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came to her house fur a key. Saw prient*ipSpg,
over the deceased ; said to him—" I hope she is not
dead." He sitid.--.4 Yes, she is." Witness 'aid—" I
hope yon haCT not clone any thing to her." He said
,he could not tell, but he thought he had been beat-
ing her. Witness said—" I hope you have not struck
her with the poker or any thing. He replied—" I
don't think I did." Asked him what he had done to
her, after beating her? and was told he had left her
in that: room, and gone to bed ; and he further said,
that when he got up, between six and sever. in the
morning, all she said was—" my dear, put me to
bed ;" and he said-0 you shan't go to bed in that
condition, however." He told witless he had put
I:er on a chairs stripped her, washed her over, and
then put clean clothes on her: that he made her a
warm cup of tea, but she could not swallow it. He
apologized for not sending fd- a surgeon, by saying
he was locked in, and could not get out. The body
was cold when witness saw it. Was sent for between
twelve and one, and went to his house, where she
found a Mrs. Hitchlow. Prisoner asked for the corpse
to be laid out; Hitchlow refused, and it was not done.
Saw prisoner again in the evening. Mrs. Jones asked
for a pan to wash the body ; Mrs. Jones pulled the
clothes down, and witness held the candle. The body
was quite clean, and required very little washing ; it
was black and blue in the arms, and down to the
knees ; saw no cuts on these places ; they appeared
fresh-made blows ; or.e ear-ring, on the left side, was
gone. There was a blow on the left temple, near the
eye ; it was very black. Prisoner was in the front
room all, this time. On Monday morning her hus-
band brought her a bundle wrapped up in a coarse
apron, which she was desired to wash, but had not
done so for prisoner before; the smell was intolerable ;1
it three petticoats, a gown, a shift, a pair
of stays, an apron, a cap, and a ribbon: there was
an odd stocking of his, two old silk handkerchiefs,
and a small pocket one; put them all in a pail of
water before examining them ; kept them a few hours
in that, and the water was made red like blond: the,
cap was particularly red, much more so than the
others; there were two holes in it, as if cut, but not
worn. Prisoner gave her a bundle on the Monday
evening, which was given to Webb, the constable.
Witness was up at day-break on Sunday morning,
and saw a light in Evans morn. Has seen the &-
ceased twice intoxicated in the course of five months.
Martha Jones laid out the body of the deceased ;
the arms and thighs were much bruised ; there was a
cap on the head, which being lifted up, witness saw
the left ear much bruised. Her daughter asked pri-
soner for a clean cap ; saw blood under the ear, which
came from the back part of the head ; told prisoner
this, and asked if he had seen any cut on her head ?
and he replied " No." Had known the deceased 15
years, as a sober, regular,-decent woman.
Susan Jones, daughter of the last witness, asked
him for a cap to cover the deceased, but he said the
head was not to be touched, as he had put a dean
one on in the morning. •
Charlotte Powell
,went on the 11th to ask for the
deceased ; saw prisoner there, who told her she was
better, and that the Doctor had been, or was coming.'
Told him she heard she was ill.
_ _

George White, undertaker, Tufton-street, West-
danger, knew Evans, who came to him on the 11th
with another man called Davies ; was surprised at
the visit, not having seen him this some time ; asked
how his wife was and was told she was very well,
and he had left her at home do the bed. Davies then
said she was dead. Was asked if he would bury the
deceased ? prisoner said he had for several days ob-
served death on her Pace, and that she had latterly
taken to drinking, by which she had died. Davies
gave witness the measure of the corpse with a string ;
Evans wished.the coffin on Monday at seven o'clock.
Did not know the house ; arrivedin the court about
eight in the evening ; the door was opened before
they knocked ; the hands. were black ; much blood
was on the bolster; the prisoner was trembling very
much, and said he should bury the body on Friday ;
was much astonished at seeing the blood.
Hammond Webb (constable) went to the prisoner's
house on Monday evening, and said he wished to see
the corpse; asked him if had any word; with his
wife? and he said he had, and that he had been tcld
of some improper connection of his wife, in conse-
quence of which he had given her a blow on the
mouth: Witness told him, that though the door was
locked, he might have procured medical assistance
by going out at the window, but to this no answer
was made ; took the candle, and found a quantity of
blood on the wainscot and diso on the walls; every spot
of blood seemed splashed ; there was a great deal of
blood on the handles of a chest of drawers, and a cor.si-
derab';quantity.on the floor; much blood was also
in the bed-room ; the blood on the wainscot seemed
recently washed ; one spot was seven feet two inches
from theround. Prisoner, on being asked about the
blood, said he thought it would look better to wash it.
The fire-irons, especially the poker, were very bloody.
Effere the poker was produced].—Saw a pair of wo-
man's boots, on which was some clotted stuff like
blood ; went to Davies lodgings next day, and re-
ceived a bundle fin Mrs. Davies ; examined the
body of the deceased ; the hair was all matted with
blood, and three distinct places where he could see
tl.e skull. bone and put his finger in ; one fall could
have occasioned them.--[Here a coat of the pri-
serer's was produced, all over blood, and also several
r arts of her dress in the sante statej.—Saw the house
1.1:r. Tuesday, and there were evident marks of blood.
Mr. Jennett, apothecary, of King-street,
Soho, (he, on his examination, said he never prae-
tised as a surgeon,) examined the body on the 14th,
found three cuts on the back of the head, put his
tir.ger in. the largest orifice, and could not reach the
depth of it ; all the three seemed inflicted with a
blunt instrument. There was a bruise on the left
ter.iple; the fdrehead was discoloured from one tens-
ile to the cther ; there was a blow across each wrist,
all from the same instrument ; thinks the b!ow on the
ter.:ple was sufficient to have caused death; thought
this at the time ; the other blows might have helped
this aj.so ; by the concussion of the brain, on the body
king opened, the brain was not cut ; the stomach
Was empty, some inflammation in the intestines ; this
&I not induce him to change the opinion he had first
formed of the canse of her death. The inflanimation
could not have produced sudden death.

