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The Sun. — 1844-07-10 (London, England)

KELLY—Yes, My Lord. Lord CA3IPEELL-1. doubt if the law recognises the distinction of cc,urts. It is one presentment by the grand jury, but that presentment is severable, and the jury may acquit of a part'  Mr. KELLY said there could be no doubt of it ; for instance, a man might be indicted on one count for murder, and on another for manslaughter ; ho might be acquitted of the murder and found guilty of the manslaughter. He might be indicted for burglary- and larceny, and acquitted of the burglary and found guihy of the larceny. In cases of libel, a man might be found guilty of composing and publishing, but not of printing. In all these cases it was perfectly clear that no judgment could be given except upon the verdict returned. lie would call their Lordships' attention to the case of "Fox v. Austin," to be found in Lawes's Ilepurts, p. 59. It was an information against Austin and others for engrossing a thousand quarters of corn. The plea was not guilty. The jury found one of the defendants guilty for seven tiundred quarters, and not guilty for the residue, and Found the others not guilty for all. Now here was a case of engrossing, it might be of stealing, in which the jury returned a verdict of guilty as to seven hundred, but not guilty as to the residue. In most cases it was ,iot necessary that there should be any such verdict, be:ause the punishment would be the Fame for stealing corn, whether seven hundred, two handrail, or a then:and quarters. But it might be important to the prisoner :o have the verdict so entered, because he might suspected of having stolen another 1,030 quarters of corn, and therefore he had a right to insist upon having the verdict and the judgment entered up precisely according to the fact. It was there important to the prosecution, because under the old law he was entiled to his writ of restitution. Either party had a right to have the precise matter Found entered upon the record, and to require that judg -neat should be prove for that and that only of which he' had. been found guilty, and that that, and that only for 'Mich he was suffering punishment, should appear upon the record. His Learned Friend the Attorney-General had asserted, with that confidence with which ho always made such assertions when he had no authorities to produce, that it appeared that the practice was universal of entering up judgment upon all such counts. He (Mr. Kelly) said that there was no such practice. There was no authority produced for it, and wherever such practice did exist it was against the law, against the rights of the Crown, against the rights of the•prisoner, tad, he said it with all submission, against the duty of the court. The judgment ought to be entered up on that count which was good, and on that count only, and on the other counts he was entitled to have entered up either a verdict of acquittal or eat sine die. The only case in which there was an opponent were cases in which, in fact, the record was not made up, such as ,:ases in arrest of judgment, and one other case. Lord
The Sun. — 1844-07-10 (London, England)

CAMPBELL—I doubt if the law recognises the distinction of courts. It is one presentment by the grand jury, but that presentment is severable, and the jury may acquit of a part.  Mr. REDLY said there: could be. no doubt of it ; for instance; a man Might be igdieted en one cOrit f"r murder; and on another for, manslaughter he Might be aequitted,of the murder And foitna, guilty,. of the manslaughter. „He might,' be inclie:ed for; barelau E.trAd, I.o'l' • cony, and aeduitted et the blittlarY Vrid funk! of the larceny. In cases of libel, a man might be found guilty of composing and publishing, but not of printing. In all these cases it was perfectly clear that no judgment o.)uld be given except upon the verdict returned. He would call tht.lr rttentickn ko 91e gatthof "Fox v. Austin," to be found in Lawes's Reports, p. sy. It,'W?.? an information against Austin and others for engrossing a thousand quarters of corn. The plea was not guilty. The jury found oni of the defendants guilty for seven hundred clutheis; ara licit giitqy fOr the residue; and found the others not guilty for all. I").dvi. case of engrossing, it might be of stealing, in which jury returned a verdict of guilty as to seven hundred, but not guilty as td the residue. In most cases it was not necessary that thOre should be any such verdict, because the punishment would he the sat& tiff ttealing corn, whether seven hundred, t*o hundred, or a thort= sand qliartOrs. Bat it alight