The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-20 00:00:00

CRIME IN FRANCE,

.Ao.tu,inffid The Court of Assizes of Seine-et-Oise has just
tried a farmer, named Tourly, on a charge of mur-
dering M. Jambe?), mayor of Mflliers, on the 23d
November last. It appeared from the evidence that,
on the day above-named, M. Jambon went out with
his gun for a few hours' shooting, and never re-
turned. A general search was commenced in the
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also ascertained that the murder had been com-
mitted at a place nearly a league from the spot
where the body was found. The police came to the
conclusion that the murderer was one of the many
poachers who abound in that neighbourhood, and
one of them was arrested on suspicion. Soon after,
the prisoner stated in a public-house that he was
the murderer, and could not allow another to suffer
for his crime. He was accordingly taken into cus-
tody, and before the examining magistrate he re-
peated his statement, but declared that he had only
fired in self-defence at the moment the deceased
was going to shoot at him ; he added, that after the
murder he had removed the body in a wheelbarrow
to the place where it was found. In court the pri-
soner repeated the same story, but the medical
evidence clearly proved that M. Jamban's jaw had
not been broken by the shot, but by blows or
kicks, and several of the murdered man's teeth
were found at the spot where the struggle took
place. The prisoner, however, maintained that
those injuries must have been caused by his
having overturned the harrow there. This ex-
planation, however, seemed very improbable, and
was further invalidated by the fact that the prisoner,
before his apprehension, had sold the shoes he wore
on the day of the crime. After hearing a great
number of witnesses, and M. Lachaud for the de-
fence, the jury brought in a verdict of guilty, with
extenuating circumstances, and the Court sentenced
the prisoner to twenty years' hard labour.
The Tribunal of Correctional Police on Friday
tried two Englishmen, named Haynes and Fulton,
oa a charge of picking poekets in the church of
St. Eustache on the 9th of last month. Several
police agents deposed that the prisoners, some
days before their arrest, had excited suspicions,
and a watch was set on their actions. On the
day above-mentioned, after lurking some time
about the Bank of France, they were seen to
enter the church of St. Eustache, which was
crowded at the time. While two officers fol-
lowed them into the sacred edifice, others were set
to watch the doors, and when the prisoners came
out both were arrested. Fulton had in his posses-
sion a purse containing 82fr., which was afterwards
identified by a gentleman who had been in the
church. Haynes had a pocket-book containing
cards and papers of no use to any person but the
owner, and a purse with 420 fr. in gold and bank
notes, the owners of which were subsequently dis-
covered by the police. The two prisoners, who said
they were working jewellers, professed not to know
each other, but as they had been constantly seen
together, this statement was unworthy of credit.
As the evidence was conclusive against the prisoners,
the Tribunal declared the charge proved, and cola.
demned both of them to two years' imprisonmen t
and five years' surveillance of the police.