The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-03 00:00:00

MARCH. 3, 1852.

stabbing his wife, Mary Harris, with intent to murder
her, at Southampton, on the 27th of December.
Mr. Sewell was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr.
C. Saunders for the prisoner.
It appeared that these parties, who seemed to be de-
cent kind of people, had been married 20 years. Dif-
ferences at last arose between them, which ended in a
separation; but they had so far become reconciled as to
meet and walk together, and shortly before Christmas •
day they arranged to dine together on that day, and he
gave her 7s. 61. to purchase the dinner, They met
again the next day, and he then wanted some of the
money back again, and she returned him some part of
it, lele was in liquor, and she went to his lodging with
him to take care of him. He kissed her many times and
cried very much. She begged him not to cry, and said
she would come and see him in the morning, when he
would be better. She left him and went home. They met
again on the 27th of December. She went to his lodg-
ing and made his tea. He cried and kissed her. They
saw his landlord, who said he wondered he would be
seen with his wife after what he had called her. His
countenance instantly changed. She said he dared not
repeat the word in her presence, and she became angry,
and said if ho repeated it she would slap his face; she
had always been a faithful and virtuous wife to him,
and had support-d herself by staymaking during the
time she lived separately from him. After the words
had passed in the public.house they left and walked to-
gether some distance without speaking a word. At
length the prisoner said " What did he say ?" alluding
to what the landlord had said. He then said, " There's
no knowing the heart of any man;" and he began to
push his wife. She told him not to do so. He laid
hold of her, and she thought he was going to kiss her.
She remonstrated with him, and she then saw him draw
a knife from his pocket, and he attempted to cut her
throat. She screamed, and they fell—he was still endea-
vouring to cut her throat. The cuts went through her
shawl, bonnet, and ribands, and five wounds were inflicted
on her face and neck. At the instant a young woman
came up and seized the hand in which was the knife, and
pulled his head back. She contrived to hold his hand and
the knife for some time, till he got his hand away and
agent cut at his wife, who screamed. " Murder," and
said "My dear, don't cut my throat." The other wo-
man said, " You bad man, you've killed the woman,"
and she ran and procured assistance. She returned and
took the prisoner by the collar. He said, "I am not
going to run away." She said, " I'll take care you don't,
you bad man;" and she gave him into the custody of t
policemen. The wife was confined to her bed fir sotee
time; the wounds did not heal for nearly a month, and
were still at times very painful. When the prisoner was
sober he was very kind to his wife, but he was given to
drink, and was then very excitable; he would change in
a moment. When the prisoner was taken, be said his
wife was a brute, and had taken the knife cut of his
pocket and tried to cut his throat. The knife was a
common pruning knife. There was blood on the greund.
Mr. C. SatretDEas addressed the jury with consider-
able force for the prisoner, contending that there was
not a deliberate intention to murder the wife. Two days
before, the man had treated her with the greatest kind
ness and affection; he had cried—he had kissed
her—he was anxious to forgive and forget, but on
the unfortunate day when this had beppmed the
landlord had made use of an expression wheih
touched that chord which had been wounded. His
countenance altered in a moment, his whole feelings be-
came changed, his jealousy was again roused, but still
he did not intend to murder. He walked with his wife;
note/ word passed for some time; the expression of the
landlord was rankling in his heart, and he asked what
words the man had used; the wife would not answer,
and in a moment of uncontrolled jealous, drunken passion
he had drawn the knife from his pocket, and had acted
in the manner which had been related to them.
Mr. Justice TALFOURD having summed up,
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, with intent to
do grievous bodily harm, and the prisoner was sentenced
to be transported for life.
The Learned JUDGE told the young woman who had
rendered such assistance, that he could not let her go
without saying how much they were all indebted to her
for the great courage she had displayed; he had never
heard of any one acting so well.
He bad the power of
awarding a small sum to a person for apprehending a
felon, and be should, therefore, in this ease award her
51., and he hoped she would purchase some trifle that
might be kept by her and her family it; remembrance of
her courageous act.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Edward Williams was brought before Sir R. W. Car-
den for final examination, upon the charge of having
stolen a bag containing nine sovereigns, the property of
Mr. Bird, the proprietor of the Burton coffee-house, in
Freeman's-court, Cheapside.
The prisoner was committed for trial.
Joseph Webb was oharged with having robbed a lady
of her purse.
Ambrose Wilson, a bootmaker, said, as he was pass-
ing along Aldgate on Monday evening, a few minutes
after 7 o'clock, he saw the prisoner slip his hand into
the pocket of a lady, draw out something, and run away
as fast as he could. Witness followed, and collared the
fellow with the purse in his hand, and handed him over
to a constable.
Mrs. Triggs, a lady who resides in Great St. Helen's,
said she felt a tug at her pocket, and upon turning round
saw the prisoner running, and the last witness following
him. She found that she had been robbed -of her
purse, but the money it contained had fallen :into her
pocket. She identified the purse in the hand of the
prisoner.
The prisoner was committed for trial. The moment
the wife of the prisoner heard that her husband was
committed, she fell to the ground in a state of in-
sensibility.