The Sun. — 1850-07-13 (London, England)

TALYOUXD.) Daniel Blackstalf Donovan, 33, smith, was indicted ,or the capital offence of casting and throwing Anne Donovan out of the window of a dwelling-house, thereby causing her a bodily injury dangerous to life, and with intent to murder her. I❑ other counts the prisoner was charged with cutting and wounding the prosecutrix with the like intent. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clarke conducted the prosecution, by direction of the Commissioners of Police. It appeared from the statement of the Learned Counsel for the prosecution, and the evidence that was adduced in support of it, that the prisoner and his wife, who was the prosecutrix, resided at 19, Short's-gardens, Drury-lane, and on the night of the 27th April they returned home very much intoxicated. A quarrel very soon afterwards arose between them, and the prosecutrix made use of some irritating language to the prisoner, and he attacked her in a most savage manner, and beat her with his fists, and also with a chair, which he struck her with until it broke, and he then continued beating her with one of the legs. The unfortunate woman ran to the window and called for help, and according to the evidence of one of the children the prisoner opened the window, and laid hold of her and threw her into the yard, and by the fall she received such fearful injuries that her life was for;a1;long period in considerable danger, and she was at the present time suffering considerably. It appeared in the course of the case, that during the quarrel between them, the prisoner when he was requested to desist from ill-using his wife, said, that the only mercy he would show her would be to "chuck " her out of the window, and it also appeared that when he was asked to assist in taking her to the hospital, the answer he gave was, that he would not. The prisoner, in his defence, asserted that his wife threw herself out of the window, but this was distinctly negatived by the evidence. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. Baron ALneasoN ordered judgment of death to be recorded, and he at the same time said he would recommend his life to be spared. but no more. Joseph Hillier and Edward Hawkes, two post letter carriers, who pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges of stealing letters containing money and other articles, the property of the Postmaster-General, were brought up for judgment, and sentenced to be transported for ten pears. Mary Shipley, 48, widow, was indicted for the manslaughter of Sidney George Laming, an infant of tender years, by not supplying him with proper food and clothing, and also by exposing him to the inclemency of the weather. It appeared that the child in question was illegitimate. It was born in October, and shortly afterward it was attacked with a cold, and at the time it was placed in the charge of the prisoner it was still suffeiing that cemplaint. The prisoner was to receive five shillings a week for nursing the baby, and its mother m wasu peawptaoii t :ntatbhal goodl yke witness acnhd hwgeawatahalri ongtl etaermcwoeaerlaas cispulti required. :oiwtedxpedadea was to provide clothes for it. The child soon afterwards became very much indisposed, and it seemed that some woman who lived in the same house with the prisoner had accused her of starving the child; and it was represented that she was in a great passion with them for so doing, and told them to mind their own business, and declared that the doctor who had recommended her to nurse the child had said that she might kill it, or cure it, or starve it, or do just as she pleased with it. The child died on the 14th of June; s always appeared to treat the a ud upon ascertaineda but the immediate cause ,of death was inflammation of postmortem that tl3eboedzya the lungs, and there was no direct evidence of any kind r tcfme food, examined nsddl hde:donakwenisendat oaya nt the it as it nnh wsde ust ffiso prisonerca pi contrary,t ernao tvi itdacceleratedaoel sowisupport Mr. Justice PATTESON expressed an opinion that the in the indictment, and The jury, without any hesitation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty.______