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that he thought he ought, to thrash them well. He
had exhibited some extraordinary conduct to the tailor
who worked for the establishment, and to the slaugh-
terman who killed the beasts, &c., for the use of the
inmates ; in the latter case he had eaten part of the
brains of an ox which had been just killed; he would
have them warm from the head, without being cooked,
and ate them without any bread. Mr. Moxon having
detailed the delusions and general conduct in accord-
ance with the subjoined evidence, expressed a hope
that, whatever present appearances of sanity Mr.
Campbell might present, the jury would not, after
hearing the evidence, consider that his late lamented
father had placed him unnecessarily under restraint ;
indeed, it could not be supposed that he could have so
treated his only child, except for his due care and pro-
tection.

Mrs. Mary Johnstone was then examined. She
stated that her husband was a surgeon, of Dover-
street, Piccadilly. She was an old friend of the
family, particularly of Mr. Campbell's late mother.
About 14 or 15 years ago witness was in London,
and on a visit to Mrs. Campbell. She observed that
young Mr. Campbell's manners were very peculiar.
Once when at dinner he took offence because the foot-
man accidently removed his chair, upon which, with-
out saying a word, he got up and left the table, went
out of the house, and did not return for several hours.
On other occasions, when the family would be taking
lunch or other meals, he would sometimes take it into
his head that he was not wanted, and would suddenly
leave the room. When witness was about to depart,
and wished to take leave of him, he, for no apparent
reason, ran to his bed-room, locked himself in, and
would not come out, although she went and knocked
at his bed-room door; indeed, he became exceedingly
excited, and, after some time, opened his door and re-
marked that witness was no lady for coming to a
gentleman's bed-room, and he then refused to come
out; in fact, shut the door in her face. She then
thought, from his excited state and extraordinary
conduct, that he was labouring under delusions, and
that his mind was consequently impaired.
Dr. Allen bore out a considerable portion of the
learned counsel's statement, adding that Mr. Campbell
was formerly allowed only 6d. per day" 'pocket
money, but it had been latterly increased to 1 s., as
although he had formerly drank he had only got in-
toxicated about three or four times during the whole
fourteen or fifteen years; and of late he had discon-
tinued spirits, taking, as he said, oatmeal as a substitute,
and he, in consequence, got better in health generally.
His dislikes to the other inmates wererathersingular;
he fancied they annoyed him, and one in particular he
had taken an objection to ; he said the very smell of
him would make any man mad. He also appeared
to dislike a lady who was an inmate, and also a lad
who was in his (Dr. Allen's) employ. Neither party
had given him any offeace, and therefore his com-
plaint, that they annoyed him, was without founda-
tion. Mr. Campbell objected to wearing woollen
garments, preferring corduroy trousers as being lighter
and better to walk in ; for the same reason also he
wore generally a coat and waistcoat of cashmerette,
or some equally light material. He (Dr. Allen) had
been 25 years conducting High Beach Asylum, and
had had great experience in cases of lunacy, and it
was his opinion, that although Mr. Campbell was
perfectly harmless, and very shrewd, yet he laboured
under certain delusions, and was decidedly of un-
sound mind.

Mr. Johnstone, surgeon, of Dover-street, Picca-
dilly, husband of the first witness, was also of opinion
that Mr. Campbell was not of sound mind.
Henry Davis, the tailor to Dr. Allen's establish-
ment, proved Mr. Campbell's peculiar aversion to
woollen cloth., and also the dislike he appeared to en-
tertain for several of the inmates, as well as all con-
nected with Dr. Allen's house.

John Birkett stated that he was the slaughterman
or butcher at Dr. Allen's asylum. Mr. Campbell was
very fond of watching the operations of killing cattle,
sheep, &c. When witness was slaughtering an ox,
about three months since, Mr. Campbell was present,
and said he should like to eat some of the brains. Wit-
ness said of course he would have them cooked, but Mr.
Campbell said they were more pure and efficacious in
their natural state, and actually ate them warm as
they - came from the head of the animal, without
either having them cooked or eating a morsel of bread
with them.

William Roe, one of the attendants at Dr. Allen's,
also gave evidence confirmatory of the previous testi-
mony ; and Mr. Carey, a surgeon, of Woodford, who
had been in the habit of frequently meeting and con-
versing with Mr. Campbell during his rambles, was
called on the part of the latter to testify as to his sa-
nity, but he agreed with the other two medical gen-
tlemen, that Mr. Thomas Telford Campbell was de-
cidedly of unsound mind.

