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London, England, 1845-01-08 00:00:00

told his friend, Mr. Williams, that they should have
an opportunity of addressing the jury. • _

The CORONER had never intended to have said so,
and he had no recollection of having so done.
Mr. Williams—You never did say so.
The CORONER, in a rather excited manner, accused
Mr. Williams of having addressed-the jury on Satur-'
day during his absence, which, he added, was execs-

sively irregular; and said if I had known you-had
done so in any way, I would have excluded you from
the room.

Mr. Williams denied that 'he had addressed the
jury during the absenee of the Coroner: After the
inquest was over, he had made observations on the
circumstances to some of his neighbours,:.Whieh. he
had a perfect rightlo dO, and if. any of those .persons
happened to have been jurymen, " he could not help.it.
He did not in' fact know who were jurymen.
Mr. Chambers had read an account of. the pro
ceedings, by which he had been misled:. if-the'.
Coroner told him that he was not to address-th'ejurYl
he should at once bow to his decision, as' he was .sure.
that he- was safe in leaving the evidence in the hands
of a gentleman like the Coroner, who would propeilY
deal with it, without attempting in the slightest de-
gree, to influence the jury. Nothing could he More
improper than for an „advocate to abuse the limited
privilege which was permitted to him, and.h'e.wa, glad'
that he had been interrupted. If the Coroner told hiM, •
he would at once sit down, but it seemed .to him that
t.:e case was one involved in great mystery ind doubt.
The CORONER—Are there any witnesses for the de-

fen lant ?
Mr. Chambers—l tender no evidence: There• is
in fact, no one who can be strictly culled the de-
fendant.

The CORONER then proceeded to read his summing
up from a paper which he held in his hand. He sod,
sorry that the inquiry had been so long protracted; and
he was also sorry that there had been any publicatiOn
of the evidence. He begged the jury to attend
solely. to the evidence, and to be misled bf
no vague newspapers reports, but to givit the
verdict in accordance with the, depositions, and.
the depositions only. There were many •decliratiens
which were not evidence; but Starkie laid it &0p.,.
that a declaration accompanying an act might be taken
as part of the act itself. (The Learned Gentleman
then proceeded to read the evidence, and •in relation
to the evidence of the • witness Moss, he said that he.
had it on the deposition that she lived at 93, Crawford-
street, and that the report that she had lived
at 45, Crawford- street, which had been contraditted in
the Times, and on the subject of which he had ret-eired
a letter from a person,residing at 45, Crawford-street,
was not correct, and had originated in the error of
the reporter, for she herself had stated that A° .
lived at No. 93.) There was no direct evidence,
as to the administration of any" poison to the-de'
ceased, but there was indirect evidence suffiOitint-
enable them to form an opinion. There were the
means found in the late deceased's house by which
poison might have been administered to her without bet
knowledge, and that she had swallowed poison was evi"
dent. Although it was possible that she might hal°
swallowed the poison knowingly herself, still it was vell
improbable. She was seen by White and Marlow .
half-past six in the evening well, and in good spirit
The next account they had of her was from ARV
Ashlee, who, between six and seven o'clock, heaid,
deceased's stifled screams, and on running out DO!
John Tawell coming from deceased's cottage, an°
asked what was the matter with her neighbour, 'hut
could get no reply. Now, it was a most important
fact that a man should have left her in the aenies
of death without giving any alarm. It was evident
that the poison had been administered after the
stout had been fetched, and that the poison was quick
and most deadly in its effects. If a man wilfullf
laid poison in the way of a person and it was take"'
that was murder, but if it were taken acci-
dentally there was no murder. Now, with re'
Bard to the evidence affecting the prisoner, Mrs Ashlee
saw the Quaker-looking person coming from tb°
door while the deceased was in the agonies of death,
and she recognised John Tawell as that person. It
was also an important fact, that on' the -Monday -when
the prisoner was with deceased, Keziah Harding:b°a
heard him ask her if she should be alone the
next time he called on the Wednesday or. There''
day. They should also recollect that a dtscriptic°'
of the Quaker had been forwarded by the telegraph
to London, and that by the description he bad been
followed and arrested, and that when arrested, he salu
he had not been at Slough the day beer!
There was no direct evidence *to she'
who had administered the poison to tbs, •
deceased ; but circumstantial evidence in many cao •
was of much greater cogency. If they had act
doubt as to the guilt of John Tawell, they would gll4
him the benefit of that doubt ; but if ithey had fc°
moral doubt as to his guilt, it n ould be their duty
say so by their verdict, without regard. to his stati°
in society. .

