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London, England, 1827-09-13 00:00:00

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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

LANCASTRR, ifirs. to.
Outwit Suas..—Beore Mr. Jailer Bash.
John Pilling was indicted for killing and slaying
William Jackson, at Preston; Dorothy Plotoord was
charged with aiding, abetting, and assisting him in the
commission of the said offence. s.
Mr. BRAKDI conducted the prosecution.

The folloaing appeared to he the facts of the case,j
according to the statements of the witnesses in support'
of the indictment. The male prisoner. who possesses a
very respectable appearance, is a staff sergeant of the
Third Lancashire Regiment of Militia. Mrs. Howard,
the female prisoner, is the landlady of the Bull and
Butcher public-house, at Preston. Pilling usually
lodged at the house of the latter, and frequently met
the deceased there. On the night of the day mentioned
in the indictment, the deceased had remained till rather
a late hour at the house of the female prisoner, when a
discussion arose between her and him with 'respect to a
Illm of money said to be due to him from the late bus.
iliaad of Mrs. Howard. Her temper became at length
e4cited, that she threatened to turn the deceased out
iftlie house. The deceased remonstrated, but without
effect, when the male prisoner, at that time in an ad-
joining room, ran our, and pushed him violently into
the street; he staggered a few yards, and then fell; hey
endeavoured to rise, but found himself unable to do so;
medical assistance was procured, and on examination,
it was discovered that two bones of the leg had been j
broken across, above the ansie; be was ;hen removed
home, and Mr. Gilbertson, an eminent surgeon, attend-
ed him; that gentleman used every mailers which
either skill or indefatigable attention could suggest : all
was, however, in vain; and after a short interval symp-
toms of mortification began to shew themselves, and in
a few days after the fall the man died.
Mr. Gilbertson, the surgeon who had attended the
deceased, was examined at great length, and with con-
siderable acuteness, as to the cause of the death of the
deceased, by Mr. Sergeant Jonas and Mr. Srataan. He
stated, that when his attendance was first required, al-
though the fracture appeared a'very serious one, he disk
not despair of curing it; be applied the remedies usual
in such cases, and give very Mkong injunctions that the
leg should not be bandaged too tightly ; the leg seemed
in an improving state, for the first three days, but oa the
fourth Jay, when he paid his usual daily visit, he found
tie leg io a state of high inflammation; he made in-
quiries, and from their result be found that the bandages
had been opened, and put on again too tightly. H.
*hen asked who had acted so unwisely as to adopt such'
mode of treatment? and the friends acknowledged:
that they had availed themselves of another medi•
cal practitioner, and by himthe bandages had
.been put on in the way he found them. Perceiving that
_Ali advice had been neglected, and not wishing to incur
-vesponsibility in a ease where he was not allowed to
consult his own judment, be entirely discontinued his
visits. The new mode of bandaging was, however,
continued, and the consequence was, that mortification
soon took place, and death quickly followed. Mr. Gil-
bertson was of opinion, that although the fracture snf-
feredin consequence of the blow struck was the remote
cause, the unskilful mode of treatment adopted towards
it was thp proximate cause of death. Had the leg bees
. placed in a horitontal position, and not tampered with
at all. it might have mended.of itself.
When called on for her defence, Mrs. Howard put in
a paper,, which stated, that she had for many years kept
the public-house in the occupation of which she at pre-
sto" was, without any imputation having ever been cast
oa her honesty or humanity. She was a widow, and
consequently the more exposed to the insults of those
who were disposed ungenerously to offer her any. The
• deceased had been in the habit of frequenting her house
for some time. but his mode of behaving towards her
was not always of the most correct description. On the
occasion when the unfortunate interference of Sergeant
Piling took place. she had been obliged to cry out for
assistance. She had no idea of any more violence being
offered to him-than her own dekoce rendered necessary.
She concluded by expressing See sincere sorrow for
what had occurred.

Serjeant Pilling declined saying any thing.
Mr. Serjeant Jonas called several witnesses on the
part of the prisoners. They stated, that the female pri-
soner had always maintained a very respectable charac-
ter, and that the deceased was a very quarrelsome man.
One of the witnesses had been requested by Mrs. How-
ard to remain with her for the purpose of protecting
her against the violence of the deceased.
A Captain and Adjutant of the regiment to which
Pilling belonged, gave him a most excellent character
for hum.nity and good temper. In their opinion there
was not a more quiet nor bettergernpered man in the
regiment.

'Mr. Justice BAYLEY told the Jury that they were to
consider whether the death of the deceased had been
caused by the fracture consequent on the blow struck
by the prisoner Ming, or the subsequent ill-treatment
of ibe fracture?
The Jury. without allowing hi: Lordship to conclude
his rummies up, returned a verdict of Not Guilty with
respect to both prisoners.
They were immediately set at liberty.
Mr. Justice BATLEY observed to Pilling. that there
was very little doubt the lgood character be bad received
weighed very much with the Jury in the verdict they