The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-29 00:00:00

MALICIOUSLY CL;TTING.-JEALOUSY.

Martha Milns, aged 31, was charged with maliciously cut-
ting and maiming her husband George Milns, with intent to
murder.or to disfigure and disable him, at Oldham.
Mr. QOLTMAN stated the case to the Jury.
George Milns.—l haVe been married to the prispner fifteen
years, and have had eight children. There had bcen no quar-
rel between us for several days before. She' thought that I
had been with another woman, nine or ten days before. She
charged me with it. I came home on the afternoon of the 14th
of June. I wanted supper. She said there was no water. I
went for water to make tea. She. made none, so I went to bed.
The bed had not been made, and I made it myself. She was
not in liquor. She had had a glass of rum and water. She had
not been in the habit of getting liquor since she had been a
woman, till she had her last child in April. I awoke about
three o'clock with a violent pain which struck to my heart.L.:
She stood at the bed with a razor in her hand. I said, " 0
dear, what hast thou been doing now ? .Thou hast killed me,
thou Last killed me." She said she had not done it. 1 turned
the clothes down, and found that a part was cut off. Much
blood issued from the wound. I did not observe whether there
was blood on the razor. She had gone down stairs. I could not
wake my eldest son. I went down and found the doer open.
I went to the surgeon in my shirt. I saw my wife in the street,
with the youngest child in her arms. I went home then to
bed. Charles Hopwood was the first man that came to me.—
The surgeon, Mr. Bella, came at half past four. I was taken
to the infirmary at Manchester.
By the CouRT.—I thought she was not in her right mind.
I believe she was not. I. thought she was often not in her
right mind since her last child.
Robert Chadwick went to the house about half past five ;
met the prisoner, having the youngest child in her arms.
took her, into custody. 1 asked what she had done; she said
she had done nothing, that he came home in that state. I said
to her not to deny doing it, for there would have .been blood
upon him when he came home if it had ,been done. She said,
C 6 I
.have .done, it,. I haveidone it."
She pointed out die gar-
den into which she had thrown what she lied cut Off.
By the COURT.—She 'discoursed as in her senses.
Bellott, the . surgeou, said,the wound .was a dangerous
wound. I knew nothing of her before. She repeatedly. said,
" It was not me. He came horne'in that.state." She cried.
Her declaration before the Magistrate was proved, and read.

It charged acts of the most barbarous cruelty on the part of the
husband.

Her husband was recalled, and denied the facts stated.

The prisoner said she had never been well since her last
child, and did not know what she had done. She hoped they
would forgive her *this time, fol the sake of her dear little in-
fant. She wept most bitterly, and while his Lordship was
summing up, she dropped off the place where she stood, ap-
parently in a swoon.
Verdict—Guilty, but insane.
MANSLAUGHTER.

Joseph Mayan, aged 24, was charged with killing and slay-
ing Joseph Wimpenny, at Prestwick-cum-Oldham, on the 3d
of June. James Garside, aged 22, and Benjamin Hully, aged
19, were charged with aiding and abetting Joseph Mayan.
Mr. COLTMAN stated the case.

John -Williamson was in the tap-room of the Red Lion
public-house on the 3d of June, between 10 and 11. Mayan
smacked Benjamin Wimpenny on the face, and said it was for
what he had done at Challender's once. Benjamin said, if it
was for that, he might smack again, he would not fight. John
Wimpenny got up and smacked Mayall on the face. Mayan
then got hold of the old man, John Wimpenny, father of Ben-
jamin and Joseph, by the legs, and pulled him on the ground.
Mayall and Joseph Wimpenny fought up and down the house.
Mayan leaped on Joseph when he was down and knee'd him.
Joseph said he would fight if Mayan would give over when he
wanted. Wimpenny then wished him to give over. After
that, Mayall knee'd him on the belly. Wimpenny afterwards
seemed very poorly. He walked out of the room to go home.
Garside and Hully seemed only to watch the same as others :
they never meddled. They only said they must have a fair
fight. Stuart Woolstoncraft offered to part them. Garside and
Hully would not let.any one enter the ring.
By Mr. ARMSTRONG.—The father struck Mayall after he
had twice struck his son Benjamin. Mayan then pulled the
father, and the two sons attacked Mayall. It was then that
Garside and Hully interfered and said—" One to one is fair
play."
Stuart Woolstoncraft did not think that Garside and Hully
knew whether he wanted to rid them or to strike.

Mr. Taylor, surgeon, stated that a rupture of the bladder
was the cause of death, which must have been occasioned by
falling on the ground and kneeling.
The prisoners successively said " No" to his Lordship's
question whether they had any thing to say.
Mr. Beckett, in the coal trade, gave them all good cha--
racters.

Mayal Guilty, (inside Not Guilty, Hulley Not Guilty.
FORGERY.

_Mary M'Lean, alias Mary Bannor, 28, was charged with
uttering a forged one pound Bank of England note, knowing it
to be forged.
Mr. CLARKE stated the case., This was not a Bank prose-
cution, but a prosecution by the town of Liverpool, for uttering
a forged note of the Bank, after it had called in all its one
pound notes.
Phebe Sarge stated, that the note was offered to her in pay-
ment of a fourteenpenny loaf, and that she ran away while the
witness went to inquire whethe the note was good. Witness
followed her to learn from whom she had got it. The prisoner
began to box witness, and say, " Give me my note." She said
she had run on account of her child.

Prisoner said she had walked, and not run, on account of a
young child she had.

