The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-20 00:00:00

COMMISSION OF LUNACY.

Saturday a commission de lunatic() inquirendo was
opened atßethlehern Hospital, beforeMr.Commissioner
Winslow and a special jury, relative to the state of
mind of Fanny Gunyon, aged fifty-two, widow of a
gentlemen connected with the Anglo-Mexican Mining,
Company.
The commission, which was unopposed, was taken
out by a brother-in•law, Mr. Thomas Gunyon, of Mr.
Warren's Hotel, Regent-street. In its support Mr.
Sparke appeared as solicitor.
From the evidence of Sir A. Morison, physician to
the Hospital, and other witnesses, it appeared that
Mrs. Gunyon's husband died on the 30th of De-
cember, 1844, after which, as early as the 10th of
February following, while residing at Clapham, e/e
began to exhibit a diseased mind, by throwing her
things about in disorder, and saying she had by her
misconduct and neglect caused her husband's death,
though she was known to have acted otherwise. She
was constantly crying out that her children a boy
and a girl, would be murdered; that nothing but
poverty was before her, although she had 1501. a
year, beside money in the funds. Though previously
religious, she became irreverent and blasphemous.
She would not leave her house for fear of being
robbed ; attempted to commit suicide by throwing
herself into a pond at Clapham, and became. so .un_
manageable as to render it necessary, on March 13,
1845, to convey her to Cowper House, Brompton,
where she became worse, but since her removal to
Bethlehem, which was on August 14, 1845, she bad ,
become more calm. .At Cowper House she thrice
attempted to commit suicide, once by hanging herself
with the strings of her strait waistcoat, a second time
by tearing open the chief vein of the left arm, and a
third time with a table-knife, which she concealed up
her sleeve. The remaining testimony tended to show
that she was still imbued with similar delusions.

This was confirmed by her conduct when intro-
duced to the jury. On her entering the room she
flew to her son, a youth about 15, clasped him *vio..
lently round the neck, bedewed him with tears,' call-
ing him by the most endearing appellations—refused
to sit down or answer any questions if he was -re-
moved: The scene was altogether so affecting that
several of the jury shed tears. She was at -length
induced to allow her son to be removed, and • then
answered several of the Learned Commissioner's
questions, some of them very strangely, bat con-
tinually calling out, "My child, my child!" She
constantly expressed a desire to go home to her
children, said she had always paid her way, and never
did any harm, but admitted the attempted suicide,
assigning as a reason that sh 3 was " jacketted" at
Cowper House. She occasionally complained that
011 r. Nicholls, the governor, and other gentlemen in
the room, were laughing at her, and once said, " You
seem to have brought Doctors'-commons, the Lord
Chancellor, and all to laugh at me." She said she
thought " the whole world was in a blaze when her
husband died."

On her retirement the jury expressed themselves
satisfied, and returned a verdict, dating the unsound..
ness of mind from " March 13, 1845."

SINGULAR DEATH.--On Thursday last an inquest
was held at Oxton, touching the death of Sarah Lacey,
widow, aged 70 years, who bad been found dead in her
bedchamber on the evening of the preceding day, having
fallen upon her face on the floor, flattened her nose, and
her head and face being much swollen. During the
night of Tuesday she was heard by a neighbour shaking
a board and shouting out that the rats had gone over her
head, and were pulling at her feet. It seems that she
had for some time previously apprehended that the rats
were biting her while in bed, and it is supposed that,
being under alarm, she had got out of bed, and fell upon.
the floor and died, The jury returned as their verdict,—
" Found dead from natural causes, but accelerated by
fear of rats biting her, and falling down when she WAS
alone."—Lincoln Times.

From 300 to 400 shipwrights in North and South
Shields have been suddenly thrown out of employment,
mainly, it is supposed, owing to the pressure of the times.
—.Newcastle Guardian.
The number of men who desert from the British
army annually is estimated at more than 2,500.

