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MURDER

John Taylor, a respectable looking young man, was charg-
ed with the wilful murder, at Warrington, of James Taylor,
(his own brother,) by stabbing him with a knife.
Mr. WILKINS stated the case to the jury, and with him
was Mr. Monk.
Jane Taylor, widow of the deceased, said, on the 17th cf
February she went to an-inn in Warrington, called the Lower
Angel, to look for her husband, and he said he would go with
her at eight o'clock to receie some money. I went back at
eight o'clock to the Lower Angel, and we went together with
Mr. Carter and his wife, the deceased, and another, to the
White Hart. We all went from there to the Bear's Paw. We
had a glass of ale a piece. No words took place there. Ido
not think the prisoner had any drink before that. They staid
about all hour and then went to the Lower Angel, where
they had two glasses of ale each. My husband and John
Taylor had some words about the cutting shop, l\
was a fustian cutter, and the prisoner is a printer. 11hIubl
vsh'd
iins-
band was very tipsy. The prisoner was not drunk. All the
party left the Lower Angel at the same time. John Taylor,
(the prisoner) had hold of one of his arms and 1 held the
other to assist the deceased, he was so tipsy. Carter and his
wife then left us. Near the Infant School my husband said
to prisoner, " Jack, I'll tell you what, I'll take another shop
to-morrow. I'll neither be bothered with thee nor thy set,
any longer." The prisoner said, " Thou may go to hell and
take another shop. 1 could have set the shop and thepremi-
sesnl
six months ago for £2O a-year." They were quarrelling
till they got nearly home, and were going to fight. I cannot
say which begun ; they were both standing b,elefodrme eya
hchusobtahrecit'
and squaring. They were not stripped. '
away. I had not then seen either of them'
face,
with his open
prisoner strike deceased on the side of his f:,
the first blow I
hand or fist, I can't say
which.: That was
I did not see my
saw. My husband went on a little for
eight strike him, but
all. Ile 111 a gas-lamp
husband strike the prisoner at a • psurike. I then saw
but there was
1 did not see him. It was dardk,went on a little further he
not far off. When my
stopped. John then said,
diet and pulled his k
.i..e out
He then put his hand inillui:s.bifh 1 • .. when the knife was
be
nothing i • o ei . He had
this up. He then either imbuttoenrellmy ckonaitfeoC"iftHeidei-seiltil)uki)(:
and opened it. would rip ."m , p 1
~ Ni here s my knife
pulled before w..e- .
out. Prisoner said be said,
said so once he held up his hand with
I •
d of him not to take hisknife,before
1 begge ,
standing between the prisoner and
ut. I Was standing it: that position, iri
Ole I was - \ 1 • but the blows not reach
l several times,
When he said so the sscond time,
What are you going to do ?"
him. MY ----1, yo kill you, by God." 1 then got from be-
Prisoner said, husband said,
tween them. ,
loner
H e has
•usctka
stabbed
:me in the belly." They then both fell on
In a minute or two after my
I told my .husband to go away when he was get-
t lie
the
h e
pulledkd en e i
fe
c si
i ett
: I oh. u ha nd said,
Franc: afterwards when he took it out. I
the floor. . .
s Stockton came up with a light, but
Another candle was brought. My husband
stretched in my bed, " I am dying," and 1
't blood. He was carried into his father's
tisst
it,
icilnie.r“,?:;i:,,
etsnra,l:iste.e:hokeouinl
utiiimftae.y
spl
house. Prisoner went in and expressed great sorrow, and
his thumb was cut, as if the knife had closed upon it. I
fetched a surgeon.
A police-officer was sent for, and pri-
soner remained till he came. Constable Fain came, and I
went with him to the spot where my husband said lie was
stabbed, and saw the knife, and the officer picked it up. It
was closed, and there was blood on the blade. It was found
less than a yard from where my husband stood when lie was
stabbed. My husband died on the 11th February. He
could not stir himself after the wound.
