The Sun.
London, England, 1832-04-02 00:00:00

WARWICK, MARCH 30.

John Danks, a farmer's labourer, aged 47, was in-
dicted for the wilful murder of Mary Green.
The deceased Mary Green, who more commonly
went by the name of Polly Button, oas a single
woman of loose character, residing at Nuneaton, and
had had several illegitimate children, some of whom
were grown up, the youngest of them, about two
years old, she had sworn to the prisoner; and she
wa., at the time of her death, far advanced in her
pregnancy of another child, of which he was also
the father. On the evening of Saturday, the 17th
of March, the prisoner came to the house of the de-
ceased, and called her out, saying he wanted to
speak to her. She went out, and they had some
conversation together. She then, seeing her nephew
go in, went in also, and in a little time the prisoner
threw something against the window, as a signal
for her to go out to him, which she did, and he took
her across some fields, called Burgage-fields, to
a hovel which they bird been in the habit of fre-
quenting, and sometime afterwards two neighbours
heard the voice of a woman in distress proceeding
from that direction, arid exclaiming, " 0), oh,
loose me, loose me." The sounds d,ed away, and
nothing further transpired until the following morn-
ing. On that night the prisoner, who was a mar-
ried man, returned home about nine or ten o'clock,
and went to bed. The daughter of the deceased,
who had gone out with her cousin, upon returning
home at ten o'clock, found the door locked: and
having knocked up her brother, got in through the
window. Not finding her .rnother at home, she sat
up for her all night, but could learn no tidings of
her until next morning, when she was carved home
a corpse, with her throat cut in a dreadful manner
n investigation immediately took place, and blood
was traced from the hovel to where the deceased
was found, a distance of several yard-, with a gate
between, on which also there were maths of blood.
Prints of a shoe were found in an adjoining field,
which corresponded with the shoe of the prisoner;
in addition to which, he confessed to the constable
that he had knocked down the deceased in the hut
by a blow of his fist on the remple, and when she
was down lie fell upon her and cut her throat.
The Jury having returned a verdict of Guilty,

The Learned JUDGE sentenced the prisoner to be
executed on Monday morning, and his body to be
diEsected.

John Coleman, a farmer, about 60 years of age,
was indicted for the murder of Edward Goode.

The prisoner was a tenant of Lord Bute's, of
whom he rented from 200 to 300 acres of land at
Shotteswell; but having failed to pay up his arrears
of rent, his crops were distrained last summer, and
person placed in care of th m, to get them in and
manage them. Ever since then the prisoner has
been extremely irritable and disturbed in his mind.—
On the Bth of October last, the deceased and an-
other man, and his son, were employed in tha,ching
a rick of hay, and the prisoner objected to allow
them to take water from his pump. Having observed
the boy fill a bucket of water he went out and kicked
it down, and subsequently emptied another bucket
full over the lad's person, who thereupon went to
his father and complained of this treatment. The
deceased, the boy, and his father, then went all three
to the pump, and the deceased took the bucket to
fill it with water. The prisoner said he should
have ne water there. The deceased, who had his
pitchfork in his hand, said he should have his bucket
and water also. He and the prisoner then struggled
for the bucket, which the deceased succeeded in
wresting from the hold of the prisoner, who imme-
diately went into his house and discharged a gun,
loaded with shot, through the window at the de-
ceased, who was within about three yards of him.
The shot took effect in the deceased's forehead, en-
tered the brain, carried off some of the skull, and
killed him on the spot. The prisoner received a
good character for kindness of disposition down to
the time when the distress was levied on his farm ;
which, together with some contradictions on the
part of the witnesses for the prosecution, induced
the Jury to find a verdict of Manslaughter only.
Mr. Justice PARKE sentenced the prisoner to be
transported for life.
Saturday, March 31.
John Garmonsway, aged 33, was indicted for the
murder of Thomas Worron. The pi isoner arid the
deceased were both journeymen in the employment
of Mr. Knight, clock-maker, at Birmingham. On
the 21st of October last, the prisoner having taken
it into his head that the deceased had injured his
work and spoiled his clothes, took up a sharp in-
strument called a scraper and plunged it into the
deceased's breast. The wound penetrated to the
heart, arid the deceased died in a few minutes.
It appeared that the prisoner had laboured under a
lusion for twelve orthirteen years past, that where-
ever he went, whether in London or Birmingham,
there wa- a conspiracy to injure and persecute him
by spoiling his wink and injuring his clothes, al-
though there existed not the slightest foundation
for s,rcit an idea. His brother died insane about ten
y.,ars ago.

The Jury acquitted him, on the ground of insa-
nity : he wdi therefore be confined at the plea,ure
of the Cr ,wn.

Eliza Maria Jones, aged 30, was indicted for the
murder of her new-born illeg,timate child, at Bir-
mingham, on the 20,h of October last

The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Henry Parker, aged 19, Robert Twigger, aged
20 John Eal y, aged 22, Henry Ashley, aged 22,
Thomas Squelch, aged 26, and Joseph Squelch, age d
22, %%ere indicted for shooting at Simeon Clay, with
intent to murder him, or do him soms grievous bo-
dily haim.

The July found Packer and Twigger Guilty, and
acquitted the other four prisoners.
Ealy,Ashley, and the two Squelches were then
arraigned upon an indictment, charging them with
being found in the wood at night, armed with guns,
for the purpose of destroying game.
Ealy and A-hley pleaded Guilty.
The Squelches pleaded Not Guslty, and attempted
to prove an alibi, in which they failed. They were
found Gu lty.

Judgment will be pronounced upon them on Mon-
day morning.

RATIIBONE V. PIERCE.

This action, o hich excited great interest in this
part of the country, was brought by the plaintiff,
the messman of the 3d Dragoon Guards, against the
defendant, an officer of that regiment, to reco•et
compensation for the seduction of the plaintiff's
daughter After the cause was called on, the par-
ties came to an arrangement, and a verdict was taken
by consent for 1501. damages.
None of the particulars were stated; but we un-
derstand that the cause of action arose in Birming-
ham, when the regiment was quartered there, about
three years ago.