The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-27 00:00:00

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those in Merck had been preceded by the symptoms of imi-
tation. I have never heard of any such thing as weenie
hardening iron. Arsenic is entirely volatile at 360 degrees ;
and I believe it would be entirely dissipated in the attempt to
unite it to iron. There was no arsenic in the soil in the
ground around the grave.
Crose-nzamined—Twenty two ounces of soil were taus
and sallow', but noun= was found, and if even it had it
would nut have accounted for the arsenic found in the body.
Arsenic is applied in innocent purpose, in the maim-
facture el papers, of glees, and of shot; armpit hardest
the lead. I have known bakers' shelves minted with
Scheele's green webbing arsenic, and the anemic cow
amine*e the bread; arsenic is also used in sheep umbra
With a !brimmed profit 3 es. for 6d. would be the price d
sneaky and that would give 75 per cent. profit. I have
pereteally known the symptoms attendant upon emetic
blow themeless within a quarter of an hour, and I have
heed of the apeptoms showing theumelvai whilat in the act
eaglet it. -I have paid great attention to "madness mm-
nested with alma" It is guarally admitted that one form
of maim Is a dare to take away life. That form of
sedum *pinta upon a person at intervals, and to ordinary
etherene a paean might commit a crime under that imams
sad bra ewer to be quite well again. It would be out of
th• quake Is that the arsenic had been the
body of thedeoraod one month; it might have been is the
liver, but certainly it could not have been in the small and
large intestines.
Mr. It. F. Mitchell, chief constable in the county of Rut-
lend—l was preemat at the extuusation *Mee body at Greet
Gestates. I retelved the jars containing portion. of the
deemed, sad &timed than to Professor Taylor in the
ease stable wheal get the.
Wil Histese, se appeatea to tirkome, said—About •
week betel kb metbeee bath he told me to go end fetch
of arsenic, from Mr. Wilford, • chemist and
Primmer gave me the money, and told me to say,
if asked no what it was for, " that it was tar hardening
his. At that time there was not, to my knowledge, any
bats barbs. I went to Wilford's, end they told me they
would see Ist me have it without • witness, and when I told
primmer be bregfried, and mid, "Never mind. I will get it
myna" I algal in his employ a week after his mother's
death. . . .

Cremedisamited—There were no bean mills in the shop
wheel vas ant fee anemic. There had been, and they had
to be headmel ; but were hardened with potash. I mover
saw wilting she hardened but the mills. After his modem's
death be las& me, end 1 left him. I told about going for
the amok at horns before the body was taken up. I told
them, es nearly ma I recollect, about two months after Mn.
Bacon's death. Prisoner was a gas-fitter when I was with
him, bat never saw him fit any. Prisoner powered some
houses, but Ido not know that he had any land. Priaoser's
homes were in Stamford, about the middle of the town.
George Patterson, druggist, Stamford, said—l know the
prisoner. I remember him coming to my shop on the Bth
of May, 1855. He wished to purchase two pennyworth of
arsenic, stating that be
_required it to poison rate. I reams-
sanded him a preparation which I had made, and he said
that be bad tried that, and it had not answered, end he
wished to have the arsenic. I then told him that if he wished
to have the arsenic he must cell a witness to aka it, and he
went out and brought in William Clifton. I produce my
book for the sale of arsenic, and saw the prisoner sign it.
William Clifton wee called in to Mr. Patterson. shop
by Bacon to sign the receipt for the sale of arsenic, pri-
soner stating that he required It to paean rats.
W. B. Watson, late an assistant to Mr. Patterson, proved
the supplying of arsenic.
H. D. llWdegs, tailor, said—ln May, 1866, Hived la
Broad-street, Stamford. I ea-opted one portion of a boom,
end prisoner 'the other. My house wee separated cross-
ways ; but I bad part of the cellar under Bacon's hones.
During the time I have occupied the house I have seen
two rata In seven years. For four years we have been quits
moor from ran

Crol-sLinlard--We away' used the cellar. The mice ne
now ham mats from Bama's haws
lf.m. Bacon recalled—l remember Mrs. Thomas Bacon
going to her own house fur some broth for deceased. De-
mand milldam should like some broth, and asked me to maks
some, but Mrs. Thomas Bacon fetched it for the deceased l
• email jog, wad the deceased took some of it. This was on
the Monday afternoon, at about 2 o'clock.
Re•esamined—After taking the broth she remained well
until 10 o'clock at night. It remained upon her stomach
until I left.
_. . . .

Dr. Taylor—The longest case before poison hae shown
Itself on record to nine hours.

