The Sun. — 1848-03-22 (London, England)

DEARSLET—Had known the prisoner three months and twenty days. Prisoner lived in the same room. There were nine persons in that room. Witness and his wife had been in the same room the whole evening. Neither witness nor his wife, to his knowledge, had had any quarrel with the prisoner. He seldom spoke to any of the soldiers. He was a nasty tempered man and disagreeable. There was a bayonet wrenched from him once. At the moment of his being taken the prisoner was in the act of taking off his jacket. Witness heard him once telling the other soldiers h• had asked to be taken into the infirmary, and was refused.  Re-examined—The affair about tire Layonet was in October last.  Wm. Keenan, another soldier, corroborated the last witness, and added that the prisoner had been in the regiment about two years. Jeremiah' Dooley belonged to the same regiment, and was in the room when the shot was fired. A little while before the prisoner had asked witness for a beeswax rug to clean his firelock with, and he saw him afterwards cleaning it, the lower end resting on the table. Witness then saw him straining at the lock, heard it click, and then raise it to his breast and fire. He had no doubt that it was intentionally done.  William Mustard, a sergeant of the Dragoon Guards, said he was in the guard-room when the prisoner was brought in, and a sentry was placed over him. About eleven o'clock Jones, a sergeant of the guard, asked him if le was sorry for what he had done and he replied "No." William Mustard was then recalled—He said Jones asked the prisoner if it was his intention to shoot the woman ? He said, yes, two months ago, but he took a second thought. He asked him if he had any quarrel with Garrad. He answered, no, he liked the man well enough, but she had said some words to him which no one should ever know but the priest. Jones asked him again when he intended shooting the woman, and he replied, he had it in his mind about two o'clock, but he could not get a chance at that time. Jones then asked him when he leaded the musket. He replied at five o'clock, he loaded it with ball cartridge, then thrust it into the armour-rack, and did not get a chance to shoot the woman till seven o'clock, when he ran over to the armour-rack and took it out, and shot the woman. Jones asked him the secret. He answered, no one should ever know it but the priest. _ _  . Mr. DEARSLBT addressed the jury for the prisoner, submitting that he was afflicted with homicidal monomania when he did the act, for which he had no motive. He had previously attempted suicide, and could not sleep, and when he had shot the woman he did not attempt to escape, but delivered himself up, and these were symptoms of homicidal monomania, for by the sane criminal every attempt was made to conceal all traces of the crime, and he denied it to the last.  Mr. Baron ROLFE having summed up, The jury, without leaving the box, and after a minute's deliberation, pronounced the verdict Guilty. His LORDSHIP put on the black cap, and, addressing the prisoner, said—You have had the benefit of a full trial, and everything that could be has been suggested in your favour by your counsel. For some wicked and diabolical motives which I cannot divine, vou have deprived a fellow-creature of life. I should have trembled far the security of society if the defence set up by your counsel in your behalf had succeeded. He then sentenced the prisoner to be hanged, and afterwards buried within the precincts of the prison. The prisoner trembled a good deal at the commencement of the trial, but afterwards became composed. He seemed when first placed in the dock to assume a wild look, and the twinkling of the eyes alluded to, but if so he could not maintain it long. He seemed disappointed with the verdict, and left the dock with reluctance, but did not change countenance.  S. Ifershaw and A. Savage, who were convicted on Saturday of wounding W. Carter, and others, in the riot at Wakefield, were sentenced to be imprisoned eighteen months. J. Child, J. lay, and G. Ranuden, who were acquitted of the felony, but afterwards found guilty of the riot, were sentenced, the first to four, and the two latter to two months' imprisonment each. 1/. Canlrill, who was acquitted of shooting at with intent to murder the Marquis of Normanby's gamekeeper, pleaded Guilty to an indictment for night poaching. His LORDIMIP said, though they had gone out to kill pheasants with air-guns, he could not forget that they had two guns with them loaded with deadly slugs, and one man has lost his life, and another been seriously wounded, and he sentenced the prisoner to be transported for fourteen years. Jno. Lynn, aged thirty-five, bad been found guilty of a like offence on H. Willoughby's, Esq., estate at North Grimston, on the 29th of December last. In that case two shots had been fired at the gamekeeper, but they did no harm, and his Lordship sentenced him to the milder punishment of seven years' transportation.