The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-21 00:00:00

OLD SAILEY, sErr. 19.

.Francis Evans'was indicted for the murder of his
Wife, Sarah Evans, by beating her violently on
the. head, and throWing her 'out of. the window.
Another count charged the prisoner with vio-
lently beating the deceased drawing a knife upOn
her, and threatening to murder her, from which
she became so frightened, that she threw herself
frOM the window. ' *,

Mr. GUICIEY having opened the case, witnesses
were tattled, who proved, that on Saturday, the
29th August, high words took place between. the
prisoner, who is a„ sawyer, and one of his shnp-
mates, in the Grown public-honse in , the Mino-
ries, relative to their wives, in the course of
• which the prisoner's shbornai e, named Scott in-
formed the prisoner thateiiis wife borrowed things
and pawned them. The prisoner then said;—
" Have you anv more to teihnee for. I will have
revenge ; and -tnefirst time I have your (Scott's)
Wife in my room, kick her dOwn stairs.''. Im-
mediately after,the prisoner went home; a violent
noise.was heard in. his a.partment, which was on
the second floor in a• house in Swan Inn yard in
the Minories. The deceased was heard to shriek
out very violently, and to cry out "" Frank, my
dear Frank; pray don't beat :nee" to which-he
replied that be would. Some of the 'witnesses
heard a second and a third sere am froM the de-,
:ceased, and something fall on the floor. Poe de-
ceased was then seen to get on the window ,which
was open, first with one knee and then with the
other"; she then turned her feet outwards, • ex 7
tended her -arins•three times, and at the third ex-
tension came down ; .the prisoner not: be
this time within sight of the witnesses.-, She fell
upon her left hip and elbow. The deceased Was
carried to the London Hospital,where she linger-
edfor nine days, and then, expired.
The surgeon stated
,that she had several 'severe
bruises on uhe left scle of her face and head, about
the temple; 'that the left thigh was fractured, as
was also the right jaw.. He was present when the
the head of the deceased was opened: There was
a mass of inflaennatinn oil the brain, the catfse
of vOaieli was a suffusion of the. fluid. 'flit!, prin-
cipal cause of the death of the :woman . waS the
braises on the left side of the Lead. There was
no doubt this was the pricipaleeause, though she
had also severe injuries where her thigh was frac-
tured. The fractured jaw could not have caused
her death.. ct.ti the 31st, the examination of the
deceased, she then being understood to be in ar-
ti:.3ulo mortis, was taken before. Sir Daniel Wil-
liaMs, the prisoner being present, in which she
stated, that on the evening in question her hus-
band beat het' severely; and broke her jaw. She
begged of him not to beat her, but he swore that
he would, and damning her, he would-he re-
venged. He then drew a knife upon her, bUt did
not make use of it. The window was open, and
the prisoner damning her again, :threatened to
.throw her out of the window. She was greatly
terrified, and held by a line which event across
the . window. The prisoner again threatened
to throw her out of the window, and•in her fright
she fell cult. The prisoner did not push her out
that she knew of.. The prisoner gave in a long
defence in writing, in which he denied all acces-
sion to the death of his wife, whom he repre-
sented as a very: bad character, towards vhom he
bad exercised the greatest forbearance and kind-
nesi. He also received a very excellent charac-
ter for humanity and affection towards the de-
ceased, While she, on the other hand, was repre-
presented.as being, hardly sonnd in mind, having,
on former occasions, actedin so ungovernable a
manner as to induce a belief that she would throw
herself. from the window. The Leafned Judge
(Heath) left it to the • Jury, to say, whether
either ,Of the two charges, into which indictmerit
divided itself, had been made out. The Jury,
after consulting Tor a few minutes, found the pri-
soner—Not Guilty.

