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from the l'l'demml to the kitchen. It anst Mee bete a Tura At the rising of the Court, Mr. Jhstice PARK pas-
hard substanee, indeed, that could have produced the injury' ;
the fiat I should think could nut do it. There must have
James Shelmetdine and Richard Cook, convicted of
sod sentence of death on the following prisoners :
been a considerable impetus either of the bed to a bard sub-
stoms, or of a hard substance to the bore. burglary ; Patrick Murphy, convicted of highway
Cross-examined by Mr. Wickmus.—The traces of blood robbery' and George Graham, convicted of forging
had exactly the appearances of falling from one walking;
a bill of of exchanae.—Tio the last prisoner, the judge
they might have fallen from the particular wound mentioned.
The. cause of death undoubtAlly was apoplexy, to which held out strong hopes of obtaining a mitigation of
persons addicted to liquor are more disposed than others, his sentence.
The bruise on the left, and the extravassation on the right. LINCOLN AMMIZES.
might have been occasioned by a their, or a fall on a chair an Irish-
The bruises did not appear to be all of the same slate. after
the
azirmalatiun
might have occasioned the bruise' maßn,AapgßeAdTatSl.PAlrLalisiNinUdietietdiehfaurrda .ratfiptechoein4the Sao of
Re-examined by Mr. JONES.—It was not so likely to have July, in the parish of Spalding, on the person of Mary,
happened by a fall. The extravasation was confined to one the wife of George Andrews.
spot. apoplexy without an externcl wound would probably • Mary Andrews stated, that about right o'clock in
show a fulness of all the vessels. In this ease there was so
much blood evtrasasated that the vessels m evening. of Saturday
roust hate been the ' the nth of July, she was
emptied. washing some potatoes at her house decor, and the pri-
Ry the Voiarr.—l mean by the drops coming from one soner was standing opposite ; sloe had some conversa-
walking, that ale !Indy was iii an upright position. Force tion with him, and had an opportonity of observing
of any kind might have occasioned :Iw injuries.
Wheatley was recalled. and stated that the heml hail been his person and dress; shortly afterwards her husband
on the frame of the chair, the temple on tho frame. It was i came home, and they got their suppers. The family
king rather to the left side, with the knees bending up.
There was nothing on the fluor to cause a tumble. It was .
consisted of her husband, herself, end their daughter,
a level flag-flour, there were nu holes and no carpet. She a child of ten years of age. After supper, a neigh-
could nut have fallen asl found her. for her head could not i boar, of the twine of Lewis, came in, and be and her
have fallen into the frame, to nee thinking. I husband went out together ; witness saitl so him,
Cross-examined by Mr. Ilaisev.-1 think the head I " Don't go away, if you do I shall go to bed ;" a lit-
would have beets on the seat of the chair Vibe burl fallen.
tle before ten she anti her little girl slid go to bed ;
There wu blood between the body and the dour of the
kitchen. the prisoner had continued spinet the house all this
By the COUIST.—The bar seas in the front of the chair. time. She slid not luck the doer, expecting that her
I think the bar was too near the seat ler the head to have husband would soon return ; and she left a light bunt-
fallen as it lay. She was fully dressed, excepting her ing in her bed-rount. A little past eleven sloe was
shoes and rap. I did not see the cap at all. awakened by flailing some one in bed with her, whom
Mr. Sharp was agaiwexaminerl by Mr. %Irma %Ms.—
she at first ?benefit to be her husband, but afterwards
The position, if I understand Wheatley correctly, was
d' ov or al too he the prisoner. She then (Wailed the
such as it would have been if she haul liven thrown via-
!sr 1 '
tenth against the chair. The mark on ilia head „„ iii cireimastames of the eionapletion of the rape. On
the torus of a star, not longitistiitsally, discovering that it was not her husband that was in
By Mr Joaras.--11 it hail been a 'fall, she must have bed with her, she shrieked out " murder!" as loud as
been running siolently. She possibly could. After the prisoner !:ad made Iris
By the l'octur.--There mere many bloody foot marks escape*, sonic women, her 'A.:blooms, came in, Italie,
in the kitchen ; arrortling to appearances they were a
heard the scream she had oracle at the window ; she
woman's.
