The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-04 00:00:00

A GUILTY COUPLE.

Is the last sitting of the Court of Assizes of the
Haste-Vienne, a man named Leger and his wife, Marie,
nettling at the village of Leheoasse, were tried for the
murder of the father of the latter. It was proved, in avi-
deuce, that Leger, on his marriage, had gone to live with
the parents of Marie, • respectable couple named Moreau
and that after a while lie got wearied at the idea of
having to maintain them. This made him eatartain •
violent hatred of them, and hie wife shared his *anti-
meets. He Militantly Met the aged pair with great
brutality; and his wife seldom hesitated to assist him
in doing so. To his neighboars be Mee said,
" I wish they were dead. I wink I weld make them
swallow a tarp dale of arsenic. I would willingly
give two casks of wise to lave tires buried." Ile
end his wife at length deprived the aged ample of sufficient 1
food, end the wow severe times Mewed bread to pt
mouldy wean than give it am. fate 96th June lest,
the old man waled, begged of his r to Five hint
a bit of bend, bet ate 1= . Being very
hungry, be, with the 11= CtiliThe mffit, took a goat
to a asighbeerleg veep awl sell it. Delon le warned,
the hush plow nand the gut, and sway Wed her
motile oast lid bosom of it. The either retuned
some vague ugly, wherstusa she stied with a foul oath,
" Yee ben iq yea eld +teeth and I will kill yoa! "
The Mel. Omer, wise ewe le et the time, on hew-
ing of Os drsourftess, dew Me a terrible passion,
and bleed the obi 1/011111a it the Mgt savage way.
The pow mature went to meet her husband, and
prevemead him from rittandeg home. They pro-
ceeded tea village at sem lNtls distesse, eel puled the
sight la the lease of a Mimi la the may of the seat
day they, relesedi blue, sad dud the two Osumi wait-
ing for *OM The Osumi Awed thee to Muse IS a
barn ia while Step wen seenotowed to Jeep. Sins time
after the wenn was seas kaki out as if to stoat e Set
se the two seer. weed bet Mind Uwe emit Ye the
bused dsonedsd the w poi for the pat, whisk
wok lift ne obi =as wear. le give IL The women
tubed es bleb, eel sweet ad biked Ma with
grestelliwlZ,ael the male primer the begun to M. eat hit.
Tbe old man rase and ram set of the hem Ha was
hired by the couple, who renewed desk brutality.
Ifienwbibi the she wawa gave an alas to the
ail Uwe they arrived they Mil Ibl
ekilidgilegify in' on the mud, with the wale pri-
mer stamping on and kicking him, sod crying, " Yeti old
seenedni ! kill you! Give we the sormay !" to which
the elk .m Wady uswerith liras! pardon!" On
swig the nephew_ agrees* the hide sold, " Leave
bin saw or yen will UT blur at
the sea soutinued
bis beeleilly. ealgitheors at length resesed the
sides t be was hi a dreadlni state. He was seamed to
the With& at lioshoewowt, but *ugh own attention
UM gold bit le died ia those days. lager ail his wife
wen serathed. The Amer sdi, la W that it was
lie wife who MI stuns Ili to it-trout the oldahem, MA ; the
latter cawed the beadweed. The jury desired Leger=
of levies eaesel death without having lauded te .
remire; and hie wills rag ef leads' hese ble aseswelies.
ere Gaut entemeed the wit to tweedy, eel the IMMO to
ten yews' impel sserant with herd Ishii.

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1852.