The Sun. — 1837-09-25 (London, England)

PATTESON.) CUTTING AND MAIMING.—William Davis, a gardener, aged 73, was indicted with feloniously assaulting Jane Davis, his wife, with a sharp instrument, on the right arm, on Monday, the llth of September last, of which she lingered until the 16th of the same month, when she died. Sarah Malcom lived at 55, Praed-street, Paddington. The prisoner and his wife lived next door. On Monday, the 11th of September, as she was going to bed, she heard groans in the prisoner's house ; on going there she discovered Mrs. Davis lying on the floor bleeding very much from the right arm. A surgeon was sent for, but did not come for an hour. When the surgeon came the prisoner was locked up stairs in his bedroom. Witness prevailed upon him to open the door, when she asked him how he came to do so dreadful a thing ; he said that Mrs. Davis had been quarrelling with him, and had struck hind sev•-• ; rai that when she did SD be h.oda.knifc k hi. .and to cut a candle in two, rte that helna in an unguarded moment he stuck it in her arm. He said he was very sorry for what he had done. Mrs. Davis died on the Saturday following the occurrence. She told witness before her death that she had struck her husband. Witness knew that the prisoner was subject to fits, and had often beard him say his head was so bad he did not know what he did.  Mr. F.-Philpots, a surgeon, of Paddington, was called in to attend Mrs. Davis. He found her with a large stab in her arm, which had divided the arteries, and exceeding' I exhausted from loss of blood. Witness attended her tit her death, which had been caused by the wound, in connt quence of gangrene and mortification ensuing. The prisoner, in a most rambling and unintelligible defence, said that he had no intention whatever to wound his wife, and he was surprised when she cried out " Murder, Murder," and " Blood, blood." He had the knife in his hand to cut a candle, and he supposed she must have wounded herself when she struck him with the broom in consequence of a quarrel they had. Mr. Justice VAUGHAN summed upoand The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. • Daniel Sullivan, an ill-looking fellow, was indicted wit h feloniously assaulting Michael Hey on the 14th of tl.e present month at St. Mary, Newington, with intent io murder him.  Michael Hoy stated that on the 14th of the present month, he and the prisoner were at a public house at St. Mary, Newington, where they had a quarrel and fought ; the prisoner was knocked down several times ; at last he got up, struck at the witness, who immediately cried out that the prisoner had stuck a knife into his side. The prosecutor on undressing himself, discovered blood trickling down his Fide, and instantly called a policeman who took the prisoner into custody. Witness was several days :n the hospital. _ _ _  Mr. PAYNE, who appeared for the prosecutor said, that as the law now stood, he was afraid the pliscner w( uld be entitled to an acquittal, although after the Ist of October the case would be very different. Mr. Justice PATTESON concurred with the Learned Counsel, and directed an acquittal, observing t:iat the prisoner might be indicted for an assault.  James Ilammeisley, a young man, was convicted of feloniously assaulting James M'Michael, a policeman of the 11 division, 131, an the 10th of July last year, and ser.tence of death was recorded against him.