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London, England, 1851-08-15 00:00:00

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HOME ClRCUlT.—Caortiox, AuGust 14.
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liAllittrON AND r, 111 E OKKAT NOIIIIIEII

ItAILW:%Y.

'lh.. was an action brought by mast contractors to retro-
WI 1111613 p.. fa. an alleAvil hr ah of contract by the de.
friolanta with regard to the delivery of a large number of
alrepers for ttu use of the railway.
C./.. presented no fraton sof interest to the public,
and it wasunderstoodthat it would. in all probability, be
leferred It was the last CALM fur trial, au l with it rutted
tlir• bwiiiio-is of the Ilume Circuit.

OXI4/1t1) At:GusT 13,
CSOINN (ben.-Banat. 11/1110,1
Is! VO,LAtIo H I 1:1t.
Mowed rorr,r, labourer. was chancs d with tie RUM`
daughter of Ito wile, Esther, by besting and kicking her,
at filtlieester, in April last.
From the depositions of the witnesses it appeared that no
N sturday the nth of April, during th.• holding of the last
spring sows at tilonemter, the prisoner was drinking at
the %V littl. Lion beer house in Iturtonostreet, when his wife
who '1.4,1 an industrious woman conic to the inn, and WishAl.l
to rpeak with him. She endeannired I,i prevail upon him
to I sent borne. and on his refusal she remonstrated with
bans ins the hardship of her being obliged to work at that
very house fur half a day to earn stapenee when he would
an there rail spend a shilling in an evening. At length the
}saner went out with his wife into an adjoining garden
horn wheeler the people of the house tinniediattly after-
words heard violent screams to proceed. On the
landlady, Mr.. Wilke., going out she found the
prieonsv besting his wife with great TiOleller, and forcing
her down upon an iron pallisading, against which he was
peniong her bowel.. Mrs. Wilkes called to her assistanie a
ran mulled Kirkland, who had great difficulty in tearing
the p sooner off kit wale, and on his doing so, the pour
woman fII to the ground in an insensible state, and never
spoke afterwards. The neighbours immediately sent fur •
surgeon. sod in the mean time gave the deceased brandy,
cal which .5 small tin:entity was paned down her throat,
whom she gave three hysterical crier and died soon alter.
On the as rival of the surgeon, Mr. Clarke. he found her is
a dying state pulreless, her extremetieo cold, and the '
puils of her eyes elilated. Leath was caused by anallusion
of blood on the base of the brain, the mob of the blows in.
lined by her brutal husband. When told of the very critical
Mate of his wife, the prisoner vOd, She may die and be —,
and the sooner the better ;" but when reason had resumed
Its way, and the poor woman was actually dead, hie eon-
duet I.s.eatne changed. Ile was very contrite, and hung
about his wife, kiwing hoe, anal exclaiming, I wish I
were hanged." The conduct of the prisoner in the dock
was very becoming.
At the clew of the case for the prosecution,
Mr. Cooke said he eould not contend against a verdict
of manslaughter, but he urged that the unfortunate
woman's death had heen the unlucky result of sudden
and violent passion on the part of her husband, which he
deeply deplores!.
six months' imprisonment.
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.1.01},1 .10.7 was iuslietevl on the conmers inquisition
for the manslaughter of James Chamberlain, on tie 7th of
May last. near Gloucester.
ilia affair Aron out of a drinking bout, which ended in
a quarrel between the deceased and the prisoner at the
Idanthony-bridge, near the Gloucester Docks. The sk-
eraed
and a man named Junes, the uuclo of Astra,
bad been drinking together, and west Oat to
fight. After two or three rounds, each man
appeared tired of attempting to thrash the other, and some
respectable parties who lived in the neighbourhood endea-
voured to restore peace, but Aston seemed determined that
bis uncle should fight. Aston then struck Chamberlain,
and's" being remmustrated with and told that if be re-
peated his cowardly conduct he should be giveu into cus-
tody, he replied with a remark that he had been fined lf.
for kicking a man, and that if be went to gaol again it
should be fir something more than that. Ile again struck
to deceased two or three sharp blows in the face, causing
OM blood to How, and the man then fell down. He was li
quite in a dcfeneelces state at the time, in a stooping pesi-
boo, and offering no molestation to any person. l i, friends
earned him home, and he shed on the following meriting.
No defence beyond au attempt to mitigate punishment
was made by the prisoner's counsel.
The prisoner was found Guilty. Twelve months' impel-
lonment.
AUGUST 14.
NW MVP 011CUT.—Bereas Ms. Jentea DILL.
Tan genie r. LOVEr AY .
This caw excited very great interest. It was a traverse
by John William Lwreday, miller and corndealer, of Pains-
wick, in this county, of an inquisition do lunatico taken
heftier Mr. Commissioner Winslow, at Gloucester, in Febru-
ary last.
Mr. lterjeant Allen and Mr. Gray were counsel for the
and Mr. Keating, Q.C•, and Mr. Pigott, for the
'MDT.
The commission 4111 hands ilaryikando occupied four
days. lei% Sas bees emerseired es the 26th of February last.
aril having occupied es* Marsh 1, at an cam:nous ca-
ress', such le it is asemplated will swallow up all the
alleged lunatic's preptty. The ease was one of
a peculiar kind, rid ire reesarkable for the °p-
ronto opinion captured by tie witnesses, :and especially
she numerous surgeons snmalsod as to the sanity of the
Missed lunatic. It wee alma as the past of the peti-
Owen that Mr. Leteday, rho ter • ars Omer property
bid &awed symptoms ef damity as early se 1141, ar thii
le keg geld a Rill at hierrieit writ dppy ar appy.
11W., es the ameba that I should he pelted dews. It
less sherril ripiset the sshelsrre gems Met he hsh
purl agreed Erie le may amain Map, rhea be bad I
mese sideereed • the ed%l.si et sredess. Mrs haled
rarsews
Arabsift toil Gest Ora by • Nallllllll.
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.heeded at Me ebasch for send =corsairs morigh
swift the Miyto meet bin. there. Alter Ms It sea

