The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-11 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Lmotx, DEC. 10.
(Mom Yr. Junior Crompton.)
CILAROZ OF 11010/11.

At the ati winter ratan We morning, Miesafteld Woo?"
46, mile of Thome Want, cork matter, wee indicted for the
wilful mirk/ of Miry Woolfit, cc the 16th August last. In
• mooed cant she was charged upon the coroner's humane
with • Wee canoe. _ _ _

Mr. Marnewae for the promotion ; and Mr. Stevens dep-
finded the imate.
Pe thepr
evidence it that Eliza Melton was
NAM cm the day in on by the pi:boner to go into
bee leesse, lite the prisoner said, I have nearly
nit up dm head of." Mrs. Melton went
Into the home with • person named Singleton,
end found the child, with Its hind nearly severed from its
body, lying upon • Moe of matting with • knife lying W-
eide it. The primer we. kneeling over the child, and 'ex-
claming "My dear child." The father of the deemed cam
hi, and said to the prisoner " Good God, what ham you
done r' to which she made no reply. Shordy afterwards
the prisoner was taken away by police erectable Clay. Mrs.
Melton thought, by the COSTIMIltiell of the peiaoor, at earl-
sus times, that she was not of monad mind. She amen
this lose before she committed this act. She bed is noes
than one mans enema her belief that she mleald end
der dye inutiend *Dylan
come ; ant tier lizod Mongtold Mrs.sadMalaz
eitild," for her trouble' wore almost too meek he her to
heat.' rhe prisoner had mho freqnently ansphissi that
hie husbeind ma not kind to her, mil that he was in the
habit of drinking. To the polies dhow the phew mei
that her husband's Imatment had clung her to do It, he he
was alwaye complaining about the okildiun. Oa
the my to the inimip, the policemen met
her husband, and the elks, salad him to main
In taking her to the station-bons, but the prisoner refused
to allele him to touch her. On her way she said that
"Jim (her hotbed) was the canoe of this, but I ham this
tionsolati,n, that the child is gone to heaven."
Several winner was called who spoke to the eatreordi-
qry of the primer since her confinement last
Mr. Snehmes Low (nanns), gave it es hie opinion that
at the has he maw her, which was soon after she committed
the Wham, the please was not in • sound state of mind.
Mr. Semoss,ior the rinser, commented epos the en-
der* particularly that of the rumen; who so Smugly ex-
premsdids belief that the prisoner was insane.
The hand Judge summed up, laying down ths law with
inseam to insane persona, explaining the daimon between
• person Ishouring under insanity and searing hen sodden
Tter• cot:imitation of • few minutes,htelnyey rotund a
verdict of Not toleitty, on the ground of
Having disposed of the city bunnies Sir Charier Clomp-
ton charged the Grand Jury for the county, sad In doing so I
said—Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, it is Mks that so few
gentlemen attend, and I moat ray that it is mom, aspeti.
idly with such • Mender of priming be/erste' es I have.
Out of 80 gentlemen summoned only II have amused to I
their and had not the sheriff handed in ma sums
I oouid an ve gone on with the huffiness of the anise.
The non-attendance of the county gentry is • &Weapon to
the commimion, and it is alai s bed example to the petit
jurors. I do not know how gentlemen of the
can expect farmers and others summoned on tha
jury to attend to the administration of juetioe if they
do not attend themeams The higher dames am aimnioned
here, end I feel it to be my duty to fine those of the grand
jury who have not attended, and they are accordingly each
fined POI. This fine will not be of much ooeagwenos to them,
Lot if it occurs' again • much larger fine will be inflicted. I
mast my that I em sorry to have again to emplain, but I
have to complain of the late time that the depositions are
ant is. The depontione are required by the officers to dmw
out the indictments, sod they should have some proper time
to allow than to doss Sens have not came in, yet theta
to assignee's Amid send in the depositions in sesseveason.
obi* time. Sens, land searly all, the depositions s this
circuit am well Wlwa. I 1111•11 bia told that the TOMS why
the del:endow are bald hack is became Ibsen le •ho given
for every copy taken. I hope that no seek adstrable antes
as this emts His lordship this wont cs and reviewed than
of the CAW. in which the depositions had been kid bakes
him, and afterwardo pee.eadd to the trial of prisoners.
NORTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Ctrenzi, Due. 10.
(Bytom Mr. Bares Chanson)
THE BRAIIIHALL MURDER.

This morning Mr. Baran Mansell took his meat in wort st
ten o'clock. sad hinasdlateiy commenced to sum up the evi-
dence produced daring ohs two previous days. He said that
the pneoner was charged with the wilful murder of hie
father, and he thought the mention of that fact would be
suillcient to bespeak the patient attention of the jury to the
remarks which be was about to make. The evidence upon
which the prosecution 'eked for a verdict was circumstantial
it wan not evidence derived from personal olnerration; and
in came of a similar deerrlption it wee rare that a human
eye witnessed the tramectiou, save be who anandtted it, and
sometimes the victim bleseelf. Tbe deceased In the present
instance had been shot while askep, and !hoe sent
suddenly to his great account. Allboaeh the evidence was
circumstantial as contradistinguiebed from direct, yet the
taw allowed juries to act upon It, bemuse the semuity of life
and property demanded that such cams u the present should
be Investigated, and if a chain of dicurnstaneee, clearly
and distinctly deposed to by witnemes on their oath, could
lead to no other conclusion than the guilt of the prisoner,
then the jury mast act upon it accordingly. His lordship
then said ha would not read the whole of the evidence, but
only such ports of It ea)te thought Important In the matter.
The learned Judge then prooseded to comment on the state-
ment made by the prisoner on the day the murder ors com-
mitted, and also upon the evidence which bad been laid
before the jury. Hie lordship was three hours summing up.
The jury, atter deliberating two hours, brought in a verdict
of Not Guilty, which was received in court with loud ap-
plause, the prisoner waving his cep.