The Sun. — 1862-12-06 (London, England)

CORSICAN SOLDIER CONDEMNED FOR MURDER. —The military tribunal of Chalons has just tried a young soldier of the 52d Regimant, named Pietri, a native of Corsica, on a charge of having murdered, on the 3d Nov., a young man named Raussin, the son of a farmer, residing at Saint Memmie, near Chalons. It appeared from the evidence, which agreed with the accounts given at the time the murder took place, that M. Raussin and his son were returning home from one of their fields, with a load of green fodder, on the top of which they were seated, when they came up with two young men, one of whom was a grocer at Chalons, in shooting attire, with a fowling piece, who lay on the ground dead drunk, and the other the prisoner, who was somewhat less intoxicated. The latter asked M. Raussin to allow his companion to ride to Chalons on the fodder. The farmer refused on the ground that it would be dangerous to place a man in such a condition on the top of a load among the scythes and forks lying there. This refusal so incensed the prisoner that ,he seized his companion's doublo -barrelled gun, ran after the cart, and, aiming at young Raussin, killed him dead on the spot. Ho then discharged the other barrel at the father, but missed him ; the shot, however, struck a rake hanging at the back of the load, All these facts were proved by tho evidence of M. Raussin, and many other witnesses deposed as to the drunken state of the soldier and his companion, especially tho servants of a farmhouse whero they had drunk four bottles of wine. The pri • Boner, when asked what ho had to say in his defence, stated that he had gone out with Reg,naul for a day's shooting Towards evening they went to a farm-house to obtain refreshment, where they got intoxicated, and he had not the slightest recollection of anything that occurred from the time they left the house till after his arrest. He conc:uded with expressing the remorse ho felt for the dreadful results of his drunkenness. The prisoner's counsel declared that his client was in reality a madman when ho committed the crime, and implored for him the benefit of extenuating circumstances; but the tribunal, deeming intoxication no excuse, unanimously declared the charge of murder fully proved, and condemned the prisoner to death. EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES OF THE POLICE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF GAROTTINIS AND OTHER ROBREMISS 'WITH •VioLENcE.—The metropolitan and City Police authorities aro making extraordinary efforts to suppress the monstrous crimes of garotting and ether street robberies, effected with *7iolence, occurrence. in the metropolitan and suburban districts, At ngaltest,ftll d h additionalo confer constablesc a other b et placedo'n' rernnocnoo meeting. n ofg i te. Av nightly beats, es number of detectives and officers in plain clothes aro also employed as patroles, the whole being under the superintendence of an inspector of each division, assisted by sergeants and acting sergeants, selected from the most active and intelligent constables. The haunts of thieves are watched vigilantly, and their movements reported, the raflam, however, in some instances manage to elude the vigilance and activity of the police, despite whose exertions several robberies have been committed. These are supposed by tho police to have been effected through the means of scouts (principally whoa a PUCCURA War or Abnilt thg 9550 MaY be, females), who signal to their accomplices