The Sun.
London, England, 1834-02-20 00:00:00

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)

ThisCHIN,CON.—JONES V. THONIPSON.
action Was brought to recover compensation in damages
for in,'
inal conversation alleged to have taken place between
.
,0 aef
0001, endant and plaintiff's wife. The damages were laid al
.
•
Mr. sergeant WILDE stated the case. From his statement it
aPpeared that the
widow
Plaintiff had been in the coal trade, and was
daughtee re f s hen
he married his present wife, who was the
of ver
Y re
0 n :enr attorney named Anderson. She was a lady
able accomplishments She, having lost her
tl'aherents , was placed in a
Plaintiff boarding school, and there it. was that
placbecame acuainted with her. The marriage too
andei:n 18
when the plaintiff' was thirty-two years of age,
t scwas he °f Pure affection—they lived together on the
lausegin- a“ectionate terms. The plaintiff was unfortunate in his
Ulan ess'
and Was in consequence compelled to accept a situa-
t.he Mauritius, which he obtained through the house
to be erin° and Co. He was not in good enough circumstances
ran enabled to take his wife along with him, and it was airh_
bitnBsedeif between them that he should go out and establish
ees tbal%d his wife should follow. Under these circums
d.,
tend,ueitr-"htifr %vent out in a ship, commanded by the e_
tlitteethnd proceeded to his situation. Before defendant
"lan on his return, the plaintiff 'found that he
t 0 rt ibe enabled to send for his wife immediately, and he ac_
when hg: arranged with the defendant that heshould bring her
ofotio-h.cfrae out. She embarked with
.11,im in 1831,in the month.
the utte-``, and on her arrival was received by her husband with
served :hat affection. A strange alteration, however, was o.b-
quir"'n her conduct, which induced him to make some in-
set:a, and then the circumstances which caused the present
the'r' were discovered. Some delay took place before
bet eridenee
could b made complete, but the plaintiff
hp, 4° tittle in bringing his action. It appeared, that
Pretm.hthe plaintiff quitted England, Mrs. Jones .
.was
the 4' and a few months after her arrival in the Mauritius,
the Igoe birth to a child The cabin which was fitted up for
Wits Vay la the vessel was' next to that of the defendant; there
bet it:.°°' between the two, leading from the one to the other,
They h"...,4 fastened up, and a chest of drawers placed against
rs.
te,,,;;.1 not
long sailed before the defendant had the drawers
kite." nn the ground, because they were insecure from the
sergeant
Me ship. It was supposed (continued the Learned
cooti7i t) that the intercourse had then began, and was
„_alletlL" successively throughout the whole of the voyage. He
ne of the Jury to give exemplary damages, as it was a
wilt atrocity.
44).W was called to prove the marriage, who said. thet.
thrh ;°t 'it the quite 2.1 years of age. The plaini
4004 With
di rathertime barrassed circumstances, and expected
.he , his Wife.
the Private of the defendant's ship (the Royal Sovereign) was
and Witness,and proved that he had seen the defendant
11.,_j"es in bed together on more occasions than one
oe.pork mtntanno said, when the defendant returned to. England
eritainael et°llll'll of the matter, when he admitted to him that a
let nnversation had taken place. 41.8.
j°o4ler
-"ow the affection that subsisted, a letter from
Ifing win; .4 her husband was put in and read. He was. ten
:her den—b:a_und at Shoreham, and in it she addressed him. as
"' a dovaeres-Cdl4," and regretted that she had not the wings
tnna once%,t the Might fly to him and embrace him in her
ser ''°re before he quitted the shores of England. t
geant
444 'Opt AnDy addressed the Jury for the defe.ndan ,
the Parties nded that the evidence showed that the marriage of
abLutb lea was not one of affection, but had been brought
fortun the piaintim
n, for the purpose of renovating his broken
,ith "„," by Means of the five hundred pounds he expected
t„ ine ,
"ok
.`adY. It was in proof alzo that' the intercourse
thatch .e in the defendant's own cabin, which clearly showed
note was a consenting party. He (Mr. Sergeant Taddy) did
ih t:l,Pear there as the advocate of immorality, but certainly
4014.1.ea5e there was some excuse to be made for the defendant,
was `ne Peculiar circumstances in which he was placed. There
144.-the„ lady, the only one on board, sleeping in the next ca.
