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London, England, 1825-11-02 00:00:00

CHARGE OF MURDER:

Mary Shelton etoetl capltell Indictd fee the wilful murder of
Patrick Doyle, in the parish of St. Giles-in the-Fields.
There *see no LOUD/ICI an either side.
Mary Kiletogan—l live in Buckcridge.street, St. Giles's, and
eras aunt to the deceased Patrick Doyle ; he lived in Church-lane.
Oa Friday, the 90th of September, I was at the Black Hone
publie-houte, in Buckeridge-street ; the deceased was there ; I had
bean there about hail an hour before the prisoner came in ; she did
rot appear drunk; the deceased and prisoner hail lived together as
teen and wife foe near twelve years, and had seven children ; she
saw them but s'ldom, but they were very sociable. In two minutes
after the prisons entered, she went to the bar, and brought a tin beer
east tines her cloak ; the deceased, and a man earned Frank Smith,
were epeski •g together ; the deceased was drunk ; he turned his
bead about to where the primmer stood, when she struck him with
the can over the left temple and ran away. Deceased bled very
mech, sod he remained about two bouts in the tap-room bleeding
he then went away with Frank Smith. On Saturday morning I
met the prisoner coming out of the door of the house where she
eyed ; she bid erre the time of the morning, and said, if I did not
tail my sister's son to keep clear of her, she would, by the Holy
Oteest, be his butcher and the end of hint. On the Sunday I went
to deceased's ; the prisoner was in the room. I waked him bow be
tans; he said eery ill, and asked me what was good fur the head-
vite ; and I said cold water ; the prisoner, at that time, was atten-
tive tohrin ; be lived until the Tuesday week following, when he
died at the hospital.
This witness was cross-examined by the prisoner, but nothing
v. es elicited to shake her evidence.
Lawrence Doyle, the brother of the deceased, deposed that on the
Mendey be was at home with his brother in the evening ; the pri-
soner was sitting by the aide of the bed. Witness had a separate
bed in the same room. His brother wanted to go to bed, but pri.
weer would not let him ; she said he should not come there ; de-
ueseed.ehee laid down on the boards, his bead was not tied up.
The prisoner gut up, and said he should not stay with her ; she
MIS going out of the room, when deceased said she should not go
out at that hour of the night. He gave bee a push with one hand,
tied pushed her on the bed • it was a pretty violent push. I did
amabserve which way she fell. l cannot exactly say. She was
very big with child. My brother had then got up on a chair, and
was leaning hie head on has hand on the table. Prisoner got up
and went to the chimney-preee, and laid held of a hammer that was
lying there. lily brother was a tie-man. The prisoner struck him
en the head with the hammer live times; one was a very heavy
blow. I could not see which end of the hammer. I got up. illy
Mother knocked me down three times. Ile was in a violent rage,
dad the prisoner appeared to be so also. My brother called out,
••• Clet I brother, I am undone." Prisoner then got outside the
ism. There was a pretty good share of blood. I remained there
sight. The prisoner did not come back. I wiped his bead with
Ms Ain one blow knocked him down. I saw the prisoner two
days after, and told her hoe husband's head was cut. I said,
Paddy's bead is badly cut," and she began to laugh.
This witness underwent a cress-examination, for the purpose of
shoving that the deceased had frequently beaten the prisoner and
even broken her ribs ; but the witness Metered that Mae the
evening in question he had never seen his brother strike her.
Ole Juryman—How did they live together P Did they live
peeheebly
Witness.-flumetimes they lived in pule°, and sometimes they ,
rearreelltil.
Mr. etregria a swim. of Be. Giles's workhouse, deposed that t2l
deeemed had been brought into the house on the Uth October,
shit he was shortly afterwards sent to the Middlesex Hospital. Her
Mid an inflemmation on the brain. Five blows given with sueb•
hammer, with any violence, is sufficient to cause inflammation on
Me brain.
3y ele prisoner—She certainly came to see him at the workhouse
ree d state of great anxiety. I did not know that she had diem bees
delivered only three days.
rie prisoner wished the wheels to be asked it the did as ask
hi* whether the blow which she hsd given bier with the Mahler
POd killed him P when he replied, Olt no.
Mr. Justice Pang—Out of mercy to the prisoner, I would Mei
fee all the world, pat that question.
Mr. 'Fuson, a surgeon of Middlesex Hospital, minutely do.
scribed the state el See heed ef the deceased. His skull was
leepetined, bat It was of no avail. The state of the head was the
consequence of external violent blows. The hammer shown to
MO would have produced' such effect, if used with violence. He
edeterved Do old COI on the bead. He did not observe a cut Mar
lie eer.
tbis was the case for the prosecution.
• Ile prisoner, in her defense, stated that they had a dog which
*ea made away with by the brother of the deceased, which caused
' and ibe deceased said he had but ohs Ile, and he would
ant of his deg being gone. TWA,' also appeared a
between than, and according •-• her statement they
on the Monday, and the ' had kicked her

