New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-10
MURDER TRIAL.

KINGS COUNTY COURT or OYER AND TEG EN-
fore Judges ROCKWELL Ond MooREi Justices STL"EL aud
sTRYKEK.
TRIAL OF MICHAEL FARLEY, OR FALLEY, AND MAR
GaRFT HIS WIFE, FOR THE MURDER OF JOAN
NAH DARBY BY POISON.
These prisoners were placed on trial yesterday They
stand indicted on the charge OF killing Joannah Darby an
old woman about sixty years Of age, by poison They re-
sided on the corner of State and Boerumss and the de-
ceased lived with them The murder, as alleged was
committed on the cath of January last.
Richard c. Undeihil Esq, pistrictAttorney conduct
cd ;hc ease for the prosecution and Col e. JACK and
Sylvapus D. Lewis Esq, appeared for the defendants.
Tie foil wing jury was imPanneed after several ch'
lenges: ~
H + Teso John R Rlede' E ESs,I A M'sssn
G.oTee " Bergen. David stewart Nicholas Van Dyke
The Di .rc,Attorney in his remarks 10 the Jury stated
that the prisoner at the bar indicted for the crime Oh
murder charged to have been committed on the ~sh uas
of January last past. The defendant ariey ndced o'
.he murder and his wife Margaret, as accessory oeioe
the fac, The name of deceased is Joannah Darby, who
had two husbands The name OF the first was cooper anu
,,o second was named Darby. She was known by both
pomes AT the time of her decease she was an inae oil
the house O. shanty the prisoners Oh the corner oil sae
nd Roe,upsts where they sold liquor. She had been
ooronted with them for some time. Her husband anu
bersef II appear did very we'll and separa'eu
~ a. rnle of French law each taking share OF tner
va 49, Ske was not a very hearty woman, ana II i
obic was predisposed 20 consumption ana previous ~
t. Jco,se had been confined 10 her bed Al tle tIi5 "
he Jeoh Mr. Farley was absent from home MIS-. D ,
h bsd money nearly all specie, of which consiueraoI
,;on yres cold of which the prisoners had inifnm.on
r+,nd The possession Of that TO be the motive III lns
oase This simple motive of peeuni9ry gam has oeSoo
- ommon that j. unusual TO hnd parties VINO naNe
NC scruple In taking life than in stealing properly;
Y.nrob Darby was III and bed on the day anu
~" srnned with arrow-root in bowl, when was pre-.
arad fdr her bv Farley. She partooK OF H. anu aso =,
o,ce beer Almost Immediately aiter"aru sie va Ii
18th burning sensation in the stomach whlSn "S r M
naamed ne abe described IT, and shortly ai.er uiea'
bys;cisn csne during these symptoms, ana Ieccnis
g some slight applications left her lhese
Inowp AN Inquest held by the coroner anu on
~ samnstion il was ascertained that the death was
j NV pc,son The arsenic was found IN her stomarn,
S ~ 49, the cause of her death. There were no one
,;as cr,-ept When de supplied win me p'sP,L
W. sbeII show that the arsenic caused her usa.n
,hat the man possessed pills containing arsenc, nm -
a moi contained in the arrow root ana oy COM
han Sb,w that this said that Ms Daro! la
sde will devsng all her property 10 her' wen On ~
Westchester County the morning oil her %
bowed the will TO a female acquaintance. hei eon hr
,bsr WINS considered extraordinary, AND mink VIC I'LL
he eble 10 show these facts and good deai mos us
ue and if succeed we shall ask Tor he
o,;ou am satisfied that these parties are guny o.
,a ,.nrJcr although must confess, they do no. IooH
III r,derers: STILL the circumstances are ~ sao"s
AGAINST them as hardly TO admit OF aouo,.
tn SoIowiue witnesses were then called; Az,
p,sev Hanover sworn live in Boerumst near A, IAN
The prisoners lived three of'a