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London, England, 1845-04-14 00:00:00

Mr. G. PIGOTT then proposed, and Dr. LEE seconded,
" That a statement of the case, with the questions put to
Mr. Cox, and also his refusal to answer, be sent to the
Secretary of State, requesting his advice to the magis-
trates how to act should a similar case occur."
It was also resolved that a copy of the statement of
Mr. Sheriff should also be forwarded, being the only
official one yet communicated.

EXECUTION of THOMAS THOMAS
Early on Thursday morning last the arrival of im-
mense crowds of people into the town of Brecon testi-
fied the intense excitement which every circumstance re-
lating to the murder of David Lewis, the Cardiganshire
butter merchant, had excited ; and by ten o'clock, the
hour appointed for the execution of the convict Thomas,
no less than from ten thousand to fifteen thousand people
had assembled opposite the scaffold, which had been
erected on the bank of a small river which flows past
the county gaol. Since his conviction, the extraordinary
indifference and coolness of the prisoner had deserted
him, and he had spent most of his time in tears and
prayer. He supped heartily on Wednesday night,
and retired to rest about eleven o'clock, and
he slept soundly until four, when he rose and
dressed himself. He ate a hearty breakfast, and
attended Divine service in the chapel of the prison,
after which the sacrament was administered to him. He
declined seeing any of his relatives, though he said that
if they had come earlier he should have wished an inter-
view. When Calcraft entered the condemned cell for
the purpose of pinioning the wretched man, he was
standing near the fire place, weeping ; and when Mr.
Lasenby, the governor of the gaol, explained to him
that the moment had arrived for his going► out, he re-
plied that " he was quite ready ;" and added, " I will
go like a lamb ; I have given myself up to the Almighty."
The Under-Sheriff asked him if he wished to say any-
thing, and he replied he wished to see the reverend
chaplain who had left the room for a moment, and on his
entry he asked "if a copy-book in which he had
written several extracts from the Scriptures might
be given by the governor to his family ;" and on
the reverend gentleman assuring him that it should be
done, he asked if his watch and clothes might also be
given to his relatives ; when Mr. Vaughan told him he
would take care they should have them, and asked him
if he had anything further to say to them, or wished to
say any thing outside f He replied in the negative, and
then shook hands with all present, and thanked the
governor and the officers for their attention to him ; he
also took Mr. Vaughan by the hand, and thanked him for
his kindness. While the pinioning was performing, he
sobbed audibly ; and directly after the melancholy pro-
cession moved off, the chaplain reading the burial ser
vice. The prisoner walked very firmly, and apparently
took no notice of the immense crowd assembled. At the
foot of the scaffold he stopped, and turning round,
grasped Mr. Lazenby's hand with his pinioned
hands, and said, with great emotion, " God bless you all
for your kindness." He the❑ ascended the steps with a
firm step, but still weeping, and Calcraft placed the rope
round his neck, and tied the other end to the gallows.
The chaplain then read a prayer, the prisoner's lips per-
ceptibly moving as if in fervent supplication. The drop
fell exactly at ten o'clock, and for two or three minutes
the muscles were contracted and convulsed, and then all
was still, except the oscillation of the body in the wind.
After hanging the usual time, the body was taken down,
and buried within the prison walls,
He has made a full confession, which has not yet been
made public by the authorities.

