The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-12 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING. MARCH 12 1849.

obtained satire portesion of the whole of hie property. He
was entirely bereft of ream, and quite incompetent to exe-
cute a legal will, end dispose of his property.
A number of mamas were that examined with regard to
the renditiou of mind and the conduct of the testator. some
of them deposing to a period evading forty pasta The
effect of their teatintoey was to show that ham a
very early aria Mr. Jana Spalding was aossidend of
weak mind, and that while listed with hie mother,
and when he was more than twenty yews of age,
he appwred to be uniformly treated as a child, sad that his
moWr need to my to him when he did wrong, "Oh de,
James, fie," as she would to a child. It also seamed that
he vas never consulted with regard to his property, sad
that when any persons cane to inquire for hfin, they weft
always referred to his mother or broths?. It was also stated
that the testabr was addicted to very filthy habits, that he
used to eat till he was sick, de. The servant who red to
ride out with him at that period mho stated that be
used always to consider him of weak intellect, and
that he was treated upon that footing. Badeace wse
Skean gleam, referring to the period after the death of the
tosisesee maw cab brother, and when he went te to de
apes the am with dr. Gardner, and it appeared that ki
ream wee melt the seam as at the sal'er period of his
life ; that he used to go about Me • labourer, and that he
had se shwa la the management of the farm. It likewise
ZrVW hemmed to tall the servants that he would give
ta eemadag ft they did not tell taw of him. The witness
else stated that he used to get up at sight and come
to his eattege, and call oat to know if he was
asleep, and that he used to tall eat Is =ewer.
" Yes, I sea," and that Mr. Ilmeing WWII re-
ply. Melting, " It don't signify," 11114 then he essii tot
away. It was also proved that the WOW appeared to
aurae very great dread of Mr. Gardner. sad that the
latter had on some ocombes flogged him with a hormbip,
sad that he did not resent the treatment be so received.
At six o'clock on Wednesday evening the trial use ad-
journed, and on Thursday morning the aim was again pre-
elided with.
MOW lbee, when the plaintiff's Manse lad bean gine
thrash. panda te sall witnesses as the ethee die. a
great mem el Whew was Mimi he the parse el
amedsg Ile }Mars esse. med Main that the
Maar am redly ia • simpolied ale a ot mid
to make a legal will. It simmered to be admiteed that the
testator wee @aided to drunken and dirty baba, bat it was
alleged that en several acessioes he had tutus adore in the
miasma et the Bader* Farm, aid a amber of poe-
ms were milled whew bed hod tnessidens with ia bad
new mattes% and who armed their emblem that he wen
priestly samiens et sea trammisse end ham my eel
what he was eat. A maw ebbe wdlies by him were
deo pain, may el whisk enemata at as eidy”da et
his Bile„ k Grier to show that la was set Waft sal in
Whigs to them dab It wen dews feet the Mater led
been la eammisatisa with may anima ediasie la the
county, and that they had prepared mtgs. aid abet
dada for himmma. which he had eeeta, ant
II was alga
that ma of their ex
ng aid peaks wail net
Me Wes rides le is* pessaallem they bad nit been
aided thd the bola* puma stashed eiram=t
mind emissary thew in doing a. The min for the
wee aimed about mid-day on Frida .
florjestat Mama then a the jury, telling their
Mabee to whit he seesidered the pants In the 'Mem
that were mist mambo to support the planar. ease,
eisameadag perainlarly ma the betlibM, who
had Ms; seitaired to attend au behalf of the defendant,
and who MA heard a the evident. to show the Malty.
or at all mats imbecility et the testator, not bass called as
a atlases
&teat Shes having replied upon the whole ease,
Mr. Juries Whelan= summed up, and the jay re-
tired mean aster 9 o'clock oa Friday night; and ea their
ream. at a quarter to 11, they gave a mast he the
phiatiff.
Crown atos.-11olore Wr. ROM Parc
A CHILD DURDZILND NT We biomes. •
Sarah Growl, 31, was is he the win amass et
James Gher sae. There wee a email bdisiment
against theyosser for the Radar et her daughter Mary
Ana Grout.
