The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-20 00:00:00

CENTR.AL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.—(Twa Dar) -
Bayou Ma. Laos ham
Caaion or Muonan.
Caron** Cock, 28, was indicted for the ISM WOW Of
her hothead, Jobs. Code, by stabbing bat te Wager efitili
atone.
Mr. Bodlda lad Mr. T. Chamber enahasted the present.
lien for the tosesarp. The plow tem dehlathill W.
Mr. W. Cooper.
The learned sottesel4 then permaticei having stated the
4111* to the jury, thel_si
_driftage Wee added
I Charlotte Great fieWeetthatilus innessia the genies
OW. Boller, at Botha The deemed wee Steediasa in the
edam genie •la July be. Oa fkieeday, the let of that
meatie, the Flamm MIN 1111
erne'Debee. sad Moat three
Vele& is the ebeemeenehe deseased up stabs to wit-
' saw sad asked lese to jpe wed erne Ids baby. She went burn
' about In limbi al eewarda, and' open rideg to the
pas door she law the deemed lib/ on the Soot on his
brah,try,aad the rigout wee reading by kis tight side ekes
to hiss. On the be heed of the deemed then was a drawer,
acid immedialely an hi. riOt, a sink • and the prisoner wee
Sipipig haws= the deemed sad UN rink. Boggs,
'she west dews Mare she beard so mir or as city eir
that sleareated her attention. 'When she first sew ths
M appeared to be dad, 'ad the risme asked hteriplille
kg • doom!. TI. primmer at Use dam bad heriebelb bee
✓IM Witness said to bee titattarisei7atiriMi
'Este was no uvulae be a thn sea.;
"Foe God's sale
'the ,go for ; IMO I ken
' " Whams did not at this Uses einem say blood upon
By Mr. Cooper —W saw the deceased in the morn-
* of this day, before he west to church, mid at that thee be ,
appeared very comfortable. The primer had her hawk
end shawl ea. The doer of the pantry was neer to Wirier
WIN down which witness had descended. When she 101,1
west Into the pastry tits eyes of the dammed were eimed.
His Mecum did not appear haggard-
By Mr. B prin.—The rigour appeared to be Wig
whist the sink, and everything that was upon it well be
within her resets.
Mr. Boller deposed that the demand had been in his m-
ein tor two years, and he had known him altogether for
twenty yeas, and he had procured him • situation with Mr.
.Tionerley. The deemed was a man of religious feeling and
principle. On the Sunday ja question be appeared in his
usual health end spirits. Witness knew the prisoner , end,
for reasons which he ocasidered sweetest, le had forbade
her coning to hie house. The witness then produced • plan
of the pantry end kitchen, end described the position of the
Mak, and the place when the body of the deoeued was
Bythe Cain—Whams told the deceased and the prisoner
also, that he would not allow the prisoner to oome to the I
house, and he threatened to discharge the deceased if he per-
mitted his wife to visit the house.
Mary Catlin, cock to Mr. Buller, deposed that she saw the
prisoner at the house a short time beton the let of July.
She dined with the deceased end the coeshman in the
kitchen on the lst, and while they were at dinner, the pri-
soner came in with her child and she was apparently very
much heated from exercies,ead witness took the baby from he;
and asked her to sit down and hove some dinner,and she Men
The deceased walked round the table and said to
" What brought you here ?" and the prisoner rer " Tere
know what 1 have come for." Then were the font webs
that were sr ken by her. The deceased sad the priseist ,
appeared excited with each other, and the forme seemed to
be angry that his wife had owns to the home. While the
prisoner was eating her dinner, the deceased took the child
in his arras, and walked about with it, and the angry feeling
between them sppeated to subside, and they conversed to-
gether in a friendly manner, end about three o'clock wit-
nets went up stairs to dress herself to go to church ; she left
the deceased the prisoner, and the child in the kitchen.
While witness was dressing she heard the nurse call to
her trout the bottom of the stairs to tell her to come down,
as John was very ill. Witness went down immediately, and
found the demand lying across the door-way which sepa-
rated the pantry from the bitches. The prisoner wag error
in the kitchen, and she believed that she asked her to loch
some one. Witness noind that a steel for sherpenieg
halves was lying elms to the less of the deceased. The steel
was usually kept in the pantry. She oleo observed &knife-
tray on the dresser in the pantry, and saw that there were
knives in it. At first she did not observe any blood opera
the deceased, and not thinking he was seriously in-
jured, Ike procured some vinegar and washed his i.e.
with it. Witness then asked the prisoner what we.
the cause of it, and seeing blood on the deceased's left keen,
while she was washing him, she asked the prisesier what
cared the blood to flow from his breast, end asked whether
he bad any affection of the heart, aid the prisoner replied
that he had uot. While she was washing the deemed he
appeared to meve a lit'le, and the said to him, "John, here
is sour wife," and he replied in a faint toms, " What dose
she want?" and slant immediately expired. Shortly after
this she observed the prisoner kneeling down by the dead
hod, of her husband and toning at him, end see believed
that she unloosed his neckcloth. The prisoner appeared
quite collected at the time. Upon witness obsenuie the
wound in the deceased's brine, she exclaimed, " Go.id God,
he is stab'. d." and the prisoner, who was standing close by,
did act m.ke any ?try to he observation.