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froorrellrd tad the deallaied
whdlently, and that he came home late at night when she was uO-
- and tool' hold of her child MO threw it down ' • that
%b.,* broken three of her rube, and laid hold of the back of
~tsfarck with his teeth, aid bit bat that he was continually
bairn her about with a tile. She denied that she bad attack
*Wet with the 'tamale' : it was a that she asarely threatened
lime with.
Mr. Justicr PARS char d the Jury ibat Wyatt oxidant that the
entiessed and prisoner had iced on bad twill whit haels other. They
*old die...et their particular attend,* it what s place 013., the
desy sight • Urn would satisfy thlalliskril the mews
Were feral by ills ower ; sod et so, dew f Sipmet woad Om be
~her the eases wee mentor es mia After Olin-
*eating on the whets N the Saidalet of air
dlite, the Learned Jodie ileve it is bie egieies Am the
lehatsted to manalatagtten, but ma surds.
Jury consulted together for a few minutes, sod retorlesd •
reweict of AI u os In mg bier .
:be Ll et, gaunt immediately &cotenant hit to MATS months

impriconrotnt in the Houck of Correction, and to be kept to hard
Lib•iur,

The prisoner wu in a very weak state, and was deeply affccted.
boring die trial she sat down, and was attended by a inhale. She
tau 29 years of age.
JPm. Appleltri, aged 22, baker, was indicted for stealing an
order for the paynient of 13N. IS:. Gd. from the dwelling-house
of the prosecutor, Robcrt (lobby, of Leicestei-street, Itegent-
street.

