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to,fAY 17, 1845, THE NORTHERN STAR, 5
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To,Fay 17, 1845, The Northern Star, 5
_to , fAY 17 , 1845 , THE NORTHERN STAR , 5
Is-Scti^C-Ciios At Mcmch.—Poring A Perio...
iS-scti _^ _c-ciios at Mcmch . —Poring a period of more a _-aste ; sixteen years tliere had not been any capital notion ption at Munich , bnt on the 3 rd inst . a man sernam _^ named Eppsteiner , hadhis head taken off with _VswonWord , having been convicted : of cutting thc _a-ats olatsol'his mistress aud _licrmaid , and then _carry-MihtxStie most Taluablepartof "the property in the see . ( jc On this occasion the police revived an old I barbi barbarous custom . During the three days _prenug ting the execution , ihe public were admitted to tithe mhe murderer , and speak to him in the prison , on
_lilitionliiion that each , person should , on entering , put i a a bo * _, a box , fitted for the purpose at the door , a piece nuonejionev . The amount thus collected is to be disnnted ' ated among the poor relations of the condemned u or - or to be applied in payment of masses for the see _ofjse of his soul The most influential _i-aha"bitav . ts _iMunwluni ch have joined ih a petition to Government lUbol' iSibolish * - u s cust ° m forever , as not only repugnant riri _vilitfvifeation and Lumanitr _, but as inflicting upon 11 crin criminal a severer punishment than the law _deinncesiuecs against him . —French Paper .
" _iiAfiiAL Accidest . —A frightful occurrence , at-¦ jj ded | ded with the loss of life , took place on Sunday ¦ _i-ninaning , in ihe old St . Pancras-road , occasioned by a mm :, tiie , the property of a man named William Fann , { _J _^ _Cfi Church-terrace , on whose premises the swing ss ens erected . The deceasett , Mary Ann Hammet , a 1114114 years of age , went to Fann _' s premises , a gatcmvlciv leading out of the Tnain road , closely adjoining 11 5 _tJ St . Pancras church ; and , although the swing lis Wis _"M _^ " * ue tiB * ei _was persuaded to get in . She _iid t < td io _•* _* an' _^ np in the centre , and , while going at its _imojiiioji velocity , she pitched , head-foremost , ont ; ii id , x \ d , whilst on the ground , the swing , on its return , r rudiuck her so violently on the back of fhe Lead as to _uirl ltd her several yards into the road . She was picked
ii in i in a state of insensibility , and at once conveyed to < e Ce University CoUege Hospital , where she expired tw _< twenty minutes after her admission . The working th the swing in question , Sundays as well as wcekuys , iys , has for a long time past been a cause of great _nmpmplaint amongst the immediate inhabitants , but i lev lev have been prevented from interfering on the ' _-otirotind that the swing was erected within _apair of _iienien gates , and on the proprietor ' s own premises . - _B-cBt-RomiY and A-rrEMriED Mcedek . —Considerable _snssBsation has been caused during the last few days , 11 th the neighbourhood of Finsbiiry-square , by thc fact i' a _i a burglary "having been committed early on _Suni av * av morning last , on the premises in the occupation ! f " X " Mr . Foot , a greengrocer aud pleasure-car
_prorieirieior , residing in Windmill-street . _Finsbuxj-, which -as as attended with circumstances of great violence to Irshs . Foot , the wife of the occupier . F-rom i lquiries i ineijice the occurrence it appears , that after the shop ; _-as-as closed on Saturday night last , and shortly after JrsJre . Foot Lad counted up the proceeds of the day , ndiid wasproceeding with the till across the back -yard , lie lie was suddenly struck a mow upon the Lead , which _Celled her to the earth , and instantly rendered kcr _-tsosensible . In her stupor she moaned most piteously wind Ler cries alarming Ler husband , who has been or or some time apparently near death , Le summoned p m all his energies , and attempted to gain the landagag on the top of the stairs . From excessive weak _ae-aess , however , the sufferer fell in the passage in a
_itastate of so much exhaustion that the circumstance hafcas much retarded Lis recovery . Meantime tLe poor ixioniai ! was writhing with pain ; copious streams of _bliblood flowed from an extensive wound in the front of heher head . A neighbouring cheesemonger liaving fehesra * the cries of the injm * ed woman , instantly hasteteued io the spot whence the sound proceeded , and _hiring procured the assistance pf tie police , Jfr . T . "tiff . Walls , surgeon , of 9 , Windmill-street , Finsbnryusquare , was called up , and the premises as well as i ! lie wounds of the poor creature examined . Close to tithe spot where she fell a large piece of wood was f found , with which there is little doubt that tLe blow ,
_vwas struck . The -unfortunate woman ' s body was < covered with blood . TLe wound presented a most 1 frightful appearance , extending for some length to i the eranium . The main artery connected with tLe t temple was divided , and a number of tiie minor vessels were severed . For some time after tLe _oci correncc it was feared that a fracture of the skull " led taken place , nor is it now quite evident that . < inch is not the case , as the sufferer is in a most deplorable condition from the consequences of the outrage , nor is it expected that she will be able to rise from her bed for some time to come . When found , tbe poor woman still grasped tLe till , the contents of -fhich were safe .
