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ASSIZE :INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, July 23.
CROWN COURT.--(Before Mr Justice WILLIAMS.)
Battersby, a ged 22, and Eliza Wilkinson, aged
25, were indicted for the wilful murder of John Wil-
kinson (the husband of the female prisoner), at Shef-
field, on the 3d of May last.
Mr. Boothby and /dr. Smith prosecuted, and Mr.
Overend defended the prisoners.
The evidence on which the case rested was purely cir-
cumstantial. It apptsred from the opening of the
learned counsel, supper ted by the evidence, that the de-
ceased John Wilkinson lived in Wilson's-yard, Sheffield,
and teat his family consisted of his wife, the female pri-
soner, a little girl, his daughter, ten years of age, and a
lodger, William Bette rsby, the prisoner, who was a
cousin of the female prisoner, and was employed as a
porter on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire
Railway. It appeared also that from some cause feelings
of jealousy had existee in the mind of the deceased re-
garding his wife and the prisoner Battersby. On Saturday
night, the 3d of May, as late as twenty minutes past
eleven o'clock, the deceased was seen quite sober by
Joseph Bissett, a hatts.r, who spoke to him, and that
the deceased then se,d to him he must get home
and get to bed, as he wanted to be up early next
morning to go a journey. Ho was also seen by
Charles Hatton, a grocer in Dake-street, Sheffield, about
the same time, at whose shop he cal'ed. His little
daughter, Ann Wilkinson, a very intelligent child, ten
years of age, stated that her father and mother and the
prisoner Batteraby had. supper together that night, and
that she went to be.A atter supper. Battersby was
dressed in a fustian waLscoat and trousers. The waist-
coat had sleeves. Batimrsby slept in the same garret
with her, and father and mother slept in the chamber
below. Battersby was washing himself when she went
to bed. Next morning she beard some one calling, and
went down stairs and unlatched the door which led
from the kitchen into Wilson's-yard. The door was not
locked. Mrs. Johnston and her mother were standing
there. Her mother came tewards her and took hold of
her wrist and pushed even the door which led out of the
kitchen into an inner room, and then cried out "Oh!
dear." Mrs. Johnston went into the house, and then
her mother ran out, still keeping hold of her wrist.
Battersby had his clothes on whilst washing. She then
fell asleep. He had a blue-striped shirt on and no shoes
on. Her mother had a gown on and no apron when she
(witness) went to bed, and no shoes on. Nothing particu-
ler took place at supper. A few Sundays before she had
heard her father say something to her mother about Wil-
liam Battersby; and she heard her father say the Friday
before this happened that he wanted a new coat, and her
mother wanted him to wait a bit longer. Her father
told her mother she 'was not to go into the town with
William Battersby. From the evidence of Mrs. Eliza-
beth Johnston, who lived next house but one to the
deceased, it appeared that the prisoner came to her house
about a quarter past 7So'clock on Sunday morning, the
4th of May, and said that she and her husband had been
quarrelling, and that he was in such a rage that she hod
run up stairs and jumped out of the chamber window, to
get out of his way, as she was afraid of her life. She had
then no shoes on, and said she wished she had her boots,
and wondered whether her husband had gone to feed the
horses. The door and the window she said were as she
had loft them; and in answer to a question by the wit-
ness she said she had not looked to see if the key was
in the door. Witness then went to the house of
the deceased, by the female prisoner's request, to
ask her husband for her boots. She shook the door
and called out, and the last witness, the little girl, came
down and opened the door. The female prisoner im-
mediately seized hold of her daughter by the arms and
went into the kitchen, and through the inner door into
another room. She immediately lifted up her arms and
cried out " Oh, do come and look." Witness went into
thu room and saw the deceased lying on the floor on his
face, with his throat cut. She immediately ran out of
the house and gave an alarm, and her husband and Mr.
Wilson, the landlord, went in. She returned and looked
about for come instrument by which the wound in de-
ceased's throat could have been made. She found none;
but her husband found on the floor a white-handled
clasp knife. There was meat and butter on a table in the
kitchen, and the things on the table and the walls of the
kitchen and the ceiling were sprinkled over with blood.
The police were sent for, and the female prisoner then
said she wished " she had stood her ground, and her
husband had killed her too." Witness asked her what had
become of Battersby, and she said ho had gone to Belp (a
place about 16 miles from Sheffield), to seehis father about
11 o'clock at night, and that after that she and her hus-
band had quarrelled, and she jumped out of the cham-
ber window about 12 o'clock to get out of his way.
Witness had been in the yard several times the night be-
fore, about twelve o'clock, and had heard nothing. Wit-
ness asked her where she had been after she left her
house till next morning, when she called upon her?
Prisoner said she had come to her door and tried to wake
her up, and had thrown pebbles at the window, and that
she then went and sat in the petty till two o'clock; that
she was afraid to make more noise lest her husband
should follow her; that at two o'clock she was very cold
and went to Mrs. Lund's house and sat there till she
called on witness. Witness said to her there was a cut
on her husband's head. She answered he must have done
it as he tumbled down. Witness told her the police were
taking William Battersby's clothes. She said she hoped
there was no blood on them, and that Batteraby had cut
his finger on Thursday. The knife that was found was
not bloody. The window out of which the prisoner said
she jumped was open. The prisoner appeared to be much
distressed after the body was found.
Mrs. Lund stated, that about two o'clock on Sunday
morning, the 4th of May, the prisoner came to her and
awoke her, and asked to be lot into the house, as she was
very cold. She said she had been quarrelling with her
husband about a new coat, and that he had threatened
to cat her throat with a razor, and that she had ran away
from him about twelve o'clock and jumped out of the
window, and that she had been sitting in the petty since.
She had no shoes on. Witness left her sitting by the
hearth, and went to bed.

