The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-29 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
( Before Lord DEN)MAN and Mr. Justice PARKE. )
Margaret James was found guilty of having in her posses-
s:on, on the 31st of October, in the parish of St. Matthew,
Bethnal-green, a mould bearing the impress of the obverse
a•id reverse sides of a half-crown, for the purpose of coining
the sari e.

Edward Strange was indicted, for that he on the 18th of
October, in the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, felo-
niously and maliciously cut and stabbed Sophia Moore, with
intent to murder her. A second count charged the prisoner
with cutting and wounding, with intent to indict grievous
bodily harm.

Mr. DOANE submitted, on the part of the prisoner that,
under the recent statute, Ist Viet., ch. 85, the Counsel for
the prosecution ought to be put on his election as to which of
these counts he would proceed upon, for if a verdict of guilty
we: returned, some difficulty would arise as to what the pu-
nishment should be. By the second section of the Act, it
was enacted that any person who shall cut, stab, or wound,
With intent to commit murder, shall suffer the punishment o'
death. Now the first count was laid under that section, and
their Lordships would find that, on 'referring to the fourth
section under which the second count was laid, it was there
provided that if the injuries were inflicted with the intent
merely of doing bodily harm,' the punishment was discretion-
ary vs ith the Court. Now he submitted that if a general ver.
diet of guilty were returned, a difficulty would arise as to
what the punishment should be.
. . . .

Mr. Justice PARKI did not think that the party should be
put to her election. It was for the Jury to say what the intent
was, and then the Court would apply the punishment which
the Act directed.

Lord DENMAN expressed his entire concurrence -in the
opinion of his Learned Brother.
Sophia Moore, was then called, and deposed that she lived
at 54, Nelson-street, and cohabited with the prisoner at the
bar rather better than three years. The prisoner is a shoe-
maker. When witness lived with him he resided at No. 6,
Mount-street. Left him 30th Sept. Met him in Shoreditch
on Wednesday the 16th Oct. half-past eleven in the morning.
He asked witness where she was going. Replied that she was
not going far. He then asked where she lived. Witness replied
that it was no business of his. Iln followed her to the corner
of the church, and asked her would she have anything to drink.
Witness refused, and asked what he was following her for.
He replied, that he was not following her. I was near my
home, 61, Castle-street. A little boy opened the door for me.
When I got in I endeavoured to shut the door, but the prisoner
prevented me. He caught hold of me by the shoulder, and
stabbed me in the shoulder. He repeated the blow four times,
and in the throat. Cannot say what weapon he used. I cried,
" Murder," and laid hold of him by the neekkerchief ;
he said, " You b-- let go." To get rid of the, he-cut
the corners of the handkerchief off, with the weapon he had,
and got away. I bled very much indeed, and was in the hospi-
tal about a fortnight.
Robert Bates, policeman, No. 51, produced the bonnet and
dress of last witness.

Sophia More, cross-examined by Mr. DOANE.—i did not
push the prisoner when he tried to get in. I had not
hold of his handkerchief before he stabbed me. I was
as cool then as I am now. I was at the time living with
another man in this house. He got completely in. I was
doinn, nothing to him. I did nut try to prevent him going
further when he got in. As soon as he got in, without saying
any thing, he stabbed me. I saw the prisoner at Worship-
street, and he shook hands with me, after the examination be-
fore the Magistrate.

Elizabeth-Faucit, who lived in the parlour of the house in
question, corroborated the evidence of the prosecutrix ; as did
also John Tombs, who resided three doors from the house in
question.
Mr. Barrow, the house-surgeon of St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, was called to prove the injuries inflicted on the pro-
seeutrix. Found five wounds on the upper part of her body.
There were two on the head and one on the back of the neck.
The remainder were on the left side and shoulders. The
wounds appeared to have been inflicted by stabs.
Mr. DOANE addressed the Jury on the part of the prisoner,
and on applying himself to the count which charged the
wounds to have been inflicted with intent to murder, was in
terrupted by
Mr. Justice PARKE, who told him that he need not trouble
himself with that part of the indictment.
The Learned Counsel then proceeded to apply himself to
the other portion of the charge, and contended that the pri-
soner had been compelled to use the knife in self-defence.
Mr. Justice PARKE briefly addressed the Jury, who re-
quested permission to retire for a few minutes. After an
absence of about a quarter of an hour, they returned a verdict of
Guilty on the third count—namely, that the wounds had been
inflicted with an intent to do grievous bodily harm.

A few days ago, a sparrow, closely pursued by a
hawk, took refuge in the chir,a shop of Mr. Benjamin Evans,
of this town. The terrified little flutterer, in his efforts to es-
cape, got behind some of the brittle ware, amongst which his
foe, in attempting to dislodge him, made sad havoc with wings
and beak : at length, however, the sparrow flew out at the
door, closely followed by the hawk, and bosh were instahtly
,ost sight of,—Merthyr Chronicle,

Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. Yea: e.
Per Quarter. s. to S. S. to S. S. to S. I S. to S. S. s.
Becton
Gainsborough — 55 i 32 28 I 42
Grantham
Grimsbl
Horncastle 43 60 32 37 120 24 36 42 I -
Lincoln 4O 58 24 33 jl6 27 40 44
Spalding
Stamford 4B 56 , 268 33 21 25 36 44
York 5O 56 1 2 34 24 26 32 44 l

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK

We have received Hobart Town papers to the 29th July.
They state—" it will be scarcely credited that there are now in
Hobart Town two gentlemen who left Sydney with a horse
and gig, travelling overland a distance of five or six hundred
miles through an uninhabited country, surrounded by the black
natives, to the new settlement of Port Philip ; from thence
crossing the Straits in a vessel to Launceston, and then from
that town to this metropolis, performing the whole journey in
an open gig.
" MARKET PRICES. —ln our Wheat Market, little business
has been done. During the past month, the farmers have been
rather slow in bringing their Wheat to Market, owing to the'
unsettled state of the weather rendering the roads impassable.
Lisle or no change has, therefore, taken place in the price of
Colonial produce. Average price of Wheat, Bs. 93. ; Oats,
6s. ; Barley, 6s. 93., per Bushel ; Potatoes, 6/. to 6/. Bs.
per Ton. Flour, 20s. to 225., per Cwt. Butcher Meat of
all kinds, very dear.
" The weather for the last month has been very wet and
cold. Mount Wellington has had a continued covering of
snow. There has been more snow this season than has been
known for many years. We have not heard that there has
been much loss among the flocks. . There is a great scarcity
of Vegetables of every description ; in Hobart Town, butcher
meat is hardly to be got at any price.
" State of the revenue of New South Wales for the quar-
ter ending the 30th of June last-85,1991. Is. 23., showing
an increase on the receipts of the corresponding quarter of
1836, of 5,824!. 2s. 93. The principal increase had been in
the Customs' Department, which in the quarter ending the
30th of June last, had realised 45,264/., or 10,3901. above the
receipts of the June quarter, 1836."
We da not hear anything further in respect to the news
from India by the over-land express received yesterday by the
East India Company. The only information that has as yet
transpired is, that the Burmese were becoming restless, and
Wished to recover a part cf their territory ; and that they had
badly received the British agent at the Burmese Court.