The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-16 00:00:00

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH,

(Sittings in Banco, before' the Lord Chief Justice, Mr.
Justice Mellor, Mr. Justice Shee, and Mr. Justic3
Lush.)

THE QUEEN V. WINSOR.

This was the case of the woman who was convicted of
murder at the last assizes at Exeter, and on whose case a
writ of error is pending on the ground that the prisoner had
already been tried and the jury wrongly discharged from
giving a verdict. It is necessary to recall to the recollection
of our readers that Winsor and another and a younger
woman, named Harris, were put upon their trial in March
last for the murder of an infant child of the latter. The
trial began on Friday, the 17th of March, and was con-
tinued by adjournment to the Saturday. The evidence in
the case was closed, and the summing up was concluded
late on Saturday !evening, and the jury retired
at about a quarter to seven. They were absent
until nearly twelve o'clock, and then being called
into Court stated that they had not agreed and were
not likely to agree, and thereupon the learned Judge
(Mr. Baron Channell) said that as the next day was Sunday
he should discharge them, and they were accordingly dis-
charged. The assizes for the next county were appointed to
be opened on Monday. In our report of the case at the
time there was no statement of any illness or faintness
among the jury, or any actual impossibility of their con-
tinuing their deliberations, and it did not now appear that
there was. They were, however, discharged, and the pri-
soners were remanded into custody until the next assizes,
the last summer assizes,.when they were agaifi put to the
bar before Mr. Justice Keating ; but the counsel for the
prosecution called Harris as a witness, and the result was
to convict Winsor. 'The counsel for Winsor objected to
the continuance of the trial, urging that it had been
begun at the last assizes, had been unlawfully inter-
rupted by the discharge of the jury, and had been unlaw-
fully put off or adjourned. The learned Judge, however,
overruled the objections, and continued the trial to
verdict and judgment, saying that the question must be
raised by writ of error. The prisoner was sentenced to
death, but, in deference to some doubt entertained by an
eminent person, the Attorney General had granted his fiat
for a writ of error, and accordingly a writ of error has
within the last few days been issued by leave of the Attor-
ney General to bring the case into this court, which is the
Court of Error in Crown cases from the assizes, and it is
about to come on to be arguod. The Court of Error requires
that the record of the proceedings at the first and second
trial be returned or sent by the judges of assize to this
court for the purpose of review, and, of course, the case
must turn upon the terms in which the proceedings are en-
tered on the record.

The record having been drawn up, Mr. Folkard yester-
day, on the part of tho prisoner, made an application to
correct the record, which he said was not correctly made
up in certain particulars. One great omission was the
grounds upon whichthe first jury was discharged. Their loro_
ships consulted together, and informed the learned gentle-
man that he could renew the application at the next sit-
ting of the the Court. This ha accordingly did this
morning, the result being that the decision in the matter
-was postponed until Mr. Baron Channel had been consulted.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.)
IN RE PETTIT-THE CATTLE DISEASE--A SAD CASE.

This bankrupt was described as of Percival-street, Gos-
well-road, and Eagle-street, Holborn, cowkeeper and
dairyman ; and to-day he oame up OP pass his last exami-
nation and for the order of discharge, upon accounts show-
ing debts £BB7 and assets £BO. The cause of failure is
thus set out :—Losses in stock, viz., death of 63 cows in
three weeks, and dearness of cattle food.

Mr. Lucas appeared for the assignees, and Mr. Reed op-
posed for Mr. James, a creditor for £3OO, and stated that
an adjournment was necessary.

Mr. Reed stated the nature of his complaint against the
bankrupt, which was that he had got rid of property which
had been mortgaged to Mr. James, who now asked what
had become of all the cows which the bankrupt owned ?
Mr. Buchanan (for the bankrupt) said that a full account
of them had been filed, and his Honour said there was a
statement already on the proceedings.

Mr. Reed said he understood that some of the cows found
their way into another yard. Bankrupt had bought 20 cows
of Mr. James, who wanted a full account as to what had
become of them. Thero was also the goodwill of a milk
walk, and a full account was quite necessary.
Mr. Buchanan said that the whole misfortune of the
bankrupt was through the cattle disease. In January last
the bankrupt was solvent and had £4OO to the good, and
from that time his total losses had accrued through the
loss of his propertyin consequence of a calamity over which
he had no control. The bankrupt said that in January last
he had 64 cows. In June the disease commenced, and
bankrupt lost 63 cows.
Mr. Reed desired an account for ten years ; but after the
statement made by Mr. Buchanan, his Honour ruled that
the account need only date from January 1, 1865.
The case was then adjourned.
IN ItE CAVE.

This bankrupt has been before the court since January
last, and to-day, after a desultory discussion, in which
four counsel, Messrs. Rrough, Bagley, Sargood, and
Griffiths took place, the case was adjourned.
(Before Mr. Commissioner, Holroyd.)
IN RE SIR R. H. ROBERtS.

This bankrupt, who was described as paymaster to one
of her Majesty's regiments, again came up to-day for the
order of discharge. The case has been repeatedly ad-
journed, and it was understood that the older would be
granted to-day.