The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-25 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.-SATURDAY.

OLD COURT.

William Major and James Davis were indicted for bur-
glariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Je-
remiah Broad, and stealing therein two cloaks and other
articles, his property ; and Mihaly Fell was indicted for
receiving part of the property, knowing it to have been
stolen. In a second count the house was hid to be the
I;ouse of W. G. Brown, the Warden of the Fleet prison.
The prisoner Fcli, on being placed at the bar, expressed
through Mr. C. Phillips, his counsel, a desire to withdraw
the plea which he had pleaded of not guilty, and to con-
fess himself guilty, _ _

The prosecutor stated to the Court that he bad made
inquiry with regard to this prisoner,' and having ascertained
that he bad hitherto borne a good character he was desirous
of recommending him to mercy, under the impression that
he had been the dupe of others.
Mr. BALLANTNE then stated the facts. Mr. Payne
and Mr. Doane defended the prisoners.
The Jury found both Guilty.
James Hennessey, aged 37, was indicted for the man-
slaughter of Margaret Hennessey, his wife, by striking,
beating, and otherwise ill-using her.
From the testimony of the witnesses who were called, it
appeared that the prisoner and his wife resided together in
a house in Caroline-court, Saffron-hill, Holborn, and that,
on the 6th of August, the prisoner went to bed in a state
of intoxication. The deceased came to him soon after,
and, having awoke him, desired him to get up to have his
dinner. He refused to do so, however, and a violent
quarrel in consequence took place between them. The pri-
soner after some words had passed, struck the deceased
several violent blows on the chest, and then took up a knife,
and stabbed her with it in the wrist. She got away from
him, and ran into an adjoining room, but the prisoner pur-
sued her, and having knocked her down seized her by the
hair of the head, and repeatedly lifting her head tip bat-
tered it violently on the ground. The deceased called
" Murder," and otherwise attempted to raise an alarm, but
the prisoner, in order to silence her cries, placed one hand
over her mouth, and with the other pinched her severely in
the throat. At this time the deceased's clothes being
saturated with blood, the prisoner demanded that she should
take off her gown. She declined doing so, and the prisoner
then removed it by main force. The deceased was not seen
until the following morning, when the prisoner was again
guilty of several acts of brutal violence upon her person.
The result of one of which was the breaking of one of her
ribs. She afterwards lingered for eight days, during which
she related the circumstances above described, and at the
end of which time she expired.
Mr. PRENDERGAST having addressed the Jury for the de-
fence, Mr. Justice Vaughan summed up, and the prisoner
was found Guilty.
It the course of the day the Grand Jury returned a num-
ber of bills into Court, and then announced to the Judges
that there was no further business before them. The
Grand Jury were then dismissed. They afterwards
returned to express their extreme satisfaction with
the state of regularity and cleanliness in which they had
found the gaol of Newgate, which reflected the highest
credit on the authorities under whose controul it was
placed.