be important to the prisoner to have the verdict so eniOred, because he might be suspected of having stolen another I,dgd quarz tern of corn, and therefore he had a right to insist upon having the verdict and the judgment entered up predisely according to the fact. It was there important to the proBectltiati, bedaase under the old law he was entiled to his writ of reStittitlan, Either party had a right to have the precise matter found entered upon the record, and to require that judg• meat should be prove for that and that only of which he had been found guilty, and that that, and that only for  which he was suffering punishment,. should appear upon the record. His Learned Friend the Attorney-General had asserted, with that confidence with which he always made such assertions when he had no authorities to produce, that it appeared that the practice was universal of entering up judgment upon all such counts. He (Mr. Kelly) said that there was no such practice. There was no authority produced for it, and wherever such practice did exist it was against the law, against the righti of the Crown, against the rights of the prisoner, and, he said it with all submission, against the duty of the court. The judgment ought to be entered up on that count which was good, and on that count only, and on the other counts he was entitled to have entered up either a verdict of acquittal or eat sine die. The only case in which there was an opponent were cases in which, in fact, the record was not made up, such as eases in arrest of judgment, and one other case. Lord
The Sun. — 1844-06-14 (London, England)

WILDE—Had frequently visited Lady Murray and his Royal Highness in Lower Grosvenor-street in 1800. His Royal Highness always treated her Ladyship as his consort, and she was called the Princess Augusta. The Rev. Mr. Crow examined by Sir T. WlLDu.—Deposed to having officiated for the Rev. Mr. Gunn in 1792, on account of his going abroad. He returned to England in 1793.  Evidence was gone into for the purpose of showing, by correspondence, that the Rev. Mr. Gunn was at Rome at the time of the marriage. Sir T. WILDn said he now proposed to prove a declaration made by Mr. Gunn, in reference to the marriage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. He did so on the ground that the individual had peculiar means of knowledge, and that it was his interest not to misrepresent the fact. Ile had already offered evidence as to Mr. Gunn's being at Rome at the time of the marriage. In 1831 Mr. Gunn was required to give evidence on certain Chancery proceedings, and he declined to answer the interrogatories, on the ground that he might thereby bring himself under the penal consequences of the Royal Marriage Act. He proposed to show what declaration he had made on the subject of the marriage. He had an interest to suppress his own share in the matter, and he was, as he (Sir T. Wilde) was prepared to prove, in a state of alarm on the subject up to the time of his death, to such an extent that his health was affected. According to the rule, therefore, in such cases, he contended that he should be allowed to examine the witness, to show what declaration Mr. Gunn had made on the subject of the marriage. Mr. ELME followed on the same aide. The principle of the law turned on the question, whether the party had a motive to speak the truth? and in this case the party being under the greatest apprehension, his declarations ought to be received.  The LORD CHANCELLOR said .he thought the proposition laid down at the bar could not be maintained. He would snppose this case :—A was indicted for murder; B, on his death-bed, made declarations that he was present at the murder committed by A. Was it possible to say that, on the indictment of A, the declarations of B might be received against him ? In the case of the Berkeley Peerage evidence of this kind had been rejected. It was not true that declarations must always be received when they are against the interest of the party by whom they were made ; and he was of opinion that in this case the declarations were not made under circumstances which rendered it necessary that they should be received in evidence.  Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, Lord Denman, and Lord Langdale, concurred in the opinion expressed by the Lord Chancellor.  The evidence was accordingly refused. Lord Illacclesfield, examined by Mr. Ent.F., deposed to having seen the Prince with Lady Dunmore and her daughter at Naples, in 1793. A register of the baptism of the claimant was then put in. The further hearing of the case was postponed until Tuesday week.