Thomas Johnston, the husband of the former witness,
examined, said his house was nextdoor to the deceased's,
and about twelve o'clock, while in his bedroom, he heard
an unusual noise in deceased's house, a kind of rumbling
noise, as of chairs and tables being knocked about. lie
looked out of the window, but saw nothing. This noise
continued three or four minutes.

Another witness, named Mary Ann Pearson, who
lived in Wilson's-yard, at the other side of deceased's
house, stated that a little before twelve o'clock on
Saturday night, the 3d of May, she heard a great
noise of rumbling about of chairs and tables in the de-
ceased's house, and heard something heavy fall down
stairs. She heard no voices. This noise continued
three or four minutes. She then heard some one run up
stairs to the garret and down again. The house door
was banged, and some one ran down the yard about
twenty minutes after. It was a heavy foot, and the per-
son had shoes on.
The policeman Rogers, and Inspector Attwood, who
took the female prisoner into custody, described how the
body was found. It was quite cold and stiff. The walls
and ceiling of both rooms were sprinkled with blood. In i
the garret were found a pair of fustian trousers and a

checked shirt belonging to the male prisoner, spotted
Iwith blood. They n'terwarcis apprehended Battersby in
Wilson's-yard, on his return from Belp, where he had
been. Another police•inspector, named Linley, after-
wards searched the deceased's house and found a bloody
stocking in the oven due, and one partly burnt under the
oven, soaked in blood. The chamber window was 15
inches wide, 3 feet from the floor, and 12 feet from
the yard. There were flower-pots in the window, which
were not removed. A piece of lead was on the sill, and
in the opinion of Mr. Rayner, the chief constable, no
person could have got oat of the window without remov-
ing that piece of lead. A poker with fresh marks of
blood on it was also found in the ash-hole. The pri-
soner Battersby, on being charged with the murder, said
he knew nothing about it, and came to Sheffield to de-
liver himself up when ho heard of the charge. When
in custody the female prisoner said she believed the de-
ceased had murdered himself, and that he had attempted
to commit suicide before by throwing himself into the
canal. The latter fact was proved to be true.
Mr. Wright, surgeon, of Sheffield, stated that he ex-
amined the body of the deceased on the sth of May, and
found several cuts upon the head, and the skull fractured,
particularly on the back part of the head, which was
driven in, and the bone broken to pieces. He found
coagulated blood on the right side of the brain, which
had produced the death of the deceased. The palm of
the right hand was bloody, and the upper surface of the
thumb was wounded. There was also a wound on toe
inside of the joint of the fourth finger, as if by drawing
a blunt instrument through it. The front part of the
windpipe was cut through. In his opinion this had been
done after death, and the injuries on the head of the de-
ceased could not have been inflicted by himself. The
poker produced might have inflicted them. The trousers
produced were marked with blood. The prisoner had a
superficial wound on his thumb, which would not, in his
opinion, account for the blood on his clothes. The shirt
and stockings produced were marked with blood. The
deceased might have fractured his skull by falling down
stairs, but not to the extent that it was fractured. This
evidence was corroborated by Mr. Carr, surgeon, of
Sheffield.

