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a reconciliation had taken place) until Aprii, 1829,
when the lady died. A disagreement then took
place between the plaintiff and the deffndant, and

the plaintiff claimed certain trinkats, the pro-
perty of his daughter, insisting that the al-
leged marriage was illegal. To decide this
question it was that the action was brought.
The only ground upon which the validity of the
marriage was questioned was-that the,banns had not
been published in the lady's proper name, her name
being _Elizabeth Eugenia Daniel, whereas in the
banns the naine was Eliza Daniels. Evidence of
the' entry being-as here described was given, Evi-(
was also adduced. on the other hand to show
that the lady passed in society as Eiiza Daniels, and
that her father' (the plaintiff) and his family were as
well known by the name of Daniels es by that of
Daniel, and that his tradesmen's bills were fke—
quently sent in in the former name. It was further
proved that the young lady herself,- as well- as a
younger brother who attended the marriage, signed
their names in the register as Daniels.
The jury found a verdict for the piitintiff, thereby
invalidating the marriage.
Asa CAMPBRLL now mored for exilic to
,show
cause why the verdict " should not be set"
aside, and a new trial granted. He might, he
observed, if necessary, make-this motion upon two
grounds-,—first, the misdirection of the Judge; and,
secondly, that the verdict was contrary to evident-a.
The Jnry had decided the issue of the question re-
ferred to them by drawing lots. He had the affi-
davits of the officer of the Court, by whom they
were locked into the jury-room, and another 'person,
who severally swore that they over-heard the jury
discussing the merits of the case ; they' at length
came to a division, when there appeared six in fa-
vour of the plaintiff, and six for the defendant ; that
a second discussion took place, after which it was
found that were seven one way, and five the other.
A juror then proposed to decide the verdict by toss-
ing up a halfpenny, which proposition was rejected;
that soon afterwards they heard a juror oberve, that
if they did riot find-their verdict before 12 o'clock
that night, it being Saturday night, the Judge would
order them to be loeked up until Monday morning ;
that this observation was followed by a proposition
to place two pieces of paper, one long and one short,
in the hand of one of the party, and to decide the
verdict by drawing lets in that way ; that a silence
(or a short time ensued, after which they heard se-
veral voiees exclaim, " There, then, 'tis for the
plaintiff;" that the jury then knocked, and on their
return into Court, gave their verdict for the plain-
tiff accordingly, The 'Learned Counsel cited seve-
ral cases, showing that verdicts given in this way,
by lottery, had been set aside.
The COURT granted a rule to show cause. The
Court rose before 12 o'clock.

HORRIBLE MURDER OF A BOY.

(Frena the Suffolk Chronicle of Saturday.)

It is our painful duty to record another hor-
rible murder which has this week disgraced the
western part of this county. It was perpetrated
at Milder), the adjoining village to Monks'
Eleigh, and within the distance of seven or
eight miles froM Polstead, the scene of Corder's
diabolical murder of Maria Marten. Last Tues-
day morning, about nine o'clock, the body of a
little boy, between nine and ten yearS of age, in
the service of Mr. William Woodgate, farmer,
was found in a field some distance from the_
house, with his throat cut, and quite deal. The
body was removed to the church, and an inquest
was held that afternoon, before J. WaiAnan,
gent., Coroner. The following are the facts then
deposed to, as nearly as we could learn :
William Woodgate, jun., saw the deceased
(George Ansel') about six o'clock on the morn-
ing of Tuesday, attd he ordered him to go
and fetch up the cows, which were in a field
some distance from the house. The deceased
immediately went, and he did not see him again
afterwards; the morning was very foggy. A
considerable time having elapsed, and the boy
not returning, Mr. Woodgate's. father inquired
if the boy had been sent for the cows as usual,
and on his son's answering in the affirmative,
Mr. Woodgate, sen., went down the fields in
the direction in which the boy had been sent, and
is going across a field called Little Bloomfields
he discovered the body lying weltering in blood.
The deceased had evidently walked some dis-
tance after the horrid act had been committed,
as marks of blood were visible on the ground
for the space of sixty or seventy yards from the
spot where the body was found. The body was
just.warm when it was. first discovered. Sus-
pieion fell on a person named CieeTe Partridge,
who was also in the employment of Mr. Wood-
gate, and who had been hatdming in a field the
day previous to the murder, but had not been
seen at his work on the day on which the murder
was committed.

The inquest was adjourned until Thursday
morning. Constables were sent in search of
Partridge, and they took him about fire o'clock
in the afternoon, on the road from Preston, in
the direction of his father's house at Monks'
Elcigh, where healso resided. He With taken to the
Lion, at Monks' Eleigh, and, on searching him,
a large clasp-knife was found in:his pocket, with
marks of blood visible on the blade, and also
three finger-marks on the handle. His slop also
had marks of blood on it, especially one large
spot on the left breast.----(The knife was a large
clasp one, with a white handle, and a blade
shaped like a razor.)—He was detained at the
he was visited by the Rector of Tilden two or
public-house that night. On the following day
three times.

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prehension of Partridge, and the circumstances
connected with it, the Rev. Mr. Haiiward was
called on
to give evidence. It has been stated,
that during the time Partridge was detained at
the public house he was visited by this gemtleman.
Previous to the oath being administered to him,
a long conversation took place between Mr. H.
and the Coroner, the former contending his in-
formation was obtained under a promise that he
would not divulge it without the permission of
the party who ,ave.it ; and the latter, that it was
his (the Coroner's) duty to obtain all the infor-
illation in his power relative to the cause of the
death of the deceased. Mr. Hallward then re-
quested permission to withdraw into another
room with the prisoner. This was granted, and
,the)' were accompanied by the Rev. Gee Smith,
, magistrate, who was present during the whole
investigation on Thursday. On their return into
the jury-room Mr. H—Baid he could not obtain
permission of the prisoner to divulge what had