The prisoner Old was decently &seised in black. said did not relate to them the whole of the cis. mustances,
be hail fantod the kid* door of hia house open when he but slid to her husband when he cause llama. Shoo
saute bums. I fround har lying on the bell a ith her could only swear to the prisoner by his waistcoat.
clothes on and her fare :ed. I saw the sort of state she I George Andrews, husband of the last witness, cur-
was in.. and took her by the phoublers to make her rise : roboratell her testimony respecting Ilia going out le ita
she fell between the drawers end the wall, neck foremost. Lewis; and farther stated, that the pris .nor was lean-
Sloe did not offer to rite, I lifted her up, ails' then she
made another tumble with her hull against this, wall : ing against. the pales in. front
. of their !mule fart eau-
she gill up and writ clown stairs. I toad; my coat off and
- ra aal in telodina beasts in a lane the're'to. Lesei•
made the lord. I went to bed, and put the doom to, ex. teas eflo a -
petting that she would come hack. I slept, and knew and witness thought hr had a very austoicisoas appeal--
nothing- 444 re. ante, and that he Was a Mill il:;ely to steal their pigs.
John Ingrano.-1 am a bailie*. ['wax at the horse and or to do any mischief in his power. Thay couutionni-
Croons oh the et 0'1614 of the a.:th of June. Mrs. Oldfield
rated their auspicious in the hearaia of his wile. In
was ern muck' iuto.:eated.
Its Mr JONRI.—She smell in the house all the time. order to get rill of the prisoner, they weet am' load Isis
Mier Itreughters.-1 was in the habit
.of waiting on end I beasts pounded; the roure,satian of hi, wile allots-
reponse Mrs. °Meld. On the etch I saw her foot-marks in
the kitchen. Idler stockings a er, blood) inside.
going to toed the prisoner might hear very well.
• Hy Mr. Joasa.-1 washed all the things. The doctor or- I
& nie 31r. Harm' G il:11‘111 C.rroilkieti sump of the eircimi.
red to hide away the stocae ta. an I d other clothes as itances of the ease as very stispiabous and extra .roli-
aeon as possible. It was Mr. `ha: p. It was on the morn- ! nary. Why slid nut Its. Andrews lurk the door on'
ins; of the VA. the day before the roamer sat. I rather
think no stoekings were produced before the Curtner. 1 1 .
going to bed, particularly when she had heard the
was not in the bed.rooes till it was stashed. Mr. (Thifield. A susporions die prisoner's appearance bad excited in
hos s rested the Moor. I never did wash sop any blond in the minds of Lewis :tad her has !and ? It was al-u
the bed-rsoom on my oath. I never toad so to hie. Gibson. ' very strange that the man should he Ads to pass
I was "tin the tonsil before nn°°' master bad the bet through• the house, „p the stair-rase, aro the bed-
in his pocket all the lime. I was nut on floe atsir at eta a
saw the appreeriee-buy fetch water to wash the room. It ! pours, in the dark, withomt creating so much disturb.
was 21)00 I t tor It. I stashed blood off the steps wish a • once 11 to awaken the woman; and yet she had sworn
strange tun. so itli a wet towel. It was about 9ur Mt 1)0- that she was nut awskaostal until she foutial woe one
'body told cue to do it. OPIUM was in the bar ;
i not miss seeing it. I should not know the strameettri • its Led *Ts her. Ms only fling. Na, by *IA site
4111 r kiln.. 1119-2TTR4III with a knife. and I swished. I don't had identified the prisoner, sees hi.- waist' u.et. and he
see idea in Conn: lie was about Iwo hours there. I *ever ' (Baron °aerate) would venture to assert, that sixty
saw him before or since, I sae by his aproh he was •
out of every hundred Irishmen that came to this court-
cumber.
tly Mr. Mau ses.-1 meddled with nothing Sitt- %h- e ear- ! try under such rircummances as the priosuerdid, wore
stables and the d. etor had seen them. Man) tied Teen tor ;yahoo-oats similar to his.
and her stockings before I came.
,'' Ihe Jury without hesitation arquitted the prisateer.
H% the Cut RT.—The blood but come in at the top Of the i
stockings. They were all Musa!).
I MURDER AT KENTISH TOWN,
Mr. Sharp. recoiled, said, " I game no orders to hide away .
er wash the things.- I Satnrtlay Blurring, about eight o'rlork, as the le-
ttere the witness Broughton fainted, and was earned out
in their
, banters elf a milkman were proceeding once-
of court.
Cm Mr. II tnov.—Mr. Sharp hid not particularly noticed patio's of mowing a field belonging to their employ-
Vac stockings, . er, their attention was arrested, by some spots of
Ry Mr. JoNrs.—On my oath I have no recollection of ; blood upon the Nest, Hoed leading from Kentish
having been ordered to sash the bluody clothes.. I .
