The Sun.
London, England, 1833-12-14 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME ClRCUlT—MarDsroxx, DEC. 13.
TRIAL OF JOUN BODLE, FOR THE MURDER OF HIS
GRANDFATHER, AT PLUMSTEAD.
The trial of John Bodle having been appointed
to take place this morning, the Court was crowded
at a very early hour. The galleries and the seats on
each side of the bench were filled with ladies and

gentlemen.
Mr. Justice GASELEE took his seat on the bench
at half-pest eight o'clock, and the Jury having been
sworn the prisoner was placed at the bar. He was
dressed very genteelly in deep mourning. The
Clerk of the Arraigns stated, that he was charged
in the indictment with the wilful murder of George
Bodle, and called upon him to plead.
The prisoner said he was not guilty.
Mr. ADOLPIIUS and Mr. WALSII appeared for the
prosecution ; Mr. CLARKSON and Mr. BODKIN for

the prisoner.
As the facts have been so recently before the
public, it will not be neces-ary to give more than a
slight sketch of the evidence,
Sophia Taylor, servant to deceased, deposed to
the prisoner coming to the house on Saturday, the
2d ult.; to assisting her in her household work of
his own accord, and to filling the kettle, and putting
it on the kitchen fire. The deceased and other
members of the family were taken very ill after
breakfast. Mr. Bodle was so bad in the evening,
that Mr. Butler, the surgeon, was called. The de-
ceased died on Tuesday evening. The witness, in
her cross-examination, said the prisoner was a nice
young man, and on good terms with the family.
Any one might have got access to the sugar in the
cupboard. Had seen the prisoner's father that
morning. He appeared very well.
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Mr. CLLRKSON understood that the father was
studiously kept out of the way. His evidence was
highly important to the prisoner, and he trusted he
would be called..
Mr. ADOLPRUS should not call the father, because
his evidence did not affect the case.
Henry Parker, the cow-boy to the deceased, de-
posed to cleaning the kettle in the afternoon of
Saturday, and scraping it with a chisel to get the
fur off. He did so at the desire of Mrs. Lear. His
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Elizabeth Evans, a daughter of the deceased,
deposed to being taken ill after having the cr)ffee,
on the 2d ult.
Mrs. Lear, who resided near the deceased's
house, said the Bodle family gave her the remains
of the coffee, as usual, on the 2d ult.; she left it at
her daughter's, Mary Bing; hearing that the coffee
had made the family ill, she took it from her daugh-
ter's and delivered it to Mr. Butler; the deceased
desired her to tell the cow-boy to clean the kettle.
Uri Bing recollected Mrs. Lear bringing her the
coffee; it was not used and Mrs. Lear took it away

again.
Mr. Butler, surgeon at Woolwich, deposed that
he made a post mortem examination of the deceased;
there were evident marks of arsenic; in his opi-
nion, his death had been occasioned by taking into
his stomach some deleterious substance • delivered
the coffee received from Mr. Lear to Mr. Farraday.
Dr. Salton, a physician, confirmed Mr. Butler's
testimony.
The following witnesses were then examined,—