The Sun.
London, England, 1830-09-11 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

William Heelamp, the journeyman shoemaker
who has been in custody some days, charged with
stabbing Catherine, his wife, in a fit of jealousy, was
brought before Mi. Alderman WINCHESTER yester-
day for final examination.
Being asked what he had to say to` the charge,
the prisoner replied, " No husband could possibly
be fonder of his wife than he was, nor could any
body be more sorry to the heart for what had oc-
curred."
Mr. Alderman I,VhscitEsTEß said the evidence
was that he was living apart from his wife, but that
they were upon friendly terms ; and had drank tea
together in the evening in question in perfect good
humour; and yet, notwithstanding his show of
kindness, and tranquillity, he rose suddenly, and
made this attack, which, as it was not provoked at
the moment, must be considered to be premeditated.
Prisoner would not speak of his provocation then.
The wife, jumping up from her chair, exclaimed
fiercely to him, " Say all you can, for I am deter-
mined to prosecute you as far as ever I can."
The prisoner replied his wish was to be silent on
his wife's conduct ; but as she was so rash, he
would tell the Magistrate the truth. He had heard
from a number of persons that his wife had been
seen walking about the town with a man named
Kelly, a shoemaker, whom he had considered a bosom
friend. Kelly's uncle even had given out so as to
come to his eats that his nephew was gracious with
Mrs. Hecktrup. Site forsook him and hired a naked
room to sleep on the floor with Kelly, in preference
to remaining at home, where there was a comfortable
bed. He had done his utmost to get her back, as-
suring her he would never upbraid her with what
had passed, but she turned a deaf ear to him.

Mr. Alderman WINcIIEsTER proceeded to an-
nounce his determination to commit for the capital
offence. Jealousy, he observed, would not justify
the taking of the law into a person's own hands, nor
the use of murderous weapons.
The wife, interrupting the magistrate, said her
husband did not really suspect her, but had been ad-
vised to take up the story of jealousy as the be,t
defence.

While the depositions were being taken, the pri-
soner rolled about the floor, and howled piteously,
professing to have still the strongest attachment to
his wife; and when the evidence was read over to

him, he cried bitterly, and said he had struck her
on account of some stories he had heard.
lle was committed to Newgate.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A complaint was yesterday made to Mr. CONANT,
the sitting Magistrate, that the club-box, with all its
contents in money, amounting to about 451., belong-
ing to a benefit society of stay-makers, held at the
North Pole public-house, in Oxford-street, had been
carried away that morning by a late member of the
club, whom they had expelled the night before.
It appeared that, to effect his purpose, the person
in question slept in the house the night before, and
at five o'clock in the morning got up and let himself
out at the private door, having taken the cash-box
from the club-room. When he got into the street,
he was stopped by a policeman; but on his saying
that he had slept in the house, and the landlord
(who was called up for the purpose) having con-
firmed that fact, the policeman suffered him to pro-
ceed; but he was afterwards traced to Somers-town,
when it was found that he had brgken open the box
and taken out its contents.

One of Mr. Harmer's clerks attended, and said
that the accused party had been that morning to
Mr. Harmer, and told what he had done, saying that
he took the money to pay himself back what he had
subscribed to the club, now that they had excluded
him ; but he was ready to return all that was in the
box above the sum he considered he had a claim to.
Mr. Harmer, at the same time (the clerk said), highly
disapproved of the man's mode of proceeding to re-
dress himself, and advised him to give back the
money, although he did not think there was any
felony in the case.
The stewards of the club said that they would
enter into no compromise; and the Magistrates told
them that they might apprehend the man wherever
they found him.
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