The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-20 00:00:00

A FARMER STABBED BY HIS BROTHER.

George Deadman, a small farmer, residing at
the North Stroud, in the parish of Eastmeon, MU Peters.
field, was brought up at the magistrates' clerk's office on
Saturday. charged with cutting and wounding his brother,
Joseph Nadine°, on Tuesday last.
The prosecutor (who appeared very weak) deposed—On
Tuesday, the 13th. about 1. o'clock, I saw the prisoner
(my brother) on his own Lod. I went to him, and asked
what he had cut down the fence for. I put up my fist, but
did aot strike bin,. He came up to me, and I thought he
was going to strike me with his fist. I did not see the knife
till he struck me. The cut was on the edge of the jaw-
bone ;it was a lied cut, and the doctor sewed it up. My
son was about ten yards from me ; he came up. and we
threw him down and took the knife from him ; he did not
attempt to strike him with the knife again ; he got up and
went away. About half an hour after I sod my wife went
to the police-station at Petenfield, and I gave the knife to
the soperintendcut. I had washed the blood off the knife
is the ditch. The knife (which was • pocket knife) was
produced, and identified. . . . .

BT prisoner-1 wee on your premises (belonging to Sir W.
Jolbefe). I did not strike you at all. I believe my son
struck you with a stick afterwards, but I do not know.
George Deadman (son of the prosecutor) deposed—On
Tuesday, the 13th, about 12 o'clock, I was in my father's
meadow. My father war in the lane (a private one). My
mule was also in the lane with • horse and cart. My father
asked him what be pulled down the hedge for. He said he
did Ato let the Wyes out. M father told him if he would
put down the knife he'd tell him if he'd poll down the
hedge or sot. Ile then swung the knife round and struck
my father iu the face. 1 saw the blood follow and run
down his neck. I was about 10 yards off sad ran to help to
take the knife away. I took ups stick and struck at him,
but do not know if I struck him or not, and we threw him
down. We let him get up and he went away.
Frederick John Gray deposed— lam assistant to Messrs.
Whichor and Ones. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon of
Tveday, the 13th inst., the prosecutor Cll2lO to the surgery,
and said he had been stabbed by his brother. Upon exami.
nation I found an incised wound cut to the brow, about an
, inch above the angle of the left jaw. I stitched it and
stripped it up. I saw the wound to-clay, and it is doing
well. tut be was sot out of danger. The knife produced
would cause such a wound.

Mr. Superintendent Longbinds deposed—On Tuesday, the
13th of this mouth. I received the knife I now produce, and
flora information I received from prosecutor I took the
prisoner into custody, and charged him with cutting his
brother with a knife. He said, ' I was obliged to do some-
thing ; I am sorry I struck with the knife ; I knew I had
done wrong by cutting him."
After the usual caution from the magistrate, prisoner
said—l went there on Tuesday morning last, and Lewin
making my own hedge. It cleared up fine, and I left it,
and got my horse and cart and began drawing swedes down.
I bad left my tools there, and was going beck after to clear
my ditch out. My brother came along wbrn 1 was coming
out of the field with the last load of swedes. He 1W:el
u.e what 1 had done that for. I told him I was going to
make a new hedge up there. He said if I meddled with it
any more he'd knock my heed off in two minutes. lie
then came ten yards into my premises, and ran his fist into
my face and skinned it. I tbea made a bit of a blow at
him, forgett.og I had the knife in my hand, and cut Wm in
the face accidentally. I bad the knife trimming swedes in
my band.

The prisoner was committed for trial at the assizes, and
asked for bail, which being allowed,
John headman (prisoner's brother) and Thomas Greet)
were bound over as sureties in 10'. each. and the several
witnesses alio to appear, in the same sum each.—S,irrrfi
Wan4,trtl.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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