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grout of Evant's shutter, which hail a round hole in
it, and or light inside. She saw the deceased twice
intoxicated storing six months.
Martha Jones corroborated the last witoirss'a state-
ment relative to let tug out the body; and the 'noises
noon it, particularly that on the left temple. When
she went to lay hold of the head to straighten it.
blood came from the hack part of the head, and
she asked the Prisoner whether, in putting on her
cap, he hail perceived any cut on her bead ? he said
" No." Witness said there most be one there, or
where could the blood come from ; he said ‘. There
most." She knew &mitred 15 years. and she was
a sober iminstrions all.
Sotatl JOIWV. daughter of the preceding Witness.
oleo spoke of the laytug out the betty. She went wt
the time to the Prisoner, who was in the front room,
to ask for a clean cap to pet on the deceased, and
Iris answer was, " The head shall not be touched—
I put on a clean °nein the morning."
Charlotte Powell, on the Suuday, called to in.
qttire after Mrs. Erans's health, awl the Prisoner
said she was better, and that the Doctor was either
there or coming. Witness went•there havisig heard
at report of the womau's death, but he said she was
better.
George AVhite, the undertaker, said he knew the
Prisoner, who came to him between live and six
o'clock on the Sunday evening. and said that his
wife was very wall, he had left her at home on the
bed; but the amen (Davies) that was with him, gave
Avitisees to understand she was dead, and asked him
(which the Prisoner did afterwards) if lie would
bury her? The Prisoner said that he had for seve-
ral days observed death in her face, that she had
latterly taken to drinking, an excess of which had
killed iier. Davies then gave witness • string, the
-length of the body, and said they had brought it to
save lion the trouble of going up to the body, and
asked it he could get the corpse craned by Mon-
day ? He said " Yes," and seven o'clock on Mon-
day ec g was fixed for sending home the coffin.
It was aria home at the appointed time, -nod the
door was opened at once before they had time to
knock. His mail put the shroud en her, and wit-
tier. observed that her hands were black, and also
a spot of blood on the bolster where the head lay.
'l'he Prisoner trembled very much. Im answer to
question from witness, the Prisoner said lie meant
to hairy her on Friday.
In answer to a question from a Jaror, he said
that he was greatly astonished at the spot of blond,
sad meant to have communicated the circumstance
the tirxt monolog to the parish searcher, whose bu-
siness it would have been to examine the body,
hot in the interim he heard of the Prisoner's bring
taken up.
Mr. Moron GRAMAII--" I am glad you have
taken this iaiiintatiosi from yourself, for it would
have been a serious imputation to have overlooked
su siispicious to circumstance."
111,nninial Webb, • constable, went to the Pri-
semer's house at half-post ten o'clock on Monday
liight, nod naked to see the apartment where the
corpse lay, as lie washed to make some inquiry re-
specting it. tie asked the Prisoner if he bad had
troy words with his wife? He said that he believed
lie had, its lie tame home very tipsy on the Slow-
slay flight, 111111 filatal a woman and two or three
Irialimen in the (merge, with whom lie hail sonic
word.. One of the persons. lie said, told I
. that his %%tie hail been guilty of great impro-
priety in the passage, and this led to some words
with his wife in their own room, and he struck her
is blow in the mouth, and he knew not what be had
done. Ile said lie was unable to get medical assist-
ance for her, as a woman up stairs locked him in,
and lie could not get out. ‘Vitneso then asked
him why lie hail not stepped-out of the window, as
it MA) Ural' the ground ? To this he mode no an-
swer. IVitriess, on looking round the room. sow
blood on the maiitle-piece, and on examining with
a candle, he saw it all round the room of the wain-
scoting. The blood looked as if splashed amorist
the wall with great force. A chest of drawers.
the front mons, had a great deal of blood on the
brass furniture mid handles, and in three different
places on the floor there were stains, as if of blood,
eriaich had been afterwards washed and >audrd over.
There was also blood at the foot anal sides of the
bedstead. Some part of the wainscot and drawers
hut evidently been newly washed. The highest
utak of blood on the wall was seven feet two inches
. from the ground. Witness pointed out these marks,
• nod asked the Prisoner why he bail been trying to
- wash them out ? He said, because it looked badly.
There were marks of blued on the tender, shovel,
roil poker. He here produced the poker. which
appeared a little bent. He saw a pair of hoots in
the rawsan, which had also blood minks. He asked
• ' the Prisoner for the clothes wont by the deceased,
• and he answered he did not know where they were;
hut witness got • bundle f Davies's house,
which lie now produced. After he took the Pri-
mmer into custody lie returned to examine the
body : ou hiking oft' the cap lie saw the hair all
matted with blood, and three 'or form distinct cuts,
:which laid open the skull bone to the length of' his
linger, down the back of the head.
The bundle was opened in Court, mind the clothes
had the visible marks alluded to by the witness.
Mr. Wan. Jeusiett said, that he trap am apothe-
• rimy. residing in Greek-street, Soho ; on Wedues.
day, the 14th January, he examined the hotly of
the deceased in the coffin; he found four cuts on
the hack of the head. three of them two niches
long, and the other three inches; these must have
been inflicted with some blind iiistruinent ; he put
bu finger in the largest solace, and could out feel
the end of it ; there was a wound on the left tem-
ple, or rather a bruise ; the whole of the forehead
was discoloured, from one temple to the °thee ;
there was also an apparent blow across cads waist,
and marks on other parts of the body ; the poker
now iaa Court was very like the iostrunient that
would have sonde such marks; the blow on the
temple was certainly sufficient to cause death; that
was his upiiion at the time ; of the other blows he
could not be so positive, though they might have
occasioned a concouion on the brain. On Ilse same
everting he attended the opening of the body with
11r. Carpue; the brain was perfect; then Mr.
Carpue opened the body; the stomach was empty ;
the intestines had some inilammatiou ; there was
nothing in these symptoms to chauge Ins first opt-
woo, as to the cause of the woman'. death; the ta-
d room l i 111 l would certaisily not hare produced sud-
den alrush ; the effusiou of blood from the wounds
oust have been very cousiderable, Nod the top-

