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OLD BAILEY, SirvanAT; Sari. 17.

[Before Mr. Justice LITTLEttALE 3171 d 31r. Justice GASiLLZ.]
Voinalillenry Prate, outgun', who was indicted for'irfOrgairy
on the South .Sea House, applied. through Mr. Andres'', tit
counsel, to hare his triel postooned, in consequence of the absence
of a witness, %hose evidence would he of the ituwet Imports; te
tn-
his defence. The trial was in constquence postponed till one
o'clock oa 11-cdnesthq next.

CHARGES OF MURDER.
Corm/ Sul:ka 4 was capitally itukicted tar be wilful mink!'
of Jane Earl.

Mr. ADO Lnivs stated the ewe to the Jury.
31.tv lieltis sworn--I know the prisona at the bar; 4 krew
Jane kat!. the deceased; they lived together in %%late lior.c.
court, Turnmill-street, next door to me; on the evening of ugust
2 I was talking with her up the COUTt. hcn the prisoner cane tip
to lien aliti kno, kid her down with h, fire, and when Ohsvn
kicked hcr screr::l times on her body. As soon as she could re-
cover herselt rite got dp, and went into a neighbouring chandler's
shop. at the corner of the court, from whicl: Ire draggrd her out by
the In.ir of her head and her handkerdrtef, sad knocking bc^.
down again, jumped upon her twice; a mob then cull-med. 'anti
that was ill saw of it ; I said to him, " Pray, Corn, don't ye;"
to which he replied, "If you do ,'t get away serve you the
same" The cicceusetl had done nothing, in my presence, to pm.
yoke him.

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Crosressmined by Mr. AAA R Y.—l did not see her conic home
at two o'clack. • at titer o'clock I fa* them together, when they
seemed very good friend,. though both appeared a little tipsy, hut
he Cut more in hie senses than she was ; act words passed be-
tween them before he knocked her down ; .there vas no tune for
any woods.
Charlotte Davis-1 saw the deceased run itto the chandler's
shop, when the prisoner pulled her out, and streck her with his
fists; he then pulled her by the hair of her heed, and thtew her''
down the halt dozen steps which lead from the street to the alley.
There were a great ninny people collected, but I did not tollew
them any further.
Susan Welch—l saw Sullivan run into the chandler's shop after
his wife; when he got in he kicked her in the shop, and then I
pulled her out by the hair of her heed; he dragged her down the
six steno steps of the court io the same ray, and totaling her along
the alley4dashed her in-loons like a dog ; when there, he best her
olds the chair till it broke, and gave her such blows as it witi a
shone for any body to tee; I periled through the key.hole, and
saw this; and he airmails put a handkerchief round hie neck,
as though he would choke her ; I never saw the woman again till
after she was deal.
Stephen Hearne—l keep the chandler's shop at the corner of
White Horsoceurt. The deceased rushed in quite terrif,ed„ bot
almost before I caught widimpse of her, she was forced buck by
the misoaer. A minute after -1 went out, anti alw the deceased
tying on the pavement, anti the prisoner stamping on her wits his
root. The prisoner then.grasped her in his arms, and taking her
away, I saw nothing more of them.
• Robert Smisit—l livvin White Horsoeourt. I saw him open
the door. end give the deceased two kicks, saying, " lie there."
John Cooper—l am a surgeon, living at No. e2„Cow-cross-atreet,
was called in four...sod-twee ty hours after she received the minify.
I found her lying in the most v./retched state, and so perfectly la.'
sensible, that on pieching her extremities she did not appear to,
feel it. I tried bleeding her arm, but got only three minces; after
Which I opened an artery, and obtained about ten ounces sit
together; I tried a medicine, but could get but two spoonfuls.
rips n ; conceiving her disease to be oppression of the brain, I or-1
deed her head to be shaved, and blisters to be applied. bat I eon.'
eidered etc ease so hopeless, that I expected her to die whilst I
was administering; .laaw her two or three times on the Thursday,
anti on that evening she died. I opened her body ; under the scalp
I saw several bruise, very well marled indeed, more particularly
on the left side of the head, and I found at last four ounces of ex-
travasatid blood on die left hemisphere of the brain, and the whole
of that side was materially iejured; there were likewise sevezal
severe braises on th^ hody, but not sufficient to cause her death.
Cron exam ined.—Th ere was no fracture the bruises themselves,
without toe appearance of extravesated blood, would not haft
reused death, my opinion. The prisoner gave me half-a-crown,
and said that the meet day he would pay me the rest of my charge.
He seemed exttentely anxious that everything should be dory for
his wife.
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The prosecution being closed, tbe prisoner said nothing in his
defence.

Mr. Justice Lt TTLEtutr left it to the Jury to ray whether the
blow which ocewsoned the death wes g.,ven from the sudden In,.
pulse of passion.. or whether, from the whole conduct of the pri•
toner, they could infer malice. if the former, they would find the
prisoner guilty of matislatieb:er.
The Jury found a verdict of " Manslaughter," and the pri--
awn was sentenced to transportation for life.
Sul:lvan was tried *bou three years ago, fur the murder of Isis
former wife. but•was acquitted.