Death of Lady Ass Plattebs . —On Tuesday afternoon a lengthened inquiry took place before Mr . Baker , at theMiddleton Arms , Queen ' s-road _. Dalston , on view ofthe body of Lady Ann Playters _, aged 60 rears , the widow of tLe late Sir William John Playtere _, who died at her residence in _CornwaU-ton-ace , Mi < Id ! eton-road , under the following extraordinary circumstances : —The investigation created some interest in the neighbourhood in consequence of some family difference which Lad existed between two eutlcmen , named Squire and Watson , the former of idiom married a widowed daughter of deceased and fie latter Ler granddaughter , the result of which vr as aa appearance , about a twelvemonth since , at tie WorsLip-street Polira-court , wLen mutual
_rei-M-fliiances were entered into to keep peace towards each other . Miss Rosa Moore , granddaughter of defeted , deposed that deceased Lad for some time past _feeii suffering from gout in Ler feet , complaining _ocuaoiially of Ler Lead . SLe was addicted to drinking both wine and brandy , and would oftentimes indulge to excess . She was generally accustomed to io se alone , but also at times when Ler friends and _nylons visited Ler . Witness ' s motLer Lad been aimed a second time to a Mr . Squire . Her sister was thc wife of Mr . Watson . During the last week it-eased had been indulgbig in these excesses . On Friday night last she was taken up to bed in an sJaosl insensible state , from a similar cause . On Saturday afternoon witness left tiie deceased in bed ,
and wcut to take a walk with Ler sister , ana on her whim , about five o ' clock , she found Lersitting in a tkiir ajiparently dead . Mr . _BavnerwasproniptW ic attendance , and pronounced fife to be quite cxtffl £ t Witness Lad no doubt Ler death liad been accelerated by her habits of excessive drinking . Sarah Uews , servant to the deceased , corroborated the last wites as to the propensities of tiie deceased . Mr . _Wafem _, her grandson-in-law , who was a surgeon , used io attend Ler . She was _yery fond of hhn , and ie used to mxi Ler medicine , but she would seldom Wee any of it , but generally threw it away . On Saturday afternoon , during her cranddaugLter _" - s
_ab-* ace , witness went into Ler _bedroom , when she found her drinking cold water from a glass at the * _aslikand stand . SLe left tLe room for a miuute , > _b-1 on her return the deceased waa extended on the few . "Witness placed Ler in a chair , and iiiu for ¦ _feisiaacc _, but lifewas gone . Mr . Rayner , surgeon , " jfpojed , that about Lalf-past five o ' clock on Satur-?» J afternoon lie vras called to the deceased . He tonnd her quite dead , but he thought if ke Lad seeu tier abouttwo miiiutesbeforeLe cotud Lave saved her . _HeatirUmtfd death to apoplexy , consequent upon _exte-a ' ve drinking . TLe jury , witLont hesitation , _wiunicd a Terdict of— * " Natural deatn , from _"iwlexv . "
