The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-09 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron ALDEutsox.)
THE MURDER AT MARI:LEP:WE-
(Continued from. our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
William Brookman deposed that in 1.40 the prisoner w-ef,
in the service of Lord Cadogan, and he heard of his receiving
an injury by a fall from a ladder. He was hurt on the head,
and was attended by Dr. Lincoln. The- prisoner could not
perform his duty after the accident, and was clisohdrged in
few days. -
By Mr. PARRY.—The prisoner was not Employed as CAD'
boy. His head was cut open by the fall.
Mr. Wm. Fisher, the landlord of the Crown and Thistle in
Thomas-street, Oxford-street, deposed that in January last
the poisoner entered his service as waiter and pot-bey, but ho
found that he was quite incapable of doing what was required
of him. He appeared drowsy and stupid, and he could not
make him understftnd anything. He kept him for seven
weeks, and was at length obliged to discharge him. On the
day this occurrence happened, the prisoner came to his house .
and he was informed that he had been playing at skittles.
He had some drink, but witness could not say to what .e le
tent. While the prisoner was in his house, he heard h 0
speak affectionately and kindly of his wife and child, and
shortly afterwards he observed a degree of wildness in
manner and appearance.
By Mr. Paurtv—The deceased used occasionally to ee1316,. --
to his house to see the prisoner, but he had no opportunity 0'
observing his demeanour towards her at his own house. •
Mr. G. White, the landlord of the' Horse and Grooni' •
George-yard, Grosvenor-square, stated that the prisoner came
to his house as pot-boy after he had left Mr. Fisher's service.-
He only kept him a week, and considered his mind Ate'
affected, and that he was not capable of doing what It!:
required. He.consideredlis mind waa not, so sharp ste ?t,
should be, and he therefore discharged him.
By Mr. PARRY—He knew nothing of the prisoner excerit
what he observed during the week he was in his service.
Mr. CLARKSON said that this was all the evidence he had
to adduce on behalf of the prisoner. -
Mr. PARRY briefly replied.
The Learned JUDGE then summed up, and left the case in
the hands of the jury, who retired at four o'clock. They re:
mained in their room for five hours, and at nine o'clock, the
usual hour for the adjournment of the Court, the Common
,
Sergeant, who was then presiding, directed that they should
be sent for, and he inquired whether there was any proba.bl"
lity of their agreeing to a verdict in a reasonable time?
The Foreman said he did not think there was.
The Coariaox- SERGEANT said the Court would be read,' 11/
wait an hour or two, but if there was no chance of thetr
agreeing it was of no use for them to wait all night.
The.jury, after a short consultation, said it was not Pre.
bable they should agree.
The Court was then adjourned, and the jury were locked
up for the night. . .

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.
An unfortunate wretched woman, %vim was ascertained,
after much inquiry, to be the wife of a respectable in'
duArious man (foreman to an extensive engineer), °45
brought before the Lord Mayor upon suspicion of bey"
ing intended self-destruction.
A policeman stated that a few nights ago he found the
prisoner in one of the recesses of London-bridge, aPP6-
rently in very great distress of mind. Believing thaV
she contemplated a leap into the water, he took her int°
custody, and she subsequently admitted to him that if he
had not arrived at the moment, she shotild have certainly
a
destroyed herself. As she gave a wrong name, and
could not be prevailed upon to let the witness know all;
thing about her family, great difficulty was encountero
in arriving at any knowledge about her. At length her
husband learned where she was, and appeared before ths
Lord Mayor.