FIRE IN THE MINORIES.—Last evening a fire of a
very alarming character, nearly attended with fatal con-
sequences to an aged female, broke out upon the pre-
mises in the occupation of Mr. Foulkes, a cheesemonger,
59, Minories, near the Blackwell Railway station. The
flames were first discovered by the police constable on the
beat through seeing smoke issuing from the window.
shutters. With all possible expedition numerous engines
attended, and also an escape, belonging to the Royal
Society for the Protection of Life from Fire. The flames
in the shop having been partially got out, the firemen
then worked their way, with branch in hand, up the
staircase, and after considerable trouble the fire was
totally extinguished, but not until it had gone through,
every room in the spacious house, destroying in its pro-
gress a deal of valuable property. The origin of the
fire is not known.

EXPORTATION OF GRAIN FROM POLAND INTER-,
DICTED.—A letter from Berlin states that the exports-
atm of rye and other grain from Poland has been inter-
dicted from the 13th of January next. This decision
will, it is thought, cause great injury to the corn'trado
in Prussia. as that count. y imports from Poland, for its
own use alone, a milli-an of bushels of rye per annum,
besides a large quantity of wheat, which it forwards to
Holland by Dautzie.
On the Ist August last there were 25,000 English
residing at Paris aed in the environs. At Boulogne
there wire 7,000, art; at, C t;.;i, 4000; 25.000 resided in
other parts France. Their expens, s are reckoned
altogether at s,ooo,CoA—P'rr.. lii iniAterial Print.
MURDER AT SIDIEWSBURv.—SHREWSBURY, FRl-
excitement has been c.used in this
district during tilt, past few clays, from the circtilatioa
of a report that a boatman, named Thomas Hinton, had
been • so. brutally ill -used by a party of navigators, that
he shortly afterwards died. The short facts, as ; far as
they have vet been elicited, were as follows :—The de.
censed, who was in the employ of Messrs. Whitehouse,
the carriers, was standing near the Old Factory-bridge,
when, from some trifling cause, a disturbance arose, and
after a few angry words the navvies lett, but shortly
afterwards returned, armed with heavy pieces of wood,
and having driven off the deceased's companions, they
ill-used hint most cruelly ; one knocked him down,
another gave hire a blow on the head with an earthen-
ware jug, and a third kicked him in the ribs. They then
left him bleeding on the ground. He was taken to an
adjoining inn, where he died on Monday. An inquest
having been opened by Mr. Gordon, the coroner, and
the surgeon having stated that the injuries were the
cause of death, the inquiry was adjourned for additional
evidence. Four or five persons have already been,
apprehended on suspicion.
MURDER, AT BIRMINGHAM. To-day (Saturday)
an inquest was held at the Grand Turk, Ludgate-hill,
on the body of a male child, which was found dead in a.
chimney a few days ago. A verdict of " Wilful Murder's
-was returned against the mother, Jane Bsylis.
A policeman at Manchester has been dismissed
from the force, very properly, for buying fire-arms fromi
the 'pawnbrokers for the purpose of sending them to
Ireland. •
ESCAPE or SEVEN PRISoNERs.—On the night of
Wednesday last, seven male prisoners effected their
escape from the gaol at Huntingdon. They were all
locked in the cells at the usual time, in one of the most
secure wards of the gaol. Nearly all the locks of the
cells had been forcibly opened, the straw beds emptied
upon the floor, and the bedcases applied as a rope, being
securely attached to each other by a " sailor'a knot,
and by which they scaled the boundary wall, having
first with great force broken asunder a solid iron bar in
in the fence of the ward, inches square, and 10 feet
long, passing through an area, where a most powerful
and fierce watch-dog ranged the interior of the prison...-.
Cambridge Gazette.
A REWARD OF 501. HAS BEEN OFFERED FOR THE
APPREHENSION OF LORD WILLIAM PAGET.—It_ ap-
pears that a true bill was found by the grand jury, at
the Central Criminal Court, on Sept. 20, against " Capt.
Lord William Paget, R.N„ for obtaining money under
false pretences," and the reward is
isaand dvelrotdigseed, toor
ebaenapetut
to any person who will apprehend
be apprehended and lodged, in any of her Majesty's gaols
in England, the said Lord William Paget, who wag
lately M.P. for Andover. His personal appearence
is
described.. The solicitors to the Society of Guardians
for the Protection of Trade are announced as the parties
seeking his apprehension.
R
AreW
So
AY.—The goods train has
commenced
running to Totnes, which is o great accona-
medation to the inhabitants, who have been paying eller-
til ets D eN
mously for having their goods brought 'by waggon troba
Newton. Locomotive engines on the rail now proceed
several miles below Totnes, and it is anticipated that in
a very short time the whole line to Plymouth will be
opened.
.NOTICE TO THE DOWLAIS MINERS.—A notice has
been given to the Workmen employed at these large
trtandeesm men
enthlievmin themselves,
at ves
t,hbe ustbal:v:
to the
works, that they will be discharged in the course of
few weeks. It has, as it might be imagined, caused the
deepest
grreegarte
.bulk
kt
ofonlythe to
place.-Monmouthshire
MORTALITY .OF EDINBURGII AND LEIT3I.—Tha
mortality of Edinburgh during the month of November
am. ounted to 755, 368 being males, 360 females, and 27
The mortality of November, 1845, was 325;
'that of November, 1846, 7'fiS 397. The mortality of
Leith, during the past month, amounted to 99; 37
being males, 53 females, and 9 still-born. The
mortality of November, 1845 was 49, that of Novem-
ber, 1846, was Si. The mean temperature of Novem-
ber was 45;;t, degrees, being three degrees lower than
the ;mean temperature of the previous month, and
1 1-3 degree higher than that of Novemberdegrees,
of
last year. The range of temperaturetwhea was 35lowest de-
grees6o being the highest
and
in-. the shade during
the month. The quanti
.of temperature note
-t3 d
of rain which fell during
November, amounted
inches, and the prevalent
to 1.64
west.
Thick damp fogs, with frost,
prevailed on the
17
the
thand 18th, and again on the 26th
and 28th days of the month, and it was during and sub.
Sequent influenza become so general among
to these that
all
classes.—Caledonian Mercury.
BARTER.—NEWSPAPEn FOR GEESE.—WS will
agree to send the paper one year to any, farmer in this
us,
neighbourhood who will bring before thanksgiy..
ing, a barrel of good sound Chenango potatoes (must
be a prime article)—or one year's paper for each 111 h,
of good fat turkeys—or one for each 121 b. of good fst
chickens—or one for each 141 b. of fat geese.--Portee
mouth Gazette (11. §.)

