The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-07 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

I Henry White, • policeman, proved that on the night of
the tat of January he saw the prisoner in Acre-lane very
drank. Before this he had observed the deceased in the act
of closing the shatters of his cottage, and while he was en-
deavounag to do so he fell down. When 11. Sew the pri-
mmer he told her that her master had fallen down, and
she asked who her master was. He told her "Mr.
Jones," and she then said that Dr. Key was her master.
The prisoner went into the garden and picked up the de-
ceased, and dragged him into the house. Collins was is
company with the prisoner on this occasion.
Mr. John Land, the superintendent of the P division,
proved that on the 31st January he was going to the cot-
tage where the prisoner lived, for the purpose of taking
her into custody, and jest as he arrived there he saw the
prisoner come out, accompanied by a man,lto whom she
pee some money sad a bottle Witmer asked her if her
name was Vickers, and she said it was not. He was 'alio
Bed she was the person he was mat to apprehend, and
therefore accompanied her into the house, and told her he
should take her into custody for being concerned in caus-
ing the death of her late master. She was very violent,
and overpowered him and he was obliged to cell Sergeant
Quisurear, who scoomjeanied him, to his assistance. He
searched the place, and found a certificate of the transfer of
1,0001. stock, which ha took possession of. When be told
the prisoner what she was charged with she said she should
say nothing.
Cram-examaimid—He was in plain clothes when he went
to the cottage.
Kr. Foster a .amber of the her, deposed that the cot-
tage theopied_ by the desmesd his property, and he had
been is the habit of said the deceased oecasionallys:altrleg
* all the time he had lived the. He first beanie acquainted
with the at of his death ea the 21ith January, after the
coroner's Wisest had taken place, and in consequence of
what mabssetuently tame to his knowledge, he was induced
to nuke a sommunicaties to Mr. Norton, the magistrate,
upon the of the death, and thence followed the pre-
sent
Mr. Clarke/a, this widows elating the case fee the
crown, then pressedod to address the jury for the defence.
He said that slams* the primmer stood at the bar to an-
swer a charge of wilted murder, he had no hesitation in de-
claring bleseaviedan that the real question the jury were
sailed to &aide wee, whether she was to be deprived
of the whisk were already in her poises.
mica sal of the u=adthatage she would derive by her
position as legates to the deceased gentleman, and
also that the were te be decided against her en-
tirely imam the evident, of one witness, namely, Mies
Allen, w mit appeared to him, was the only person
whose mambos in the slightest degree aspported the
charge spinet the primmer. He should submit to them,
however, that the seams of this person was clearly so
ezaggented awl methodistory, that not the slightest ',th-
anes's.* to be pissed upon it, and that all the other cir-
madames Maumee mate it abundantly plain that there
was no ground he ebarging theprisoner either with the crime
of murder or mansimighter. He urged that the prosecution
had been Mutilated by the relatives of the deseased gentle-
man, in the hope that by obtaining a conviction of the pri-
soner of either °tithes* offences, the effect of which would
be that all property she might be possessed of would be for-
feited to the crown—that thus it might eventually be dis-
tributed among themselves. The learned gentleman then
called the attention of the jury in detail to the evidence
yea by the witness Allen, relative to the beating with the for halm hour, and to her statement that on I
the let of January she saw a wound as large as a tea
imp en the forehead of the deceased. This, he said, it was
quite clear was utterly false ; for when the body wan eza-
mimed only nine days afterwards by Dr. Key, who cer-
tainly was no friend to the prisoner, it appeared by his'
' evidence that there was no trace of any such injury ;
and the whole of the evidence given by this woman and
upon which the ease for the prosecution mainly rested, he
said was of the same exaggerated and improbable character,
and he called upon the jury to dismiss it entirely from their I
consideration. [Mr. Clarkson then made some comments
upon the conduct of Dr. Key in the transaction, during
which that gentleman rose and made some observation in
reply. Mr. Justice Brie, however, told him to sit down,
sad said that if he hieellend math be should order him to hLeau
be resioveL] The loomed enamel west is to say Out he tag limb

A young gentleman, who gave the name of Seymour Lid-
del, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having
assaulted Henry Mellor.
The complainant said he was waiter at Quin's supper-
rooms, in the Haymarket. The defendant and two ladies
had supper at the rooms last night. The defendant pet
down half a sovereign, and the expense of the three suppers
was deducted. The defendant refused to pay for more
titan two suppers and he struck the head-waiter and com-
plainant, and was given into custody.
The defendant said he was willing to pay for the supper
of his woman but not hip '.omen's friend, whom he had
not invited to have anything.
Mr. Bioghamremarked, if cocks like the defendant would
take broods of hens into such places, they must expect to
pay for their provender. For the assault he should Hue
the defendant ss.
The money was paid.