The Sun. — 1825-11-02 (London, England)

CHARGE OF MURDER.  resterlay Mary Shelton was indicted for the murder of Patrick Doyle, a man with whom ske had cohabited, by striking him repeated blows -on the head with a hammer, on the 23d of September. i%lary Kilrornan—l reside in Buckridge-streei, St. GileS's; I ani the inothee.s sister of the deceased ; he lived in Church-lane ; on Friday, the 30th of September, I was at the Black Horse, public-house, between five and six o'clock in the evening; the deceased was therewith a man named Frank Smith, taking half a gallon of beer ; the prisoner came in and looked round without speaking a word ; she did not appear to be in liquor at the time; the prisoner and the deceased had lived for twelve years together as man and wife ; they had 7 orb children ;'I saw them but seldom, they appeared to live at times on sociable terms, -at other times not so; when the prisoner had looked round the room for about two minutes, she went to the bar and returned again with a. half-gallen tin can under her cloak ; the deceased and Smith were 'speaking together; the 'deceased, who was intoxicated, turned his head round towards the prisoner ; she raised the can and struck the deceased with it on the temple as hard as she could. He bled very much. Frank Smith, who was with the deceased, is not here to-day, he is in the country. The deceased retnained in the tap-room for about two hours after this. I saw no more of them that night.' On the following Saturday' morning I met the prisoner coming out of her own place between nine and ten o'clock. She bid me " good morning." She then. said, if 1-did not' tell my sister's son to keep clear of her, by the Holy Ghost she 'would be his butcher, and put-an end to him. On Sunday I went to the deceased's lodgings. tie was sitting by the side. of his bed very ill. The pri-sbner was there. I asked him how he was ? He replied " very and asked me what was good for the head-ache ? I recommended him to wash his forehead with cold water. The prisoner seemed attentive to the deceased at that time.- He: tired until tire. follpwing, Tuesday, when he expired in the Hospital.  • Cioss-examined brthe prisoner-1 dids not see the deceased -.Strike the prisoner ; I'was not drunk ; 1 had only my share of the half gallon of beer; I did-nottnow that the deceased had got a fracture in his head by 4-i 'gluing some-time- before; there was n 9 quarrelling between them on that evening that I heard ; the prisoner did,not shew me marks of any injuries inflicted 'on her person by the deceased. " ' '' ' Lawrence Doyle—l am the deceased's brother ; the prisoner ' and the deceased lived together, and had two children living;. she was pregnant:when this affair took place ,- I went out 'With the deceased on the Monday, molting; we had fis. 10d. ; • the prisoner got As. front us to get supper against we returned; she did not get suPperslay the time we came back; 'I went with my brother to the cook-shop, and got supper., we .had four quarts of beet before this_ in the company of another man ; we returned home;: I slept -in the same room As the deceased and the .prisoner... • The' prisoner was.' sitting .on , her bed side, and her. children were in bed-. There was no candle:in the room, but there was stifficient light from the fire to see what passed. The'deceased wanted -to ,gcr to bed, but thC prisoner said; the devil a foot he should come there.: • The deteased laid himself clown on the bOards iri his clothei. The prisoner was dressed, lying on the bed • she got up and said that the prisoner should not lie in 'the iiciiiitis there -she was. The prisoner attempted to-leave the rucer.„-littt:ll.e dedeased got _up and pushed her, and ihe fell on the bed; I cannot say how ' she fell; she waslarge With'ehild at she time: 'The deceased Sat.on a chair, and rested his head on. his band against the table ;, the prisoner went to the chimney-piece and seized a hammer. • , the deceased was a tininari ; the prisoner' struck the ' - . . .......a.m.._ - • ~ . deceased on the head with the hartimer five times ; acme of -