The Sun. — 1857-09-11 (London, England)

MURDERS IN IBAIVCE.  The Court of Assizes of the Jura, three days ago tried a married woman, named Juge, and her two children by a former husband, Charles Dejeux, aged 17, and Alexandrine Dejeux, aged 15, for murder. After the woman's matriage to Juge, who was a labourer of Vieill,Loye, she manifested a prJound aversion for his three children by a former wife, deprived them of mfficient food and clothing, beat them repeatedly in the most savage manner, and more than once had turned them out of doors barefooted to beg in the midst of winter. After a while two of the little creatures died. On the 31 'April, the third child, whose name was Emilie, and who was only e'ght years of age, arrived at the house of a man named Lance, at Grosmisson, a village at some distance from Vieille-Loye, and begged of him to take her in as she was suffering dreadfully iu her stomach. He received the child, and she told him that her stapmotht.r had five days. befol e sent her out to beg in the adjacent villages with Charles and Alexandrine, and had at the same time told them to take care not to let her return home ; that Charles and Alexandrine had beat her almost continually, and when she was too fatigued to walk had dragged her along after them ; and that at last they had forced her Co drink water and eat bread which had a bittei taste, and which had caused dreadful pains in the stomach. A few hours after this the chill died. Her bodyhaving been examined by a medical man, it was found that she had died from phosphorus, which had been administered in water and bread. NO one but the b and the girl had been with her at the time the poison must have been administered ; but it seemed certain that they had acted by order of their mother, and, besides, it was ascertained that the woman had shortly before purchased phosphorus. The jury declared all three guilty, and the court sentenced the woman to death, the lad to twenty years' hard labour, and the girl to be confined for twenty years in a house of correction. The Court of Assizes of the Oise was yesterday occupied in trying two men, named•Francoia and Gomot, for an attempt at murder and for burglary. The attempt at murder was related in the Messenger at the time it occurred. As M. Bigot, of Plessis-Belville, was driving in his gig on the 4th July through the wood of Borest, on his return home from Senlis, ho perceived two men by the roadside, and when he got up to them one of them fired a gun at him ; the charge, consisting of slugs, knocked off his hat and slightly wounded him in the head. The two men were about to rush on him, when he whipped up his horse and got clear off. Ho noticed that ono of the men had bandy legs, and saw sufficient of the other to describe his person. The next day the two men were arrested ; and one of them, Gomot, confessed not only that they had "attempted to murder the notary with the intention of robbing. him, but that they had adayor two before Ir ken into two houses at Fontaine-les-Cornu, and stolen 60f. in money, a gun, and some other objects ; also, that they had committed a burglary near Senlis; and lastly, that they had contemplated murdering a village postman in order to rob him, but had abstained from the fear that he might not have sufficient money on him to make it worth while. The jury found them guilty, and the court,Eentenced both to death.