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London, England, 1853-03-17 00:00:00

racter.

His Lordship, in summing up, pointed the attention
of the jury to the charge they had consider, and to the
evidence adduced in support of each part of the charge.
If they thought the identity of Drew was established,
and that he had aimed his gun at the head and face of
Mitchell, they would consider what he intended by that
act. As to Andrews, he was not the first to fire, and
had not fired until there had been a shot in return, and
until, it was presumed, his blood was up, where there
might be less of deliberate intent in his act than in that
of the prisoner Drew.
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The jury, after an absence of two hours, found Drew
guilty of shooting with intent to murder, and Andrews
of shooting with intent to do some grievous bodily harm.
but strongly recommended them to mercy on the ground
of their previous good character.
His Lordship, in passing sentence, said that, but for
the recommendation of the jury, he should have felt it
his duty to have left Drew for execution ; he should, how-
ever, order sentence of death to be recorded, and should
recommend her Majesty to commute that sentence
into transportation for life ; the sentence upon Andrews
was that he be transported for fifteen years.

WESTERN CIRCUIT—EXETER, MARCH 14.
CROWN COURT.
.Harriet Spiller, a girl about twelve years old, was
found guilty of having set fire to two stacks of oats, at
Garcombe, the property of Mary Webber, on the 6th of
September last.
The jury recommended her to mercy on account of her
youth. Sentence was postponed.
John Dinning, aged 18, was indicted for maliciously
cutting and wounding William Moon, with intent to do
him some grievous bodily harm.
Mr. H. T. Cole prosecuted, and Mr. Cox defended
the prisoner.
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In. this case it appeared that the prosecutor, a farmer
at Ufculm, in this county, on the evening of the Ist of
February returned home from market, and hearing that
the prisoner had ill-used his son, a boy of fourteen, took
up a small stick and went out to the prisoner, who was
standing just outside the house. An altercation took
place between them, when Moon struck the prisoner
several times with the stick. The prisoner said, "If
you hit me again you —, I will rip your guts up."
Moon turned round and struck at the prisoner again
with the stick, when the prisoner immediately struck him
in the belly with some sharp instrument, the effect of
which was to pierce the abdomen through, so that the
intestines of the poor man came through and hung down
for more than a foot. . He was put to bed and attended
by a surgeon, but his life was for some time in immi-
nent danger. The prisoner was informed of what had
happened, when he said, "It was a bad job—he wished
it had been worse, and that he wished he had ripped him
right up."
Mr. Cox having addressed the jury for the prisoner,
he was convicted of unlawfully wounding, and was sen-
tenced to fifteen months' imprisonment and hard labour.
James Bolt, a little boy about seven years old, was in-
dicted for having wilfully and maliciously set fire to a
hayrick. 1
Mr. Kingdon prosecuted,
The evidence went clearly to show that the boy did
the act, but Mr. Justice Crompton left it to the jury to
say whether the boy really knew what he was doing
when he did the act for which he was indicted.
The jury said they thought he had done the act, but
WAS too young to know he was doing wrong. He was
then acquitted, and given up to his father.
MARCH 15.
Louisa Saunders was indicted for the wilful murder of
her illegitimate male born child, at Siberton, on the
24th of November last.
Mr. Cox prosecuted ; Mr. Carter defended.
The facts of the case were very simple. The prisoner
a simple-looking young girl, lived as servant to Mrs.
Borrington, at Park Farm, Siberton. Mrs. Borrington
had for some time suspected that the girl was in the
family way, and accused her of it, but she denied it. On
the 24th of November, after breakfast, she complained
of being unwell, and went upstairs to bed. Mrs. Bor-
rington asked her what was the matter with her, and
she stated that she had a bad headache. Some time
after she had gone upstairs, Mrs. Borrington went up to
see the prisoner, when she saw such marks about the
room as led her to believe the girl had been confined.
She asked her if she had been confined or was likely to
be, but she said she was not in the family Way. Not
satisfied with this answer, Mrs. Borrington made a search, and between the mattress and the sacking of the bed
she found a new-born infant. It was alive, and
a little. Mrs. Borrington placed it on the bed,
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the room to fetch a neighbour, and on her r'eturn the
and the
child was found between the bed anTdhrnattnireasdseof a
child had been removed. A search was
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