The Press. — 1856-03-22 (London, England)

MARCH 22, 1856.  bent backwards--the lower extremities are extended an stiff, and the soles of the feet are concave—the skin be. lames livid—the eyeballs prominent, and the pupils Alined and insensible After several attacks, increasing in severity, death ensues from spasm of the muscles of the chest, producing suffocation. That these are the symp• toms during life produced by strychnine all men of science are agreed. That similar symptoms were experienced by 3lrs. Dove 'le Coroner referred to the evidence of the different witnesses, and said that " all these appearances were well marked and fully and clearly defined on the .ight of Mrs. Dove's death." Further, drawing at tention to the purchase of strychnine by the prisoner, his knowledge of its effects, and his remarks with reference to his wife that some might have been spilt over her food, the Coroner thought the proof a strong presumption of Mr. Dove's guilt. The jury retired to consider their verdict at five minutes past one o'clock. They returned into court at a quarter to two : The Cosossa : Mr. Foreman, have you agreed upon a verdict? Foreman : Yes. We find that Harriet Dove has died from the effects of strychnia, wilfully administered by her husband, William Dove. The CORONER: That is a verdict of Wilful Murder against William Dove ? Foreman : It is. The prisoner was then formally committed to take tie trial at the next York summer assizes. It is unlerstood that his solicitor, Mr. J. M. Barrett, or Leeds, has already retained Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, and Mr. Robert Hall, barrister, for the defence.  ALICE GRAY was at length put upon her trial last Saturday, for perjury, in the case of the two boys Bindle and Perry. The facts of the case are well known. The prisoner, in October last, while at Wolverhampton, accused these boys of having robbed her. So speciously was the charge maintained, that the boys were sentenced to twelve months' imprison went, with hard labour, while Alice Gray obtained pecuniary relief from the bench. An alibi on the part of the boys was now distinctly proved, and, after an attempt by Mr. Motteram on behalf of the prisoner, to prove that the case was only one of mistaken identity, as the money of which Alice Gray declared she had been robbed had undoubtedly been given to her by the Rev. Mr. Morris, who met her in the train, and had taken her away from the station, to which she returned after a couple of hours—t the rev. witness was ill at Clifton, and unable to attend at Stafford)—Mr. Baron Bramwell summed up strongly against the prisoner, who was found guilty. On being brought up on the following Monday for sen• tence, Mr. Justice Cresswell, in addressing her, said :  You have been found guilty of perjury. I don't want to address you at any length. I can hardly conceive a worse case than the one of which you The Prisoner: Well, if you please, pass the sentence with as little ceremony as you can.  The JUDGE : I Will. I was going to do it. The Prisoner :I know it is a hard thing for me to suffer innocently. The RIDGE : Four years' penal servitude is the sentence upon you; I make that in addition to six days' imprison. went.  The Prisoner : You cannot make me lire it out.  The prisoner was then removed from the dock.  A