The poor man drew a melancholy picture of the Of
ferings to which his wife's profligate habits had for .
long time exposed him. They had been-married 0004
years, and frequently had she, during that period, '
all the furniture, inciudin., the very buds and the clotbv"
which covered the Ms. *Despairing, after a great vr
riety of experiments, of producing any improvement T,
her habits in this country, he determined to resign
situation, and to take her and their children to Ameti
Thither they repaired, but the change of climate ini
duced no alteration in these depraved habits which 1144
inflicted so much domestic unhappiness, and he found Po
condition worse in the place to which he had fled as 0
refuge, than it had been amongst those to whom he °I
known. He accordingly brought her back, and was rile;
instated by his former employer, but the conduct of to
wretched woman became worse and worse, and, alarms
at the example she held out to the children, he der :I,
mined to let her have nothing except through the w,r,
dium of the workhouse, to the authorities of which
2,,1
had made such allowance for her as they conside
right to demand. eon
The LORD MAYOR (to the prisoner)—What have i 4
to say to this dreadful account of you 2 . The prisosl"
—.Nothing.
The LORD MAYOR—I never heard of any thing 03°
disgraceful than your conduct as a wife and a mother,' ,
The husband--I have done all I could -to make i
and my children comfortable and happy; but the ta.
spe
exertion I made, the worse she became in every re .0..
The LORD MAYOR—I' shall now send her to TT ocf
well for a month to undergo hard labour, and if she ouebo
again in the some way, I shall send her for trial. to try
Central Criminal Court. The prisoner was then b,,kl
moved from the bar. The unhappy man frequently sob
aloud during the examination. •
The Lord Mayor was occupied till past 5 o'clock, it;
hearing summonses against omnibus drivers' and cor't
ductors, and cab drivers, for having loitered in differel,
parts of the city. Very few of the defendants escape "a
the police having become exceedingly vigilant an
evinced a disposition to let no offender of the descrir
tion pass unpunished.
C LERKENTVELL. al
Peter Yone,late!,a private in the 95th Regt. of foot, Wag
charged with an assault of an unusually violent and °lv
provoked nature, on police constable 175 N.
the ir
The officer. who appeared to be suffering from 0
juries he had 'received, deposed that at five o'clock__ j,
the previous evening, he was on duty in the New-,
Pentonville. The prisoner, who was under the in'eo,
ence of liquor, had, by his violent language and gre,
tures, attracted a crowd round him. The officer
or
quested him to go away, but the prisoner became ~.1130.
violent than before ; the complainant repeated -111',,ree
quest, when the prisoner knocked him down'. ti' .611
times, twice so violently that his body descended .°.4),
somersaults on the flags. Assistance, however, nrrilthe
and the prisoner was, with difficulty,, removed to
i 0
station-house. Witness felt much pain from the injur
he had sustained. •
The superior officers of the division: to which the c°40;11;
plainant oolongs gave him a most excellent chareeto
and Mr. Combe said, as tar as his knowledge otter' do
he was one of the most quiet and inoffensive men in-',
force. hatft.

v The
AleciisTnATE asked the prisoner what he
say to the charge. ougi
Prisoner—l was drunk at the time, and I 0111
lase
when lam drunk. I am very sorry for what ~
done, and hope On account of my aged mother e""
presert, you will forgive me. tea
Anne Yone, the mother came forward, and entrls-
of the magistrate to discharge her son, who was is cis'
trious and affectionate towards her. He had bee% feet
charged from the army on account of a physicalt."' be
in his constitution.. When he took strotig drink Pe
came Mr. quite.. insane. • e
COMM said assault on the police were beco'ci,g,-
~f such frequent occurrence, and of so aggravatoilecept
ratter. that unless they were put 'a stop to, Lk), "nei3
tnan would join . the force, The plea of drun"e-n. et'
was no excuse, and if' liquor bad such a maddenitiVi•
feet on the prisoner, he was the more blameable f"1..,00'
ing it. He would fine him .11. or a fortnight's imPridoe
meat. The money not being forthcoming he was locke •
. i ACS.