seated that he had been under • delusion that he must I
marry another lady, and that he had brought a fiy to the
lady's door, demanding her of her servants. It was also i
stated by several witnesses that he was under the impres- I
&ion that people wished to injure him, and that if a 1
certain book could be found it would prove him to be en. I
titled to some considerable property, under the will of the I
late famous Jemmy Wood, the Oloucester banker. On the
other hand, it was afiirmed by parties with whom Mr.
Loveday had had business dealings, that he was an exceed•
ingly shrewd man of business, and a very bard bargainer ;
that although eccentric in some respects, he was perfectly
capable of managing his own affairs. It was shown that
he had been got into the Gloucester Lunatic Asylum by a
" hits ruse," as described by the surgeon who took hint
there ; that he had also been confined in Fairfield Lunatic
Asylum, and discharged thence by the visiting justices as
of sound mind, Several surgeons who had examined the
alleged lunatic, gave their opinion that he was of sound
mind ; and Dr. Munro, physician of Bethlehem Hospital,
said he did not consider him to be of unsound mind in the
ordinary acceptation of the term, but rather " weak-
minded," although, nevertheless, capable of managing his
own affairs.
Whom the inquiry had been opened, Mr. Justice Erie
suggested that it would be advisable if it could be mutually
settled, on which a consultation took place between the
learned counsel ; at the end of which, &private consultation
between the two leading counsel and the judge took place.
On their return into court,
Serjesat Allen said, he thought it his duty, after in-
quiries, and finding that no act of insanity had been com-
mitted by the traverser since February, and thinking it
probable that the verdict of the jury, after hearing the case,
might be that the traverser was now of round mind, to con-
sent to a verdict being taken, declaring Mr. Loveday to be
of sound mind at this time.
His lordship accordingly directed the jury to return a
verdict that the traverser was of sound mind, which was
accordingly dune.
This was the last civil case, and his lordship then tried
prisoners.

WESTERN CI RciTti.—RmsTot., Arc. 14.
The Lord Chief Justice Campbell arrived in this city
yesterday, for the purpose of holding the annual assize of
nisi mine, and was received at the railway terminus by the
High Sheriff, J. W. Daubeny, Esq., accompanied by the
city officers, and the usual cavalcade. The cause list is •
light one, containing cntris• of 21 cases, three of which
have been set down for special juries. As fur as I can learn
there are few, if any, ewes of public interest, the only two
which promised any amusement to the gossips kiting
been settled a few dlr. since.
The inconvenience an generally complained of in the
Bristol court has not been remedied since the last assize,
and the hall still remains as it was designated a few years
since by Mr. Justice Creswell the perfection of Meow
venience." Its deficient ventilation, involving the neces-
sity of throwing open at intervals all the doors and windows,
and admitting upon a heated congregation a dozen opposite
currents of cold sir, was also severely felt by those whose
duties required them to sit in it through the day.

NORTH WALES CIRCUIT.—ERECoN, AUG. G.
Caows Coos-v.—barons Ms. Jrinics Tsu AMD.
lliunwar KOMIARIti.
M. //4/peood, wal indicted for having assaulted and
robbed Stanley Yards, ou the 3rd of August last, at Birken-
head.
Ike proaeeutor was on his way home to the village of
Bidstouc when the prisoner and three others offered to ac-
company him on pretence that they were going the same
way. When they reached one of the lonely streets in that
I town, the prosecutor was suddenly knocked down and, after
being severely beaten, robbed of lib., and provisions fur his
Sunday's dinner.
The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to ten
years' transportation.

