The Express. — 1852-08-03 (London, England)

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING. AUGUST 3, 1852.  'foul, known the deceased. The body was lying on a table in her house, with a wound Wrow the throat, five or six inches in extent. The gullet, the windpipe, and most of the larger vessels were eompletely cut through, the ',seeing of almost any one of which would have caused death. Witness has attended the prisoner professionally f,r 311 ail; etion of the head. Seven weeks ago he was called iu by the do ceased to atti nd her son William, who complained of headache, drowsiness, and ether symptoms indicating an inflamed or excited state of the brain. By wittnu's advice the prisoner was bled, and appropriate means were used to' allay the symptoms of excitement ; and in about a fortnight the prisoner told witness he was quite well. In the course of enotlu r fortnight, however, the deceaszd aLtaite came to witness, and asid William was still very unwell, and that he could not go to work. That was two or three weeks before the occurrence in question. She reqoe..ted witness to see her eon again, which he did. Prisoner appeared to be relieved, though he still complained of headache. The mother said he was often rambling, and that he made absurd answers, hut witness, after careful examination, found him quite rational. Ile ordered some lowering remedies, and soon afterwards the mother reported favourably of the young man's progress. On Friday morning (the day preceding the fatal occurrence) the ileeeased again came to witness, and said her son did not seem so well. Witness then gave another blister fur the back of the neck, and desired to see the young man. Alter this he never saw Mrs. Thomas again alive. In reply to the magistrates, Mr. Byerly said that such a wound as Ea saw on the deceased, if inflicted during sleep, would have caused death so instantaneously as to have pre' vented the least alarm or resistance. The prisoner bring asked in the usual manner if lie had anything to say to the witness, replied firmly, " No, I have no questions at all." Sir Edward Cult inquired of Mr. Byerly if he had had any conversation with the mother of the prisoner relative to the latter being sent to an asylum ? Mr. Byerly stated that he had advised the mother in case her son did not get better to have him properly looked after; but it was chiefly from her own reports that that advice was given, as he (witness) never saw any thing leading to the belief that the young man was violent, and he had never seoken an irrational word to wonew.  -•-- : -- • Sir E. Cust—But from the symptoms which you saw and have described, did you not think it wrong to leave the prisoner all Friday and Saturday in such a state ? Witnesa—No; he seemed better, and as I hate stated he nevi r spoke an irrational word to me. This being the whole of the evidence, the prisoner was askel in the usual way whether he had anything to say in answer to the charge, being cautioned that whatever he did say would be taken down in evidence, and might be used against him on the trial, to which he would be sent, he ra"lied, in a firm voice," No, I have nothing to say at all." Be was then fully committed for trial at the neat Che.hire Anises, which will commence on Monday neat. At lour o'clock yesterday afternoon the county coroner opened hie inquisiti-n on the body of the murdered woman, at which the same evidence as that adduced before the ma gietrates was tendered, and the jury were still sitting when our reporter left Birkenhead.