The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-11 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCIIIT.7-CaoToox, Aro. 10.

Before Mr. Baron Parke and a Special .Im7.
14 °ARE r. DICKSOIC—ACTION FOIL MANI:MR.—This was
an action for dander. Mr. Chambers, for the plaintiff,
stated the cue to the jury. The plaintiff, he Najd, was Miss
Sarah Mary Hoare, the daughter of a lieutenant in the royal
navy, and the defendant was a commander in the royal
navy. At the death of her father and mother, Miss Hoare
was left fa reduced circumstances, and she employed herself
in literary pursuits ; but finding that she was unable to sup-
port herself in respectability, she was compelled, in the year
1838, to apply to the Royal Naval Benevolent Society, of
which the defendant was the secretary, for assistance, as
the daughter of a deceased naval officer. Ever since that
period, as he was instructed, Capt. Dickson had been her
open and avowed enemy, and ho bad uttered the most gross
calumnies against her, and the effect of his conduct was to
prevent her from obtaining that assistance which she would
no doubt have otherwise received from the society, end of
most seriously injuring her character in the eyes of the
world. The plaintiff had never been able to obtain from
the defendant any explanation of his conduct, or the
grounds for the calumnies he bad uttered, and even
upon the present record he had not ventured to
plead a justification, and they were therefore prevented from
hearing the utter groundlessness of the charges that had
been made against the plaintiff. Finding she could not
obtain redress, the plaintiff at length applied to Earl Cadogan,
Sir Edward Codring'on, and Captain Saumarez, who were
members of the society, and they took up her ease, and at
one of the meetings of the society the defendant was asked
to state the grounds upon which be had made the charges
against the plaintiff, and he shrunk from doing so.
Captain Richard Saumarez said be was formerly a member
of the Royal Naval Benevolent Society'; he was slightly ac-
quainted with the plaintiff's father, and knew her as being
in distress and applying to the society for assistance. The
object of the society is to give temporary relief to the rela-
tives of naval officers who were not subscribers, end more
permanent relief to the relatives of those who were sub-
scribers. In 1843, the plaintiff presented a memorial, pray-
ing for assistance. Capt. Dickson said it could not be attended
to, as the applicant was unworthy of relief. On Jan, 26,1845,
there was a meeting of between .50 and 60 members of the
society, and Miss Hoare's claim was again under discussion.
ti yon that occasion he heard the defendant ray that Miss
Hoare was an impostor, that she was a woman of vitiated
character, an abandoned woman, and that she had been de-
serted by her friends. The defendant made other statements
regarding the plaintiff which witness took upon himself to
inquire into, and he found they were incorrect He left the
society in consequence of what he considered the continued
persecution of Miss Hoare by the defendant. The charges
referred to were made continually between April 1843 and
Oct., 1845, and Captain Dickson always appeared extremely
excited whenever the subject was under discussion. The
winnow underwent a long examination by Serjeant She,
with regard to the different motions and resolutions that
were come to, but the only material fact elicited appeared
to be that a committee which was appointed to investi-
gate the case of the plaintiff, cams to a revolution that
she was not a fit object to receive the funds of
the society. The witness also said that at the time the
statements were made by Captain Dickson he had some
letters in his hand, and he would not state positively that he
did not say the charges were made in the letters, but he said
that he did, on some occasions, certainly make them him-
self. Recollected the defendant saying that he had seen a
letter from Miss Hoare's brother, in which it was stated that
in consequence of her wicked conduct abs had been aban •
domed by all her friends, but after the Wass hail been pro•
duced they ordered a ents of 61..tpopobissice um So tie' tiff.
A number of letters were palmed the and
when the select committee was to i ,eire Mee the
case, he deemed it right to predate erial "noshing
testimonials" which be mid he bad neelved ham Plymouth.
Serjeant Shee dem attempted to pave a porde* of the
contents of the books el the erdeby, and rietdations that
were oome to in refennos Is the ems of Mir Hoare.—Mr.
