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The further arguments in this part-heard motion were
then resumed, but not concluded when the Court rose.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT. m ---.IIDBTOMX, M4lOl 18.
CROWN COURT.
THE ALLEGED MURDER AT STANGATE. CREEK.

At the sitting of the Court tiis morning, the Grand
Jury returned a bill not found against Robert William
Cook and George Wakeham, the former the Cavain,
and the latter the n.a.e, of a n-.e ehant-ves:e!, for the
murder of William S,iga, an appr,ntice on board their
vessel.

Mr. CLARKSON, who with Chambers was in-
structs I to &fetid the prisoners, then applied to the Court
for the di-ocha,ge of the recegnizances of the defenclut
who had been admitted to bail, and who were in at-
tendance to take their trial. The Learr e I Counsel
complained of the prtjudic2 that hod been attempted to be
created against ibex, and stiid that after what had
gone forth to the public, he felt it bi 4 duty to say. that
the prisoners had nearly forty respectable witnesses in at-
tendance, who would have deposed, if necessary, to their
general kißdzess and humanity of conduct ; and among
them was a relative of the unhappy &ceased. Ile eon-
sidered aa.. the prisoners were ent'llA to lia•e Yi fact
made knciwr.

W. Biron PARKS 'aid the', es the Grand Ju:y had
ignored ti e b:11 age inst the dcfendants, there could be ro
objection to tba course pursued by the Learned Counsel.
The to-zoguizailers of the defendants and those of their
sureties were ti.ed discharged, and they retired from the
Court with their friends.

Charbite Evans, Pgei 30, was indicted for stealing
three plates, a basin, two kni‘es• and forks, and otl.e• arti-
cles, the urepeity of the Rev. Mr. Braddon, her ma: ter.
Mr. IYeedes conducted the proEeeution, and Mr. C•
Jones defended the prisoner.
It appe,red on behalf of the prosecution that Mr. Brad,_
don is the rector of Milt rn and Sittingbourn, and the pH-.
soner had been in his c,•viee as a cook, and.in consequence
of some it firmation he received he obtaiael a search-war-
rant, and went to the house of the p.isoner's mother, where
the articles in question were found, and the prisoner sub-
sequently ainairtrd basing stolen them. It appezred that
they we e, however, of very trifling value.
Mr. Braddon, upon being cross-examine-I by M.
Joss, would not swe r that he did not say to the prisoner,
when the articles wire found, " Now, rs:d girl, I've got
these things, Pri have you transported;" a'id he would not
swear that be did not tilt her she woull bo transported
fir life

Mr. JONES cittirncreei his observations to the Jury by
making some severe remarks upon the motives cf the pro•
veutor, and he stigmatised the proseeuton as a most tit:-
worthy one.

Mr. Baron PARKE interposed, and expressed his opi-
nion that the Counsel was not justified in saying anything
reflecting upon the charatt r cf Mr. Braidon, in referencl
to that pruseetriln, and in tis opinion he ha I done no
more than his duty in prosecuti•g the prisoner. It was
high time that prosecutors shoull be protected from such
attacks by Counsel.
Mr. Jones immediately rat down.
Mr. Baron Parma—You may go on with your address.

Mr. JONES—No, my Lord. 1 Kill not say any mi.re.
Mr. Baron PARKE then aleheised the Jury, and again
repeated that he considered Mr. Braddan had oily done
Eis duty in b i..gi ig I.)rward tee present prosecution. It
was true that the property was of small v 4111., but that did
not make the least diff,teace, and it would be a %ery mis-
chievous doctrine to hold out that servants m g'at take pro-
perty from their ma.iter with impunity because it was of
small value.

The prisoner here said she wwi=h d some witnes ei to be
called to speak to her character ; bind, aft, r Mr. Jones de-
clining to examine them, they were questioned by the
Court, and they gave the prisoner a good character.
The Jury found tte prisoner Guilty, and the pr ,secuter
immediately recommended her to mercy.
She was then sentence] to b 3 imprisoned fur or

NORFOLK CIRCUIT--BEDFORD, 1114z:en 16.
The Grand Jury last evening returned true bills apinst
the pugilists " Deaf Burke," Owen Swift, and others,
for riot and assault, and obstructing a constable in tl e ex-
ecution of his duty. Among the persons who are not
members of the prize ring included in the indictment, are
Lord Chetwynd, bearing the title of Vi-count Rithdowe,
in the kingdom of Ireland ; fur. Maley, a solicitor of con-
siderable property ; Mr. Brown, the lanalord of the wt
known inn called the Swan, at Newport Prgilell, and se-
veral others of station and connections.

To-day the Court was moved by Mr. Gunnirg for
" Deaf Burke," and Mr. Bylea fur some others of the de-
fendants', to respite the recognizat,ces until test az,size, in
crder that all the eh fendants, the patrons of the " ring"
as well as the pugilists, might take their trial together.
Mr. Biggs Andrews and .tlr. Sydney Tayl.,r, cn the
part of the prosecution, consented to the motion as a rea-
sonable one.

Tee rt eagnizances were respited accordingly:
case excites great interest in the county.
James Brain was indicted for the wilful murder r,f his
scn, a 13)y of 13 years of age, by poison, on the 22.! of
last February.

