The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1877-07-20 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

SATURDAY.  The Court, as on a previous day, was againtrowded. The prisoner, who appeared much the same as on Friday, and was evidently absorbed in watching the proceedings, remained silent until the examination of Mr. Greaves, the surgeon at Stafford gaol, relative to the state of the prisoner's mind since his arrival at the gaol. He frequently interrupted this witness, and told him that both he and Mr. Love were two old washerwomen. He called the witness a liar, and contradicted many of Mr. Groove's replies to the questions put by Mr. Underhill. Prisoner also took an objection to a question put by the Judge to the surgeon as to whether he (the prisoner) was a man who would know the nature and the quality of the act he was doing. With these exceptions, and the subsequent interruption of his father, who was afterwards recalled, prisoner's conduct in the dock was orderly. The first witness called was James Hall, inspector of pollee at Tettenhall, who produced the clothing worn by the deceased at the time of the murder. Nearly the whole of it was saturated with blood, more particularly those parts which had been worn nearest the neck of the deceased. Mr. Love, surgeon, Wolverhampton, said he examined the body of the deceased. He repeated in detail as to the injuries inflicted upon deceased. The cause of death was a large incised wound in the throat. He examined thq prisoner's clothing, and found that it contained marks of blood. By Mr. Darling : One of the wounds was very deep. The worind which extended from the chin to the back of the head was sufficient to cause death. Witness was subjected to a long examination on the question of insanity, and in the coarse of which numerous passages were quoted by Mr. Darling from Doctors Guy and Perrier's work on 'Principles of Forensic Medicine,' referring more particularly to their definitions of moral mania, homicidal mania, and an instinctive or impulsive mania. A similar course was then taken relative to Dr. Pritchard's work on insanity. Witness would not say that he agreed with the definition of moral mania. Homicidal mania was general hereditary. He should call it an instinctive or impulsive mania when there was a disease of the mind. Ile had known jealousy succeeded by madness. Suicidal mania generally commenced with melancholia, and while in that state thq subject so affected might commit suicide. Mr. C. Greaves. surgeon, Stafford Gaol, said he had frequently seen the prisoner since his arrival in the gaol. Witness was of opinion that prisoner was a man of sane mind and capable of destingnishing between right and wrong. He was Ins state of mind whilst in gaol to know that it would be wrong to kill his wife Mr. Darling ( Did yen make an examination of the prisoner on Wednesday. Witness I did. Prisoner : You didn't see me when I came in ( you don't know how I was. You didn't see runeh of me. You only just looked at plc. Do you call that an examination ? You are like Dr. Love: you are a Couple of old washerwomen. He did not know what state I was in. your lordship. He did not see me when I ens there first. He was not sent for. The Judge (to witness) In your opinion, is he a man who would know the nature and the quality of the act he was doing) Prisoner: That is not a fair question at all. yonr lordsnio. He does not know how I am. nor how I was. He has never bees within 'JO yards of ice until this morning. He cannot deny it neither, with a clear conscience. Witness in reply to Mr. Darling I saw the prison°