Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-12-21
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NOTES UPON CIRCUIT.

during Inc tast LfinSteT CNtpV "o"e WV"
the ino;drnu which were disclosed in several
remarka able trials. Au attentive observer VIII
readily And in realities as much matter for ex'
element, sudsealculated 10 produce an interest
- Invention will supply. Justice ma, Dc said
in Ireland. 70 niiser TO romance; Tor, in her
periodical progresses through The South, she
brings TO ligh, the passions Of people, in
whose delinquincies there is often Is much OF
s,rsngeness az Of atroci,y:
WExYoap.-A case was tried here, in which
murder and adultery appeared in fellowship
Of a very hideous and extraordinary kind A
COOLERS hut, in a village situate sbouI six miles
from Wexford, furnished stage for the fright
full tragedy, in which Mrs. Crosbie, the wife OF
a brosue- maker. performed the par, OF ely
temnestra The murderer was joutneynan 10
the husband. Before the 2gisthus OF The last
was arraign,d, 1 anticipated tina! some hugr x
muscular villain would raise his gaunt form at
the dock, and tha, the prediction OF Mrs
Crosbie would BE justified by the contiguration
OF The fascinating assassin: and was no'
little surprised, when squalId wretch, win
scarcs enough Of raimeut 70 hide his ernaeia-
ton, appeared al the bar as the hero OF san
culinary amour. When John Brown that ~as
The prisoners name,) heard the Indictment
read, by which he was charged with having
poisoned his master, in confrderaey with his
wife, hi. plea Of I" not guilty" seemed TO be
sustained by all the accessories OF Innocence
which q peculiar responsiveness could supply
Hi. cadarrrous and cnarnel look his lips that
we're blsnched with starvation; eyes in which
fea, and famine gared togo her; his wild and
n,at,ed hair; his STOPPING and contracted form;
his ragged clothes, and the union OF physical
mesnness with covering debasrment, eons'i-
,utine such a NAUSEA ing combination, as rem
dered il almost incredible that eny woman
should have seen in him IN objec, OF voIupiu
Gus preference. He found advocates in his
ghastliness, and in the assemblage OF loath-
some circumstances that were arrayeh about
him, more powerful than any aid which the
eloour nee or dex'erity Of counsel coult supply.
He ad no, the means Of employing one; and
Judge Johnson brgged gentleman Of the bar 10
relieve him in some degree from the painful
responsibility Of trying person who was
wholly Unattended, by giving him this era'ui-
tous assistance. This request was readily com
Piled with
Mr.. Scott, as Crown pt oseeutor, stated the
case, eon,en,ing himself with plain detail OF
facts, making no rommenIs, and detfucipg no
differences unfavorable TO the prisoner. may
observe Incidentally, that, IN this particular,
Mr. Scout deserves great praise, as he never
Turns TO an unfair account ihe anomalous psi
vilege which Is accorded to The Cro~n, TO STATE
he matter Of accusation, while The p"wer OF
reply 10 denied to the counsel for the prisoner.
IL support of the prosecution, the firsi win s.
produced Was John Han,o on who gave evidence
of he leading facts in the following narrative.
Cro>bie was mss,er-b-oguc maker, who EN-
ployed he prisoner, As well az the witness, in
working in his shop. Crosbie was married TO
woman Of whom he manifested jealousy, and
complained that she was 100 intimate with the
prisoner The latter, upon a holiday, walked
with The witness to Wexford, and on his way
declared tina, he would cure Crosbie Of his
picions They proceeded 10 IN. town. where
Brown purchased a qaan,i:y Of arsenic and red
prrcipi ate; and on tn i, way home, he, Of hi,
own accord, told his companion, That he and
M 8. Crosbie had determined TO put The hus
baud ,ut Of The way. This intelligence was,
a, the witness stated, gtatui'ousiy conveyed
Brown had no mo'iv- whatever for telling him
thai the death OF their master had been rrsol'
ed upon Tie made no commentsry. and n.i.
Their assented 10 or demonstrated aga,ns' III.
ahomi"ablr design They proceeded to Cros
sis, house, and tsre a II, ange exprdirnt was
adopted Wy Brown. 1t appear, ,ha he ina
eined, hot if re did not actually deliver the
poison wih his own hand TO The woman who
had commissioned him To procure il, hr would
not be guilty Of The contemplated murder In
"rdSr, therefore, 20 relieve his conscience. he
placed Hanton, the wirn-s> between himself
and Ms. Crosoir, and having taken his .,and,
while Hanion held that of Mrs. Croshie, hr de-
lnered he poison TO Hanton, while the latter
passed il 10 the wife. A, hi, statement OF on
expedient which. was designated a. the leger
demain Of assassination, every body in Cour,
Aey'sed 10 start; and Judge Johnson. struck
with what appeared ,hr gro,> ImprcbsbiIi'y of
the whole story became manif',ly favorable
to he prisoner. The p"'son having been de.
livered to Mrs. Crosbi., il was agreed ~ on in
the presrRce Of Hanron, (who had, according
t" his own account, no sort Of concern in The
ransac ION, not having the least penc liant for
the wife Of his employer, and -xpec ing nm he
ue6i from his DEATH thai Mrs. Cro.ble should
mix the arsenic IN bread and butter; and with