The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-17 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—St AFFOIID,AIteII 14.
Wanes Ma. irons Taep..reo.
ILIPT.A AT WillgaT.
rafriek Moen,, .If,reno,
Ti. Poetry, au.t Jog.' Ilit,pd sr, ittelletta toe the
wilted warder of John Wel.h, at Wedne.bury, on the 9th
of February. Mr. Dowdeswell was fur the prweeution,
Ur 'fuddles:tone defended the prieoneri.
'I he ps:sonere are all Irishmen, and deceased seem. to
his r inili hi. death in on Irish row of n peel di-grate-
ful • ...Darter. The affray teak pl we on a Sunday evenine,
al. . tram the evid nee o.' Mr. Kies
w, doubt but that the deceased died tuna the effects of
a ieew inflictoil on lc,. forehead with a stone, or et:eh, or
some 1.1 out instrument, and from the effeeta of which he
died no the following Tee eday. On behalf of the proems-
tiou it vres shown that all the mesolien were present; that
some :.f them said thee would kill the first Welsh they
met with;" that Petri."( 31.Farlino struck the deceased
with a thick stick or broom handle, and knocked Lim down;
the.' William Moran kicked him ; and that amuck[ man,
waned Crorlale, not in custody,
the
on him.
Tim el.f :nee wae the party of eh:erase-4 were the ag-
gr co.r and the blows *Web eaused d- ith were the result
of ...Cleot. lli. lerilehip remarked th..t the evidence
Kure t mew of the prisoner was but slight, and Cie jury
el a verdict of man:laugh!. a against all the prisoners.
Man( It hi.
Ml:ltOrti 1T KINGhWIVFOItn.
G. (Clark, Jon l 'radii, and r. f ',wen were indicted for
the ',Nut murder of Beaten Curtis, on the 23rel of June
last al'. The female prisoner W... ti.: wife of the de-
eca,..l. Mr. Whitneem and Mr. Best, M.l'., prosecuted;
awl Mr. Kcal" d. (awl the. priomers.
A. cordima to the ev alms, of Wiliam Martin, the pills-
ereal *anus. tat the part of the per .'r lie saw the de-
re et d in the night in question as hu was passing 17 the
Ail rside of a t• whims y," near to a "Jules pit.' The
Br, primmer% wen n. or, and witness saw the primmer
O. orae I-66w go up end knock the di e.lial^d down ; the-
l'owell then went up mid kicked him. If. et.ased
got up amain, whereupon Ann Curti., his wife, immediately
went tin owl %troth him se i.h onnething lint in her
lewd ; the prisoner Chin:, thug feetreal Tumid the timed
wif glen ww.l with hi- two hand.. Cowell !WI hold of
hi. feet, threw him down, end pushes! him through the
D„ele of the. " Jnekey pit," Clarke at the same time jam-
ming him In with hi. feet. Witnesss then went up to the spot
and f.;:erke then lay over on the top of the pit as if he Wan
luokrset into it. There wa. another perion ..tanding by
me wit Whitt:Ace, and eleeervil called out to him from the
mi for asierinee. Witness said, •• If 1 were yeti I'd Ito
down awl kerb him up." l'ri ~,,,, 'r Clarke then said,
• --n your eye., if ram namfce. I'll be tour butcher the
Sr I I /lir Iwe you; serve you no wetted the
Miler." Afterward. I woe moire t.. eel Curtis up when
Clarke said that it I stirred hhl knock my le-art out. Chi-
lc dile a num amsi“l Doti. cone up, .awl got
out id the pit. 11.• was not quite eleiel then. lie hn utheil
two three times and died. On the Friday billowing the
werierence (weording to the statement of the wants.) pri-
mouer came up to him and W. 41141 Int..- killed him hail it not
Men lot the V/001.01 with whom he lalge.l. In this sects
th. " Jarkey pit" wan not .utlieiently large et the mouth
tes.ohnit doll an .accidental fail lot', it. Deecaecil appear to
hot .• Pieppeal on a hook iu the pit and been swipeuded by
hi. j
A. men named Whittaker, who it was alleged had been
p- n; at the weeirnnee ileteded by Martin, and who has.
le ...e iu enstmly and ilierhaneed for the offence, was in
amp. :end called; by the pr ruling', at the innoreetion of
la • lordship. This man oh nied the truth of the transactions
de ta:1..1 ley Martin; but Mr. King. the clerk to the
inavestr de. at Siourbridge. anon, that Whittaker had
el.. 1 ir..l herm• that he wit, wit present.
