The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-03 00:00:00

MANCHESTER-MARCH 2.

STOCK EXCHANGB.—We had less animation and lower
prices. The sales include—Dundalk and Enniskillen, 158 ;
London and North Western, 1191 ; Leeds, 788 ; Midland,
778 ; Caledonian, 32 5-16 ; Blackburn, 7 3-16 ; Dover,
23 15-16 ; Preston and Wyre, 48i cum. div. ; Eastern
Counties, 13 5-16.

BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 2.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was languid to-day,
and prices a fraction lower. Birmingham and Stour Val-
leys were
quoted at 10i ex div. ; Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham stock at 66; and North Staffords at 4i d.

LEEDS—MencH 2.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market on the whole
this morning has been weaker than yesterday. Transac-
tions were few. Midlands were done at 77i ; and Lancashire
and Yorkshires at 781.

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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT,—March, 2,

OLD poußTi •
THE ALLEGED MURDER AT THE REGENT'S CA.NA-"
On the application of counsel for the prisoner, the trial
of Thomas Mackett, 30, labourer, who stands indicted
for the murder of Eliza Lee by thrusting her into the
Regent's canal, was postponed until next sessions.
FORGERY.
If illiam Henry King, 50, Thomas Wyatt, 35, and
Charles Hildebrand, 69, carver, surrendered to take their
trial on an indictment charging them with forging arid
uttering a certain deed, purporting to be an assignment
of a judgment debt of 5661. 55., with intent to defraud
Mr. J. Jackson Lee, an attorney.
Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Metcalf conducted the prose-
cution, and Mr. Parry and Mr. Repton defended the
prisoners.
On the application of Mr. Ballantine a verdict of ac-
quittal was recorded as to Hildebrant, in order to enable
him to be examined as a witness on behalf of the prose-
cution.
It appeared from the opening address of Mr. Ballantine,
that King called himself a clerk to Mr. Lewis, a solicitor at
Barnard's-inn, Holborn, but virtually carried on business
as an attorney for himself, Mr. Lewis, who was a regu-
larly admitted attorney, living in the country, having
merely allowed him to use his name, that being a prac-
tice which was not uncommon in the profession. Wyatt
was a kind of clerk or companion to King. In 1846,
Mr. Lee, the'prosecutor, hearing that Mr. Lewis had a
deed to dispose of, entered into communication with him
upon the subject, and at length called at the office at
Barnard's-inn, where he saw King, who represented
himself as the managing clerk of Mr. Lewis, and who
told him that a person named Gibbons, residing in
Piccadilly, had' a judgment debt for 5661. 58. against
Lord Geo. Loftus, the son of the Marquis of Ely, and
that if he (the prosecutor) was disposed to pur-
chase it, he would get Gibbons to make it
over to him by a regular assignment. Though the
judgment debt was for so large a sum, it was
comparatively of little value to those who dealt in such
securities, as Lord George Loftus was in very embar-
rassed circumstances, and as the prospect of obtaining
the payment of the money was somewhat distant. Mr.
Lee only offered, therefore, the sum of 701. This was
accepted, and the debt was made over to Mr. Lee by a
formal instrument, which purported to bear the signa-
ture of Mr. Gibbons, who was said to carry on the
business of a carver and gilder in Piccadilly, the pur-
chase money being handed over to King by Mr. Lee, in
three separate instalments of 501., 101., and 101. No
suspicion as to the genuineness of the document entered
Mr. Lee's mind until about 6 months' ago, when he made
inquiries both personally and in the newspapers respect-
ing Mr. Gibbons, but could find no trace of him, and it
turned out that he was entirely a fictitious person.
Hildebrand would prove that King requested him to at-
tach his signature to the deed, and that when he was
about to sign his own name, he told him to write the
name of Gibbons, which he consented to do. It would
be seen further that, in order to make the transaction
appear a genuine one, King had entered Hildebrand in
his diary as if he were a Mr. Gibbons.
At the conclusion of the evidence for the prosecution
Mr. Parry addressed the jury for the prisoner King,
and Mr. Ribton for Wyatt.
The learned Judge having summed up,
The jury, after consulting for some minutes, returned
a verdict of not guilty against both prisoners.
CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST A " HERBALIST."
William, Hobson Palmer, 34, described as a botanist,
was indicted for the manslaughter of Charlotte Cardwell.
It appeared from the opening statement of Mr. Cooper,
who conducted the prosecution, and the evidence of two
or three witnesses, that the prisoner was what is called
an herb doctor, and that he was in the habit of attending
patients and administering powders, according to the
recipe of a certain Dr. Coffin, the principal ingredient
of which, it would appear, was an herb of a dangerous
character, according to the medical testimony, called
lobelia. The deceased was a person of very weak
health, and suffering from asthma, and it would seem
that the prisoner attended upon her, and administered
powders and tinctures, and for some time she appeared
to be getting better under his treatment, but at length
died under on the Bth of February. A post-mortem
examination took place, when it appeared that the
lungs and stomach of the deceased were in a state of
great inflammation, and the contents of the stomach
were sent to Dr. Letheby, the professor of chemistry at
the London Hospital, for the purpose of being analysed,
and a considerable quantity of the lobelia was dis-
covered by that gentleman in those contents, and it
being suggested that the administration of this matter
had caused, or at all events accelerated, the death of the
deceased, the present charge was preferred. It was
stated by all the persons who had been in attendance
upon the deceased that the prisoner was very kind and
attentive to her, and that she expressed herself perfectly
satisfied with his treatment, and that upon one occasion
'she had stated that she was sure she should have re-
covered if sho had not taken a fresh cold.
Mr. Clark, the surgeon who made the post mortal&
examination, described the appearances presented by the
lungs and stomach of the deceased, and he expressed an
opinion that it was highly improper to administer lobelia
to a person in such a state, and that it was calculated
certainly to accelerate death, if not actually to cause it.
In cross-examination, the witness said that he had ad-
ministered lobelia himself in some cases as a sedative.
He also said that it would act as an emetic, and that it
was used sometimes in cases of asthma to remove the
phlegm, but only in small quantities.
In answer to a question put by Mr. Justice Maule,
the witness said that lobelia had only come into use
during the last sixteen or eighteen years, but during that
period it had been getting a good deal into vogue.
Mr. Henry Letheby, professor of chemistry at the
London Hospital, proved that he analysed the contents
of the stomach of the deceased, and discovered in it 110
grains of the husks or shell of the lobelia seed, the whole
of the active principle of the seed having apparently been
absorbed into the system. This quantity, he said, was
in itself quite sufficient to have caused death, and he had
known cases where a considerably less quantity had done
so. He added, that he had heard the description given
by the medical witness of the condition of the lungs and
stomach of the deceased, and in his opinion it was highly
improper and dangerous to administer 'lobelia to any
person in such a condition.
A good many questions were put to the witness by
the court and also by Mr. Ballantine, with regard to the
particular qualities of the lobelia, and it appeared that
it was used by the medical profession in some cases, but
that they generally refrained from administering it as an
emetic on account of its dangerous nature. He stated,
however, that it was used in cases of asthma, and the
when the system of any person became accustomed to i
a greater quantity might be taken with impunity.
Mr. Cooper said that this was the case for the prose
cution.