The room was then cleared, and the jury, after re'
maining in deliberation for three-pi:afters of an hour;
returned a verdict of WILFUL. MURDER agail°,
JOHN TAWELL for poisoning Sarah Hart WP
prussic acid.

The counsel and solicitor for the prisoner wale
called in before the public were admitted. As 501
as the doors were opened the rush was terrific. When
silence had been restored,
Mr. Chambers applied that the property, found
upon the person of the prisoner should be even tit
now that the inquiry was over, and the Cor°
tiers duty, to all intents and purposes, ended:
especially as he (Mr. Chambers) could now PI,
tively assert, and not assume, that that property 1)11
nothing to do with the offence imputed to the unfortir,
nate man.
The CORONER, in answer to the application, said, hf
could not say that the money had nothing to do wl
the case. The amount was very important, and It.
~
would be more advisable for a court to see the mole
Ile could not give up the money, buthe -would take °;
that the officers should not dissipate it; they w°ll,
detain as trustees for the purposes of this inquiry,'
The prisoner would not be damnified, for he under%
stood he was a man of property.

Mr. Chambers—The watch.
The CORONER—I cannot let the watch be given Up'
either.
Mr. Chambers—You stated that, at the last eø'
mination, there might be something ' material c°°:l
netted with the money, inasmuch as you had recei'l
other information of considerable importance. .-5.°0,
that could not be the case, because, if it had been'

the information ought to he produced.
The CORONER would not say that it was not inlet
tant now, from information he had received. 0
Mr. Chambers protested against any informati°
being kept back.
The CORONER had kept back no information.
had heard no evidence except in Court. He had 7,1:
ployed an officer to investigate the
What that officer had reported to him 10
not be evidence, becau,e he had not 0
witnesses here, and if it could be received it ;41
merely corroborative of evidence already received, r,

would not enlighten the minds of the jury. 1001
The prisoner was then committed to Ayleo

goal.
The prisoner, who wore the garb of a Quaker, •
called in to hear the verdict delivered. 111",-ri
respectable-looking elderly man, with FPI.- of
hair, and with rather a mild expressionAcg
countenance. He listened to the ve'—„fr
without manifesting any emotion, and a perseujep
acquainted with the circumstances would have PP
him for a casual spectator. #iret
The body of the unfortunate deceased has 01'01
been inte,red, but it is stated that her funeral •
take place to-morrow.

•
DEATH or DEAF BURKE.—The death o'....neir
Burke took place at his residence, No. 5, il'"t;t01
street, Waterloo-road, at hull-past one o'cloc'
day, after a short illness.
eve'
ifiGnwair ROBBERY. —On New Ire7ifts,
shortly after six o'clock, Mr. Irons, of Lißey. so"
farmer, was returning, home from Hitchin meirice,7,4 bl
when about a mile from the latter, he was atfact%, ro;
six men, dressed in dark clothing, who handled sit, AO
(her roughly, and robbeti him of a silver snuff b°7,00
about 10s. in money, with which they decamped t°
Hitchin. 4
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, JAN.
OF TRH QUESTIONISTS NOT CANDIDATES Fox 1.-"4
—This examination begins o I,Vedne.day (Olt dill.
and continues seven days. There are in the firs 0'
sion 107 cundidateu, and in the secomi 105. Ter°
mences ouMonciay next, the 13th instant,