By Mr. Cooper.—The moment she saw the demand she
ea-hissed, "He is dying. His eyes looked sheeny end
like a dying person. It was not more than twenty mina•es
from the time she first sew the deceased till his death. For
the first few minutes the prisoner appeared to be in grief,
but she very soon roused herself sod appeared quite col-
lected.
Thomas Smith, Mr. Buller's coachman, confirmed the tes-
timony of the list witness with regard to the conduct of the
pria•gur on her coming to the house on the day in question.
He also said, that about five minutest before three o'clock,
he raw the deceased and the prisoner sitting together appa-
rently in a friendly manner, sad the pr
r, nursing
the child.
Mr. E. J. Asbury, the surgeon who was called upon to
examine the detested, depend that upon his arrival ha hued
he was not quite deed, but there was no pulse. The de-
ceased only breathed once and then expired. Upon twi-
nkle./ the b ,dy be found a wound in the left breast over the
region of the heart, about an inch in leogth which had been
made by some sharp instrument. The prisoner and the
cook were present while be made the exemenatioa, and on
his saying that the man was dead, the prisoner made some
ululation apparen'ly of surprise, but he could not remem
bee the exact words she made me of.
By the C cut.—The expression made use of was " Is he
indeed T' or something of that kind. She did not appear at
all darned when she said it. The prisoner was nursing
the child at the time.
Serieent C Mies, of the N. ?brisker, derma that on Sun-
day the Ist July, he was sent for to Mr. Buller's house, and
wet into the pantry, weer' he saw the body of the deceased
end the prisoner, and Mr. Asbury, the surgeon. He asked
if •he man was dead, and Mr. Asbury told him he was.
ye• prisoner at dile time was sitting dose to the heal of
the deeessed. Witness unshed how it happened, sad he
said he could not tell, so,d he put the same question
t. the prisoner, and she replied, "I do not know."
She appeared quite cal end 'polluted. Witness ob.
served a number of Italy.. lying about, and in the sink be
,Inc oared one which had blood npoa the blade three inches
up. The blood appeared quite fresh. (The knife was here
produeed by the witness, end handed to the jury.) Upon
discovering this knife be inked the prisoner if she knew sap.
thing of it, rind she replied that she knew nothing of it, eel
bad never seen it before. He then told her that she most
consider herself in his custcdy, on suspicion of causing the
death of her husband, and she answered " Very well " She
appeared perfectly calm and collected. Shortly after this he
told the prisoner that she must accompany him to the s•s-
time.l owe, and she replied, " Oh, very well," end stepped
over the dead body of her husband as she went out with
hint, end did not exhibit the least emoion. Witness then
left the prisoner in the charge of another constable, to he
conveyed to the station house. The prisoner was in his own
charge fur au hour, and during that period she gess no ex.
pluetos with regard to the occurrence. The prisoner
underwent an exam!nation before a magistrate on the
2nd of July, and was remanded meld the following
Friday, when sinus fetched her tress the Howe
of Detention at Clerken well. Upon this occasion
the prisoner asked if there had been an inquest on the body,
sad he told her there had, end she then inquired whet they
bad done, sad hetnid her it was so secret, they bad returned
a verlict of wilful murder against her. She replied, "Is it
hpau.sii.beled?,
before. The prisoner then said she thought they 'mig
let her an him first
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(The trial was reseeding when we wept to prem.]

LICHFIELD, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND MIDLAND
COverrias AoniCllLruitaL SoctirrY.—The annual m. eting
at this society commenced yesterday (Tuesday) et Lichfield.
Tile sloughing sad Amine meshes took place in the &ids
n..ar the city. The show of stock and exhibition cf imple-
ments will take place this day (Wednesday) in Levett's field,
scar the South Steffsrdebiee Railway station, and the annual
dinner will be held at the Heine Hotel, at four o'clock in
the afternoon. The introducion of the aura of
this town into the title of the society spedaily identif SI it
with this esighbottrhoed, and we are happy to hear that the
tor re annual mesitieg will be held in Wolverhampton. From
the ample eccommodation afforded in our new settle maiket,
end from the railway facilities which will then he in opera-
tion tor the conveyanes of stock, Ate., to this town from
Shropshire sad Wales, and other parte of the Doan son
there
can be **desist that it will preys *** of the most important
end successful meetings of the seeisty.—Woliterhampton
Chronicle.
'ins FIRS 11l CAYBP.mxill.—The inprot called
to hours into the origin of the late lire on the Market-
hill, Cambridge, wee brought to a conclude's on Tuesday
evening, at the Towithall. The
.11u7 reterned a verdict to
the fewisog effect :—" That the ire originated oe the pre-
mium lately esaspied by Mr. Lodge, bat bow ar by selmt
mean% theme is se (Weave to show. We' farther find
Shit tie ether prosiese mmeamed ware bused by moo of
sleek nativity to the premiers of Mo. Ledge."