It appeared in evidence that the prisoner, who was a
gentlernae's servant out cf place, 'Aged at the We drain
public-house, in Bedford, kept by a Mr. Her'e, and had
his son boarding and lodging at the house of a Mrs. K-n e,
in another part of the town. He came frequently to see
his son and to take him out to walk, end sometimes to
have a drive in a gig. He appeared always to be fond of
him, and to do the best he could to provide for him in dress
and comforts, according to his circumstances. On the
week before that on which the fetal occurrence took Ogee,
he had several tirrei ha I him cut to walk or ride with him,
and had brought hint back sec. On the lsth Feb. he told
the daughter of M:s. Ksempe to have the boy ready
to go with him on a journey early in the morning, and
about half-past ten o'clock he called and took him away.
He was net seen at Mrs. Kempe's until the 22', exactly
one week from that time, and then returned without his
son. When be came back in the morning, Mrs. Kempe
asked him where his son was, and he said she should sei
him in the evereeg. In the evening she asked him again.
He made no answer until she had repeated the questaen a
great many times, and thee he at length said that the. bay
was dead, and that his body was in a barn on the London
road, and that he had poisoned him. The post mortem ex-
amination showed greet inflammation of the villous coat of
the stomach, with d.rk patches tinctured with blood. There
was also a.. ietrosusception °Rile bowels, such as is somctimes
produced by violent vomiting. The contents of the stomach
were tested with the ammoeit al sulphate orcopper, the ni-
trate ofeilver and sulphuretted hydrogen, giving the same
coloured prccipi arcs as are usteely supposed to be
ind.c stirs or the presence of arscntc. One surgeon only
trie..7, Marsh's test, wi i.-11 was also the test which M.
()dila applied in the case of Madame I,affergc. A very
small portion of. a-sonic !n the metallic state was procured
by this means, many times less than a grain. Mr. Harris
and Mr. Bailey, the former surgeon of the gaol and the
county infirmary, who proved the post mortem appearances
and the results of the various tests, admitted that t e latter
were all liable to error, and' that even es to the substance
supposed to be metail.c arsenic, being in a very nil Jute
quantity, was likely to be mistaken fur antimony or phos-
phorus, the latter of which exists naturally in the blood and
bones. It was admitted also, that there is some arsenic
naturally existing in the human body. But with regard to
the fact stated by the iri,oner, of arsenic having been al-
- by him to hie son, there was one strong fact
in corroboration of Lis confession, for he teed the
constable that he had purchased an ounce of arsenic at the
shop of Mr. Corny, a chemist, part of which ho had put
in the ecffe.e which he had administered to the boy. Mr.
Canny proved, that on the very morning, about eight
o'clock, the prisoner came to his shop, and asked for " an
ounce of arsenic to kill rats ;" he gave it him with the
word " Poison" marked upon it. The prisoner told the
P° •
licean that, after he had given his son a portion of the
m
arsenic, and taken another portion himself, he had thrown
the remainder into the river. The prisoner, when told of
the consequences to himself of his critic, said he did not-
care so long as he had seen the last of his son, and stated
that they had been three days in the barn without suste-
nance, and that he had taken the boy some water from a
pond in the fi
Other evidence was adduced, clearly connecting the
prisoner with having administered arsenic to his son, and
the Counsel for the prisoner-having admitted the cause of
death, the Jury, under the direction of his Lordship, ac-
quitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity.
He was ordered to be taken care of until her Majesty's
pleasure should be,known.
NORTHERN CIR(7UIT—Yozr, 1114 Rear, 16.
William Walker was indicted for manslaughter.
The prisoner, it appeared, was the driver of a pair-
horse mail coach, and on the day the occurrence took
place was about passing the Dock-bridge in the town of
Kingston-upon-Hell. This bridge has a footway on each
side, and a roadway in the middle of about seven feet. The
bridge had been opened to allow a vessel to pass into the
dock, and there were a considerable number of vehicles
waiting for its closing. Among others, a horse and gig
had drawn up on the bridge close to the. barrier, which
was placed there to prevent parties passing until the
bridge was properly fastened. Behind this was a reify,
or narrow vehicle for heavy cerriage, drawn by two horses,
one before Vie other, and it was in evidence that the
head of the leading horse was el )se upon the gi,e, and
should have Leen the first to pass after the gig on
the barrier being removed. The prisoner, hewtver,
endeaveured to take the second place, and whipped on his
hot see. The wheel cf the coach caught that of the rully,
while the splinter bar caught that of the wheel horses, and
caused him to plunge violently. The consequence W%IF,
that the ruliy was dragged ever (n the feot-path, a child
that was passing was thrown down, and the wheel passed
over her Isody. She died shortly after, in conseqetesce of
the internal injure; she had sustaine3, the liver bs ing ex-
tens:vely ruptured. Tee prisoner, it ancered, was some-
e hat iatoxiceted at the !hale.

Tile Jury fund the prisoner Guilty, and his Lordship,
taking into c:msideration the long period 6f imprisonment
I,:e had already undergone (nearly six mon:hi), sentenced
him to be imprisoned two months more, the last week to
be solitary.
EiSeveral other ewe; were disposed of in the course cf
the day, which we c of no public interest.
(Before Mr. Justice MAuLE and a Special Jury.)
THOMAS V. ANCERS6N, CLERK.
The plaintiff, it, dppe red, is a !arm r r.t, Burni3tor,
at n ke,T, thy. 1,c,tn,i37.• bridge Ln. The (I,:und,:.
cf az:a tLc assault i cricbtion vv.l,
r: Ii 4)11 OF' 7!!) cf
on WkliCil OCCgiiuti the saeraincbt was thlaiinis:e ed in the
dcfendant's-churel. It appeared that the defendant, hay-