The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-23 00:00:00

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 Is., 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 were rather singular;
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 offence, 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 hs opinion, that although Mr. Campbell was
perfectly harmless, and very shrewd, yet ke 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
thr:t 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 cloths, 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-
tle men, 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. .1 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.

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.—(it 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 read-house, for some years,
would lead people to suppose that he was mad. Of
the annoyances to which people were subjected in
such establishments, none could form any idea who
had never resided in them—none could imagine the
effect of constant association with insane persons.
Whatever decision the jury might arrive at, he was
himself satisfied that he was perfectly sane.
Mr. Campbell throughout conducted himself with
the greatest urbanity, coolness, and composure ; in-
deed no one could have supposed that he had been an
inmate of a lunatic asylum, or that his intellects had
been impaired.
Mr. Commissioner WINsLow summed up with
great clearness and impartiality—so much so, that
the Learned Counsel deemed it unnecessary to offer
any observations.
The jury, aftera brief consultation, retired, and after
an absence of nearly an hour, returned into court,
when their names were called ever by Mr. Boniface,
of the Under Sheriff's office.