The Express.
London, England, 1852-07-22 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—WOSCESTER, JILT 21.
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laraosß. _ _

Mare Rubins, alias Mary dam Richards, aged ZS, single
woman, was charged with the wilful murder of Lucy
Rickadt, her intsat, about three weeks old, at Olduwlo-
ford, is the month of Juno I.i.t. . .

Mr. Whitmore appearsd fur the prosecution, and stated
the facts el' the case. Mr. Hoddlesaori for the prisoner.
-titre./ Knowles, a miser, soon,. Knows a tire-clay pit,
called Hayes Pit, in Old•winfonl parish. Was at work
there on the 23rd of June, and found the body of *child at
the bottom of the pat. There was about two inches of
water resr the body at the time. palavered the body to
Felice constable &thy.
Selley received the body from the last
viten and took it to the Swan public house, at the Lye.
The child was dre•scd. Had heard the prisoner was sob•
jest to flu, and that she was considered "soft."
l'olice•constahle Henry Burton apprehen4ed the prisoner
on the 23rd of June. She denied having been confined,
said die bad not had a child for the last two years. 'l'he
sairg.on came and examined her, and found that she had
been ree.•ntly mallet Witness then charged her with
the murder; upon which she admitted that she had given
birth to a child at Mary Anne Bannister's, at Batton, but
that it h..il dad after haying hail a warm bath, and was
bunco: at Balaton with a man who died of the fever.
Uu crow-esanni.ation, %doer said he did not think the
prisoner had a bright or clear intellect."
Mr. Edward Moore, su7geon, of Haleanwen, examined
the bdy of the dead child. Fiend several (*sessions on
the easy of the head, and t►e brain itself was smashed,
sullicient:yoo so to cause death. The injuries were probably
eccasionii by the falL The other portions of the body were
generally healthy.
Crosaexasained—There was no discoloration on the scalp.
and it WJI eery unusual to find wounds without discolour.
atiow when the wounds were inflicted during life. There
were appearances like those when death was oces-
'Coosa by couvu:sions, but convulsions would not mewl the
keine. Had seen instances when women waft Comport-
rily depnved of their reason two or three weeks after coo.
tinew.ut. Being subject to tits would probably predispose
the author to puerperal mania. The appearances were
consistent with the fact of the child having been thrown
down the pit just before or immediately after death.
Mr. V. su►geon, of Stourbridge, deposed to his exa-
mination of the prisoner, and that she had been 'mealy
confined.

Assn Mich, assistant nurse ►t Wolverhampton W,rk-
house, posed that the prisoner was confined in that home.
It was • healthy child. Prison,r left the wo►khouse ea
the 19:h, and took the child with her. It had as the UM.
clothes. Witness saw the prisoner after the eMid wee
found. Prisoner fainted on seeing her, and afterwards
►aid t►e Devil had tempted her to make away with the
child. The child had tau or three coostilsive fib a day
while in the workhouse.

Ann klanby, storekeeper at the Wolverhampton Work-
house, said the prisoner confessed to her that she sat down
by the side of the pit and gadded the child, which ►ad •
tit and then she threw it down the pit.
Mary 'turner, who lives ►t t►e.,Staurbridp Polio, Sta-
tion, corroborated thin evidence.
_ _

James Everitt, shoemaker of Lye, ow the prisoner on
the evening of the 19th near to the pit in gnostic"'; she had
gething with her then.
This being the ow fur the Mr. Reiglefeeras
addrissid the jury in • meet>reihiNaMaer Nett eMONMIL
Hs suggietid the: the wretched we... set dews at the
pit's ni.nith, sod the child being taken in convulsions, It
died, and then the mother threw it do., o. To support this,
he 1.. minded the jury that no discoloration apptarcd on
the child's head, which must have been the miss it the con-
tuaionshad been made before death.
_ _

Ha Lordship then summed up, and the Jury, after a
abort consultation, retuned a verdict of Guilty, and she
was aeateaced to death, wit►out any hope of mercy.
The primact was a most wretched looking object, and ap-
peared is the greatest dismal during the whole of the tri.il.