tout. of inflammation may have been piliduced by
the blown he had uo doubt that the deceased died
front violent*.
In answer to a qtiestion from Mr. ALLEY. the
witne►s amid, that Mr. Carlow was a *opals of
great skill and wiener.
Mr. Joseph C. Carpue was a sturgeon. residing
in Dean-itreet, 'Soho. Ile opened the hetisl of the
deceased on the Wednesday ; there were wounds on
the integuments, hot they acre of no great conse-
quence. The hair being much clotted. he examined
what he thought was snore material. the .kohl-;
there was no fracture no the external or internal
table of the skull ; there was no laceration arch-
vision of the data Muter from she skull ; lilt extra-
volition of blood in the bead; a blow on the
temple was no more than MI any other part of the
head. provided an injury• is not done to the internal
Imre. Supposing there might have been sonic other
CAUL', for death. not brim; perfectly %mistiest, lie
proceeded to examine other ports of the body. the
chest. the thorax, and the abdomen. and ft:mid the
stomach empty, and at least a yard of the small
intestines in a high state of inflammation; he was
satisfied she died from injury of either the heed ur
intestines, lie was inclined to think front the latter,
but on this he could nut speak with precision. 'lle
should not think the inflammation would have
been so heightened by irritation arising from the
blows as to have caused death. and had the ap-
pearance of this subject.
Mr. Baron GRA 6111-•-•." Supposing death to have
immediately followed such blows as the decessied
manifestly ►ecrived—whether would you uscitihe
the death to the blows, or to the state of inflamma-
tion in which you found the inteitines ?"
The Witness—" infl•numatinu was in itself
sufficient to cause death ; and it (the inflammation)
could not have been suddenly caused, certainly tint
by the effect of ally external marks, such as •I saw
on the body."
hi his further examination, he said she might
have died from the effect of the blows; but there
was certainly sufficient cause to produce this effect
without looting further than the highs ►fate of in-
Asiumotion in the intestines. This inflammation
may be increased by the irritation of the train of
blows, but certainly not to the extent that was ob-
servable 'here.

Mr. Baron GiAll AM....." May not external blows,
such for instance there were the markiof here,
bsvr bye concuss which wuuld still leave no
visible mark. after death, have yet caused death,
without there being it separation of the alisra ranter
from the skull, or any extravasgtion, such as you
allude to?"

Tim Witness--'" The extravasittion would have
at once excited suspicion, hut here there was noise.
A concussion would not have canard korai:int:
generally) immediate sleuth, a fracture might. I
have had patients recover from concussions, and
where they do not, death does not instantly ensue.
There was no fracture here."
In Homer to spwatioris from a Juror, he /said that
inflammation 'would produce irritation, but tto
irri-
tation by blown, could have iiroduced the inflamma-
tion lie found here—drinking might certainly have
done it.

