The Express. — 1858-07-15 (London, England)

JULY 14. CROWN COVRT.—(Before Baran Martin.)  William Blackburn Dawson was placed at the bar, charged with the wilful murder of James Edward Jambe, on the 6th of May bud, at Halifax. Mr. Shaw and Mr. Mettle ware for the prosecution; Mr. Price defended the prisoner. Mr. Shaw s4id James Edward Jacobs, the deceased, was a workman in the employ of Mr. Walker, printer and publisher of the Babfax Guardian. Prisoner was an apprentice in the Genie office. He was always a well-bebaved youtag man, steady and industrious. Hu habits were eon idend by the workmen as very reserved, and if there was any one with whom he was more intimate than another it was the deceased. The office of Mr. Walker was in Oeorgsstreet, in Halifax. The composing-room is on the second door, sad from this room a door open' into another used as a jobbingroom, in which the prisoner was employed. On the sth May the men west to dinner at one 0' (loch. In the middle of the jobbberroom were two frames placed back to back, at one of whisk Jacobs was at work when prisoner returned from hie dinner. Deceased asked him to ggoo into the coropilees' room for a pinch of muff ; ImmediaWy after that the pelikeier took up a pair of dumb bells, which he hod musleatly used to counteract a tendency to stoop, Gait aN wu apprehended from this. At this s went behind Jambe and struck him a Maw et hied with one of the dumb belle. There were Mee- imam* in the room at the time, who saw the =big ell the bar strike deceased on the back of the Ibliesibift he received the blows he fell with his thee es 11E0. Immediately on the blows being Miff Owuttered some fearful yells. The men sad up who started on them, and chore am end alike roam, and fastened the door. They looked halts OMNI= dwough one of the chinks, and saw prisoner left up a pear-pin, about five or six feet in length. When di. mai wanalsoling through the door the prisoner saw tier, era want ee the deer for the paper of coming out sad Itsedeetecillem. The mm than went downstairs Is mieliewee. Tvie me% maned Metes and Tiffany, ran systel& The due use &lint eon, and the prisoner witted straileg set fir Ma the deceased. He at heepeelhe ermys but wee lisally sehmid and held by some of the am Wits WM there. Mateo asked him where Jambs wee? Primmer said be was ell right. Primus, also said that he bed Week' ae adding that be u ought to hem ismd at his bee& elf Swans it out of the elsiew." Whoa So ms kit the mem Ow rem the sehdossio dewed II& Ids heel mask* se &a far; let mks they Mos& I& Lel vie Yeiem la sad the ikon sari*. Wins the piewer wee takes into eastedy W deals were amend vitk the Weed of the deemed. Who its lowly woe St✓olesd this wore aimed ads ehest the dife. self a hatchet had been megleyed. The Wei& am *mei uptake ; end it wee redlisrsa useammea *log he II Is he howl them, se it wee wed kir eitespiss weal deereeliem ;and &we wee se &shit awl IS hail bile tehes amain by We peter. Th. =.=iir. set suggr:. say metim wa tiye yrimmar * the OM et seeder that tome motive should be sag He wee hilemel that it wee istowdei on the part of We primmer bp art ap that he was iamb If it we, so, it plains& everything. Be could telly lay that, so far as the prosecution wee mourned, al&emp molt at any time was a fearful it would be a matter of mihdadies tf the plea was folly by the ecammil for We &Mem ,".I_l=/ and liamed Bre" es= the &plea le eke plume 711;y7eashe ever the heed with a pair et dush-bells them aostmeleg a wild ihreeleas dissesser, Satoh se alms* them that they sad seism elem. William sat with tamthar roan named Tiffany, weed lo the • i dim os laming the disturber& ast limed the door of the jebarsegMehigh the mods wee ass hied, bad bear it open, sal this ern, the primate id& it : it lit baud. Sodaides he Lid it dews, des retail Idea. He said Jacobs was ell right, he sushi to takes I& head off, and thrown it into the street. Jambe wee itmed frightfully mangled, and • hatchet, the &ebb-balls, and the pew-pin were covered with the blood sad Maims dOr Adis.  - Ilr. Price addressed the jury for the tier. Hs aili lia wee certain, from what had transpired Ws neWeelse eisoiald have she symitaby of the jury Ws eller,. He did not d tits that the prism, swenniTh of the deauseed ; but cpwetion wu, whaler 21 ter lift this act wu committed he wee aware of the nasty ma quality of what he wee doing. If th•jury wan scants:ld that he  wu unoonacions that he was committing wrong, then he most be acquitted on the ground of insanity. In tUs am the prisoner had bees on the most Mahouts tense with the deceased, and the act of which he had been guilty was clearly that, not of a sans man, but of demoniac frenzy. For the defence, Mr. Tucker, of Halifax, surgeon, deposed that he had known the prisoner from his youth. He laboured under certain delusions, which he (witness) had sought to dispel. He had feared that either insanity or suicide would be the result. After this evidence, the counsel far the prosecution did not .press the case further, and the prisoner was found Not °laity, on the ground of insanity, and ordered to be detained in custody.