The Sun. — 1844-06-14 (London, England)

THE QUEEN V. BARNARD GREGORY. This was a rule calling upon the Duke of Brunswick to show cause why the trial of the defendant, which at present stood fixed for Friday next, should not be postponed until the sitting after Hilary term, 1845. The prosecution is in the form of a criminal information, fur a libel imputing to the Duke of Brunswick that he was the person who murdered a woman a few years ago in a house a short way over Waterloo-bridge. The rule was obtained yesterday in the Bail Court, and cause was now shown against it by Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Wordsworth. It appeared that the grounds of the application were, that the defendant was at present a prisoner in Newgate ; that he was in such a state of ill health as to require the attendance of several medical gentlemen, whose names were set out, and who had made a report to the Secretary of State, upon the subject; that in such circumstances he was unable to give instructions to his counsel for the conduct of the case, or to arrange the evidence of such of the witnesses sts were accessible to him at present; and that there were other witnesses who could give material evidence upon the de, fence whose residences the defendant could not find out in his present situation, but which he would be able to discover as soon as he should be at liberty; and that it was also necessary for the purpose of his defence to inspect several documents which were at his private residence, but which were ' not accessible to him at present. In answer to these grounds, the Learned Sergeant and Learned Counsel urged that the information might have been tried a long time ago, if it had not been that it was made a special jury case by the &fen • dant himself; that no step had been taken to strike the special jury even yet ; that none of the medical gentlemen mentioned in the affidavit of Mr. Gregory had made an affidavit; and that if the trial should be put off, it ought only to be for a week, and upon the condition that when the record went down for trial, it should be tried by a common jury, if, in consequence of the ladies of the defendant, it could not be tried by a special one. Mr. PLAIT appeared in support of the rule, which he thought that the feelings of common humanity ought to have prevented the prosecutor from opposing. The Learned Counsel went over the several grounds upon which the rule nisi was granted, and contended that, as the imprisonment of Mr. Gregory would not be at an end before the 26th of November next, the trial ought at any rate to be adjourned until the sittings after Michaelmas Term in the present year. Lord DENMAN thought such to be the .most reasonable course that could be adopted, and the trial was accordingly put off until the sittings after Michaelmas next.
The Sun. — 1844-10-25 (London, England)

MURDER AT A WEDDING.--MARRIAGE OF THE DYING BRIDEGROOM.--Mr. IV. IV. Rives, of Wilcox county, Alabama, having recently, won the affections of a handsome young lady residing in that vicinity, Miss Sarah Tait, daughter of Captain J. A. Tait, the neces • nary arrangements were completed for their union, and he proceeded to her residence to have the marriage ceremony performed, and to celebrate their nuptials in a becoming manner ; but, on arriving at Captain Tait's dwelling, Mr. Rives and his friends were met near the door by the captain's son, Dr. Chas. Tait, who took Mr. Rives aside for a private interview, while the friends of the latter went into the house. Young Dr. Tait immediately commencel assaulting Mr. Rives with a cane, and on the latter defending himself, drew a revolving pistol, and shot Mr. Rives through the lower part of the stomach. The murderer fled, it is supposed to the eastern states. The unfortunate man was taken into the house, and died on the following Monday ; his affianced bride, showing her love for him by having the marriage ceremony performed soon after the melancholy occurrence related above, soothing him in their deep affliction, and ministering to him in his dying moments as his wife !—New York Sun, Oct. 1. As Mr. 'William Gallon, publican and dealer in marine stores, Low-street, Sunderland, was engaged, on Monday last, in boiling pitch in the kitchen of his dwelling house, the composition ignited, and in endeavouring to take the vessel off the fire, a quantity of it was scattered over his clothes, by which he was enveloped in flames, and, being afflicted with paralysis, he was unable to use any effort to extinguish the fire, by which he was so much injured that he died on Thursday morning.— Newcastle Journal. gAhatsThEeDin.—g tCheorrTenAtG-dEaAy LL of trhAte EaNuTotSm.—eni.tVheoteeSrcslaoyf se'l3nnEi the parish of Bearsted, the whole number, amounting to 39, were provided with a substantial Got supper and a is providedby annually Bearsted-green. The supper plentiful supply of good ale, at the Royal Oak, on the subscriptions of the vicinity, whose bscriptionsofthe landed health, proprietors, accompaniedclergy, andh y gentry hearty English cheers, is always drank on these occasions. The allotment system in this parish has now been in active operation ten years, it having been introduced by Major Wayth in 1834 ; and it is a pleasing reflection to that gentleman, and those who act with him on the committee, not forgetting their excellent treasurer, Mr. Streatfleld, that not totnhdeeo rfailear gtnhditnhiges above -named period. The non-epof a s).111 ime t paid 40s. per acre. The average size of the holdings is one quarter of an acre ; and as there is no cottage, however humble, which does not from its washings, &c., produce sufficient manure, isfweepingls' preserved, to render that quantity of land highly p propirroy y ductive, the system is considered by the occupiers as I greatly benefiting themselves and families. In fact, they are fully aware that without manure their labour I would be au idle waste of time.—illaicidenc Journal.
