The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-23 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

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CHARGE OF MURDER.
George &fetham, aged 42, was indicted for the wilful murder
of William Hudson at Kirkdale, on the 7th of June.
Mr. STAngtE stated the case, and called several witnesses
in support pf it. It appeared that the prisoner had been gen-
meet' to two years' confinement in Kirkdale House of Cor-
rection, and while undergoing his punishments he had occa-
sional quarrels with his fellow prisoners. He had, contrary
to the regulations of the prison, retained some money, and a
knife about his person, and he appeared to be under continual
apprehensions that the other prisoners meant to take this
money from him. On_the day- in question, the prisoners began
to kick shins and " play," as they called it, and several of them
pushed the prisoner amongst others. He said that they under-
stood they were going to- " ramp" (rifle) him of his money,
and be was determined not to stand it, but would defend him-
self to the last. He then placed himself against. the wall with
an open knife in his hand; and the deceased having approached
him, a scuffle eneued;
.in the course of which the prisoner stab-
bed him below the stomach .1 of this wound the deceased lin-
gered and died. It appeared. that the prisoner was an old of-
fender, having been twice before in custody, and once sentenc-
ed to transportation. He cross-examined- some of the wit-
nesses with much vehemence- of manner, and without giving
them time to answer any one question, accused them of malice
and perjury. The Jury found him Guilty of Alanslaughter,
at the same time stating through their foreman, that it was a
most aggravated case. Mr. Justice BAYLEY sentenced him
to be transported for life. •
CHARGE OF )lATItICIDE. •
. Charles Hayward Green was indicted for the wilful murder
of his mother, at Manchester, in the month of July. The pri-
soner was rather a respectable looking young man ; he was gen-
teelly dressed, and when arraigned, appeared so-deeply affected
as to be scarcely able to plead ; he at length 'was brought to
utter " Not Guilty."
Mr. ASHWORTH stated, that the prisoner stood charged with
the crime of murder—a charge which was aggrayated by the
circumstance of the deceased having been his own' mother. He
hoped that circumstances would appear in the course of the
trial, to relieve the prisoner -from the dish ace and infamy of
the crime with which he stood charged ; in which case he felt
convinced that the Jury would join with him in satisfaction, at
being able to pronounce him guiltless of the eliarge : it was
not his intention, much less was ithis wish, to aggravate the
case against the unhappy man at the bar ; 'it was but too me.
lancholy as it was. He felt satisfied, however, that- the Jury
would discharge the trust reposed in them with the utmost
fairness and impartiality; and that, whenever a doubt presented
itself; they would lean to the side of mercy. Under this im-
pression, he felt the less difficulty in proceeding with the case,
abstaining however from, stating any one as he con-
ceived the, Jury wou'ld best learn them from themouths of the
witnesses.
Martha Read said she was at the house of Mr. Green, on Sa-
turday the 25th of. June ; lie lives in Mangles-street; she went
in about eleven ; Mr. Green was in the house at the time; in a
short time she was sent for, and went in again ; she saw the
prisoner enter the door at a quarter before twelve ; his mother
opened the door him ; he went up to his father and said,
" Curse you, I'll_have your life ;" his father got out of the
house • the prisoner appeared to be much in liquor ; after his
father 'hail gone, his mother said, " Charles, tray love, sit down
and compose yourself;" he then turned to his mother, and said,
" Curse you, I have not done with you ;" and he raised
his hand and knocked her down ; witnesi could not see whether
his hand' was open or shut; she fell upon the flagged floor,
and he kicked her, witness believed, on. the left side; the
deceased said, Charles, you have done enough ;" and he said,
" If I have not I will do more; nothing more was done to
deceased in witness's presence; she was leaving the house,
when prisoner said he had not done with her (witness), and he
kicked her into the street ; she was thrown upon her back into
the channel • the door was left open ; her son, John Read,
came home ;bout one o'clock ; she and Mrs. Green, were then
sitting on her steps; the deceased was very weak, and could
not walk by herself ; witness and her son helped the deceased
up stairs; and placed her on a bed ; she remained in wit-
ness's house until the Sunday evening, when she went to her.
own house, assisted by her husband ; she was in great pain,
while at witness's house ; witness saw her on the Monday
morning after as she was coming down stairs to have a bed
made up for her; she then also appeared to be in great pain ;
she saw her six times that day.;' the last time she saw her some
person was aplilying leeches to her.
Cross-examined by Mr. D. F. JOYES.—When the prisoner
kicked his mother, witness was the only person present; witness's
and ingenious cross-ex-animation, with a view lo shewlhat she
was a woman of loose character and intemperate habits, and it
appeared that she had 'at different times gone by various names,
and was not, upon the whole, one of the most sdber, virtuous,
or temperate characters. She denied that she exhibited the
marks on. her arms on the day of the funeral of the deceased,
or that she said She would do for the prisoner.
Several witnesses were called, who deposed that, the prisoner
wan a most affectionate son, and was the favourite child of his
mother, whom he almost entirely supported by his earning, as
a writer to an attorney,
,and his working over hours, and fres
quently on Sundays.
Mr. Oilier, surgeon, of Manchester, deposed, that the death
was caused by external violence. n opening the body, he
found the ribs broken, and the spleen ruptured; about three
pounds of blood had flowed from the spleen; two of
.the false
-ribs were snapped across rather than broken ; a blow or WI
would have caused the appearances which he noticed upon the
deceased. He knew nothing of the state of the head, as he did
not'open it.
.The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, appeared
again much affected. He at length said that he never harboured
'the slightest intention of injuring his dear mother, and that the
accident which happened to her arose out of a scuffle which lie
had with the woman Read.. Several persons gave him an excel-
lent character,amongstwhom watis late employer, Mr.Thomp-
sOn, an attorney, with whom he had lived for seven years.—
Mr. Justice BAYLEY summed up the evidence at great
length, and the Jury found the prisoner Guilty of Manslaugh-
ter, but_recommended him to mercy on account of his previous
good character.

