The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-01 00:00:00

ENFIELD PETTY SJISSION6.-YESTERDAY.

BErottis Ma. D. littaisoN (C;AnntAN) AWR MR. 11. C. BOWLES.
ATTZDIPT OP • MOTHER TO HE HER TWO
CHILDREN,
Sarah Jack.scvs, a widow, about 40 years of age, was
charged with avemying to murder Ebel Jackson, aged 9
years, and Mary Jackson, aged 6 years, her daughters, by
endeavouring to cut their throats with a table knife. The
prisoner bad, since the death of her hatband, which occurred
about three years ago, curled on the business of a general
dealer in Eofield. _
_

Mary Ellis, a married woman, residing next door to the
prisoner, said that on Tuesday morning last, about half.past
4 o'clock, she heard the prieoner's deu,elyer El.z), who was
in the street, screening violently. Witness went to her, and
asked her what was the matter. She exclaimed, " Oh, Me,.
Ellis, Mrs. Ellis ! Mother has cut my throat at d my arm ;
and she, is now cutting Polly's throat !" Witness instantly
ran into the prisoner's house, seeing that her daughter wee
bleeding at the throat She went Leto the bedroom on the
first flour, and saw the prisoner standing by the bedside.
She said to the prisoner, " Oh, Mrs. Jackson, what have you
been doing ?" She made no reply. Whines picked up a
table knife, at about six feet from the/snout. Her (huge-ter
Mary wee on the bed crying. She had a cut OA the left side
of her neck, and on her right thumb.
E,'za Jackson, an intelligent little child, stated that en
Tuesday morning last she was suddenly awoke by her
mother, who had a knife across het throat. Witness strug-
gled and wrested the knife (rem her mother, which she
flung into the mid.lle of the room. Her mother observed
that she would exn get another, and ran down stairs. She
returned with another knife. Witness was out of bed. 1.7p0n
seeing her, her raother said, " Come up stairs into the gar.
rat, I have such a beautiful wax doll there." Her mother
went up stairs. Witness followed bar out of the rcom, and
ran down stain to give an alarm. She saw her mother go
into the ro tm where her sister Mary was. The wetness fur-
ther stated that before her mother asked Ler to go into the
garret she stabbed her in her left arm.
Mr. Asbury, jun., surge (m, Enfislel, stated that the stab on
the left arm was about two inches long and about half an
inch deep. He was informed that the younger child had
the knife in her right hand, and that her thumb was cut
while her mother w..s drawing it away.
Stevens, a polieenion, nil that be took the prisoner to
the station-house. Ho told her for what offerce she was
charged. " She observed it was all through telling lies."
(He produced two table knives. One of them had blood on
the blade.)
The Chairman asked the prisoner, who was frequently in
teen, what she hod to ray to the charge ?
The prisoner said that what had been rtned was correct.
She added, " I do nut know anything about it, any further
than that I am at times not of sound mind."

The Chairman observed that the melancholy state of her
mind was very apparent, bat th,re was quite sufficient
evidence to induce the bench to send her to the Central
Criminal Court, for ationrina to murder her children.
The prisoner was committed accordingly.

POLICE.--YEanitadiT.