Chambers objected to such imam bebm made evidence, as
the book was under the control se He sndant, and all the
entries were made by his own beml—flufsent Shoe mid his
object was to show that there MU to MAW on the part of
the dehmdant, and that he had week perlarmed his duty
as secretary of a charitable institatisa In endeavouring to'
prevent the funds from being
Captain Houghton, sas•at=ittliVssesty, heard
the defendant say, in October, 1543, Met the was an
shortened and vitiated character, and that lin trade of the
=ought not to be given to such apamen. He also
Captain Dickson say that the plahM. bed bassigeted
a puma to make a representation to the sainly that dr was
died se on the point of death, and by that same bed ob-
tained money for her funeral expenses. Ho IfYswise rid
that she had been living at an improper holm whisk was
elegantly furnished, and when she wanted money eh* need to
hire a garret and apply to the society.
Lieutenant Bedford deposed also to bearing the defendant
make use of the expressions about the funeral expenses ; but
he said be must do Captain Dickson the justice to say that he
believed he referred to another person and not to the plain-
tiLE He, however, said that on several occasions he heard
the defendant speak in a disparaging manner of the young
lady, although he could not recollect precisely when it w-
eaned. He had heard him call her an abandoned woman, a
vitiated character, and also insinuate that she had kept a
limes Millfasee, . .

TlesE;7l of 'adogan deposed that he was formerly a
stenther of the society, but had now ceased to be so. He
attended the meetings in July and October, 1846, when the
caw of Miss Home was under discussion, The matter had
Bret been brought before his notice in Jane 184.5, and'
upon hearing Misa Hoare's statement he considered: that she
had bees ill-used, and be endeavoured to obtain an inquiry
into the circanntances of the charges made against her. He
proposed that a select committee should be appointed for the
purpose. He wished the committee to be balloted for, but
after a very warm discussion that was positively refused, and
he then observed that they must take the responsibility of
such conduct, which he considered unworthy of a public
chard:VA" inst:tnion, :.td left the nom. Ia the course of
that discussion he tad the society that he should confine the

Inquiry to two specific charges, that of ld:w Home being an
improper character, and to her having obtained money for
funeral. expenses by causing a representation to be made that
site was dead. _

Admiral Sir E. Codrington said that the plaintiff applied
to him to assist her, as a member of the society; laid as she
represented that all she wanted was to meet ber securers
face to face, he felt it to be his duty to interest himself
in her behalf. He subse9uently attended the meetings,
and wanted Lord Cadagan in endeavouring to obtain a com-
mittee. The committee came to a resolution that Mini
Hoare was not entitled at that time to receive any relief from
the society.
Mr. Montagu Newland, a solicitor, deposed that in Sep-
tember, 1646, he went to the office of the society, in the
Adelphi, to apply for 101., which he understood had been
voted to Miss Hoare. He saw the defendant; and, on
making hie application, he said that Miss Hoare had no
claim on the seelety, and that the sum in question had been
voted to hir as an outfit, upon her getting a situation; and,
as she had not got use, the mosey had been returned by
Captain Saumaree, to whom it had been entrusted. Upon
that occasion the defendant said that Miss Hoare was • very
dangerous and unprincipled woman, and the greatest liar on
the face of the earth ; and he advised him to bare nothing
to do with bee—This closed the case for the plaintiff.
Serjeant Shea, for the defendant, said that if the character
of the plaintiff was seriously affected by the present in-
quiry, that of Commander Dickson was equally so. It was
a moat serious imputation upon him to be charged with
uttering foul slanders against a young lady, and particularly
when that young lady was the daughter of a deceased
brother officer. He bad no doubt, however, that when the
jury had beard all the circumstances that he should lay
before them, they would be perfectly satisfied that there
was us foundation for the charge that WAS made against the
defendant, and that during the whole of the transaction he
had done nothing more than the duty be owed to the society
required of him. It was clearly an Important duty on the
part of the secretary of such an institution to take are
that the funds were not given to those who wets entirely
unworthy. According to his instructions, Capt. Dickson
had acted throughout the whole affair like • just and
honourable man. When this young lady first applied for
relief she was treated with kindness and attention, and a
sum of money was granted to her, and this was repeated on
other occasions ; but, alter this, upon some information that
he received, he was induced to doubt whether she was
a proper object for the relief of the society, and his duty
compelled him to make those inquiries which resulted in his
feeling it to be his duty to advise the society not to grant her
any further assistance.