Mr. Byland, la opening the use, said that the evidence
would 15,,. no doubt that the prisoner had meneatted the
Mahal set that was imputed to Mr, sad the sely quake
the jury amid bays to toe elder was, whether when she did
se she was is rash a state of and as to make her lapsable
for be Maw
Zama Creek derma that she was the wife of a labourer,
and resided at West Therrack, near a cottage occupied by
the abater mad her busbaed. They had three 'althea, a
bey sewn old, the deemed, James, her years old, and
, dozy Mae, about two. On the morning of the
Mk et egad in lost year, the oldest boy came into witner's
Nage, sad told her that his mother had murdered the two
babies, sad had nearly eat their heads off with a bill-kook.
the immediately went to the homes aecompanted by • person
semi lease Moss, and on going intoths prisoner's now, she
eve ihie boy James lying on the ground with his
head nearly eat off, and the little girl was lying
spas the bed injured in a similar meaner. The prisoner
wee deeding by the dead bodies with a bill-hook in her head;
whisk was coma with blood, and she repeatedly acclaimed,
"I hem einamed my children." Mr. Moss took the bill-
lea ism her, end she that sat down by the bedside, and
aims to wring her hands aad cry bitterly. Beta:* this time
be tam hatKelasys appeared very had of the children
Ist he a math or two ham August she had observed
easy Wasp wa /boa the prisoner, and she seemed like a
imams in her sand.
By Mr. Chambers.—TM abeam frequently used to be-
have in a wry extraordinary manner. Das one osession
the maw her putting a quaatity al alas hie en old mak,
ma she said the moat she did se was that a mamma wee
Nang to take it away. Um mother seeiM the priD3llOr
told her she did not know what would Mom al them, for
they were all going to hell ; and the pawner sheik her vio-
lably, and it was lath meat she get her in doors,
and put te bed. Misr she recovered lam llamas=
eke *Med eagerly where her Wares were,
to ham It she lei hatenp of them', or any one else.
NUNN had ale heard her my that she
visited she wee dead, and that the °sly Wags she should
Seto leave were her two children.
th* mart —The prisoner had three children, but at this
as rimed anon ecious of the truth, end only talked
ant her tee children.
Bearandas&—About a hrbight before this occurrence
leek ph*, the gamer told her that she had attempted Ito
hag U. ens when Mims asked her wh she had done
se. M said that her eddies were so undutiful that she did
set Mew howls lea hsaeif
Conarmatary lesilamy Ming been sassed,
Mr. IL B. Jisikes, a semeca. on bales asked by Mr.
Baron Parke windier he Might that at the time she killed
same
Andrea she wm swam am was commitaag a seise in
se diming, signal be was timid= she Malay wee net.
She esseeet made by the prisoner bare the meglierale
was this put b. She ad: "It ham payed 111117 Weld
avSsoliare. to make away with made My anew' were
sad I did not /am what to de vat them."
Mr. Chmiliste was about to address the My for the pri
saner, when la halship irked them It they Might it was
=he shwa do se. after the M dasai the
the usher edema la the ems.
The it,. date jury said they did not consider it ne-
mime. They had made up dish ands to acquit the
pima on seismal et her being beak
Mr. BONS Pale midis that use they would may the pri-
ma wee ad
Katy ea the mega et insanity, and the
weeld'elisa be en ewe Sall would be allowed to
come outsada mil she weerestored, it nit should pleas
God ever le slam her.
The flame waist was eatered upon the second indictment,
asi Ihe ahem was then
OEFOBD ClRClllT.—Woacarra, Maim 10.
Nm Paivo.—Bekre Yr. Sam Platt and a meal Am
Pinson tr. ITODS.—LLLIGND mama mac in WORK-
ING L COLL-MINI.
Beth Sim primers lessees of malaise@ eader Loa Ward's
beitale. all a dim called near Daley. Their
am w imiVisa. The plaintiff's is worked at a lower
level then debase* • and the Amer alleged that
in by the
latter's eiglimence water was allowed se to scamilate his
pito that h ultimately broke through the partition, or wall of
noel which divided the pits, and flowed into plaintiff's
woriVerfaby man great loss end damage. The
were dat 3,0001. After • mamma trial, hist=
non-inited the plaintiff, in consequence at the evidence not
Mies sustained the material path of the declaration.
labee )(nano Pbtt.
Boiromn.z. V. Boten.--thanorrow.
This was ea action brought by the plaintiff an hoe
mbar residing at West Bromwich, agates* the t.
• chemist and druggist at Oldbury, to Tema, imams fee
the seduction of his daughter.—The phinalles *NW con-
sisted of his wife ad five children, and the dehadmist, who
Ma lived with his ;arena, also resided at Chew'
but had a shop at Oldbury, and was oa terms of inlCa
with the pleintiff 's family. In 1847 the plaintiff's wire
end dellindant afterwards continued his visits to the lens,
=in the absence of the debar. In the math et
after the death of her mither, Mks Bosshil bed
mei to go to Oldbury to • =Lamp, sad ea pang
ttelendeat's alien he sailed her as the day was
bee. persuaded her to go into a little mbar awl wait,
es he mid, he hit mother and thew who were aposeirs.
