The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-12 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Lnccoug, Disc. 11.
(Before Mr. Justice Byles.)
ITTIO•TIL OF • lllllMlPM.—averzsra OT IMAM

Aisrilla Biptakke, 29, was chanted with the wilful
murder of lticLaral Bigguilike, at Sbckney, oo the id of
Oct.,ber last. _ _

Mr. Ilibtsere and Mr. ITorace Smith appeared for the
prosecution, and Mr. Lawrence for the defence.
The deceased was the husband of the prisoner, and is
bumble circumstances, being a well-sinker residing at
btickney. Two lodgers, named l'recter and Ironruonzer,
Lived in the house with the Biggrulikes, who had three
children. On the 31ith of Si pternbcr, the bunions' but
been at work all day at well-sinking. and when he left
work ut half-past five appeared in his usual state of
health. lie went home and had tea by himeilf as 1141 itd,
the wife haviug, had tea a short time hofore with the two
lodgers, who had gone out fishing afterwards. When the
two lodgers returned, they found the lith.baud coughing
and wt. Ling in great iaiin. He asked for the doctor to be
fetched, and Dr. Maxwell, of Stickney, came and found
Lim mitering from inflammation in the throat and
stomach, and violently sick and purged. The doctor was
told by prisoner that her husband had been taken ill after
tea, 814111/1 suspicion being arousal, ho poured some of
deceased's vomit into a bottle, and took it away with him.
Menicine was given to the unfortunate man, but without
cited, arid he died next morning at six o'clock. Suspicion
was soon aroused that the deceased had been poisoned,
and a postmortem examination was made on the follow-
ing day by Dr. Maxwell. Dr. Taylor detected the pre-
sence of arsenic in considerable quantities. The prisoner
was apprehendesb and from a statement made by her,
one of the lodgers, Thomas Proctor, was also appre-
hended. _ _

The grand. jury, however, threw out the bill against
Procter, and in the course of the trial he was called as a
witness by the prosecution, and swore that the charges
brought against ham by the prisoner were untrue.
It appeared from the evidence that, fur the last two or
Mace ',tenths, Mr. and Mrs. lliggadike had not lived to-
gether en friendly teams. No poison was traced to her
Immersion, anal she denied ever having had poison in the
home, but a neighbour of the mane of Eliza lenwick gave
evidence to the egret that four months ago, when she
udkd at the house of the Biggadikaa and complainall of
the mice eating holes in her flour-lug, the prisoner Mimed
to give her Item white mercury to kill them. Another
neighbour, named Mary Aim Clarke, stated that the psi.
mner came to Ler at about half-pat eight on tie :Wth of
September, and, chev.ing Ler a peace of cake, said that the
doctor had said she had put sennetlaing in it she ought not,
but the prisoner stab d that she had not put any poison ie.
The plum: made throe different a tatementa- -the first
before the coroner, Dr. Clegg, of Boater; the second to
the superintendent of polka ; awl the third to the
Bove rum of Fladsty ithuse of Correetiou.
the leamed judge smarmed up very carefully anal at
great I. ragth, anal the jury utter a few insulate.' detitora.
ton, returned a verdict .with a reconsroeuebstion
to mercy.
The kerne el Pole° sestrd the jury on what grounds they
based their rereanusendation ; and. after a very brief con-
sultation, the jury replued because the evidence was cir-
cumstantial.

Theleartned judge, after remarking that the evidence,
though eircumstanti4l, was of the clearest description,
paha d ientenee of diviLli CO the primmer in the usual way.

THE POLICE COURT&
MANSION-MUSE
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Cosm.any for the poer-box of the court.
MAMLHOMOUGH4fiItEET.
Eau ',etas, the keeper of a refreekunent bombe, No. 4,
Jennyn-iptreerost, was suatammed before Mr. K•ox for bar.
titutes.
Mr. W. Pad& waa for the defwedent.
Pay gave evidence. He visited the bonne on
the lei the ftth alt., and found seven prostitutes
there. He visited the house shot* afterwards and found
(detersive/dilutes together. There wee no disorder,
Mr. W. tibsith complained that the Alhambra 04 other
plums were let untouched by the pollee, while refrenh-
meet both.* were constantly euranionol. He di4 not
deny that the women iu the how.. wera_prostitutes, MIA S%
they only smut Tutu the Ileum.) for refreshment he sun.
tended that defesidenteould uot bu charged with harbour.
in them.
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SOUTHWARK.
The moregagr of a Starr &wheel Renal Derliabeff'
Society, held in the Old Kant-read, wm smantesed by
Frank (loodchild, a maraca of the lame, fee negteetini
to Fay him the sum of 64. Bs. 9d., the amennt of his sub-
'captions, after resolving three steatite' folios of with-•
drawal according to the rules.
The complaisant said that not being satisfied with tho
working of the rociety he wished to withdraw his mosey,
but on being told that he could not have it he took the
ens nit pror eedinge.
the nefrudant raid that there were several others who
had given notice of withdrawal before the complainant,
therefore he must wait until it canie to his turn. At pre-
terit there was no money in hand to pay them all, aa the
feuds wets invested in mortgagee.
It was slated that the secretary was a large borrower,
and that in many of the societies the appropriators were
'welded to those iwrsons and their friends, who almost
daily offered them ter sale, while the other members who
wishi d to withdraw rouldnot get their money.
The defeudent said the society he belonged to paid all
the witlidi awals by rotation according to the rules. The
complainant, therefore, would have his money when it came
to lire tutu. He produced the books of the society, 'bow-
ing how the money was invested, also a copy of tM rules,
for his woiship's inspection.
The magistrate having examined them, told the cont.
plainest he could not help him, as he must abide by the
rules. I.' rder those eireumstamme be dismissed the sum-
mand.