The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-06 00:00:00

:.THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1862.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(7his Day.)

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron Martin.)
THE MARTLEBCNE munnrn.

Henry Quail, homes Cox, Wm. Poulton, and Thomas
Walsh, who were convicted of the manslaughter of Mr
Wincott, a butcher in South-street, Manchester-square,
were this morning brought up for sentence.
All the prisoners begged for mercy, as they had never
before been convicted of any offence, and they never in-
tended to commit the crime of which they had been con-
victed.

Mr. Baron Martin said that, in the first instance, on
reading the depositions, he could not find anything to re-
duce the crime of the prisoner Quail below that of wilful
murder ; but upon the facts that came out at the trial, he was
perfectly satisfied with the verdict that had been found. He
probably did not intend to commit the act of which he had
been found guilty, but it was the duty of the Court to pro-
tect the public from such outrages by drunken men, and
the sentence on him would be penal servitude for the space
of six years. With respect to the other prisoners the case was
very different. They did not take any active part in the
transaction. The circumstances against them were more
of inferences that might be drawn from the peculiar cir-
cumstances of the case, and he did not suppose that they
had any intention that the man should be killed. The
jury had strongly recommended them to mercy, and the
Chief Baron thought that, a heavy punishment having been
inflicted upon Quail, the justice of the case might be met
by a more lenient sentence. He should therefore sentence
them each to undergo nine months' imprisonment with hard
labour.

CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.
Thomas Elton was indicted for the manslaughter of John
Gould.

From the evidence it appeared that the deceased and the
prisoner were in the New Cattle-market on the 21st of
February. The latter having bought a horse, some joking
or chaffing was going on, which appeared greatly to annoy
him. Gould was standing near the prisoner when he raised
the stick, which had a pointed nail or goad at the end, and
thrust it into the unfortunate man's left eye. A police con-
stable came up, and the prisoner vas taken into custody.
The injured man was conveyed to the Great Northern
Hospital, where his wound was dressed, and afterwards
taken to his home, but the next day he became
insensible, and be was then taken to St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, where he died on the following day.
Mr. Stevens, the house surgeon, stated that he had made
a post mortar; examination of the wound and found that the
instrument which had inflicted the injury had penetrated
four inches, causing inflammation of the brain, and ulti-
mately paralysis. Death resulted from the wound, and the
stick put into his hand would cause the injury. He had
no doubt about the cause of the unfortunate man's death.
Mr. Ribton addressed the jury for the prisoner, contend<
ing that the chaffing he had received about buying an "old
screw" had incensed him very much, and as he had but lately
been discharged from a lunatic asylum he ought not to be
judged in the same manner as a sane person.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty.
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Mr. Baron Martin characterised the offence as a most
savage act, and said he did not think he should be doing
justice if he passed a lenient sentence en him. He should,
therefore, order him to be kept to penal servitude for the
space of six years.