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HOME CIRCUIT.-MAIDSTONE, Jim 28.

Crown Sit'e.—(Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.)

Char!es Haynes, 21, soldier, was indic►ed for
felony iu being at large before the expira ion of a
period of penal servitude to which he had been sen-
tenced. __ _ _

Mr. Deedes and Mr. Poland conducted the pro-
secution.

It appeared that the prisoner was convicted at
the Midd' esex see sions in February, 1857, of felony,
and that at this time there was a previous convic-
tion for felony against him, and he was serrenced
to be kept in penal' servitude for six years In
pursuance of that sentence the prisont,r was re•
moved to the Model Prison at Pentonville. where
he remained for a year, and he w; s then sent, with
a number of other convicts, on board the True
ion- c ,nvict ship, t ) be conveyed to Bermuda.
The prisonAr contrived to make his escape from
this ve,sel at Dertford, and enlisted into one of the
cavalry regiments, and on the 10th of June he was
seen at Chatharn, and it appea•ed that he•wen). up
to a ci ustll2le and surrendered himself as an escaped
convi. t

The jury returned a verdict of guilty.
Barcn Bram Nell, in passing sentence, said the
prisoner hid been at large for four months, and he
ehou'd now t*:creforo order him to be kept in penal
servitude for the further space of four years and
seven month . _ _ _

Thy prison r said he hoped he should not, under
year over again at the
mthiosdseelopterniscea,Lhave w pass a

The learned J dge said he appr ehe n ded not. That
period would be taken into account.
James Morris, 20, was it,dicted for the man-
elan bter of Philip Redwood.

This oharge arose out of a prize fight that took
place on the 26th May last, between the prisoner and
the deceased, in the Essex Marshes. The latter
was conveyed to Gravesend in an insensible state
after the stru_ gle, and he died about half an hour
afterwards, the cause of drath Icing an effusion of
bb od upon the b, a n, occasioned by the injuries he
t ad receive] during the fight.
Mr. Ribton addressed the jury for the prisoner,
and he endeavoured to show that the deceased
might have received some injuries in the course
of his removal from the place where the fight
occurred to Gravesend, which, it appeared, was a
distance of several miles, and that it was not suffi-
ciently clearly eittablished that the injuriL s were in-
the' ed by the prisoner.