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT, Yorkl, Dec. 17.
(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)
.Killick was charged with having, on the
314, of July, feloniously wounded Mary Holmes,
with Intent to do her some grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Pickering and Mr. Price conducted the prose-
cution ; the prisoner was undefended.
It appeared that the prosecutrix, who is between
seventy and eighty years of age, resides with only a
servant girl in a detached house at Holme, on Spal-
ding Moor, 500 yards from any other house. The
prisoner is a railway navigator. On the :31st of July
the prosecutrix was In her kitchen, when the prisoner
came in and asked for a glass of water, as the day
was hot, and it was given him. He shortly returned
Again, asking for some more water. This was given,
amid then be rushed upon the prosecutrix, saying,
" To tell the truth, what I want is your money,"
and struck her over the head with a hammer. The
servant girl cried out, " Don't murder her," when he
struck at the servant girl, who parried the blow. A
struggle ensued, and the servant girl got out of the
house, fastened the door, and made the best of
her way to the nearest house to give an alarm, and
thus obtained the assistance of a gamekeeper and
two others. When these got near the house they
met the prosecutrix, her face streaming with blood,
and much exhausted; the prisoner was seen running
away, he was pursued, but was last amongst some
trees. Information was given to the police at Market
Weighton, and in a few days he was caught at the
Cross Keys public-house, at Cottingham.
H:s LORDSHIP summed up.
Verdict, Guilty.—Sentence deferred.
The grand jury were discharged this forenoon.
They intimated to the Court, through the foreman,
that they considered there could be no necessity for
a third assize if the two assizes were held at more
equal periods.
His LORDSHIP promised to make a representation
on the subject to the Government.
(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
Thomas Ridehalg, aged 27, was indicted for the
wilful murder of James Hudson, at Bradford, on the
2d of November last.

Mr. Blanshard and Mr. Johnston conducted the
prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr.
Overend.

It appeared that about eleven o'clock at night, on
the 2d of November last, the deceased James Hud-
son (who was by trade a sawyer) was returning from
Bradford to his home, which was at Bowling. He
had been drinking at several public•houses, and as
he was proceeding towards the Wheatsheaf tollbar he
was overtaken by two men named Metcalfe and Faw-
bert, who walked one on each side of him, and shortly
afterwards they were all overtaken by the prisoner.
When he came up with them the deceased said, " I
know that man, I will shake hands with him ;" and
then the prisoner put out his left hand, saving that
his right was lame. The deceased then said, " That
is not the man I thought; I'll have nothing to do
with him." Upon this the prisoner passed on a little
in advance, and when they had got a little further
than the Wheatsheaf public-house the prisoner was
muttering to himself. Deceased then said to the pri-
soner, " Dost thou want anything ?" The prisoner
replied, " I'm ready for thee at any time." This was
about twenty yards from the Wheatsheaf Inn. The
deceased then advanced a little and then stood
still. They then fought; a struggle ensued; the
prisoner struck the deceased in the back ; he fell, and
the prisoner kicked him three times, upon which the
deceased said, " That's not fair play." He then got
up, but fell immediately. One of the men who was
with them had gone int) the Wheatsheaf; people
rushed out, and when they came to where the unfor-
tunate man lay they found he was dead. On a post
mortent examination, it was discovered that there were
no less than sixteen stabs in different parts of the
body, three of which had penetrated the lungs, and
one the heart. The prisoner, on being taken into
custody, said, " I gave him three stabs as hard as I
could, and this (producing the knife) is what I did it
with."

Mr. OVEREND addressed the jury for the prisoner,
contending that the knife was nut used till the blood
was heated, which would reduce the crime to man-
slaughter.

His Loupsuir summed up with great care, ex-
plaining most lucidly the distinction between murder
and manslaughter, and desiring them to consider
whether the knife was drawn in preparation for the
fight, or whether it was only resorted to after the
blood had become heated.
The jury retired for an hour and a half, and re-
turned with a verdict of Guilty ; but added, " If
mercy can he extended and life be spared, the jury
would recommend him to mercy."
His LORDSHIP—I always ask the jury the ground
of their recommendation to mercy in cases of this
kind. I wish to have your reason.
The Foreman—We had some difficulty in coming
to a conclusion as to whether the prisoner was pre-
pared with a knife.
His LORDSHIP—If you have not made up your
minds on this point, I must desire you to go back and
consider your verdict.
The Foreman—l was requested to make the re-
commendation in giving the verdict.
His LORDSHIP—Then was it on that account?
The Foreman—Not exactly.
The verdict of " Guilty of wilful murder" was then
taken.
His LORDSHIP then addressed the prisoner, and said
that sentence of death would be recorded against him,
and that the least punishment he could expect would
be transportation for life.
Patrick 31‘Intyre was charged with the murder of
his wife, Nancy M'lntyre, on the 10th of November,
11145.

Mr. Overend and Mr. C. Newton conducted the
prosecution ; Mr. Aspinall defended the prisoner.
The prisoner, who is an Irishman, lived, in the
month of November, 1845, with his wife (the de-
ceased) and his four children, in the upper part of a
house in Mill•street, ; the lower part of the
house was inhabited by another Irishman and his
wife, named Fullarton. Between eleven and
twelve on the night of Saturday, the 2d of
November, the prisoner not having come home,
the deceased went out to seek him ; whilst she
was seeking him he returned home, and, finding
that his wife was out, he went out to look
after her. Soon after this some witnesses, who lived
opposite the prisoner's house, saw him and his wife
near the wall of their own house ; she was lying on
the ground and the prisoner standing over her, giving
her two or three kicks. She got up and went into
Fullarton's room, and said, " Oh, Mrs. Fullarton,
I'm a gone woman." She then sat down on the floor,
leaning against the wall, and was seen to be bleeding
from under her clothes. She, however, walked up
stairs and was put to bed, and a surgeon was sent for,
who discovered that she had received a wound in the
uterus, as from a kick, and that an artery had been
lacerated, which had caused the bleeding. She died
between three and four o'clock the next morning
from the violence she had suffered. The prisoner left
Hull the same night, and was not seen again until
the 12th of November last, when he was apprehended
near Grimsby, in Lincolnshire. When taken by the
police, he said, " It's a bad job for me ; I've done it,
and I can't undo it. It's a bad thing to kick a woman
in a passion."
Mr. ASPINALL addressed the jury for the prisoner.
His LORDSHIP summed up.
The jury retired for a short time, and returned
with a verdict of " Manslaughter."
His LORDSHIP then sentenced the prisoner to be
transported for life.
The witnesses in this case, who were all Irish, pre-
varicated to such a degree in giving their evidence
that his Lord,hip was compelled to threaten to com-
mit several of them ; and one named James Jennings
was committed to prison for prevarication.
December 18.
(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)
Patrick Looby was charged with the manslaughter
of John Handley, at Sheffield, on the sth of October
last.

Mr. Boothby and Mr. Overend conducted the pro-
secution; Mr. 11111 defended the prisoner.
All the witnesses in this case, as well as the priso-
ner and the deceased, were Irish. It appeared that
the prisoner and the deceased had been quarrelling on
the morning of Sunday, the 26th of September, and
that the deceased having refused to fight, it being
mornan
Sunday, agreed to fight the prisoner on the Monday
da g. Unfortunately, in the evening of the Sun-
-9 the prisoner
and eased, and several other
Irishmen, met at the White Hart Inn, in Sheffield,
mwhereen,
and some fighting took place between the other
at last thethesea.ffraPyr,isoannedr ceased entered into
whilstand thisthe Isd,aes-
going on the Into
a large tin gas-shade,
with which he struck
gthirzeeeuddnedceased a blow on the
head, felled him to the
then struck him
about the ribs. The unfortun'atandrnan was taken to
the infirmary,
his own house, and on the Monde
detianeye'ollowing, on
where he lingered until the WednaeoYs,
blow
which day he died about seven
was of so violent a description that the srthul
fractured, and pieces of it were driven into the lbrWas
Mr. HILL addressed the jury for the prisoner. ain.
His LORDSHIP SIIIIMIGti up.
Verdict—Guilty.
His LORDSHIP, in sentencing the prisoner, said that
notwithstanding the death of the deceased arose from
An affray, yet, from the nature of the weapon which
had been used, he should pass a severe sentence. Sen-
..
NEWS tence, ten years' transportation.
`--, In the course of the day Patrick Reid (who was
, tried at the last assizes for the murder of Mr. James

Wraith at Mirfield, and was acquitted) and Michael
M'Cabe (who was a witness on the trial on behalf of
the Crown, and has since been detained in York
Castle for want of sureties to appear as a witness at
these assizeg) were brought up to plead to two indict-
raenta atarging them jointly with the murder of Mr.

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Wraith and Caroline Ellis, the female servant. They
both pleaded Not Guilty.
The trial is fixed fur Afonday morning.

Liverpool, Dec. 17.
(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.)
FELONY BY A BANKRUPT.—NON-SURRENDER TO
A FlAT.—James Dealtry, a young man of respectable
appearance, was charged with felony, in having, after
due notice of a fiat in bankruptcy being issued against
him, and being summoned to appear at the Bank-
ruptcy Court for the Manchester district, feloniously
disobeyed the summons, with intent to defraud his
creditors.

The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was
sentenced to be transported for the term of seven
years.

(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.)
MANSLAUGHTER.— Thomas Roderigues and John
Roderip;ues were indicted for the manslaughter of
Michael Haddikin, on the 29th Nov., at Liverpool.
Mr. Blair, with Mr. Preston, appeared for the pro-
secution ; and Mr. James, with Mr. Atkinson, for the
prisoners.
Mr. BLAIR stated the case for the prosecution. On
the day named in the indictment, the prisoners, who
are boatmen, went into a public-house in the neigh-
bourhood of Wapping, in company with several other
persons, amongst whom were several prostitutes. A
dispute took place, and one of the women threw a
glass, which struck one of the prisoners on the eye.
A general fight then took place, and the landlord pro-
ceeded to clear the house of the party. After they
were turned out the parties still continued fighting,
and Haddikin received a stab in the belly, from the
effects of which he died.

The principal witness for the prosecution was a
woman named Mary Anti Bowling (a prostitute),
sister of the deceased, who swore that Thomas Rode-
rigues stabbed her brother.
Upon cross-examination she admitted that she had
been in prison about a dozen times, and was an aban•
cloned character.

The principal corroborative evidence was that of a
little girl namediMary Roney, who stated that she saw
the deceased knocked down by a little man, whilst
the taller one struck him with something which she
thought was a knife, and immediately afterwards
there was a cry of murder- She immediately after-
wards went in search of a policeman. She could not,
however, identify the prisoner.
A woman, named Welsh, stated that she lived in a
court in Norfolk-street, and that on the night in
question she heard that a man had been stabbed.
I Presently she saw the prisoner, Thomas Roderigues,
running toward the court in which he lires. lie
had a knife in his hand, and blood on his arm and shirt
sleeve. Upon seeing him she said " That's the mur-
derer." She was quite close to him, and made a
" charge" to catch him. There was a woman stand-
ing in the court and he knocked her down.
Several respectable persons gave both the prisoners
the character of being well-conducted men
The jury retired, and after five minutes' delibera-
tion, returned a verdict of Guilty of manslaughter
against Thomas Roderigues, with a strong recom-
mendation to mercy, and Acquitted John Roderigues.
—Sentence deferred.

The Court then adjourned.
December 18.
(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.)
CHARGE OF MURDER BY A WIFE OF HER HUSBAND.
—Ann Mather, stated to be 26 years of age, was in-
dicted for having, on the 28th day of July last, at
Warrington, feloniously and of her malice afore-
thought killed and murdered Job Mather, her hus-
band, by administering to him and causing him to
swallow a certain quantity of arsenic.
Mr. Monk (with whom was Mr. Simons) con-
ducted the prosecution, end Mr. J. Pollock and Mr.
Wheeler defended the prisoner.
Mr. Morsx, in stating the case to the jury, said
that the deceased, Job Mather, was by trade a file-
cutter, and up to the time of his death had been a
workman in the employ of Mr. Stubb, who carries
on that business in the town of Warrington. He
was about 32 years of age. Was a widower before his
marriage with the prisoner. He had no children by
the prisoner, but had two by the former wife, one of
them being dead, and the other, a girl, now living,
was a child of about nine, whom it was proposed to
call as a witness for the prosecution. The prisoner
was accused of wilfully administering arsenic to her
husband, and so causing his death, and it would be
for the jury to determine, first, whether the deceased
had come to his death by that poison ; and, secondly,
whether, if they thought that to be established, they
were satisfied that it was by the prisoner he was caused
to take it. It would appear that Mather was taken
ill on Monday, the 12th of July, and was the next day
so ill as to be prevented from returning to his work
at his employer's works. He was not a temperate man
but his general health was good. A medical man
had been sent for, but that gentleman not suspecting
poison, had not given such antidotes as such a case
required. The symptoms, however, were all those
attending the poison in question. After taking some
of the medicines sent, deceased, although he had been
exceedingly unwell, became to all appearance much
better, but again relapsed ; and after great suffering
he expired early on the morning of the 20th of July.
It would be shown that previous to and during his
illness the prisoner had, on two distinct occasions,
purchased arsenic at different shops, professedly to
kill bugs, although it did not appear that she had
made any complaint of the house being infested with
bugs, except when going for the poison. With re-
spect to her motive, it would be shown that she and
her husband had not lived on happy terms. The
funeral took place the very day after the man's death ;
and these and other circumstances to be detailed
having caused suspicion, and rumour having attri-
buted guilt to the prisoner, the body, at the end of
three weeks, was disinterred, and, upon its being
opened, was found to contain a considerable quantity
of arsenic, and to bear all the usual appearances of the
unfortunate man's having died of that poison. After
stating these and other important facts in the pri-
soner's conduct, the following witnesses were exa-
mined :

