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London, England, 1819-10-30 00:00:00

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' —Mr. Justice PARR said, then thetewas
whatever againstiis;tigi
useless waste of time to go into the r. aid
read the depositions, and foanlmthine4,;,'
them which could attach the sliglaest%,."
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was of the same opinion.
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soner—Not Guilty.
Mr. Justice PARK o:deted him to be;
discharged ; and observed, he was utterly
see even a shadow of ground to induce thi
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thefiud tine
;Pier inrseel
England might as well have been appreltr
was, for not a tittle of evidence was azsit.
The prisoner was immediately diselcarged.
BANK FORGERIES.
The following prisoners then pleaded Gait
offence of having forged notes is their
which subjects them to fourteen years' t; aus
with= Ternbun, Edward Mow, John 11:t‘ 1 H.l
luton, William Jones, John Webster, 'Amu ,
Williamson, 11.-inulls Green, John Grcen, Dania LT
No evidence was called on the capital ch
CHARGE OF A P.SON.
Jane Cooke was next put tile bar, dial
tally, with has ing, on the :3d instant, set
house of John Campbell, Eso. situated in
of St. Mary-la-bonne, with an intention
to destroy the same.
Mr. BOLLAND stated the case to the Ji
said, the prosecution was instituted by
Office, Mr. Campbell being at present on
nent. The Learned Counsel entered into
statement of the case, which has been
and repeatedly before the
The first witness called was G. Wit!
coachman, who Erst discovered the hot
fire. This witness detailed the way in which
some others obtained admission into the
the state in which the prisoner was found,
account she gave of her motives for the
whii.h she had been guilty; also her col
the manner in which she accomplished
setting fire to the house.
Mr. North, a surgeon, who was called in
prisoner soon after she was discovered,
state in which the prisoner was; she was
vulsed ; there wee marks on her throat,
sions, which raised suspicions that sl.e ha,
to destroy herself. Witness saw her tsvc
she was still in a state of agitation, but not ,
Witness then detailed the conversation he ,
the prisoner, who made the same statement
as she did to the last witness, namely, that
ratter had been ruined by rubbish, and the
destroy herself. She said she could not,
tell all, for fear of ruining other people.
fcssed she had attempted to cut her throat,
she had taken laudanum.

Cross-nratnined !Ir. Cuttwoot
converration was incoherent; witness cot
pronounced her to be a person in sane
the situation in which he found her u:ls one
to excite .agitation. She was taken to the'
bonne Infirmary, at the recommendation of
Mr. Goodyer, Assistant-:.)ure;cco at the It,
saw her several times : she was Away., in.
except on a few subjects ; she expressed glut
as to the consequences Which might result
from the act she had been guilty of ; she W4l,
witness's opinion, insane, particularly on the
of persons having scandalized her. She at
got a notion into her mind, .whil,t at the '
that she was to lose her head there.

Mrs. &ow had known the prisoner ten
she was always a woman of regular habits.
Monday after the prisoner was at the
witness went to bcr, and, she then told tier
fire to the house, because the was unhappy
mind ; and she also told the witness that she
made away with some of Mr. Campbell's -
She mentioned three places where she ha,
property ; and witness went to make inquii
places she found nothing at one place, but
told at the other, that there were a pair of sui
and a cream-mug in the name mentioned 1.
soner ; but she did not look at them to
whether they were Mr. Campbell's propeity.
Mr. Webb, Assistant-Surgeon to Cold-1)A.
Prison, saw nothing in the prisoner's conduct
in that prison, to which place sbe was taken'
day, which indicated derangement.
The Counsel for the prosecution then put ill
will of Mrs. Stapleton, to prove that the
question belonged to John Campbell, Esq. -
the indictment, when it appeared that the
of Mrs. Stapleton was to John G. Campbell,
Mr. CCRWOOD submitted that this v:
be fatal. In the indictment the house WAS
as belonging to John Campbell; by the a.
appeared to belong to John Graham Campbell.
Mr. Justice PARK said, the noint should
Mrs. Payne was then called in behalf
toner, Yam stated,- that she saw the pri
days hefirre the ald of October. She spoke
coherently; talked of the ill-treatment she La,
ceived from her husband; and said she would
away with herself. Witnesi was of opinion :he
soner was not at the time in a right state ct
Witness had known her for two years and a
she bore a very good character.
Mr. Justice PARK slimmed up, and corn:
the conduct of the prisoner as he pr:ceeded,
in; in conclusior., that although a wicked
might be desirous, after having pletnie:cd her
ter s property, to destroy the house to presel:
peculation being discovered, yet they would
to destroy themselves in the fames.
The Jury, after a si•tort deliberation, retnra'
verdict of—Not Guilty, being at the time in
of mental derangeme:'t.
Mr. Justice Puna.—Let her be comr
King's pleasure be kriewn.
During the whole of the trial, the
appears about twenty-eiaht or thirty
stool at the.bar•in a 't tie of great di
held her handkerchief to her face for t!
time, and scarcely once held up her he
to regard what was passing round her.
moval she wept much, but not alou.l
whole detta.anour imlicat9d a person 13.1
a deep melancholy andAejeetion of sp'

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