The Sun. — 1852-01-09 (London, England)

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. THE MURDER AT MARYLEBONE.  (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. BALLANTINE addrebaed the jury fur the defence at great length, and insisted that there were circumstances in the case which gave it more the complexion of manslaughter than murder, and he therefore called upon them to find the prisoner guilty of the minor offence only. The Lsarned JUDGE carefully summed up the whole of the evidence, and left it for the jury to determine whether the prisoner in killing his wife had beets actuated by a malicious feeling, or that the violence which produced the death was the result of premeditation and malice aforethought, as the law described the spirit which actuated a murderer.  Mr. BALLANTINE, at the close of his Lordship's summing up, said he had omitted to examine some witnesses who were in attendance to speak to the prisoner's character, and he asked, as a matter of indulgence, that he should now be permitted to do so. Mr. Baron PLATT said that, in a case of this description, although it was out of the ordinary course, the witnesses might be examined. _ _  Several parsons who had known the prisoner a great many years were accordingly called as witnesses, and they described the prisoner as being a quiet, humane, well•conducted man. The jury retired at 20 minutes to 5, and did not return until 6 o'clock, when they returned their verdict, declaring the prisoner Guilty of manslaughter. Mr. Baron PLATT immediately proceeded to pass sentence. He said that the prisoner had been found guilty by a most considerate and most merciful jury of the crime of manslaughter, and it was now the duty of the Court to pass a sentence upon him such as would mark its sense of the character of his offence, and afford an example to others likely to deter them from the commission of a similar crime. Upon what grounds the jury had rested their verdict it was not for him to inquire. It was the province of the jury to decide upon tee facts, and whatever might be the opinion of the great majority of the hearers of the evidence In the present case upon that subject, the Court must act upon the verdict of the jury alone. It was impossible not to see, however, the enormity of the offence be had committed. He had destroyed in the most barbarous m srner the wife of his bosom, whom ho had sworn to protect and cherish, and this ho had done, as it would appear, without any real motive whatever. It was true he had endeavoured to suggest that she had been unfaithful to his bed, but it was duo to the memory of the unhappy woman to state that there did not appear by the evidence to be any ground for the accusation, although there was too mach reason to believe that jealousy had been the cause of the crime, and that his expression when ho heard of the death of his unhappy wile, that " now he was at rest," clearly showed that he was actuated by a feeling of deadly revenge. The Court, untLir these circumstances, felt bound to show that such lan offence could not escape with entire impunity by passing upon him the sentence that he be transported beyond the seas for the term of his natural life.  This case concluded the business of the session; the trial of Davis and lleilbron, for a fraudulent bankruptcy and conspiracy, and several others being postponed, and this Court adjourned to Monday, February 2.  The TreviEo and Udine Railway is to be commenced in the month of March. It is to pass by Sacile instead of Mott& Another great improvement is cc ntemplate(' at Udine, viz:, the lighting of the town by Kits. The coal for the purpose is to be imported from Dalmatia. Galiguani.  PRINCE ALBERT'S MODEL LODGING•HOUSIIIo-On a plot of barren ground, contiguous to the Shadwell station of the Blaekwall Railway, which was formerly occupied by some miserable hovels, a range of dwellings, exactl y similar in size and architecture to Prince Albert's model lodging-house:in Hyde-park, have been erected. They are two stories in height, each floor having three rooms, and their style of build has a most pleasing effect. A. t present the range is confined to twelve dwellings, but it is proposed to increa,eo then to as many again.