:%:r. Joseph Constantine Carpue, a surgeon, residing
Dcatitstreet, Sr,ho, was also called in to examine
the body He considered the blows on the head not

tor any consequence, as he had patients now alive
who had received blows apparently as bad. He exa-
mined the skull, as be thought it material. There
was no fracture in the external table of the skull,
which induced him to have the skull sawed to exa-
mine the internal part of it, but he found no frac-
ture ; there was no laceration, nor was there any di-
vision of the dupe ender from the skull, as would
have been the case if the blow had caused the death.
There was no extravasation of blood, which induced
him to examine the second covering of the brain,
but still no extravasation appeared. He examined'
the ventricles of the brain, but there 'was no extra-
vasation there o blow on the temple was no more
than a blow on any other part of the head, provided
no internal injury was done. He proceeded to exa-
Mine the other parts of the body to ascertain the cause.
he opened the thorax, the abdomen, and the entire
body. If he had found any extravasation in the head,
he should have examined no further. lie found the
stomach empty, and at least a yard of the small in-
testines
in a high state of inflannnation. He was of
opinion that death had been caused either by the in
flammation in the intestines, or from the wounds on
the head, but he was inclined to think from the in-
flammation. He thought the blood lost by the de-
ceased was the most likely means of recovering from
the inflammation in the intestines.

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Mr. Baron GRAHAM asked whether, "if the witness
had seen the blows inflicted, he would after that say
that the death was caused by the inflammation in the
intestines, and not by the blows?—The witness re-
plied, that that was a very different questiOn ; the
death might have been caused by either.—,, Would
the inflammation have produced sudden death ?"
It would not be likely to produce sudden death. The
concussion of
.the brain would produce a gradual
rather than a sudden death. _

To a question from one of the Jurymen, the wit-
ness replied, that if a person was in a very weak
state, a blow might prove fatal, which otherwise
would not have had such an effect ; but the person
must have been very far gone indeed before that
could happen. To another question, he replied, that
a person whose intestines were in the state such as
those of the deceesed, could not well go about her
ordinary business, and must be in excruciating pain.
The inflammation could not have increased between
the time of the death of the deceased and that of the
examination of the body.
The evidence on the part of the prosecution being
here concluded, several witnesses on the part of the
prisoner were then called to character : one of them
had known him for 18 years, and proved him to be a
humane character.
Mr. Baron GRAHAM, before recapitulating the evi-
dence, asked the Gentlemen of the Jury whether, upon
the evidence of Mr. Carpue, they had made up their
minds upon the innocence or guilt of the prisoner?
If they had any doubt upon the subject, he would
sum up the evidence.
The Jury having considered for a short time, their
Foreman stated, that it was the wish of the Gentle-
men to retire. They had taken all of them full notes,
and they conceived it unnecessary to trouble his Lord-
ship to sum up the evidence.
Mr. Baron GRAHAM observed, that as he found
the Gentlemen of the Jury were in doubt, he would
sum up the evidence. It would not be proper fur
the Gentlemen to rely upon their own notes, hov.-ever
full : upon the notes of the Judge alone they were to
rely. His Lordship then proceeded to sum up at
considerable length, and his recapitulation of the evi-
dence occupied more than two hours. It appeased to
him, that this unfortunate man had been induced to
commit this act in a great measure by the insolent
language of Mrs. Desmond, who had, by defaming
the character of the deceased, caused an inveterate
jealousy in the mind of the prisoner. The question
was, whether there was any excuse for the act ? The
fact of the intoxication of the prisoner was no pa:-
liation of the horrid crime. He left it for the Gen-
tlemen of the Jury to decide whether there was net
deliberation and malice aforethought in the mind of
the unfortunate criminal when the act was committed?

The Jury retired for an hour, and found a verdict
Guilty.—Tl e RECORDER addressed the prisoner in a
most impressive manner on his awful situation, and
the very aggravated nature of his offence. He then
pronounced the dreadful sentence of the law, order-
ing the priscner to be executed on Monday morning,
and his body to be dissected and anatomized.
The prisoner seemed deeply affected, and retired
much agitatcd.

BOW-STILLZT.--ANOTHAR IrWLENt ATTACC or • MAX vecni Hu
Wire.—Yesterday ''Puna* Bleaden was brought to the Oeice,
and underwent an examination before RICHARN IRLANIC, Fag.
charge with assauiting and wounding Margaret, his wife, in St.
thles's' at half past nine o'clock, on Thursday. Several minx sees
proved that the prison.m- and his wife were quarrelling on 'Thurs-
day night, that he knocktil h.r down, and her bead and other
parts of her body were so much wounded, that she could as t be
removed with safety to give evidence. lie was therefore com-
muted tin her state is decided.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—An Inquest wac held yester-
day, at the Crown and Anchor, Five Fields, Pimlico,
on the body of Mr. Richard Glover, of Eccleshall-
street, Pimlico, a person of considerable respecrabi-
lity, who was well in hea!th on Thursday morrini,
and suddenly fell down in a fit, and expired. Ver-
dict—Died in a fit.

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TO TILE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
Sala—Observing a paragraph in your Paper respecting the cure
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at Charlotte House, Great Charlotte-street, Illackfriars lload,in
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