Mr. Juative Pass summed up It was a case of
'I own to the Hlghpt.e Archway. As they advanced,
most infinite impertance.,
The jury wouldgive it the the marks of :eel increased in size as well as in
tenet carefnl. eensideratiun. : greater sue . soon, until they perceived that the
tract* diverged from the road into an adjoining field
The Jury retired abut 10 minima before at. They •
at tlie back of a willow walk. 'I hither they pneaued
retitrued *again in *2O mintites to ask a question of
Wheatley. who now
said that the chair was againsteceased's head on the front part of
the suspicious indications sof %tome sanguinary deed,
the wall, anti the
of which their apprehensions now betran to anticipate
d
the chair, and the Jury again retired. At 3 o'clock the discovery. Adopt, by which they were accouspea
Med, with instinctive sensations es ineed sigais of the
they returned a verdict of—lhrike.
areaten pertastation : he barked and hots led in a
Mr. Justice Pane proceeded immediately to roc most •larmin.. manner, Rad ill a few moments led the
sentence.—Your case has been cousidered with suit- parties to a ditch, where he made a full stead and
able attention by a calm, temperate, and intelligent le
to sac that they have givena cautious and correct ver II -
ct. Your crime is one of the very deepest henions-
ness. lour wife, the mother of your children, whom yelled in the mast piercing tones. Here the blood
jury. They have found you guilty, and I am bound
assumed the appearance of a puddle. Upon restoring
some of the grass and weeds, which grew in prufu-
di
sioa rosins! the edge of- the Bite h, the bead of a man,
indented with several gory gashes, immediately pre-
yuu were bound to protect and cherish, yon brought rented itself to the horror-struck siwctatators. The
to an untimely and violent end. Believe me, unhappy- body appeared to be nearly immersed in water, which
man, I wish not to give yon unnecessary pain. From lull filled the ditch in consequence of the recast hea-
your station in life and your appearance you must be ,yy rains, It was histawtly &awn Niue the bank, and
sensible, without any observations of mine, of the
the del-from the apn,,..... ,
of the wouuds, the bloady spec-
crinduality of your conduct. In a few ho
You. ladle was co'neinini to have been but of few hours
must appear before your God : yet you have longer
time to prepare for death than you allowed to the no-date. The body leas still limp, and hardly cold, and
upon the lips of thlt wounds several horse-leeches had
happy wife of your bosom, whom von hurried out of "'stetted, greedily Imbibing the crimson fluid which
life with her sins unreported of on her head. lot ISO still oozed from the flood-gates of life, thus barber-
implore that you will earnestly apply to God, if haply onsly opened by some unknown assassin. 'I he de-
he may touch your stony heart, whit la at present, as ceased appeared to be a young mar, of the middle size,
far as I can discover, is impenetrable. Seek for the and attired in a sailor's dregs, blue jacket and trona
road of salvation—you may yerfiud it: knock at the sera, white marmite waistcoat, and black netdichitia
doors"( divine anercy—it nay yet be opened for the In his pockets nothing was discovered but a Angie
merits of -Jeans Christ. The word of tiod—of him shilling. No papet was found indicative of whence
who cannot lie—assures us that the sighs of the he came, or whither he was going, and the composed
penitent prisoner colas' before him in heaven. With state of Isis pockets, which were not turned inside
God there is mercy and plenteous redemption. out, as is usual where robbery is the object of murder,
The sentence of the law is, and I adjudge, that on left room to euppose that be fell a sacrifice to brutal
Monday next you be hanged by the neck till you are revenge, or cold blooded assassination. Though life
dead, and that your hotly be given to he dissected and was eurupletely extinet, from feelings of humanity,
anatomized ; and may God have merry on your soul." one of the party went in search of a snrgcon, in the
The prisoner, who had stood without the slightest hope that something might be dune to restore animas
symptom of emotion, .even when the verdict was re- tion. lillt respectable surgeon of the village, Mr.
teethed, awl who looked at his Lordship daring his , apardiag, eadawito „imam& to t"
spot : L__
was ,
'most solemn address with a staid stare, deliberately ',met anateeenedtiQuitatietar'n7iir. Huv we'
said, as he was leaving' the bur, "My Lord,tal asks but alialslallee was. far too late for
murdered man." . purpose than t of asonialainf the Met of his ,
This prisoner is large-boned and ruddy its the face. death. It ilea to bet tot op Won of theft liege''
His proud newt nose, long clweks, and gray hocks, giro dement tbartßit she head were .1
him an appearance of gravity and respestaisiiity. We .by a lieroaker4:, his their jagged ultimo=
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lieu:arks:4 :a very unsteady hand wheneverr bd. had net %edge& No conj. could be forced atla
Whereon to support it, and we spr o . rehilefriiito ing tu
dof the usalef, any trine discortredihttlre detre-
was wore agitated than the face expressed. ! lion of the err tor,
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LAw LvrELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY.--SATviowt.