Cross-examined by Mr. BRANDT.—I have been married
three years last July. 1 did not live with him, as we had no
means of furnishing a house. My husband used to drink,
and was quartlsome .when drunk. Ile was about six feet

lit was

111151 not say to r raticc ..,..,...,.. --- -
say. They (the prisoner's friends) were persuading Frances ' the whole liability rested upon the other defendant
Stockton not to tell what she had seen. 1 said I could bring Cooper. he contended, from certain tette,-
witnesses to state what she had said. The prisoner cried out had written, was, beyond, All question, liable. _
in a loud tone, "Where's my
knife ?" and told him to go, the bank had been caused by the refusal of the shareno,_
but be stood still. The prisoner and my husband were both to pay their calls; and, if they had paid up, the bank's debt
on the ground. but I did not see them fall. They were stand- would have been paid.
ing close together a minute or two before, but I did not notice Mr. BAINES, on the part of the Preston defendants in this
what they were doing just then. I don't remember seeing case, stated, that his learned friend, Mr. Watson, although
blood on the prisoner's cheek, but it might be so. The pri- he represented himself to be counsel for Mr. CI osbie, was,
goner, when he went into the house, put his hand round the substantially counsel for the nominal plaintiffs in the record,
deceased's neck, and said he was very sorry. I never said and, both having got themselves inte a scrape, wished to in-
that I was uneasy at what I said before the coroner. I said volve others in it also. He contended, that the drafts drawn
I was vexed at the prisoner's mother. That was for her by Thomas for the Minim Company had been honoured by
treatment of me and my mother. the bank, after the authority which Thomas had for drawing
Mr. Hunt, surgeon.—l was called, on the Sth February, to them had been withdrawn by the mining shareholders ' • and
see the deceased. I found inflammation of the bowels, also a that, as there had been gross ignorance on the part lof the
wound, of small extent, through which part of the bowels bank in the management of the account with the Mining
had protruded. The instrument had not wounded the bowels. Company, (which ignorance had led the plaintiffs into the
I continued to attend him till his death un the following present predicament,) they had no right to recover. As to
Monday. The deceased had had a rupture; and, if he bad Mr. Cooper, a greater part of the debt due to the bank had
not had a rupture, Ido not think the wound would have been been incurred before he had anything to do with the company;
mortal. He was also in bad health, approaching to delirium the account began in 1837, and he did not join the company
tremens. The wound produced inflammation, and that till November, 1838, or even later. He, therefore, was not
death. liable for the debts incurred before he became a shareholder ;
By the COUKT.—I have no doubt that the wound pro- and, as to those which were incurred when he was one, false
diced death. respresentations having been held out by the Directors of
Joseph Paine, police-officer, went to deceased's father's the amount of capital subscribed for and the number of shares,
house that night, and saw the prisoner sitting near the bed. he could not be considered liable for them. So, with respect
The deceased said, "I am stabbed." I asked him who did to the other shareholders whom he represented : certainly
it • and he said, his brother John. The prisoner stood up some of them • had acted as directors, but they had nothing
and' kissed him, and said he loved him dearly, and did not whatever to do with incurring the liability of the debt to the
intend him any harm. Prisoner described the knife, as a bank. In conclusion, he contended, that, if all the improper
buckthorn knife with two blades, and described the place items in the account were struck out, nothing would be found
where it would be likely to be found. When I took him into due to the bank ; but that, if any thing were found due at
custody, he said to witness, " Come up in the morning and all, Mr. Crosbie, and the other directors of the Mining Corn-
let me know bow my brother is, for if he dies I wish I pany who acted with biin, were liable.
