The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-06 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of Jan. 5.)
SUGAR.-The home consumption Sugar Market has pre-
sented a healthy appettrance this week, the trade have been de-
sirous to do business, merchants have offered their Sugars
sparingly, and prices have taken an upward turn. This after-
noon at public sale Barbadces Sugar went with spirit at prices
fully I s per cwt above those of the last auction ; fine yellow
fetched 66s to 675, good 64s to 64s 6d, and middling 63s to 63s
6d per cwt • 144 hhds 29 brls of St Lucia all sold, and
supported the rates paid by private contract ; good middling
yellow fetched 59s 6d, middling 58s Gd, low 56s 6d to 57s 6d,
good brown 55s Gd to 565, middling 555, low soft 545, washed
and shifted 56s 6d to 58s 6d per cwt. To-day all qualities of
West India Sugar were in excellent request, and better prices
were again paid, making the advance for the week is per cwt,
and the total purchases 2,800 hhds and tierces, being a larger
quantity than has been sold for a very long period during the
same time, the market closing with a firm aspect.
REFINED.-A brisk demand has been experienced for all
descriptions of Refined Goods for home consumption this week;
further advanced rates have been paid; and the Sugar houses
are mostly bare of goods. To-day many parcels of Refined
Sugar were taken by the home trade ; Standard Lumps sold
at 74s Gd to 755, and brown Grocery 73s 6d per cwt. In
Bonded Crushed Sugar large sales have been made for forward
delivery at 25s 93 to 26s per cwt.
MAURITIUS.-The rates given have been rather above these
that prevailed prior to the holidays. This afternoon fine yel-
low fetched 66s to 675, good 63s 6d to 655, middling 59s to
to 635, low 57s to 589 6d ; fine grey 643 to 64s Gd, middling
59s to 61s, low 57s to 58s ; fine brown 565, good foxey 545,
middling 52s 6d, and low 50s to sls 6d per cwt.
EAST INDIA.-Bengal fine white has fetched 67s to 695,
good 65s to 665, middling 63s to 645, common and fair 61s to
623 6d, strong yellow Dobah 62s to 675, low to middling yellow
57s to 60s, and low to fine brown 49s to 56s per cwt. Java at
18s to 20s per cwt. For Manilla 15s to les per cwt is the value.
This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with free purchasers, and
2,066 bags at public sale were sold at prices showing an ad-
vance on those that prevailed prior to the holidays of is to
Is Gd per cwt. ; fine white fetched 695, good 66s 6d to 67s 6d,
low yellowish white 595, mid strong yellow 625, and low damp
brown 48s per cwt.
FOREIGN.-Holders of Foreign are unwilling to submit to
lower rates, and none has been brought to public sale. If
sales were to be forced, lower prices would be the result, par-
ticularly for white qualities.
MOLASSES.-1n West India large purchases have been made
this week, but at no improvement in prices ; very low St. Lucia
and St. Kitts at 21s to 23s ; the better sorts of Molasses at 243
to 28s per cwt. Bengal Syrup at 16s to 18s per cwt. This
afternoon St. Lucia taken in at 23s for low quality; and Ber-
bice at 22s per cwt.
COFFEE.-An increased desire has been manifested on the
'Art of the home trade to purchase Coffee of all descriptions
this week, and further advanced rates have been paid ; the
small parcels of West India Coffee brought forward have found
eager purchasers at an advance on previous prices of 23. per cwt.
This afternoon the demand was brisk for nearly every descrip-
tion of Coffee for home consumption. Berbice middling at 92s
to 935, low middling 89s to 91s Gd, fine and fine ordinary 69s 6d
to 7;s, ordinary 595, and triage 40s. Ceylon was taken in at
66s for good ordinary 'pale. Mocha was taken in at 73s for
middling greenish. Bengal fetched 60s 6d for damaged pale
yellow. Rio bought in at 65s for fine fine ordinary, and 50s to
56s for fine ordinary.
Tea.-The purchases made in black and green Tea have
been to some extent this week, and at further improved rates.
To-day several purchases were made in Tea ; common sound
Cougou for cash was with difficulty to be had at Is, and com-
mon Twankav at is 2d per lb.
COCOA.-The lower descriptions of West India at easier
rates, good qualities at the former currency ; Trinidad, good
red at 52s 6d to 53s 641, middling 495, levy 45s 63 to 46s 6d,
bold grey 50s, middling grey 453 to 465, and low 42s per
cwt. Foreign Cocoa at 28s to 29s per cwt.
SeicES.-For Black Pepper prices are firm ; White at 4d to
73 per lb. For Casia Lignea rather higher prices have been
paid. This afternoon at public sale, Malabar Ginger of hold
quality sold at 89s 6d to 90s 6d, and damaged 80s to 82s ; Nut-
megs, for exportation only, taken in at 2s for small limed;
Singapore sold at Is 103 for low quality.
Rues, BRANDY, AND HOLI.ANDS.-Jamaica Rum, good
quality 33 to 37 per cent overproof at 3s 53 to 3s 9d, and
high flavour fine 5s per gallon. Leewards at Is 10d proof.
Demerara at 2s 8d to 2s 9d for good and fine qua-
lity 34 to 36 per cent overproof. Calcutta Rum
Is 6141 to Is 7d per gallon for proof with certificate.
Brandy has been in much better demand this week ; prices
have in almost every instance advanced Id per gallon, and large
parcels have been disposed of. Cognac best brands of the
vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 7d, puns 5s 5d ; ditto 1839, hhds 5s
4d, puns 53 2d; ditto 1840, hhds 5s 2d, puns 5s ; ditto, 1841,
hhds ss, puns 4s 10d ; ditto 1842, hhds 4s 103, puns 4s 8d ;
inf and mid sorts 2s lOs to 3s 4d, and Excise Brandy 2s 8d to
2s 101 per gallon. Geneva shipping sort at Is 10d to Is 11d,
fine pale 2s 4d to 2s 10d, and common Hamburgh Gin Is Gd
to Is 7d per gallon. English Corn Spirits at lOs to lOs 2d per
gallon cash. Scotch and Irish Grain Spirit lOs to lOs 2d, and
and Malt Spirit 12s 6d to 13s per gallon. To-day Brandy at
fully former rates ; proof Leewards fetched is 10d to Is Mid
per gallon. Of common Jamaica, 30 per cent overproof, some
small parcels sold at 2s 9d to 2s 10d per gallon.
RlcE.-Bengal middling white at lOs tici to Ils, good mid-
dling lls 63, and fine 12s; common yellow Madras at 8s to
83 tid per cwt. ; Java at 9s to 103 Gd, cleaned Rice at 21s to
263 for Carolina, and at 13s to 1 7a per cwt for Patna.
SAGO at better prices; common 12s to 12s 6d, middling
13s to 14s, and good to fine 15s to 20s per cwt. Sago Flour
180 per cwt. Rio Tapioca, of good and fine quality, at 4id to
5141 per lb.
INnico.-holders of East India Indigo being willing sellers
at low prices have occasioned man! parcels of Bengal to be dis-
posed of during the week, at prices showing a decline on the
rates of the last quarterly sale of Is to Is 6tl per lb. The
trifling purchases made in Spanish since Friday last have been
at low prices. _
_ _