SUPPOSED MURDER AT HAMPTON COURT --„I'or
—Tuesday Mr. Wakley, M.P., at die Mitre Tavern, J",aoco
ton Court, held an inquest, to inquire into the circutnnor
attendant upon the death of a newly .born male infalt
Lions of whose mutilated remains had been found in a?."
to the sewer belonging to Hampton Court Palace. '141.,e .tr'
titulars already adverted to having been narrateo!i 1,0
Wakley observed that there was no proof that this chil,isice,
been 'murdered, but where a concealment of birth toekbre ia'
and that Was followed by horrid acts of mutilation, t'„ioio,ll,
ference would be, that it had been killed. He was of °rat '"
that this child had not come from the Palace at all t. t ;3, bi
like. de;
had been thrown into the barrel drain, and very
some person coming from a distance. The jury, haa7ilit"
liberated for a few minutes, returned a verdict -
Murder against some person or persons unknown.:

BIRTHS. 94.,
On the Ist inst., in Brighton, the lady of J. R. Br/11'
of a daughter. frit*,
°
On the 3d inst., the wife of Thomas Pynsent, EA t
Hemlock, Devon, of a daughter.
wife of
J' 11'
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On the 3d inst., at Liverpool, Eliza, the ifs 4
Roche, Esq., merchant, of a daughter.tile y
On the sth inst, at Kingswood Lodge, Croydon, d' of,
of the Rev. J. S. Hodson, M.A., Curate of Sander
Ofb
daughter. -
On- the sth inst., Mrs. J. Hillard, Bentinck-stre4,,t,

daughter.
clr
ti
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On. the 27th ult.:, at 3144HelivRiRtreieE, npe.;r Exeter, Anton,„iois
iota'''
Esq., of Florence, to Susan Parr, third daughter a r
Parr Pope, Esq.. , ; tell°t•
On the 6th inst., at Catherington, Hants, -,-"e11i,0t,5:4
Colonel E. Napier, late 46th Regiment, to Eli° gatir
youngest daughter of the late Thomas Daniel, EA"' ro,
Civil -Service. /col is to
On the 7th inst., at-St. George's, Hanover•equlre'Llsos'•o.
eldest son of Colonel Iremonger, Wherwell Pri0r):,,•...00P
Mary Anne Widmore, only child of William flopig.“' ,
EsqKingselere, Rants. Ow
I/. ` ter
On the 7th inst., at St. James's, Clerkenwell, ....; oat'
Esq., of Upper Islington-terrace, to Elizabeth, thiru 14'
of T. Davis, Esq., of Baker-street, Pentonville. gneviaP°ler
On the 7th' inst., Elias Mocatta, jun., Esel '',Aieol'
street, to Rachel, second daughter of the late
Goldsmid, Esq., of Tavistock-place. ,ii,
DlED.sh'v
~ u ,
On the 7th hut:, in Salisbury-square, Mrs. D'art``oarc I,cs
On the sth inst., inHart-street, 13loomsbu4-sq railer,
relict of Mr. }lnnis.
On the sth inst., Woodlancls,C.helsfield, gent' oro,
youngest son of T. Waring, Esq. , heath, F•leitn
On the 6th inst., at West Lodge, Bcxley-
et soil
the wife of John Bayley, Esq. couttge
On the 6th ult., at Funchal, Madeira, George:y(lloc%. ,_cy,
of the late D. Guillethard, Esq., of Hackney, Mr 1!-', /. lieu'
On the 24th ult., Mary, joungest daughte u"
tenant
Esq., of Rugby. , - Lioite.
On the 2d inst, at Dublin, Gordon Scott, MP,
in the sth Fusiliers.
of
Maidinan. Esq. , peter
'till, °
On the 6th inst., at Brighton, the Bev.
On the 4th inst, at Bedford, Elizabeth, relict of the lat6G.
.tistock, Dorsetshire.
'On the Bth inst., Henry. Grey; Esq., WA
On the sth inst., Mr. Patrick O'llyam
igatltiv
Wandsworth-road. . dfor A _antlarel
agcedrr9o..speet.place,
On. the Bth` inst., in Gower-street; Be " „e
Jane, w
niel Saxon, Esq. Finsbury'
On the Bth iitst., in Whitecross-place,
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wife of Mr. Andrew Kaye. • ..-----,--43-0 ~.", ,
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Aliddlese2i, Thursday, May 9, 1844.