The Sun. — 1845-12-10 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.  The Court of Assizes of the Bas Rhin was occupied on the 29th and 30th ult. with the following extraordinary case. In August last, two soldiers, in garrison at Strasburg, named Tschupp and Bigallet, crossed the frontier into Baden to pass the day. On their return, and when on a bridge, Tschupp said to Bigallet, who was nearly intoxicated, " Come and see how strong the water runs." Bigallet went to the side of the bridge, and having leant forward to look at the water, Tschupp suddenly laid hold of him and threw him in ; then, supposing, as a matter of course, that the man must be drowned, as the current was strong, and he was not in a state to help himself, hurried to Stra,burg, and entered his barracks before the gates were closed. Providence, however, had willed that this atrocious act should not remain contwisted. The bridge is built on boats, and the fall of B Ballet was broken by one of the cabels by which they are fastened together. After his first immersion, which completely cured him of his intoxication, he caught by this rope, and, after struggling for a great time, his cries were heard by some boatmen, just as he was sinking from exhaustion, and they saved him. The' dismay of Tschupp was very great on the following morning, when he saw living the man whom he supposed to be dead. Bigallet made his declaration, and Tschupp was arrested. At first he declared that he bad not been in company with Bigallet ; but several witnesses, who had seen them drinking together during the day, having come forward. to prove this fact, the prisoner was confound( d. Still, however, he refused to confess his crime, which was unaccountable, as the two soldiers were supposed to be friends. 'When Tschupp had been in prison for some time, he resolved to avow his guilt. and declared that he had been induced by the wife of the man who keeps the cantine, whose name is Caphiot, to commit the deed. .This woman, in whose service he was, had, he said, told him that Bigallet, her former servant, and with whom she had entertained criminal relations, was constantly extorting money from her, on a menace of apprising her husband of what had taken place, and that she was therefore resolved to get rid of him. She told the prisoner that if he would take Bigallet out for the day, and in the evening throw him into the river, she would reward the act liberally, and she gave him la to spend, in order that he might so overpower Bigallet with drink as to render him incapable of resistance. Tschupp said that he objected to commit the crime, but the woman told him that if he refused she would stab him ; and that, therefore, partly from fear, and partly from the hope of reward, he at last consented. The woman was taken into custody, and both were tried for the attempt to commit murder. The evidence on the trial fully corroborated the statement of Tschupp as to the female, and they were both found guilty ju ry. Tschupp .the Tschupp was condemned to twenty years imprisonment with bard labour, and exposure on the pillory. The female prisoner was condemned to ten years imprisonment with hard labour, but without exposure on the pillory.  SENDING AN INFANT IN A BASKET TO TUB FBMALE Onrxere