Be tied her to take a glans , aid she
essioned to de, and a short nine Misr dziabg it she
hit hee,elf nisei with Maims eimam and wee reduced
Mid to a ebb etseqamelles. but that the de-
/Maas amdetted her to the seta, sel pieesetted to take
Mbisties with her. Whoa she had in a mem meowed,
she head that he had eileseed his papas She mat ham
imam;o, awl mama to $ ems that she lei Me
meth me -ft tee leatinais deeredent lea Stem kw. The
dilksient allerweele Mita her, and ham teak
eni ~May she proved be la theyway.
the &Want of it, and he said he wished he
bed ham ft hare. ee he meld have glees her some.
Ides le mime as earths, sad he did and her some
pills with a note, whisk she haret. She leek out et the
pWs. but !I_ made herso ill that she was afraid to pawed.
Shama was not aware of tho JoIM she pills win Li_
Masi to have. She sew iled bee Maim ee long as she
and Bezejetwigent a • visit Bbietilighua to • hind.
Masele, whim /Die elass she la
earabilhw slab kh vies. ilhe
wil▪
ia=med . Oseldeete Mee et • ehili. whisk der
umatta MeL -
Theme were the sails deseasbesse of the acs ; their
were ether abbe eenswealiseldt reht bt ample male
ky dandat Abserery Medea the parig
messa's sharaihr. flavael amen were eand, wits
the bele et NM, and
4721.!gre he. the admitted that • wait
4111 at be taken thil ea mama Ith obssevathas
~gggMgpemstleg that th• 'Mesa bid eiweiransd
Viol Mb et Ss min; and that Iteras Mae Meet
fey Mklaladik ta pewee Mare tam on Wog

Mined, bat out of revenge to ruin the defendant. They
would have to pot said. every other point but the actual less
sustained for the few months that the plaintiff's daughter
was May.
His lordship in severe terms commented upon the heart-
less conduct of the defendant, and mid that the learned
counsel for the defence , had acted very prudently in admit-
tMg his liability. In estimating the amount of damages,
they most remember that the defendant was on intimate
terms with plaintiff, and yet, after the death of his wife.
took an opportunity to visit his home la his absence and
debauch his daughter.
After a short consultation, the jury returned a verdict for
plaintiff-501. &mays.

NORTHERN CIRCIIIT—Yoga,M•acn 10.
Csown Cover.—Bettin Mr. rude: Coleridge.
' HIGHWAY Ro AT WAKITI/11.D.
W. Grasses, SO, E. Fawcett, 23, W. Wright, 31, and
Broomtsad, 21. wets charged with haying assaulted Wm.
Banks, and stoles from his person 1721. 13s. 6d , the property
of Joseph Horner and others.
The prosecutors are extensive corn-millers at Wakefield.
Every evening when their premises are closed the rash is
MINYA by a trustworthy person to the house of Mr. J.
Seremr, jan , one of the partners in the firm, who
nibs at a short distance from the mill. The
four peleasers resided at Wakefield, and were well aware
thi nestem ; they agreed to waylay the clerk and rob him
of Ms estresy; and attempts were made on the sth, 6th, and
9th of January, all of which proved unsuccessful. On Wed-
nesday night, the 10th of January, the prisoners effected
their purpose. Ons of them stationed himself at a short
distance from the mill, and the others were lying in wait.
On the approach of the clerk, the first man gave a signa/,
and the other prisoners suddesly seised hold of Bassin, hawked
him down, snatched the ban, sad then ran off into the Red
Lion Yard, nothing more bane seen et them. A young
man named Redding, son of the beer-house keeper with
whom Greases lodged, was concerned in the robbery, and
from information that he gave of the transsetion, he was ad-
mitted evidence for the crown.
It appeared from his e'stemsnt that after Beaks was de-
prived of the money, he (Reddinel, the prisoners, and the
two men from Morley, named Fonda and Bromley, who
were still at large, met at his father's house. It wee then
agreed that on the following morning they should all assemble
at Morley, when the spoil was to be divided. He went to
Morley, but no divide took plate, and all the money he got
we. 101. Evidence was also adduced to prove that Broom-
head and Redding were hi York together on the 15th of
Jemmy, whim the former had • number of sovereigns
wrapped up in a luadkerehlef. They hired a cab,
visited the several " lions " in the city, and spent
a good deal of money. Groans was in Leeds on the
12th and 13th of January, sad it was proved that he had
visited a hens* of ill fame, and was in pureed= of both
notes and ld. On the 14th of January, be was appre-
heeded in when five sovereigns, aSsalf-eovenign
and a el:pease were 'found upon him. As soca as Broom-
heed and Fawcett learnt that Bedding had turned Queen's
widen, they at once delivered themselves up to the police,
the former at Leeds, and the latter at Wskefild. -There
was, however, no evidence which tended to implicate
Wrtght, who we. at one acquitted.
