The Sun. — 1847-03-25 (London, England)

ALDERSON.) Hugh O'Neal, aged 53, was indicted for cutting and wounding George Townend, at Wardle, on the 29th of December last, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm.  The prosecutor, a working man, was at a public house when the prisoner, who is a travelling tinker, went in. Some words ensued, and the prisoner who had a large soldering-iron in his hand, struck the prosecutor a heavy blow with it on the side of the face, near the left temple, which made a mark which he will retain till death ; but the surgeon, to a question from the judge, saying that the skin was not broken,l His LORDSHIP said there was an end of the charge of felony, and The jury thereupon found the prisoner Guilty of an assault only.  HIS -.ORDSLIIP sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned, with hard labour, six calendar months. Thomas Fothergill, aged 30, was indicted for wounding his wife, Maria, with intent to murder, and also with intent to do her grievous bodily harm, at Westhoughton, on the 13th of February last. It appeared that the prisoner, who is a miller, went home on the above day, when some words took place between him and his wife respecting some money she had taken from him while he was asleep. She had one of their children in her arms, which ho desired her to put down, saying he did not wish to hurt the child. She not complying, he took it from her, and laid it down on a sofa•chair. She took it up again, but he bid her lay it down again, which she did. He then threw her down on the hearth, and with the poker gave her two severe blows with it, each inflicting a wound on the head ; and a third blow she received on her hand by putting it up to defend her head. When he had thus done he went to a neighbour's, and asked her if she could find him anywhere to be out of the way of the police. He had killed Maria.  Mr. Baron ALDER/ON told the jury the only question in the case was the intent wish which the. prisoner inflicted the blows. He thought the jury would hardly conclude that the prisoner intended to murder his wife, but he, in striking her on the head while lying hel?less on the hearth, must have intended to do her harm. His very care of the. child favoured that view of the case.  The jury found the prisoner guilty on the count charg,ng the intent to do grievous bodily harm only. Sentence deferred.  Jane Baker, aged 26, was indicted for bigamy. It appeared th,t, in October, 1836, the prisoner was married to George Baker, who worked in a cotton-mill. She lived with him but a short time, but two years afterwards they came together for a time, and then again parted, having had one child. In January last year the prisoner again married Henry Hyde, her former husband being then and still alive. She said she was not lawfully married to Baker, because she had married him in a wrong name, and that she had married him in a wrong name in order that she might leave him when she liked. Mr. Baron ALDERSON told the jury they had nothing to do with the question as to the name of the prisoner. The only question for them was, whether the prisoner was the person who was married to Baker, there being no doubt it was she who married Hyde. The jury having found her Guilty, His LORDSHIP told her that the law would not permit her to take advantage of her own fraud in marrying in a false name, had she indeed done so. As against her, at all events, the first marriage was valid. As, however, so much injury was not inflicted by the commission of this offence by a woman as by a wan, he should only sentence her to be imprisoned, and kept to hard labour, tor three calendar months.  OXFORD ClRCUlT—Stafford, March 22. (11-fore Mr. Sergeant