The note was proved to be forged.—Guilty, and recom
mended to mercy.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

An Inquest was held yesterday morning at the
Sun and Horse-shoe, corner of Mortimer-street, Great Titch=
field-street, Mary-le-bone, on the body of Mr. James Kelly, a
cabinet-maker, in Mortimer-street, whose death had occurred
under some suspicious circumstances. At ten o'clock the Jury
were sworn by Mr. STIRLING, the Coroner, and the following
evidence was adduced after a view had been taken of the body :7-
Mr. Brice Pyman, of 42, Castle-street East, surgeon, was
called in to attend the deceased on Monday evening, bet Ween 6
and 7 o'clock. Visited him at his house in Mortimer:street.
Found him lying on a bed in the attic of his house. WaS quiti
senseless and inanimate. Used the best means to. restore him.
Believing the case would prove fatal, sent for Mr. Cusick, sur-
geon, of Berners-street, who came and prescribed.
Mr. John Cusack, surgeon, sworn.—Was called in; and
saw deceased in a state of insensibility, breathing very hard,
his eyes- starting from their sockets, from a pressure on the
brain. Could not say what produced the indisposition. Apo-
plexy would produce such symptoms. Excessive drinking
would produce the symptoms he observed, viz. a pressure on
the brain, which is apoplexy. All attempts to restore the de-
ceased from his lethargic and inanimate, state proved ineffec-
tual : his extremities grew cold, and he soon expired. It was
impossible to say if his death was produced by taking impro-
per ingredients, without opening the body.
CORONER.—Is there a suspicion of any thing improper be--
ing administered to the deceased ?
Beadle.—l am informed by the relatives of the deceased that
there is ; and some of them are in attendance to substantiate
the allegation.
Juror—The brother of the deceased is in attendance.
CORONER—Then Mr. Cusack will be so kind as to have the
body opened, and get the contents of the stomach analysed.
The brother of the deceased examined, said, " A person of
the name of Brown gave my brother four glasses of gin at once ;
he drank them ' • Brown admitted to me that my brother was
inebriated with beer (a beverage he generally drank) before the
gin was given him; and then Mr. Brown took my brother up
to his shop, and more liquor was given to him there also. It is
reported that. something improper was put into the liquor given
to my brother in the shop —something to open his body ; and
though it might be given as a trick merely, yet it is probable
what was given for fun might have caused his death."
Several Jurors—lt is our opinion the body should be opened.
Mr. John Davies, a musical instrument maker, Phoenix.
street, Soh6-square, had known deceased for 17 years. He
' was 27 years of age, of a strong constitution and intellect._
Witnes went to Mr. Brown on Monday night, at whose shop
the deceased had visited, for the purpose of speaking to some
of his men, about one of them having acted improperly; and
witness asked Mr. Brown how much liquor he had given de-
ceased. Mr. Brown replied—" I gave him four good glasses
of spirits." Witness was .of opinion that if any thing was
given improperly in the liquor, it was given to hint in the shop.
Mr. Brown refused to say if he had given him more liquor.--
The deceased was not given to liquor, he drank beer chiefly,
and that moderately. lie was quite sober at three o'clock on
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Martha Kelly, mother-inplaw of deceased.—The de-
ceased was at home at his business on Monday, and worked at
his business till between three and four in the afternoon ; lie
went out at that time quite sober to Mr. Brown's a neighbour,
whose men had thrown some clay at the deceased's shop win-
dow, and the glass cut his head ; the deceased said he would
complain to Mr. Brown of the conduct of his men, and if he
did not get satisfaction he would take out a warrant against
the men. The deceased's head was bleeding very much. In
about a quarter of an hour after the deceased left the house, lie
was carried home in a senseless state, and remained so till he
died. It could not be more than a quarter of an hour that he
was absent.

The Surgeons were directed to proceed and examine the
body and the contents of the stomach, and it was proposed to
adjourn the inquiry till to-morrow.
The CORONER said, it would be better to proceed on with
the evidence while the surgeons opened the body. Several per-
sons in the eniploy of Mr. Brown were examined upon oath,
and all delivered the same statement. The following is a sum-
mary of the facts disclosed :—The deceased worked in the back
part of his own house, with his apprentice. The window of his
shot) was opposite to the window of Mr. Brown's inanufactory,
in which above 40 men are employed, one of whom threw a
missile at the deceased's shop-window; the glass was broken, and
it cut the head of the . deceased, which bled profusely. in a
bleeding state he went to Mr. Brown's house to complain
of the conduct of his men. Mr. Brown, jun. promised he
should see. the person that did it, but first he gave him four
glasses of strong gin. The deceased would have drank more, but.
Air. Brown said he had enough. Mr. Brown, jun., then in-
troduced him to the men, . and he pointed out to him the man
that threw at him : the man expressed his sorrow and the de-
ceased said, " Well, I forgive- you this once; but if any of you
do so again, I will have a warrant for you instantly :" he then
left the shop, having drunk no liquor there whatever : on his
coming to Mr. Brown's front shop- again, he was observed to
stagger. Mr. Brown, jun., laughed on bserving the sudden
effect of the liquor, and the deceased reeled out of Mr. Brown's
into the street, and caught hold of the iron railings ; he fell on
the ground, and some of his friends came, being informed of
his situation, and carried him home.
Ambrose Campbell, surgeon, Berner-street, had opened and
examined the body at the request of the Coroner and Jury; he
found the effects of x blow on the head. He was of opinion
that something stimulating taken into the stomach, coupled
with the blow, had produced his death : there was a violent in-
flammation in all the arteries leading from the heart to the head.
The CORON ER said, the case, although it occupied nearly
the . whole of the day, now reduced itself to a small compass.
First, did the man die from takingthe spirits'? and-if so, was
Mr. Brown, jun., criminal for administering them to him He
(the Coroner) thought it was indiscreet, and hoped it would
prove a warning to him. The Jury consulted for some time,
and returned the following rather• curious verdict :—"• Died
from some unknown causei his death being. acceleritteo by the
use of ardent spirits."