The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-13 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This 91

COURT OF 33ANK1 UPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.)
IN E W. P. WAUGH. ti 0 .of
To-day was appointed for the last examinati°"Pooll
bankrupt, Colonel Waugh, well known in ,
,°lO
with the Loud,n and Eastern Banking C0mP3,111030
proceedings were pro forma, has the bankrurtbe
surrendered, but protection was extended t°, till
inst., and the examination was now adjourned
day.
Debts to the amount of 3,0001. were proved'

THE ATTEMPTED MURDER
RUSSELL-STREET.

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BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY-) bet:
This morning, James Geary was placed at WOO,
undergo his final examination, his wife having al be
recovered to give her evidence. The facts of t
2,0/1
have been reported at length in The Sun.
Emily Geary, a very respectably-attired rati„l3lo;
man, said, I was married to the prisoner on ,::04'egyr.
May last. Early in the evening on which 4' f
retina took place I had been visiting my inothey
lives in Whitecross-street. I left my mother refille6
with the prisoner for the purpose of taking a walk. jaialti
posed to talk home, which I declined, and he thee
would make me. I said I would not, but that ~
return to my mother's house. I had previouslit.
him t) take me to a concert-room in Old-street, orfri
refused to do so, but said he would take rojeoe
nearer home in Drury-lane. He then adieu 1,0111,11
some money, which I gave, thinking he vaolbt Or"
leave me, but he remained, and we walked
Russell-street. Near Holborn I sat down 013°_,60- e,
step, and refused to get up when he askeui 00111
afterwards got up, and on reaching home I said' tor
not go upstairs ; but I did, and in our 5r- r,
I told him I ghoul leave him in the morning- b 0"
Mr. Henry—What caused you to make the t °
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vation ?
Witness—Because he would not take 036
concert. r SF
Mr. Henry—Well ; when you arrived in you-
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went, what occurred there ? ortbd
• Witness—l can scarcely recollect. I to'h. t
round to hang up my bonnet Id
prisoner seizsd hold of me, and 'eci,,u,"ro
saw be had a knife in his hand. A struggle ens ing which I fell down, and then the. Prisoner
in ,the ne arid attempted to cut his own Weil, i
struggle continued for some time,- durink-whicfr
h 1
t?',o,
sonar, after wounding me again, dropped tl3B ":00'0o
retained my senses the whole of the time. - itt %we
duct was solely the cause of the quarrel. 07". t Old
home when he wished me to. do so it would
occurred. I had been aggravating him all the:iv-et o'r,he
had been out visiting my friends twice during-t 46 slt
Mr. Henry to the prisoner—:Do you -wish t°
witness any questions ? 13°0
Prisoner—No. I was trying to get her r„"
living, and she was dissatisfied. C 1301
Mr. Christ )pher Heath, house-surgeon of efog;)
cross hospital, said : On the day in question, NrrA9selel/d,
was brought to the hospital between ten ibe".
de
o'clock. On seeing the woman, I considered it beds
genius case. I directed that she should be placed del
Mr. Henry—What writhe nature of the iv°ll7,oill,
Witness—On the right side of the neck, about AO
and a half below the angle of the jaw, there %/It ist6
cised wound three-quarters of an inch long, ef,.;aerit
eating with the windpipe and oz4ophagus. Au", bet°,
below this there were two superficial cuts. jils",,Odei'
the right ear there was a jagged cut extending o-yer''
neath the -kin for nearly an inch. There was ii,„°fejj:i
vial-cut along the right collarbone. On the tbe'd
midway between the right collar-bone and the jaw' f
was another cut an inch h ng, and three-quarteleg'
inch
deep ; a small superficial cut close to the 181cIlt°'
and on the back of the right hand three superfiei6
each about three-quarters of an inch in length. e 1
Mr. Henry- Did you consider it a dangeroUg
I,V;tness—Decidedly. ei 03
Mr. Henry—You consider her now free
danger ?
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Witness—Yes; the cuts are healed up.
h. be's,
Mr. Henry, addressing the prisoner, you --/Eo In bet
the evidence against you—what have you to 06-7,,
swer to the charge.? 1 roust, however, remind yo-? 0,
Mr. Wontner, who has been retained for you
employers, when he was present at your former
de,
nation, said you would reserve your defence.
Prisoner—l have nothing to say. I reserve IP'y
fence. DO°or
The depositions were then read over and the Pr
was fully committed for trial.