The Express.
London, England, 1858-11-24 00:00:00

OLD COURT.

At the sittiag of the court, William Lemon Oliorr, the
elocebreitar, was pieced at the bar to plead to four ladiet-
ante It (okay and misdemeanour, in having misappro-
priated attain valuable securities that bad been entrusted to
biro for a specific purpose.

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The rimer pleaded guilty is the whole of the charges,
sad he was thus removed from the her.

(Biwa Yr. Baran Brs.mwell and Mr. Justice Hill.)
Law Bergeswri, 47, was indicted for the willbl murder of
Ibis Farrell, by throwing her out of a window.

Kr. Bodkin °Deducted tie prosecution. The primmer wet
Eaketted by Mr.

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The learned counsel for the prosecution, In opening the
ease to the jury,said it was one of • serious and extmordleery
character, the prisoner being alleged ben caused the
death of the deceased by throwing her out of the window of
the home la which they resided. If. then proonded to
give • narrative of the fecte of the CAN, and It a. paired
that the primmer sad the deemed lived together as man and
wife, and occupied • heck room on the mooed floor, et
No. 11, Terkostreet, Westminster, acd It seemed that
the primmer had very frequently made use of violent
aid threatimiag language towards the deceased. On
the evening of the 15th of September the prisoner came
borne shoot Ix o'clock in the morning, and finding that the
deemed was not at home, be flew into • violist pardon,
and threatened that he would stick • knife into her, end be
thee senesced breaking the crockery. 'hoe deceased came
bone shortly afterward., and the prisoner made use of very
violent len/urge, end threw mine of the broken crockery
at hr. They went out together about seven o'clock,
mad returned boom at ten, and upon their going Into
the room they occupied, the door was beard to be
sod the prisoner, upon the dereamd asking him to let her out,
mid he would not do so; be had got bee there now end
be would have hie revenge upon her, or words to that abet.
Immediately atm this as aLu m was gis en that the deemed
bed talks out of the window, and the prisoner came oat of
the room and called out, " She is out of the window, end I
em off," end he we. about to go away vibes he was stopped
by some of the other lodgers. Upon got., into the yard, the
body of the =dominate woman was found ly jug on the mend,
sad the was removed to the Westminster limpital, wire she
died on the 22nd of September. The prisoner at Arm mid
that hie wife bad thrown herself out of the window; sad on
hi being sated why he had nit prevented her from doing so,
e wade so reply ; and he afterwards sada me of the
moterkable szeseloo, " Oh, give hit • leg up." The
tweed made made a statement before Mr. Pep. ter, the magistrate,
to the offset that she had thrown herself sat of the window,
but she subsequently said that this er,, not fro,,, and she
said that the prisoner was angry a itla her on account
of her having only received two shillings for some work
lasted of feet, and that when they got into the
room, end prisoner struck her on the head with a poker, and
ehe jumpd on the bed and raised the window to give on
stars, bat the prisoner, before elm could do so, pushed her
out of the window. In addition to these facto, it appeared that
when the prisoner was lake Into euendy he mid, .` It le a
very serious affair, and I suet sutler for it;" end he
added that the demised could not be much hurt, as she bad
struck ageing' the lamp, and a man named Winston.", who
bed beta taken Into custody no tempi of being a deserter,
end pieced in the game cell wish the prionter, deposed that
the prisoner told him, on the.sighit Le was brought to
the elaties-house, that he had
quarrelled with the
doomed, on scoosat of her not baring his tea ready, sad
that she called Ms • foul mime, which xasperated
and he struck her on the head with the poker, and she then
emit to the window and opened it, and he gave her a peek
sad, being a weighty women, out abet went; buff
he added that he did not hatted to throw bat
out, and It was done on the spur of the we-
went. This witness, however, admitted In crow
eternises:foe, that he bad been to cust,dy for
sad also for bang drunk end disorderly ; and he eletsa
that he did not tell the or any one else, whet bad
happened until recently. It appeared, harem that Seas
tranaactiona took place eight years ego and that does
that time he had obtained his living by boner empleptenaL
With reference to the charge of being a deetwien Memel
oat that he was mistaken for another person, and Met arm
was no toendatlon for the charge.
Mr. Sleigh made an swims appeal to the jury ow behalf
of the prisoner, end he endearnred to chow that the
ceased might might have throws herself ont of the window,or that.
at all events,it was extremely proloble that she fell oat during
the melts, end that at most the offence of the pries.'
amounted to manslaughter.
Mr. Baron Brentwell then summed up, and the jury.
atter a vary short daliberatiom, found the prisoner guilty of
manelatighter.
He was sentenced to penal servitude for lit..

NEW COURT.
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Grove Awed., 42, a smith, pleaded aunty to ea indictment
coat wharging Mot
ife betegt tlehaw ativr. laterwarryleg watt Elks Murphy, hie
Mr, W. Cooper, who appeared for the irosecatita. Mated
that the prissest had married three wives—Ma floi to
1840 to the comity of Durham. Aft., I'Vg With bit bt
sate yam% he WI bee mad lbw &WY*a eadrely deilltalee
18.52, he married hid *arced wile. a Mir
vest, at timbales, sad after twee*. menthe Ihe
her .11•6 she was up= the are of Wiwi taadae,, mod go
hwit*,ad to go tato Ur inekboase. 1• 1864 Y nil glib Old. Os Old
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