Star.
London, England, 1825-08-16 00:00:00

CROYDON, AUGUST 13.

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-''' "The Assiz.3 for the county of Surrey terminated
',o4terday evening. and would probably have lasted
sour.‘ longer, but fin, the assistance of the Lord Chief
ji..:.:ce BEST, irLo lent his aid* in trying. prisoners as
loon a• the bu4r.ess was diWosed of on• the civil si •
..9t. Abotc.y.) capital et!rtvictionp which took place, sr ,
Itrats.;l4. death wits:propotinced in ilree cases Only
t.elii, On cl:::Eks Cedar, for hotse•stealitig ; anp
.P.fiver t liiiee and r.dward Taller, for highway tobbert.,
torias ds whom no hopes orinetcy were held out. .!
%•i. •1 • A PP,1.P.13Y, ATJGCST !2. : ...,..
. ~ 'it:l:lris:bin,' was (*dieted IT kiltiiig an 4 drift Jain /MIS'
ty4yst,:Kithi Stephen, on the sth of July, last.
1 • it ais pe a retl from tht
.evidcnce off:reti.on blhalf tiil
OW Intsecutton, by Mr. Cooxsois, that at the list fair
10;:itby *tephen, the prisoner and the deceased sot/
aiTntraday s public-houte' el about twelve or one o'doek
T
at night. hey v ere both of them paupers, and both

a little intoxicated- Some conver,sation took place be-
tween them, but none of the witnesses could state the
,effect of it.. The prisoner then leant
,away,t6 a chair
and sat down. The deceased and Old.
" I have not, like thee, spent 80:4-anAtthen come tOtba‘
parish." The prisoner then struck.the.deceased twice
on the side of the head, who fell inconsequence upon
the chair. He then kickei him with both his feet on
the sides of his body. The landlord took up the de-
ceased shortly afterwards, and found that he was dead.
It appeared, however, that the deceased had fallen
down a flight of stairs that day, and had bled consider-
ably ; and that no suigeon had opened his body to as-
certain the immediate cause of his death.

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Under these circumstances, the Jury. by the direction of the
Learned Judge, returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

MONTGOMERYSHIRE.

