The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-14 00:00:00

CENTRAL

.L CIOURZ

(Before Mr. Justice Bytes.)

Thome Hopline, 29, labourer, was indicted foe fie
wilful murder of Hsieh Hopkins, at Beimonton, on the ghs
of May last.
Mr. Sleigh and Mr. J. Thompson prosecuted; mg*.
Ribton defended the prisoner.
The evidence adduced on the part of the penerniise
closed that the prisoner and his wife,* dossed, hby
together at a house in Eaton-place, Edmonton, end
had frequent quarrels. On the night of Monday, *m fa
of May last, the prisoner was seen to COM how 1011111*
his room at eleven o'clook, and a witness named Al* Ili.
served that he took some knives out of the =phased,
of which he sharpened on the hearth-atone. Ere,
said the prisoner what he was going to do, and be rook
she would see when his wife came home. &fowlers*
afterwards the deceased came in and met the prismo,,L,
the passage, and they caught hold of each ors.
The deceased knocked off the prisoner's bat, and old
him the most opprobrious and offensive
The deceased called out to the witness, Mr, Abdy
come to her, saying that the blood Ina running d000'1,,,
dress. Mrs. Abdy went, and the deceased ilt-
arms, and afterwards on to the floor of the
she died. The prisonerkiased his wife three Mise,:',,dvb"Git
went for a doctor. This evidence was corrobresteg by
other witnesses, who also spoke to quarrels bete". h
deceased and the prisoner at different public-beam
village of Edmonton in the course of the same cussing,
Mr. Biddle, surgeon, of Edmonton, proved thee h
called a little after 12 o'clock by the primmer and Sao"
nose Abdy, to attend the deceased, and found hiej,4
dead in the passage. When told that she wai daig
prisoner said it was a bad job, that he had done %sad
jealousy, but that he did not wish to get away. Oa
mortem examination he had found a wound above Si wi
collar bone, paring between the bone into the den. sh
apex of the left lung was pierced, and the left side of go
chest was full of blood. Death was caused by this
which was likely to have been inflicted by the
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duoed, and which witness found with others inths4;
and gave np to the police.
The evidence for the prosecution having closet
Mr. Bibton opened the defence. He woW joveza
evidence that the deceased, who was a drool
woman, had been in the habit of ill using the pigo,
who was no match for her, and that on several eseofro;
she had seized him by the necktie and nearly *odd
him, and that on three occasions the primer 1•1 oh,
been released from the grasp of the deceased by rooki;
'tenders cutting the necktie. If it were rondos
believed it would be to the entire satisfaction the lief,
that the prisoner had on this occasion, dree, row.
tion of his wife's violence, only acted in self Qinsi,--74
crime, if any, would be reduced to manslaughter,
seenFourthevidtecne:sasedes were
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she adroitly twisted tight until in one instance nips
goner became black in the face, and was only Mid het
strangulation by the tie being cut.
Mr. Sleigh having replied on this evidence,
Mr. Justice Byles said that in a ease of Nonni le,
portance be should not think of commencing to sue.
the evidence at the hour which had then arrived (lam
4 o'clock). The case must therefore stand adjourned illy
morrow (this morning).
The jury were escorted by the sworn officers diner
to the London Coffee-house for the night.