die too." Mr. 'WORTLEY then addressed the jury on the part of those
This closed the case for the prosecution. defendants who were called the Liverpool shareholders. He
Mr. BRANDT addressed the jury for the prisoner, and se- said that admitting his clients, for the sake of argument, to
vend persons gave him an excellent character. The jury be liable, he should endeavour to show that they had paid a
found him guilty of manslaughter, and his Lordship de- very considerable suns to the bank, which the bank had riot
tarred the sentence. had the honesty to acknowledge. The pass-book between tile
MANSLAUGHTER, bank and the Mining Company showed that in May, 1837, an
James Dean, aged 32, who bad been out on bail, was charg- even balance was struck between them, and, if. the bank had
ed with the manslaughter, at Manchester, of James-Ward, not charged the company with seven sums of £3OO each,
• child of 4-i years of age, on the 23d August. This was which 'had been settled for before, the Mining Company
another case of death caused by a cart passing over the de- would have had a balance in their favoqr. The bank also
ceased. The deceased had left the footpath and gone to- charged his clients with £l6OO which they themselves had
wards the middle of the street, Hanover-street. The prison- improperly paid to Thomas, and for which, therfore, they
er's cart, loaded with sand, *as passing, and deceased was were clearly not liable. As to the liabilities of the defendants,
knocked down by one of the horses, which made a rush for- no evidence had been given to show that any one of them
ward, and one of the wheels passed over his head, the prison- became a partner till the end of 1838, whilst the whole of
er being then a very short way from the cart. The prisoner these claims accrued in 18371 and in the eleven mouths of
admitted to the police-officer, that he saw the child before it 1838. He contended, however, that tl\e evidence of the
left the footpath, and ran up towards the horse's head. He partnership was insufficient and unsatisfactory. The bank,
expressed great sorrow, said that he could not help it, and too, were cognisant of the frauds upon the public by the Mi-
that such a thing had never happened to him before. The nina Company, because their own manager, Walsh, was ac-
prisoner had always borne a good character for steadiness tually one of the directors.
and attention in driving his curt. The question was whether The learned Jenne then summed up the case at consider-
he had shown gross negligence. able length and-with much perspicuity.
The Jury returned& verdict of Not Guilty, and the prison- The jury retired to consider the verdict, and, after an ab -
er was discharged. sence of forty minutes. they delivered a verdict for the plain-
MANSLAUGHTER. tiff. Damages £6958 6s. 4d., as against all the defendants,
The Jury that had been locked up to consider their verdict except those named above.
in the case of William Shaw, a carter, whose cart had run The JUDGE granted leave to Mr. Wortley to move to re-"
over a child, named Ward, were here called back into the duce the damages to the balance due in 1839, which was
Jury-box, arid, not having yet agreed, his Lordship said he rather more than £3,000.
should discharge them from giving a verdiet. The case, he The trial of this case commenced at three o'clock on Fri-
added, was ode on which he should not have passed any great day, and concluded at half-past three this afternoon, exclusive
punishment. The prisoner will, therefore, we presume, be of the time the jury took to consider their verdict.
discharged. BRUNSKILL V. BELL.
CHARGE OF MURDER. INS was an action, on promise, brought by James Brun-
Timothy Hetherington was again brought up, charged with skill, a glazier and painter, against Elizabeth Bell, both of
the wilful murder of Peter Jackson. St. Helen's, to recover £22. 19s: 24d., for work and labour
Dr. BROWN conducted the prosecution, stating, in the done, for materials supplied, and on an account stated. The
conclusion of his opening, that there was a question whether defendant denied that she had promised.
the prisoner was sane at the time, and, should the jury so From the statement of Mr. WORTLEY, (with whom was
find in their verdict, be would be taken care of and kept un- Mr. Atherton,) it appeared that, in September, 1840, the
der such restraint that a similar fatality could not again occur. defendant, who is a widow lady, had, among other property,
It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner, and the a house in the New Market, in which the work was done for
deceased were both paupers in the workhouse. The deceased the recovery of which the. present action was brought. In
had given the prisoner eighteenpeuce to take care of for May last, the house being then in an unfinished state, Mrs.
him, which he had spent. The prisoner subsequently said, Bell, thinking that she had been fortunate enough to se-
that be had been to the governor, and would go ,to him cure a good tenant in the person of a Mr. M'Keen, went
again, uhe bad not yet got his money from the deceased. to the plaintiff's shop, and gave him directions for the
On the 7th December the prisoner went up to the deceased necessary work to be done, hut, as no one was present at
in the workhouse, struck him with his knee, took him by that time, no evidence could be given that site had actu-
the collar, threw bins down, and knocked him savagely on ally given the order. The effect, however, was, that the
the body, and once on the jaw. He was stopped by some of plaintiff, by her desire, did the work at the house in question.