COMMITTAL OF A WIFE FOR THE
DEATH OF HER HUSBAND.
LINCOLN, FRlDAY.—Another of those shocking acts of
poisoning has recently been brought to light at a small
village called Laceby, near Grimsby, concerning which
Jane Bell was yesterday committed to Lincoln Castle,
for trial at the next assizes, charged with the wilful
murder of her husband, Edward Bell, by administering
to him a certain quantity of arsenic. The unfortunate
deceased was a respectable master carter in the village,
and the suddenness of his death, which took place on
the 20th ult., naturally rendered a coroner's in-
quiry necessary. Mr. W. Meirris, one of the county
coroners, opened the inquest on the body at the Wa-
terloo Inn in the village, and Messrs. Lappington
and Keethley, two surgeons of Laceby, having dis-
covered, after a pos4 mortem examination, and a careful
analysis of the contents of the stomach, that the de-
ceased had died from the effect of arsenic, coupled with
other very suspicious facts, tending to fix upon the un-
happy woman the commission of the shocking act, she
was promptly ordered into the custody of the proper
authorities. The investigation was then adjourned, in
order to afford time for the collection 'of further evidence
respecting the tragical event, and on its being resumed it
was satisfactorily ascertained that the poison had been
administered in arrowroot. Additional evidence was
also produced corroborative of the accused's guilt, and
although certainly it was considered as almost ap-
proaching conclusive, still the jury entertained a doubt,
and eventually recorded a verdict of " Wilful murder
against some person or persons unknown." She
was accordingly liberated ; but from her previous
conduct to her deceased partner, which had been
spoken to at the Coroner's inquest, the authorities
were induced to institute further inquiries as to the
mysterious affair ; the result of which was the re-appre-
hension cf the wretched woman on a warrant issued
by the county justices, and on Wednesday she was duly
brought before Mr. R. Throld and the Rev. S. Gedge,
magistrates, from Grimsby gaol for examination,
charged with having administered to her husband, Ed-
ward Bell, a quantity of arsenic, and by means whereof
he became sick and died. The wretched creature, who
is far advanced in pregnancy, about five months, and
who wept bitterly during the proceedings, declared at
the onset of the examination her complete innocence of
the awful crime imputed to her, ejaculating frequently
"I am clear of my husband's death. I did not cause it."
Mr. Horace Watson, a druggist, living in the village,
deposed that the prisoner a short time previous to her
husband's death purchased a quantity of arsenic at his
shop, for the purpose, as she stated, of killing vermin,
but which, for reasons alleged by her, was not used, but
thrown away.
Mr. W. Pearsall, a consulting chemist at Hull, clearly
proved the deceased's death to have resulted from
arsenic.
On being called upon for her defence, she replied that
she had nothing to sad•; she was as free from causing
her husband's death as the unborn infant which she bore.
Respecting the poison, she said that she procured it
solely to destoy vermin, and not for Any other purpose.
She was committed for trial at the ensuing assizes.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
.john Stack, aged 28, cabman, and James Darby, aged
24, cabman, were indicted for feloniously assaulting,
Charles Green, with intent to commit a highway rob-
bery, &c. In a second count of the indictment the in-
tent was laid to be to do some grievous bodily harm.
The prosecutor, a clerk to a highly respectable com-
mercial firm in the City, had been dining with some
friends on the 28th of February last, and indulged freely
in wise. On his way home, somewhat the worse for his
libations, he entered the Blue Boar public-house in
Great Russell street, Bloomsbury, and called for a glass
of gin and water. While the liquor was being mixed
by the landlady, the prisoner Darby came in, and im-
portuned the prosecutor to have a cab home, a pro-
posal which was refused by the prosecutor,
who, however, tendered to Darby his glass to
partake of. Darby did so, and asked "if he might not
ask his mate in to partake." Assent being given, the
prisoner Darby went to the door and called " Jack,"
upon which the prisoner Stack immediately presented
himself and partook of the gin and water. In paying
the landlady, the prosecutor exhibited a purse in a
manner to be observed by both the prisoners. He left
the house, and on the instant was followed by Darby,
who called to Stack to follow him. From the Blue Boar
the prosecutor was dogged by both the prisoners.
Shortly after twelve o'clock a policeman of the name of
James Clarke was on duty in Crown-street, Soho, when
he observed a cab standing at the end of George-yard,
Crown-street. A man was sitting on the driving-seat,
and as the policeman_ approached the vehicle that man,
turning his head and directing his voice up George-yard,
called out, " Make haste, here's a Bobby " (the cant
word for policeman). At almost the same instant an-
other man, who turned out to be the prisoner
Stack, sprang upon the cab, and the other man
(Darby), who was driving, immediately turned
the horse's head round, and drove at a rapid rate towards
Oxford-street. The policeman Clarke pursued and
stopped them, suspecting all was not right, but having
satisfied himself by their badges and the number of the
cab, which he found on examination to be empty, he
permitted them to proceed. Clarke then went to George-
yard, where he found the prosecutor, Mr. Green, lying
weltering in blood, and in a perfectly senseless state. It
was found that a serious and dangerous blow, from the
effects of' which Mr. Grt en had not yet recovered, had
been inflicted by some blunt weapon on the right side of
the head, from which the blood was still profusely
flowing.
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict
of Guilty against both prisoners, and they were sentenced
to be severally transported for the term of 15 years.

NEW COURT.
Henry Pratt, aged 28, was indicted for forging and
uttering an order for] the payment of ten guineas,
with intent to defraud J. Barnard and others. The pri-
soner was further indicted on four separate counts,
charging him with fraudulently obtaining valuable pro-
perty by means of false pretences.
On being placed at the bar, the prisoner made an ap-
plication to the Bench, earnestly praying for a postpone-
ment of his trial until next sessions, in May; this request,
however, the Court refused to grant.
The prisoner, it will be fresh in the recollection of
our readers, was lately examined before the Lord Mayor,
at the Mansion-house, when the whole of the particulars
of the case were fully reported. It will be unneces-
sary, therefore, to state further than that the prisoner,
whose movements proved him to be an adept at " rais-
ing the wind," went to a fashionable hotel, No. 4, Albe-
marle-street, and represented himself as being " Major
Herries," the son of the Hon. J. C. lorries. He stated
that he had just arrived from India, and that his luggage
was at the Golden Cross. He then signed a cheque for
ten guineas, on Messrs. Barnard and Co. ; which, on
being sent to the banking-house, was honoured, and the
prisoner received the money. The prisoner also paid a
visit to Mr. Houlston, of 154, Strand, the publisher of
the Horticultural Magazine, to whom he also represented
himself as the son of the lion. J. C. Harries, and stated
that he had a brother in Somerset-house, who was
partial to horticulture, and to whom he wished some
numbers of his magazine to be sent.
In his defence, the prisoner said that he signed the
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