NORTIIF.ItS ClRCUlT.—Ltvvitroor., Arc. 11.
Them an commenced yooterday afternoon, at fuur
o'clock, in the Crown Court, before Mr. Bliss, G.C., who
had been deputed by their lordships, Mr. Baron Platt
and Mr. Justice Williams. The court list contains'
the names of 192 prisoner]. Of thew 7 are charged with
murder, two persons being jointly charged in one of the
:flimely, Jame+ Waddington and his wife, for the
munler of their step-daughter, at Manchester. The other
monk, cases are those ol Thomas Threlfall, an ex-police-
man of this town, fur the murder of his wife, nineteen
year+ ago, and Ann Shaw, for killing her infant child, at
Ashton-under-Line • Elisabeth Swiniterton, for causing the
death of her step-laughter by starvation and ;
Mary Ann Powell (supposed to lie insane), the wretched
woman who so recently destroyed two of her children in
this town, under the most distressing circumstances; and a
ma from Manchester, fur the murder of an inmate of a
house of ill-fame. None of these canes, however, except
from the fact of the enormity of the oft-nee, charged, are
hkely to possess more than ordinary interest.
The judges, Baron I'latt and Mr. Justice Williams
arrived in Liverpool this morning, and proceeded with the
High-Sheriff, Mr. Heywood, M.P., to St. George's church,
after which, at 12 &clock, they took their seats in the
assize courts. . . .

In the crown court, the grand jury hating been sworn in
before Mr. Baron Platt, his lord,iiip addreroed them at
some length. Mr. Justice presided in the nisi
pries court.

(71111. RIDS —Stream Ms. Jewel "hewn*.
WALKIII r. WUOIATUUCILYIT.—BianuIt OP PROSIIIII.
Mr. &nicest Wilkins and Mr. F. Pollock appeared for
the plaintiff; Mr. Watson, 14. C., and Mr. Monk, for the
defendant.
The plaintiff in this effect had been a nursery-governess in
a gentleman's family, and is now a dressmaker. 'f he de-
fintLutt is an ironmonger at Bury, a young man in com-
fortable cireuneaances. It appeared from the statement of
Mr. Serjeant Wilkins that, in the course of their :4equaint-
once, the plaudit' was seduced by the defendant under very
aggravated circumstance,. While she was pregnant, how-
ever, he promised both to her mother and her sisters that
he would marry her " at Chrietinse " IK4O. After her de-
livery, however, he positively refused to fulfil his promise—
bat offered her It a-wcek if she would live with him aahis
wife.
Ann Walker, a respeetahle-leoking person, mother of
the ;plaintiff—My daughter is 23, the defendant is 26
sorties on business at Rochdale as well as Bury.
I hove been ueqeainted with the defendant since 1846.
When my daughter was at lime, he s isited the house almost
every day. My daughter and he used to walk out together.
1 remember my daughter going out one night with the de-
fendant when she had • slight pustule on her face. It was
in June, Pena I objected to her going out on that occasion,
as she was not well. They went out and staid about an
hour. Alter this, I had an interview with the defendant in
presence of the plaintiff and another of my daughters. I
asked him what his intentions to my daughter were, and,
after seine conversation, he said he wouldmarry my daugh-
ter at Christmas ; and that I might depend upon his word.
I then desired both my daughters to leave the room, and
when we were alone I charged him with committing a rape
upon my daaghter. I cried a great deal. Ile said, Dry
your ;can, Mrs. Walker, all will be well. I will marry
your daughter at Christmas." I saw him about three
weeks before Christmas. and asked him to fit the day fur
the wedding. He said that something had transpired, and
that he could not marry my daughter. I called again,
about a week before Christmas, and he sneered set me, and
said he had never promised to marry my daughter. She
was delivered of a daughter in February following. I then
consulted an attorney, who advised the present action.
Jane Eleanor Walker—l am an elder sister of the plain-
tiff. The defendant introduced himself to my sister and
myself in the year 18111. The acquaintance was broken off
for a time in consequence of an annnemous letter written
, to the defendant. It was broken off by desire of my sister.
! The intimacy was afterwards renewed at the desire of the
defendant. I remember my sister having a small tumour
on her forehead. it was in the month of June, 1830. The
defendant called one evening and said he would give her
a plaster which would soon cure her. It was on the 13th
or l ith of June. My sister and defendant went out to-
gether. 1 was walking with my sister one evening in the
August following when we met the defendant walking with
another young lady. My sister, in consequence, complained
' of sudden illness. and ou her return home went into hyste-
ties. My ,aster afterwards, in my presence, remonstrated
with him upon the subject. He said, " Don't be jealous,
Emma. she is nothing to compare with you." Afterwards
beard him promise more than once that he would make my
sister his wife at Christina., if not before.
Cross-examined by Mr. Watson-1 am sure the defen-
dant fleet became acquainted with my sister in December,
1866. The defendant was also very attentive to me, but 1
did not think he was paying his addresses to me. It was all
on account of my sister Emma.
Frances Elise Walker—l am an elder sister of the plain-
tiff. I recollect the defendant introducing himself to m
sister in December, 1846. lie afterwards visited my father's
house. I remember my sister going out alone with him. 1
afterwards was present when he promised before my father
and mother to marry my sister at Christmas.
Mr. Watson, for the defendant, contended that the sole
questions which the jury had to decide was, whether the
promise of marriage had been made by the defendant, and,
if so, what compensation she was entitled to. With regard
to the alleged seduction they had nothing whatever to do.
He did not deny that a promise of marriage had been made ;
hut if the picture which the counsel for the plaintiff had
drawn of his client was a true one, she bad made a happy
escape. The damages, therefore, if any were given, ought
to be proportionally small.
The Judge shortly summed up.
Verdict for the plaiatif—damages, 3501.

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