Mr. John Atkinson deposed that in 1639 the plaintiff
came to lodge at his house at Cemden-town she was to pay
301. a year for her board and lodging. In consequence of not
being able to obtain any money from Ter, he was induced to
write to one of her brothers, and received a letter ie reply,
in which it was stated, that the plaintiff, in conseqta nee of
her misconduct, had been abandoned by her family, and that
if, at the eleventh hour, she would chaege her conduct, and
Pprefer honour to dishonour, he was still vv,lling to do all that
ay in his power for her. He afterwards saw one of the
plaintiff's brothers and told bins of her conduct, and that
she had made a charge of being robbed in his house, to which
her brother replied that he was not surprised at it for it was
her general custom. He handed the letters he received to
Captain Dickson, and told him all that had occurred with
regard to the plaintiff.
Mr. W. Devereuc identified • letter that was produced as
the hand-writing of the late Rev. Mr. Dotelney, curate of St.
John's chapel,Portua The letter stated that the plaintiff had
introduced herself to the rev. gentleman, under the pretence
of' having some doubts upon the subject of religion tending
to infidelity, which she wished him to remove, and that af-
terwards she bad very much misconducted herself, and ex-
pressed an opinion that she was an unfit person to receive
assistance from the society. Various other letters were
put in, in some of which the plaintiff was described
as an adventurer. Upon one occasion it was stated
that she had courted a sect of methodists, and had ieduced
a leader among that sect to visit her upon religious subjects,
and after the interview he gave her M. The letter purport-
ing to have been written by one of the elaintif'a own
bruthers spoke of her as a person who had by her conduct
compelled her family to abandon ber.—Mr. Chambers ob-
i jetted to the reading of these letters, and contended that
they aught not to be received as evidence.—Baron Parke.
i however, rated that they were admissible, not as any proof
of the truth of their contents, but as offering evidence that
i the defendant was not actuated by malice.

The Rev. W. Valentine deposed that he was the incum-
bent of the district church of St. Thomas, Stepney. In
August, 1844, he became acquainted with Miss Howe, in
consequence of receiving a letter from her, stating that she
was in great distress, and he gaye her tome money for bar
immediate necessities. She afterwards told Mm she was the
daughter of a naval officer, and be was induced to interest
himself in her behalf, and endeavoured to get her into a
training school, to render her competent to become a
governess but she refused to go, saying that she would
rather be at the footstool of the great than be at the
head et the lowly herd. (A laugh) He afterwards re-
ceived some information which induced him to decline
to have any further intercourse with the plaintiff;
and after that she brought an action against him
for slander. He subsequently bad an interview with
Capt. Dickson, and told him all he knew concerning the
plaintiff. The witness added that, from all he had heard of
her, lie considered she was a person living by her wits.--The
I jury here interfered, and said they were perfectly sstithed,
and did not require any. more evidence.—Baron Parke said
that, after the strong opinion expressed by the jury, he sup-
posed Mr. Chambers would not wish to go my further.—Mr.
Chambers said he should not occupy the time of the court
any longer • bat he must say, in justice to Capt. Saumarts
and the other gentlemen, that if a proper inquiry had been
granted the present action would not have been brought.—
Baron Parke said there °odd be no doubt that the defendant
had done no more than hie duty, and he would have
neglected the interests of the society if he had not acted so ho
did.—The plaintiff was then nonsuited.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—OLoucrstr.o, Auo. 9.
001,17.—Before Mr. ItIMICC Erie.
.