ohthe 7 barrier of the drawers was removed by some means,
deblY he found himself in bed with the beautiful Mrs.
het No doubt it was his duty, when the lady presented
1,44 self of
rave said, "Be off, you must not come here, this is
't j„Lb you ;" but, unfortunately, he had not the courage
b—he fell into the temptation which he could not
nit th'ebnPed he would behave himself better in future. ;
"at h ~-„e act had been done, no doubt, he must suffer for it,
'ase he
put it to the Jury that the present was not a
''ett eaalled for heavy damages.
The "„ CHIEF JUSTICE having summed up, .
plaiheiffdUry almost immediately returned a verdict for the
Damages, 4001.
tXEr,
‘4l-ITION of PATRICK MARTIN and
AIARIA CANNING.

I,l,Pri,oln the Dublin Morning Register of Tuesday.)
si,..Z.' e nduct of the wretched culprits sinceb they received
0-"r.7.noe:ofn Friday last, has been unmarkeeadtrocydayny strong ex_
of the crime
0t.."41e4:,
inontrition or remorse fur tbhearing
of Martin was
firm throu neY were convicted. The
, ghotn, and,
the gaol, : immediately
after t ; .. upon reaching
Which': pas
of sentence, he called for a pint
roedf
.porter,
The
male e d.nk °f? as coolly as if nothing had occur
. feeling as upon the trial, and the
,iaY, ciircunastance which appeared to give her any
eusneefaswine3esrs.
ins
at
rheel ra snitts t et
tr should not obtain whatever.abrticl
She
made
itthuereurizained in heHrilog
heg
application, throfuen'h
S riff in attend-
ance, Sir D. J. Dickenson, wn'ht: them
gtly made the neces.
sary inquiries upon the sublect, and ordered her wishes to be
tarried into effect. I-1.
-- v'stted her in her cell, and inquired if
the was anxious to have the assistance of any particular clergy.rnan ? She replied that she was,
tiklan
, i who, upon being written to, was found unfortunately
andc named a Reverend gen_
ouinwell, and unable to attend, ilis place was, however, sup;
Leti.Y the. Rev. Mr. Doran, Roman Catholic Chaplain to th
and O'Fahy, of
A 7:, assisted by the Rev. Messrs. M
4 " 'street chapel, who, from the interval
relaxed in their
'4'411
never
attentheir conviction and execution, alliswliich elapsed be
guiit—with Martin
theranee upon the two prisoners, ofrtihnetirheir efforts to awaken.
their!! a sense of the enormity
ecessful i he devoted himself
to pr.:iertions were apparently.
Prepa during the short periostulcallowed him by the law for
ftei aroll with seeming earnestness,
iyilentedisdttungogtlea.ppe,:irottioo
Cann7'ntelY the terrors of the approac
~,
1.6,1448, on the other hand, was more alive toobstthreactlatbtte,tr
tho'nei but could not be prevailed upon
the4Ptit from the vain hopes which the recom. mendation of
ex,UrY had excited, and up to a recent period before her
PtiZi", she was under the impression that she. would bere-
t ed• Neither of them, however, made a direct confession
" illtilt and the only admission which can at all strengthen
"he e rt' •
tle.,_est
tainty of a crime which has. been. established by the
ever'.
rodand
.most connected chain ot circumstantial evidence
lila._P need in a court of justice, is a conversation which took
appointed for
thesse about five minutes before 12, the
son:rXecution,_between Sir Drury
~, That gentleman, after representing to Martin the near
Dickenson
.
ttheied.victim.
