The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-30 00:00:00

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THE EXPR. EPA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1862.

THE WINDHAM LUNACY COMMISSION.

cautious, and fatherly moaner towards Mr. Wiadham, sad
be was sure that they wocdd not teem, worry or perplex
kna. After the examination was over, hip (dm Master),
Mr. Windham, sad the oonnael would withdmw, and the
jury would be left dose to comider their verdict.
The inquiry was then main adjourned.

(Continual ho® yulumiay's EVIVEIL )

The Master pareded to as up, airl mil that this
ease bed new some into the blab of the jury
reirg tleshr"d dishes.
_mei heves to eseffam to a deism.
satins they would est to seserames with their oaths.
The. tem involved messeeteme principles, and he
was met surprised at as excitement sahib( ont of
isms, whish mast he eerily excluded from that
earl It was impossible for persons whose allude hail
bees imitated with the length of the case, and who had
termed their judgment solely upon what they had read in
the palate newspapen, to le so well able to judge of the
various quakes- before them as them who bad been com-
piled bye moss of duty to listen to details which had
made them shudder. They had listened patiently, and their
eyes had been fixed upon the great and difficult question
which the constitution had placed in their heads
for moon. No one wee sided or justified,
Ia pmensoing an opinion on these proceediage,
totik s premed stage, without him pram*
se bath be rod dem bad, seeing every whams and judgbg
ter themselves. The muss had bese eseibeted with the !
*moo regularity and the most ripens impartiality dish(
the 33 days it hail lasted. The husks* el the inquiry was
the owilitka ol the Idled of the elleguthimatia, Mr. Wind-
boa. rod shin were le wo whether ea mg be wee inc. yob's
of spellible his Ohre by men IL assenedases 'or mind.
The eldmillsa el ea weal " hmoires" by the wood eee-
the el the "Leer,. Roping= Ain of WM," was " •
pigeon hest by niquisillea te be an idiot or lunatic
or of merod mind ea beapakille of the manage-
meat el his atleirs." The fifteen patitiootra I
had to risks out that Ms. Windham was " of unsound
sled, and incapable of the menesemeot of his Whirs," and
is order to establish that popmettee they had called fifty
whams* Sir H. Cairns hal is bosh down the case they
:LTand bad celled ninety whew@ cu Mr. Windham 'a
It had Dot been in his (the Master's) power to
shorte-a the ass, for he could not interdict the petiliwers
from ceiling es many witnesses as they chose for the pur-
pose of making out their case, and it would
have been wool end imposible for him to have
sweated Mr. Windham from endeavouring to establish
be malty. General Windham, one of the petitioner* bad
base greatly assailed on amount of the part he bed acted in
these hogs, but be had bean well defended by his
All he could say was that whatever might have
bee.Oeseral Windham's motives, and even samming—which
God turbid be should do—that they were ever so impure,. if
the midgets were unimpeachable, they must act upon it,
altireagh the heed was polluted which brought it before
them. The Neater then proceeded to cite dicta of Lord
Eldora Lord &skim, Lord Lyndhurst, sod other judges in
support of the view he hid taken of the law bearing new
the cam. Before the case of " Ridgway e. Dunn " the
law only reoognised two aorta of lunatics, viz., absolute
lunatics sad idiot' ; but slice then a third state of mud
had been regarded as lunacy, namely, incapability of ins.-
aging
affairs by reason of unsouodoeis of mind. The law
thee laid down must now be considered m being the law of
the land, and, as the legislature had not hitherto interposed
to alter it, it mast govern the present cam. The wish!
questioo, therefore, for them to decide was whether
Mr. Windham was or was not at this time of
sufbciently sound mind to be Wander' with the
masegenient of himself and his affairs. They most ore-
fully weigh the evidence, and see whether la their maim
it emeil or negatived that question. Prea the mid
fiselissose it appeared that the question !Maas Oland/1M
mad of degree which men of the world were quite seems
potent to decide, having all the n bets bebop lbws.
as medical men. The question wee M • seisellbe helt• I
poetical one, and it rested with them 14stesilme Ms.
