The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-13 00:00:00

with his hand tinder tbr bed clothes to stop the flow of
mood. On examination he found a wound on the left side
of the abdomen; it was from an inch and half to three-
quarters, and had been made by a sharp instrument. He
made no particular examination to find what sort of instru-
ment it had been made by, as he was told it had been done
with a knife in a quarrel. Witness did not think at first
it was a dangerous wound. On Sunday morning he found
the deceased much worse, and he had all the appear-
ance of one suffering from a severe internal injury-.
Witness saw him on Wednesday morning, and then found
the case hopeless. He died on the. Thursday. Witness
examined the body on the Saturday by direction of the
Coroner, and he then found the wound much more severe
than he had at first thought. He had taken every means
in his power to save the deceased.
Cross-examined.—Medhurst was most assiduous in his
attention to the deceased; he persuaded him to take the
medicine, and the deceased was carried to Medhurst's
room, because the latter said there was a fire there. If
the deceased had been the brother of Mcdhurst the latter
could not have been more attentive to him:or have clone.more
for him. Witness sewed up the wound with a common needle,
and left it in the wound to keep it together. He put
ban lager on to keep it on its proper place—it was not
bandaged too tight, but from the loss of muscle in the
belly he complained of a difficulty in breathing. He found
that the deceased had long suffered from a constipation of
the bowels, and had been subject to fits, and had received
an injury in the temple.
Mr. Charles Patten, surgeon, of Uxbridge, said—l was
called in about ten o'clock in the morning, and was in-
formed that the injury had been caused by a knife. There
was a good deal of tenderness and swelling about the
wound. I removed the suture, and a small discharge
issued from the wound. I did not see the interior of the
wound. The pulse was extremely feeble and irregular,
indicating that a severe shock had been received by the
system. The wound was highly dangerous, but there
were some hopes of his recovery on the Wednesday
morning. He was in a dangerous state when I
first saw uirn. On examining the body after
death the wound appeared to have gone from left to right.
The part of the peritoneum immediately facing the wound
was:not lacerated. The muscles were divided in an oblique
direction.

Cross-examined—When I first went I considered the
wound but slight. On learning how the wound had been
occasioned, I wished to see the knife, and the prisoner im-
mediately presented it. He showed the strongest feelings
of regret, and the greatest anxiety that the deceased should
recover. I said that I feared the wound might be fatal,
and after that deceased told me he had called the prisoner
a liar and a blackguard.
Re-examined—l gave the knife to Count de Selig.
Mr. Broglie—l am a surgeon, practising at Hounslow.
I was called on to attend the deceased, and immediately
thought it was a hopeless case. I could not observe the
direction in which the knife had gone. I afterwards ob-
served extensive inflammation through the whole of the
small intestines, and attributed the death of the deceased to
the injury inflicted, and its consequences.
Cross-examined—l was not present at.the original post
mortent examination. When I saw the body, the parts
were in a disturbed state, and the intestines scattered about.
After the suture was removed, it would be highly improper
to apply a tight bandage. I had some conversation with
the deceased on the preceding evening. I said, from
the character of the symptoms, I felt it my duty
to communicate to him that I had no hope of his
recovery, and asked him if be had done anything to in-
duce the row. He said, " Yes, I called him a liar and a
blackguard, upon which be struck me." I asked if he
thought there was anything premeditated on the part of
Medhurst, he said, " Decidedly not." He also said that
he had forgiven Medhurst, and could do no more.
Re- examined—l am not aware that any bandages were
on him. I she uld say he died from inflammation, caused
by the wound.
Count de Salis—l am a Magistrate of the county of
Middlesex. I ordered the arrest of Medhurst. I received
a knife from Mr. Patten, and gave it to police Sergeant
Cooper.
Sergeant Cooper produced the knife, which he had re-
ceived from the last witness.

The case for the prosecution closed about twenty-five
minutes before two, and the Learned Judges then retired
for a short time. On their return, at two o'clock,

Surgeon Key, of Guy's Hospital, was called and ex-
amined as to the injuries inflicted ; but from the very
low tone of voice in which he spoke, we could not catch
the purport of his examination in chief.
Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL.—Did not
think it right, for a sharp cutting wound in the abdomen to
probe the puncture with a metal instrument, or the finger.
Where there had been constipation of the bowels for seven
days previous, the wound would be much more dangerous.
Re-examined by Sir F, Pouocx.—Did not think
that the surgical treatment in this case had produced any
injury to the deceased.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then rose for the defence.
(To be concluded in a Second Edition.)