The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1852-07-20 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.—The Court of Asill be sizes of Oberland, in Switzerland, tried, last week, a man WELL named Ausman, a native of Wurtemberg, for murder and sionfq rol)bery. About a year ago, an old woman named Guerbes, Cause livin- with her son in an isolated house near Tiaoune, on the rcA. from tl,at town to Berne, heard a noise in her  Herefordshire ;  RUSSELL for be  er son, and saw a m. The son having got up the stranger, produ sion of all the leade  and forces that 1  innlcar! 1-1,  euces of a routed e  , and descent]  ,n slip trorr  )pposi :naued, an, bbee, the  are he  oung man in seven. e staggered up stairs covered with blood, and ---- The murderer had entered the house ,ad not been able to commit  eeee not fewer than five in the same neighbourhood were broken into, . eiferent sums of money, together with jewel„,.and to the lery and plate to a considerable value, were stolen. In the y lately, in a month of October following, Ausman and another man were arrested at Schwyz for robbery. The latter made 260 followers, eeenieticns, and stated =one other things, that AUSECIPI ~. complained to him of among lost, when sleeping a barn, near Zurich, a note-book, containing a record of his actions, and a poignard-knife. These things were sought after, and found in the barn. The —the le, writing in the notebook was in figures, but a prooven Lessor of Zurich succeeded in making it out. It con-1 Jou 'Tined u series of entries in this style :—" July 1. Only 0 stale emete purse ; remains of the affair of the 29th of Made a fruitless expedition to Sugler's house rs to be , ~1 cne viliage." " July 9. Made a little nocturnal least, et c under his rcund. Small result. Only seven florins." " July 11. Useless work ou the Gruben." " July 13. Paid a visit to the house of Madame Horner. Got five tory is v shed, and now gold florins." "July 20. Tried at Thoune in different inisters to make good use of the powers places, but got nothing. I was even obliged to make use accorded to them by the intelligence neary poignard." " July 21. Operated at Oberhogen, Thoune. Result—a watch, and 42f. in cash. Sold ' the c r• Ow the first the watch for 7f. Took the diligence to Berne. Bought be held, ai inister will a p;stol for ISf." One of the entries was, " The most tty of congratulating his colleagues on difficult piece of art is to respect the 11th commandment." s o app to the constitutional The 11th commandment among thieves is, it appears, not to be caught. It was clear from these entries, that ti ithority ; and perhaps he will Ausman was the man who had killed young Guerbes, and iem the programme of the he committed the robberies in the neighbourhood of his residence. Although the accused denied his guilt, he could ng Leasures of prime 1m ~e not give any satisfactory accounts as to where he was on Bill be his duty to submit to parlia- the nights in question ; and a cutler recognised the n interesting and a most important rnoiagn;earlicTinft,v one he had sold him. The jury brought muncii tnis—out of course what occurs there will not stances, f e Guilty," but with extenuating circumned the man to twenty transpire. Every member of the council not a peer will years' hardlabour at the hull:.  t,ro hou  .5 of a ladder, but )ery. 'Within the  any uur itists—their arrogant ,iff, .  eforward Manchester men •and  edominate in Ens  others  y, gave Lord  ❑acr ! ha  test number he  1p to the present moment, even taking the c if the Globe—the faithful organ of the Whigs al not likely to overrate Lord DERBY'S fono-,v  Lord JOHN  s partizans ountry  re yet I  To-mom  ld the Prime M  approac  portanr