This war the 7neTioTilTe prosecution.
Mr. Stephen then entered upon the defence of the pri-
soner, 'peaking for about two hours. lie contended that the
only evidence that affected his client was the purchase of
amen: end the carrying away the rent-book. As regarded
the former, in all probability it was required for what it was
stated to be purchased for; and ea regarded the taking away
at the rent-book, it was not right, he would even say it was
brutal to do so, yet be did not believe that they would say
because he took sway that rent-book he was guilty of mur-
der. Al to the administration et arsenic to the deceased,

that wee • question beyond doubt ; but the ques-
tion ad to who administered it would apply to the
prisoner's wife with as much force ae to the prisoner and
others besides the prisoner calmed medicines to be adalinis-
towed to the deceased. He preyed them to dismiss from their
mind. all they might have heard rumoured out of doors, end
begged they would be ruled by. the evidence. He suggested
that Bacon'. wife, who is now in an asylum during her Ma-
jesty's pleasure, might have administered the arsenic whilst
in en unsound state of mind, for Dv. Taylor had said that
soma insane persons
.had a homicidal mania which laid dor-
mant for a length of tune, and then again revived. In con-
cicalae, he prayed God to direct them to a righteous
verdict.

Kr. Mellor rose for the purpose of replying, but was in-
terrupted by
Mr. Stephen, who asked how he was entitled to a reply P
Mr. Mellor submitted that, being spo,ially retained by the
Grown, be bad that right. Baron Alderson had allowed it.
His Lordship said Mr. Mellor was quite right; he was
entitled to a reply.
Mr. Mellor would not detain them long with any re:marks
of Me, but whilst he did not wish in the least to injure the
Omer he had a duty to discharge to the public, and he
druid not be doing them justice if he did not make a com-
ma upon one or two things which had fallen from his
learned friend Mr. Stephen in the couree of him very
powerful address. He commented very strongly upon the
Insinuation thrown out by Mr. Stephen that the pole= was
administered by the prieoner's wife. It was not thu wife who
the arsenic, it was not the wife who derived any
bustle tram the death of the deceased, and therefore he
hoped they would not attribute to the unfortunate woman
another crime. He would, in the language of his friend,
pray God to direct them to a righteous verdict.
file lordship, whose summing up oempied within a few
minutes el one hour, reviewed the whole of the evidence,
pointing aid those portions which implicated the prisoner,
showing the penises et the poison and the motive for the
administreMes. It had nay doubt upon tbo question
as to wile subWristesd the resole, which beyond question
brat hol boa abandaterird, they should give the prisoner the
rib.
The levy basks wished to retire ware locked up, and
slier having been gnat from court about eight minutes re-
lariasd_ , end sarkfaa breathing silence returned their verdict
efOwiffy.
The herald ;ado Ala poondad to peas sentence, sod
said—Theraas you have had a most careful
OK and to jury are liailkiat war Olt. Yon hat a had
the bault of a peened deism by ass advocate, and
dr jam having tabs late their the arguments
lite ma Were this are relied Of your guilt, and I,
elm a emaial attention to the evidence, am of the same
allaslaa ea He j ea to the guilt having been brought
I lime es yea leJwd reeeembie doubt. You, with the most
moirmals riAeeß Ihr a time escaped detection ; but tir-
esomeness usuesd, ••• after a laces of time you are
bus Is triad, sM your guilt is ascertained. [Here the
pilaw gibed millbly.) Sentence of death will be recorded
wig yes. Hy As law you forfeit your life; but at the
lend Meek althea* your guilt of the murder is established
load a doubt, lies extreme penalty of the law will not be
aanied out.

The court then broke up, after sitting about nine hours
sad three quarters; and this came terminated the business
of the moire.

The prisoner, during the address of Mr. Mellor, stood at
the dock, mid appestat during the examination of route of the
Ind winsome§ to take peat interest in the proceeding', hand-
ing over every now and then scrape of to his counsel.
During the time the conned waspleading fur Lim he be-
came visibly affected, the tear. • down his cheeks.

BARBAROUS TREATMINT OF A HORSE AT ASCOT
RACILS—Thomas Hasbes, a airman of Clewcr, was sum-
mons:l, at the instance of the Royal Society tor tbs Prevention
1:4 Cruelty to Animals, Were the smutty =extras!' at W
sor, for gross croaky to a bores at the late Ascot noes From
theavidenoe of Loveandltruilkteroof tbseociety'sofficeatt

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lig Is theAreetraoseemee, when they saw the defendant using
a hires le help draw vibe lill the various vehicles going to
Ihs arm He howl the pow anima with a heavy cart whip
~Oho mitot tamlerpace of its body, causing wheeled greet
emermA, tad the flesh in many places. The magis-
trates seed they wee • as fax as lay in their power,
to put a stop to smelt brutal con act. They then sentenced
tbs_primmer to three months' hard labour in Reading gaol.
COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE.—In accordance with
the recommendation of the Wined judge who tried the emu,
Zlisabsth Jamieson, convicted at York Assizes for the mur-
der of bar child, haa bad her sentence of death oommuted to
penal servitude for life.—Miercer.
THE LATE MURDER AT WOODFORD.--Great en-
mile= have been made by the police daring the past week
fee the of Jonathan Gerdes, th. PerFet,eter et
the late murder at Woodford, who. to supposed to be
easoeshrl in Epping Forest, and it is behaved that • clue to
his kddinfritplace has been obtained, and that he will be
eaptdow.temina day or
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LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 27.

