The Express.
London, England, 1849-02-24 00:00:00

Claws Com.—Before Mr.lterT eases.

liciecah or ♦ Cett.6.—T. Mucha, 26, wee charged
with the wilful ?warder at Sam e& arms.

Mr. Format havtageteled the east,
Sarah Brame deposed that she was the mother of the de-
ftest* dffid, miss was born is September, 1847 ; Thomas
MAW warlffinffither. She got sa order of affiliation, and
he Pile Is .gar weak. On &Way evening, the 25th of
Jane, prier/air visited her. He took up the child and held
it by be sae*, begging it gainst his fon. It was
• healthy dad tim sod fag and crowing at him,
sad he wan kyles' agile. Prisoaw, without
speaking, aloe to the middle of the roost, and
dashed the Ail/ apta the door. He lifted it ay, still
Midis, it by its =else, and threw it down Neb. It
was not ea seddeat. 8e awl axes, sad strask It tares

those. He etre* witam's mother co the bath of the had
with tie ADM, body. He the threw it to a &Winos off,
mad add arida ea alb "Take dot." la eonsequesoe of this

treatn-7eat.7l;
melba M Hannah Bruce, corroborated
herig=ml,l"24 fur Mbar end yeomen sister.
Mr. Beime:amdelembenegeon to the Tanury, elated that
the shad we beengla theme with a swelling in the bead, sad
dieesimeties. It died he twenty minutes. Ambled at the
pod mereassemainatka. Doak had been caused by free.
tae ef tbe skull. •
Mr. Matthews having addressed the jury for the pri-
mer,
His Lordship commented upon every point in the evi-
dence, the general beating of his rewsulua being in the pri-
monies favour.
The jury retired just aft., four o'clock, and, after delibe-
rating an km and a quarter, returned with a verdict of
Guilty, but recommended the prisoner to aserey.—Being
asked upon what ground, the foreman said, " From their
objection to capital punishmenta."—His lordship said that
wee a recommendation which he could not take into con-
sideration.

Subseqwntly John Mitchell was brought up, and, on I
being asked what he had to say, declared that the evidence
which had been gives against him was false.—His Lordship
then sentenced the prisoner to death.
JEALOUSY AND ATTEMPT TO MORDlll—John Dunn,
(21) was charged with having, en Oct. 15, feloniously
wounded Anne MoffoU, with intent to murder her.
Anne Muff:in deposed that she was 17 years of age, and
lived with her father and mother. Prisoner had formerly
kept company with her; but she had given him up. On
Sunday melt, Oct. 16, she was going up stairs, when she
saw the prisoner. He asked her to stop, as he wanted to
speak to her. Told hint she did not want to say
an to him, Saw a rex n in his hand. She got
hold or it, and he drew it through her baud, and cut her
hand. She tried to run down stairs, and prisoner hit
her on thy backside of the head. She fell down to the
first landing, and lay upon her face. The prisoner, whie
she was down, put his foot upon her, took hold of her chin
with his left hand, and pulled her head back. He then
drew a razor across her threat. There were two causer/ma
her threat. Oot up stairs as far as the second window.
Through that window saw Dunn running up the yard.
Heard some one ask prisoner what was the matter, and
he said " nothing."—By Mr. Feawick When prisoner
first laid hold of her, she cried out for her
mother, but he said it was of no use, for her mother
was gone out. A month before that he had knocked at
her father's door and she opened it. That was after
their acquaintance had been broken off. He said he
wanted her, and ran up stairs, and hit her upon the eye.
Another time be said if he caught her walking with any
joung man he would be revenged upon her.—Cross.esa.
mined by Mr. Taylor : Prisoner us d to take tea with her,
and walk out with her. If she spoke to any young man he
quarrelled. At the time when their sequaintanee was
broken off he told her that if he caught her with any young
man he would give her two black eyes. Prisoner often saw
her afterwards; they lived on the same stairs. He often
wanted to talk te her, but she refused.
Edward Olenton, surgeon, described the wound in the
n ek as extremely dangerous.—Thomas Moffot, father of the
girl, stated that the prisoner had previously threatened her ;
and another witness deposed to finding a razor in the yard.—
, Mr. Taylor, in addressing the jury for the defence, dwelt
chiefly up in the provocation given, and contended that there
was no previous intention to commit the erime.
His lordship summed up, and the jury, having retired for
a quarter of an hour, returned with a verdict of
The juJpe sentenced the prisoner to transportation for life.
, The prisoner said be wished to ask one favour—that
6 he might be sent out of the country. His lorlsbip ex-
plained that that was the meaning of the neatens. The
prisoner said he hoped he might go as quickly as possible.