M/Di.AND CIRCUIT.—Dma, JrLT 21.
Ten SARLIT MURI4II..
At seven o'clock last night the trial of Daniel Freeman,
Mir the wilful murder of an old weaned at Seeley, was
brought to • close before Mr. Justice Coleridge.
On the 29th of Juue the deceased, who resided in • eat-
tags near Seeley, went to Drayeott a shopping. On her
return about one o'eloek in the day, the pn otter, it is
supposed, was in the house (for what purixec does not appear),
and shortly after this as • female, named Kilburn, was
gessiar, the observed the prisoner in the yard scattering
something like dour, and muttering, " Fleur, you —."
On kiokia.r through the cottage window, end seeing blood
upon tho door, an alarm was given, and • number of per-
sona same to the spot. At that time the prisoner was in
the set of breaking things in the hews, and throwing them
through the window ; and so violent wee be, that nobody
dared to gu up to him. At length • stone wee thrown at
which inflicted • severe wound on the head, and m-
itered him partially insensible, and be wee captured.
The body of the cleansed was found in the mei, covered
with dour, tad a stone trough, a clock, Sala tee•tra upon
it, 5h0t:44.4/1y mutilated. The blood flowed copiously from
the wound inflicted upon the prisoner' and ise became more
sutsluid On being asked 'how he came to kill the old
woman, he said "Why, she bit es tint" [lt is supposed
he was rating heartily, when she returned hoes and dis-
covered him.) He then said " I hit her with the poker
three times, and knocked her down."
Mr. Serpent Miller eaboitted that the kreeity of the
dmd need gib
proved Nit lha .= was in •
treaty of insanity • sod le Ailed the prisoner's
brother, who meted kw Owe led bus theanity in the
family, dallies *smarm had bees maths about foe
years. It wee she peeved rag • die bat sae prise
the murder the prisoner um et piety
in • state of nudity, and OM lbws eameedtma
as se•
duet be w taken toshe lathy eat • samosa la.
The Bargees seemed bine, be Whoa up at the salsa meth-
bowie, all daggeresa vesper le be 'moved est of his
week as be was decidedly twee, and statiniakthr
he would call and see Ma again on the
. Os the asersiog, however, the
tieneWaLeated limhirge=tine stout men with' him
es lam sone miles e• em sea Se was taken is the
diseetica of Cade nuke" whisk is on the way to
Rowley. He (the lemma ethaati gaimitted that the pri-
some% state of miad mho at Ashb), and his conduct when
be bed dew the desk must peeve be ass of common sense
that he was labserbi under
Isle lordship summed up, mad aim ennsiderahle dtdiber- I
Oa jury nursed • needled el•—" Chi* of the
bet vs tesimund hillll9ll/111/01141a 81111111114•1 the
week Age of his Wei"
Ilds kola*
_sathised to tith thedith. sad thee Wend
et demi ft be neseded, Odin Oat dee saes
t Vgle ashen to seththia bin Simi earaitsisi anther
sod es set. 11 is laid*. is ethane, is the assideet of
the seek,' at Ashby, who Ist the Omer Casa, art=
hies the opportunity of eandillig this Ned aim.
I do sot lake to maws apeessa reopeadaa when I
have *alp heard the on sae die • bat
if then is no issue ow be adheek, I
seams help saying that again maid be awn
hap/epee the. tie
pr
Sine who awoeis rithemity et Ashby'
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dad if thee pestals, the the usethaable *Wet of
7seil awe passe, linty sad pease to their OM
sr skims, ewahl suffer Ida le ge ae isa.taldes awe
that he woes beyond the limits at :Mb iiew NNW IMO-
'. dries they en sespensible la the eight ef God Ile the
• aeis be hes sines asemithil, mad deep oaths to be made re•
spensibie to the den jeetiew et the erhatty.

NORTHERN CTRCLIT.—Tcrax, /CU' 20.
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Bass LIIILDCOO J;;.CallP11
IIIeTIULATNINT or Cau.nazw.
Elaceneth Johnsen was indicted for having, at Barßas-
tes Wq, ill-esed two children, of whew' she was the stop-
age/OM