THE SUNDERLAND SEAMEN.-These misguided
men, we are happy to state, have at length returned to their
duty. They had within these few days made several Overtures
to the ship-owners to accommodate the existing differences, but
without effect, and on Wednesday last they prudently resolved
to return to their employment at the former rate of wages. In
consequence of this gratifying resolution, the ships in the har-
bour were soon manned, and several have since proceeded to sea.
After the submission of the sailors, the ship-owners humanely
agreed amongst themselves, to take a man extra in each ship
during the time the wages continue at 41. a voyage, in order
to provide employment for the hundreds who have by their
" stick," as they termed it, deprived their families of the means
of procuring bread. This is praiseworthy, and will, we hope,
meet its reward through the future good conduct of the men.—.
To the firmness of the ship-owners, -the prompt measures
adopted by Government and the condemnation of the unlaw-
ful proceedings of the sailors by the Public Press of the country,
may be attributed the dissolution of one of the most daring and
tyrannical combinations that ever disgraced this or any other
kingdom.—(Durham Advertiser, Aug. 19)
The following is an extract from a letter received by the Ma-
gistrates of Sunderland from Mr. Hobhouse, the Under Secre-
tary of State for the Home DepartMent, dated Whitehall,
Aug. 10:--
" Gentlemen—l am directed by Mr. Secretary Peel to ac-
knowledge the receipt of your letters of the sth, 6th, and 7th'
insant, and to acquaint you that he has received from me a
statement of the conversation which I had on Monday with Mr.
Davison and the two ship-owners alluded to in your first letter,
respecting the riotous and unlawful acts committed at and near
Sunderland on Wednesday last, when you deemed it necessary,
for restoration of the peace, to call in the aid of the military,
and four lives were unfortunately lost.—Although Mr. Peel has
heard with deep regret that your measures for the maintenance
of good order were not effectual until the • military had been
compelled to tire, yet, after the fullest consideration of the in-
formation submitted to him, and of the proceedings on the
Coroners' Inquests, it appears to him that Mr. Davison was
fully justified by the consideration of his own personal safety,
and of that of the peace-officers and troops who accompanied.
him, in resisting as he did the violence offered to them, and
that under the trying circumstances under which Mr. Davison
was placed, he acted with coolness and resolution, and with as
much forbearanCe as was consistent with the security of himself
and of those who were acting under his elders."

We learn from the frontier of the eastern Py-
renees, that, about four o'clock on the afternoon of the 2d in-
stant, the curate of Notre. Dame del Mont, near Besalu, his
servant, and the clerk of the parish, were all found dead at the
house belonging to the curacy. The bodies were discovered se-
creted in the cellar. Nine or ten stabs were found to have been
inflicted on the curate, either with a knife or dagger ; and the
body of his servant presented equal marks' of violence on the
neck-and breast. The parish clerk appeared to have been mur-
dered in his own apartment with a bludgeon. The perpetrators
of these crimes. (which must have been committed on the night
of the 3st or early in the morning of the 2d instant) plundered
the clergyman's house, and alio pillaged part of the contents
In the church that was contiguous to it.---(Courier Francais.)