. rn amle.pxrei-,
,teach of his d
tit nom, entreated of him, by
4, 0 and forgiven l
wich he was
moth s or the dreadful crime for .
his hopes of salva-
th about to suffer, to say
tep% Was administered to their unfortunate Martin
uchtifoorft.th.eamte the poison
4,', and said, in answer to this, " that he had notemnplacea,
he 1.7.4 When pressed to state was it his wretoc.hteditioanc
that the
gheriTsed to answer, except upon
the
c be advantageous
t° her Would assure him that his reply would
deceased must
have • Bir Drury casually observed, that the
the arsenic,
ttrm suffered dreadfully from the effects ofh
did not suf-
fer at jartin eliietly replied, " Oh no, sir,
'elock, the pri-
kner lan," A few minutes after twelve o c
across the yard
leach,: eft the condemned cell, and proceeded.
between
144 to thestairs of thepress-room. Martin walkedi.his
hand, Neati ??an and Mills, holding a prayer-book
responses to the
listing
In a loud and firm tone of voice the
isstep
was
,teki, ' ktited by the Reverend Gentlemen. H
bearing
as. ' and treed
---, the same erect .
vh hi . -asured, and he preserve..
above the middle
height 1 trial. In he was a little
,person, w
his
light ei.;44" hi* features were common and
unexpressive,
;
his s----Y e?e sw • in rheum of habitual intoxication..
-6e 6,,,.._ Miming the
and
from his carriage style of -,-,`+ned to be about fifty, and,
army. The
44(41 '41% he appeared to have served in the
h 5 priaor„
than
fifteen years younger .
, er t.„. 't seemed to be ten or
ad protruding
-.srisht "'t 'vas extre 1 forbidding, her forehe
. erablyove me
y nose while her na u t ral corn-
I'l aunt saii_ r a small turned uP
She
11 tly her fears.
Was ohyßed'uW, Was rendered still more gas by
O'Fahy, and, ac-
as Pa if,„,7,t°lean for support on the Rev. Mr.
thus proceeded
stun n, "s' ul, several of the Sisters of Charity, she
repeating
as he "e reached the Martin entered first,r,
saute werit
_,_ pressroom.
in the
t: foil 4.ng, The Lord .
have mercy on me
.t,
he walked unhesi
"ngly t44e and firm voice as before ~ .
*topped° the
the drop, and
n, steps which led immediate') to
for death are
inacle. 'I
'"e spot where the awful preparations
with
their fh At each side of it stood the two executioners;
calling the
altent:es enveloped in masks. We cannot avoid
such
Arta ion
°r those whose province it is to. superintendme
fitted for
a harleq‘ai"S tll the fact of those masks being
of the law upon
"lx,tell a soieTh4 or bufibon, than the instruments 0
supported by
she 01' C,,4°eoasion. Maria Canning followed, .
0_
One-"e Woulad },'" Who was obliged to sustain her with his arm, r
seemingly
oasoli,„ "ave fallen ; she tottered mechanically on,
lips were
closed,
5"55, of what was Passing around her ; hes Then
she
arrived 4! she
did not appear to join in prayer* w
to her
conductor-4
hiartal, she was obliged to cling for support
After
ternaloin and reclined her head upon his shoulder.d
calmly
to ti. ta feW smut `s in prayer, Martin turned round
vti h' le
he w,._ execUtioner Ls
• self in his
.in the
act
_and.placed
hh.im
he said, pointing to the
that, uwsniell lay untooDinl°nlng imi , „ When you take uP
ach,a.... it quieki.. the groum ,
then secured, and he
whicZeed. to the ui: H. is arms were
firm
and confident step.
to the tae ohservabl Withth the samesom
Some delay ensued, owing
four tirnZ
e Prisoner havingrougifainted;ont
she groaned three re
gaoler, sh 4 —nt '
,-co knn- water aving been procured her by
Neither of th -vered a little, and took her place upon the drop.
maThey were iw,E74 aktessed observations to the popu ....
nner in whr!ediately turned yotr ' and, owing to the bung i g
'the knot
having tur 'eh
the exec • r did their duty, .
st
ned fro, . utione s
Martin
struggled for son; 14 original position to the chin,
After haogiu a seeps
and delivered
of for
half an hour, the bodies were cut down,
The
line
of their friends.
thesethronged fro streets leading towards the gaol was densely
t; in
an earlY hour in the morning.
/ nderstand anti- a mem • 1w s addressed on Sunday to
Jury 14 Lieuten-Dresza
iwhea
recommendation of the
dale
C2"tt4vkce4r If Canning---hY Ar. Joseph Hamilton, of Anna-
tions ja tail—, w.O has ever distir ti. ished himself by his exer-
I C 44,0 of hurnauity a'ngtl benevolence.