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MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Lincoln, July 20.

CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron HoLre.)
MURDERS BY POISON.—Mary Ann Milner, a rather
interesting young woman, aged 27, was charged with the
murder of her enother-in-law, nary Milner, by poison.
Mr. Wildman and Mr. Dennison prosecuted ; Mr.
Miller defended the prisoner.
The prisoner and her husband lived at the village of
Barnathy-le-Wold, in this county, and were agricultural
labourers, or cotters. The deceased and her husband
lived in the same village. It would seem the old people
were taken ill, and were recommended by the doctor
who attended them to take sago. It would seem that
during the time the mother and father-in-law were
taking the sago the prisoner was there, and had almost
the whole house to herself, and to one of the witnesses
she admitted having given the sago to the old people.
The mother died. The father survived, but has become
paralytic. Suspicion having been excited by subsequent
circumstances, the body was exhumed, and the presence
of arsenic clearly detected. The prisoner was proved to
have purchased arsenic, but the facts were too slight to
warrant a verdict of guilty, and a verdict of Not Guilty
was returned.
The prisoner was then charged with the murder of
Hannah Tickels, being the wife of her brother.
Mr. Wildman and Mr. Dennison prosecuted ; Mr.
Miller defended.
It appeared that on the 30th of Juno the deceased
had eaten some pancake in the morning with the pri-
soner, and about ten o'clock she came into the kitchen
of one Mary Winter, stating she had been so eating the
pancake, and that she believed she was poisoned, and
should die, that the pancake had poisoned her. She
stated she had not taken any poison herself, and had
never had any in the house. Deceased, who appeared
to be in full possession of her senses, then left and went
to her own house, the witness followed, and found her
on her knees, violently sick, and saying the pancake
had poisoned her. She wished her husband to be sent
for, and he shortly afterwards arrived. This witness
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proved that she was with the deceased at intervals
to two o'clock of that day, and she continually
complained of her throat being very. hot. Mary
Watson went and told the prisoner what Tickels
said about being poisoned by the pancake ;
whereupon she turned pale, her lips became
white, and she seemed almost unable to walk. The
prisoner went to the deceased, and said, " Oh, Hannah,
do you think that the pancake has caused you to be
so ? " Tickels was unable to reply. She died about
six o'clock of the same evening. The first matter
vomited was thrown oway, but the witness thought what
was subsequently vomited should be preserved, and
told the prisoner so, but after the death of Tickels,
prisoner said it had got thrown away. Elizabeth Wat-
son proved that between eight and nine oclock of the
day in question deceased came to her, and asked,
":Whether she had any one in her house ?" she replied,
" No," Deceased said, she would tell her something, '
but she was not to tell any one." Sho then stated the
prisoner had come to her house and said, " Why, you
have no fire; I'll lay you have nothing warm this morn-
ing, 'and if she would go with her she (the prisoner)
would fry her a pancake. That she went and had the
pancake, but she believed the prisoner had put some-
thing in it, she felt so queer—that she would have left
a portion of the pancake, but a lodger was present, and
it would have looked unmannerly.
William Percival, a grocer in the same village, proved
that six or eight weeks previous the deceased came for
a pennyworth of mercury (white arsenic). He said it
was rather an awkward thing, but she appeared to be in
her right mind, and not likely to destroy herself. She
replied,
" Oh no, I want to kill some rats.',
James Burdet Moxon, a surgeon, proved the making
a post mortal:, examination of the body, and gave it
as his opinion, that death was caused by arsenic, in
which opinion he was confirmed by Mr. Paleron, a sur-
geon, of Brigg.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and sentence
of death was passed upon her.
There was another indictment against her for the
murder of Ellen Tickels.

