The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-31 00:00:00

Nouvrica, MARCH 30.

Mr. Justice Williams opened the commissions in this city
and county on Saturday. There are no snow in the city,
and only three prisoners, one of whom is indicted for
fraudulent conoesbnent of bia property after having bees
adjudged a bankrupt. There are seven causal for trial in
tbecounty—five common and two special juries—the two
latter being causes arising out of the inundations in the
fens. The county calendar contains the names of 28
prisoners, two of whom are charged with murder, four with
manslaughter, one with abduction, two with perjury, one
with ra and the rest with the ;stud offences found is
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Duncan M'Phail, 34, and Gee. Woods, 45, were indicted
for having murdered Ann Waln, at Ribehester, and also
with committing a burglary at her house. Than were two
other men concerned in the affair, one Daniel Carr, who
died imulidiately before the trial emu os, and the other
Benjamin Hartley, who was admitted as en &mown. On
the 11th of November last Mn. Aims Wa • widow,
who kept a beerhowie and smell farm at Ribchater, about
half-way between Blackburn and Prestos, was murdered.
Her servant man having gone to his work at the usual time,
discovered that Inc mistress had not rises, and knocked at
the door fur some time ; but as no response was
given, and as Mrs. Waln Need by herself, he thought
something wu wrong, and compound an examination
lof the premises. He discovered that an entrance had been
made into the bons* through the back window, and that
Mrs. Wale bad been murdered. When the police went
into the room they found the deceased in bed with her hands
tied to the bed post, with n handkerchief very tight round
her throat, and with a pocket handkerchief forced into her
month. She was quite deed. For some little time the
whole thing appeared to be shrouded in mystery, but ia a
few days a man of the name of Thomu Boning called at
Wilma's to engage a horse and cart to remove some furni-
ture. During their interview M'Phail and Bowring eon-
unwed about the recent murder, when M'Phail made certain
communications which led Bowring to see the police,
and M'Phail, together with the other prisoners, sou
taken into custody. At first the statements of
Pouring were denied, but in the course of • little time
Hartley confessed the crime, and, being admitted as an ap-
prover, detailed the circumstances of the robbery and mur-
der. He stated that be, in company with the other pri-
sown, concealed themselves on the night of the murder in
a barn belonging to the deceased until after twelve o'clock,
when they forced one of the windows and entered the hones
After searching below they went upstairs and demanded of
the widow where her money was kept. She began to
scream, and then Hartley took hold of her, and held
her while Wood, and the other prisoners boot her about
the bead is a moat brutal manner. When
they had so far disabled their victim as to lead them to
suppose that both resistance end alarm wen oat of the queer-
Doe, they proceeded to ransack the bourne, Ind having found
181., they divided it and took their departure.
A mess of evidence wee adduced.
After an hour's shampoo, the jury returned a Tartlet of
Guilty, with a recommendation to mercy.
Both prisoner were sentenced to death.

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