_I'MIXC . _IJcUGLARt . —ArPREHESSIOS OF THE _Bl'B .-tLifc- —On Sunday night last , or at an early hour on _JH-B'tay morning , the premises of Mr . Morritt , hosier ¦ til _siik _-aiert-er , Briggate , Leeds , _wereburglariously _v-xcix-A , by forcing the cellar grate , and after that _**< o door . * , one at the top of the cellar steps , and soother at ibc end ofa passage leading into the front * _jo _'> . The * i »*» t was effected by cutting out a portion _»< one of thc panels , wliich enabled the burglars to _jjsi-h ami draw the bolt hy whicL it was fastened _, _^ second door , which wa « very securely fastened , 5 > y * li 3 tis called an iron " strap , " was wrenched open V main font * with a crow bar . A large quantity of ilk ami other goods , of the value of nearly _-ttJOO , 'we then carried away . On informatiou being
* _hcn of ihe robliery at the police office , _iostnictionii * trc _inimc'iiafely given to the detective force , aind _iJijpector Child , " witL Stubbs and Cordukes , _wei-cin-^ _- _uitiy on the alert . _ The two latter obtained _inionnation ofa suspicious cLaracfer , named John 'Hler , a _giuxleiier , who Lad been seen lurking about _^¦ premins ,- they instantly went to the Louse ofa _^ _j-aa u ' _-j atd Jane Pratt , witLwLom Le cohabits , _j _^ _Iiehisided Lim , a portion ofthe stoleu property _t-io 3 i _* _' . - uuusc at tuc _^ me' _ffle three officers _^ _j , - ;' - _' - i ' K ? town , Child and Cordukes by rail , and _Qe ' . ' .- _? voach _, _toilanchestcr . On the arrival of 2 _^ l 1 _^ ; . t the _ltewsbury station two men , ofthe v es , Tiioraasilannot and Edward Barry ( who { _t _* 1 _*! _: to Lave Iieen previously convicted of CW ' - ° _5 e _* fTed waitinjg for the down train . ¦ _"• itLf _^ -3 _*» nediately jumped over the wrong side iL c " ? rn » i : et and walking round by the engine , _l » w _«—— — i
, _Jj , ... _, ---. _** -j UUU _" * _- _" _- _**** - _" _* . _**^ _- - w , v . _^ !« _J ! i them , so suddenly that escape was _Mhsiblr . _f- _jev _j _^ _d taken tickets for _Xormanton , s tv _.,, _Minutes m orc tLev wouldliave been off . yV ¥ _*¦¦*««*« of _fhestolen goods , tied _* up in bundles , _tZ _^ _" 1 Ul their _wossession , and they were consef _^^ ur _. d _, and brougLt to Leeds . On Tues-. _mey vv . brought before the sitting magistiatcs _jj _^ - _' - 'Un-kouse , and remanded . for further exe « _ik Ai , oiuecabies' _IIail . — On Wednesday tseii _« a ] ittl e _fiefore eigLt o ' clock , _eonsidci-ablc W _^ m W 1 » created in PJayhouse-yard , Wateric t _£ _? tllt " neigLbourLood of Apothecaries' HaU , pi . rtiiri _^ « - - of an alarm being given , that some _tiwi _^ j ' _^ e hall was on fire , wliicL was mucL _uit-reajpj _v uaJ 1 "as on nre , _nm _™ «« _«•¦»¦ ¦ " *•*
_strtTj _,. , * 'i « antitv of smoke , accomnanied by a ii > u v % S ' & smell of sulphur , being seen to ofee , -n « umnev and back part of the pre-• _" _•• t-fiw J , _k _* _fc eimne from Farring don-street and _£ _?* _$ «» the spot . On examination by Birch _iath _, otlieirs « _fte brigade they ascertained _Hftfli _? froffl ikecbinwey in a sraauroom at the ¦ _iJ- d a „ klll . inPkvLouse-v _** rd , Lavmgcaug Ltfire , rra _^^•** % of sulpLur "fiad been tLrown on to _*» I *] V rf ioot from tLe cliimney . With a prompt V the i ! ,- V ? ai , ' P arties od the premises , assisted hltk- < _sr ' = T' _lo-cWy put an end to all danger , the _Tar ; n ,, _^ _-o- _ag _* being done to tLe place . From _t- _-- - _"! _- _!*! _. ! w , ra P ° nnd . s aud combustible articles on " * ' tn _* _iiuIf ' onsiflmW e apprehension at first was
Is-Scti^C-Ciios At Mcmch.—Poring A Perio...