Ir. Kemp. in, the surg. on, who c.a. culled after the
del. ....1 wa- firma the pit, said be Mond the lady in
a . elate ; it Was
p... neer:win examination the We du. slay asinine follow-
ing' le Worovereel Celt dieempositimi wee rapidly proeveil-
ite.... The how. w. r. much temp still. la leis belief
der, aft d died from sulfWeelion. 'the.in were revered Innis.,
on De. kirk, w Inch appear. el to him to hate beta indicted
belle.' death.
In comer. enination, the witness said that if the mow
semi prodoerl sidii.....ut prissere• it might wo far sauce a
at.o.!agot of ri -piration as do nsult in de all. 'Thy Wilier
ice tit ehareeil th it the derv. el met hi. death by feasoll
td' being rant into the pit and eutforatisl by means
of hot-water a.ilanlT. A ••jark.y pit" is a Oar for the
rec. Mien of dram bran a viast • water pip...l In Cole ion-
atom of his eno.o.v.eueination, wanets said that he sh I
wit like to gives any "pinion of the twee of death from the
Oaf.• of the brain, it Icing in ..seh a denimpooll and sift
re ite. Ile thorght that tic' deceased died a conerimmee
sit oslewation ; that mi ;lit have Nan preluerl by pres.ure.
iu rowelu• me of the -.pie nsioa, Weeld not alrear that
4..104 did nut result from the h.-ad of the ellereassl being
immersed in water. My inspreseime Ma this subject
bocusou, of tia• of the. hair. Th, orifice of the it
I. ft open is fourteen Mello. by • loon; the is etre of the
yet is coven..l to pry eel acrid. ads.
Mr.C.tkekee,• purveyor residing at Stourbridge,preelueell
a of aw ing of the mouth of the pit ; it. extreme dimension
is:; feet G iuchr, the evening being novena clown the
Centro.
*1 Nous. Morris, an cuprinevr st Brockninor, de pined to
▪ as be wax messing ahem the road on the night of this
oneurrene.•, a man railing from the pit ; bra went up to the
gime :11.1.11 sew 111.1,,L4,111,4 up loy Davis mad another man.
A permit could not have fallen aceidientalle into the pit.
8.-Mamie lasi., a niiiiiT, at Bound 11.4.., rent. inhered
lame eallod On to assist in getting decease .1 eut of the pit
Ire was resisted in the. 17 Whittaki r; the man's head lkoa
Out of the water, which was W.lllO, :tall considerable Meant
ritisiee from it. After the lock was got out saw William
I.l.ertin the first present 1 the ...der in the pit was ulemt
Wet d. eta The position of suspended in
the pit Wik• With be. hi lepaing Imelward.
Timothy Casey, the who- • milent of police, saw the
lowly In. 16011111 u. a was rrilllo\til from the pit, found a mark
on the elost, also mark. on the hip out forehead.
021 the Itlth of July tact apprehended (leaky at his own
Wm.., Ma chant, d him with ring iew of the parties who
h murdered Curtis. Ile said, "'Thank Biel, he was
imecent : he traeu't out that night.'' On the '2.Stlt of the
Amur ..... nth he apprehended the prioiuer Anu Curtis at
Clarke's hmee. She mil that she wasn't out that night;
Rll.l on Ile t ttlt of September apprehend. at Staf-
ford, who had pre, i.e.-ly lam in 8.101 011 the charge of
moluiting the Willis's' Martin.
(....ree. Curti., the father deneweel, said that a fort-
night Whin. tin' marsh r Clarke sum,- to his Ware, nod
rail ° Where's Iteulwii," and then, w lii site said he
would warder him. Ilael heard hunt •1I many finer.
Ott the Sunday alter the 1111...4 met the lei-
...tier Clarke, who said Itealsenhe coerce to something at
hest ;'• to which wanes.* replied .• You and sour eel leave
done tier hie." The tiriomer then hung down hit head
awl eoutitesunie.
