The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-19 00:00:00

(AA) BEI-i. 18.

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• James Vernon stood indicted for stealing 1011'.
lead, charged to have been affixed to a certa
building belOngingto one Edward Aust;n, in t.s:t.
parish of St. Andrews, Holborn. The -prisofxr,
it appeared vats, ,detected in the fact.
On the cross-examination of the prosN—t,,r,
however,, it turned out, that the lead in :ILetti
had been cat from a trough, from. which fioct,:s
drink, end NVIliCh was attached to. a-wall, not a
part of the dwelling-house: From this infor-
mality in the indictment, the prisoner was ac:
quitted. •
John Smith stood indicted forr stealing several
aricics of plate, in the dwelbog house of John
Shii!ito, in the. Strand. . t

The prosecutor ha:ving been sworn, proceeded
togive his zetAimony in so eetentric a manner,
that the Court wash interrupted by
,a ..bUrst 'of
laughter from the persOns.prestnt.
The Learned Judge (Gtncs) then addressed the
witness in a tone of severity, exhorted him to
recollect the awful duty heY was about. to-.perf•••rai,
and th respect due: to the Court, as well.4s td him-
self. Still, however,the prosecutor waf.;'proen2ding
in:his disorderly manner, when a constable inter-
fered, and signified•to the Court that he was not
In a sound state of mind, which was -immediately
proved upon oath.
The Learned Judge-st.r.E.lr-
conduct of thqse, who, knowing that circum-
stance, had suffered the witness to be sworn.

The prosecutor's testimony beir.,-; ;nAihuissible
in supporting the inclictuient; the' prisoner vas
acquiitect.

Bewamin CVbrd. Was charged. with the wilful
murder of' Patrick Doyle, . on the `.26tli of August

It appeared., that on the day mentioned - in the
indictment, consideral4 riot Ilan prevailed in the
neighbourhood- of-Poplar, anionf,cst the ROI re'
sidents'in that quarter; one of whom was the
prisoner. At eleven o'clock. the same night, a
watchman discovered- the prisoner, whok was; 'a
lieadborough of that parish, stripped and .111.!,-hting
with the deceased. The wathrnart interferedy
find- separated them, desiring ‘the prisoner, whom
he censured as being a constable, for having'
broken, rather than preserved the peace, to :2:0
home' and he went away. The deceased remain-
ed a short time with the watchman, but at, last
ran after the prisoner, crying; ". Stop .thief!"
'having previously said that he had been ill-treated,
and would have satisfaction. The. watchman per-
ceiving that they had again got together and were
senfilirig,'went towards them, when the prisoner
ran off,, and the deceased staggered, and fell against
sonie:railing; and on investigation appeared to be
dying. A surgeon was immediately sent for, who,
On 'examining-the deceased, found that he had re-
ceived a wound on the- left side, which li.ad the
appearance of having been inflicted with a knife,
and on further investigation, he ascertained that
the instrument had penetrated the heart.

In refutation of the. charge, it appeared that
there - had been considerable dissension and riot
amongst the natives Of. Ireland, the whole of the
day preceding the death of the deceased, who., by
possibility, might have received the mortal cvound
from some other hind than that of the prisoner.
Mr. Justice IitATH, in summing up the evi-
dence, •observed,' that the -testimony adduced
completely failed 'in supporting the • charge of
murder. If the prisoner had been 3uilty of any
crime, it was that of Illanslattghixr, but even of
that offence, as -against the prisoner, he dill not
conceive there was any satisfactory proof.—Ac-
quitted.
Saiah Penny -was next tried .on 'an indictment,
charging her with _having wilfully murdered her
bastard child at Hackney.

Lucy Bailey, a midwife, deposed,. that on the
morning of the .29th of August, she was sent for
to attend a person in labour, at the house of a Mr.
Smith, at Hackney. I She perceived the prisonet
sitting up in bed, and ,found that she had in
part been delivered of ar female child: 'Wkness
immediately proceeded to give her professional
assistance. On examining the child she fousn
that it had received sa severe contusion on the
chest.; and from the mouth there was a great ef.
fusion of blood. The child soon after expired.

everal other witnesses were called, but as their
testimony.only went to prove, that the injure;
sustained by the child might have been oecasioneil
by an attempt on•the part of the woman to delivea
herself, the Counsel for the prosecution declined
.proceeding farther with the case, and the prisonc.i
Was acquitted.

_
Thomas Heath stood indicted for the willu
murder of his wife. .Elizabeth, on the 19th of Jul)
last.

Sarah Cod deposed, that she called upon du
deceased on the morning of the ISth of July last
She found her in bed, extremely unwell; and at:
asking her the cause of her indisposition, slit
said that she bad been ill treated by her husband
Witness saw two severe bruises 'on her body.

TWo Surgeons were called ; "from the evidence
of -one of whom it appeared, that when he_ wal
'called in to the deceased, he did not anticipate
any fatal effects from her illness ; -and from th;
other, who opened her on the day subsequent tZ
her death, it appeared, that her dissolution w
not attributable to any exterior cause.
Under these circumstances, the Learned Judgi
directed ,the Jury &) acquit the prisoner. •

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