',—
EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF MURDER.—JoIos S.Finoser,
a pale and weak looking young man, was charged with the
wilful murder of his wife, Sarah Skinner, on the 2nd of
June last, at the parish of Clifton, in the city of BristoL
From the statement for the prosecutioo, and the evi-
dence, it appeared that a few days before the evening
in question the prisoner and his wife had some Went!, which
ended in blows. On the evening of her death, while drinking
tea, John Irwin, her brother, came into the house, and ob-
serving some bruises on her arms and that she seemed much
indisposed, asked her what wax the matter. The prisoner bring
present at this time, she answered that she hail fallen
down a ladder a few days ago, but at the same time
gave him a wink, which induced him to suspect that the
prisoner had been ildusing her. Upon this he remarked
that if people could not live happily together as man and
wife they ought to separate in peace. To this espresaion of
opinion the prisoner replied to the effect that Irwin did sot
know who was in fault, and that some people were so fond
of quarrelling that it was impossible to live on good terms
with them. To this the brother-in-law answered, " Any
how, that is not a characteristic of my flcaily." Upon
this the prisoner rose from his seat and told Irwin
to leave the room. He got up to comply with
the order, but his sister seized him by the sass
and besought him to stop, or the primmer woad
kill her. Yielding to this solicitation, he was about to sit
down again, when the prisoner attempted to push him out.
He resisted, a struggle ensued, and both fell on the bed.
The prisoner seized hold of a knife, which he presented, at
the body of his relative, and drove Lim through fear of
it to the door, and, as soon as he was outside, he dealt him a
blow witk the left hand. which precipitated him down two
or three stairs. Here he paused to listen, to ascertain if
possible what the prisoner was at ; but all was still, untff,
all in a moment, he was startled by a dreadful " smash ;"
at the same time reeople who were walking in the street
below saw the deceased falling headlong from the
window to the ground. It was a window on the third floor.
The poor woman was immediately raised from the ground,
but her skull was fractured she sighed heavily once or
twice, never spoke, and breathed her last in a few moments.
One of the passers by, who saw her come flying out of the
window, heard her at the same instant utter a piercing
shriek ; a second noticed that the window was closed imme-
diately afterwards • whilst a third declared that he saw a
hand draw the window into the casement, close and fasten it.
The room was then opened, the window was found shut, and
made tight with the button attached to it; the keife before
referred. to was on a shelf, in an open cupboard, and the
prisoner was lying at full length on the bed. Upon
asked by a peace-officer what was the mat-
ter, he said that a quarrel had arisen between
himself and his wife, that her brother had interfered,
and that he had driven hint from the room and then laid
himself down ; and that on turning himself round he saw
the hair of his wife's head loose as she fell Irani the window ;
that h s then got up and shut it. The policeman further
said, that when the prisoner was informed that his wife lag
dead on the ground, he sniffed, and fell back again on
the bed.
Mr. Iluddleston, who appeared for the prisoner, got ea'
on crou-exantination, that the deceased was a strong, fully
developed woman; that the window was so small that at
would have required very considerable violence to have
forced her body through ; that the primmer was
himself in bad health at the time, and was by no means a
powerful person. The learned counsel then called a child,
Daniel Clonally, aged about seven years scat a half, who
stated that he and two other boys were sleeping on the
" leading " of the prisoner's room on this night; that he was
aroused hy the first noise, got up, saw the man Irwin forced
out, and while the door was open noticed the deceased go to
the window, open it, and throw herself out; that the pri-
soner, on returning to the room, saw r.t once what Lad
happened, and after a short pause went and buttoned up the
window. This evidence, both as to the position of the
parties, time, and circumstances, wan very closely tested
by the entasel for the prosecution, but the lad did
riot waver; his demeanour and mode of giving his testimony,
in fact, drew down an expression of approbation from his
lordship, who remarked that it was improbable that any
amount of tutoring could prepare so young a raven for
coucceting such a story, and so well supported, if it were
not true.
Mr. Justice Eric summed up most carefully, ani toad the
jury that if they believed the evidence of the boy they Look!
acquit the prisoner altogether.—The prisoner was flucd Ara
NUN Pans.—Before Mr. Janet Coleridge.