..1.011. Al,-11 saw the. primer Curti. on the Their-day be-
En, le r husband was found dead in the pit. Witness said
to le,•r ° Your eye in not well vet :" she replied ° ; 1
wide the devil was dead, and it I can't kill him I'll fad
them as will." Did not make this etatrmrut alien giving
t ride are et the coming'. inqu,st,
Caroline Wilkinson, a married woman, with whom the
le ion... Martin leel.e.d, &peril that ein the tuoruing after
Curtie'e death Martin roue home. and said that he had aet
a new ki11...1 on the prey pow night.
Mr. Kettle hew took an tit jeetiou on the ground that
death by dee...aim; hail out been included in the indict-
ment.
Mr. Justice Tall:nerd cud neither was it nen...eery in this
ease, became• it was clearly proved that death did net result
from drowning. The. witnesses who removed the body from
the pit haul distinctly sworn that the head wan a Mot out of
the water ; that circumstance was, therefola., utterly de-
infUetiVe or the hypothesis that death Was ran.. il ty dn.. r-
ing; bessiile+ that wan only eumeritiou. by the sure. en
after all; and it was elieproved. But, mid his lordship, put
it to the jury whether they with to hear Mr. Kettle, whe-
ther they thick with th.- live. of three reraolla in peril. the
evidence of Martin is euttleient, acrompinuell ley the slightly
corroborative cireum.tenues attendant upon it, 1w -.ring in
mind that part of Martin's re itleuee is coutradieted by
W bittaker.
The jur7 intim:W.4l that they- did wish the trial to go on,
and Mr. Kittle liroteethd with his
Mr. Justice Tal four.] sumuu el up &tidally in favour of the
prisoners. Ile will that if they dill not place the newt implicit
endenee and reliance on everything that the witness Martin
had said, they ought nut to entertain the idea of sone icting
the priaonen,, hut apart from him there was not a tittle, by
proof, on ...halt tis find them guilty.
The Foreman acid —We consider the evidence insuflicient
to tit the guilt on these prisoners, though it may give rise
to Uoi.i,ounible
Mr. Justice •Falfourd—Thcn you find a general verdict of
not guilty ?
Foreman—We do.
The trial twirl six hours.
BAtsnaluo, r. Baixaku.c.r.

At the sitting of the court this ntonnug it was arranged
that Mr. Justice Toffolon should rttunt from Gloucester
and try this CAW.' on the 7th of April. It is rumutued that
Sir Fitzroy Kelly u coming down for the defendants.

NORFOLK CIRCCIT.-BEDFORD. MAIM 13.
Bar.. Mt. Jrnacs ►tie.
SHoorixo A GANIFILEFVFII.

John Derernia. In, and William Ikrerrur, 30, were
indicted for having shot at Thomas Worker, with intent to
do him some grievous bodily harm.
Thomas Case, an under-gamekeeper to Earl de Grey,
proved that on the `l4th of December he and the keeper,
Thomas Worker, went at nine o'clock to Cainhoe-park
Wood. They watched until two o'clock next morning,
which was Sunday. They thin sat down by a barley stack
to nsit themselves near the great riding of the wood. Sud-
denly a man tame upon them with a stake in his hand,
but on seeing them he went bark to the riding. Witness
and the keeper then followed him, and NW him with two
other men who had guns. In running witness's cap fell
oti, and at he stopped to pick it up Worker gut in advance
or him, and went up to the man, who used an opprobrious
epithet. and told him to stand back. They pointed their
gun. at the keepers and retreated along the riding. On
reaching the cruse riding, where there WAS a gutter, one of
the poachers tumbled down and the muzzle of
his gun stuck in the earth, and Worker, being
cleft to him, he turned on his back, brought the gun
to his shoulder, and fired at Worker's head. The latter
called out " lie's shot part of my head away." The man
called to his sempaniou with the gun, "Go again, put it
into the otter;" they all, however, passed through the
=sat d the wood and went across the fields to-
Also of Campton. Witness found Worker tuts
nook last sob, set a out and took lin to Ampthill. to •
wpm& lie vas la a 45.2••••• andition for some dais.
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