idr.hompose woodusted the , wldoit woe
iewitteed by tbe seeehees of limbs.
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food and clothing to ems . . W...1_
she was the step-metber. 11111111111111 W too
al.er of the chafes Whom Soh There were several steeds ie die MI or
which charged acts of el-ttehant bolsi he didree,
with intent to munlor dam Oa he eh et Iley he. •
smiglitioar of the primmer's heed es tom lb (we
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found them consequently went to the aunt of the children,
the sister of their own mother, and she west to John-
son's
AGSM, told Mrs Johnson where the children bad I
been found, and desired her to fetch them hi Inc. Neither
she nor her husband, who is • 6Sheireali, did fetch them
home ; and at eleven o'clock at night they were provided
for by the person be had so humanely taken pity apes
them (Mr. Fairbotton), and next day they Sore sent troths
workhouse. It was alleged against the gelsoncr that dim
February, 1851, she had frequently Illeseed these
by turning them out of doors at wweeemennble IheesebetigZ
threatening to heed them if they osenassi. They
to be hungered, and the neighboen lad end dattled=t
times, but the clothes which they gave thew always soon
disappeared. As on the 4th of May, the children were
often exposed to the inclemency of the weather,
having been found during this night in privies,
oat-houses, and in the streets Prisoner had
been frequently remonstrated witb, %hen she expnend
herself in unfeeling terms towards the children, saying on
one occasion that she hated the little devils, and that she
would poison them." The neighbours had frequently been
disturbed at night-time by the cries of the children, in con-
sequence of the ill treatment they esperieneed; and on one
occasion, when the sound of something falling on to the
floor had been heard, it was found afterward• that the pri-
soner had been beating the little girl, ann had then throun
her out of bed by the 11.4 ef Cie heed.
The prisoner made a ststeu....nt ohcu I, foie the megis-
trate,, which is effect she repeated now. It embraced a
general denial of the charges of ill-treatment preferred
against her, and imputed want of parental we on the part
of het husband, to whose first wife's friends she attributed
ea influence over the children (especially the little girl)
and their father, which had led to bad conduct on the
part of the little girl, and • disposition in the husband to
neglect his duty towards his children and his wife. She also
stated that at times she had neither food nor clothing to
give them.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, both of great neglect
and ill treatment.
. . .

Lord Campbell, in sentencing the prisoner, reproved her
in terms of great severity for the cruelty and neglect of
which she hcd been guilty, and sentenced her to two years'
imprison Mt nr.
John Joh.lor., the ht.: and, RIR also arraigned upon a
similar indictment, but the pr weeution offered no evidence,
end a verdict of .tevuitt.tl hy.ving been taken, he was die-
charged.
His Lordship, in directing this verdict, remarked that
from the investigation which bad just taken place no blame
would appear to be imputed to the husband. He was fond
of the children, and in the lifetime of his first wife he had
taken care of them, and comfortably fed and properly
clothed them. But since the death of his first wife, though
he had still been industrious in doing what he could to
maintain his family, and to provide food for them, yet that
food bad not been administered to thina,snd they were left
destitute, but by no fault of his.

Cauwr COUST.—Barnaz 111 a. Jl.nes RIONTAN.
Tms UVLL Mvanza.

John snipe, 21, and Janos SmitA, 21, were Indicted, un-
der the coroner's inquisition. for the wilful murder of
William Francis Maplethorp, at Hull, on the 22nd of May
I last. The bill against the prisoners, preferred before the
grand jury, was ignored.
Mr. Granger applied to his lordship fora postponement
of the trial, on the ground that a bank note which was in II
the possession of the deceased at the time be was murdered,
had been traced to a man named Benson, only a few days
' ago. The prosecution had not had time to procure the
requisite evidence to trace the note any further than into
the hands of Benson, who had made a statement to the
effect that he had taken the note of • man whom he did
not know, but of whose appearance he had given a
general description. The learned coursed had little thread
that at the neat maims the prosecution' would be able to
add this additional link in the chain of evidence, but for
want of sufficient time they had not been able to do so at the
present maims.
Mr. Manley and Mr. Seymour, on behalf of the prisoners,
strenuously opposed the application.
His lordship said there was sufficient ground for the post-
ponement of the trial. That a great crime had been cum-
mated by somebody must not be forgotten, and it was
therefore necessary that all reasonable facilities should be
afforded for procuring evidence which was considered of
importance. The additional testimony might not affect the
prisoners, but of that he gave no opinion. Under all the
eircumstanci s of the case he thought it his duty to postpone
the trial till Vie neat winter gaol delivery.
Mr. Gramm applied to his lordship to allow the costs of
the prosecution, as great expense had been incurred in pur-
suing the inquiry.
1131 10141511 y hesitated to accede to the application,
whereupon
Mr. Thompson observed that it was the common practice
to allow the costs of the prosecution in cases where the
grind jury had thrown out the bills, unless there was some
special rime given to the contrary.
Hie lordship ultimately agreed to allow the costa of the
prosecution.
There being no other business, the aseiam terminated,
shortly before ten o'clock.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—YrnzaDAT.
Ms. SILIJIAXT ADAMS, ASOMITANT Rasa)
EXTRAORDINARY CAII.
77tonsas Whiteher, • builder, ia Gilbert's-buildings,
Westmiaster-road, wu indicted for has aseaulted sad
indicted actual bodily barns oa Geo. The. Minor. Mr.
Metcalf' prosecuted, aad Mr. Parry appeared for the de-
fendant.