Windham's state of mid wee such as him with's'
the of the= of the law ae lbws by the,
great be bad read Is Saw But be
mad leR lima lb* wise awiasessf einmedersol
I
Is be ledwwwid, moo asemogrose sad atm asaaralitie.
wen sot raciest pane fur gidsg • wild la bvour el
the petitioners, earn egy hand dot lbws was inir
sonsibens of mistes toe.; !fig fed bag WI ailed that
this unfortunate yeStg gledblelel age an &end,
therefore they esti pee sot sand ablesils•
the evidenos, Sailboat Mr. Wheaten mill ihe sag fatherly
care. The ward body of the ieritresso bin sea whole,
brought before them the most aanalliss samaradictioas.
It was melee to argue from any potholer fact, but they
most look at the general mum of the evidence tending te
prove the imbecility, as opposed to that brought forwent
to establish the amity, and see which was the,
apreagest and most reliable. In considering the'
sedum they must recollect that much of its force Is.
pealed upou the position in life of the witnesses, and epos
their capability of judging of the soundness or iseeemsdeses
el the alleged lunatic's mod. For instance, they bed bed
poems, ostlers, and chambermaids called before Ibis,
who, when asked whether they considered Mr. Maim
of sound mind, replied at owe, "Oh, quite seemil."
!Laughter.) They must also look at the nature of this
intercourse, their halide of We, together with
the period during which their intercourse lasted.
They bed had clergymen, solawhnasters, tutor%
Wise, milhary and medical men, and servants be.
hers than, end it was for them to judge to wheal-
widow* meet weight attached. Where a witness stead
the ere of crier-ezazination without tieing shaken, =II
where his teramooey was not rebutted, they neat to gw
saw bin testimony to be true. Much miasma bed he=
gives to show that in many cams Mr. Windham bad sided
se ff his mind was sound—thee was doubtless of great
importers, but they ought riot to attach too great weight
to it, as en many canes lunatics frimoristly acted rationally
ter • begat or aborts period dering the in-
tomb el their insanity. A great dad had
he mid about Mr. Windham's conduct being
entirely owing to neglected education ; but in justice to his
Maeda and to the memory of the dead he hoped they would
lot come to that conclusion. Let them direct *en atten-
dee to the two lest Stan written by Mr. Wi which
were before them. It was not suggested that sissy were
dictated, mid therefore they must be considered to have
bees kis own unmated productions. Fur his part, be
thought they were highly creditable to their writer, being
met less sod bsiscs like, ad certainly they formed •
eery impesesot piers el evidence. The medial gentlis•
mesa who were celled co either side differed—sot so
wore as at dot sight might be supposed—is their opinion
Mr. Wimiliani's stated :Mad, bat it wee a fact that
pinsaa however well-heteetiseed, always 'seised • little
te the side for which they were called. which might 's-
pite the disparity. Gee very im t class of witnesses
wire people who had bad leafing. with the alleged
beadm se they bad thereby given peel that they mot-
deed him to be fit to massed Doi.er. Under this
head wise General Windham, who was stated to have
gees to Felbriggeball site, the marriage to wasp
skeet the purchase or sale of • Pees if lead worth
5 0000..1. Now GeneralGeneralWiWindhamwaa one of the pile
..
and was not called, but he must observe that it
lay entirely in the discretion of the counsel te ell
or sot any person they pleated. It was stated by the 0011ItT Olr BANKRIIPTCY.—JAM. 29.
weasel for the alleged lunatic that t general W indium wee (Before Mr. Haab, Registrar.)
in this dilemma—either be must have thought his asabew in an nnininvi.—irnian opopApoo staintaoriows.
cap.ble of sal°^it• • contract, and then". •••ad The tenkrupe was a treelealer, of Coventmardeo, but had
miedoe if not, why did he attempt to enter into a contract had Inge utheeeth„,,s we the Beech Exchange, it, the se.
sib hies? But, on the other hand, it might be said that toot of wasef thesemth At the lest sitting his exami-
eilliesch General Windham had his own views upon the oath,. was adjourned, and the thahrept was directed to
6of his uodoms of mind, this contract being furnish certain information to the assignees.