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against the inhabitants of two parishes abutting upoa each
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other in this county for the non-repair of a highroad therein.
The usual promos to bring such cat.es to trial is I y
meat iusieed this course was adopted originally, but Mende
influences prevailed, and the bill was thrown out by th

jury. Subsequently, the facts were brought)
the Court of Queen's Bench upon affidavit,
when their lordships granted these informations. The question
te.be decided, was, whether the portion of the road leading
!rout Upton St. Leonard's to the village of Barnwood, and
passirg through both parishes, was a common highway for
carts and carriag.a. The defendants admitted, in both
cases, that the road was a footway Lod bridleway, but denied
any further dedication to the public. The result of both
cases was a ver,,iet agairst the defendants.—Mr. Godson,
Q.C., and Mr. °rearm, were counsel on the part of the
crown —Mr. Whateley, Q.C., with Mr. Richards, appeared
for the defendants.

Special Jury.
Pt AP r. STAPI(I2OI.—NEGLECT OP A SHERIPT.—
This was an action in form, aghast the sheriff of Berks, for
negligence, in not executing a writ of tiers facia upon the
goods and effects of Meson. Thorns and Matthews, brewers,
of Hongerferd, so soon as be reasonably might faire done,
whereby the plaintiff lost the benefit of his judgment against
these gentlemen. The judgmentand mtney endorsed to levy
was 2.121. The writ was placed in the sheriff's office on the
2nd of December last. On the morning of the 3rd the war-
rant was delivered to an officer, a Mr. M'Orath, at New-
bury he, as soon as he received it, went directly to Hun-
gertord, a distance of nine miles, to the residence of the
debtors, Messrs. Thome and Matthews ; both happened to
be out at the the moment, sled out of courtesy he de-
ferred executing the processuntil their return. In the,
interim between his arrival and the seizure (five o'clock),
notice of en set of bankruptcy was e. reed upon the attorney
of the plaintiff, whereby the execution was virtually put an
end to, and the object in issuing the fi. fa. was defeated. The
struggle in the case to-day was whether M'Grath arrived at
the promisee of the debtors before nodes of the act of bank-
ruptcy was given in London. On the part of the plaintiff it
was proved by a person who had lived at Newbury for some
time that according to the course of post, letters were de-
livered there at half-put eight in the morning. A servant of
Messrs. 'Thorns nod Matthews swore that M'Grath called at
Der master's premises before ten o'clock. On cross-examine-
ton, however, site was not positive whether the
hour was eleven. A clerk in the employ of the
petitioning creditor against the hankrup:s declared
that M'Orath called at his master's office before ten o'clock
on the day in question. The petitioning creditor, Mr. Astley,
an attorney at Hungerford, was also called, and proved that
the officer waited upon him at his office later in the day,
and stated that he had been that morning to levy, but did
not like to do so then, as the gentlemen were expected
home every moment, and might settle, but that he intended
to go and do so at once; that the witness then informed him
that it was too late u they had become bankrupts. Another
witness proved that a written notice of an act of bankruptcy
was delivered to the plaintiff's attorney at about twelve
o'clock that day.
Mr. heating for the defendant, urged that the ease de-
pended entirely on the evidence of the boy, who should have
been confirmed the learned counsel's defence was, that
notice of the act of bankruptcy was given in London before
X'Grsth could have by any possibility reached Hun.
gerford ; and it was accordingly proved that a verbal notice
was given to the plaintiff's agent in London, at a quarter.
past ten in the morning, and a written notice at a quarter-
put eleven. It was further clearly shown by the evidence of
M'Grath himself, and other witnesses who saw him on the
road, and conversed with him, that he could not have reached
the inn at Hungerford until about a quarter-past eleven.—
Mr. Beicant Talfourd replied at some length.
Mr. justice Coleridge 'summed up, and left it to the jury
to say whether or not M'Grath was in Hungerford, and
could have seized before the notice of bankruptcy was given
in Landon: the question was, to which set of witnesses the
most credit was to be given. The jury found for the plaintiff;
damages 2.521.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Laucasrea, AVO. 9.