The learned colducl having shortly stated the cue to the
jury, called
The prosecute), who deposed—l am a linendraper, in
Somers-town. I lived in Chapel-street. I had • residence,
No. 2, Shrubland-grove, Dalton. Formerly I °coupled
apartments in the defendant's house, that was about three
months before this transaction. I lived there with my wife,
but we were obliged to leave in conseqmeneo of the pertina-
city with which he paid his attentions to my wife. He
thought proper to pay beg particular attentions as I thought.
If ever I awl my wife had • few words, he was alwayoreadg
to interfere. He would take her by the hand, stroke her
shin, and sag, Poor dear Mrs. -Minor, what a pity
it is that Minor should get so angry. He would
put Ilb arm round her waist, pat her cheek,
and 'qui to her, and do all this before
.my
face. (Much laughter.) I considered him an in-
truder, and I should rather think such doings were an
intrusion. I had not need to go home to Dalton every
night, on account of the distance. I used to go twice •
week. 1 went home on the night of the 26th of May by
accident. That war • night I was not expected boom
The night for my being at home that week would bays
butt Wednesday. Well, when i got there an the Tgesday
night it was about tea o'clock. My wife was not at home.
She came home at a little after one o'clock on the morning
of the Zith of May. She came home in • cab. Directly I
beard the cab 1 thinight it was her, mad I rushed out, and
I found that the defendant had sees hems with her.
When the cab Stove up the defesdem moped the deer, yet
out, and began to a!rugo ble deem we dismired.
I had not seen my wife 111 thessb they bet.son=gmbe
was there, I was going to the alb, whim he
offered me his hand, and said, "Ah, Minim w ham, ber;
do you do ?" I said, " How's this; this I. met sSi beer
to: you to be out with my wife." I sue le As mit
and there I saw my will on themat with bar drum die-
arranged in a peculiar manner. liar resent was broken
hack and front, her hair was banging Meet bar Iwo, the
combs were out, and she was drunk. Om arias earrings
Wes missing! I got her inside the hem. She wee is es
euitod state of intoxication. Whitiget Wm by Ate mega
sober—in fact, he was drunk tee. Ilea her lissd. and
helped her up the steps. Wham gel bee In, be embed MO
the step to the door, and mil be wadi sem is i.e. I mid,
" No, you shall not." He might me by the MEW M gem
In, and I caught him by the cellar to peek blue est I sam
him • push, and as I was sober, and he wan ha gipped
gown two or three stepo—he did not tailor ha laid by to
railings. When be recovered himself, he mom up to me,
and struck mo • blow on the mouth with Vs dashed Sat.
It was a violent blow. My lip was est. and h rim bi-
llowed, and blood was drawn. Ile aberweeds struck me •
blow on the chest whisk caused me eit spit bleed fur more
than an hour afterwards. I called bathe police • a con-
stable tams up in about six minutes, and I gate Lim into
custody.
Cross-ermined-1 paid rent for the home in Shrubland
Grove indirectly. 1 and my wife were not separated. A
deed of separation was drawn up, but sot executed. Such
• thing wee never dreamed of until after we knew Whitcher.
The deed was not executed because my wife said she could
not live without me. (Groat laughter.) The Wu was
not taken in my name. I have bun married about four
wife had a childchildbefore marriage--• sou—now
14r. My of age. He has some property under • deed of
gift from his father. The house was taken la hie masse.
The rent was Mg. a year. I allowed six shillings per week
towards the rent, the rest wall in respect of the boy. Elmo
of the furniture belongs tome, the remainder I have made
over to two trustees fur the comfort of my wife. (A laugh.)
I have now • warehouse at No. 7, Crown-strut, Houton-
square, and live at No. 1 Denton's-buildings, Somers-
tows. When this occurred I carried on business in Chapel-
street. I was not here last session. I was in Whitecross-
greet, for they got up • conspiracy, and said I was about
to leave the country, and by that WARS got me locked up
on • espies. 1 set maids the capiaa by proving that I was
not going to leave the country. I swear that I did set
strike bin an the chest before he struck me. Whim he
Ante me I tom se to step. I bed set bees weft with
kimi. Who he Mil snick me be nu to the ash. sedleelled
a* le the saltmas S. "drive ea." I wee Waft est
" pike ^ a tie time. I see him from the gab, mod
them be genie at me • blow eves the sibma's sheeMer.
The ambers wished me ant to Mee him is dims.
Pelkermsalsble 136 N mewl Wag lass the deem.
deg iniesseeedy by dimities el the preseastee, wb• se the
time be derma was bleeding from the ineetb. The Blbs-
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