The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-19 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT; JULY 18.
DON JOAN.—LORD BYRON V. HODGSON.
Mr. WAKEFIELD, at the sitting of the Court, said he had
to move umn an affidavit filed in a case in which Lord Byron
was the plaintiff, and Hodgson was the'defendant, for an In-
junction to restrain the latter from publishing the 6t6, 7th, and
Bth cantos of a work called Don Juan. He had,read through
the whole work, and le -conceived that there was'nothing 4n it
which did not deserve the protection °kite Court.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR.—Has any injunction been moved
for on this work before ?-
Mr. WAKEFIELD replied in the negative.
The VIcE-CHANEELLoK.--Then take your injunction.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

CHELMSFORD THURSDAY, JULY 17.
CROWN SIDE.—CIIILD MURDER.
Ann Palmer was indicted for the wilful murder of her in,
Ault non Thomas Palmer, on the 23d of May last, at Romford.
The evidence for the prosecution clearly showed that the pri.
sorter was insane.
Mr. Baron GRAHAM intnated that he thought it unneces
sary to call upon the prisAer for her defence. It was tinitt
obvious that poverty and grief had overpowered the bettekpf-
factions of the heart, and hatrbereft the prisoner of her reason.
If the Jury were of this opinion, they would find the prisoner
not guilty upon that ground.
The Jury immediately found the prisoner Not Guilty, on
the ground that she was insane at the time• she committed the
fatal act.

The prisoner was then ordered to be detained In custody until
his Majesty's pleasure should be known.

MURDER. •
Henry Saunders was indicted for the wilful murder of his
wife, on the 24th May, at Stanstead Mount, Fitchett.
John Seymour, a constable, deposed that he apprehended
the prisoner on the 10th-of' June, when he voluntarily said—
" I went home on the 24th,- and- found Jem Green with, his
arm round my wife's neck ; one of the children told me he had
been kissing ber. We had some words about it, and-I struck
her with my fist." Witness replied, "J do not wonder at it,
but I am sorry to hear that you .went to hei on' the Monday
after, and then kicked her." He admitted he had done so, but
did not explain why. He never absconded.
Mr. Welsh, -a surgeon, deposed that he attended the e de-
ceased till her death. She was in the last stage of consump-
tion, and could not.have lived many weeks. bhe complained
of soreness on the right side. There were two external bruises
there, and one of her ribs was broken. She got better for a
few days, but she caught a fresh cold, and died on the 7th.
Upon opening the body, it appeared that one lobe of the lungs
was entirely gone, and the other much diseased. The bruises
and the broken rib would not have caused death in an healthy
person, but in this case they certainly accelerated it.
The prisoner said nothing in his defence, but called several
witnesses, whe gave him the character of a humane man, an-
affectionate husband, and an indulgent father.
Mr. Baron GRAHAM. summed up the evidence to the Jury,
who found the prisoner guilty of Manslaughter only, and-he
was sentenced to four months Imprisonment in the donnty goal.

YORK, Jung 18..
BlGAMY.—Stephen Sledding was charged with having, on.
the 23d of March, 1823, at the parish of Leeds, feloniously
married one Mary Kirkham, spinster, he having a former wife
then living. The prisoner, who was a-young, men of very plain
appearance, pleaded guilty to the charge; although he was ad-
vised by the Court to consider seriously the consequences of
soch a plea, and that it was not likely to avail him in mitiga-
tion of punishment.-

THE GREAT PEDESTRIAN MATCH.
Dfr. R. Abernethy, in his match to go 152 miles in 48 hours.
was travelling at one, o'clock yesterday, but with, every pram-
bility of failing in his undertaking, chiefly from the unfavour-
able state or the weather.

MAiOll Gorr._Yesterday was landed in the
London Docks, from on board the ship St. Law-
rence from Quebec, a man charged with the mur-
der of the above-named Gentleman. The pri-
soner, it appears, had taken his passage in a
vessel bound for North America, a few days
after the perpetration of the horrid deed, and,
notwithstanding she had a very quick passage
oot, information, had previously been received,
together with a description of the parties sus-
pected, upon which the prisoner was lodged in
gaol until the arrival of witnesses from Ireland
to identify, his person. The prisoner was escorted
I)}r. a detachment of the. 6Otl► Regiment, and
heavily ironed.

A shocking accident occurred yesterday morn-
ing in Peter-street, Cow-cross. Margaret Con—
ner, the wife of a poor labouring man, had her
scull fractured by a turn-up bedstead falling upon
her, as she sat in a chair near the fire, luckling
her infant. Happily the child escaped unhurt.

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