Mr. Ballantine submitted that there was no evidence
to go to the jury.
Mr. Justice Maule said he did not think there was.
It was admitted that it was cueomary to administer
lobelia in cases of asthma, and. that it tvas generally at-
tended with some good effect. The only question, there-
fore, was whether the prisoner had administered reck-
lessly an improper quantity to the deceased, taking into
consideration the inflamed state of her lungs. There
was, however, no proof that he, had himself administered
any excessive quantity, neither did it appear that he
could have any means of kno,wing that her lungs were
in such an inflamed state as had been represented, as
this was not ascertained until the post mortem examina-
tion.

Mr. Cooper said that, upon looking over his brief, he
had felt the difficulty that was: suggested by his lordship.
The jury then, under the direction of the Court, re-
turned a verdict of not guilty.
Mr. Justice genie observed that although the present
case had failed in proof, yet it ought to be understood
that lobelia was a very dangerous thing to deal with
medically, and persons ought. -to be very cautious how
they administered it.
Mr. Ballantine said, if the. case had gone on, he had
several persons in attendances as witnesses, who would
state that they had taken it continually, and had derived
great benefit from it.
Mr. Justice Maule said th at might be, but from what
he had heard that day and f rom what he knew before,
he was satisfied that it was a very dangerous thing to be
administered 'in certain ca se s, and that persons ought to
be very careful in the use it.
THE GREEN RICH BARBARITY.
Mary Ann Oldham, 49„ was charged upon a coroner's
inquisition with the mans laughter of John Gaywood.
The circumstances cony iected with this case have at-
tracted a good deal of pi blic attention. The prisoner,
it will be remembered, w as a nurse in the Greenwich
union, and the deceased child was under her charge with
others, and for some faul it or other it appeared that she
had placed a burning c( 3: a in the child's hand and burned
it severely. She was convicted of an assault before
the Common Sergeai under these circumstances,
and, to the astonishme a t of every one acquainted with
the facts, was only s entenced to fourteen days' im-
prisonment. The chi gd, it appeared, died shortly
afterwards, and the coroner's jury returned a verdict of
manslaughter against tb to prisoner. A bill for the same
offence was preferred be fore the grand jury, but they ig-
nored it, and the corona 3r 's inquisition now remained to
be disposed of.
Mr. Payne was abou t t o open the case, when
The Lord Chief Ju' die a interfered, and said he had
attentively read the e ,vikbence, and he confessed it ap-
peared to him that thi.ere was nothing whatever in it to
connect the i:isoner with the death of the child. On
the contrary, all the in edical men stated that they could
not trace the death t o have any connection with the
wound on the hand, but that it was clearly traced to
another cause. The grand jury had ignored the bill,
and it was contrary • to his experience in such a case for
any evidence to be t )ffered in support of the coroner's
inquisition.

