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clasion.that some naresatic drug it been administered .
—lt appeared from the evidence, that the prisoners bed'
been in company with air deceased, and took him to
• several put lic !oasts at'Aanchester, and put into his
liquor so e liqad it a deleterious nature, whick eo
‘44l,„stesattidaed that he was unable to walk. One of the
prisoners w s heard to say, " Well rob him, and leave
him as dead as a stone." •
Mr. Guest, of the Manchester Infirmary, stated that
the deceased was brought thereon the 20th ofJanstary,
about eight o'clock in the evening, in a state of com-
plete stop and continued in that state; the next Worn-
ing it was found that he was dying ; and he died in
the course of the morning. The body was opened, but
from the appearance of the stomach he could not state
the immediate cause of the death of the deceased ; is
might have been caused by laudanum or by spirits ; the
stomach was empty.
For want of proof of what was given to the deceased
being laudanum, they were acquitted.
Henry Howarth, aged 48, was indicted for the wilful
murder of James Wort al, at Rochdale.
In this case the fact was clearly proved to be the act
of the prisoner. The child went into the house of the
prisoner, and in a few minutes he cut its head almost
off with a razor. The prisoner's son ran out, and said,
"My dad is killing us all —is killing us all." The,
neighbours went in, and the prisoner then was applying
the razor to his own throat. One of the witnesses said
to him, "Ah dear, Henry, what do you mean ?" Heal
'Fade no answer, but shortly alter he said, " It's either
that, or those, that have brought me to what I am."
Alter he had done this act he became very cheerful.
Dorothy Tailor—l am a neighbour of the prisoner's.
Upon the day in.question I heard a noise, and went to
look after my own children to the prisoner's house. His
son ran out against me, and said, " He'll kill us
I went in, and saw him with his head up, cutting his
own throat with a razor. I said, "Oh dear, Henry,
what are you doing ?" and laid hold of bis hand. The
deceased was lying on the ground near the fire-place,
and there was a quantity of blood on the floor. The
child looked quite dead, and I ran screaming oat. I
returned in ten minutes, and I met him at the door.
He said," It is that, or those, that have brought me to
what I am." I did not observe him talk in that way
ever before. We had thought him insane for many
. weeks before. He sometimes looked dejected. He
knew the child's parents, ind was on good terms with
them.

Elizabeth Stock corroborated the statement of the last
witness. She did not know where the prisoner's wife
was when this happened. He was seen reading at his
door only a short time before. For some weeks past
he had walked about in a way he was not used to do,
and kept away lions his work. He had been seen to
kneel down at his door and pray during working hours.
He used to dress his children on a week day as if it was
Sunday, and take them to church.
Robert Chadwick.—The prisoner passed whole days
in prayer, and neglected his work. I have seen him
walking up and down in his house. singing hymns, and
then he would conclude by saying, 4, Let us all befriends
together, and help each other: He seemed quite light
in his mind. He formerly had a hurt in his head, and
some bone came out of the palate of his mouth.
Elizabeth Simpson—l went to the prisoner's house
with the mother"of the deceased. When this latter asked
why he had killed her child, he said, 4, there lies the
child, that is nothing, I must do more than that: I
have no doubt but that he is out of his mind.

Mr. COLTMAN' for the prosecution, was about to call
more witnesses to prove the prisoner's insanity, when be
was stopped by
Mr. Justice BATLIT, who said the Jury seeme4 quite
satisfied with what had been already proved of tbe pri-
soner's insanity.
The Jury then found the prisoner Not Guilty, on the
ground that he was insane at the time.
Terence It't Mullen, aged 45, and Ellen Dreon:y, aged
25, were indicted (or the manslaughter of IsmesThomp-
son, at Berry, on the 18th of April.
Mr. Ksowiu stated the case.

Sal ah Dawson knew the deceased, James Thompson.
On the day stated he was coming up the Moorside; he
had had some liquor, but he was not tipsy. The pri.
soner M'Mullen was standing near his own door. He
went up to it, and threw it open. As the deceased
tams up, the female prisoner began to blackguard him.
Thompson turned himself round, and said, “ Oh, it is
you that have sixteen shillings of Brownlow's money."
Drewry ran into the house, brought out a half brick,
and threw it at the deceased ; it missed him, and she
then went and got a broom, and eventually the poker,
and, made several blows at the prisoner, which he warded
off with his arm. M'Mullen then came up, and had
some words with the deceased. He went into the house,
and returned with half a brick, and threw it at Thomp•
son. It lit right upon his forehead, and knocked him
down; he fell on his back, and did not move about;
she saw blood, but did not see from what part it came.
Drewry then threw some water over him twice. The
deceased never struck at any of them.
The male prisoner asked this witness a number of
questions. She did not see any thing of the bag that
the deceased had stolen from his house that day. She
was taken up upon that charge, and was taken before,
the Magistrate three times r but she knew nothing about
it, She did not see sny body strike him, nor did Thomp.
son kick him in the belly. She never said she would
go to Haslingdon fqr ss. and tell all the truth.
Mr. Justice BAYLRY—Have you any more questions
to ask ?

bliMullen—Well, my Lord, I can make nothing of
her. I hope your Lordship will take her up, and exa-
mine her yourself.
Thomas Cave deposed to a similar effect. The fe-
male prisoner, after thebrick was thrown, said, 4' U—n
thee, if thou bast not kill'd him, 111 drown him." _

The deceased, it appeared, was able to go about after,
bet died on the sth of May. _ . _

A surgeon deposed, that the wound had been ne-
glected and suppurated ; there was a fs actore of the skull,
and he had no doubt but the brick thrown was the cause
of his death. He extracted a portion of the brick, which
was produced. .

The prisoners, in their defence, stated, that they had
turned the deceased out of their house as a lodger, on
account of his being a drunken character; and that a
few nights before he died, he was turned out of his
lodgings at eleven :cluck at night, without his coat,
• hat, or shoes; that in that state he went to Haslingdon,
about eight miles, and that bis wife there found bun in
a state of drunkenness.

The wile was called, and denied the statement alto
get her.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY remarked, if these were facts,
they was capable of prod.