the inmates, and was soon afterwards taken to the cell called M'Keen intended to make the house into a shop, and he put
the "lunatic." The prisoner was subject to fits, and had into it a counter and the usual fixtures • but the plaintiff was
several times been confined in the lunatic. The fits came upon employed, not by him but by Mrs. Bell, to paint and pa-
him suddenly, and Ile was sometimes very violent after them. per the house, and partially to glaze it. He should prove on
He had had fits all night on one occasion, and was a long these occasions, by means of some workmen of Mr. Latham's,
time in the lunatic afterwards. The prisoner was a man of who were employed by M'Keen, that the defendant had su-
weak intellects. The surgeon of the workhouse saw the de- perintended and interested herself in the work of the plaintiff.
ceased about two hours after the assault. He had three ribs As the work was nearly concluded, M'Keen, who had run in
broken and a contusion of the jaw. The deceased died debt, absconded and left all parties in the lurch. Some of
from inflammation of the lungs, caused by one of the ribs those persons who had been employed by M`Keen followed
having penetrated that organ. The injuries appeared to have and brought him back to St. Helens, but, being a very slip-
been caused by kicks. The prisoner appeared to be collected eery subject, he again slipped through their fingers, and had
after the assault, and related what had happened, mentioning not since been heard of. Now, although Mrs. Bell, as the
the money and the assault. He said he had frequently asked landlady. had the benefit of the plaintiff's labour, she was
for his money, and thought be was justified in striking the seeking to have it without paying for it, for her defence was,
deceased, as he could not get his money in any other way. that M'Keen had employed the plaintiff. The jury, how-
He said be vtaa sorry for the circumstance, and hoped the re- ever, would hear from the witnesses, that Mrs. Bell not only
suit would not he serious. W;tness inclined to think that interfered in the course of the work being done, but she ac-
prisoner was not sensible of what be was doing at the time, tually used the remnants of the paper with which the plain-
as he was subject to epilyptic fits, and had maniacal attacks tiff had papered the walls ; and that afterwards, in higgling
afterwards. SoMetimes persons subject to such fits may have with a person who offered to take the house about the rent,
violent paroxysms of madness without having a fit, and these she told him she could not take what he offered, as she had
may soon go off. been at so much expense in paper and painting.
Mr. GREENE spoke ably in behalf of the prisoner, contend- Witnesses were then called, who proved the statement of
ing that the prisoner committed the act during one of those the learned counsel.
transitory paroxysms which co deprived him orhis reason, Mr. Barses, for the defendant, said he should have no
and that be was not then a responsible being, and must be difficulty in convincing the jury, that the work had been done
acquitted of the crime of wilful murder, at dhe would be dis- for M'Keen, who, having absconded, the plaintiff now
posed of in another way. brought his action to recover the demand from Mrs. Bell.
The learned .1,, Dc. ,nuumsd up with great care, and the M'Reen was the person who engaged the plaintiff, who gave
jury, after consulting together for a few minutes, pronounced the orders, and who superioteudeil the work. Tinst. 5,.. ~...-s
the prisoner guilty of manslaughter. a particle of evidence to show that Mrs. Bell had engaged
His LORDSHIP said the prisoner had been guilty of cruelly the plaintiff. Among the persons who followed M'Keen was
assailing an old man, who had not deserved such treatment the present plaintiff, and, all that time, he much lamented
At his hands, and the result was that he died. The jury had that he was not .o fortunate as the former, who had been
acquitted him of the charge of murder, but found him guilty employed by AI 'l,...t'en, as he could take away the counter and
of manslaughter, without being convinced that the act was fixtures. The plaintiff also succeeded in obtaining from
done during temporary insanity. The sentence of the court 7,llKeen the key of the premises, and lie actually held PO5.
was, that he should be transported for the term of his natural session of theme for some time; indeed, when Mrs. Bell corn-
life. plained of this, he told her be should keep possession of the
MANSLAUGHTER. house until his bill had been run out in rent. Otherconver-
John Chaiteick, a very stout rough-looking man, aged 39, cations would be deposed to, which, combined with those he
was charged with manslaughter, at Manchester, on the night had just stated, would convince the jury that the plaintiff
of the 26th of December, in causing the death of William was engaged by M'Keen, and not by Mrs. Bell.