The Sun. — 1844-06-28 (London, England)

ALLEGED CHILD MURDER.—MI'. Higgs held an inquest on Wednesday at the Savoy Palace, Savoy-street, Strand, on the body of a newly-born male infant, alleged to have died by the hand Of its Mother, a young woman named Sarah Hyland, late housemaid in the service; of Mr. Gibson, landlord of the above house. The circumstances of this ease, as gathered from the lengthened examination of a fellow-servant of the accused, may be briefly narrated. Hyland had been in the service of Mr. Gibson during the last three months, and her appearance latterl'had given rise to suspicions that she was enciente. When questioned on the subject, however, she stoutly denied the fact, and matters went on as usual until Monday last,.when she complained very much of spasms in the chest, and was unable to perform her usual work. She retired to rest with her fellow-servant about eleven o'clock, but appearing to be in great pain the latter got up and went down stairs for a bottle of warm water, which the accused placed upon her chest. This gave her no relief, and her sufferings appearing to increase, the witness went down to her mistress's bed• room, whom she informed of Hylaud's illness, and inquired if she should call in assistance, or take her anything. Mrs. Gibson inquired if Hyland was in labour, and the witness replied that she did not know, adding that she complained only of acute pain from spasms. Mrs. Gibson then said, if that were the case, it was not necessary to send for anything, and the witness returned to her room, where she found, Hyland walking about, apparently in great agony. ultimately, both parties went to bed wain, and Hyland called the witness between five and six o'clock on Tuesday morning, saying she was unable to get up to do her work, and wished that a charwoman might be sent ter. A slight link in the chain of the witness's evidence was here wanting, the next point upon which she entered being the departure of Hyland, at nine o'clock in the morning, from the Savoy Palace, in a cab. Her quarter's wages had been previously paid to her by Mrs. Gibson, and after paying two or thrce small accounts to her fellow-servants, she requested wit, ness to cord up her box and send it to a certain place, to be left till called for; cautioning her, at the same time, not to allow her mistress to look in it, as there as was some linen which she did not wish her to see. Subsequently to Hylaud's departure the box was examined, and the body of an infant, wrapped up in a petticoat, one string of which was wound tightly round its neck, was discovered therein. The police were instantly informed of the eircumstance, and succeeded in discovering the mother. at a lodging-house, near Shoemaker-row, Blackfriars, from whence she had been removed to the Strand Union workhouse, where she now remains It having been thought desirable that a post 7nortem examination of the body should be made before closing the inquiry, the proceedings were adjourned for that purpose..
