The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-09-27 00:00:00

CIRCUIT COURT, OLAS(4OtV, tIoNDAY, Scrr. f 2.

John S;eser. residing in Greenock, was indieteel for as- I
vaulting and abusing his wife, as as to put her life in danger.
This was a care of singular attncity. The prinripal wit-
• mess, when called utpr to give 'her Isetimony. was so Ile'
rated that she was unable fir several minutes to articni tie.
She replied to the interrogatories of the public prentemitor
with evident relnetenre, and when any thing particularly
revolting was elicited, she endeavonred to palliate it, by
remarking—" My Lord, he ,vas intoxicates! ; ' to be did rot I
mete t' ila me any hunt ;" " Ite was not sensible. of what he I
diet." It appeared from the evid-nce of the witness tflat•~
I er hnsbani first struck her a Haw en the Vinyls which
knorke I her down ; he then kicked her on the lower pert
of the belly, and alto on the head, wi:b the toe of his
shoe—she did rot think his shoe was sho I with iron. By
the. kick en the h••liy a wound was indicted which blued
profnsely. After he I-ft her she lay on the ground ahont
eleven minutes before she moved, she then got up and wont
to a neighbour's house. Archibsl•l Al•Kenzie, but he was
pet in ; she then celled a enilei t 3 send its mother to
her. a Mrs. I/ illachar. The flier was a goo•l deal stained
with Mont Ihetnr Turner, was sent for, who attendee!
I•er t vie, a day for a fortnight or three weeks. She did
rot tee Archibald eltlienzie till af.er she had received the
•
Archibald 11•I{enzie •s in Tloxhurgli
st'rcrt, Groenock ; is a neizlib me of the panel's; heard
th• (ellet. and went to Shaw's in coesequence, and saw
Jilr'• who n•us 11.4.11ing' when be as rot in. There
was blond on the floor, and her rtarkings and shoes
y-cre hell of 1.1 end. She was standing when be vent in;
to'd ^ i•ressthst her husband kirk •d I er. Witness went out
for a Mrs. (iihson, and when he retnrned found Mrs. Shaw
very ill; she was several weeks confined to bed. In reply
t a a triesei in from prisoner's counsel ; lie had never seen
It •r intoxicated.
Soean Newcomb ealled.—Knowe Mrs. Shaw ; heard of
asteinit ; went to see her and found the surgeon
dressier: her; saw blood on the floor, which she wiper!
s I.:: Mrs. Shaw's stockings were bloody ; dons not recol-
-1-c: teeing any blond in the plioes; in reply to a question
from prisoner's conned. never raw Mrs. Shaw intoxicated.
Mrs. Gibson called. f;nows the prisoner; beard of the
resaults : went in coneeg•tence to the house, and saw Mrs.
!haw eitt'n: on a s•oni. with blond coming shown from un-
der her clothes; Mrs. Shaw add it was from a kick her line-
and gave her. To a question from the Judge, Mrs. Shaw
aerwared t 3 h. eerionsly injured.
Doctor Turner of Greenock being called, stated that be
went to see Mrs. Shaw, and found her, bleeding and faint,
sitting on a chair; the floor was covered with blood ; she
related to him the treatment she had received; he attended
her for ton days, and made out a report of her ease. She
had I.wt !mare than a (part of blood, having received a
wound en inch and a half close to the urethra; lie consi-
&red that leer life won)" h► endangered lay a recurrence
of the 11-eding, of which, from the injary she bad received,
there was a probability; to a question from the prisoner's
connsel, he stated, that he was alarmed for her life, and did
rot tl.ink that the bleeding arose from the natural state of
her body; feels certain that the blond on the floor came
from the wound. To a question from the bench—the nature
of the wound accounted for the manner in which she said
r.lie ba•l received it. The doctor here. at the desire of the
I'ollll. read his report of the rase, which appeared to have
been drawn up with the greatest perspicuity, minuteness,
an I precisinn. •
The public proseentor left the ease entirely to the Jury.
—The counsel for the pursuer followed the same course,
merle r-marking, that he trusted the Jury would take into
consideration the cirenmatance of the pursuer's having been
perfeetly insensible of what lie was doing, from excessive
ilAnxication.
'f be Lotto Jusrieg CLERK, in his address to the Jury,
commented upon this circumstance. He considered it as
An aggravation of the crime, the atrocity of which was the
snore glaring, when contrasted with the tenderness and re-
luctance with which the wife of the panel bad given her
testimony. He expatiated, in terms of extreme tverjty,
upon ih. brutal oodu•.t of the rdeolirr, whose violation
of the most sacred of ties was marked by circumstances of
the most wanton barbarity. His Lordship then went on to
recapitulate the evidence, pointing oat the force with
which every article of it went to bear out the charge; and
left the case to the Jury, with the remark, that there was
not a single point in favour of the pursuer, which he could
recommend to their consideration, excepting the solitary
fact, that there did not s:'em to have been any period of
the woman's illness in which the surgeon considered her to
be in idinzioscat danger.
The Jery, after a short consultation, retnrned a verdict
of Guilty, except so far as endangering her life. Sentenced
to be transported for 14 years.

PALACE COURT, FittpaT.

*RAMS W. FULLER.

This erns an action to recover seven pounds, for seven I
svechs' haard and halting. It appeared that the defend-
ant, b out of employment, was invited by the plaintiff
to reside in his bonne until lie got a sitnation. After seven
weeks r..sidenze there, he qoarrelled with the plaintiirs
wife, who sail she would not sefferl.iin to stayanylonger,
finless lie paid her. He sad he shortly expected money,
anti would settle her bill. It was contended that this promise
was an admission of the debt.
For the defendant, it was stated that he slept in the
h,use on the invitation of the plaintiff, and that he pro-
vide I his own dinners ; but no witnesses were prodoted to
Oat effect.
The ilefentlant was present, an 1 was reprimanded by the
Court for utibscomimryondurt there.
Verdict for the plaintilF.
Mr. Tuessinett applied for a rale to show cause why the
Protlionota-y'e taxation of costs should not be set aside, in
a case where a verdict of a. 9a. was taken for a person
saint in
_forma pc:veils.
The Inuit fee to Counsel, and agent's charges, were al.
lowed by the Prothonotary ; bat it was contended that
they were not admissible in an action nnijer 51. and there-
fore not recoverable from the defendant.
Rule granted.