Lord Redesdale had art interview with the Right Hon.
Edward Strutt yesterday, at the Office of the Commis-
sioners of Railways, in Great George-street.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
CLERKEN WELL.
John Ramsay, who, it will be recollected, surrendered
himself to the police on his own confession, was again
placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold, charged with the
wilful murder of Mr. Henry Williams.
Evidence was taken at great length as to the occur-
rences of the night when Mr. Williams received the
injuries that caused his death, but nothing definite was
proved that tended to connect the prisoner with the
crime of which he accused himself. Ultimately the case
was remanded for a week.
THAMES.
Caroline Ayres, a young woman about 20 years of
age, was charged before Mr. Yardley with stealing
various sums of money belonging to her master, Mr.
George Blake, landlord of the King of Prussia public-
house, in Cartwright-street, Rosemary-lane.
The prisoner had been in the service of Mr. Blake as
bar-maid for one year and nine months. Her wages
were only Si. per annum, besides board and lodging, and
when she entered her master's service she was very poor
and possessed of very little clothing. For some time
past Mr. Blake, who is a widower, and placed great
confidence in the prisoner, ascertained that his receipts
did not at all correspond in amount with the sale of
spirits, ale, and beer. He was slow to suspect any one,
and his losses continued to increase to an alarming ex
I tent. At last he began to entertain suspicions of his
ibar-maid, and ascertained she was in the practice of
making large purchases, spending a good deal of
money, and that she was about to be married.
Having been informed by another woman in his
service that the prisoner had given her money
out of the till to make purchases for her, he called
in police-sergeant Eves, No. 14 H, and Chaplin, a con-
stable, No. 104 H, who commenced searching her boxes
and drawers. While Eves was engaged in searching a
drawer in the prisoner's bed-room, she took a piece of
paper out of a box, and before he could stop her she put
it into her mouth, and made an attempt to swallow it.
Eves without any ceremony grasped her by the throat
and made her disgorge the paper. In doing so she was
nearly choked. After a great struggle he obtained pos-
session of it. The writing upon it was the prisoner's
own, and commenced thus, " Already bought, 201. 10s.
6d.," and then recited a list of various articles, including
a bedstead, bedding, table covers, Chinese ornaments,
vases, &c., recently purchased to the amount of 51. more.
Eves then continued his search, and found the prisoner's
boxes crammed with the most expensive articles of
wearing apparel, including a cardinal cloak of the best silk,
a new dress, five shawls, four cards of lace, and four hand-
Inge ‘,bigipeLlarin3mpl vith,_ th e most elegant ribbons.
and their production exhibited sufficient proof drat 1111,
prisoner had made extensive preparations to go into
housekeeping with her intended husband on her own
account. The purchase of these goods by the prisoner
could only have been effected by continually robbing her
master, and the deficiency in his receipts was at once
accounted for. A large piece of calico was also found in
one of her boxes, and it appeared from the evidence of a
fellow-servant that a few days since the prisoner took
ss. lid., in halfpence, out of the till, and directed her to
purchase some calico and a pottle of strawberries. A
bed, bolster, and two pillows, which the prisoner bought
a few days ago, were deposited in a house next door to
the King of Prussia, and were taken possession of by the
police. The prisoner had not forgotten to purchase a
very handsome lady's silver watch, and jewellery to
adorn her person, and the police laid their ruthless hands
on this property also, and would not allow her the use of
the gold eardrops, brooch, ring, and keeper, which she
intended to wear for the first time on her wedding-day.
While Chaplin wag looking over the back kitchen he ob-
served the bride in expectancy cover a wet cloth over
the dresser. He raised it, and found a silver watch
valued at five guineas. The prisoner wished her master,
the police, and the magistrate, to believe that she was
enabled to make the extensive purchases she had done
out of her wages-81. per year, but they were not so
credulous; they believed Mr. Blake's till supplied her
with the money.
The prisoner, who treated the affair with much levity,
said she purchased the calico with her master's money
for the use of the house.
Mr. Blake said he had never authorised the prisoner
to do anything of the kind.
Mr. YARDLEY remanded the prisoner for a week.
SOUTHWARK.
Mr. Seeker, one of the magistrates of this Court,
held a long investigation in the lobby of the Queen's
Prison, relative to a charge of assault brought by
Hart Davis against Mr. J. L. Barroiti, Captain Clarke,
Major Talfull, and Mr. Bean. All parties were prisoners
at the time.

Mr. Sims attended for the prosecution.
From the statement of the complainant, it appeared
that on the evening of Wednesday, the 14th, while on
the ground of the prison, he was suddenly attacked by
Barrotti and Clarke, who knocked him down and kicked
him severely. The other two defendants subsequently
took part in the attack upon him, and continued to ill
treat him until he was rescued by some of the watch-
men and turnkeys. He was so mach injured as to be
obliged to go to the infirmary for the night.
Mr. Parry, who appeared for the defendants, said that
he could prove that the complainant's statements were
very much exaggerated, and cross examined him with
the view of showing that his previous conduct had been
calculated to give great cause of provocation. He hoped
that the magistrate would deal summarily with the case,
and consider that an apology from Mr. Barrotti would
be sufficient reparation.
Mr. SEM:MR having intimated that he should send the
case before another tribunal,
—Mr. Parry said that he should not, in that case, call
his witnesses.
The charge was then referred to the next sessions, all
the parties being bound over to keep the peace in the
meantime.