The Sun. — 1844-06-28 (London, England)

COMMON SENSE.  OUR FATE IS SEALED. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.  SlR,—The astounding, the inconceivable ignorance of our legislature leaves us without hope for the future. Peel continues his currency course without opposition ; he makes concessions of points as unimportant as whether a soldier's jacket should have on it twelve or fourteen buttons, and no one rises up to denounce and lay bare the monstrous fallacies and ruinous principles on which Procustes Peel bases his murderous system. I write on the 26th of June, at a distance from London—it is therefore possible that some Member whom Providence, (by a nearly miraculous interposition) has blessed with common sense, may have pointed out to the House the terrific evils with which we are threatened.  In an enactment comprising a thousand evils, it is scarcely worth while to notice more than the most enormous of the blunders.  I will content myself, therefore, with calling attention to the main features of this legislative Frankenstein. The first is, the attempt to convert our circulation from one almost wholly of paper, to one almost wholly metallic; the second, to restrain our circulation to a fixed amount, though the extension of commercial transactions may render a corresponding extension in our machinery of transfer imperative. The objections to a metallic currency are manifold. First (as laying most on the surface), is its costliness. If we add thirty millions of gold to our currency, we must give thirty millions of goods for it. The second objection is, the impossibility of obtaining a sufficient supply of the metals. Our real main currency consists of bills of exchange, of which 250 millions are constantly afloat. These bills pass through as many hands as Bank of England notes of like amount, and perform exactly similar offices in our transactions.  The third objection is, that metal, instead of being steady, is continually shifting its relative value; and that if cir• cumstances cause it to flow out of the kingdom, thus making a vacuum in our circulation, there are not any means of filling up that vacuum. Sir Attila Peel imagines that he protects commerce, by making Bank notes convertible into gold. Now, independent of the fact that he cannot accomplish this, his effecting his purpose would do little to benefit commerce ; the rendering the holder of a note secure, would not protect the depositors (whose interests are in the ratio of four to one of that of the noteholders), nor the billholders, whose interests are as eight to one of the noteholders.  It could in no degree create additional wisdom or caution bankers in lending their own capital, or those of their depositors; and it is obviously on this point that the whole question of power to meet engagements depends. Sir Robert admits that the Bank of England may issue notes to the amount of thirty millions—sixteen on bullion, fourteen on Government debts, &c. The deposits exceed thirteen millions. I repeat a question I have put in a former letter—lf a panic should arise, and the depositors withdraw thirteen millions of the gold, how are the thirty millions of notes to be cashed?
The Sun. — 1844-01-30 (London, England)

AMERICAN NEWS.  LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.  The American ship Ohio, Captain Lyon, sailing from New York, on the 6th inst., arrived here this morning with intelligence from that city two days later than before, but as the packet ship Ashburton has been signalled by telegraph to have passed Holyhead this morning, we may shortly expect dates by her to the 9th.  The news by this arrival is not of much importance. In the Senate, on the 29th ult., Mr. Allen brought forward a number of petitions and memorials, signed by the citizens of Ohio, including whole brigades of militia, asking the immediate occupation of the Oregon territory. General Thompson, United States Minister at Mexico, had resigned, but no person had been named as his successor. It is stated that the President intended to nominate Mr. Spencer as Justice of the Supreme Court, vacant by the death of Judge Thompson. The interest in the Repeal question was again reviving. A meeting of the Irish inhabitants was held in New York, on the 3d inst. ; being one, the Herald states, of a series of simultaneous meetings, which were to be held the same evening throughout the Union.  A very brutal murder of a woman and her infant child had been committed at Staten Island, New York, by a woman named Bodine, and her paramour Waite, both of whom were in custody. The woman (Bodine) was subsequently delivered of a child, whilst in the gaol, which it is believed she wilfully suffocated, as it was found dead beside her, with marks of violence.  The news from Texas, to the 16th ult., state that the trade between that Republic and .the United States, in consequence of an Act passed in the last session of the American Congress, was rapidly declining, and that in the same proportion the trade between Texas and this side of the Atlantic was on the increase.  A deputation from the Free Church of Scotland had arrived at New York, and Dr. Cunningham, the principal delegate, was announced to preach in the several Presbyterian churches in the city of New York.  Murders for the sake of plunder are on the increase in the United States. In Providence, Rhode Island, Mr. Amasa Sprague was found about a mile from his house, having been beaten to death about the head in a horrid manner. A reward of 1,000 dollars had beeti offered for the discovery of the miscreants. " The demand for money," says one of the papers, " which continues very abundant, is slowly increasing ; but the banks find it still necessary to resort to loans on stock, and other than strictly, legitimate business, for the purpose of making their regular dividends.  Stocks were quiet. In Foreign exchange nothing of importance •had been done. The rate on London is quoted at 109 to 1091.  In Ashes little had been done. Pots are quoted, nominally, at 4.50.; Pearls, 5.12 g. Flour was inactive. Genessee held at 4.4+ to 4.681. Prime yellow Bees-wax sold at 29 cents.  There is no news from Canada of interest.