The Express.
London, England, 1859-03-30 00:00:00

Caowit Brnl.—(Before Mr. Baron Martin.)

Mary haw, 19, a good-looking young girl, wee chargrd
with the wilful murder of her female illegitimate child by
cutting its throat,
No counted was esgagel either for the prosecution or the
defence. The prisoner was in an almost fainting elite dur-
ing the trial, and appeared to be he-dly conscious of what
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iv againt her lay In a wry narrow compose.
It appeared that she was an unmarried woman, and that she
II In the hones of a person named Ede, at Hambleclon,
sear Godabning. She had been Alf dsoed, and main the family-
way, sad about the month of August left the people about
her aneceoted that she was in that condition, but the pri-
soner slways denied the fact. On the 27th of August she
was taken ray ill, and a neighbour named Grit made
some mint tea for her, and upon going into her bedroom
she at once unversed that she had been &invited of a child.
Blood was seen to be leaning from a box that stood near
the prisoner's bedside, and a knife covered with blood was
lying oa the door. Upon the box betel opened, the dead
body of a full-grown temple child was discovered, with the
throat out, and everything in the box was completely matu-
rated with blood. )fr. Chandler, a surgeon who was celled
in, upon examining the body, ascertained that the wound In
the throat bad been indicted from the right to the left head,
and it was of such a severe character that death most, in his
opinion, have been instantaneous, and he enprastei himself
confident that the infant Ws, born alive, and that the
death was the consequence of the wound. The prisoner sub-
sequently admitted that the child was hers, and that else bad
used a knife to divide the umbilical cord, and that she put
the child into the box because she did not know what ele to
do with it.
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Tioitaoner, in her defence, mobbed out • few uncon-
nected weeds to the effect that she was fa such agony at the
time that she did not know what eke wee about.

The learned Judge /imam mamma up, the jury, after a
short deliberation, found the prisoner Gasify of wilful mur-
der, bat at the seine time strosgly recommended her to mercy.
Mr. Baron Martin having pat on the black cap, addressed
the prisoner, and said that the jury had felt themeelves com-
pelled to End her guilty of an offence for which her life was
forfeited, and, although it was no doubt very painful to
them to be oosepelled to do so, still, upon the evidence
before them, he really did not see bow they could have
iiNm say other verdict. The jury had stroegly recommended
her to mercy, and he would take care that that mom-
emendation should be forwarded to the proper quarter, bat
11 at preen! the duty be had to perform, end a moot painful
duty it wee, was to pan upon her the sentence which the
law alined to her mime. Offences of We character were
unhappily very prevalent, end he hoped that her unfortu-
nate example would be a warning to other young women,
sod that if they sinned in the manner she bad done they
would learn that the proper mune for them was to com-
municate with their friends and inform them of their eon-
dine'', and not endeavour to conceal their shame by an met
of this dreadful character. The learned judge then puled
the sentence of death in the meal form, and the prisoner,
who fainted when he had concluded, was curled out of
court tmmeeslble.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Mozmotrrn, Alums 29,
(Bohm Mr. Justice Crompton.)

Naphtheii nevi, 37, refiner, was charged with wounding
Ms wifs, Am Lloyd, with intent to do her some grievous
bodily harm, Oil the 27th of December, 18.58, et Belwelty.
Mr. Scotland appeared for the promecution, and Mr. I.
Barrett Weeded the prisoner.
It appeared from the evidence of a woman named Davis
that ths primmer had been monied to his wib shout twelve
years, and had one child by ber, and lived near the lilletimesy
Iron Works, near Treillellr, where he was emplo . On
the 27th of December, the whams writ to his ouse for
same herbs, at about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The pri-
soner was at the time in bed, being employed at night
work, but when the tea was ready hot wife called biro,
and he came down, and ell three hod tea together.
During tea time, the psi.oner said his wife was keeping
money and would not pay her debt.; they had no
quarrel, and were quite merry; but as soon as the witnam
got out of the hones to leave, when toa war over, ebo heard
the prisoner say " Devil," and turning back, saw him
standitig with a cleaver is his hand. She thee ran tea man
named Edwards, who lived neat door, and whom he went to
the house the room wee dark, and he found the wife
behind the door, and he took bar for protection to his
own bow/. A aureola was *rat for, and found the
poor woman in a shocking state, covered with blood, with
10 or 12 severe wounds en her head, several on both
arms, the hack of her left hand broken, the little tinger cut
08, and the neat linger broken and so mach cut that it was'
necessary to remove it. The primesr was taken into custody
la Ms own house, at about 9 o'clock the muss evening,
and, when charged at the station with assaulting his ye&
with a cleaver, ho appeared to be in greet gr:ef, and said,
"There's a man I em; it is all my fault. Ann pot
three or four knives scree* each other on the table, to try
what sort of a man I am, end I took the cleaver down
of the wall when it was hauling end commenced beating
her with it." He also said he thought Mrs. Davis end
his wife were laughing ethic,. Both them witneases said the
prisoner hors the chancier of being a very peaceable man, sad
Edward. said that the prisoner was in the habit of 'Wag
that people made sport of him by coughing. A policeman
aimed Wood said that when lie saw the primmer la the
station the sat day he said to him. "My wife placid some
knives across the table is front of ma. I had some words
with her about seen money, and on my leaving my home to
go
to my work the devil told me to take the cleaver sad do
what I did." He also said he afttrwards hid the cleaver
' when it was found by the policeman, between the floor sad
The prosseetrix, a good-looking young woman, said the
had been married to the prisoner for twelve rare, and until
this sight then never had been a better husband. He never
11 was in ths habit of quarrelling with her, and never did any-
thing to her from which she could infer that he had anything
like makes. She mid she had a little girl by the prisoner,
who was eleven years old, sad there van never a better
ha at. She said she would with all hermits is return to Hva
with the prisoner ea his wife, and as the said this the teem
came tats ber m es.
Mr. Barrett addreeserl the jury, and, N 1 hit* he admit-
ted that the priaoser mist be convicted of uti'asfully sound-
ing, ha contended that thaws was no evidence' that he was

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