Wittier; Tallow. ;lift Tel.'ew, wag capitally isulleted for ale
wilful mnrdtr of-Thomas Gay.
Mary Lutigenn keep% an eatingalletrat in Royal Hospital row,
Chelsea. On the lith July last, about pleven o'clock at night, she
west (*crest the road, and saw a peas uproar. apd a man fall to
the ground from a blow giveu by that Owner nitwit. The pri.
soner she bilieves is a brickmaker, andiffie uvoar took place about
twenty yard, nom hes house. raw the prisoner strike the blow
that caused the deceased to fall, and whilst he was on the ground
I the former kicked at him three times, but whether his foot touched
him or not she cannot say. The deceased turned over on his left
side, got up, and walked away. Did not know the prisoner before.
Cross-examined by Mr. Law, for the prisooer—There had been
a quarrelling for a considerable, bu nowt what caused it she cannot
toil.
By the Jrncr —Can you undertake to swear that the prisoner
is the man that atrock the Kew, or do you only suppose so ?
Witness believed biro to be the elan ; it was rather a dark
night.
r. Henry Pitman—ls house surgeon at St. George's Hospital.
The deceased was brought into the floapital about eleven o'clock
on she 3londay morning, the Itirh July. Ile complained of a
stoppage in the water, which the deceased said was occasioned by
' a blow given the night before. Al'itnru considered him in great
danger, and he lingered till the 21st, the Thursday following, when
he died. Witness examined the body afterwards, and found that
the urine in the canal had stopped, and a mortification had taken
place. Witness considers that the deceased had not laboured under
the complaint till brought into the hospital. There was no ex.
tenial wound, but there were bad appearances, and the injury he
had stated would arise from a blow or kick.
Croat-examined by Mr. LAM-1f the deceased had fallen acmes
any hard substance, Mkt an injury would have been caused.
By the Juno E—The deceastd never said to witness how it was
done. •

Dennis Shea, a labourer, was passing through Jews' Hospital.
row, where the row took place, saw the deceased lying down by
Tutton, who was standing over him ; saw Tutton hit him, and
knock him down, as he (the deceased) was getting up. Tutton
struck him in his ribs, or some where about, but cannot exactly
tell. Saw the deceased get up anti wulk away ; his ratue was Gay,
as witness understood ; had seen the prisoner before There were
some persons, quarrelling, but who they were he could not
tell. Did not see any blood on the prisoner's face.
James Musty, another labourer, knew the deceased Hay he
was abuut 23 years of age. On Monday he saw the deceased just
before he went to the hospital. Ile complained of dreadful pains
in the lower part of his stomach; he never complained before of
such pains. t)n Tuesday he went to see him, and stopped two
boars. He asked him how-he was? He said he was very ill, and
that be thought it would the last time he (witness) would see hint
alive. Ile ttld him not to be cast down; and when he went away
he asked the deceased when he should call and sec him again, and
he said on the Friday following.
Mr. Pitman again called—Saw the deceased on Monday; sad
thought him in great danger ; he ;weeded him twice a day after.
'wards. Saw hen on Tuesday morning and evening, and then he
seemed in imminent danger. Never communicated to the deceased
that there was 1%) hope of his recovery.
Richard Pointer, residing :at Nn. 12. Upper Grosvenor-street,
Oresvenor-square—Abouteleven o'clock on the Sunday night saw
Tutton and his wile coming home; and Mrs. Tutton had a few
words, which ended in blows between them. The young woman'
tall down. The deceased came tip, and said to the prisoner. "If
you don't take your wife home, and give her a ti-4 good hiding, I
' I will you." The prisoner said," You have nothing to do with
flotsam my wife." The deceased then turned round end made a
blow at Tqtton's face, but he stopped it with his arm. Tutton put
himself in • fighting attitude, struck the deceesed, and he tell
down. The deceased then got up and walked away, saying,
"Never mind, you have not hurt me." The deceased walked away i
directly, and the witness never saw him afterwards. lie was in
liquor. Never NM the deceased before. Had scen the. prisoner:
once or twice before.
Thettunee-4temembei jou are en your ooh. Note, will yore
twee at yon were so near that had Tutton kicked at him you
cculd have seen him ?

Witoess—.l will, tiny Lord. I cannot swear that the prisoner did
not strike more than one blow.

Croaa-etarnined—The deceased spoke to the pllsoncr first, and
also struck at him Via:.

Joseph laingden, another witness, was railed, but was not
in ettendance. and the ernirt ordered his recognizance to tie estmattd.
This was the ease for the prosecution. and the prianner was
called on for his defence. lie said that th deceased struck him
first, and he struck him again, and knocked him down.
There were several sitnesasei. in Court so be called for the de-
fence; but befote they were examined,
Mr. Justice Gear:LEE addressed the Jury, and observed, that
the deceased had snuck the first blow: and it was thereon. hi:.
duty to tell them that the prixot.er had a right to staffd in his own
defence; anti if they believed the last witness, they Hider dismiss
fmm theirn.inds the capilacharge, and say whether he was gallty
of manslaughter, or not guilty altogether.
The Jury consulted, and bound the prisoner—Kct Giddy.
Samuel (;a
Letitia George, aged 4U, was indicted for killing and slaying
ok.

George Scott deposed that he knew the deceased, whn was a
brewer. The ;Institut lived a ith the deceased al his wife. Witness
lodged in ao adjoining room. On the night stated in the indictment,
he heard a noise in the deceased's room, as if he and the prisoner
were disputing. Wetly afterwards he heard the deceased groan ;
the deceased called him, and he then went into his room, where he
found him sitting on the bed. He said the prisoner had kicked
him in the groin. Witness fetched a doctor, who ordered is fo-
mentatlen to be applied. Prisoner refused to light a the av to,
render any as.".atance. The deceased expired on the following
dal.
Mr. Watkins, a surgeon, said he was called on to attend the de-1
ceased (Samuel Cook), who told likn the prisoner had kicked him
in the groin ; witness ordered the wound to be fomented, which was
done; he saw bits vain the nest warning, wrln lie appeared pinch

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