Destructive Fibe at JforrufGHiM . —On Saturday last an ahtming and destructive fire took place on the premises , situate in Toll-street , Derby-road , in the occupation of Mr . W . Smith , upholsterer and cabinet maker , Chapel-bar , Nottingham , wliich completely destroyed a brick building , consisting of workshops , and a large and valuable stock of furniture . Owing te the premises being immediately adjoining a long range of wood-built workshops in tho occupation of Messrs . Denby and Howard , millwrights , and surrounded by vast piles of wood in two timber-yards , a foe could not have broken out in a more dangerous situation . At a quarter past five o ' clock in themorning , a inan going to milk some cows in a stable near to Air . Smith ' s workshops , seeing smoke issuing from
the windows in thc upper part of the budding , gave an alarm ; a policeman was quickly on the spot , and the neighbours precipitately rose from then * beds . TLe outer dooroftheouilding being forced , theflames were found to be raging in the upper workshop , Li wliich werc a most valuable stock , with tools of every description used by upwards ofa dozen workmen . A vast number of people , together with Smith ' s workmen , were soon assembled , and , with a willing hand , rendered every assistance in their power . On tLe arrival of tLe engines tLey were comparatively useless , as little water could be obtained , this part of the town being supplied from the works of Messrs . Fisher and "Walker , Zion-Lill , Radford , who turn thc water off at seven o'clock in the _' evening and do not
furnish the inhabitants with it agam till the same hour next morning . There being no hope of saving any of the property inside the building , _eveiy effort was directed to prevent tLe extension of tLe fire to the adjoining nouses and premises ; and in the midst of the alarm several famines cleared their dwellings of every article of furniture and bedding , and the store-rooms , containing furniture and upholstery goods , and the timber in the yards , were hastily removed to a convenient distance . TLese efforts were fortunately attended with success ; but at seven o ' clock the roof fell in , and in less thau two hours the building became completely tutted , a considerable
portion of the outer walls fell , and the remaining parts being cracked and dangerous were , for the public safety , afterwards levelled with the ground . The value of the property destroyed has not yet been ascertained , but it must amount to several hundred pounds ; unfortunately for Mr . Smith , Le was not insured . How the fire originated is not known , as on tLe evening before , _wben the workmen left thepremises _, they Lad been unable to obtain a light from thc stove . Al ' ittledog washeardbarkingin the night , but no notice was takes of it , and the animal perished in the ruins . _TJie-wisnodoubtthefirehad been progress ing several Lours before it was discovered .
Semous Railway _Accflttxi . —On Monday evening , a very sLocking accident occurred to Wm . _Wson , of Bank Top , Darlington , a guard in the service of tLe Great North of England Railway Company . It appears that Le was returning northwards witL one of tue pleasure-trip trains , and on approaching SLipton station Le commenced collecting tickets of the passengers . In passing from the door of one compartment to that of another , his foot unfortunately slipped from under Mm . when Le fell to the ground .
Lis right leg being thrown across the rail , and tLe wheels of several carriages passing over Lim . He was immediately taken to tLe Shipton station , and an engine was despatched to York witL a messenger to obtain medical assistance . On examination , it was found that Le Lad , in addition to Lis . right leg being nearly severed , sustained severe injuries in other parts of lus person , Lis right arm being broken near to the elbow , his left knee and ancle much cut , and Lis Lead bruised . The recovery of the unfortunate man is very doubtful .
Attempi io MunnEE . —On "Wednesday morning last , about seven o ' clock , as Mich . M'Donald , one of the stewards ofthe Imperial Slate Quarries , was proceeding from Lis residence to the works , a man passed him on the road , and saluted Lim wLen passing . M'Donald went on a few yards , and hearing footsteps after Lim , turned round and perceived this man following and present in _> _j a large pistol at Lim . He then rushed in on the fellow , and struggled with him , but the intended murderer succeedea in pulling tLe trigger , when a ball , or a portion of a ball , entered Lis left breast below tbe nipple . TLe fellow then fled up the hill , and was pursued by M'Donald . who called to a
number of persons near Lim to stop tLe villain ; and although there were near two hundred men going to their work at the time , none attempted to secure bim . The police , whose barrack is within 300 yards ofthe place , went off in immediate pursuit , but without success . M'Donald still continues in a precarious way , but there are hopes of Lis recovery ; for though the ball Las not yet been extracted , none of the vital parts Lave been dangerously injured , as we Lave been informed . There was but a scanty _sunply of powder in the pistol , and it was of that description used by tLe quarrymen . M'Donald was fired at before , about three months ago , within fifteen yards of the same place , which providentially thenmissedhim . —Nenagh Guardian .
