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London, England, 1844-04-05 00:00:00

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over, carrying a moiety to the credit of the "'second
broker. z • , r .
It appeared, frbtrs' thA cross-exarrtthatioii- d•
Willis, that he, expected to receive one-half of the
the plaintiffs'inight•recetei in,-the
present_actiOn, lie stated that a person named
•Walters, .a partner in the London,,N-eVicaitle;rad.
:and Shields Shipping- Ctsmpany,-residedat-LiverPool,
and was an'agent for the company in the general out-
fitting -or treit --ship3::--Chaprnan- and- -Willis were
general agents, and also brokers. In the present case
they acted as. agents for :the company, and
employed Aikin and Co. is the brokers to procure a
freight fa:the ship. Ile admitted that the plaintiffs
had stated-to hiM some short time ago, that when the
vessel wail-sold to Boggs, Walters had :told Aikin he
was to look to Boggs for the commission. ,
. Mr. M„.liattNithen: addressed the jury, contending
that it-wasTerfeetfy understOOd between -the parties
that Boggs 'was' the Marty to 'whom they-were to look
for the commission.;!-.:11e submitted alio, as a point-of
law, that-there WS:snd 'privity of contract between the
fplaintiffis'' and deftidants—that- :they had employed
,chapman and Willis a.s their brokers, and were liable
Ito them if ,to anOOdy. Ile- also called' Edgely, to
show that, in other dehlings of a similar-natnre with
the company, pci Claim had been made by the-plaintiffs.
Mr. WATSON replied, ;and the lase being summed
up, the jury returned.a verdict for the plaintiff's for
the full amount claimed-1561. 16t3 • "

Car$YER, April 3-
' (Before Mr. Justice 14IAuLE.)
JaTira Leigh-VaTiTidittcd for cutting and wound-
ing Ann Leigh, his wife, at
to murder her. He' was also., indicted•on second•
count with wounding, with intentto do Senaegrievana
bodily harth, and- upon a third count, witir•a•common
assault:- Abe prisoner-pleaded Not guilty."'
Ann Leigh, the wife of 'the prisoner, deposed to
having; been married six months to the prisoner. On
the, 4th et January-her 'husband came home to his
dinner. She was then ill, awl had nailed .herlead
up'against the mantel-piece: -He said,' wheti he came
in, " 'Where is my " Why,
Jem, do-tet begin initheripg:mci: I am:poorly." She-
Said,- "-Get---thee--some ibread and *Viittei for once "'
He wentrinto the, pantry to get :some, and-then went
next door. She was reared up against the mantel.-
piece,:when the prisoner returned, but did not speak,
and went to. a table-drawer, and then came behind
her and held up her head with his left hand, and cut
her throat with.. the other. She then sprang from
her chair, and screamed " Murder! murder ! She
, attempted to-get up, and he then knocked her down
on, her face. He then throttled her, cut her, again,
and cut her thumb and forefinger to the bone. He
kicked her afterward-aid the side, and the prosecutrix

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then said, " Rear. Jem, -let me be." She then got
up( and threw herielf into the arms of •a woman, one
.of; the witnesses. The prisoner ,said, " I will tell
them thou hest done it thyself." Some person then
.caine:to the door, but the prisoner pushed the door in
hi face. , ,
gross-examined by Mr. TOwNSEND—That was
when she was on the floor. It was a severe cut on
her side. . , • , . • • .
Mlizabeth.Gorton remembered seeing the prisoner
at half-past twelve o'clock coming into the house with
bread" and butter. -.•. He • then said he .was obliged to
gt a little bread and butter for his dinner. He
ed whether -his wife _had said anything 'about
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• b lag taxed said he had nothing.to do with it. Wit-
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Elliabeth,Warburton deposed to looking through
e window, and seeing the prosecutrilc on the floor,
a &the prisoner standing beside her.. As,-soon. as. he
'her; hejthe prisoner) said, 4' She has cut her
s w
o n'throat." She put her hands on: witness's shoulder
a a said; ;!‘He T .bas-, done it Himself.`'- Mrs. Gould
t en came.up,.and put a pocket handkerchief on her
t roat ;- and she took my apron and put it round . her

neck. .i- - ~ , , •
Margaret Gould—Was a neighbour. She heard
iries, and was. very.much alarmed.. She attempted to
o out,but, inconsequence ofstane little altercation with
er husband,-desisted for a time.; she afterwards went
ut, and.looking into the window,- saw the prisoner
nd. Ann Leigh, . who. then rushed out, and fell
into her rams. Her face was a complete purple,
and her eyes starting out of their. sockets,- as if by
pressure. There were marks of three bloody fingers
upon her neck, an the flesh was torn- down or
stretched.: There was also a large- cut on each side
Of .the throat, -and she took her handkerchief and
boUnd them up. She repeatedly'said, " He's done it ;
he's done it ;" and his arms half-way up were clotted
'with blood. She said, " You villain, you have mur-
dered hen', He' said, " Nay, . she's done it herself."
Ana Leigh then said, "Oh, no, he did it, he did it."
She then had a cap on,. and her hair was dishevelled
'and clotted with blood.
• Cross-examined by Mr. TowmEND—Was in the
theatrical profession, and had played leading parts in
tragedies. The presecutrix said a hundred times the
the prisoner had done it,. She repeated that it %v
not -a figure of speech, and that he was bathed hal
the way up the arm in blood.
Several witnesses were called by Mr. Townsend,
the'counsel for the prisoner, to prove that then prose-
cutrix was of a violent and ungovernable.teitiper, but
not.one•df them could prove any thir g- very important.
Mr. -John Townall, surgeon, was then called, who
said he was called' to the prosecutrix about one o'clock,
and found her sitting in a chair, with both her hands
lifted up to her` throat. ' She was then very weak, and
her complexion- was exceedingly. pale.: He' found two
wounds on-either side of 'the throat, under the jaw-
bone, nore than an inch in length, and a quarter of
an inch in depth. • They were incised wounds, and
effected by -some sharp instrument. Saw also a
wound on the .left cheek and left eye ; one wound
also on the thumb and forefinger. The cut on the
thumb was considerable. An attempt at strazigula-
tion would discolour- ,the_ face, or give it-a red or livid
appearance. - - '-'- • --
Cross-examined by Mr. TOWNgEND —She was very
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ill front disease nf the lungs, and her -present appear-
ance was from natural causes. 'He' had examined
where she' was kicked,'and found no- external bruises,
but a slight degree of tenderness to the touch. The
-wounds traded had-'missed- the important part, And
were quite healed. • . -
By a juror—'Were -the wounds so situate that a
person might inflict them upon herself ?. Witness—
They were. . . .
William Brundred—Was at, the house. The pri-
soner said to him, ' "Well, Williatn,', you see lam
fixed; but lam as innocent as thou art: lie asked
him whjat made Eis bands Over bloOd, and the prisoner,
said he had stopped. her from bleeding. He saw a
razor, and" it wai spotted with blood. The prisoner
cleaned the mur..with"3„._eloth, and washed his hands.
' - -Charlq-Bal-Adn-depoied"to the prisoner saying that
,he struck-her after her throat Was cut; and believed-he
struck her on falling upon her. ' -'
The Learned JUDGE summed up-Most elaborately,
and '
The jury having retired, returned: with a verdict
of Guilty, on the ,second count, whiCh was with felo-
.niously assaulting with" intent to 'do some grievoui
bodily. hal*
Sentence--Transportation} for the term of his na-
al life.' -. . . : . .