The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-27
LEGAL INTELLIGENCF.

Court o. SNYer ADa Aes mer and Omar.
leT stssiODS-,In ,Indses Pierce aud Ludlow -rne
JUDGES hav ng taken a, er seats upon the bench and
the iormsnty OF the o.. .inng OF The 9nrt ha 'Ine
been gone through oy the ,1er, the business OF the
Court wa at once commonceu.-
lhe apphoaiton Tor having a Gay hxed iOr the
neTtd. The prisoners phys oIan, Dy smith, h,viat
rad IN hrs testimony thai he consi oereo Magulre
perfectly sane, the OIstiict Attornel' named the
10th OF september next as the day tor ts0 tllal
Application was then maGe IequestInk the Court
70 aunt the prisoner to bali, UPON he groNao "a nus
without having trial He was committed SO me q NE
Pre1ous TO May, 1884 and arraVned in t'Jtober,
1929 1924 bis lDeanity was tried before jury on the
10Th oil January.
The matter was held over till the records O.f the
At IL o'clock, Saran Gibb was arrl,igned uDO.O
charge OF MURDER IN the killing OF Netly Taylor, on
the corner OF Seventh ana Spruce ssreots, on {, Nc
18th OF April last and pleaded guilty, Her trih
was at once commenced. A number OF Jurors were y
lie ejUry-box being filed, the prisoner was told TO
stand up and also the jurors and we're told to Look
upon each other, while the o Elk rean to them the
The Commonwealth opened by prea unng to the
The evening of the 27th OF April on Sp uce street.
near Seventh, crowd of persons were Q anding Ia
conversation Ellen Taylor the deceased, lbeing pre-
sent.
The prisoner, white passing by, was Ia own to
the eIoupa Dy her aTess catching upon q dooT
walked past her and stopped at the Goa uer oil
seventh street, then she asked deceased 81 le was
laugh ng at her; deceased replied that she WAS.
BOth parties went across the and engaa ed In
an excltt quarrel, which grew to fight beyN Veen
the parties prisoner and deceased
While they were struggling on the ground the
prisoner drew some sharp instrument likely sni To-
inflicted fatal wound upon d. cea ed Ist aho, rt
the eye As we have said, the instrument pent "
ira ed the upper part of tie eye. and entered poF
ton of the BRAIN. lhe instrument with which tba
wound was inflicted has never been seen since THAI
night.
her eye, and walked a little beyond Sixth street
where she fell upon co lar-door. In this position
she was found by policeman, who carried her to.
the PennsY wanna Hospital. She remained in the
hospital until her dea h, which took place on the
second day alter she was wounded.
1t is alleged by the Commonwealth that this
wound given by the prisoner the cause OF deat :
that by this wound excessive external bleeding was
caused, and internal bleeding also, the blood set
ting ON the brain, to form heavy clog ging
there, this sing death.
One of the resident physicians of the Hospital
who assisted in the post moTtem examination of the
| body, stated that upon removing the skin around.
the wound the right 1t discovered that
| the instrument that caused the wound had struck
| the skull just above the eve, chipping of q small
piece, and had passed over the orbit of the eye and
| entered the BRAIN just at the angle of the eve.
That this caused great bleeding the brain and
around the BRAN, which probably did great deal
in bringing death; that, according to hIs udg
ment, death was caused by sharp instrument pene.
trating the cavity of the skull and the cavity and
substance OF the brain. He stated that the height
of deceased was about five feet eleven inches aud
her weight out one hundred and forty pounds;
also, that in other respects deceased was perfectly
sound.
witness for the Commonwealth stated that as
soon as the prisoner had eXtrlcated her hOOpskirt
middle of the street, that Nelly TAYLOR immed
flew at her ana attacked her; they closed and tell
to the ri Iound; they fought yO three minutes,
when the prisoner ran of and the deceased arose
with her face covered with b ood.
The Commonwealth have not yet concluded the
examination of their witnesses.