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deceived him, in saying that she hail bad but one thild,
she bad had Iwo. He also mid shoe had deceived him, h> be-i
tug pregnant at the time he was married, of this 14.1. He
wan married the 25th or teib of April, and she was brought
to bed of this lad the latter end of November following.
Mr. Birch asked him what time the child wns drowned, mud
be Paid aborts nine o'clock.
The Prisoner now said, that the witness talked of
ing,him, and desired hem to be asked what relief be bail
given ?
The witness answered, that in May he had given him, in
two several week., eighteen-pence.
The Prisoner deuissi thus this was true, and said that he
did receive one eighteen.pence, bat that the weed lime he
applied he gut but sixpence. The Witness said be was
''ung nod strong, and able to work. Ile admitted this to
be true, but could gat no ssink. This was the case fur the
we're Lion.
Mr. Baron GARROW now intimated to the Prisoner, that
the time had arrived when the Court was prepared to hear
any thing which he had to offer is his defence.
The Prisoner thesi enured into a statin:lH respecting
quarrels between him and his wife, to which he said 3lr.
Lee had been instrumental Ile de•eribed the coudact of
his wife toward. hint as most profligate and abandoned ;
and that at her instance he had repeatedly beim iu custody.
Ile then proceeded thus :—" My Lord, 1 have been used
like a villain by the overseers of Wolverhampton. God
fuebid I should say any thing wrong of any persou ; and
what I bare said dues nut condemn Mr. Waters, to whom
1 art grateful for the work be gave me. None of the rest of
the overseers gave me a sutswurd. %Vitt, regard to this, my
wife, although she was in service, and had 3e. per week In.
side her riduuls and lodging, she never was the woman to
►ender the least assistance. I lured the chill as I loved my
life. The child inisibled into the •anal. I knew perfectly
well I shook' be suspected ; and what I did, I do nut kuuw."
The Prisoner bad nothing farther to offs r.

Mr. Blakey'slL the master of Spring Vale Lunatic Asylum
in this comity, vow tend. red himself as witness fur the Pri-
soner. IVith the permission of the Ptisunor, rho diJ nut
know him, he was examined. Hastened, that he bad applied
himself particularly to the study of lunatic cases; and, in
runsequenre of information be had received, he saw the
Prisoner in gaol in October last, and had name couversaliva
with him for less minutes or a quarter of as huwr. He was
decidedly convinced that he was in a slate of actual insanity
—both from his look, his mauner, and his language.
Mr. liliskrwell was then proceeding to slate, that he had
liatemit with great attention to the esidence which had that
day heels ed is Court agents.* the Prisoner, and to deliver
MI opinion iossiuled on that atteotiou, when lie was inter-
riipted by
Mr. Baron GARROW, mho apprehended, however willing
he micht be to admit evidence of this charm trr,that he could
nil du 00 in point yr law.

Mr. l'onet.t., a juutor banister, took the liberty of call.
iuz to his Lordship's reeolleenun the case of 'libbers, which
was an issue from Chancery directed to the Court of King's
Bench, to try the sanity of Mr. Hibbert, and in which the Lord
Chief Justiec Abbott had admitted the testimony of a medi-
cal grutlrm 411 present during the trial as to the opinion lie
had forsord of Mr. Halbert's mind, from all which be bad
heard in Coml.
Mr. Baron CAPRON said, he should feel moat crateful for
any suggestion which might be uttered to him by those by
whom be was surrounded, sod who, he was sure, were actu-
ated by the most humane and praiseworthy motives. Fir dist
uut thick, hoverer, that the case alluded 10 was at all paral-
lel to the ',tenni. He would, notwithstandinc, confer with
hi. brother Park up the subject, before he rejected the testi-
-111011 of Mr. Blakewell. His Lordship nom met Mr. Justice
Park iu the Grand Jury room; and on his rt turn, said that
his Irarnetlbrother agreed with him that the evidrure could