Mr. Payne said he felt very strongly the effect of the
observations of his 1 ordship, and he readily bowed to
any suggestion ema lating. from such high authority.
At the same time he felt he ought to state that
the poor child whoa a death was the subject of in-
quiry was an orplial i and entirely friendless, and the
guardians of the G l•eenwich Union were anxious to

have it understc .o(.I that they had done everything
they-could to ha vo Cle matter properly investigated,
and to show tha -the children of the poor would
be protected. TI Le -coroner's jury had returned a ver-
dict of manslaugh Le/ and the coroner had bound over
the chairman of tb Le board of guardians to prosecute, and
he now appeared ox ► his behalf for that purpose. He
admitted that the : medical gentlemen did say that the
death of the child cc .uld not be directly attributed to the
injury on the hand ; but, as it appeared that after re-
ceiving the injury tl ie child drooped and became ill, and
s_oon afterwards die( 1, it was possible the coroner's jury
formed their own conclusions upon these facts ; and,
believing that the child's constitution had received an
injury which ten nated in its death, they felt them-

selves justified in returning a verdict of manslaughter.
After the intimation he had received from the court,
however, he-shoia refriiin from offering any evidence in
support of that verdict.

The Lord Chief Justice said that the board of guar-
dians had no doubt done nothing but their duty in insti-
tuting an investigation;, but that duty had now ended.
It was undoubtedly a very cruel act to burn a child in
the manner that had been mentioned, but the prisoner
had suffered such punishment as the court had thought
fit to award, and he could not help observing that he
entirely agreed in the observations made by the Recorder
to the grand jury in reference to this case, that whether
that punishment was sufficient or not, it was no ground
at all for puttinc, the prisoner upon her trial on a charge
which it was perfectly' clear could not be supported by
the evidence.

The jury then returned a verdict of not guilty.

NEW COURT.—MARCH 2.
(Before the Recorder.)

Eliza Nash, 37, married, was indicted for feloniously
cutting and wounding William Nash, with intent.
It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner and
her husband, who rented an apartment in Eagle-street,
Red Lion-square, had for some time past lived in con-
tinual strife, arising from jealousy upon her part, and
that early on the morning of the 19th ult., while lying
on the bed, the prisoner stabbed him in the face with a
small table knife, injuring his eye, and cutting his nose
and hands, from the effects of which wounds he was re-
moved, from necessity, to the Free Hospital in Gray's.
inn-road, where he remained for some days.
The officers who took her into custody deposed to
finding her sitting by the bedside with the weapon in her
hand, and to her exclaiming, " I'VE) done it—l've done
it—take him to some hospital." She was not intoxi-
cated, but greatly excited. When in the cell she fre-
quently repeated her intention to do for him, and that
she should be hung for it, declaring that it was in con-
sequence of his cohabiting with another woman.
Mr. George F. Lane, surgeon of the Free Hospital,
described the nature of the injuries, that of the eye being
very dangerous, but loss of vision had not ensued.
In defence, the prisoner, who wept during the whole
of the examination, said she had been totally neglected
by the prosecutor, who only visited her when he hoped
to obtain money from her.

The prosecutor denied this, but gave very unsatisfac-
tory replies to the interrogatories of the court and the
jury respecting his conduct, admitting that he was fre-
quently from home, and residing at such times in a
house at Mile End, where dwelt the-woman of whom
his wife was jealous.
The Recorder said it was a fearful case, and there
could not exist a doubt that the act had been committed
in excitement, arising from belief in her husband's faith-
lessness ; that, however, was no justification.
The jury found her guilty ; and the court ordered her
to 18 calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour.