The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-19 00:00:00

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torso more of fir. She had a coloured gown r•n, a wh..iht. 1
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en't, au' a . tele. The bone et had light ii
b°4 on it. "ma '
norerheasds-bexeamined—llad not seen either of these artic.les,
irtirestion.been spoken to about them since the night
the n,the cabman,
(elrn7 IlaPleso was next called—Was
the ler of the first cab on the stand in Adam-street OD
to him
ber St o.f June. Recollected a woman coming up
to before n,_me o'clock. She asked when the last train went
gnton that bight or the first train the next
il.l4.fling. Referred leer't the waterman. Did r_
annk he could recognise the woman, as he did not take
Particular notice of her t
from stand was but a short distance
.ota the house.
lithNathan Wills said. he was employedir by Mr. Bonnet, an
ntitlifiteedrehr.er Ahl,a4Ted a caug ,te of the deceased.
She dined with him on the pre-
age Sun let
and body. She
in excellent health. Her
t•'"" was 78 lag. d Had seen the prisoner four or fiv
noes at the I,' si 'd hilling a week. The
iegs. _le pal one S
decroerttesed became acquainted with the prisoner when she
was in the service of Lady Wyndham. Three weeks
Into thetheeity m_urder he told his mother that she was to go
to visit her brother. She told the prisoner,
with whose conduct she' was dissatisfied, that she must,
iti
consequence, get another lodging. He was present at
4 convereation about f r weeks before the occurrence,
!liklit which some allusion wasolt made to money. His mother
ed bial to have some beer, but said she had no money
tali for it with. The Prisoner said, " Oh, yes, she
,Br.,‘ some. in the drawer;" pto-which he replied, " Oh,
et Wind,
" She was
she always was a little scrowish.
Zzpetwnournriosutesh,s.
°I
and complained when she was obliged to
,d Cross.examined—The deceased was a strong, hearty
4
,lixabetwoman ; she was very deaf.
h Wills'daughter the of the deceased, identified
mother,the articles found in the bundles as the property of her
airs, Litchfield, another daughter of the deceased,
C",._• she recollected the prisoner coming to reside withe
4: Mother on the 29th of March. On that day the d -
plasincde,,tol_cl.her that she had fainted away. She corn-
it"t being ill. She was very poor, and
)attributedto
, t_ to illness and the length of time she had been tuf
i situation. Made a gown for the prisoner.
b eirthilluther was a woman of penurious habits, and keptn
err ,'Y in a drawer, the key of which she kept i
4' vet;Ket• Had seen the prisoner eight or ten times.
Illothetrdn. esTstopped all daywith the prisoner and her
from n , here was nothing in her conduct different
1,01. -titter Per plus
,;.LeOaduct. never netieed anything
peculiar in
Was not aware that she had fits whilst
utgiasstrsa"tl, an'in'd—
turned—`
"taer mother.
as not examined before either the
give ~ •
,ec or the coroner, and was firQt called upon to
"td nee a fortnight ago.
Jok4 jurYclalt—Her mother carried two 13""Ats.rms-
y„,,, 11 man—Her
water-gilder, living in Kings
• tr`ieo The
last
prisen-r came to lodge at his house last
to
tadenter, and continued there until she
herw twice
eitZ Her,
in February. ,ladseen
;fuse,tt Lmady
' own resi-
Wyndham's, and
hi,
^-)aw her about three weeokescebaeftorhels the murder
tog allawo house. Could not say that her conduct dur. -
ti 6, that time was different from that of other ra.-
ber-oal People. Saw her nearly every day. In Februar3d,
Veit:: *le aent to Mrs. Wyndhatn's, she said she h_ a. d
been 1:1„t° Brighton for some money, and that she ha
tri- u`saPPoieted. She said she wished to get to
ghto h t
would dobeginning
beta em of June, as she thought she
gave
_eer there than in London She said she
toliklbbe:money from a person named liilder. Recalled
ih, 4 eereeanorderebdut subsequently wrote her, say-
rob
o Paris, and that as he was short of .
ehad
b trifle,
to follow a person charged with
ihthe
0. not sPare her any. She was almost starving.
was
obiCjeas•-exatuined---Never heard her say that she
Ilideteded t"elive Air's. Wyndhana's because she was
con-
hid h- u"gerous.. Believed she told his wife that she
totes; ad fits. Believed Wilder belonged to the detectivke.
' . She
ass
11,, used to visit her three or four times a wee
fir s• ill when she came to lodge.
it fit 8'
Lill
said she never knew the prisoner to haveh
she while
she lodged at King's Arms-yard. Told
her
left ktta subject to hysteric fits. She told her after s e.
Pellears'WYodhatn's service that she had been cofirne
(443 to leave ' because the heat of the r altered
sheer to have fits. She said she had fits the left that service. Wilder kept her at
didoree'g• He had kept a
Thepfemal rise there
not "ne was not in the family-way. pf.irnald
mewwilorasitiy that she had left because they were ati fall into the fire.
Iraowlilatti Smith, butler to Gillespie, Esq., had
r
,1' thr the prisoner for seven years. Had not seen e
'eale h: Years until once in Adam-street last Bummer.
a
Period :4 at Brighloll two or three times a week. for.
the hi,s't fire years, as she was in the habit of visiting
thing -,1,133,aid at Lady Parsons'. Never noticed any-
severe V.,unar iu her manner. Saw her iu
%tired f", and whilst she was in that state sheererlr: moos and°r Wen to hold her. She was generally de
eroa quite absent after these fits.
1:141f tinii:"amined—The delirious state lasted generally
Partienltt"r7,,r2l three quarters. Did not notice her very.
lood.heartelnen she had such fits.
.She was a kind,
Brighton liked
er, e 0.,,..," person, and every
eoropiaittukt not say that he 4eeked °I her head. (The prisoner here cried, and
0 affected.) ohnaedinever heard her
Prisonil,rjales said she lodged in the same house as the
eleven weeks,t N°- 25, Great Marlhorough-stree.t for
Irlitne,r. Did not notice anything peculiar in her
The .
coortiisPrisoner here became so affected, and sobbed so
reirtor,,dis'elY, that his LORDSHIP ordered her to be
. ten
minutes, time,
short time, and the Court adjourned for
°II the
Iromm,
wisttnaption of the proceedings the unfortunate
Mr
Ztlere down when
°gain placed at the bar, looked pale
wkloadrs; erreesas'etil
' wife of the butler of Sir Alexander
Took , a CI, said she knew the prisoner at Brighton.
ttionthsP her abede at No. 42, A.dam-street, about four her fr, ago, and the acquaintance was renewed. Saw
the prig'', Ally. She behaved like other people. Saw taura 'sher aboalt t eight on the night of the
".
S'''
Pa*
in her speech
that tai ,_ • - apneaed wild and violent
erusgnt.
ltintl, and harmless. found prisoner humane,
, IIY lase
armless.
'''Y thetesj;:tlbci E—Was busy that night, and could not
kr. , e oohed at the prisoner's face.
the horawtord Bolt, surgeon, said he was called to see
of the I'd of the deceased at five o'clock in the morning
reee• of June, and described the injuries she had
ivea
to adol;:, The cord round her neck was loose enough
00 the'l'wo or three hands within it. Noticed a wound
lideeltSd. ureinftg iliafew' which must have been inflicted alter
blo The skin was red, hard, dry,' and greasy. A
would n cause redness. She had been
Theroeithl hours at lea: The deceased was dressed.
' "er the "-fire in the room. There was a wound
back
of orbit of the eye• Two wounds on the
also to have tthe beck and .on the head appeared
skull 'lave been inflicted after death. The
broken and
one
were healthy. Six ribs were
tt one side and eight on the other. Found that
the rin
hrehen.g3,of the windpipe had been compressed and
• coesention-ur ssure upon the lungs, and the stoppage, in_
death: ee, of the respiratory power was the cause of
Cross.
ettneed betalnined —Thought the injuries could be
l
the lie
ties on person. It was quite impossible that al
Peain could have been inflicted with a poker.
the Bain es
194 was re-called, and said he saw
hair. Could rid' and that, it was covered with. blood. and
n"ot rnorni not Say that he noticed the hair until the
Mr. g 1 ng•
the 1)1,2 tas re-called and positively asserted that
~,,,,3 or ,
°I the r., ' a poker could not have caused the breaking
hijarietus• The only way he could account for the
and thatwthas, that the deceased was lying on her back,
Plowd ,_, e Person who inflicted the other injuries em-
atru,,..- :!IS or her arms in doing so. Perhaps one
ribs"-'1), if it were violent, would have broken all the
th • Judged the time the deceased had been dead from
"trigdiy of the muscles and from experience.
ste-examined—The blow over the eye would no doubt
cause insensibility in a person so old.
By a Juryrnan—lt was quite impossible that a fall
Could produce the fracture of the ribs.
Dr. M`Murdo, the surgeon to the gaol of Newgate,
Was next examined—The prisoner had been under his
Charge since June, and he had been desired to pay parti-
cular attention to her, with the view to
a.s.cerLon the state
of her mind, and had done so. Had had continual con-
Versations with her. Had not noticed anything in her
eoaduct to lead him to the belief that shefwasaodfa'ue;:esouhnd
Itlind• She complained occasionally h
generall • said, when he spoke to her, thato shee. was'wetlilt.
the oorn)plaine'd of certain inconveniences. which had led
eitn
n„ to the belief, by examination, that she was preg-
--,,nt"(Considerable sensation.) e.,ross-exerniind Knew that 'stoppages undererssom
. et„ireLttrustanc'es affected the
.brain. Had known p
I3epeeeice mad fur a considerabletimeincoonfsmeltatedniceer.
the rtthgernent caused frequently unsoundness
tr, time it lasted. Had known persons
Ato
longhave
ehoyisi--
~ tintioe:l fits under. .such circumstances.
.. .
(73 A _ oee of epileptic fits would in time affect the mind.
far as he could ascertain she had been enciente three
Discharges at
111. four months.—(Renewed sensation.)
ornr:asonable times were caused by mental excitement,
°en physical labour.
frollY hej
unon—Was not an accoucheur, but spoke
pram experience and study. The regular action o.f tshe
, returned with the regular action of the function..
4,7' ylder, the constuble, was called, and said he had
Ma,,wri the prisoner for twelve months.
rch letters were then banded in, the first dated Bth
Is, , enclosing the prisoner 21., and trusting that she
tia°l4(l,!'ut Make any further call upon the writer, arid
Ileel ..t!_ner frete a person saying that he was too poor to
, hid e_.er, end advised her to come to Brighton. He said
h-1,"(' Pawned his watch, and sold his wife's counterpane.
41,• CL,kaxsorr then proceeded to address the jury on
w°4ll 01 the prsoner. He said he should lay evidence
lore them to show that at the time the prisoner corn-
itted the offence imputed to her she was in an irre-
' sPonsible state of mind, although he :admitted that it
ould not ehow that she was not a participator in Or
`1? accessory to the murder. He complained that new
Vwitnesses were brought forward, of whom neither im-
isler his Learned Friend had ever heard of beforehand
W whom they were totally unprepared to grapple.
stliaentead,t;tliretis the value of the Act of Parliament which
depositions should be taken in the presence of
heatiall,",,4meer, that they should be sworn in his presence,
b 'at he h ld have of
• bou a copy
lagii_ve teestrnirni them when he sought
In if fresh witnessesto be brought forward to
Wonatirti at
lth"eY:a-rheiiethewaecrceused could not rebut ? Let
nd them that the trial of the unfortunate
on at, of .
.as postponed until the present session
• awittett 'which stated that the parties who made
it, believed ek
The that the unfortunate w
WC4311111) SpatalbOne, of whom they had heard ;w-
-oman was insane.