For the defence, the Learned Counsel for the prisoners
urged that there was a total absence of evidence to
fix the female prisoner with this dreadful crime. It ap-
peared that a quarrel bad taken place, and the evidence
seemed to show that the deceased had offered violence
to his wife. If, then, the prisoner Battersby had inter-
fered to protect her, as most men would have done, it
was possible in the row and struggle which took place
that the deceased might have received the injuries of
which he had died, and all the appearances would be ex-
plained.
His LORDSHIP, in summing up, directed the jury that
they must find whether the prisoners or either of them
were guilty of taking the life of the deceased. If they
were of opinion that the male prisoner had done this
alone they must then say whether the female prisoner
had assisted and abetted him. They must then consider
whether the offence amounted to murder or to man-
slaughter. The argument in favour of the latter conclu-
sion would have been more powerful had the death been
caused by less violence. It was difficult to account for
that violence on the latter suggestion. They would take
the whole circumstances of the case into their considera-
tion, and say whether, on a careful consideration, they
were justified in finding a verdict of manslaughter. It
was, however, only on a grave doubt that the charge of
murder was not made out that they could arrive at that
conclusion.

The jury retired, and, after a short absence, found
the prisoners both Guilty of manslaughter.
His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, said the crime of
which the prisoners had been convicted approached so
nearly to murder, that he should not be doing his duty
to the country if he did not pass upon them a sentence
next in severity to that for murder. His Lordship then
sentenced both the prisoners to be transported for life.
The female prisoner fainted on hearing the sentence.
The trial occupied all day till seven o'clock.