Mr. Campbell put several questions to the witnesses,
and occasionally made some very pertinent remarks,
observing that the witnesses had given their evidence
very fairly, but were wrong in their conclusions; and
explained to the jury such parts of the evidence as he
seemed to think bore against him. He said—" I did
not eat the whole of the brains of the ox, but only a
small portion, and, therefore, the witness (Birkett)
must be mistaken. Mrs. Johnstone must also be mis-
taken. I did not behave in the way she described ;
the fact is I was unwell, and confined myself to my
room, and did not want to be disturbed. I suppose
I offended my father because I did not seem to think
enough of myself. He wanted me to go more into
society, which I did not feel disposed to do. I have
not been particularly well educated. I was sent to
school in France, but I ran away from it, and was
stopped at Boulogne because I had no passport, and
was detained there till proper inquiries were made."
By a juror—He ran away from school because he
was not comfortable.

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Mr. Campbell continued—He had given the solici-
tors the names of certain witnesses' who could speak
as to his general conduct at Woodford, &c., but none
of them, excepting Mr. Carey, had attended. This
he regretted, as the 'result of the inquiry might, in
consequence, be unfavourable to him ; but he' hoped
the jury would take that circumstance into their con-
sideration' as it had arisen from his ignorance of the
law, .and he trusted his case would not thereby be
affected. He would suggest that the inquiry should
be adjourned, to procure the attendance of those wit-
nesses.—(ft was here explained to Mr. Campbell, that
such matter was not of sufficient importance to require
an adjournment, upon which he appeared satisfied.)
Mr. Campbell then went on to say, that the fact of
a man being locked up in a mad-house, for some years,
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been impaired.
Mr. Commissioner Wixstow summed up with
great clearness and impartiality—so much so, that
the Learned Counsel deemed it unnecessary to offer
any observations.
The jury, after a brief consultation, retired, and after
an absence of nearly an hour, returned into court,
when their names were called aver by Mr. Boniface,
of the Under Sheriff's office.

The foreman then announced that although he and
another juror objected to give a verdict at variance
with the medical testimony, yet that fourteen jurors
out of the sixteen were of opinion that Mr. Campbell
was of sound mind.

A verdict was accordingly recorded " That Mr.
Thomas Telford Campbell was of sound mind." The
verdict caused extraordinary sensation in the room.
Mr. Campbell immediately after removed his lug-
gage from Dr. Allen's, and took elegant apartments
at the house of the late Captain Sotherby, near
Woodford.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(SATURDAY.)
MANSION-HO USE.
ALLEGED POHGERT.—A case' which excited a vast
deal of interest from the character of the prosecution,
and the disclosures that subsequently followed, took
place before. Mr. Alderman Wood, who sat for the
Lord Mayor. It was that of a young man respectably
connected, named Moore, living in Cambridge-street,
Hackney, who was charged with having forged the
indorsement of two wine warrants, valued at 901.
The prosecutor, Rdgar White, of Mincing-lane, it
appeared had got the prisoner to procure an advance
for him on the two notes for 301., and when he after-
wards applied for their restoration, he found that
they had been disposed of with his name forged on the
back as the indorsement.
The prisoner asked the prosecutor if he would swear
that the notes were not indorsed when they were
handed to him. Prosecutor—No ; certainly not.
Prisoner—Did you not state, after the Chelmsford
Assizes, that a person named Sparks, your man, had
broken open your desk and extracted the two notes
in question, which were legally indorsed, and had at-
tempted to raise money upon them? Prosecutor—l
said that my desk had been broken open.
Prisoner—By Sparks ? Prosecutor—Yes.
The prisoner protested his innocence. He said it
was a cruel persecution.
One of the notes being here produced, the Alder-
man handed it to the prosecutor, and inquired if it was
in his handwriting? He replied it was not, nor did
he know in whose it was.
Prisoner (with emphasis) —ls it not in Sparks's
handwriting ? Prosecutor--I
don't know.
Prisoner (addressing the Al Lerman in an impres:ive
manner)—So help me God, the notes were signed
before I got them. It is through the malevolence of
that man and Sparks that I am now in my present
position. He then called a Mr. Well's, a judge's
clerk, to prove that the notes were indorsed when
they were handed over to the prisoner by the pro-
secutor.