Thomas Heath NNTS indicted for the wilful. mur-
der of Elizabeth, his .wife, on the 25th or 2fith
of My. r• •
The principal witness to support this case was
Elizabeth Cox, who stated, that she called .or the
deceased, and fottud her very ill in bed. She com-
plained of three bruises—one- on her left breast,
One on, her arm, and a third on the. lower part of
her loins. The last of these, the deceased told the
witness, was occasioned by a kick she had re-
ceived from her husband. . ,

Mr. ALLEY objected to receiving the declaration
of,thedeceased; till it should be first proved not
only that she was- in articula mortis, but also that
she felt herself to be sub pericala mortis .at, the
time she made the declaration.
Mr. Justice GIBBS said /that the deceased was
in articula mortis was proved by the circumstance
of tier death having occurred. on the following
day. Whether she was or was not sib pericula
mortis would best appear from the expressions
used by the deceased to the witness, as descrip-
tive of the feeling she entertained as to her then
idtuaation.

The. witness then,proceeeed to state, that the
deceasedlnforated her that she bad got her fatal
pail—hp which the N‘jtness understood that 'she
meant she .ivas very b.?ci.:

• Mr. Justic& GIBB'S said he did not think that
was sufficient to let in the declaratiorr of the de-
ceased ;* evidence. it did not satisfactorily ap-
pear, tha.i at the timeshe made the declaratiou,
she was
_impressed' with. the danger of immediate
death.

Mr. John Dearing, surgeon, sail he was sent
for, to.attend the deceased on the ,25th of July.
The bruises she had receiired. did not appear to be
such
as were likely to produce her death: He pied'
her. The next day hc,was much better, had
gone about her domestic matters, and was so Well:
that he. diet not think it would' be accessary for her!
to have any more of his visits. She. died, how-
ever, oli-the following day, when he called and
saw her dead, but. should not have thought it ne-
ecssary- to call on, account of her bruises,-as, when
he last slwher, she bore'noindication of danger;
or of a speedy dissolution.
Mr. Spry, surgeon, concurred with the. 'preced-
ing Witness, . as to the nature of the external
marks on the body of the deceased. He opened

Ur, and in tizt.vertebria of _the brain there N.-Vas a
c;)fisiderable quantity of • bloody serum; which
lri:uld not have •been in a healthy subject, land
,-,rich was quite stAcient to produce death. He
hadfol!owed the ekternal 'Marks, and they link:it
certainly did not produce aoy thing which could
hate caused the death of the dcecasod. The
blood on the brain could not have been produced
them.
Sir V. GIRLS, said, it .wus impossible,, after
thi, that the Jury could entertain any doubt
this case.

The Jery hiunediately found the pri'sonei--Not

Phonias Ordetey was indicted for having felo-
niously an -1 .o.iifully murdered Elizabeth atthc s,
on the 27th of August, in the parish of St.
Gc;.'rge, Bethrnii Green, by driving ofover her body
a certain coleh apd horses, iu consurience ,of
which she died.

The witnes:.3es being called, and not appe,!rin::
ing in Court to support the indictment, the pri-
soner, vas acquitted.

POLI

Mtios-ITALL.--J'ekT aILI .Fra4is Nich,olas, two
brothers, were brow: ht up for
charged on suspicion .1-4 having qoiert sixtve:i
ducks, the propclty of Mr.—Edward I.:oyeon,
IVatwOrth.

It appeared that the prisoners were met about
1 four o'clockon;lay morning- Snow the CMi-
, stable, near the. Elephfint and. Caslle j one of
,then had a bag, nncl the other a b;:sket.. On the.
askinr, what tay bud got, they said, decks,
whic; they had brought from Reygate. Snow in-
sist.ed on seeing , them 5 and on:e*ainining the
basket and bag, lotmd•:;ix duck in
,one, an' l ten
in the others dead, but .warm, and appa;.-entiy just
killed : in the basket he also found a po:ier, bent
as. if by having been used to force something
open. -