A Juror—" May not a woman die of blows, who
might have lived if surgical assistance were timely
'smeared for her ?"
The Witness—" That toast wholly depend on
the particular nature of the ease."
" May not one pervious die of a blow which would
not have been fatal to another " Yea, if the
party were very weak."
" Could a woman' in the high state of inflamma li
-
tion in which the deceased was, have gone about her
domestic business?"—A. " Certainly not without
the most excruciating pain. The symptoms of the
inflammation most certainly could not have in-
creased after death."
The case for the Prosecution being closed,
The Prisoner was now called on for his defence.
He declined saying any thing, but left his case to
his Counsel.

Several witnesses gave him an excellent cha.
racier.

'lke witnesses to character hod closed their evi-
dence (which did not occupy more than half au
hour) at about pi quitter before lour o'clock.
Mr. Baron GRAI4ASI then addressed the Jury,
and left it to them to determine whether. übtr the
evilleuce of the medical Gentlemeii, they soul('
deem it necessary he should address them. If they
thought it proper, he would at mice proceed to
occupy their attention by summing tip the evi-
dence, which he must do ut considerable length.

The Jury, after some consultation, expressed
wish to retire, (istraint! that they had taken very
ample notes, and were 'prepared to judge of the
merits of the Cafe, without trespassing on his Lurd.
ship's valuable time.
Mr. Mums GRAHAM, under these circumstances

said, he felt it his duly to recapitulate the evidence
to the Jury. The Learned Judge proceeded to
reuil his notes, which occupied newly two hoots.
The Jury retired to consider their verdict, null
after a abort airtime, returned a verdict of Guilty
against the Poisouer, ut live 11111111 tell before seven
o'clock.

The Prisoner, who appeared in an agitated cud
desponding state throughout the trial, received the
verdict with additional tine. A hectic flush
gave a momentary hue to the paleneow of his com.
tenance. and he shrugged up his shoulders and
hastily slapped his hands against the front of the
duck.
The RICORDER immediately proceeded to puce
the awful sentence of the law on the unhappy
saner. In performing this solemn duty. he animad-
verted in the most impressive manlier on the dread.
lid character of the lirtsotter's crime, and implored
of him to uvail himself of the short tittle that re-
tuvined for him in this life, to inteict de with his
Creator for that mercy in ; titer world which could
not he extended to him in this. The Recorder
concluded by protiouticing upon him the dreadful
sentence of the law, which consigned hint fur execu-
tion on M lay next.
This trial, which I utcd from ten o'clock in the
morning until post seven in the est-alio:, excited the
greatest anent from one of the most crowded
Courts we recollect to have scut for a considerable
time.

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The Visa; Wirt., from Americo to Lubec, up-
set in the Baltic on the 12th ul►. and was abandon-
ed by the crew.

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IMPERIAL PIRLIAMRIVT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, Falsity, FRUSTUM' 29.
ANOTHER GREEN BAG.
About one o'clock, while the Dom*, was en-
gaged in hearing Counsel iii the imperil call.e of
Perkins against Lord Ram.liffe, Lord StotinoTtl
unexpectedly entered, awl laid on die table a wren
hag containing papers, which, on the Noble Vis-
count's motion, was referred to the Secret Com-
mittee.
The 'hearing of the appeal came was then re-
aimed, awl judgment postponed till Monday.
ACCOUNTS.
Mr. Johnson presented au Account of the In-
come and Expenditure of the Lonrho, Dock Com-
pany, from the 30th November, 1816, to the 30th
November. 1817, together with a Report of the
progress of the works.—'llie papers were laid on
the table.
Au Account was also presented of the Amount
of the Net Reeeipts of the Annual Duties, from
the sth January, 11814, 011ie sth Jtmit:try. 1818,
dislingui.hing each year.—This Account, on the
motion of the Earl of LAUDRRDALS, was ordered
to be printed.
EXCHEQUER BILLS.
The Exchequer B:11. Bill au, read the third
time, and passed.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE moved, that there be
laiJ before the House an Account of the number of
Exchequer Bulls issued from the sth January,
1817, to the 5 h January, 1818.-o(dered.

lUAIA' DUTIES.
The Malt Duties Bill was read the third time,
and passed.

Lord KING moved, that, there be laid before the
House an Account of the number of Per4ons exe-
cuted for Forgery, from the year 1791 to the pre-
sent period.—Ordered.

I.