Death of a _Ce-vtesariak . —Mr . W . Shouldham expired , at hisresidence at Malsford , on Friday last , under tLe weigLt of no less tLan 102 years ! Many of our readers will recollect that on his completion of 100 years he gave a grand / _ete at Lis residence , wliicL was remarkable for many features of interest ; one ofthe most gratifying being the testimony ofa large circle of friends that added years Lad but matured bis virtues , and made Lim stand forth as an honour able specimen of " a good old English gentleman . "Ipswich Express .
The Catastrophe At Yarmouth. (From The T...
THE CATASTROPHE AT YARMOUTH . ( From the Times of Wednesday . ) Yarmouth , JLur 12 . — -To-day is quite adies non in the way of news . Nothing has transpired since my last _comniunicatiou , but every oue waits with anxiety for the reply to the memorial to Sir J . Graham , which I have already sentto you . In the absence of matters of a more stirring nature , I have pursued my inquiries relative to the state of thc bridge . I find that the width of the bridge between the chains ( which originally constituted its whole width ) is fifteen feet , and the length is ninety feet . This gives a superficial area of 1 , 350 square feet . Allowing onc person to each square foot , and taking the weight ot each person at seven stone , we have something like sixty tons as the weight which the bridge might originally have been expected at the most to have to bear , and which , beyond a doubt it ought at thc least to have been able , and no doubt was aide , to bear .
I find that-when the bridge was constructed there remained outside the chains a piece of timber about seven inches broad , but upon which of course no person ever attempted to walk . To those pieces platforms , two feet three inches wide , werc added by means of iron clamps , as I described yesterday , so that the-whole of the width of the outside platforms may be called two feet ten inches . This , multiplied by ninety feet , gives a . superfioes added upon each side of 25-5 ; square feet , or in all , 510 square feet . Allowing , as before , one person to one square foot , and seven stone weight to each person , we have a weight of upwards of twenty-two tons tbat might possibly be placed extra upon the bridge ; and if we add four tons for the weight of the iron and wood constituting thc additional platforms , we have a total extra weight of twentv-six tons added beyond what was originally anticipated ; whilst , as I have stated in a former communication , no strength was added
to thc suspending power . Thc bridge , fheu , * wiih its additional platform , ought to have been able to support at the least a weight of 66 tons . The question , as it appeal's , tome involving the negligence or otherwise of the proprietor ofthe bridge , _bs—" "Was it capable at thc time it broke of supporting such a weight ?" Each platform , 1 find , would contain , ou thc preceding calculation , 255 persous . Oue of these platforms was filled with persons ; and allowing each person to weigh seven stone , aud allowing two tons for the weight ofthe platform , there would have been somewhat more than . thirteen tons weight upon the platform . On the carriage road of the bridge , it has been siven in evidence , that the persons were
about four deep . Suppose I take them at nve deep along the whole leugth of the bridge ; I then have 3 yi i ) 0 = 450 persons standing upon that portion of thc bridge ( between theplatform on the side where the accident happened and the centreof the carriage way ) . This gives a weight of nearly 20 tons ; add 5 tons for the weight of half thc carriage-road , and we have 5 _tonsX 20 tons X 13 tons = 3 S tons , as the total weight upon thc single chain which gave way . Thebridge , as I have before stated , should have beeu able to bear a weight distributed over its whole surface of SO tons . Here we have , however , upou one-half of the bridge , depending upon one-hall oithc
whole supports of the bridge , a weightot only -ib tons , and those supports give way upon thc half on which that weight is . Is there not , then a presuuiption , if a siiniki' weight had been placed upon the other half of the bridge , so that there had beer' _ftoge { er distributed over its surface a weight of _ff _J _*^ ™» the whole structure wouldhave fallen _^ T _" _^ » 10 say , unless there werc , as has ¦»» _*^^ flaw in thc welding ofthe particular link wineh tat gave way which was not common to all the JinKs . The irou links are 2 i inches broad by - _" rofaii inch thick . The bolts are 2 _{ inches in diameter , and the connecting -rods , whieh were 18 in number on each sidewere 1 inch square .