117. eo
Windham's advantage, he wished him to hir. mansagia on behalf of the beekrupt, now staked for •
Misr Into it. The Master having drawn the at- day to be appointed when the bankrupt might again come
tads. of the jury to certain acts of rude- p. The assignees had served him with requisitioos on
nem on Mr. Windhain's part offered to adieu, referred Lome away conceivable point. He bed thdeasearad to
bald, to the Llewellyn's evidence, some portion of which
answer them to the best of his ability, sod hie semen
he cons to be corroborated by persons, wan fie as a hill he Chancery. (Laughter.)
seine }ability, It was clear that either the Llewellyn, or it Linkkber, or the assigemes, said that the &sewers
lies gelled to contradict them had been guilty of perjury, were easwaw at en.
bed widali side was entitled to the must crodeuee he left me. the -d= that they
them to judge. Then he would come to the marriage. It were th, bid ohm mod be
was the most momentous and important tire la • awes Mr. Liablider deeded tide, and charged the official as.
instance. whoa he would be expected to have all bin why Apse with seglestisg his duty, by not looking into the
—be they good, had, or indifferent—about him. It was • ammeth
common adage, "Marry in heats and repeat at leasers." Did Kr. Stanfield eaid•chat hoc. Linklater now cam into the
that apply to Mr. Windham.° martin, arias he " the time court for the bet time to look at them.
of not 'Whelan& seem to setiffehe requirements of the law' maw tbainisrahaate oy some thither ps,Oftlikift, •
Ile would Metals from remarking npo• Rio Agnes Wil- suing wal appointed or the fand March.lo ughby, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Bowen May, aid Dr. Wind-
bourne. He bed sot to try the validity el the marriage, (Before ]Sr. Commiarioner Holroyd.)
nor its proclaim me inprodence, bat be would ask them in la annals.
whether any ass sould have acted as Mr. Windham hail The bankrupt, an amines, sod hes ship-builder, of Mill
dune if be had bees of ease =tad? His opinion, sitting kook, sear Soutioespico, applied he his certificate under
there and hearing the facts connected with the marriage I the nil aim The by Mr. G. Butler,
that bad been brought out in evidence, was that the limaniar , awe la bmal=railtirl As yet nothing
lion WWI • perfectly, frightful sae. Did that marriage hese ualyolmulel.at to yield a diridwee
throw hebt upon their minds an to the condition of the hot I Mr. Bagley wooed, ter the wisher. The bankrupt had
sanity of Mr. Windham 1 What did be know of the Mid is 1866, I
pay* la Bd. in the pound. Ile bad recom-
women he inteeded to marry ? Did he ascertain the sessiced bosimes- Me a &idiocy, had failed to keep books,
almost of her debts? Again, was the timber contest sad lad had accommodation.bill transactions with Moors.
nub as aay young man wanting reedy money would have , Reedier and Tee, to whom he had conveyed the whole of his
Ltie was It so absurd that re sane piston would have property by bill of eels, executed only • few mouths before
eda,
made it ? Then Dr. Seymour and Dr. Hope cautioned him' Okibmkruo.ey, leaving nothing for his other creditors.
with regard to by proceedings, sod yet with the thunder iHe hail had a contract with the Southampton and Isle of
cloud o these proceedings he had beep seen since this trial i Wight Steam Packet Company; bet the money received
commenced in the Haymarket at night. Then look at the from the company went in liquidation of his debt to
dinner at Felbrieg-hall on Christmas-day, when he pro- Bridger, who was secretary to the company, and also im-
posed Mrs. Windham's health, after be bad quoin elled with surer of the county of Hants
her. On the other hand, it was oneteeded that Mr. Mr. Lewis, on behalf of the bankrupt, urged that be was
Windham had anted In this 012000 t because be doe. an ignorant man, that he bad the fulled a:mildews in
peed these proceedings and laughed at them. Having Briker, and that he had no fraudulent motive in giving the
had down the law to them to the best of bill of sale.
Ids knowledge, be would merely see them to look at all • His Honoar;said the bankrupt ought to ham informed by
the facts broadly, leaving to them the duty of discarding trade creditors of his position with regard to Briddir. The
WO idiom they wandered irrelevant or unworthy of certificate (emend class) would be suspooded for six maths,
belt He felt sure they would look at the question and probed= withheld for three swathe—the bankrupt
dolly, mid would give their verdict on the principles be having already been three months in prison.
bed suggested to them. They had Windham
• very important
duty to perform, namely, to me Mr. Windham themeeles, (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)
sod beer what he said in reference to the facts elicited is ! II al US?.
the evidence. At the commencement of the inquiry he The bankrupt, the Rev. R. W. Balt, was described as •
hid down the muse ha intended to adopt fully sad ex- clerk in holy ordure,
el Beemplon. This was the sitting for
'i llicitly in the of rather • (mendable array examination and diabase. The debts are about,
the
oonneel. • had said that at some pried of is entitled toseasseity 4001. &year onthedeath
the lequiry the jury would have an interview with Mr. of his =other.
