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him. When he lifted the window I no:iv:A that.he trem-
bled very much. I ran to the Druids' AY./

some mutche', and returned to Potter's hon-e, P

by, f":,t
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roc to go np stairs,but 1 told hita to go fit'W, as he knew
the road. Potter then took me to a front bedroom door on
the second storey, aud; he said "There is no one hero."
asked if any ono was above, and he told me to come into

the attic. I accompanied him
,into the attic, but found
no one there, We then returned to the bedroom on the
second floor at the back of the house, a ledger being fast
asleep in the front bedroom. I asked Potter to go in, but
he would not, and I went in. On the bed lay Potter's
wife quite dead, and ono leg out of bed, her head townOs
the window, and one arm stretched out, while, blood
was trickling from the bed clothes. Potter was about
to Lave the room, when I seiz NI held of him and
said " What does this blood mean ? Inat is this ? Come
here." He replied, "Oh dear lOh dear I is she dead ?" I
said, "She is. What does it all mean ?" He made no
reply, and I went down stairs and called two women who
were passing down the street. They got through the
window, went and. looked at the body, saw the woman was
dead, but wculd not remain in the house, as they were
frightened. A little girl was passing," and I sent to tho
Druids' Arms, and so afterwards Mr Fant and Mr Bor-
mon, surgeons, arrived. On examining the body a short
wound was found under the right breast, which, on being
probed, was found to be of great depth. I remained with
the body until seven o'clock this miming.
Soon after 1 o'clock Inspector Fearn arrived at Potter's
house, took him into custody, and charged him with mur-
dering his wife. Ho replied, "she has run me into debt very
much lately." Inspector Fern replied that that was no
reason why he should have murdered her, and ho replied,
"The man you met on the stairs did it, not me.ll Fearn
told him he had met no man on the stairs.

Potter has been in a low, desponding way for some time,
and was jealous of his wife. The poor woman, at nine o'clock
on Thursday evening, went to Inspector Green, who lives
in the same steer, and said that her husband would have to
be taken to the asylum, as he was abusing her very much,
and calling her a prostitute. There was a man lodger in the
front bedroom, also three grandchildren in another bedroom.
and another grandchild in a third bedroom. None of the
ohildren heard any noise, but the lodger said Potter and his
wife were quarrelling when he went to bed. The woman.
was alive at twelve o'clock on thursday evening, as her
married daughter kit a little before that time; and there
is no doubt the tragedy was committed a few minutes
before Sergeant Thorpe met the murderer.

On searching the bedroom where the body was found,
Sergeant Walker found by the side of a cheat of drawers
a spear, which had been unsheathed from a walk-
ing-stick, and with which the deed was perpetrated. Mrs
Potter was 50 years of age, and had had a large family,
but they were all grown up, and some resided at home, The
body awaits an inquest.

NOVEL ACTION FOR A PULPIT CUSHION.--Y 14
terday, at the Sheriffs' Court, Red Lion•Equare, an
actionMee v. Stayplten, was tried
before in the Queen's
frl nd
er-sh
erßiffenßehLehell and a jury, to recover
£l7 10s for a pulpit cushion presented to a clergyman, and
for the hire of a pattern, extending over a period of nearly
six years. Several pleas were pleaded, and the statute of
limitations was relied upon. Mr Day was counsel for the
plaintiff, a court milliner in Brook-street, G reavener-scpare,
and Mr F. H. Lewis for the defendant, a gentleman of for-
tune, residing at Reigate. The plaintiff's case was that, on
Sept. 14, 1858, in which year ladies busied themselves in
making altar cloths, pulpit cushions, and slippers for the
clergy, Mrs Stayphon ordered a cushion and materials for
£1 is of the plaintiff's shop in Regent-street, and received a
pattern at is a week, which she had kept ever since. The
price now charged for the long credit for the pulpit cushion
was £1 15s, and £l5 15s for the hire of the pattern. The
plaintiff's wife and an assistant were called, and a book was
produced, the entry in which was September, IKB, and the
goods delivered:in Albemarle street, where the defendant
then resided. In order to support the piaintdra case the
defendant and Mrs Stayphou were called. He knew nothing
f the order of the pulpit cushion,
ordered at Bath, and, as she believed, in December, 1857,
1)
and consequently and the lady said it "as
youti six years from the time the action
was commenced. The lady could not find the plaintiff, and
had inquired of her sister, Lady Edwards, when at Bath.
Mr Day commented in strong terms on the shabby defence
which had been set up against a tradesman as unbecoming
a gentleman of fortune. Mr F. H. Lewis male a forcible
speech for the defendant, who had adopted the 0

rat her

than submit to an extortion. He called upon the jury to
elismias all prejudice from their minds, although a follow-
tradesman had brought the action, i'ftr if they did not the
sooner the jury system was abolished the better. He defied
them to find on the evidence any other verdict than one for
the defendant. Mr tinder-Sheriff .Burchell told the jury
that the question was, whether the goods had been delivered
withinsix years. lie begged them to dismiss all prejudice,
and to decide on the evidence. Far better to do justice,
though apparent injustice, than to give a verdict which the
evidence could not bear out. The jury retired, and on th.ir
return into court gave a verdict fer the &feudal.

9 MOSES AND SON'S
OUTFI VS,
for all classes, all age 3, and all climates.

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