The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-03 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING. AUGUST 3, 1852.

'foul, known the deceased. The body was lying
on a table in her house, with a wound Wrow
the throat, five or six inches in extent. The
gullet, the windpipe, and most of the larger ves-
sels were eompletely cut through, the ',seeing of
almost any one of which would have caused death. Wit-
ness has attended the prisoner professionally f,r 311 ail; etion
of the head. Seven weeks ago he was called iu by the do
ceased to atti nd her son William, who complained of head-
ache, drowsiness, and ether symptoms indicating an in-
flamed or excited state of the brain. By wittnu's advice
the prisoner was bled, and appropriate means were used to'
allay the symptoms of excitement ; and in about a fortnight
the prisoner told witness he was quite well. In the course
of enotlu r fortnight, however, the deceaszd aLtaite came to
witness, and asid William was still very unwell, and that
he could not go to work. That was two or three weeks
before the occurrence in question. She reqoe..ted witness
to see her eon again, which he did. Prisoner
appeared to be relieved, though he still com-
plained of headache. The mother said he was often
rambling, and that he made absurd answers, hut witness,
after careful examination, found him quite rational. Ile
ordered some lowering remedies, and soon afterwards the
mother reported favourably of the young man's progress.
On Friday morning (the day preceding the fatal occurrence)
the ileeeased again came to witness, and said her son did
not seem so well. Witness then gave another blister fur
the back of the neck, and desired to see the young man.
Alter this he never saw Mrs. Thomas again alive.
In reply to the magistrates, Mr. Byerly said that such a
wound as Ea saw on the deceased, if inflicted during sleep,
would have caused death so instantaneously as to have pre-
' vented the least alarm or resistance.
The prisoner bring asked in the usual manner if lie
had anything to say to the witness, replied firmly, " No,
I have no questions at all."
Sir Edward Cult inquired of Mr. Byerly if he had had
any conversation with the mother of the prisoner relative
to the latter being sent to an asylum ?
Mr. Byerly stated that he had advised the mother in
case her son did not get better to have him properly
looked after; but it was chiefly from her own reports that
that advice was given, as he (witness) never saw any
thing leading to the belief that the young man was vio-
lent, and he had never seoken an irrational word to
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Sir E. Cust—But from the symptoms which you saw and
have described, did you not think it wrong to leave the
prisoner all Friday and Saturday in such a state ?
Witnesa—No; he seemed better, and as I hate stated
he nevi r spoke an irrational word to me.
This being the whole of the evidence, the prisoner was
askel in the usual way whether he had anything to say in
answer to the charge, being cautioned that whatever he did
say would be taken down in evidence, and might be used
against him on the trial, to which he would be sent, he
ra"lied, in a firm voice," No, I have nothing to say at all."
Be was then fully committed for trial at the neat Che.hire
Anises, which will commence on Monday neat.
At lour o'clock yesterday afternoon the county coroner
opened hie inquisiti-n on the body of the murdered woman,
at which the same evidence as that adduced before the ma
gietrates was tendered, and the jury were still sitting when
our reporter left Birkenhead.