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London, England, 1858-03-20 00:00:00

gorse, with intent to murder her. Thera were
other counts in the indictment varying the charge.
Mr. Bowen conducted the prosecution, and at
the request of the court Mr. Allen watched the
case on behalf of the prisoner.
The circumstances of this case were attended
with great atrocity. On the 9th of January last
(Saturday night) after the prosecutrix had gone to
bed with her children, her husband being absent
at work in an adjoining county, a man, whom she
recognised as the prisoner (who had married her
sister) came into her room and dragged her out of
bed, beating her head with a stone until she became
insensible, and the party then left her apparently
dead. The prosecutrix had several of her ribs
broken, thirty or forty bruises on her head, and
received other injuries. Her skull was fractured.
The prosecutrix was assisted into court, and
placed in a chair in the witness box. She had her
head bandaged, and was evidently suffering se-
verely. She deposed that on the night en question
she went to bed between eleven and twelve o'clock,
and some time after a man came to her bedside and
dragged her on to the floor. He then laid hold of
her by the hair, and beat her head against the floor.
He also twisted her handkerchief rouud her neck,
and placed his hand "as an accoucheur would do."
She succeeded in getting on her feet, but he got
her down again and beat her head with a stone.
Witness begged for her life, and laid
hold of him by the left eye. After beating
her with a stone he turned her neck round,
setting her face backwards." He then beat
her again with the stone, and she lay quiet, unable
to move. He then left her, after feeling her feet
and hands and dragging her into another room.
There was no light in the room, but it was rather a
light night. (Reference to the almanack showed
that the moon did not rise until two o'clock on the
Sunday morning.) The witness, when asked to
look at the prisoner in the dock, immediately
identified him, became much agitated, and burst
into tears.

On cross-examination the prosecutrix said she
did not tell the policeman who was the man that
had attacked her, but told him she had marked
him by the eye. She did not call the prisoner by
his name when she appealed to him to spare her
life, because she thought he would be more cruel it
she did. The prisoner did not attempt to take
any further indecent liberties with her than sho
hal described.

Margaret Davies spoke to the deplorable condi-

tion in-which she found Mrs. Jones on the next
morning (Sunday). She,was covered with blood,
as also was the bed on which she was lying. The
bed was in the kitchen, and there was a pool of
blood in the kitchen, and blood also along the pas-
sage and on the table and window board. There
was a stone on the table in the kitchen.

The deposition of Mr. Thomas, the surgeon, who
attended the prosecutrix on the morning after the
outrage, was then read, the deponent having died
two days ago. It stated that he found the proseon.
trix bleeding from wounds on the scalp and upper
lip. She had received between 30 and 40 contused
wounds on the head, one of which was four inches
in length. Her eyes were closed from effusion of
blood, and her face was much swollen and bruireJ.
Her skull was fractured, and at least three of her
ribs were broken, but she was in such an exhausted
state, her life being in imminent danger, that he
could not make a minute examination. All the
wounds on the head with one exception might have
been inflicted with a stone ; there were bruises on
the lower part of her body.
Policeman Jeremy on the morning after the out-
rage traced marks of a person having crossed the
prosecutrix's garden in his stockings. From the
garden hedge he traced marks of a person in shoes
across the fields up to the prisoner's house. The
left footmark showed a hole in a plate on the heel.
He found the prisoner at home on the Sunday after-
noon, and in his house in a drawer were a pair of
stockings, with the feet covered with mud. There
was a pair of shoes, with a plate on the heel of the
right shoe, but none on the left shoe. It appeared
as though a plate had recently been removed. On
examining the prisoner he found a scratch under
one of his eyes, and blood marks on his collar, his
waistcoat, his shirt, and his trousers. There was
also blood dried under his nails. There were also
some hairs on the front part of his shirt. (Hair
produced : it appeared to belong to a woman.)
The deposition of David Jones, labourer, who
was ill, was read. It proved that before Jeremy
came to the prisoner's house on the Sunday morn-
ing he saw the prisoner's left shoe. The heel-plate
was not then removed, and he told the prisoner
about the footmarks having been seen at Rhydy-
gorse.