COCHINEAL.—This afternoon the demand was excellent for
Cochineal, and 56 bags of Honduras at auction were all sold
at 4s Id to 4s tid for low to middling silvers, being id per lb
higher.
TALLOW.—Holders of Russian Tallow have been desirous to
realise, and prices have declined to 41s 3d to 41s 6d per cwt
for new P. Y. Candle on the spot. For delivery in the two
next months 41s, for the last three months of the year 42s per
cwt.—Prices being low for Tallow occasions a good demand at
40s 6d to 4ls ?er net cash. To-day, for Russian Tallow, prices
are drooping; 41s have been accepted for new P. Y. Candle
on the spot. North American Lard taken in at 33s 9d to 34s
per cwt.
Otts.—Cod Oil at 32l 5s to 32/ lOs per tun ; Seal Oil at
36/ to 36/ 10s per tun. Southern is wanted, 341 to 371 lOs
per tun paid for common to fine quality. For Sperm Oil rather
lower rates have again been accepted, 72/ for American, and
at 731 per tun for British. Linseed Oil 28s per cwt on the spot.
Rape Oil at 363 to 36s 6d for pale, and at 35s to 35s 6d
fot brown. Palm Oil sells well, fine at 295, and inferior at
26s to 28s (id per cwt. Cocoa Nut Oil at 30e to 33s per cwt.
Olive Oil, Gallipoli at 45/, and other sorts at 411 to 431 per tun.

