The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-06 00:00:00

.ASSIZB IN7BLLIGENCE.

HOME ClRCUlT.—Kniorrow, Arm 6.
(Beim Mr. Judos Brk and a Special Jury.)
BALM ff. BURNABY.

This was en action to looms damages for infitrim oc-
casioned to • mare belonging to the plaintiff, through, as was
aliegad, the negligent* of ths dsindant's servant.
Mr. Hi%Willa, Mr. Pmmtioe, and Kr. Shaw wire for Eta
plaintiff; Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., Mr. Wordsworth, Q.C.,
and Mr. Within Williams wars for the delledsat.

The plaintiff in this action, it appeared, wee allmry-staide
keeper and job-master, carrying on his business at Grosvenor-
mews, Pimlko ; and the defendant lea colonel la the Gre-
nadier Guards. It appeared that upon the awoke of the
review at Woolwich, on the 21st of January, In homer
of the ma ' of the Princess Royal, Colonel
Burnaby had ' the mars in question, which
had formerly belonged to Prince Albmt, and was
purchased by the plaintiff at a sale of his Royal Highness's
cast stock, and which was represented to be • great favourite
among the plaintiff's memoirs, sad had rode her at the
re-
view, and afterwards sent her home with one of his servants.
When they arrived near New-croas the mare began suddenly
to tsar and ;tongs, and eventually fell with great violence,
doing herself very great damage, sad far the thi wise that she
thus received the present action was brought to recover coat-
psamtion,lt beingelleged that thedehadent'a groom wee drunk,
aced that it was through his negligence and want of proper oars
andeautka that the tajariesbad beinsustsined. The defenesto
the 'anon was that there had been no negligence on the part
of the groom, and Mr. Mayor, Mr. Barley, and other sceiseat
vetrinary surgeose ware called, who expressed a confident
opinion, from the symptoms spoken to in the evidence, that
the mare had been attacked by epilepsy or " stymies," and
that the mischief she sustained was to be attained to this
amiss rather than to the one suggested on the part of the
plaintiff.
Mr. James was about to sum up the cam for the &had-
oat when the jury interpoetd, and said they confederal It
yammer ry for him to do so, as they had area op their
Wads that the defendant was minded te the verdict.

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OXFORD ClRCUlT.—OLouczern, APII.II. 6.
(Before Mr. Bans Chinasll)
AI-Wirt to POISON A PATINA.

ANN /ad, a married woman, was charged with isksionsly
to Joseph Goodall, her father, • qaeatity of
nett le
rrrithintent to murder him, at Quemingtoe, in this
county.
Mr. Crippe prosecuted ; Mr. Bowyer &hatted the primmer.
T'he prisoner, on being arraigned, buret Into tiers, and
appeared greatly agitated throughout the trial.
The facts, se stated by Mr. Crippe in his °plebe, were
briefly these :—On the 6th January last the prisoner boughtsome anemic at a druggist's shop at Fairford, neer QOM-
sleeks, and signed the register in the druggist's shop in a
false name. Next day, after her father (with whom she and
bee hashead lived at Quennlngton) had taken tea be was
very 11, sad vomited freely. He got up lather better early
the following morning (Fnday), and made some more tea in
the some teapot, after which he main became ill, but went to
hie work at five o'clock. He was obliged to return, however,
and on the Saturday, when the surgeon came, she fetched
the remainder of the medicine which hod been leached by the
prisoner's htuiband for ber,snd said, If it had not done him
say good it should not," and she took It away. When appre-
• few dajs afterwards, she saki " she was sorry fee
it, she had gives him arsenic and hoped he would for-
give her."
Mr. Sawyer then addressed the jury for the prisoner ; after
which

His lordship summed up very °artfully. With regard
to the absence of apparent motive, as urged by the prisoner's
counsel, it was not for them to find a wisonm not guilty of a
charge bemuse they could not themselves detect any motive ;
though the apparent absence of motive should be an induce-
ment to them to be the more careful in their inquiry, and
while giving the prisoner the benefit of any doubt which
they might entertain with regard to her guilt, their duty
would be to protect the safety of the public on the one
hand, and they hid also a public duty to perform towards
the
Itrirriulysr, after a short consultation, found the prisoner
Guilty, but strongly recommended her to mercy.
The Foreman said they found her guilty of administering
the poison, but with what motive they could not tell.
His lordship told them that they mast find what the
motive was,

The jury found her Guilty of the intent to murder.
His Lordship remarked ea the heinousness of the mime u
attempted ssminst her own father, and ordered sentence of
death to be recorded wdast her, bat with an intimation that
it would not be anted Into teed.

