The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-09 00:00:00

ATTINTTRD MURDER OF ♦ %Villa BT KIR HUSBAND

WITH A CHOPPER.
An Irish labourer, named Potricic Noomas residing at
No. 6, Southampton.terrace, Gospel Oak-fielda, Hanuipteed,
was brought before Mr. Mansfield charged with attempting
to murder his wife, Elizabeth Noonan, with &chopper ; also
further charged with assaulting Police-constables Jobs
Way, 410 S, William tarter, 325 8, and William Wood.
bridge, 306 S, to prevent his apprehension, and while they
were in the execution of their duty.
Anne Morris, residing in the same hones as the prisoner,
said—Last evening I was in my room. and about hall.past
4 I heard she prisoner and his wife go upstairs into their
own room. They had not been up long before I heard loud
words aa if they were quarreling, and shortly after a heavy
fall on the door. This had no sooner happened than the
prisoner's little girl ran down the stairs to me, screaming
" Murder" sod saying her father was chopping her mother's
head off. I ran upstairs, and was horrified at seeing the wife
sitting on the floor, with blood streaming from some fright-
ful wounds cio her head and arms. She had • child clasped
tight to her bosom, which was smothered in blood. Fri.
goner was sitting in • chair opposite his wife, and by
his side wa s • chopper. I went downstairs, followed by the
prisoner. I said • What bave you been doing'!" when he
said, " What am Ito do when she comes home drunk and
ran off. Hie wife then came downstairs into my room, the
blood still pouring from her wounds. Two doctors ware
sent for, who ordered her immediate removal to the hospital.
The medical certificate from Dr. Rawlins, of the Uni-
versity Hospital, described the serious nature of the
wounds. and said it was iropovsible for her to leave her bed.
Mr. Manafield—Was the woman drunk!
Witness—l did not see her till after this affair.
Mr. Mansfield—Was she sensible?

WitneesSise was, sir.
Mr. Mansfield—Was the prisoner sober?

Witneee—He was.
Mr. hfansfield—h the wife given to chink

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Witness—She bee a drop srmetimes.
Prisoner—She (witness) knows very well that she his
been drank every day for the last fortnight.
Mr. Mansfield—Wee there blood on the chopper!
Witness—Yee, your worship, and the room was all ova
blood.
The chopper was produced—a large one—and on it vii
both blood and hair. The woman's bonnet cmipletely
chopped to pieces was shown to biz worship.
Mr. Mansfield—lt is bad for your wife to get drunk, but
the law don't justify you in chopping her head off. Yon

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are remanded.', -- -
The charge of assaulting the police was not gone iota.

CHILD MURDER AT CHELSEA-COMMITTAL
OF THE MURDERESS.-(THIS DAY.)

This morning Mr. J. Bird, coroner for West
Middle's:. resumed at the Chelsea Workhouse the investi-
gation relative to the death of the female infest of Eliza-
beth Harvey, which was alleged to have been brutally mur-
dered.
Smith, 163 B, mid that on the morning of the 21. el cif
May he proceeded to N 0.6, Lowndes-square, where Elizabeth
Harvey was a housemaid. He found her in bed. The child
was lying on a box. Its throat was cut. The raz,wl:o-
- was lying on the mantle.shelf. It was bloody. Eli-
zabeth Harvey wee now in witoess's custody in the work-
house, to which she was removed. She made no statement.
Mary Smith said that on the 21st of May, Elizabeth
Harvey breakfasted, as usual, is the kitchen. Aftersards
she went to her room. and witness noticed blood ou the
floor. Next day 1)r. Dickenson was sent for, and the boll
' of deceased was found in one of Elizabeth Harvey's bons.
Dr. Dickenson said that he was sent for, ash found that
Elizabeth Harvey had given birth to • child. Decvaseil vas
found is a box with its throat cut from behind. The word
divided the spine, and was the cause of death.
Elizabeth Harvey, it was stated, had only been in service
at No. 6, Lowudes-square, two months, and was appareullf
a respectable youn4 woman.
The Coroner having summed up, said that the case ap
peered to be clearly proved.
The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder spied
Elizabeth Harvey."
The Coroner then issued his warrant for the committal of
the prisoner to Newgate for trial at the next session of the
Central Criminal Court.

MORE CARD-CIITATINii IN FRANCE.—The
'oriel Court of Angers has jut given judgment on ao +ITO
from a sentence of the Correctional Tribunal of Le Mans,
of the 24th April last, by which a youog man named Gutco
1)—, the son of most respectable parente, was condemoed
to a year's imprisonment and 50fr. fine, for cheating et
cards. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner,
who posse sea as income of 5,000 fr. a year. bas for setue
time peat been much addicted to gambling, sod has
lost and won important GUMS at Homburg and
other German watering-places. Ile was also
member of the Cercle de l'Union et Le M"
and was there noted as a bold and generally surceedid
player. In the winter of 11161, however, some mem
oat
bers
of the club began to suspect that his winning was
always the result of mere chance, and several persons who
watched him soon discovered that he had a peculiar manner
of arranging the cards when be held the bank at beinareti
so that he always bad the winning cards at his dispcsd
wheo be wanted them, but owing to the respectability 0.1
his friends no one liked to expose him. Emboldened by ho
pant successes, he resumed his old practices thi. last
winter, and won considerably during February and Marcb.
On the sth of the last-named month, when phol4
with Count de C , a cavalry officer, and On other
persons, he was caught in the act of rilsciog cards
at the top of the pack which he had previonelY
arranged to make his winning certain. Count de
C - - -, who had Inst 4,000 fr., denounced his prouedings.to
the president of the oercle, and after a careful investigatir
of the charges against him, he was requested to seed u,
his resignation as a member. He did so, but at the nor
time sent challenges to Count de C— and the other sit
gentlemen with whom he bad played on the ::ith March.
They all refused to meet a person who had been guilty
.0i
such diabonoumble conduct, sod the whole matter having
come to the knowledge of the law authorities, Proceed"'
were commenced against him which elided in the condemna-
tion above mentioned. Against this sentence
be pOw
appealed, but the court, after going through the codex*
and hearing counsel, declared that It moat be oonfirmat
and condemned him to pay all expenses.