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think she could not inflict the wouyd herself is, because of the
situation and depth of the wonsad. ' The blood must have followed
immediately.the.iniliesion of the wound,-bet it would depend upon
the length ikt the instrument whether the hand would be de ti ed with
blood. 'Mere were t*o wounds upon the sari* sedate. If the
person who inflicted ;the, wound had stood behind he mould
not have been coveretrwitittlood. When I sew him be bad a
little blood oh his bindles:
lie-exiunioed.--Supposiog.the murdered person was lying on her
stomach, and the murderer was behind, the probability is that
there would not be any blood on the body of the murderer.
By the Jurvas.—lt would have been impossible to have indicted
I the wound, unless the peso who did it stood behind. In my
judgment she did not inflict the wound herself.
Thomas Wapples examined.—Was at the Green
Dragon on the 7th of December. I went in about 11
o'clock in the morning, and stayed with him till about
five. He seemed rather vexed about aj:b of justiceing.
He said to me, Mr. Wapples, you will see me only once
more, for I shall surely finish myself before morning.—
lie talked about number one, and said that was a figure
which nobody could take hold of. He said there should
be a scandal on the family and on the palish that
should never be forgot. He then said number one again,
and I said, Number one—l think I can read; you
mean your wife. I said, don't abuse your wife, or you
will be in a greater hobble than ever you have been,
and your uncle will forfeit his bond, and it will hurt him
sadly to pay it. I advised him not to go home at all,
but to go to his mother Billson. He said, no, I will go
home. I went with the prisoner's attorney, to shew him
the prisoner's premises and the road. I saw a razor,
and picked it up. I pulled it open, and the blade was
ditched with rust and blood. It was about three months
after the murder that I found the razor. There had,
been hundreds looking for it before. The raz I' was
here produced. (The prisoner turned for a moment to
look at it, but he did not appear affected).
Mr. John Blockley examined-1 ant a grazier. I
had some conversation with the prisoner the day after
the death of his wife. He tent for me. The prisoner
said, Mr. Blockley, sit down by me. He then held up
his bands and said, "Oh ! Mr. Blockley, what could
have possessed me to do this thing. It is of no use
my denying it any longer. lam guilty." Ile said this
before 1 spoke to him. He appeared to be in his
right senses.
The Rev-. Mr. Burdett examined—l am a Minister of
the Baptist Chapel at Sutton. I went to the Green
Dragon to Billson, and said, " What a wretch you are!
you have murdered your wife." He denied it. I saw
him again the next afternoon. He tent for me. He
appeared depressed and was weeping. I did not say
anything to induce him to tell me. He spoke first. He
lifted up his hands, and said, "Oh ! Mr. Burde:t, what
must I do, I am guilty ?" I saw him again the nex day.
He said, " I will tell no more lies about it; I will state to
you all the particulars." I requested that he would not
at that time. Then, he says, I will at some other time.
In allusion to the business, he said it never would have
happened, if his mother (Tebbs) had given up 201.
Mr. Benjamin Knight examined-1 married the sis-
ter of the deceased. Mrs. Billson said to me on the day
of her death, "Mr. Knight, we have had such doings
to-night, I wish I was in Botany Bay." I said " I can't
help it, Mrs. Billion; I am very sorry." Prisoner after-
wards slapped the door on me, and locked it, and
breathed out a threatening, with an oath, against him
who should open it. He was as sound in mind as ever
I was in the world.

The Counsel for the prosecution here called the pri-
soner's son, a boy about tea years of age, who saw his
father murder his mother. .

Mr. Knight, the last witness (weeplng)—Cannot his evidence be
dispensed with? He is the prisoner's ma.
The boy was not ex amined.—This closed the case for the prosecution
One or two witnesses gave the prisoner a good character.
Mr. Baron Houma summed up the evidence. The Jury con-
suited for a few minutes, and returned a verdict of Goias.
The Foreman of the Jury appeared very mach affected when be
pronounced the verdict; and when the Judge placed the black cap
upon his head, a Juror ejaculated, " Oh, Csimsr !" and burst
into tears.

Mr. Baron Hattocit, in passing sentence, said that the prisoner
had been convicted upon the clearest evidence.
Prisoner—h is not, Sir.
The Juan—The prisoner bad been guilty of an enormous crime;
In his case rendered more enormous, by his unfortunate victim
being one who looked up to him for protection and support. He
would not, however, say anything to aggravate the prisoner's suffer-
ings, but he did hope that he would prepare himself, by confession
and sincere repentance, to appear before the throne of a just and
merciful GOD. The Learned Judge then passed sentence upon him
in the usual form.
After the sentence was passed, the prisoner shook his
head at some person, who sat on the left of the Judge,
and then turned round and did the same to the Jury.
During the trial, he frequently lifted up his hands in
an affected manner, and shook his Lead as though he
wished to intimate that the witnesses were swearing
falsely. He is a ferocious ill-looking man.
.It is said
that his wife was a most excellent woman, and that
there was not the slightest grounds for suspecting her
of infidelity. She is stated to have been very beautiful.

The offence of horse-stealing has been carried on for
some time to an unprecedented extent, and it is believed
that it has been encreased by the facility with which
many of the stolen horses are disposed of to dealers
from the Continent, who are in the habit of sending the
horses to Dover, and other ports, from whence oppor-
tunities occur of exporting them daily to France and the
Netherlands. It is understood to be the wish of Govern-
ment, who are anxious to check this mischievous prac-
tice, that such persons as may have the misfortune to
lose their horses, will send immediately a most accu-
rate description of every horse stolen, containing all
the particulars likely to identify the property, such as
the age, the colour, the height, make, shape, breed,
and also any mark or blemish by which the horse may
be distinguished, to the Public-office, Bow-street, from
whence a daily communication is carried on with the
Custom-house, where a Bow-street officer is generally
stationed to examine horses previous to their exportation.
MAGISTERIAL Wrssom.—ln a certain Royal Burgh,
not a hundred miles from the Scottish metropolis, a Me-
dical Officer recently waited on one of the Bailies to
make the requisite of for receiving his half-pay.
On that occasion the following dialogue took place :
Bailie: " Weel, Mr. --, are you no' tired o' this kind
o' lifer Officer : " Very tired, Bailie, indeed ; I am
very anxious to procure proNstional employment, but
it is nct easily to be had at prcsent." Bailie: " No—
no easy to be got, I dare say ; but micbt no' ye go oot
to Van Deamen'sLand ; plenty of settlers there noo ?"
Officer: " Plenty of settlers, Bailie, but greater pl..nty
of medical men; the towns ace overrun with them."—
B ,ilie : " Wee!, weel. man ; but boo thea sold you no
go up the interior?" Officer: " The Interior! Bailie?
Why, there is nothing in the interior but KAngaroosl''
Bailie: " And what o' thy, man ? What o' that ? Is
na a Kangaroo's money just as good as that o'ony itber
maxi?"—The Scotsman.

A Canada Paper states that an Indian v. oman was
lately buried there, who died at the age of 166 years.