COAL MARKET
... 16 6 Walls End Killingworth l7 6
Ships arrived since last marketdav '74 '
?Walls Eud ftiddell's
) Walls End Haswell .
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fi Walls End Hetton s• d.
Buddle's West Hartley .... 15 0 Walls End Hotspur .... N7 3
0 Wahs End Pemberton
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Walls End Caradoc 20 6
"0 3
Ravensworth West Hartley 15 6 Walls End Russell's Iletton 19 0
Taylor's Hartley ............... 15 6 NA'alls End Stewart's 26 3
mi"..."..: .:: ....................... a.. Walls End Adelaide
19 5
West%
NW' ey
sl
at m"ll4:l.at. ........ . . . . . . : ......... 15 3 Walls End Brown's DeanerylB 9
Walls End Clark and Co. ... 15 6 Walls End Seymour Tees l9 0
Walls End aosforth ......... 19 3 Walls End Tee,. _
"19 6
Walls End Heat0n............ 18 0 Cowpen
Walls End Hilda ............ ... 17 II Howard's W. Netherton
PRICES OF SEEDS
-

s CO3 Ditto, for sowing —s f6i
Per Cwt• i Per Quarter,
!Cs Ditto, for crush' -
—s S9s
125 2ls Heinf;
Sew English Bed C10ver...35s 56s St. Foin
Old Ditto Ditto ......... —s —s —s Rye Gra55.........
—s —s Canary
New Foreign Ditto...••.—s Ms Pace nrass —s —s
Old Ditto Ditto ......... —s —s —s Linseed, for feetlin.„; —s Ms Ms
hig 503 53 s
gn Ditto
......... —s 40s 46s Brown Ditto lOs Od to 14, Pd
• 31;s 42•
co(Ny
llecddww
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trt
to ..Cto i..
tto ...........
.............................
—s 641 s as
............... e —s Per Bushel.
Englishlrel'cliu carraw,,y
...... 40a 41s White Mutard..,los Oil to 12104
4s Cd to is p
CFoor"iainsicr ..................—s 14220s:rams

:OUNTRY CORN MARKETS.

Wheat. 1 Barley. 1 Oats.
__.,l

'Scant.

Peasc.

S. to 3.
18 22
18 21
22 26

Per Quarter.
&stun
Braintree
Blighton ....
Cambridge
Chichester
Durimow
Grantham
Grimsby
Hailsham
Hitchin....
Ipswich
t,eWQs
Lynn
Maidstone
Norwich
Petworth
Rom ford
Sandwich
Thetford
Wisoech
Witham
Yarmouth

a. to a.
35 38
24 29
36 41

s. to S.
39 4,
28 34
35 3t-'

e.
9. to e. S. to
34 50 22 38
45 58 29 32
41 52 27 31
46 52 - 23 -
44 5'2 28 30 19 22
42 55 i 24 33 IS 23
5.5 24 27 21 28
44) 50 29 33 18 21
40 52 23 32 19 21
40 57 `27 34 20 30
40 53 23 29 19 22 2
41 50 24 28 19 22 3(
40 46 *26 28 18 22 24
49 50 36 39 26 32 38
49 51 23 '2B 24 28 32
47 51 28 30 21 24 3i
46 59 24 31 10 24 26
50 56 30 31 21. 24 32
61 414 32 361 24 28 40
42 47 28 34 17 19 24
43 53 23 51 19 2324
50 155 50 32 20 23 38 4,
CHELTENHAM MARKETS.
Per Bushel. 8. d. to s, d. Per lb.
Wheat C 9 7 9 Beef
thrtey 3 0 3 9 Mutton
Oats 5 0 3 9 Veal ......... .......
Beans
Pease ......... .
Hay ........ 41.51. to 4/. 105.0 d. per ton.
NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE.
Red. White.
Wheat, Northumberland ........... 42s 48s 46s. 50s.'
Norfolk and Suffolk ......... 48s. 515 505. 545.
Berwick And Scotch ............• .. 40s. 465 , 505.
- Foreign ........ 445. 48s. 525.
Norfulknnd Suffolk...
pMeaalst
.?„
No.rhfoi 27e. 29s
2:32281 °
BR:rel,ey7mrfaolltkinagn,d Suffolk ............... 285.30 s -5.
.. 8
- Foreign ......... .. . . ••• .. 245 28/ -5 s
E. -s.
Grinding and Feeding ......... 220. 245.
Beans, Small ............................. 30s. :31' -2'
-- Tick ........................................... 3.95.40 s 9 9
9.
- Gray • ... . ... t .... . ............. . 26% 285 -s,
Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ••• .... 190. 2" -c
F0reign......................... .............................. 2107:: •IsBB2s -s. -1..
Flour (per sack) ................................. 3/5. 37s __s 8.
HULL. CORN MARKET.
Wheat, White (per Quarter) 52.0. 545. 565,
Red
Foreign
Barley, Malting,