Wii.men, sad so applioation bed been rinds for the inter. • lb. Graham, the Wildel asul stated that there were
whir te take place at any particular part of the see until no bookaeiraire be redly thrupt's statementa.
Weil. He had derided upoo substeatiel grounds that that Mr. m the mews solicitor,saked for an &dims,.
hiesiew should not take place in public, for Towne be had meat. All WAN= who bad proved would be paid in
I she* given ; first, because Mr. Windham could out give full, but there was some skim which required to be tare
evlisese in the case, and might have an action for slander rawly watched.
branght against him ; and secondly, that the jury Is eamegasaas cd Isseral allistios the bankrupt bad been
thessolves requested that it might take place it able to take OM of bleosellowel the eels* ae um ►Sari-
priaata If the counsel were not satisfied with table remit, was atiesbell es ail eiden ley bill-holders.
his decisive, they could have applied to the The Cleollillebeler-Arbot erogisswilymoeidered in all
Lords Justices who, if they thought At, could have made caste " base*
an order for him to be examined in public. He trusted Mr. flamprt feradlialidellgfie allallarlba to an adjourn-
that during that interview the jury would act in a quiet, meat, whisk was

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

the door into the panne close to the .treat, acid then
w►lked out at a sharp rate, The transaction was seen, and
he arse followed and ultimately taken into custody by the

OLD COURT. • po ice.constabla
The jury having found him Guilty,
(Before Mr. Baron ChannelL) The officer stated to the court that the prisoner was one
WURDIns. of a gang of warehouse thieves who, taking advantage of
In the case of John Quigley, 68, labourer, charged with the bustle of business, and haying • respectable appearance,
the wilful murder of Henry Becket, walked hato the premiers just as the prisoner lad done,
bed a by another
Baron Channell summed up the whole of the caps with and put the 'Mal. in the Passage te piece P-.
of the gang. In this manner many robberies cif small parcels
very. great care and impartiality, calling the attention of
_, . had . a - the
the jury particularly to the distinction in law between the "` nee committed in %AV. On searching
offence' of murder and manslaughter. The principal gave thog°;4,onber and examining his clothes it was found that
that he might with great facility
lion, he said, for their consideration was, whether, I. to- they Wad born an arranged - . and jewellery rob:
centime with the prieciples of law which be lied laid down Picif_perkete,Anit espanallyienffect n
his under tit was an
to them, they thought the prisoner had received sash an °el.? from 4 wl2Pereu
pocket, °,through which a hole was cut, permit.
amount of provocation as would justify them in saying that mu"' "rem'
his offence did sot amount to the crime of wilful murder •the pocket, nd this
tine his hand to come outside
but to that of manslaughter only. was in the habit of wearing either a cape or an Inverness
The jury, after deliberating for some time in the box, .efrlPPir,,..wh,,.....ich served to conceal the movements and opera-
said that they were not likely to agree. Ten of their num- 'min" ""' ""''''
her were ready to give a verdict but the other two enter- • The Common Serjeaut sentenced the prisoner to nine
rained a different view of the case. , months' imprisonment with hard labour.
&iron Channel said he could not discuss the wetter with Saunter Hall, 24, sailor, was indicted for steeling a silver
them. They must all agree on their verdict, and they had "tell. value 21. I°l. i • gold chain; valve 21' 1 i and •
better retire and comider the subject. ; gold ring value 165., tee pmerty of Theodore Crose.
The jury accordingly left the court, and in about three 1 Mr. Lillay prosecuted, and Mr. Pater defended the pei-
quartets of an hour they returned, and wished to bs in- wpm
formed by tbe learned judge whether, before they could re. The propsoutor said that be was chief mate of the Spark.
turn a verdict of wilful murder, It was necessary that they has Wave, an American vessel, now lying in the Victoria
should be satisfied thettbe act was intended on the pen of I docks. The prisoner was an American, and the sewed
the prisoner. mate of the vessel. On the 3rd January the prose.