Margaret Richards deposed that the prisoner
came to her house (situate between the prisoner's
and the pronecutrix s) about 9 o'clock on the night
of the 9th, and left at 10, saying he was to go to
Rhydygorse that night, but be thought he should
not, as he thought Margaret Jones had gone to bed.
AnnvJonea, sister of Margaret Jones, proved
that the prisoner was at her house the same Light,
and said he had just left Margaret Richards. He
had no marks of scratches on his face, and no blood
on his hands.

For the prisoner, Mr. Allen carefully analysed
the evidence, and submitted that it was entirely
circumstantial, and not all conclusive as against
the prisoner. He particularly dwelt on the absence
of motive for the deed.

His Lordship pointed out the distinction in the
character of the offences charged—wounding with
intent to murder, with intent to disable, or intent
to do grievions bodily harm. As to the absence of
motive, which had been urged by Mr. Allen, his
lordship remarked that among the infinity of mo-

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tives ttiat actuate man it would be presumptuous
in any one to say that there was no motive for an
act because he could not detect it.

The jury, after a short consultation, returned a
verdict of guilty, with intent to murder.
Being called upon to say why sentence of death
should not be passed, the prisoner s3.id ho had n.)-
thing to say, except that he was not near the wo-
man at all.

His Lordship then, amidst deep silence, passed
sentence of death upon the prisoner. He told him
his case would be represented in the proper quarter,
but he could not hold out to him any hopes of
mercy.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Igarck 19.

MANSION-HOUSE.----Mr. Richard Tredinnick,
late manager of the Carnewas Mine Company at
Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, appeared in an
saver to a summons at the instance of Mr. Arthur
R. Oliver, which charged him with having, in his
capacity of manager of the company, "unlawfully
made, circulated, and published a certain written
statement and account of and relating to the trans
actions of the said company, well knowing the
same to be false in certain material particulars con-
tained therein, with intent then and there to de-
ceive and defraud the said Arthur Robert Oliver.'
The summons was taken out under the Fraudu-
lent Trustee Act, the 20th and 21st of Vic., cap.
54, sec. 8, which says, "If any director, manager,
or public officer of any body corporate or public
company shall make, circulate, or publish, or con-
our in making, circulating, or publishing, any
written statement or account which he shall know
to be false in any material particular, with intent
to deceive or defraud any member, shareholder, or
creditor of such body corporate or public company,
or with intent to induce any person to become a
shareholder or partner therein, or to intrust or a 1-
vance any money or property to such bAya-,.corpo-
rate or public company, or to enter into any secu-
rity for the benefit thereof, he shall be guilty of a
misdemeanour."

Mr. Poland, the barrister, appeared in support
of the prosecution ; Mr. Humphreys, jun., for the
defendant. Mr. A. Turner attended to watch
the proceedings on behalf of the assignees to the
defendant's estate ; and Mr. Lewis for a similar
purpose on the part of several shareholders of the
Carnewas Company.
The defendant pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Lewis—l appear for several shareholders,
and, although lam no immediate party to the
summons, it is only fair that I should state to the
complainant that, in the event of any charge being
substantiated against the defendant, I shall ask
you to place the complainant at his side, as it was
upon the statement of accounts as vouched byhim,
as one of the auditors, that those shareholders were
induced to make certain payments. I attend on
the part of Mr. Vickers, Mr. Hayward, and other
shareholders.

Mr. A. R. Oliver, the prosecutor, said,—l am a
gentleman of independent means, residing at 1,
Canterbury-road, Croydon. I hold 400 shares in
the Carnewas Mine, and have been a shareholder
since June, 1856. I bought them on account of
the defendant's representations. I caunot now re
member the exact conversation that o on -red be-
tween us. I purchased 500 shares at 7s. 6d. eacb.
I called upon him in consequence of a circular I
received from him. He was the manager and
pur*.er of the Carnewas Mine I was not present
ntiog, It
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me. It is directed in the
was sent to me at Liver-
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put in evidence. It ifa.:—, to by witnesi was then
prosecutorreporting up„ trer from defendant to
and annexing a state of account's:Ste a 1 the mine,
1857. at:dhoti-N0.7.17:
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iHumphreys as follows : I did not attend the Tn—seert.. i
meeting. No Pe
jug. of Nov. 17. I did not send a proxy to tirtt
rson who was represented 43 my