36 43
Q 9 31
18 3:2

2:f 3r

'2B 30
32 84
`2ii 3f.

31 3i
3ii 3E
28 33
28 31
38 41
21 28
27 26
VI 30

d. tad.
6 7
6 7
6 7
6 8
7 8

I -
Grinding 255 271. 2Ss.
Oats, British
Foreign (in bond) l6s. lAs. 20s,
Beans 31,18 325. 345.
Pease, Grey
Blue and White IGs. 3Els. 40s.
Linseed... 4tls. 525. 56s
Flour per sack
Rapeseed (per 10 quarters)
CANTERBURY MARKET
Wheat, 508.: to:Ail. —s.
433. to 50s. 475.
Barley, 'Malting . 275. to 55* Grinding.. —s,
Oats '2os. to 2-ts.
can 4,-
Pease

to 323. ()Id—...

~a • G re:

-- ~2s

!. to -.-
1. to --s,
3. to —d.
to --S.

I. t• S.

i. tO -S.

Pease,
Od
—; Od
—s Od

•HADDINGION CORN MARKET.
'Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beaus
First 559 Od 2Ss 6tl 22s 3,1 32s Oil
_econell 4ss Od 25s 7d 189 51 30; Od
Third 3ss Od I 2.13 Oil 163 Od 28s Od
Average 2f. ss. hi. 7.l2ths.
EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET.
Per Sack of 2st•lbs. Ter Stone of 141 b.
First Oatmeal ...,....£1 IC 0 First Oatmeal.... £0
Second Ditto I 7 0 Second ditto 0
Barley meal
Peasenical 1 1 0 Pea,umeal
Pot Barley from 275. to this. per sack.
DALKEITH CORN MARKET.
Wheat. Bancy. i Oats. C'ease.
First r).4' Ou l 80s 20, Sd 33s Od
Second 463 Od ,26 i . ,7d Pli Od 3.2 s Oil
1 Bird

Deans,
33s Od
32s Od
27s Od

CHINESE COLLECTION..--The following distin-
guished personages h:tve recently honoured the Chinese Col-
lection by their visits :—His Royal Highness the Duke de
Bordeaux (seco:,d visit) and numerous friends, Countess of
Westmoreland and party, Admiral Sir E. Codrington and
party, Earl Stanhope, his Excellency the Count and Countess
St. Aulaire and party, &e. &c.

WINTER ASSIZES.
CHESTER, TVednesday, Jan. 4.
(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.)
CHARGE OF MURDER.— Samuel Maddocks, ageds.3, was
charged with the wilful murder of one Matthias Bailey, game •
keeper to Mr. Wilbraham, at Cuddington.
The Attorney-General, Mr. Townsend, and Mr. Egerton,
were for the prosecution; the prisoner was defended by Mr.
Temple.
It appeared that the prisoner was a tailor, and lived with his
brother, who is a farmer, in the vicinity of the place where the
murder was committed. The deceased was gamekeeper to
Mr. Wilbraham, of Delamere-hall, and had frequently suspected
the prisoner of poaching. On the 28th of July, the deceased
went out about 4 o'clock with his gun, and John, the brother
of the prisoner, was seen soon after running without a gun, the
deceased running after. It was the habit of the deceased to
pull off his coat and throw down his gun on those occasions, to
enable him to run faster. The prisoner had a gun, and when
the deceased was running after his brother, it was alleged that
the prisoner came behind the deceased, and discharged the gun,
the charge of :which penetrated the nape of the neck ; he in-
stantly fell and died. The principal witness in the case was
Joseph Clarke, who, upon examination before the Magistrates.
had sworn to have been an eye-witness of the murder. Several
witnesses were called on to prove the state in which the body
was found.