The prisoner, in the capacity of s baker, called at the prosecu.
tor's door, and it was alleged that Mrs. Gobi" dropped the order
in question, which he picked up and obtained the money for. It
was not proved that the prisuntr received the money himself: it
was received by anotficr person who was seen In company with the
prisoner.
A number of witnesses gave the prisoner 3 good character for
honesty, sobriety. and industry.
3lr. Baron G•RROW charged the Jury that it was necessary that.
they should notice the terms of the order, " Pay to 51r. (lobby or
bearer." If the prisoner had intended to act honestly. he would
have gone to 31r. (lobby. It was possible that the order might
have fallen into the street, which 'would acquit him of the capital
part or the charge.
Verdict—Guilty of stealing, but not in the dwelling-hpuse.
Jaynes Adams was indicted for stealing a gelding value SL, on
the 3d Sept. last, the property of John Neighbour.
John Neighbour, ut Berkitanmstead, deposed that on the 3d or
September be hare& gelding, which he missed the day after, and
did net again see until the 9th of the month. when it was in the
possession of Mr. Rance, at Smithfield market. lie swore to the
identity of the horse, and also that he 115;; left it in bin paddock
on the night of the Id :September.
Samuel Rance, carter to Mr. Davis, deposed that he was left in
possession of the horse in question, in Smithfield, by his master.
IVilliam Davis, landlord of the Crown Inn, at Bayswater, de.
posed that be bought the horse of the prisoner for eight sovereigns,
un the Bth of September. When the prisoner was in custody, he
asked him what he knew about the horse, as it was proved to have
been stolen ? The prisoner replied that was not the fact, as he
well knew where it came from. He also said that he had it from
a person whose name witness did not recollect, but no such person
bad made his appearance. Witness went of his own'accord to
Guildhall, and ens there detained in custody. He thought the gen-
tleman from whom the prisoner said he had got the horse was
named Brown. At the time he bought the horse the prisoner said
he sold hones on commission only, and did not purchase them
himself. He believed he gave more for the horse than it was
worth. Prisoner said, when Rance was taken up, that lie would
go before the magistrates and set all to rights ; and lie went before
them without heir% taken into custody. (The witness was so
deaf, and gave such confused and unsatisfactory answers, that he
was ordered to leave the box; and the Court observed that much
infportance was not to be attached to his evidence.)
Joseph Manning examined—l am a porter I know the pri-
soner; I was in his company when he sold the horse; he had been
riding it by my side, for near a quarter of an hour. He asked for
the horse 101. Davis bid W. and bought it. He did not give his
address to me, but he said he lived near the Elephant and Castle.
I think he told Mr. Davis where he lived. I did not a. k the pri-
soner any questions as to where he got the hone; but he said he
was to sell him for some one. I have known Adams for the last
seven or eight years. I aim the money paid by Davis for the horse.
A man named Abbott was also present during a part of the trans.
action. The bargain was made about tire o'clock in the afternoon.
Adams rode the hone up and down, to show his points to Mr.
Davis. I had not seen Adams for a twelvemonth before the time.