Baron Cheapen told them that the term " wilful" did not cuter missed from his cabin the property in question, having
in law have the ordinary acceptation of that term, and if a seen them safe by the side of his bed about three home
man stabbed another with a knife, and death ensued, the before. He made inquiries amongst the crew, and aired
act amounted to wilful murder in the eye of the law, unlade 31. reward for the recovery of his property. He, however,
there were circumstancesconnectedwith the transaction did not receive any Information, but on the 24th January be
which showed that the party accused did not intend to went into the prisoner's cabin, and there. in the el •
cause the death of the other, or unless there was evidence vest belonging to the Pejo:wee• and which was Yrikliewndar
that the prisoner bad received such provocation as would re- his pillow, he found the watch, chain, and ring. am
duce the crime from murder to manslaughter. left them there and sent forlrliceumn, to whom he pee
.
The jury then again retired, and after being in &Mere. the prisoner in charge. No as being permitted to seise
tine about ball an hour, they returned into court, and the prosecutor's cabin caused him to suspect the prisoner.
found the prisoner Gain, of manslaughter. MU. Pater, who severely cross-examined the witness,
Baron Channell, in passing sentence upon the prisoner, elicited from him that there was • very ill-feeling towards
said, there could be no doubt, upon the evidence, that, the Prisoner on beard the veal, and that the crew wanted
although possibly he might not have contemplated that he toiget rid of him.
should nun the death of the decemed, still that this malt Mr. Charles, Barber, inspector of the Victoria Dock
bad been occasioned by his most unlawful act, and that the Police, Proven that
, the Prneeee_ter called him to the ••••64
jury could a* have onme to any other conclusion titan that and on going below he mw Me prisoner standing by the
he was at all events guilty of the crime of man- door of a cabin. The witness asked him if it was his,
slaughter. He did not complain of that verdict, bat it and he, °amen. attly raiwered... "yea" Witness said he
certainly seemed to him that, upon the facts before them, wish", to search ,the
_ reewrear'peadenace Der did wit rants.
they would have been perfectly justified is finding him Witness told hie! De was er having add
guilty of • much more serious offence, namely, that of manse watch, and Preereded to bake the OD eID.
wiled murder. He considered hie crime a very amusing his berth he found under thepillowthe watch,chale. I
aggravated one—it was quite clear that he had no right to and ring, which the Preeennter Identified as his Property.
endeavour to retain forcible possession of the room wherein The prisoner firmly deeded that he had any knowledge win&
had hese permitted to live, and when an attempt was made ever of the articles being there, and exhibited not the
to remove him. be made use of a deadly instrumeot, sod slightest hesitation of manner.
destroyed the Woof one of the persons who wire perfectly Mr. George Paxton. a watchmaker living in the Victoria
justified in endeavouring to get him out of the horse. Dook.road, West Ham, stated that on the 16th January the
Under these circumstances be felt that his duty to the Whew brought to him • Watch. • watch-guard, chain. and
public imperatively required that he should pass a severe ring to repair. Witness repaired the chain, and prisoner
sentence, and he shouts thereto(' order him to be kept in wasted him to make the ring smaller to fit his finger. This
penal servitude for twenty years. he refund to do, because he could not make • good job of it. I
Two days after the primer cams again turd took away the
Wafter Crane, 72, • doterrnined-loolchnt young man, chain and the ring, upon which he had advanced the girl.
desedhad in the °Mender as a traveller, was charged with sour 10a The prisoner repaid him that and also la. 4d. for I
I htheisultwounding Christopher Cons, with intent to newt., the chem. The tut and chain now produced he
limier Dim' In other counts of the Indictment
,_ the fah - were those which had pared through his bands. 1
Mini ea the prisoner was laid to be to do Wee Pr erwant°r On the question of their identity the wittiest was rigo-
gielleee bodily harm. musty cites-examined at some length by Mr. Pater, and I
Xi. Daly prosecuted ; the prisour bad no ethused. seemed to be certain that the ring, which was an ordinary 1
Ss eirourastences under which tale chary woe signet ring, was the one he had seen, in consequence of I
=Db° prisoner were of e eery el - —Will., e=l. there being a mark on it, but on examination no such
wed that he and the prosecutor wire teethe', the mark could be found, and with regard to the chain he
Wig !slag the older of the two Vlow puss. Hs bad old not find where he had repaired it, there being now
1D°11......a1ma1l but had reterDed„__t° and he Diet the a broken place in the chain tied with • piece of string.
accidentally on ale aremerwert In Mr. Paler addressed the jury at great length ; and whilst!