Wrrit regard to the plot spinet the lib el
the Emperor of the French, of which Parisian
journals speak so confidently, and the mistimes of
which is so readily esessned by some Lands& )(m-
-ask, we are ready te admit that the story may be
true, even thank it I. the Moisitair that verbs@
for its troth. Bet we may be allowed at the ism
time to remind oar readers that a eontereleas regard
Per truth is not a very preinissat ebarecterbrie at
the existing Government of Franco. We are bound
in justice to demand from that Government grog
evidence of the veracity of any someatites it may
bring against its adversaries. Nay, mere ; there are
some circumstances which render the present story of
a plot peculiarly liable to suspicioa. It I. admitted
that the French:Government has been in premien of
the evidence it profiler to parses for menthe why
has the affair been to bag kept rent? There is set in
Europe or America a stoberssowla so credulous as to
believe that the story was hushed up daring the
elections lent it should bier the electors in favour of
the Government candidates. Bash fastidious, over-
refined delicacy is:utterly kreasisfent with the whole
character and action. afire French Government. If
promulgating this story of a plot a few weeks
sooner would have averted the less of a single seat
in the Corps Legiristif, the French Government
would have trumpeted it *reach all its subservient
organs of the prem. Then why, it may be said,
give it each ostentatious publicity now ? There
may be various rowans. By speaking of the plot
in a vague mysterious manner it may corns
to be regarded as an identical movement
with that in Italy, and the Sovereigns of
Europe may be haunted by visionary fears of one
great European conspiracy. Or the French Govern-
ment, finding it necessary to divert public attention
from the partial check it received I. the late elec-
tions, and from the awkward soalsesica of
conscious weakness, implied by the hurried mad
maimed rites of Beat moues funeral, k OW to
circulate a story which will excite drestation of
revolutionary conspirators. No mare need be added
to show how neceseary it is to weigh well and
ecrupulotudy any evidence that may be adduced in
support of this adventurous tale.

But we are told that those accused of oonspiracy
will be subjected to the cedes/ Lei a public trial. As if
the whole world did not know that the forma of
judicial procedure in criminal oases in France are ea
susceptible of being perverted to unjust proposes as
the forma of procedure in civil CUM are excellent.
The disgraceful seems which were witnemed at the
trial of the Angers ineurmetionists have
not yet been forgotten. The only two indi-
viduals of any note, accused of complicity
in the plot against the Enexitoa's life, will
be tried in their absence. The evidence adduced by
the public prosecutor will be received without sifting
of say kind; there will be no opportunity to contra-
dict it by counter-evidence. The aggregate scoundrel
ism of the agencies of the Rae Jerusalem may retail
its lies in open court free from any dread of check or
exposure. It may perhaps be alleged that the so•
cued may surrender and stand a triaL What ?
place themselves in the power of him who has sent
so many, without trial, to die in the pestilential
marshes of Cayenne

Now, what we wish the Government and people of
England to ask themselves is—can they, comistently
with their self respect, take adios I"pm:barges made
and supported in this manner, They will not be egged
to deliver ap, Of eras to delve from their shores
political SINS of any eclair or camplexioa. They
will be asked to mew to give shelter to amaseins.
Now, the mass of Englishmen, as we have already
observed, entertain an ahnost instinctive honor of
assassination. Their habits, their opinions are all
in favour of a fair, open, stand-up fight on all octa-
gons. And there is substantial justice in this senti-
ment. It is not that they have any sympathy with
powerful injustice. When a tyrant who, by force or
fraud, ha. set himself above all law, is struck by
the " wild justice of revenge," Englishmen are as
prompt as their neighbours to admit that the
man who sets at nought the precepts of law
in his dealings with others, has no right
to expect that others should respect them in their
dealings with him. But Englishmen look be.
yond this first spontaneous emotion, and ask them-
selves what would be the coesequages of tolerating
private revenge by ammeination. They see that
privy comspireey sad assassination, though
they may destroy the tyrant, leave the tyranny
stronger and more madam thaa aver. Swan that
aversion to semminatisa which ear social hails have
made a sseand Were with Englishmen. But
exactly in properties as we Lei horror at any Mile
ought to he ear ear to demand that the asseugles
of snit guilt should be ia all eaves tree& bate
incestionmibly to the party scam& Om*, hr
greater plat of Europe the farms of jade* won
lax—the power et the Serreem Goverment to atthem mite to obeeldo--ebeg as ate wits ell eneent
of his ephine bee bang the lobed et the Afghe.
ritice bee the slighted dean of air play. Oa Me
accousalluglkilmes engirt to filmeggerd isepalegiens
• eatuguier mime ease by lho Goreemente
mite been exiled then nee when heed Vulva
of )sited prod. And It to leematable to modim
that the criminal jurisdiction of se gent and
enlightened a owantry ea Brame is wee body es