The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-29 00:00:00

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HOME ClRCl7lT.—MrautrrolrE, JULY 28.
(Before Baron Pigott.)
Throw Lock, 32, was charged with feloniously shooting
at Emma Susannah Williams, with iatent to murder her.
Mr. Barrow prosecuted. The prisoner was defended by
Mr. Biwa.
The proseoutrix was a young girl about 15, sod it seemed
that in April last the primmer wee snorting her, and she
had promised to many him, bat she afterwards changed her
mind, sod refined to do so, The prisoner was so doubt
very much attached to her, sod the refusal very much ex-
cited him. On the 24th of May be went to the place where
the was in the habit of going to dine, discharged • pis-
tol at her, and inflicted severe wounds upon her face, but
foraunately did not do her any serious injury. The pistol
burst by the explosion, and the prisoner himself was dread-
fully wounded, his jaw was broken, Lad he was still
suffering *evenly.
The prisoner pleaded guilty to uolawfully wounding, and
he was sentenced to four months' imprisonment.
It should be stated that before the sentence was pro-
sounced the prosecutrix got into the witimas.box and begged
the court to deal mercifully with the prowser , because she
said the believed he was sorry for what he had done, and
was the chief support of a widowed mother.
Morrie Newhouse, a determined-looking young German,
was charged with felosiously assaulting and wounding
William Hubble, with intent to murder him.
Mr. Poland proneuted on behalf of the ?moiety.
It appeared that the primmer was tried in 1861
for the offence of anon, and eintenced to teen
years' penal servitude, end he was removed
to the convict establishment at Chatham. There
he seemed to have behaved very ill, and was frequently
punished, and be was heard to say that he would be re-
venged, and that be was tired of his life. On the day men-
tioned in the indictment, the prisoner and • number of
other convicts wore engaged in making en excavation for •
new dock, and while the prolocutor. who was on of the
warders, was standing on the edge of the excavation, the
prisoner suddenly pushed him, and he would have fallen a
depth of 27 felt upon some machinery if he bad not for-
tunately made a spring and caught hold of • piece of timber,
which broke him falL
The prisoner was convicted, aed sentenced to eight years'
penal servitude, to ociannesies frees the pining time.
Emily Elisabeth /weirs, a married wenn& aged 26. droned
io deep mourning, was chested with the wild murder of
her female child.
Mr. Grady and Mr. Addison nedueted the prosecution
the prisoner was defended by Mr. Barrow and Mr.
loughby.
The ciroumst wows under which thie charge was preferred
against the priaoaer were of rather an extraordinary ohs-
rooter. It appeared that she was a parson in a respectable
position of life, and was married a few years ages and
she and her husband kept a public-house called the Ship-
wrights' Arms, at Gravesend, hut it seemed that they die-
agreed, mid In March, 1864, a sepantion took place between
them by mutual °cosset. The prisoner subsequently sow
plied to the Divorce Court with • view to ob-
tain a formal 'nineties from her husband, bat
the judge refused to make the order, and advised
that the parties should resume aohabitatioc. The hushing
did Dot seem inclined to carry out this auggeotion, and the
prisoner went to the house of a sister of her husband, whit
resided aa Greenwood, and at this time no suspicion appeared
to have been entertained that the was in the family-way.
The prisoner appeared to have been delivered on the more.
iog of the 4th of July, and epee an alarm being given, the
body of a child was found In her bed-room. It was alive '
when it was first disoevsled, but died very sees afterwards.
A number of wouoda were discovered on the bead end
breast, and these injuries were alleged to be the nun of
derith, and the amnesties on the part of the prosecution
was that the prisoner had wilfully destroyed the life of her
child, with a view, if pantile, to amoral her shame, and
keep the fact from the knowledge of be husbeed.
Mr. Barrow, at the erase of the ease for the prosecution,
made as able address to the jury as behalf of the prisoner,
and after reminding them that it they interned an adverse
verdict to bet the inevitable result would be that her
life would be sacrificed upon the enfold. Be contended
that in the first plan there was no positive
evidence that either of the (sierras that had been alluded
to was the cause of death, and secondly, that there was no-
thing to show, even supposing this far* bad been proved,
that those Minks were not Misted accidentally, liner the
excitement of the positioe in which the prisoner was placed.
With regard to the motive that was suggested for Gni:rime,
be submitted that there was no *video°, that the child in
question was not the child of the husband, and be remarked
that if the prisoner bad been aware that it was the result of
au adulterous banners, with some other man, it was not
likely that she would have gone to her hothead's house and
requested him to receive her. if she had been aware that she
was likely to be delivered of a child of wbioh he was not
the father within a mouth afterwards.
Some respectable winners were called, who gave the
prisoner an excellent character for humanity, and who also
stated that she was exceedingly food of children.
Baron Pigott, in summing up the case to the jury, said
that, undoubtedly, before they would be justified in finding
the prisoner guilty, they ought to be satisfied that the
injuries were the cause of &nth, sod that they were
inflicted wilfully, and if any doubt existed is their minds
upon either of these points, the primmer was entitled to an
acquittal.
The jury, after a very abort deliberation, returned • ver-
dict of Not Guilty.
There was some applause when the verdict was given,
and the prisoner was ordered to be immediately discharged.
CIVIL Sip& —(B•fore Mr. Justice Crompton and a Common
Jury.)
JOHNSON 0. BAWLED.
This was what is called a qui tam action, to recover four
penalties of 1001. each from the defendant, ardor an old
act of parliament, the 55th of Geo. 111., for having supplied
certain goods to the Medway Dojos', he being one of the
guardianof that radon at the time.
Mr. Ribion and Mr. Daly were for the plaintiff ; and Mr.
Lash, Q.C., and Mr. Prentice, for the defeadast.
The case on the part of the plaintiff was that the defen-
dant had supplied certain quantities of brandy to the union,
he being at the time an overseer of one of the perishes and
also • guardian.
A great number of technical objection were takes in the
°nurse of the cage, which the learned judge consented to
reams for further nosaideration if seemeary. Both parties
were tradesmen at Chatham, and it appeared that the
plaintiff had commenced similar actions apiest bores
other tradesmen to mover penalties.
The jury, is the result, rammed a verdict for the defen-
dant, and hie lordship refused he stay execution for the
costs.

ISLAWD.--Another of the agrarian
murders which bare etaieed with infamy the character of
our country has been perpetrated in the county of Meath.
A bailiff named Thome Devlin was employed, about a
forteight ago, to serve ejectment@ me some tenants in the
neighbourhood of Blaze. and him sloes thee been missing.
On Tuesday night his mutilated re masse were found in a
core-field in the finality when he had been engaged. The
discovery was made aosidestally, nods, somewhat singular
eirensostanom. Adm brae out in the neighbourhood, sad
the police and peseantry assembled to reader assistance.
On their Mars home their &Wittier was attracted by a
' putrid smell proceeding from a field, sad on searching to
ascertain the cause they head the murdered man. Five
wrote have bees rade se saepisioa, sad it is lo be hoped
that this may not have to be added to the slready tee keg
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