6lnalghb°urlimel d net haw* Nee he denied any intention to impute to the prosecutor the de-
Mar
previously for a . toe rem Mei rigs of tramping up a charge against the prisoner for the
In" to • coffee-shop and twee refreshawnit and the pupae@ of getting him removed from the ship, urged that in
prisoner abed his brother to suet him oil the following all probability some of the ere, r , who had been waved to
Miat. for the purpose, as he mid, of letreda=l. to • have an ill feeling towards the prisoner had conga out the
who lived in the Green-lama. They y Met, scheme for the purpose of getting him expelled from the
sad after they had walked about for a abort Menthe en- ship. The learned counsel added, that the prisoner had
sear told him that be could not OM his friend that sight, always borne an excellent character, and put it to the jury
and he witted the prosecutor to meet him on the following whether his was not the correct view of the case.
evening. The Prosecutor was prevented iron keeping
x The Common Serbant summed up at considerable length,
appointment, but on the next morning it appealed that he remarking on the failure of proof of the identity of the
met the prisoner spin, and explained to him bow it chain and Hug by the watchmaker who had been called,
happened that be was unable to most him on the previous and which was a circumstance which alone connected the
DO* and he said It was of so WWWWIWWWW, and prisoner with the supposed possession of the prosecutes's
sued him to meet him that same evening at a quarter past
seven o'clock. The prosecutor did so, sad the
_xpristex_er, PLIC7gy. immediately on the conclusion of the summing
took him down the Ballmpond-road, sad Lis a rotted-awns up, returned a verdict of Acquittal.
direction, and upon the prommter observing that he was 0.4.61 arovu. 23, a
sot going the nearest way to the Oresa-lthes, the prise- remarkably
sailor was indicted for maliciously cutting and wounding
mg made some excuse, tad then led the preepoutor to a Joseph French,
_,,,, ;_,__, ._ do ~,__ .
___ bodily harm.
leanly spot sear the New River. It applaud that he them ., d :""" intent 'T g;°;r."' °_f_7;
ceased we of the bridges to the side of the caul which labouringr• °° from the statement Ire yffee:""w
we net sodas a footpath, seed rpm the. rommatmeez man, that on the night of ilia January,
between 8 and 9 o'clock, the prisoner and about fourteen or
Zethetddi: of hviri bridges. idy hs' ehaemdeeldthatelimemilmwliPdar er4 fifteen black seamen were in the her of the Widmer Castle
at ePlaitow, near the Viairis-dock,. They
thee*, aid that he could imilywuk bb bselsehea. When r.law-hewlet
tee
bed roue a dams &mew bp, tem be ed eau Imo slightly &bleb(' and got into a quarrel with the
the water, the prisons d the resins*, mat mementoes Dream., and the prosecutor interfered to eau
at awe, laying that be could see better then be seeded. and DM blether, and caught the prisoner round the neck, and
elm he bad got a few p.o.e. ahead the pew., ameedet the primmer Immediately drew knife fof
• MID some part
peered, which knocked Ides deem Me thews M eV'
Idea end struck him • tremendous Wow cm the feed whit a am area, and bolding it short in his hand, so that only a
'mill portion of the blade protruded, stabbed the prosecutor
pared, seised him by the coat and welsboati end mar lighter Mee times M the leg.
'IU prosesutor's brother, who had also been stabbed in
"wed tw dreF him tw tbe meteer IgtmeleleY few the rm. sound hose by the prisoner, corroborated the preceding
P
pose of throwing him in, but
stheed=wedeethmeabd as well
weetedt-,eda ble heap statement ; and the policeman, who was calledin to take
as he could, sad, by giving
e.;_' the primmer into custody, Mated that he took • kMfe from
exemehle greets heat. awsweehitytat. washerlzreiglisdisobe petesembem the, dr --et hie', which was In the and had maths of blood upon
case,
ft. The prisoner himself bore marks of very severe wags ;
rued, had laid the lifeirmsever es the green& end
his yap and cheeks were very much Mellen, and there was
piebei it up and rgeomsameed Wein the prosecutor
ea the head with it, sad again laid held alba, mad the
to hirwa—•upon hi' "Da
The prisoner, ia answer to the charge, in a clear and pre-
form kim into the maid. After sheggling' for some time
else manner said he had not asked the witnesses any ques-
ths prosecutor summodedtashpedef_down the erehaalmased, .
pis twos because tt was melees, as they did not tell the truth.
