had heard any.
thing of the robbery at Hammersmith church. The officer
told him that he had not, and the prisoner then said he was
one of the men who did it, and that ho wished to give him-
self up (or the robbery. The constable accordingly took
him into custody, and the prisoner was subsequently
lodged at the police station in Brook•green, Hammersmith.
At the station-house the prisoner repea:cd his statement,
adding that he was also a party to the robberies which have
been lately committed at Camberwell church and Trinity
church, Brompton.
Inspector Cooke, of the T division, informed the court
that another remand was necessary, and that on a future
°cession he should be able to voodoo hither evidence in
sugol'ynosfthtcerea e.
Mr. consented to another rairad, and the pri-
soner was accordingly moved back to prison.