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[PRICE SD.

Ward, the eldest daughter of the prisoner
first wife, a dumpy ordinary girl, who is preg-
began to cry bitterly when the oath was
!red to her, said she was in bed and asleep
_ father came home on Friday night, end
heard nothing of the quarrel. She was awoke by her
haV-sister calling her, and upon descending into the
efednt parlour saw her father seated on a chair by the
side of the fire-place, and her stepmother on the floor
quite insensible. Her cap was under the table, and
there was a hole in it which she had not seen before.
While she was looking at her stepmother her father
left the room. Soon after that the doctor came and
her father sent her into the yard to get a pot of water,
and he followed her and asked her if she had con-
cealed the poker. She told him she had not, and he
then desired her to secrete it, and upon going back to
the front room she removed the poker (now produced)
unobserved, took it up stairs aed laid it behind two
boxes, where it was afterwards found by the police.
Louisa Ward, an intelligent girl, only twelve years
of age, the daughter of the deceased and the prisoner,
was next called. She was much agitated, sobbed
loudly, and it was some time before she was sufficiently
collected to take the oath and give her evidence. liar
father alto exhibited great emotion. The girl state d
that she was in the front room when her parents came
home. They began quarrelling immediately, end
witness called up her eldest sister and stood on the
middle of the stairs while doing so. No blows were
struck before she left the room. On her return her
mother was lying on the floor by the side of a chair
in a helpless state, and the poker was either hanging
to her hair or sticking to her head The girl, who was
visibly affected, after a pause, said—l took the poker
out of my dear mother's hair, and put it down.
She never spoke again. I went out and ran over to
Mrs. Wren, and she came back with me.
Mr. YARDLEY—Where was your father before you
left the route ? Witness—He was seated on a chair
near the fireplace, sir.
Mr. YARDLEY—And in what position was your
mother ? Witness—She was standing up, sir.
Mr. YARDLEY—NOW, tell me little girl, in what
position they were on your return to the room after
calling your sister ? Witness —My father was
standing up, and my mother was on the ground by
the side of the chair, bleeding, and her cap was burnt
and the poker hanging to her hair. (The poor girl
then gave way to a fresh paroxysm of grief, and was
removed.)
I3ivand, the policeman, said there was a younger
daughter of the prisoner in attendance to give
evidence.

Mr. YARDLET—I won't examine one so young,
end distress her. It is not necessary to examine hor
at all ; all we want now is the surgeon.
Mr. Charles Harper, house-surgeon at the London
Hospital, stated that the deceased was brought there
at one o'clock on Saturday morning last. An exami-
nation was made, There was a wound on the scalp
on the left side which admitted the top of his little
I finger. Through this opening the brain protruded.
On minuter examination, by moving the scalp over
the opening, a circular opening, corresponding with
the external one, was found in the scull. On intro-
, ducing a probe it sunk for about two inches without
any force being applied. The woman was in a dying
state upon her admission, and she remained in a state
of insensibility, and never spoke afterwards. He
had since made a post mortem examination, and was
satisfied the wound was the cause of death.
The prisoner refused to put any questions to the
witnesses, and after the depositions had been read
over, he was asked if he had anything to say,
and the usual caution was repeated to him by the
magistrate.

The prisoner said he was drinking with three or
four companions after leaving off work, and had
three or four pots of ale with them. It quite over-
came him, and when he reached home his wife began
to blow him up, and he did not know what he did.
He did not know anything about shying the poker at
his wife, or that he did anything to her.
Mr. YARDLEY—On this evidence I commit you to
Newgate for trial for the wilful murder of your wits:.
Prisoner (coolly) Very well, sir.
The prisoner was then removed from the dock
amidst great lamentations on the part of his children.