Thing as fourteen orfifteen C I there,
amdlheteeloi. rer fie
a"caynieamdliapinaadvt limed behimfellwhai?hisa was TMs.. was 5° "eh thi hi"
ror there was rely him and another coloured man in the
ding than, and told him R. come out, and the prosecutor,
home ; the others were all white men. He added that he
la thews, to his inriry, said, " I want tount swat from
paa came to this country in an American ship, and the white
Yem'pcmammyettevilietapee ; this, taahmrw ?,:d,wehweat wash away, and the projiT men had made up their minas to beat him, &IMMO set the
others upon him at the public-house. He was very much
coungeouter succesdeda
shoat: oat of th:hopiret, mike weobtamdat to a"mouth"
cut and bbisadabout,sudhlicould not sae, and bis
mamma, and was meowed to pd. Bertbaomewe would not let him speak when the mutable took him
to awl.
BegAtel• It "Veered span hie being meanie" that he fi. ffi ... recall., and said the prisoner ootso
had so less than tweat,.oontuaed and lacerated wounds bed as thaer but b bed 4reeiely been very ill treated.
reithenthemiemeabeed,"Letirs'eahmum'ae wtheeZehriyeerdemetiedetteddto he thwth. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of unlawful
as Informal' like • life-preserver ; and this gentleman also-. wadi
a Common &demi explained to the prisoner that the
baled that for some time he onside eel the life of the pro- of the knife ' this way was not permitted in this coup.
wake in danger, and it likewise appeared that he was still ?"2, , remarkedll.,_ ___ _,_ thus to Rack
whilkia severely item the eelettee he received Ire lb* u7mr:;clmanen"c;:g.eallweethe''werglstatices hea about
....."•• The Wilmer eras eh into custody on mime sentence him to four months' imprisonment with hard
gig% Gad he then declared that he had not seen his brother . .
thatillity, but upon beingsnbeequently informed thatioquiries
hadhsen made at the hospital, and that his brother was TO")
111, he replied very coolly, ' Well, it is • very bad job, but I
shall get over it, I guppies, somehow."
Mr. Bunn Chappell, at the close of the case for the pro.
segistion, asked the Prisoner whether be wished to my say- WESTMINSTER.
thtto the jury in answer to the charge. Hewitt was charged with being drunk and dim
prisoner, who did not put any questions to his
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beefier, and merely questioned one or two of the other wit- aw'r.'7..
William Morris, an omnibus driver, said that on the pre-
mise up= some unimportant matters, tubed to the jury,
Mous night as he was about to start on_ mornshis y from the
Mad maid that his brother had been unfortunate, arid he had
Cricketers', Cheyue-walk, Chelsea, to Los be was in-
formed that the defendant had declared that he would put
Ohl Mammy to enable him to go to New Zeeland, but
be al ad* sae good there, and when he Mimed, in-
...A his omnibus into the river. As defendant Intoxicated
a°141•91111 rim th° mmHg kw had Dammed him' ''''''' be paid no attention to the threat, and mounted his driving-
be had promised to doeke was informed that he only
1... ad
expressed idea......thwathet h. woda box, but had sooner dons o, than the defendant seized
eaaiei hie, the horses' heads,i
and lacked' them against a slight rail
,recap Pay IaDL rDir, he erta=ed,,eaduelCie -e,, ieteo which simantee the embankment from the Thames. By a
Mdo what be did ; but he that M """ --. meat ffort, coca lainant drove the ho • little
firm Dr murder him, although he was scareely aware what be Toeing but defendant backed them with suchns force that
sots asingitths. time. but for the carriage striking against a tree the rail would
terns 1, ad.litiethemtmmhieedbade°' aammtdmtbstedt as Ufa prison, have broken
n down and
. the
ladiesomnibusthe an the carrago, whose
s deneLoted the tenor they felt at the imminent danger
buff" heewth• coxatojmy ittet2, aamtdthwhethembs: heMiteeteetodedtbatot ruedti in which ItheiviLarecodplailyed...
inDetofc.tentadtywas then taken from
the prosecutor, or only to do him some serious mischief. He
Thomas Pearman, t 53 V. acid be found the defendant by
then calledtor,
their attention to all the material points in the
ids side of the omnibus, Wing the most disgusting language.
I evidence bearing upun these two questions. Defendant said, " I am very sorry, and will take care that
The jury, after deliberating fora short time, found the ~, shall not occur mi...
prisoner Guilty, upon the first count of the indictment, of " 11 endeavour to take care of that
wounding with iutent to murder, but they at the same _Mr. Arn°ld—Aped-wi.
also. What your motives or object could be in committing
time recommended him to mercy. this offence I cannot understand, but bad it not been for
Bum Chaunell inquired upon what ground they gave
this recommendation ? the omnibus being stopped by a tree moot disastrous
•
The jury said they did so on account of the prisoner, 1 ommequences might have reendtcd froyour act. It is a
„ . great pity that the charge entered against you is for being
after his brother was in the pit, going away without at
tempting to do him any further injury. I drunk and disorderly. Had you been otherwise charged I
I might have dealt differently with you. Yours is as bad •
Baron Channel, in inesing_sentence, said that the primmer 1 „.., well he wired, end i shall fine von fin , end
bad been convicted of the offence of wounding with intent case ,WI ''... W WW
lind one surety in M. to keep the peace for
to murder, an offence which, under any circumstances, was Mu"' y°1t_r!.....,,,_
ate of • moot serious character, but which was aggravated three memm m• was locked rip in default.
in the present instance by the fact that the person whom , Jots Williams, Willies' &keret, sod Henry Gamtde,
he bad beep convicted of attempting to murder was his cell ' three how-Looking fellows, were charged with attempting to
brother, and the jury Lad only returned this verdict after obtain au antrum into gentlemen's houses by means of
very careful consideration. It was true that they had, at skeleton keys.
the same time, recommended him to mercy, and had also Alexander Heady, sergeant., 28, said—Between seven
given the ground for their doing so. He was always most and eight last evening I was in plain clothes in Warwick.
anxious to give full effect to a reeerameutlation to mercy by street, Pimlico, when I saw these three men and another.
aury, but when the pseud for such a recommendation was, who has got away. They divided into couples, and
is his opinion, not • satisfactory one, he felt it was his duty, went up end down the street in a very suspicious way, look.
although it was undoubtedly a painful one, not to give any its very head at some of the houses. After some time the
effect to it. The prisoner therefore stood before him eon- man who has got away and the prisoner Roberta went up
Mated of the offence of wounding his own brother with to the door of 85, Warwick-street, and Roberts put some-
intent to murder him--an offence for which only • very thing Into the keyhole, but it did not open the door. He
short time ago his life might have been forfeited, sea be was then took something from the man who has es.
still liable to be sentenced to penal servitude for life. He taped, and again tried, but did not get in. They
should not go to that extent ; but, taking into ooesideratiou then loft the door for a moment or two, and were
the very aggravated character of his crime, he felt that his returning to it when they observed me, and went down
duty to the public compelled him to sentence him to be the street. I followed until I sew a constable in tint.
kept in penal servitude for the specs of 20 years. form and beckoned him, and we secured the three
The prisoner, who did not exhtbit the slightest indication peisotters who era here, but the fourth escaped. Roberts
of hob*, sou then removed from the bar. I threw something away, and we bed no opportunity of look-
-- keg for it then, but we afterwards found a piece of wax
THIRD COURT. land* and there were some Inciter matches on Roberta.
Mr. Arnold—Did you find any skeleton keys ?
(Before the Comma Seabant.) Sergeant Huddy—The man who had throe. One
Henry Herbert, 17, closer, as effooodingly wetirmeed geamelly curie, them, sod the man who them for one
young man. was indicted foe Arlin 90 yards of Moth, at a time from him.
value 21. 12e., the pr. of Out Rawilassia. i Mr. Arsold—Are the prisoners known?
The prosecutor is • seuesseaa IsHareelekest, Cheep- Sergeant Haddy—Thers is an officer here who knows
side, sad heaths statement al Poidereenslable Jae lbw them.
lemon, as she that of it Eutaw, it eppeered that ea I A pellosema mid bs knew Williams and Roberta in other
the 16th of this month, _ hub= ken, the petether names. Roberta had been tried for highway robbery_ and
opened thee/ward teethed the miasma amil team' agedthed, and had afterwards, ea he thought °odd be
up the bode of sloth is gale, width war elegialeg proud, been charged at Ilarlborousbetreet.
seat thedoor with &piled Ahem, be theßypthirei Mikevgli Mums were remanded for a week.