FATAL. Flour.—Edword Parker, 20, John Castle?, 25,
Joseph Drape, 24, Thomas Johnson, 26, and Thomas 'ales,
21, stood indicted, the former for killing and slaying Ed-
ward Seward, at Lancaster; and the rest with aiding and
abetting. The prisoners, who are all very boyish-looking,
pleaded not guilty. The circumstances of the case are as
follows —lt a the custom at Lancaster, on the Sunday pre.
ceding the races, for publicans to have booths on the race-
ground for the sale of liquors and other refreshments. On
the 4th of July lest the deceased and the prisoner acciden-
tally met at one of these booths. They were both ember at
the time, and commenced " trotting" one another, as it is
called in Lancashire, about their respective qualifications as
runners. High words ensued, and they agreed to settle
their disputes by fighting " for love." After shaking
hands, they accordingly fought for nearly en hour. At
the end of the sixtieth round, Parker caught deceased
round the neck and Muck him with his lists about the head,
until their backers separated them. Seward then fell to the
ground insensible, end though medical aid was instantly
peocurcd from the County Asylum, near which the fight
took place, he never rallied, and expired about seven o'clock
4he next rooming. A surgeon proved the immediate cause
sidesth to be effusion of blood on the brain; which, in
mower to the prisoner's counsel, he stated might have been
produced by the violent action of Seward himself during the
ht.—His Lordship, under these circumstances, stopped
the case, and directed the jury to acquit all the prisoners.—
The jury accordingly returned a verdict of Not
111NIM A:4 LY ASSAULT.— Isaac Brookbdosk, 35, was charged
with killing Betty Bradshaw, en old woman of 71, at Fenton,
a mall village near Lancaster, in Jolt' last. The evidence
disclosed grow brutality on the part of the prisoner. Sonia
had exists d between him and the deceased and her
husband, owing to a hedge belonging to the old couple
having been trespassed on in some way by the prisoner.
They remonstrated with him, when he struck the demised
a violent blow, and she fell with such fora u to fracture one
of her thighs : the survived the accident only eight days.
For the defence, evidence was adduced to prove that deceased
struck prisoner first, and that the former had been suffering
how an affection of the chest, and dropsy of the extremities,
for a long time previously—His lordship said the jury must
acquit the prisoner of the felony. They had the option,
however, of finding him guilty of a common assault.—The
jury returned a verdict to that effect —His lordship sen-
tenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to bud labour
for twelve calendar months. _ .

LA N CABEIRR FIONTINO.—ffemi Hyde, 27, was indicted
for killing Richard Marsden, at Over Darwen, near Black-
barn. in May last. The prisoner and deceased had been at
a rabbit chive, in the neighbourhood of Over Damen, and
afterwards adjourned to the nearest public-house, where de-
ceased eventually challenged the prisoner to fight. The latter,
after a good deal of reluctance. consented, and they both
went into an adjoining field. Deceased, after a tew rounds,
fell heavily to the ground. The conditions of the fight were,
that it was to be " up and down," i.e., kick and strike, and
Hyde, a bile his opponent was prostrate, kicked him on the
head. The deceased got up, and after a few ineffectual efforts
to renew the contest, dropped down and expired instantly.
For the defence, it was contended that the injury which
caused death was produced by the fall, and not by the kick.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty. His lordship said he
could not pass sentence until he had given the case the
gravest consideration. The prisoner must, therefore, stand
dawn till morning. He hoped the time would soon come
when such brutal exhibitions, which did not weak much
for the advance of the great county of Lancaster in cbristian
feeling, would be at an end.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Snroowaren, Aro. 9.
Caowe Courr.—Before Chief Justice Wilde.