Joseph Clarke then deposed—l am a labourer, residing in
Noxley. I remember getting up on the 28th of July to get
turnips ; it was about half-past three o'clock. I met Matthias
Bailey at Smallbrook, about four o'clock. I knew Bailey be-
fore, and I asked him to give me leave to get some turnips
from Mr. Wilbraham's field that was alongside Camomile-lane,
where the murder was committed. Bailey and I parted at
the turnip field gate. Bailey went along the woodside when
he parted from me. I heard the report s,f a gun shortly after;
it came from the direction in which the body lay. In five
minutes I saw Samuel Maddocks coming down the lane into
the turnip field. He had a gun with him. As soon as he saw
me he laid himself down. I was then 100 yards from him, and
then I saw Bailey running down the lane, and as he was going
past Samuel Maddocks, the latter rose up, clapped his g,,n to
his shoulder, and shot him. lie was about two yards past him
when the prisoner fired. He was running very fast. He did
not run above a yard or two afterwards, but the hedge inter-
cepted my view, and I did not see any more. The prisoner
then jumped over the hedge, and ran down the lane. I did
not speak at all. I stopped about fire minutes, pulled a few
plants, and then went home. I did not say anything about it.
I have known the prisoner a great while. I did not attend the
inquest. I heard of a reward being offered soon afterwards. I
gave no information of what I had seen. I first gave informa-
tion three weeks ago last Saturday. 1 did not give informa-
tion at the time, as I wanted to let it stop till near the assizes.
I gave it to Mr. Wilbraham. I went myself. I heard of the
Maddockses being taken up about a week after the murder. 1
have never had any quarrel with either of them.
Cross-examined by Mr. TEAIPLE.—I never told any person
until I told Mr. Wilbraham. I don't usually get up at 3.
I got up to pull some plants without leave. I have never shot
beforo o'clock in a morning in my life upon my oath. I will
swear I went on picking turnips after I saw the shot fired. I
walked home and did not speak. 1 did not go to the place. I
saw the gun fired. I know Humphreys; he went with my
brother Samuel to Mr. Willbraham's, and I know the account
they gave of it. Ido not know who told me ; my brother did
not. They said I did it. I did not tell my brother that the
keeper was running after me, and I then charged my gun with
shot out of my pocket. 1 did not tell him that the keeper
called out my name. I did no:: say that when the keeper said
" You must come and go will me," that I then walked down
the lane, that the keeper walked first a little, and I then put a
cap on, and shot him, and that the keeper dropped when he
was shot. On being asked whether he hail given information
on account of the reward, he said, " I do care about the re-
ward, it belongs to me already for telling the truth. Ido care
about getting myself out of the scrape. lam out of it. I was
taken up and confined half an hour in a public-house, and then
released:.

Thomas Pickering deposed to hearing a gun fired about 4
o'clock, and on looking in the direction saw a man come
out of the wheat, but could not tell who he was, on account
of the thstanee. He heard a shout from the deceased ; he
said, " That's you,.;John." He could not undertake to swear
that it might not be " Joe," instead of " John."
James Rowland, a shepherd, saw tracts out of the lane into
a turnip field. The prisoner and his nephew were working
there.

Frederick Baker, special high-constable, apprehended the
prisoner on the sth of August. On the road the prisoner said
he could clear himself from this. He could prove he was
never out of his bed until after six that morning. He said
that neither himself nor any of his family had borrowed a gun.
Three witnesses were then examined, who swore that on
going to work that morning at about half-past five o'clock they
met the prisoner, and spoke to him.
C Libel-me Lewis remembered the deceased and the prisoner
meeting at her house, where they had words. This was not
long before he was shot. The deceased d—d the prisoner, and
said he was the worst poacher he had about. The prisoner
as soon as he was gone, said he would shoot him if ever he
came across him. He repeated his threat twice.
Mary Robinson examined—The prisoner came to her house
to do some tailoring. Whilst there the prisoner saw the de-
ceased in a field. He said he wanted shoatinff. Prisoner said
he was once lying in a ditch, and the deceased and his clog went
over him. If he had had a gun then he would have shot him.
Maria Gresby—Recollected John Maddock's daughter
touring to her father's house. She asked her to go to Thomas
Cook tor her. Thomas Cook brought out a bag and gave it to
her, and she gave it to Maddocks's daughter.
Thomas Cook remembered the last witness coming to his
house. There was a gun in the bag. Maddock's daughter
wanted t• borrow it for her father. The gun was returned on
the 4th of August, by Mary Maddocks, and she said her father
was much obliged for it.
Samuel Smith, surgeon, deposed to an examination of the
body, and finding a gun-shot wound on the nape of the neck.
The orifice was as large as a crown-piece. He afterwards made
a post mortem examination when the body was much decom-
posed, and extracted two shots from the spinal marrow, between
the first and second vertebrae. Death, he should think, would
be instantaneous, from paralysis. The wound must have been
received from behind.