Greaves, by shoving him into a canal. The prisoner was on Witnesses having been called, whose testimony confirmed
board of a flat in the canal at Manchester ; and, seeing the these statements, the jury returned a verdict for the de-
deceased, with whom he had had a quarrel, coming on board, Pendant.
said, " If you come here, I'll throw you into the water." --
went on board the next vessel, and began to quarrel. CROWN COURT.—MONDAY.
The. captain of the flat went on deck, and told them they Baron PARKE took his seat at nine o'clock.
must not quarrel there, but, if they would make a disturb- CHARGE OF MURDER.—THE WARRINGTON CASE.
ante. they must go somewhere else. The witness then west John Gill, aged 24, was charged with the wilful murder of
to the cabin, and the prisoner went down into his own yes- Sarah Mould, at Warrington. One count in the indictment
set, and closed the batches upon himself. Shortly afterwards charged the prisoner with having pressed his bod,, against
the witness heard a noise again, and went on deck, and her and his hands over her mouth, and so suffocated her ;
found that the deceased was struggling in the water. He another count charged that he had suffocated her while at-
gave the deceased a shaft to get him out, and he said it would tempting to violate her person. The prisoner presented him-
not reach him, and afterwards cried," He is there! He is self at the bar with a cool and steady demeanour, and pleaded
there I" as if he wished to assist in getting him out. The not guilty with a firm 'voice. As it was certain that some of
deceased cried out, 0 Dick ! Dick !" The stern rope was the disclosures would be indelicate, ladies were ordered
thrown off, and witness and prisoner tried to get him out, but out of court.
did not succeed, and the deceased was drowned. The pri- Nlr' BRANDT and Mr. Hur.ToN prosecuted ;
had told deceased when he forbade him to come on board, KlNSand Mr. MONK defended. •
that he was out of a situation, and he was afraid he would Mr. BRANDT save an outline of the case, and then pro-
rob the boat. The weather was frosty, and the decks were ceeded to call the evidence.
very slippy, and there was no rail round the vessel. The Mr. WILKINS requested that one witness, (Clough) who
prisoner had been drinking hard and was drunk, and ex- was a most important one against the prisoner, should be
pressed great sorrow. The prisoner said that he had gone kept apart from the other witnesses. He was called into
below to go to bed when he heard the deceased come on
board, and saw the deceased taking some ropes. Whether court, the other witnesses being out.
William Savage, jun., son of the sexton of Warrington
be touched him or not he could not recollect, but he slipped
. Church. On Monday morning, the 14th November last, I
and fell in.
The Jury found him Guilty. . was sweeping the flags by the big gate when 1 saw a man.
