The Sun. — 1831-10-21 (London, England)

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.)  OLD COURT. James Reeves was indicted for the wilful murder of Mary Bunyon, in the parish of St. James, Clerkenwell, on the 19th  of September. At the request of the prisoner, only one witness was ordered to be in Court at a time. Mr. Henry Whitmore, surgeon, stated that he examined the body of Mary Bunyon several days after her death. On opening the skull he found decomposition going on rapidly, and a great fulness of the vessels ; none of them were ruptured. He could not tell whether there was any concussion, for the signs were not such as could indicate a simple concussion. He opened the body, and found the left lobe of the lungs healthy, but the right lobe extensively diseased ; the pericardium contained considerably more water than usual. There was a bruise on the right hand, but he saw no other external injury ; but there might have been injuries which the decomposition would not enable him to perceive. He subsequently examined the windpipe, which he perceived was partially ossified. On the whole examination of the body, he could not state whether the deceased died by violence or otherwise. She had a mortal disease upon her, but it had not advanced far enough to cause her death. Mr. Henry R. Whittaker, also a surgeon, stated that he had been in practice three or four years. He examined the body of the deceased with Mr. Whitmore. He agreed with Mr. Whitmore as to the appearances as far as he had gone. There was a slight contusion in the external part of the era. nium, but no internal injury to correspond. The appearances were not sufficient to induce witness to state whether the deceased had died from natural causes or from violence. Mr. Henry Whitmore, jun., son of the first witness, gave similar testimony. Thomas Blanche stated, that he knew the prisoner and the deceased, who cohabited together at No 6, Glass-court, Clerkcnwell. On the evening of the 19th of September witness saw her; he was at work in the court in which they lived. Prisoner came up to him, and asked, " Have you seen my old b—h ?" He replied he had seen her half an hour before. Shortly after the deceased came up the court, and prisoner asked her where she had been ; she replied, " I have been to get something for your supper, my dear." Prisoner and de; ceased went away together to a public-house, and afterwards returned, and went into their own apartment, shut the shutters, and locked their door. Witness could not tell which of them shut the door. Directly afterwards lie heard them begin to quarrel, and heard a table thrown down with some crockery on it. The deceased said twice to the prisoner, " For God's sake, Jem, don't murder me !" and witness heard distinctly the sound of blows, and the deceased screamed out dreadfully. Witness remained at his work outside nearly half an hour, during which time ho heard this. Ttfe deceased's cries became so faint at last as to be very indistinctly heard.  While witness was outside, one of the shutters was thrown open  violently, but he did not see who opened it ; the window was immediately shut again. The following morning, about eight o'clock, witness saw the prisoner, who told him " My pal is dead." He said she had died about ten o'clock. Witness saw him then go into a broker's shop close by, and, upon coming out, he said that Mr. Bowden, the broker, had charged him with killing his wife ; he said that he had not struck her at all, and only had given her a violent shaking, at the same time showing how he shook her.  Cross-examined byl:Mr.