Uiidcr thef;e. suspicious circumstances, lie de-
tait,ed•the ; and in the course of I.l's
quirk-4 daring the clay, lie di..icovered that :Mr.
Boy toil's stablehtd been broken -open, and six-
teed out th twenty-six ducks taken 'away.
The prisoners were fully counnitted for trial at
the Assizes forsa capital "olfettee.
.`.3iLADWELL.—Two seafaring men were this day
brought before the Sitting Magistrate, 1‘.1r.. MAE-
LAND, charged with having taken out tatters of
administration, and thereby obtained pavment of
a seaman's wages, 'from Messrs. Robiuton and
Co. in the city, under circumstances of gross fraud
(forgery),- added •to the aggravated"crime of lier-
jury:

The proSecutor; named Baker, Who is employed
in our merchant service, and a native of Prussia,
stated, that he Was, in different shlns, absenton
voyage, when the prisonecs hadcOntrived to forge
his will; one of Abell' personating himself as his
brother; and taking the name of Baker, while
they got another to mali.e oath of the circutn-
stances attending the prOsecutor's being repre-
sented as defunct. These falsehoods were most
artfully contrived, though by 'unlettered men.
They sued these letters of administration, and
actually obtained payment of 351. for which a re-
ceipt was given by the party:pretending to be his
nearest of kin.

prisoners were remanded for lartller exami-
nation,

A detachment of 200 men and Officers of the
Royal Scots, arrived from Scotland, at rfilbol.v
Fort, on Monday 42,A, 'where thei[could only be
accommodated with tents for the present.

The General Court Ara-Nial.held at Chelsea on
KENT, of the 21st Light Dragoons, con-
.eluded', their proceedings last Aveek, r.iid that
Officer has returned to his duty in Ireland.
amina Diamond,- a free bhick roman,
,died at
on the 26th July, at•the•ad-
Vanced age. of 130 years..
lit the beginning of Juba a severe shock of an
earthquake - was e7;:perienced at cape Nicholas
Mole, which threw down eight houses. 'Two
liver; Wpre lost.
- jVt. Hull, on Tuesday last, there was a full mar-
ket of new wheat, and from to 15s. per guar-
, ter lower.

Lynn market on Tuesday wai well supplied
v-ith new wheat, and the price fell full Bs. per
qua rter.
At Spalding, on Tueday, wheat 'sold for 51.- a
quarter, ,and oats for la t. per last:—On Wednes-
day, at ,UppingLum (which, bas been the dearest
market in that neighbourhood for some time past)
wheat was dull at 51: 10s. per quarter.
The new comet, which wasiiscovered at Mar-
seilles by M. Pons, and afterArds at Paris by M.
ilouvard, did', according to. the calculations -of,
these astiotioiners, pass perihelion on the 15th
of Septembee,, when its distance from the sun,
taking.that of the earth at unity, waS 0,77535.
Its inclination to the ecliptic is 74 deg. 20 min.
In a very clear .114,;1it, and in the absence of Coe
moon, it is just visible to the naked eye. •
On Sunday night last .a most daring r6bbery
was committed ht Sowerbv, bv a number of armed
men, attended With circumstances of the most
wanton atrocity. Vr. Win. Barker; who is 'over-
seer of the poqr and collector of the property tax,
'at.Sowerhy, had retired xviii his family to rest,
when they were roused from their beds by a loud
call for .admittance; having opened the door, a,
nut-Ulm of men rushed is and demanded his Mo-
ney, which he gave up to them to the amount of,
about 141. : they then -broke into his
which they completely ransacked ; .but being
appointed in the booty they expected, they p;-0-
,ceeded to break his household furniture, and his
clock. A set of china, and other articles, were
completely- destroyed, and sane of the wearing-
app:u-el of himself and his -wile -were thrown ill:0
the lire, and it was with .great difficulty \--?re
prevailed upon to desist from 'Setting fire to .;;•1
drawers. Tile number- of persons concerned ht
this flagitious outrage cr,-.,uld not 'be exactly ascer-
thitoct; ; _ally five.:.,:tred the house, hut it is sap-
pdsed that there must have been oiie oe two
pirrnted on the outside to prevent surprise.--Leeds