W. Cadotan, labourer, aged 26, was indicted for having
administered to Elizabeth Davies, arsenic and blue-stone,
with intent to poison her.
Elizabeth D vies deposed as follows lived at
Maesgwailed, in the parish of Trefeglwys, in June last,
and have known the prisoner two years last October.—
I have a female child by him, two years old. Prisoner
'paid me for the support of the child until last March
lair at Lianidloes. When he refus-cl to pay, I vent to the
parish officers, who ordered me to swear the child, which
I did. Prisoner has not since visited me until six weeks
ago, when he came and called me up at about twelve
o'clock at night. Before he came into the house, he
asked me how the little girl and I were ? I asked him
what he wanted at that hour? He answered. that he
came to get consent to give out the bans that we might
be married. I replied, that I was not unwilling, if he
told me the truth. I then let him into the house. We
went into my room and sat upon the bed. While sitting
there, the prisoner took a cake out of his pocket, and
told me to give it to the little girl, but let nobody see
the cake. I took the cake out of his hand, and put it
on the cupboard. He drew from his pocket six or seven
cherries, wrapped in paper, and told me to give them
to the little girl, and let nobody see them. I took the
cherries, and placed them on the cupboard with the cake.
After he bad given me the cake and cherries, I asked
him for the money which he owed me fur keeping the
gill? He said that he would come next Friday night
with the money, that the bans might be put out on
the following Sunday. He told me to get up when
I heard him knocking on the next Friday night. He
then went away. When I rose next morning, about six
or seven o'clock, I looked at the cherries and the cake ;
they were in the same state and place as I put them
overnight in the cupboard in my bedroom. Nobody
slept in my room except my child ; nobody had been
in my room after I had received the cake and cherries.
I looked at the cherries first, there was something white
upon the cherries, and I put my tongue to one of them,
and it tasted very nauseous, like as if salty—very bad
indeed. The white upon the cherries looked like flour.
I then examined the cake; it was like a butter-cake;
sweet, and as large as the palm of my hand; it ap-
peared as if it had been wet with something: I put my
tongue to it as I did to the cherries ; I took a knife and
pied off the top ; it looked wet through ; I put my
tongue to the inside again ; it tasted salty. I did net
examine the cake or cherries any more ; I buried them
in the mixenlniniecfiatity ; I did not give any to the
child. On the following Friday night, the prisoner
came to my house about Acres o'clock ; I was in bed ;
when he called me, I got up, dressedinyself,-and went
out to him. He asked me immediately how the little
girl was? I told him she was very well. He asked
me to go into the house; I refused to all Or him to go
in; he said he would go in; I opened the door, and we
went in. After prisoner and I went into the house, be
said he would go to the-village and have the-bans put
up. I told him I was not unwilling if he told me the
truth. After a little talk about marrying, I asked if
he was fond of the little girl ? He answered, yes. I
said I thought he was not. He asked what sign I saw
of it? I said that 1 had sufficient sign. Prisoner
again asked me what I had seen ? I said I would not
tell it to anybody.. He pressed me to-tell Mm what I
had seen. I asked him what he had put on the cake and
cherries for the girl? He asked what I had seen on them ?
I said I bad not seen much upon them, but I never
tasted anything of such a taste. He answered, surely
nobody has put anything upon the cake for me! I
kaki there was something on them; I did not like to
give them to my little girl, so I threw them away. He
said, I will take my oath there was no more upon it
than is upon thiscake which I have in my hand. Priso-
ner had a cake in his hand which he then pulled out of
his pocket and broke me a piece off, and told me to put
it in my mouth. I took it and put it in my mouth,
and spit it out quickly; I could not eat it. He said, do
you take this, and eat it. He was pretending to eat
some before he gave it to me. I could not tell whe-
ther he ate it or not ; he then .gave me the rest of the
cake, and told me to eat it that time; I:said I will not
have it ; he pressed me hard to take it. I took it and
put it into the bog. He said, don't put it there, or the
cat will get it. I replied I would eat it presently. He
said, perhaps you will not rely upon it to eat it; you
see I have eaten a bit of it myself,. He a4e,rwards went
away, having been with me half an hour. Ile said he
would come to the house early from the village after
he had put in the bans next day; but he did not come.
I left the cake in the box till morning, and then found
it in the same place. No person bad been in the room
in the meantime. On examining the cake there was some.
thing blue upon it. Prisoner had broken it, and lob-
served SomeLhing white in the middle of it. I did not
eat any. There was nothing, except withinside, where
he had pinched some of it off the surface before he gave
it me. I saw him do something with the cake, but could
not tell what. The cake had been broken, as if by the
hand. I saw nothing in the part where it was bitten.
I locked it up. I shewed it to Mr. Evans, doctor at
Llanidloesi and left it with him. I am twenty-five
years old, not married.
Mr. Evans, surgeon and apothecary, of Llanidloes,
was called, and stated that he saw the preceding wit-
ness in July last, and she had a handkerchief with some
*hi:e bread. She bit it for my examination; I found
'bat it contained sulphate of copper; I believe there
was something else, but I cannot'swear what; I am not
a chymist ; 1 sheseed it to Mr. Jervis, of Llanidlues; I
consider him the best chymist. Sulphate of copper ap-,
peared to have been inserted subsequently to the cake
being made; it appeared as if a loaf had been broken
open, and sulphate of copper put withinside; I put the
loaf up in t!.,e handkerchief again, and took it up, ac-
cording to her request, to the Magistrate.' clerk, Mr.
Ed ward testis.
Mr. r...Je.rvis, surgeon, Llanidlots, tecolleets accom-
panying thi last witness to Mr .t.vais.s, to examine
s me bread, and saws Elizabeth ill ids there. I ob-
served portions of sulphate of 'cksirptr,'arnd' Also the ap.

penance of some 'other deleteriois subs' ances. I next
morning. received Woe of the bread from Mr. D. Evans,
and analysed. it itOis,presince, and in the presenie of
Mr. Owen, surgeon; sulphate of copper was appatent.
I submitted it to several tests, and foind that it cost-
mined white atsenic besides sulphate of copper. Sul-
phate of copper is a poison ; but its effects depend upon
the quantity and the state of the constitut:on ; I am not
positive that the quantity was sufficient to catvc death.
Mr. Blunt. ehymist, of Shrewsbury. examined—l analysed some
bread which I received from Mr. Davies, and found it contained
sulphate of copper and white arsenic. I have reduced them to
their metallic states. Ido not suppose there was a considerable
quantity in the bread.
Ain Owen, aunt to the young woman, and W. Williams, a
tailor, corroborated parts of the preceding evidence. This closed
the case for the prosecution.
On the part of the prisoner, several witnesses were called in sup-
port *f his character.
Mr. TltMrr.E. on his behalf, made an ingenious ad
dress, in which he contended that the case could not go
to the Jury, betause " the administering" of the alleged
poison had not been proved agreeably to the letter of,
Lord Ellenbcrough's Act, on which the bill was founded.
The Junes, in reply, said, that if the Jury foUnd a
verdict of guilty, the case would strict over for the
.
opinion of the twelve Judges. His Lordship then re-
cat itulated the evidence, which occupied nearly • two
hours ; and the Jury, after consulting upwards of hall
an hour, pronounced the verdict—Civilly. •
Mr. Justice JERVIS earnestly addressed the prisoner
(by a Welch interpreter), saying, that the point noticed
by his able Counsel should be referred to the considera-
tion of the twelve Judges ; but he implored the prisoner
not to rely with strong hope upon their determination,
as his Llrdship was fearful it would not be in the pri•
soner's favour. lie was afraid there was no hope for
the prisoner on this side the grave. Let him thete-
fore make the best use of the time now allotted him to
make his peace with his GOD, and to prepare for an-
other world.

At the conclusion of the sentence, the prisoner was mach affected.
The trial lasted nearly twelve hosts.

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