James Barker, of Warrington, stated that he knew
deceased for more 'than seven years, and worked in
the same place. They worked for Mr. Stubbs, file
manufacturer. Deceased was ;about 30 or 32, and
was generally a healthy man, and regular in his
attendance at work. On Monday, the 12th of July,
there was a procession in the town, and the shop was
closed for a holiday. Early in the morning deceased
was there hard at work. At about seven on the next
morning he was again at work, but appeared very
ill, complaining of a burning pain at his stomach, and
dizziness in the head. Ile was absent from work in
the afternoon of Tuesday. Next day he came again,
but was then worse ; left his work, but never again
returned. Did not see him till the next Saturday,
when witness saw him at his house, lying in bed.
lle appeared very ill, and complained very much of
being sick and purged. Witness saw the body of
the deceased in its coffin, and attended the funeral,
which took place on Wednesday, the 21st. Was
present also when the coffin, by the Coroner's order,
was taken up. Saw Mr. Steel and Dr. Davis open
the body. Deceased and prisoner had been married
three years. He had been a widower, and had two
children by his former marriage, but none by the
prisoner; one of the children had died some time back.
The Learned Counsel having asked the witness at
what time that child died,

His LORDSHIP interposed., observing that it was not
a proper question, and orl'd that might be put for a
very improper purpo:6e, though not, in fact, so put
now,

Examination continued—Deceased was member of
several clubs.

Cross •exatnined—Could not say that prisoner's
ionduct to deceased had been kind and attentive.
James Emmersun, another man working at the
same place, gave similar testitnony as to the state of
deceased before he left the works. Did not see him
from the Tuesday morning until the Friday follow-
ing. Went to his house to do some work there on
the Wednesday. lie was upstairs then, and did not
see him, but z:alled to him and asked how he was, and
he said " worse." His wife was then in the same
room as witness, and in her hearing he said that
"she had given him a powder, and it had made him
worse." Witness asked her if she had had any
doctor to him. She said, yes, she had Dr. Steel ;
and he had given her some powders for him to take.
, What deceased complained of was a burning pain in
the stomach, and of being sick and purged.
Mr. Steel, the surgeon, of Warrington—On Wed-
nesday, the 14th, deceased, with the prisoner, called
at his surgery, when the former complained of pains
in his head, back, and limbs. Prescribed four compound
aloe pills, composed of aloes, saffron, and myrrh. Visited
him on Thursday following. He was then complain-
ing of pain in his bowels, which witness supposed
might have arisen from the medicine. Then pre-
scribed a saline anodyne mixture for him, consisting
of tincture of foxglovo, spirits of sweet nitre, and
other ingredient._ On the next day, Friday, saw
him again., when prisoner told witness that he had
had a very bad night, and she thought he would have
died, P..nd that he had been complaining of pain in
bowels. Deceased subsequently complained of
' violent pain and vomiting. Prescribed leeches, and
told prisoner to send to his house for some powders.
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whole length of the intestines. There were yellow
stomach and the intestinee: From,. ,
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