He was darkish complexioned, with a light coloured round
It appeared that the prisoner had been in confinement from jacket on, and no hat. He was a tall man. He came through
the 27th December. His character was favourably spoken the entrance gate by Mr. Harrison's, the clerk. He went
of. vast the rectory back entrance. Peter Ford was at that time
His LORDSHIP said he would consider the sentence, and ;flaking a grave. I heard of a body being found. I went
the prisoner was put down. . from the churchyard for a minute or so, but I quickly re-
MANSLAUGHTER AT LIVERPOOL. turned. The man did not return the same way: if he had I
John llr Camley, 18, and John Kelly, were charged with should have seen him. The prisoner is about the size of the
manslaughter, at Liverpool, by a boy named John Chambers. s.--
The prisoners had been committed by the deputy-coroner,
ou the verdict of the jury, for wilful murder, but this major
charge was abandoned by the grand jury. The case was fully
laid before the public soon after the occurrence, and we need
but remind our readers of the principal facts. The deceased
was struck and kicked by the prisoners, at a small " penny"
theatre. in Vauxhall-road, on the 28th February. He walked
home, but was much hurt, and took to his bed next day. The
deceased and a companion, about the beginning of the per-
formances," at the instigation of some other lads and girls,
once called out, " Emma Templeton,"—the others having
repeatedly before cried out " who made the lad spend his
week's wages ? " and to which words " Emma Templeton
were intended, as they (deceased and his companion) thought,
as a reply ; but they did not know what it meant. This Wii S
done when a girl, who danced and sang on the stage, named
Erataa Templeton, made her appearance. The deceased
shouted only once, and Emma Templeton pointed to him
when be did so, as if to mark him out to some one. After
test Zartnance was all over, the prisoner struck and kicked
--. Waedviolently.The decased never rose from his bed
after he took - •
-06., ~...__ , , to it on the following day. He was so sore all
~Iti,-ut, 40 aotdd not bear to be touched, and had to be fed
ahont.r ,ptrun. Mr. Woods, surgeon, was called to him
violence. Tit Kai
Deceased did not complain to him of
him ye", ill. it raig was afterwards called in. and found ,
of the spine, which, finally found that he had received injury
by internal inju ‘e
hended, admitted that The Prisoner
surgeon was of opinion, was caused
Prisoner M'Camley, on being appre-
hended,
to hurt biar.be kicked the deceased, but not with
at the shop where he The other (Kelly) said to his compa-
nion,
on the IT and _ works, that use did kick the de-
ceasedsee me hanged. ' added," I suppose you will come and
Mr. WILKINS addressed the for the
WIC, e
ainndtheir behalf.
prisoners.
Several respectable persons
The JUDGE briefly summed the jury returned a
verdict of Guilty of Manslaughter against both, but recom-
mended them to mercy.
The learned JUDGE said, that there was no foundation for
the charge of murder, . but they had been found guilty of
under aggravated cir-
Fr paarrt of their conduct
tentritnnassltsaungeebst.er,Tainled intlodsitdenuolptaba
was
labourthecourt was,
for three
that they
using their foot, but, as he thought they did not intend to
the k
esentence
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inflict anybemioairtaprlisionl7l.ea ry,
d and
calendar months.

MANSLAUGHTER.
His LORDSHIP then sentenced Jo
lordshiChadpwereaid rnan-
several mitigating circumstances in the case, and, as the pre.
soner had been in gaol for some time, he should now only
commit him for two months from this time, and to be kept

at hard labour.
The court rose-at ten minutes past six o'clock

Mr. WfL-

man.
Cra.s-examined by Mr. MONK.—When I left the church-
yard 1 had heard that there was a body found, and I ran to
sec it, but I was back in a minute.
William Savage, sen.—l am sexton at the parish church of
Warrington. On Sunday morning, the Mtn of November,
I was employed in the churchyard. Peter Ford pointed my
attention towards something at the east gate. I went to the
place indicated, and I saw a basket and a human body. The
basket was eight or ten feet from the body, and the body was
about a yard from a ditch or brook, with the feet towards the
ditch, and the head towards rue. The ditch was nearly at
right angles to the fence of the churchyard. The body was
that of a female, and it lay upon its face. The hands were
under the body ; her feet were about a yard from the ditch.
I turned the face towards me. I observed some soil upon
the face and nose. She lay upon the grass sod. I found the
face close to the earth. The mouth was full of dirt. She
was lying on the grass, and there was no dirt upon the place
where her face was lying sufficient to account for that ap-
pearance about her mouth and nostrils. I did not perceive
any soil near the place. I replaced the head in the same po-
sition, or as near-irs possible, , I sent for the deputy•consta-
ble, Mr. Jones. He came with me, and we 'saw the body as
it lay. It was in the same position. There was a shawl
thrown over her head. I did not remove that shawl in
raising her head, but it would be displaced a little perhaps. I
did not remark whether she had a bonnet on. Her clothes
from the middle of the back downwards were saturated with
wet. 1 did not notice whether they were wet in front. One
stocking was down to her anele ; I think it was the rightleg.