His lordship summed up with great care and minutenees,
and the jary_returned a verdict of Guilty against the ether
prisoner.—To be severally transported for twenty years.
Cruenoa or Potsontwe A Wm.
James llotelsworth, 69, was charged with having, on the
12th of December, put a quantity of annals into some por-
ridge, of which his wife, Judith Holdsworth, partook and
subsequently died. Five ears ago the _prisoner was married
to deceased, who was hie third wife. He wee then 85, and
she only 25 years of ego. On the 12th of December Judith
Holdsworth went into a neighbour's house, and complained
of being very ill, and her Mead went to a druggist's
shop, got some ipeeacuanhe and rave it te deceased,
who want to bed there. Elbe lingered natal the
15th, and then died, having been attended by • surgeon.
A post mortua ensmination was made, and the stomach
lunthg been sabmiltted to a chemist at Bradford, was found
to present seek mapeareasee as left no doubt that the
weimea's dm* bri-lpsea occasioned by arsenic. The de-
mised bed mile a dying dadaratica.
Witnesses having been examined as to eelletiollololB and
belief, on the part of the deemed as to her speedy disso-
lution with *view to his lordship dedding whether her
dying' &eland= was admissible • it turned out that the
original &pestles wee net in cowl, but only a copy, • eir-
minnows wbith greyed fatal to the prosecution.
His Leastrid greeted the jury to return • verdict of Not
Guilty, eheervlig that he should certainly think it right not
to allow the expenses of the prosecution, the not having
the necessary doorman' here was such a trees piece of care-
lessness.
The prisoner was also charged with the murder, on the
coroner's inquisition ; and he was ordered to stand down for
the present.
Mr. Hardy, foe the prosecution, made an application that
the trial on the coroner's inquisition might be postponed
until Monday.
His Ludship was disposed to grant Mr. Hardy's applica-
tion, but he did that without prejudice to any application
which might then be made on the part of the prisoner, that
he might Is allowed to withdraw his pica of "not guilty,"
and to plead " autrefois acquit."
311111/111 OP A CHILD BY ITS PATHS&
G. Howe, 32, was traits:tad for putting a quantity of oxalic
acid into some bread and milk, which was administered to
his infant child. Oa Thursday evening, the 25th of January
lad, the prisoner was in the house of • person of the name of
Bray, at Ysrm, and there was also there a female named
Wood, who had the care of the child. Mrs. Wood wee feed-
ing the child with bread and milk, and being tolled away,
she took the child with her, sad left thebread and milk upon
a table near to the prisoner ,• sad the prisoner, it is supposed,
then ponied some oxalic athi into the-bread and milk. Mrs.
Wood retuned, and, ignorant of what had been done by the
prisoner, proceeded to feed the child with the bread and milk,
of which she took two teaspotabh, and died in oonsequenes
four days after.
The prisoner was a widower, and was formerly a gen-
tleman's servant, but had latterly been employed as a
railway labourer. He had stated he wee about to marry
again to a woman who had money, but who knew no-
thing of the existence of the infant. From that time he
treated the child with unkindness, and expressed • wish
that he was rid of it. On one occasion he had the child in
hie arms, and struck its head against a chair with such vio-
late, that the child screamed out, and a person interfered
and threatened to thrash the prisoner if he did not desist.
After the prisoner's apprehension • shawl belonging te
him was found, in which a phial was wrapped that appeared
to have contained some sort of crystalline matter. Oa the
shawl, an the wall, and on the table where the food was,
marks corresponding with thou on the prisoner's trousers
were found. They would find that this phial was sesaranca
a day or two before the alleged murder—the eye
was ease; but on the day after it was found to comas
oxalic acid. Thus far it was clear that there was exilic add
in the child's bread and milk, and that there was oxalis amid
in the risesses possession. Was he aware it was a deadly
pokers
The prisoner, after the can for the pressesttion had been
cloud, addressed the jury. As to the phial found in the
shawl in his box, he suggested that it had been put there b
some one else. For the stains upon hie trousers he could
not at WI account, and therefore left his case to the judgment
of the court and jury.
The Judge summed up, and the jury, after en absence of
ten minutes, returned • verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner
received sentence of death.

POLICE.-SA
TURDAT.