The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-29 00:00:00

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N°.18,361.] LONDON, TUESDAY ;I;SUN
JULY 29, 185

tion and giving directions for her treatment, Mr. Leonard
left the house, and the prisoner ahortly afterwards has-
tened out for another surgeon, but before his return with
one the deceased had expired.
In cross-examination by Mr. Vann, on behalf of
the accused, the witness said, that when she first en-
tered the room, the prisoner declared that the deceased
had menaced him with a knife, and that he knocked
her down under the apprehension that she was about to
stab him.

Ellen Cooper, a married woman lodging in the second
floor, deposed, that on reaching home shortly after
toselve o'clock on Saturday night, she heard a low moan-
ing in the prisoner's room, followed by an exclamation
from the deceased of "Oh, my brain! bring some water
to bathe my temples, or I shall go mad!" On entering
the apartment with her husband, she found the deceased
lying upon the floor, and the prisoner, who exhibited ex-
treme anxiety and trepidation, was stooping over her
bathing her head and temples. On observing witness,
he implored her assistance, and begged Mrs. Holman to
proceed for a surgeou, who attended the deceased soon
afterwards, but was unable to afford her any relief,
and immediately after he had left, she was seized with a
strong hysterical fit, which terminated fatally in a few
minutes.

Mr. Thomas Leonard, a surgeon in Tabernacle-square,
stated that on reaching the house and examining the de-
ceased, who was perfectly insensible, he found, as far as
he could judge, that she was labouring under an attack
of apoplexy. He observed a livid mark, apparently
caused by a violent blow on her right cheek. He con-
sidered that such a blow was calculated to produce con-
cussion of the brain, accompanied by the other symp-
toms he had described. The woman was evidently in a
dying state; and on requesting the prisoner to explain
how the transaction arose, he replied that she had threat-
ened him with a knife, and that he therefore knocked
her down. Witness then directed him to send to his
surgery for some medicine, but added, that he expected
to be paid for it on delivery; upon which the prisoner
turned round upon him in such a threatening manner
as led him to suppose that he intended some personal
violence, and he hastily left the place.
Police-constable Sylvester, G 226, stated that having
received information about one o'clock that morning
that a woman had been murdered by her husband, he
proceeded to the house and was conducted to an upper
room, where he found the deceased lying quite dead.
The prisoner entered soon after, and on taking him into
custody he entreated his permission " to go and kiss her
poor dead body" before he was conveyed to the station-
house. He then approached the bed on which the de-
ceased was lying, and after kissing her face three or
four times, exclaimed " My dear girl, what shall I do
now; my right hand is gone from me." Witness then
observed the knife produced lying upon the floor, and
on picking it up the prisoner remarked, " That is the
knife my poor dear girl used to defend herself."
The prisoner, who appeared at that time to be perfectly
sober, was then conveyed to the station-house.
The prisoner, who was deeply affected and sobbed
convulsively throughout the investigation, declined
offering any observations, and was ordered to be re-
manded for a week to await the result of the post mortem
examination.