The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-05 00:00:00

BIGAMY.

William Boyd, alias William Cathcart Boyd, described
as a physician, aged 58, was indicted for feloniously marry-
ing
beingHann thenahVillaileirvseV:andeleur, his Wife, Louisa Eliza-
beth,
The prisoner pleaded guilty.
The Lord Chief Baron said he should not pass sentence,
as he had not read the depositions.

The prisoner was then removed from the dock.

NEW COURT.
(Before Baron Martin.)
MURDER IN RATCLIFFE HIGHWAY.
Patrick Devereuc, aged 19, a sailor, was indicted for the
wilful murder of James Gardner, a lodging house-keeper,
in Ratcliffe-highway.
Mr.son e Orridger. prosecuted, and Mr. Sleigh defended the
prisoner.
Mr. r. Cohen said—l reside in St. George's-in-the-East. I
was present at the George and Vulture, in Ratcliffe-high-
way, on the 29th of January, between 11 and 12 at night.
The prisoner came in and demanded his clothes from Mr.
Gardner. Deceased turned round and said to me, "Isn't
it hard, Mr. Cohen, that I am to be tormented in this way."
I told him not to strike the young man. Prisoner again
them
when
demanded
he
ehad clothes,
paid w
himhe all he owed. Deceased, as hen Gardener said he might have
was going out of house, pushed the prisoner, and in a very
short time after I saw the knife in the prisoner's hand, and
heard Gardner call out " I'm stabbed."

Corroborative evidence having been given,
The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder, but strongly
recommended the prisoner to mercy on account of his youth.

Immediately the prisoner heard the verdict he commenced
shrieking and imploring mercy from the judge. He said
his money had been got from by pretending to keep it safe
from thieves, and when he asked for it to go to see his
father and mother at Cork he could not get it from Gar-
dener.

Baron Martin then put on the black cap, and proceeded
to pass sentence of death in the usual form, at the same

time telling the prisoner that he did not see how the jury
could have come to any other conclusion. The recommen-
dation of the jury would be forwarded to the proper autho-
rities.

At the conclusion of the learned Judge's remarks, he ap-
peared quite overpowered, and the prisoner again exclaimed,
" Oh, God I have mercy on me I Have mercy on my poor
father and mother 1 Don't hang me, don't hang me 1 I've
not had justice I God have mercy on me 1"
A great number of prisoners bad, previous to the verdict
being delivered, been placed in the dock to plead to indict-
ments ; and in order to prevent confusion they were allowed
to remain while the awful sentence was passed upon the
unhappy man. The language of the Judge was so affect-
ing that it drew tears from the prisoners by whom
Devereux was surrounded ; and, taken altogether, the
scene was one of the most affecting that has taken place in
the court for years.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, MARCH 4,

Mr, Evelyn Abbott, of Someraetshire College, Bath, and
Mr. Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, late of the Edin-
burgh Academy, have been elected Exhibitioners of Balliol
College. Proxime aecessit—Mr. William Sanday, Com-
moner of Balliol College, late of Rept,n School.
The Professor of Political Economy (Mr. C. Neate) will
deliver two lectures on the History and Condition of Cor-
porate Property—more especially the Property of Ecelesias-
tical Corporations—on Friday, the 7th, and Saturday, the
Bth of March, in the Clarendon, at 2 o'clock.
A melancholy accident occurred yesterday on the Isis
Mr. G. R. Luke, Student and Tutor of Christ Church, took
one of the light boats called " dingies" and rowed alone
down the river. Some little time afterwards a boat was ob-
served bottom upwi rds floating down a part of the river
called Kennington Reach. An alarm was at once given,
and on the drags being used the unfortunate gentleman was
brought to the surface and carried ashore. Every means
of restoration were tried, but without effect ; life appeared
to have been extinct some time. It is suspected that Mr.
Luke fell from his boat in a fit of giddiness, as he was
liable to attacks of that nature.

The names of the following gentlemen, who have been
nominated to the offices of Examiners and Moderators in
their respective schools by the Vice-Chancellor and Proc-
tors, will be submitted to Congregation on Thursday, the
20th inst., at 10 o'clock :

PUBLIC EXAMINERS.

Mr. William Hadley, M.A., University College, and Mr.
Charles William Boase, M,A., Exeter College—ln Interis
Humanioribus.