Cu Patna or Monomt.—Maurice Perry, aged 28, was
indicted for the wilful murder of John Bailey, is the parish
of Bithampton on the 28th Jane last, the deceased being
at the time a constable in the execution of his duty,
Mr. Phinn opened the ease to the jury, and stated-that
the prisoner was indicted under a statute, respecting which
he read an extract from a telt writer, " Russell on Crimes "
(p. 1132), referring to the crime of killing a constable while
in the discharge of his duty. On Monday evening the 2Sth
June last a number of ' railway men," including the
=er, were assembled together at the George public-
, at Bathampton. A quarrel arose between two men
named l)ainton and Potter, and it was arranged that they
should adjourn to a neighbouring field to fight. After the
men had been fighting for some time constable Thomas
Smith interfered, and he was immediately knocked down by
one of the persons in the ring. At the same time somebody
exclaimed, " I will kill any constable that comes into the
field." The deceased, Jobs Bailey, then came up in his
shirt sleeves, and, according to the testimony of some of the
witnesses, said to the prisoner, " I am a constable, and if I
you don't stop fighting I must take you." Whereupon the
prisoner said, " He didn't care for any constable," and im-
mediately knocked the deceased down. Whether or not the
prisoner was the man who actually struck the constable in the
first instance, it would appear that he kicked him whilst on
the ground, and struck him as he was about to rise. The result
of the affray was, that J. Bailey was carried off the field a dead
man. On the following day a port-mortem examination
took place, and the opinion of the surgeon was, that the
death was caused by an effusion of blood in the cavity of the
chest, arising from the rupture of a large vein beneath the
collar bone. This vein being close to the heart syncope was
produced, and death must have been instantaneous. There
was also an effusion of blood at the bass of the brain, and
there wore external marks of violence on the left arm and
on the forehead. The injury to the brain was most probably
the result of a fall, and the rupture of the blood-vessel must
have been produced by a violent blow, or bv the body coming
in contact with some hard substance. the witnesses all
to the fact of the prisoner taking an active part in
agreed
as
ray ; and it was positively stated by more than one per-
son that be was the man who knocked Bailey down.
It should be stated that a man named Samuel Crawley was
indicted for being present aiding and abetting Maurice Perry
in the commission of the offence ; but he has avoided being
taken into custody. Henry Crawley was also charged, but
only upon the coroner's inquisition, with being concerned in
the edam.
Mr. T. W. Saunders addressed the jury on the part of
Perry, and contended that the evidence was not sufficient to
prove that he was the cause of the deceased's death.
Chief Justice Wilde, in summing up, told the jury that
if upon looking at the whole of the evidence, they should
be of opinion that a mob •es collected on the occasion in
question, and that the prisoner was one of that mob, en-
gaged in the unlawful act of preventing, by violent means,
the officer from executing hie duty, they must find him guilty
of murder, although they might not think that his was the
hand which actually struck the fatal blow.
The jury deliberated for upwards of half an boor,
when the foreman announced that they found the prisoner
guilty of being a party concerned, but they d:d not think
there was sufficient evidence that he gave the fatal
blew.—The Judge: Concerned in what, gentlemen ?—A
In the murder.—The Judge : That is a verdict
If you find that the deceased was on the field
Lis duty as a constable, by endeavouring to stop
ad that the prisoner was engaged in presenting
of violence, you ',must find him guilty ; hut if
think otherwise, your verdict must be one of not
The jury again turned round, and, after a very
consideration, returned &Verdict of Guilty.

His lordship then put on the black cap, and passed sea-
tence upon the prisoner in the following terms: You have
been fou,il guilty of having murdered the drceued man,
John The circumstances under which this unfortu-
nate man has received h.s death, either by your hand, or
with your cencurrence, ruder the case ono which calls pe-
culiarly upon the law to vindicate its justice and its power.