•
Th- kiry je:urned a verdict of guilty, and the
prisoner was sentenced t two nwn,hs' hard labour.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT —IPSWICH, July 28.
(Before Lord Campbell.)
MITRDER, AT IPSWICH.
Ebenezer Cherriugton was charged with the wil-
ful murder of Susanna Studd, in the parish of St.
Mary in the Elms, Ipswich, on the 30th of April.
Mr. Keane, Mr. ft Mills, and Mr. Marriott,
appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Desent for
the prisoner.
Toe circumstances, as opened for the prosecution,
were as foil ties :—Some three or four years ago the
prisoner entered the service of the husband of the
.celeed, a baker in Ipswich, and remained so em-
ployed for ab mt a year. A good deal of assistance
was rendered by the decsased in carrying on the
baking business, and the prisoner was consequently
thrown into her society. After he had been about a
year in the service of the prosecutor, the prisoner
left, but he came back again to the neightour-
hood arterwat da and renewed his acquaintance with
the family about December last. A few days alter-
ward the pi osecutor, on coming home one ewnin
found the prisoner engaged in a scuffle with his
wife ; and on his asking what was the matter, the
prisoner firing a teapot and other things at ldm, and
then, turning to the deceased, exclaimed, "
your heart, l'll murder yen." The pros.,cutor ap-
pl el for the protection of the magistrates, and the
prisoner was taken before them and imprisoned for
about r.ix weeks. At the expiration of that time
be came again to the prosecutor's house and staye.l
there, taking his meals with the family, and sleep-
ing at night on the floor of the keeping-room.
This lasted some li tle time, and he again went
away. A few days afterwards he mate his appear-
ance sgain, and lived as before. On the 20th of April
he came for what mey be called in this narrative the
last time. At this date the prosecutor was occupy-
ing a baking office, about 300 yards from the
cottage in which his flmily resided. On Monday,
the 26th of April, the prisoner was at the prosecu-
t is house, and he remained there on the Tuesdav,
Wednesday, and Thunday, taking his meals with
the family ast,efore. On the Fridgy he presented
hitimelf d liner, but the deceased told him he
tetorild h.,ve no more dinner there. One of the
daughters, Emily Studd, who was in the 11AI:tit of
going out to work, left the prisoner in the honse
about one o'clock. On her returning about five
o'clock he was not there, but about 11 p.m. Le
came back and made an effort to get the poker
from the side of the fireplace. The ail pushed him
from ti.e p. ker, and 801130 hsr I words were after-
wards exchanzed between the prisoner and the de-
co *see?, the former ht ieg t-xtrernely violent. The de-
ceased went to fin I a pc lie !man, and while she was
gone the re isoner with a piece of wood struck the girl
who went out • o es,tai_e from him. The pri-oner then
left the house, t ekireg with him a large Indian war
climb, given to the fro,ecutor as a curiosity, and
went to the house of a Miss Sampson, a dressmaker,
with whom one of the daughters of the deceased
resided. The family hal gone to bed, and he
called out to Miss Studd to go home, as her mother
was ill. Miss Stud'', however, recognised the
prisoner's voice, and refused to go, upon which he
made use of erea cuing 1 ingusge to her. The
prisoner then met with a person named F..ir-
weather, and from conversation which passed
between them he appeared to be extremely angry
against the deceased, swearing that he would mur-
der her if he was hung at leswieh for it. Fair-
weather accompanied him to tbe house of deceased,
who had been, to the police station, and for whose
protec in a pol:ceman had been debac`ied. The
deceased threw open a window, and a good desl of
al ercatiou took place between her and the prisoner,
who succeeded in getting into the house, when he
went up-stairs and made a great dieturbance.
Fairweather, at the request of decease 1, also pro-
ceeded up stairs and brought the .prisoner down.
When he was down stairs, prisoner asked the de
ceased for money and eectuals, and these being re-
fnsed, be made an effort to strike her. Fair Weather
prevented the blow from taking effect, and carried
the prisoner out. A dispute then took place b tween
him and Fairweather, in which the prisoner received
on the-fore head two blows, which lacerated the skin.
After this Fairweather contrived to get him away,
and promised to give him a bed, his supper, and
his breakfast ; but when they reached Fair-
weather's house the prisoner suddenly turned round
and ran off. Fairweather followed him, accom-
panied by a policeman, and when they got to the
house of the deceased they found that the door of
the back kitchen had been thrown off its hinges and
was lying en the floor. Voices were heard in alter-
cation up-stairs, and tbe policeman and Fairweather
celled out.; but from soiree answer which Mrs.
Studd made, they came to the conclusion that their
services were no longer required, and they accord-
ingly went away. The prisoner had in the mean-
time forced himself into the bedroom, where he
seized a stick and again threatened to murder
the deceased. The prisoner remained in the bed-
room with the two women, who had not gone to
bed, for the remainder of the night ;and a wretched
scene of altercation was kept up between them till
about half-past five in the morning, when he went
down stairs. The deceased followed almost imme-
diately, while the daughter remained in the bed-
room, from which she heard the prisoner walking
about below, and her mother go out. The prose-
cutes., the husband of the deceased, had been in
the habit of sleeping in the baking office, and was
there during teis night. About 20 minutes to six
the deceased went to the baking office to get some
kindling, as she was in the habit of doii g, brit she
did not speak to her husband. Shortly after her
mother's return, the daughter heard a sound as of
firewood beginning to burn, and of coil moved
about in a grate. Then she beard her mother
she head a blow struck. Screams followeee, she
say, "Put it down," and immediately afterwards
ran down stairs, and found that the prisoner had
left the house, while her mother was lying on
the floor bleeding, and quite insensible. A bent
poker (whichhad been straigh
)
quarter. A
about. A surgeon was sent t
fbo er
br elwtaiis also
e lying
deceased
survived only about an hour and a
severe blow had been inflicted on the occipital
t-one.

A number of witnesses were examined on behalf
of the case for the prosecution.
The jury, after a lengthened deliberation, found
the prisoner guilty.
Lord Camphell passed sentence of death in the
usual form, holding out no hope of mercy.
The prisoner sobbed frequently during the trial,
but received his geutouge with tolera'.le composure.

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ifilignil: and
INDIA.—We are not writing non-
the privil;gts of free.
!nen. It is only d,otrivaires and idiots who ;guise the
laf:ta of the hour. For some time to come a'id in some
Parts of &chit we tr, u 4 rule despotically--rule with the
Ann) vigilance of a Czar or a St. Just. The future
welfare of India demands that at all hazards, and at all
cost, we must remain its rulers. If for that great
end we aro drivrn t, rule as the Convention ruled—
if our sole penalty must be death, and our sole law
itl;etigvuei?rHrri
guillotine,. trof shianlljaatcce4evle
7n. tlo,t frightful alter-
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