The Loan CHANCELLOR came into Court at hat
pist ten u'rlock.

INJucTiops.--oouis or IDLENtii.

LORD BYRON r. Snanwix.—Mr. tinsuwt.t.t., oo th
part of the Noble Plaintiff, moved fur an injunctieatv
restrain the defendant from publishing a poem, calki
flours of Idlrness, written by the Noble Plaintiff.
first edition of the work had been published with tto
consent of the Noble Author, but the defendant wag
now publishing a second edition of it without mho.
rite-. Ile (the Learned Counsel) moved this on at
davit, and on notice being served on the defendant,
who did nut appear.

The LORD 11211AN1'ELLOR—" Take the injmartion"
IN TOE MATTER U? TUE LATE DUKE OF WIEEXINERAI•I

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• 0 1 set forth that she was drunk, fell at the foot
the h,..1, and left his room, and that be inept, and i
eo more of her.) From this it appears !hat he I
awzre of some injury ; bat I am afraid that the MI
111 ber left side, and the wound in another place, c
i .., hr acronnteti for by any accident, slut late rut
n u• I,y possibility go down stairs after receiving 1
injury which caused her death. There are utl
tail ‘ which I am prepared to prove, if the witness ;
peara: be may or may not—but I say not one word
that part of the case. Whatever inav be the result,
have nu other wish but that justice may have
roams.
4 Wien% Wheatley.-1 know the prisoner.
I.ecps the Worse and Groom at Bradford. 1 kit
SlAry I thilit•hl to be his wife. I, my wife, and chi
ref!, Indeed there. The prisoner had two children
ho -e--Itichartl, 9 years of age, and Anne, Ii yea
Mato.at Oraltaiu, a painter, was in the house ; a
Iteri;amin, the prisoner's eldest son, 17 years of a;
Oita staircase rose out of the passage, leading to t
bedroom of the prisoner and his wife, and two oth
Looms. The other staircase rose out of the kitchr
Jod by it I went to my bedroom. You can't go
t ZZI room from the prisoner's bedroom without pais
auutert the first stair. I went to bed at half past 9 I
the 27th of June. The prisoner was not at hutue.
lett his wife up. Her health was good. tiralia
wrist to bed at the satne time. Ile went up the sae
st ,ireage I slept. A man of the name of Th
tt heater came into my room by mistake, wantii
• some more ale. 1 afterwards heard the clock strike
About 20 minutes before I heard a faint cry
" murder "`• twice. 1 believe it proceeded front tl
pli:onser's bedroom. I believe it sou Mary (Barlett!
voice. I had slept after Wheater came up before
. Lead the cry of murder. He came up about 12. A
tot the et* 1 heard 2 strike before I slept. I got u
at sin the morning. The rooms were so near that
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satniti hear a Lisa cry from one to the other. TI
ri•a-ois I took nu notice was, that I lied seen the pr
• at tier use his wile ill before. I saw a large gnat:tit
t t hitutial at the foot of the kitchen staircase. 1 tool
4J. *it saw Mary 01,160,1 lying on the kitchen sill
.. 1., stair, about 2 yards fr it. The atairc:e
, I Nalse'.yost turn short to the left to go up. The le
I :de of her head lay on the bar of a :rat—a chair.
) hook her and found her dead. 1 raised the lei
1.0.1 : it was veld and fell down stiff. I called in
f., •,ity lip, and the painter in the next room. 1 the
aa tit to 111'16041's room ; the door was locked! ; 1 lai
hottl of the handle, and said, " for God'. sake, ltlt
I ,lillieltl,-ret up, for your wife is lying iltqt,i in he
! , od." He says, " How can 111 lp that ? a al—
i i vernal bitch !" Ile did not open the door. I wets
ii. Benntist's room and alarmed him. It appeare
J.
eu me as if the prisoner haul spoken in bed. I true,
I hood ft he prisoner's bedroom door down to th
; itetree: I traced the foot mark of blood in Itenja
taitilt.'Arnii ; the impression of a heel and toe. 1
Si as id'llitit ening, into the room. It was about a yen
haat the room. It anight be a yard from Benjamin':
i • .i. near 'enough to have put any thing into the her
eL le standing there. The child, AIM, was found is
IR :efiard's bed, Wiliell 1•.11 in that room ;Is writ to
I coismin's. The step of blood was near etiouil tt
:!..rair the child into the bed. All the doors onto
Lose were fast. The.prisoner came down in live 'lli
,i ties dressed all but 11:4 coat. He came to the hotly
riOlfititals eltsped behind him, and looked at it for :
troment. fle then walked up and down the hitcher
ca Ifttothing was the matter. lie ordered two table•
to have the body laid out.