The deceased was called upon to execute his duty in suppres-
sing a fight then going on in disturbance of the public
peace. Hit entered the field as an officer, but he was
guilty of no act of violence, nor had he utter, d one expression
but such as entitled him to obedience. It is painful to con-
ceive that any set of Englishmen, for whatever purpose they
might be met together, could join in beating and kicking a
fellow creature, without one hand being raised to protect
him or one voice uttering a single word foi mercy. Many
will feel for your situation, standing at that bar; but it is not
pity alone for the offender that must be felt but for the un-
fortunate man whose life you have been the instrument, or
one of the instruments, in taking away. He was
doing his duty by enforcing the law. You were
breaking the law and acting with violence. How
such an act could have been committed, and no one
make an effort to save the unfortunate victim, is indeed la.
mentable. The jury have given a painful and anxious at-
tention to your case, and in my opinion they could not, in
the conscientious discharge of their duty to the country,
pronounce any other verdict than that which they have just
returned. You are not convicted upon the evidence of one
man—several speak to your declarations and to your acts,
all combining to establish, beyond any reasonable doubt,
that you have been guilty of the crime named in
thisindictment. Your conduct can lead but to one
conclusion, viz., that you were determined to continue the
fight by resisting the officers to any extent—l say to any ex-
tent, for you pursued ene of them even to death. It should
be known throughout the country, and is known, that every
peace officer, when in discharge of his duty, represents the
whole force of the law, and must be protected. You have
sent this man, "in the midst of his sins" (as he cried out)
before his maker to answer for his conduct in this life.
You will have an opportunity of repenting of vour
sins, and of seeking for that mercy which you denied to
him. The off as is one for which I can by law pronounce
but one sentence. You have murdered an innocent man.
You have deprived his family of his protection, and of the
comfort they should receive from Inns. Can your life be
spared consistent with public duty ? Upon this there can be
only one opinion. It is not to add to your affliction tkat
say this. It is that your awful example may operate as a
solemn warning to others who might otherwise act as you
have done. I deeply regret and feel that I cannot discover
in the evidence before me anything to justify me in holding
out to you the hope that the sentence I am about to
pas, will not be carried into effect. I should do
you an injustice, if I did not call upon you seriously to an-
ticipate the very short period in which you are to appear
before your God—if I did not tell you that your earthly
race is run. AU thft remains for you is to seek for that
mercy of which you have so much need. His lordship then
passed sentence in the usual form, and the prisoner (who
wu perfectly cool and collected throughout) left the bar
protesting his innocence. Several of the jurymen were
deeply affected at the result of the inquiry, and some of
them shed tears when the verdict was returned.

Henry Crawley was then placed at the bar, but the grand
jury haling ignored the bill against him, the learned counsel
did not think proper to proceed with the charge upon the
coroner's inquisition.

MaNstaunn'ren.—Richard Hall, aged 35. was indicted
for the manslaughter of James Boyce, at Stoke Lane, on the
I Ith of May.—Mr. Phinu called witnesses to prove that the
deceued was a coal miner, and that on the 11th of May last
he had been drinking at various public-housee, and
went to the White Hart Inn at Stoke lane, kept by
the prisoner. He was in company with a man named John
Langley, and the liquor he bad drank rendered him ex-
tremely quarrelsome. He challenged his companion to tight,
and interfered with the prisoner when he was endeavouring
to remove a woman named Joan Lambert from the bar. A
struggle afterwards ensued between the prisoner, the de-
ceased, and another man named Adams. The prisoner was
knocked down by the deemed, and he received a violent blow
which produced blond. Thedemend was ultimately ejected
from the bar,sad he then went to the window and endeavoured
to exasperate the prisoner by making gestures at him. The
prisoner, however, refused to admit him, and thereupon the
deceased seized a bill-hook and commenced chopping with
great violence at the door. At length he sumeed in
making a hole in one of the panels, and the prisoner being
greatly provoked armed himself with a gun and said he
would blow the man's brains out if he did not desist. The
deceased, however, continued, and the prisoner, without
further hesitation, placed the muzzle of the gun through the
hole in the door, and discharged hat him. The contentslcdged
in the deceased's head, and his death was the immediate
consequence. The learned judge summed up the case. The
law was, that a mere act of trespass or assault would not
justify a man in resorting to • deadly weapon to protect
himself, but if, in the present case, the jury should be of
opinion that the deceased conducted himself in such a
manner as to inspire feelings of great personal alarm in the
prisoner's mind, they could not find him guilty. The jury
returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

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