The Sun. — 1863-03-05 (London, England)

CRIME IN FRANCE.  The Military Tribunal of Lyons last wtek tried four corporals, all belonging to the troops in the camp of Sathonay, and named Weber, Guitter, Anduze, and Delon de Corbieres, charged with having, on 14th January last, caused the death of a charcoal dealer named Potdevin, residing near the camp. From the evidence given it appeared that Weber. and Quitter, whose time of service was nearly expired, had passed the greater part of the afternoon and evening preceding the crime in drinking. About eleven o'clock, before retiring to their quarters, they walked about in front of the camp, and there met the other two prisoners, who had also  been drinking more than enough. After a short conversation the four agreed to have a parting glass, and as all the canteens in the camp are shut at ten precisely, they determined to look for a wine shop outsi-6. Seeing a light in a house at no great distance, they went to it, and all entered, and called for wine. The house, however, was not a wine-shop, but a private dwelling occupied by a charcoal dealer named Faure, his wife and. daughter, and the husband of the latter, named Pot devin, who were taking supper in company with some friends. In answer to the demand for wine, Potdevin's wife said they had none to sell, but offered them some water. This answer so incensed Guitter that he struck the woman in the face, knocked her down, and then all four rushed out of the house followed by Potdevin, who a moment after was heard to cry " Murder !" Faure and two of his neighbours hastnied to his assistance, and found him lying on the ground and Weber kicking him. They seized Weber and held him till the guard came. The other corporals had made their escape, after throwing several stones, one of which was lying close to Potdevin covered with blood, having apparently struck the unfortunate man on the forehead. A surgeon-major of the regiment was soon in attendance, but Potdevin died next day of cerebral confation. The other three corporals were arrested next morning, and the woman Potdevin identified Guitter as the man who struck her. The evidence did not clearly establish which of the four inflicted the fatal blow, but the stone  appeared to have been thrown by one of the three who ran away. After hearing a number of witnesses and counsel for the prisoners, the Tribunal acquitted Anduse and Delon de Corbieres, but found Weber guilty of inflicting wounds which had caused death, and sentenced him to two years' imprisonment.  An attempt at murder was made three days back on a Madame Morel, a dealer in hardware goods at Vimoutiers (Orne), by a man in her employment. The latter, while in a state of intoxication, fired a pistol at his mistress and then threw himself from a window into the street. The ball passed through the dress of the woman without hurting her, but the young man was seriously injured, and conveyed to the hospital. The Court of Assizes of the Seine was yesterday engaged in the trial of a liberated convict named Guillotte, a journeyman currier, on a charge of theft and forgery. It appeared from, the evidence that on the mot ning of the 7th June last the prisoner was in the neighbourhood of the Northern Railway station, when he was accosted by the prosecuter, named Vai'hint, who had come from Saint-Vast-les-Mello (Oise), who asked to be directed to the rue de la Michodiere. Guillotte offered his eerviccs to conduct him there, which were accepted, and on his way Valliant informed him that he was i going to the office of M. de Crepon, an agent-dechange, in that street, to receive ten Eastern R alway bonds which had been purchased on his account by the broker. The bonds were duly handed over to the prosecutor, but having entrusted them for a i moment to the prisoner to roll up, the latter maI naged to abstract, three, and then took the earliest 1 opportunity to he off. Two of those bonds were afterwards sold by him to a money-changer, named Steffen, from whom he received 594 tr., and signed the sale note with the false name of Bourgeois. The third, according to the prisoner's account, IT sold to an unknown individual for 260 fr . The prisoner at first denied the facts imputed to him, but ' afterwards made a complete avowal. Guillotte has • before been condemned to five years' hard labour The jury having returned a verdict of for forgery. guilty, the prisoner was now condemned to 12 years of the same punishment.  A