HOME ClRCUlT.—Chelm,lord, July 24.
CROWN SIDE —(Before Chief Juitiee Jeaves.)
George Crouch Viall surrendered to be tried upon a
charge of having wilfully and feloniously set fire to his
dwelling-house, with intent to defraud the Essex and
Suffolk Equitable Insurance Company.
Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Rodwell were counsel
for the prosecution; the prisoner was defended by Mr.
Ballantine and Mr. Parnell.
This trial commenced on Wednesday afternoon, and
was adjourned until this morning, and occupied nearly
the whole of the day. It appeared from the opening
statement of the Learned Counsel for the prosecution
and the evidence that was adduced in support of it, that
the prisoner had carried on business in a small way at
Manningtreo as a hair-dresser, stationer, and dealer in
hardware for several years, and it appeared that in the
month of March, 1850, he effected an insurance with the
Essex and Suffolk Insurance Company for the sum of
3001. for stock and fixtures in his shop. The fire which
formed the subject of inquiry took place about half-past
three o'clock on the morning of the 17th of November
following, and a few days afterwards the prisoner made
a claim upon the company for 2031. for loss of stock in
trade, and 331. for fixtures. This led to the usual in-
quiries in such cases, and in the result the prisoner was
taken into custody, and committed for trial upon the
present charge. The case would have been disposed of
at the last spring assizes, but upon the application of
the counsel for the prosecution tho trial was postponed
to these assius. The evidence against the prisoner
was of the same character usually adduced to sup-
port charges of this description, and consisted of a
variety of minute facts, all tending to show, in the first
place, that the fire was not an accidental one, and se-
condly to occlude the supposition that the act could have
been committed by any other person than the prisoner.
It was shown that about the time the fire broke out the
prisoner and his wife and children were in the garden of
their house, and one of them was heard to sey, " They
will be suffocated," or words to that effect, and it ap-
peared that although there were three water-butts
nearly full of water in the yard, the prisoner made no
use of them, and did not make any endeavour to extin-
guish the fire, which at that time could easily have been
done, as the firemen subdued it very speedily when they
arrived. It likewise appeared that the prisoner's claim
for loss very far exceeded the value of the property that
was destroyed, and it was proved that the prisoner had
takeu a sackfuil of different articles to a cottage in the
neighbourhood on the morning of the fire, none of
which exhibited the least appearance of having been in
smoke or fire. In addition to these facts evidence was
given that there had been an endeavour to make it ap-
pear that some person bad male a felonious entrance
into the premises, and that holes had been bored in the
backdoor, by which a piece of wood had been removed
large enough to admit a hand, and by that means open
the lock, but it was pretty clearly made out that the
greater part of these holes had been bored from the in-
side, and not the outside, of the house. There were also
a variety of other little circumstances, all tending to es-
tablish the guilt of the prisoner.
Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury with his usual
zeal and ability for the defence, and he endeavoured to
show that although they might feel that there was a
strong case of suspicion, yet that the evidence was not
sufficiently conclusive to compel them to find the pri-
soner guilty.
The CHIEF JUSTICE having summed up,
The jury, after a short deliberation, found the pri-
soner Guilty, and he was sentenced to be transported for
ten years.
Peter Holden, 39, labourer, was indicted for burgle-
riously breaking into the cellar of a shop, and stealing
some tobacco, cheese, and other articles, the property of
Samuel Harvey.
Mr. Rodwell conducted the prosecution, and Mr. R.
B. Barton defended the prisoner.
This case was one of rather a singular character. It
appeared that the prosecutor is a grocer at Manning-
tree, and late at night on the 29th of April a police-
constable, who was passing the premises, observed the
trap-door of the cellar (pen, and this exciting his
suspicion, he watched about, and in a short time a man
came out of the cellar carrying a bundle. He at-
tempted to seize him, but the man made a violent re-
sistance, and the officer vets compelled to use his staff,
and struck several blows, as he imaained from the
sound, upon the head of the person, and he was some-
what surprised to find that they did not have the usual
effect, and the man at length succeeded in making his
escape, leaving his booty behind him. Upon a search being
made at the spot were the struggle took place the con-
stable found a false hand made of wood, which had evi-
dently received the blows intended for the head of the
thief, and which had been knocked from its socket. The
constable immediately set about to discover to whom the
hand belonged, but here he met with some difficulty, for
it appeared that there were other persons in Manning-
tree who had had the misfortune to lose a hand, and
who now wore a wooden one screwed upon a stump
similar to that which had been picked up; but at length
the officer got a clue to the prisoner, and upon seeing
him ho immediately recognised him as the man he saw
coma out of the cellar, and he was accordingly committed
upon the present charge. A good deal of the evidence
for the prosecution, in addition to that of the officer, con-
sisted of testimony to show that the hand which had
been picked up belonged to the prisoner, and one of the
witnesses, an old woman, swore positively that she re-
membered the hand a great many years, and that it was
the same ho wore, and represented that she knew it
particularly by the spring band that was round it. It
turned out, however, that this band was one whieh
had only been patented within the last three or four
years.

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Mr. BARTON made an ingenious speech to the jary on
behalt of the prisoner, contending that his identity had
not been sufficiently established, and that the evidence
with regard to the hand that was found being that of the
prisoner was not sufficient to warrant them in finding
him guilty of so serious a charge.
A man named Finch was called as a witness, who, it
appeared, was one of the one handed men of Manning.
tree, and he stated that he had been in the habit of lend-
ing the prisoner his hand, or, as the Learned Judge
facetiously remarked, " lending a hand " to the prisoner
on several occasions, since his own had been burnt many
years before ; and he said that the hand which was
picked up did not belong to the prisoner.
Mr. BARTON then called a woman with whom the pri-
soner cohabited as a witness, and she attempted to prove
that he was at home with her on the night of the rob-
bery, and also stated that she had herself- burnt the pri-
soner's wooden hand some time ago. This statement,
however, was contradicted by another witness, who stated
that ho had burnt it; and it was pretty ele ir that her
evidence was not much to be depended upon.
The jury eventually found the prisoner Guilty; 'and
as it appeared that he bore a very bad character, he was
sentenced by the Learned Judge to be transported for
fifteen years.

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