CASE 07 MS REV. NIL SMITH &ND HIS WITS.
The trial of the Rev. Yr. Smith sad his wife, for the
attempt to murder Yr. I.meh, a former salter of Yrs. Smith's,
is tied for to-morrow (Tay), sad excites the greatest
semstica.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

Aimed Leigh, a well-drannd, edddlnaged woman, sur-
rendered to take her trial upon ea Indictment churn her
with cutting and wounding Sagan Dean.
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Poland prosecuted for the parish
suth ritiee of Islington; and Mr. Serjeant Ballantine, Mr.
Sleigh, end Mr. F. A. Lewis ddended.
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It arear;d---fic7n; the nMateme.--- tof the learned counsel and
that o the promentrizoi girl of somewhat weak intellect,
that some time during the past mamma the prisoner, who
kept • lodging-house in Park-place. Liverpool.roed, Isling-
ton, took her (the proisecutrix) from the Islington Work-
house as servant. After she had been duce some time the
prisoner commenced ill.treating and beating her, open soma
occasions with the poker, and upon others with the handbroom
end with her hand.. Upon two occasions in the week pre-
ceding Christmas, the proseeutris stated that whilst wash-
ing, the prisoner took a chopper, and cut her arm in two
place.. It was done because she did not wring some clothes
sufficiently dry ; her arm was now so hard from the blow of
the poker that she could not use it. Upon another occasion
prisoner struck her, and blackened her eyes. Witness was
afraid she should be beaten if she told the truth, and said
that she got the black eyes fighting with her fellow servant.
The prosecutes, although closely cress examined by Mr.
flesjesnt Bellantine, did not in any way altar the story which
she told for the prosecution.
Ellen Morgan, the fellow servant alluded to, also a girl
from the Islington Workhouse, stated that she recollected
the °emotion of the prisoner's striking the prosecute: when
washing, but could not say what it was with. She ones saw
Mrs. Leigh strike Dean upon the lower part of her body with
the fiat of the chopper, because she spilt scene water oat of
• bath. Upon another occasion, Daus had drnok mane tea
which the lodgers had lett, and which primmer said she
wanted fur herself, and she then struck her. Witness had
seen Dean's head bleeding at the back part, and her hair had
been cut away. She did not wear caps, because no one ever
saw her. She had seen Dean with black eyes. When wit-
ness left, prisoner offered her 10.. not to mention about her
having beaten Dean.
Upon crom-exami nation, the witness persisted in stating that
she had never fought with the proeeccitrix, and caused the
injuries complained of; but after much hesitation said that if
her misname had threatened to give her into custody for
fighting with prosecute:, she did out recollect it.
Upon this point the Recorder questioned her, but failing
to get any positive answer, his lordship expressed an opinion
that upon the evidence it was scarcely a case to go to the
urAitnees (to Mr. Balltutine)—When Mr. Ricks, the re-
lieving officer, tame to Mrs. Leigh, I told him that I had
struck Dean.

Mr. Bodkin—Why did you my so I'
Witness—Because I thought if I told the truth I should
get ill used.
The girl Dew's uncle deposed to fetching bee from Mrs.
Leigh's. When he that saw her, she was in such a state of
filth and bruises that he scarcely knew her. Mrs. Leigh
made greet complaints about her oonciact, and was very
violent. She said the girla had been fighting, and Dean had
got brand by falling from a chair.
The asked the jury whether they could rely upon
the evidence of the two persona they had heard as to the tact
of the commission of the act alters, against the prisoner P
The jury, alter some consultation, returned a verdict of
Pot Guiltyy.
Mr. Bellew:Me said he was prepared to prove that the two
girls were always lighting.
la answer to an application for the exponent, the Recorder
said the ore use a very proper one fur investigation upon
the part of the pariah authioritles, es it would ketch the public
that they did not fail to watch over the internee of this elan
of poor girls after they had been taken from their are In the
workhouses.

TAe Common Serjeent est during the 'Memos In the New
Court, and diepored of /overall trifling ewe.

THE LATE FIRE IN BlBlloPROATE..—Yederdity
afternoon the adjourned inquest respecting the fire which
took piers in Davcoshinretrest, Blehopegate, was held at the
Whits Hart Tavern, Bishopagate. It will be rrnirmbered
that a man named Benjamin Arnuli lost his life in the Bro.
The jury returned a verdict to the effect that there was no
proof as to the origin of the fire, though they thought the
eiresmetanoes ocianected with it of a very suspicions Datum
Film IN THE QTY.—Between 9 and 10 o'clock
het night • dr. brae oat in the menials of Mr. Bohai,
hence shirt maW, 211. Aidgate. The home was =own-
pied at the dam The Ira which commenced-4 Is ant known
bew—in as levee put et ths hour, could not be get trader
dB it bad gaited the building and oonaktertaiy damaged
thew.. ewe k slit el it. Another fire broils est la the bout
etllesera. Bewbgela tad Morris, tanners, 67, Champlaisse.
Wad, St. Nara. The stock In trade sad the lean woe
both • geed desldaseged.