Edmond Neighbour examined—The prisoner told me that he
Lad bought the horse in question from a man named Brawn, whoni
he described to me, and who he said was to be found every marker
day at the Windmill. On inquiry at the Windmill, both for the
master and the stable-keeper, I found that no such person as Brown
wee known there. I described him to those persons exactly as be
had been described to me by the prisoner. I ant brother to the
owner of the horse, but it is no part of' my property.
Thomas Pike, a constable, examined, deposed -Mat when Ranee
was taken to Guildhall, the prisoner came there and voluntarily
surrendered himself.
This closed the case for the prosecution.* '
For the defence Thomas Green was called, who stated that on the
evening of the 3d of September the prisoner, who was his lodger,
was at home till ten o'clock. On that evening his wife informid
him that Adams had just gone to bed very ill ; he then locked the
door, and took the key with him, as he always did when he found
his lodgers were all within. When he got up the next morning, at
eight e clock, he saw the prisoner came down stilts with a child in
his arms, looking very ill. The prisoner then went out, and was'
I gone about half an hour ; this was about half-past nine on Sundae,l
morning. A man of the name of Brown called on the prisoner us
the 7th of September ; he was then in bed ; hut he saw him, be.
esuse the prisoner got up, and came down. Brown said, " Adams,
I have brought you a horse to sell, as you sell on commission.'
On the 10th of September I saw Brown again ; be came total
house on horseback at seven o'clock in the morning. The prisoner
got up and went out with him.
Cross-exaniined—l then lived in Devonshire-street, over till
WSW ; the house is No. 9. The prisoner had lived with me ablhat
aim months. Ido not know what business the prisoner followed ;1
I never asked him, but 1 believe he sold horses on commission.
The witness at first said, that he had stated to Alderman Magnsy,
before whom the prisoner was examined, that he was able to
1 the prisoner was in his house on the night of the alleged
but subsequently stated that he was inertly then in waiting, semi
was not questioned on the subject.
Mrs. Green corroborated the testimony of her husband In the
' most essential points, particularly as to the alleged alihi.
ThomassAmor, a brother-in-law of the prisoner's, deposed that
he saw him in company with a person whose name he understood
to to Brown, on the 4th and on the 7th September ; but there was
a material difference in the evidence of this witness and Green, re-
specting this Memel the prisoner, when in company with Brown,
Two witnesses were called, who gave the prisoner a good
character.
The Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence at considerable I
length, and left the Jury to decide whether or not the witnesses who
were called to prove the alibi were to be believed.
The Jury retired to deliberate on their verdict ; and after haring
been absent for about an hour and a half, they returned and de-
livasd in a verdict of Guilty, but recommended the prisoner to
merry.
The prisoner, on leaving the dock, protested hb innocence.
I.Before the RECORDER:] '
Richard William Jasper (who was convicted of forgery on
Saturday last) was indicted for uttering, on the hat of August, two
forged acceptances, well knowing the same to be forged, with in-
tent to defraud William Fox and partners.
The prisoner; who last night pleaded not guilty, withdrew that
plea, and now pleaded guilty.
Alr. Lawr said that he was instructed by the prosecutors to re-
commend the prisoner to the merciful consideration of the Court.
Jonathan Thos. Johnson, Henry Yaks, and James Hunter Grey,
were indicted for stealing, on the 4th October, a back-gammon
table, and other articles, value 101. the property ofJames Dennett.
The prisoners were tried yesterday on an indictment for a similar
offence, when the two former were found Godly, and the latter
Aerial/red.
The prisoner Yates, repeated his objection to any juror who was •
member of the Society for the Protection of trade ; and one gen-
tleman left the jury-box.
Air. Aro:news stated the case, which, in its leading features,
was precisely similar to the one reported in the British Press of
yesterday.
The prisoners were severally found Guilty. and sentenced to be
transported beyond the seas for the term of seven years.
NEW COURT.
i 1 Before the RECORDs a and Mr. Sergeant Aaanto.l
Thomas !hews, Charlotte Watts, Samuel Hay and Sarah his
i wife, Richard Brewer, John Collier, Elizabeth his wife, Williams
Dallas, and others, were indicted for a conspiracy in fraudulently
obtaining goods from several tradesmen.
The entrances to the Court were completely stopped up by the
omwd of witnesses who were in attendance to give evidence on this
Rial. A London Jury had been summoned especially to try this
ease. The defendants were called, but did not appear.
.'IS Itecoahea said, that the officer of the Court should call
limb 'upon their recogniumees, and those who had entered into
should have them entreated ; for a Jury was not to be sum.
specially, and the time of the Court thus played willlf
Stith impunity.
• Mr. A DOLPHtIe said that sotne of the defendains were in the
custody of the Marshal of the King's Bench, and he knew that they
would be brought op on a writ of habeas corpus.
The RECORDS' said, that notwithstandieg that they ought to
• have been here, and they should be called on their recognisant's''',
and if they afterwards appeared, and showed sufficient cause for
their apparent neglect, the Court would take their cases into CM.
sideration, and perhaps the Can might issirearri sr_ lira *Weak.. ..
Mr. ADOLPHUS said he could hardly recommend it to the Court
to take the case at that hour, se in all probability it would be • very
prolonged trial.
The lltscoanen replied dist be earldom take it now.; the bob
was not on the side of the Court.
After some consultation between the gentlemen of the bar and
the Court, the Jury, who had been summoned specially, were dis-
charged.
THE NEW GARDEN ACT.
Wrn. Tommishard, aged Id, Thomas Marne, aged IG. Thomas
Sawyer, aged 15, and Thomas Tory, aged 14. four out of eight
boys who had been tried last night for robbing the orchard of Jacob
Phillips, of Edmonton, were brought up to receive the lodgment of
the Court.
The circumstances of this ease, at it appeared in evidence, were
as follow :—The prosecutor, who is a market gardener, had pure
chased the standing fruit of several orchards in Edmonton. Having
had them frequently robbed, in consequente he was induced to
watch on the SIM Sept. last, when he saw a parcel of boys enter the
orchard and knock down the fruit. After looking on for sante
time, be slept from his place of concealment, and seized the psi.
saner Townabend. The rest of the boys escaped. Ile found Neves.
tees or eighteen walnuts in Townshend's pocket. An officer appre,
beaded the other boys from the proeecutor's description.
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