The Sun.
London, England, 1832-01-10 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, JAN'. 9.

Robert Hughes, aged 27, and Elizabeth Warsley,
aged 40, were indicted, the former for maliciously
shooting at Elizabeth Worsley, with intent to kill
her, and the latter with counselling, aiding, and
,betting him to commit that offence.
The male prisoner leaned upon the bar with his
face turned towards Worsley, and during the whole
trial he exbibitedlexcessive nervousness.
The first witness called was Mr. W. Bentley, who
lives in Little East Smithfield ; Worsley lived in
his service as housekeeper; Hughes was an orga:list.,
and was in the habit of visiting at his house to play
upon an organ which he has there ; on Saturday,
the 22d of October, about eleven o'clock at night,
he was awakened by the report of a pistol, which
was followed by a noise, like that of a person falling
on the floor of the room over him ; he got up and
rang his bell, and then went into the room above,
when he saw the two prisoners lying on the floor ;
Hughes was moaning loudly ; Worsley was crying
out for mercy; a light was immediately brought into
the room by a publican who lives next door. The
prisoners were both bleeding from their heads, but
neither profusely ; he thought from Hughes's ap-
pearance that he was just dead; witness was so
much alarmed that he does not remember what.
occurred afterwards; he had, on the preceding
Thursday, given Worsley notice to quit his service.
Cress-examined by Mr. PuteraPs—The male pri-
soner is blind of one eye, and nearly so of the other;
he cannot say that Worsley is weak in her intellect ;
she lived in his service five years, and he never
thought that there was any thing amiss with her
understanding.
Thomas Owen, a police-officer, was called into
Mr. Bentley's house on Saturday, the 22d of Octo-
ber, about eleven o'clock at night, and he there
found the two prisoners lying on the floor of a room
on the second floor, both bleeding from their heads;
Hughes was lying on his back, and the woman by
his side, with her hands round his neck ; she was
crying out " Lord have mercy on me;" the wit-
ness asked what was the matter, and who had fired
the pistols ? he afterwards said to the prisoners that
they had better tell him ; he then went for a sur-
geon, and on his return he " found two doctors,
and two pistols besides."—(A laugh.)
William Henning, a policeman, came into the
room in Mr. Bentley's house, on the night of the
22d October; the woman groaned heavily, and the
man said that was the last groan they should ever
hear from her ; he wished he had done it to perfec-
tion, and had put her out of pain; he said that he
was in greatrpain himself.
Mr. Blomfield is a surgeon, residing in Hermitage-
street, London Docks: about eleven o'clock on Sa-
turday night, the 22d of October, he was called to
Mr. Bentley's house, where he saw the two pri-
soners lying side by side upon the floor. He saw
them both at the hospital the next day, when the
woman said she desired Hughes to shoot her; he
could not swear, from the appearance of the wound,
whether or not a ball had produced it.
Mr. PHILLIPS submitted to the Court that, as
there was no evidence that the pistol. was loaded
with ball, the indictment was not sustained.
Mr. Baron BOLLAND (after some consultation
with Mr. Justice GASELEE and Mr. Justice J.
PARKE) charged the Jury that the indictment
charged the male prisoner with firing at the female
a pistol loaded with powder and ball, and as there
was no evidence to that fact, they must acquit the

prisoner.
John Thomas Morgan was indicted for sending,
on the 17th of December last, a threatening. letter
to Thomas Hemmingway, with a view to extort
money from the said Thomas Hemmingway, under
the threat of imputing to him an unnatural crime.
The Jury at once returned a verdict of Guilty.
The prisoner, on being called up for judgment,
threw himself on the merciful consideration of the
Court.
The COMMON SERJEANT observed, that to show
mercy to the prisoner would be in this case to be
guilty of injustice towards the public. He should
not feel that he was doing his duty if he did riot
inflict the severest punishmen, that the law allowed.
The sentence of the Court was, that he should be
transported for the term of his natural life.
The prisoner was led from the bar apparently
much affected by the sentence.

NEWS FOR MR. •MALTHLYS. —At the Bol-
ton Sessions-room, on Monday, a circumstance transpired
that would have gone near to have driven Mr. .MALvltus,
bad he been present, into a state of distraction, at the ab-
sence of the " moral restraint." Four fair damsels were
brought before Mr. ALLEN and Major WATKINS, by the
overseer of Little Lever, to swear to the usual liffi,is,ic,n
orders, for having illegitimate children. The first AP-
peared with her fifth child, all by different fathers ;
the second with her fourth child, by two dole-
, rent fatheis; the third with her third child, all by
different fathers ; and the fourth with her third child,
all by one father! Whilst these cases were hem; I itr,?,
snottier lady from Farnworth, who had been U, or.
fortunate, presented herself before. Mr. FLIns‘•AY, to el-
er stock.
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