James Bland, surgeon to the Macclesfield Infirmary—A per-
son might run several yards, even if the spinal marrow was
divided.

This was the ease for the prosecution.
Mr. TEMPLE addressed the jury in a long and powerful
speech f•r the prisoner, contending that the evidence was most
vague and unsatisfactory ; and, with regard to the witness
Clarke, not to be relied upon for a moment.
The Learned JUDGE then went into an analysis of the whole
of the evidence, commenting upon the discrepancies as they
arose. Ile said, the whole weight of the testimony rested with
the witness Clarke, and it was for them to consider what credi-
bility, if any, attached to his evidence.
The jury retired, and were absent for about 29 minutes,
during which a statement was made by Mr. Wilbraham, who
was in Court, which affected materially the truth of Clarke's
statement.

Mr. TEMPLE, for the prisoner, hoped his Lordship would
interrupt the deliberation of the jury, so as to give the prisoner
the benefit of this piece of evidence.
Joseph Clarke was recalled.
By the JUDGE—Did you go to Mr. Wilbrabam's in Sep-
tember last ?-1 don't know what port of the year September
is in, and I never told Mr. Wilbraham that 1 knew nothing
about the matter.
Mr. Wilbraham examined—Did the witness come to you in
September about the story which his brother had told the night
before ?—I think he came voluntarily. I asked him if he knew
anything about it, and he replied thathe knew nothing about it.
The jury then again retired, and, after an absence of an
hour, returned with a verdict of Not Guilty.
The announcement was received wish loud cheers, which
were promptly suppressed.
John Ready, a collector of rents in Macclesfield, was ar-
raigned for divers embezzlements, of the moneys of James
Frost, and others. He pleaded Guilty.
The Counsel for the defence wished to recommend the pri-
soner to the merciful consideration of the Court. He had been
a Captain in the army for 23 years, and hail risen from the
ranks to be Captain and Adjutant by his merits. He had also
been a collector for 20 years, and his friends had offered to
make good the default. He was 66 years of age.—Sentence
deferred. _ _

CHARGE OF MIURRER AT STOCKPORT.— George For, a bai-
liff at Manchester, was then indicted fur the wilful murder of
his wife Charlotte, by kicking and otherwise abusing her, which
cats.ed her death.

The Attorney-General and Mr. Trafford were for the pro-
secution ; Mr. Temple was retained for the defence.

It appeared that the deceased was a bonnet-maker, residing
in Stockport. On the Ist of December the prisoner went out
from home early in the morning, and did not return until ten
o'clock at night ;he was somewhat intoxicated. His conduct
was brutaL When he came home he said to deceased, " You
have been drinking at the Robin Hood." She denied it. He
said he would fetch a Bible, and make her swear to it. Dur-
ing hit, absence, finding him infuriated, she ran out of the
house, and her mother persuaded him to go to bed. She then
came in, thinking the prisoner would be asleep; but he then
came down stairs again, and she again left the house, and,
being very cold, went into the Robin Hood and called for a
noggin of gin. When she was about to return home, the pri-
soner was waiting for her at the door, and he commenced beating
her. She ran away screaming, and went into the house of a
neighbour, The prisoner followed and beat her dreadfully,
and kicked her brutally several times; and in her endeavours to
release herself by going up the steps, he caught hold of her gown
and pulled her backwards, and, falling on the stones, shestruck
her head, and never afterwards spoke. The prisoner after-
wards with great brutality would not go for a doctor, and said
she was not dead. He had been heard to say, when an inquiry
was made for his wife, that he wished she was stiff.
Betty Day, mother of the deceased, proved the whole of
these allegations, which were mainly supported by the testi-
mony of other witnesses.
The Jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter, and
The Learned JUDGB sentenced him to two years' imprison-
ment with hard labour.