The Sun. — 1859-05-16 (London, England)

PREMEDITATED MURDER BY A BROTHER-IN-LAW, AT HO.RNSEY.  Samuel Adams, aged 35, a dirty, dissipated, ferocious-looking man with club feet, described on the charge-sheet as a shoemaker, residing at No. 30, Mary-street, Kingsland-road, was placed at the bar of the Clerkenwell Police-court, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, on Saturday, on remand, charged with maliciously cutting and wounding, with intent to do grievous bodily harm to Martha Page, his sisterin-law, at Howard-road, Hornsey. The poor woman being now dead, the charge resolved itself into one of wilful murder. _  The charge was first brought under the notice of the magistrate on the 6th inst., but although she was then in a dying state, her deposition has Rot been taken. The facts connected with this distressing case, as far as they have yet been collected, show that the prisoner not only contemplated the murder of his sister-in-law, but that of his wife also. It would appear that in consequence of the lazy, dissolute character of the prisoner, his wife, who is a hard-working, respectable woman, was compelled, some mouths since, to leave and keep herself. This seems to have very much annoyed the prisoner, and he has several times said he would be revenge I, "if he swung for it." On the morning of the sth the prisoner was seen by a female who resides in the same house as the prisoner, sharpening a shoemaker's knife, and he then stated that before the day was out he would do something desperate. He was then persuaded not to do so, but he said he would, and; placing the sharp.partof the knife in a cork, so that ho should not cut himself, proceeded out. According to the facts, as ascertained by Inspector Langdon, of the N division, it would appear that the prisoner at once proceeded to the place where the deceased was engaged nursing a relative, who was lately confined, and, knocking at the door, was informed that he could not see his sister-in-law. Some time afterwards, the poor woman left the house in company with a female. when the prisoner followed for a few yards, and then running in front, plunged the knife into the lower part of the deceased's person. The deceased, who was in her twenty-fourth year, and in a weakly state of health, was conveyed to the German HosmNpvioetiallin,eadDlianelffisttheoeeni,ioNtVwhheaertrepshaitertwwoaasfs her person, by the resident detained the prisoner until the arrival through the skinand ig ofrom severeetaepnodi eg . muscle. Some neighbours 6Tthhe prisonerinstant, ‘Na vvil es nt a lhceen before asv ery Mr. callous yrw ha itbteuotn thet e matter, and was remanded. On Friday, when he was brought up pro forma, and was told that perhaps while he was there the woman was dead, and that then he would be charged with the capital offence, he merely said, " Well, a good job too." The deceakil, who maintained her senses to the last, and was very respectable, died in the German Hospital, while the prisoner was at the court. The following is the evidence already taken Police-constable Bolton, 466 N, said that on the afternoon of the sth of this month, he was in the Howard-road, when he heard a cry of "Police" and " Murder," and was called to take the prisoner into custody for stabbing a young woman. The female was in a fainting state, and said she was wounded in her side. When he took the prisoner into custody, he was told the charge, but he said nothing, He searched the prisoner, and found upon him a sharp knife, such as is generally used by shoe