The knee of that leg was red. The body was removed to the
Ring of Bells public-house. Jones the constable examined
the basket, which was perfectly dry. I saw when she was
taken to the public-house that she bad a bonnet and cap on.
I did not notice whether they were wet or dry, but the crown
part of the bonnet was broken.
Cross-examined by Mr. WILKINS..-4 was somewhat
agitated at the discovery. There had been a little wet that
morning. The field was a meadow, and there was a foot-
path through it. The rest of the face was somewhat dirty,
as well as the nose and mouth. I could see dirt against the
teeth. The brook is perhaps a yard and a half wide, and
three or four feet deep. I cannot say whether the ditch be
often cleaned out ; there is a strongish current there.
Peter Ford.—On the 14th November last I was in the
churchyard at Warrington. I was near Howley Pit. I saw
a man looking over the fence towards the river. It was
about five minutes before seven. He was looking towards
the place where the body was afterwards found. I was near
enough to see that he had a light coloured round jacket, and
went
B y toNl
r. Wilkins.—A'
Savage
ilk
ianns_
.d
_t_orild
no hat on. He was a tallish man. I did not see what be-
came of him. I afterwards saw a basket in the field, and I
ton. The jacket that the prisoner wore appeared ratherV
than
James
int that. . jacketi'im was shown to me at is
Jones,lle deputy-constableand thalirgrhinte•e-r
one shown to me they said was John Gibb's.
churchyard of Warrisna,gto, of
el
the Sunday morning in question, about eight o'clock, to the
Warrington.sa, the
b body
d yl
lying went
oo
nn
the face. There wa
The shawl appeared as' if shawl over the hack of the bonnet.
it had been pulled up a little higher
than it should have been.
She had a bonnet and cap t was quite saturated with wat,.r.
on.'They were perfectly dry, and
the crown was out of the
plat. The hair was dry. bonnet,The stocking
hanging by one piece of
down to the foot. The other was right. The knee of the
stocking
of her left leg was
left leg was much inflamed down
to
th
petti-
coats were nearly as high as the knee of the
ancle. Her
so high on the right. The whole of 7,,the left leg ; but not
rated with wet, except her bonnet and Car clothes were satu-
.
con-
tained tea, coffee, sugar, &c., and the pocketbookpHer basket
topmost article, a little open. I observed was the
the impression
of
a man's foot on the opposite hank, opposite where the
had apparently come out of the ditch. The grasswasioil).ody
the
margin of the ditch, as if a person had either crawled out or
been drageed out. I did not observe any footmarks near the
body. I had it removed afterwards to the Ring of Bells. I
went afterwards to search the ground for footmarks. I found
some in the footpath leading from Howley warehouse to where

NISI PRIUS COURT.--SATURDAY.
FLETCHER, PUBLIC OFFICER, V. CROSBI\F%;
WORT
This case was resumed this morning, and Mr.
OR LET
continued his cross-examination of Mr. Sheraton, secretary
to the Mining Company, on the part of the defendit.eiiitds,,
Thomas Wilson, Thomas Brancker, jun.,
Thomas Fi
Timothy Bourne, Miss Harriet Copeland, Patrick Hare,
John HaMpson, Andrew Ralfe, Mrs. Margaret French, and
Thomas Jagger. The general scope of the cross-examina-
tion was to ascertain who bad attended the various meet-
ings of the Mining Directors, and to fix the dates of those
several meetings, and to explain what was done at them with
reference to the transactions with the bank.
Mr. W4TsoN then claimed the right to cross-examine the
witness on the part of the defendant, M.. E. Crosbie.
An
argument ensued on this point, Mr. Wortley, Mr. Baines,
and. Mr. Cowling contending that such a course was irregular
under the pleas which the defendant had put in. The
Couirr, however, over-ruled the objection, and Mr. Watson,
therefore, proceeded with his cross-examinaiion with the.
view otestablishing thht certain other'oT the defendants t lan
1111:1 Srgsbi.e Werc present at the proprietors' and direet,,rs'
a no; hd; in 'fad, that they had taken an active Nut