Cross-examined by Mr. lIAROT.—I left the wife at the
fr•••sitle. She was rather fireshi4h, but not past het
i.,..arti. I slept there only the night before. 1 knew hen
fa, .. or 6 years. She was in the habit of taking Itqaor
1 I ra.ver heard her cry murder before. There seas blood
• I re.:rer the kitchen staircate than ber body. 1 turreal the
u• • -.osier', hasp hack, and he answered immediately. Is
mas after 1 called irtm I traced the blood ; they were
d era ; I believe they fell from one walking.
Ile-examined by Mr..losres.—She was oust past bet
gt ar... The prisoner cattle flown fully dressed but his
Coat. I found Beajarain, and Riclattl, and the child,
s .zerp.
John Stainesby was called on his recognizances
,-ttl' ); and not appearing, his recugnlzances were es.
t: ered.
John Oilison.-1 am deputy-constable of Bradford. 1
aas called on between 5 and 6 in the morning of, the
21tii. I found the batty of the deceased with her head
to the chair. She hail been lifted up. There was a con-
siderable quantity of blood. The prisoner was walking
atom:. Ile told me that lie bad been at Halifax fair, and
I Arne back hot one o'clock in the morning; when lie
1 awe intu the house, be tot some beef and beer ; he then
a. pet ap stairs. I went up
on theopwith:him to
bed wili
the
'her r'cffilonithes
1:s said he found his
ate. I had traced drops of blood from the foot of the
staircase to the chamber. At the bell-foot there was
Wood, and iti another part 6f the chamber. At the bed-
tem, it appeared mopped up. He told me that when he
I ad got into the room his. wife was king on her back
Mitt, her clothe* on, with the young child beside her :
Ler eves were open; be began to shahs her to get 'up ;
' site rose herself up, got to the bed-foot, anti then tumble,'
Jove un the door. She then strove to get up again, but
enulu! not. Ile took her by the shoulders, to assist ber ;
she fell again, either against the wall or the drawers, (I
don't know which he said); she went down stairs, and
be saw no more of her.
Gross-examined by Mr. lIAIRDT.—He NJ net say she
was drunk • I believe he led me to think she /sadist:en in.
Isipor. The blood seemed wiped up as with some cioth.
Her clothes might bare douse it, but I can't say. .
By die CoullT.--1 saw no blood meter the wall or the draw-
er... The second blood near the bottom at the side of the
bed.
Mr. W. Sharp —I am a surgeon at Bradford. I was
tilled io by the Caroner. to *gamine the body of Mary Old-
linid, on the %Oh of June. It wasI lyitawo tas in
the back parlour. 0 he body observed varietyof
twirls: one on tiniontardeof the right thigh ; one on the
l4t breast. mall; elle en • the left cheek : one on the heft
am, man, below ow 'nowt one external and one Inter-
sal wound on poet. I saw other mark. Tile
wooed of whites=no
spoken had broken the skin ; it had
2" bees
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brijr*.TP 1 "traUosiniesiLdentNrl: oqfutahnetsieti:uoldf
bur • usteseled
biorethed 'rearpfill 4ettis the wooed. All the bruises, save
*glom.
eidta,aiight have been occasioned by Wk.
, rim
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Ti lamas; cum.:eel have been occasioned wit/goat falling
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... or ftst. The cause huh could not hare occasion-
...' 4 tarei.sell *e head : I foetid a bruise-wound on the
' :hen/sow the Omit, bat as wand. On
~3 ~.• 111
of
immadiateli on the brain, I found •
" extresaspeed Mood 'seeped Sow the ves-
t , • upon &abatis. In my opinion It 0e-
,,,, ' I . ae,4leibt 'it sal of it. The bride& 1
bilti- • 4 ' the OPVll:dier :a. it/kW bolt ersielloPed 1
sa tie estiatvation. ull was pot fractured, 1 beiteee
e erste' atter that' ettemontatima could not hate moved