, With these particuhn I leave for _tef _^™* critical examination of the late bridge , adding _™*« ; ™ answer from Sir J . Graham to the memorial isiuUj expected to-morrow , when the jury will determine upon what course they shall hereafterproceeo . Thefollowing dreadful and truly disgusting lettei I extract from a local journal . Few men can nave any sympathy with the writer of such _ an article , _amr 1 am told that it is thc intention of thejuiy to have lum _* _- _*«&• _fc _/« - _* _* . Jroke _andM it down , only on that side remember , while the oilier Sid 3 tog a » riS _*** You will have an exact
resemblance by letting the leaf of a table down . Not a timber or bar of the bridge broke , but it shot us all into the water . There we were—the screams were "horrible , they __ were heard for miles . To supernatural _Sresence of mind and a strong arm I owe my escape _, felt an iron under mc , and clung to it in a deathgrasp , my mouth full of salt water , for the tide was up . I raised myself on the bridge , and got my head above water . I clung up the iron and looked around nie ; scarcely had I done so ( I was not out of the water further than my chin ) , than a man _grasped me round the neck , his head just above water—I felt myself going—I drew my arm back , and struck him on the face—I hit liim hard , for the skin is off my knuckles . A woman next seized me : I was forced to strike her , and her blood spirted from her nose all over my face , and dimmed my eyes . I was the only one above water , hut the brid g e gave another move , and I was under . I rose again , But folks were under
thewaterclingingtome . Thecase was now desperate ; I felt my pocket , and , holding by one hand , I opened my knife with the other , and cut all down my legs , but could not make them leave go . My knife and hands were covered with blood . A woman seized my waistcoat ; she was young , and really handsome , a tradesman ' s daughter . I did not like to strike her , but necessity was imperative—I hit her , she rolled over and was drowned . Never shall I forget her look at me . It seemed to say , * You murdered me . ' I once more used my knife about a man , and jumned to a boat , and was pulled in , with two girls clinging to me , and got safe on shore . The presence of mind thatsuppoited me during this trial instantly deserted me , and I was carried to the next public-house—I drank some brandy , and walked home , with my hands and face covered with blood . I went to bed and dreamt of it . I thought the woman whom I last struck came and reproached me for murdering her , " & e .
Central Criminal Court.
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT .
Tuesday, May 13.—Vosseisacr.—Basil Cochr...
Tuesday , May 13 . _—VosseiSAcr . —Basil Cochran Willis and Lionel Fiaper Goldsmid surrendered in discharge of their bail , to take their trial upon an indictment for conspiring together by divers false pretences and subtle means to obtain and carry off two valuable securities , to wit , a promissory note for the payment of £ 600 , and another for the payment of £ 500 , with intent to deprive Edmund Lyons Heme of the possession thereof * . The indictment contained other counts , varying the intent and the averments . Mr . Clarkson stated the facta of the Case to the jury , and called the foUowing witness : —Jfr . Edmund Lvons Heme , examined by Mi * . Ballantine : lam an admitted attorney and solicitor of the Four Courts .
Dublin . I am also a Parliamentary agent , carrying on business at No . 9 , Pall-mall . I am wv partnership with Mr . Bartlett . In March last I had in my possession two promissory notes drawn by Mr . J . F . F . Mytton , of _Halston , Salop . They are made payable four months after date . One is for the payment of £ 600 , the other for £ 500 . I received the notes from a Mr . Thomas Holbrooke Coyle , who stated that he got them from Messrs . Smith and Co ., of Great Marlborough-street . I advanced Coyle the sum of £ 800 upon the two notes , and received an acknowledgment to that effect , signed or purporting to be signed by the firm Smith and Co . Willis called on me at my chambers on the 26 th of March last , and stated that he Lad a friend wLo was anxious to invest his capital upon good bills . He promised to call upon me the next morning , but he did not call until the afternoon . He then told me that Lis friend wonld give £ 900 for tLe two bills . Iinquired whether
that included his commission . He said no , but he should leave that to me . I therefore offered him 25 per cent ., but he said he must have 30 per cent . I was to have the money on the following morning . No one brougLt me the money . On the following day , finding the engagement not fulfilled , I called on Willis at Lis chambers . He told me be was waiting for his friend who was to bring the money . I said it was very strange Lis friend Lad not left a cheque for the money , as Le Lad agreed to the terms . Willis replied that cheques were not given for such large amounts without due consideration . Since wliich time I have neither received the money , nor have the bills been restored . Several witnesses were examined , and the jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of Guilty against both the defendants . After some further discussion , the defendants were admitted to bail on entering into recognisances , themselves in £ 300 , and two sureties in £ 100 each , to come up and receive judgment on the first day of the next session .
Theft . —Mary Florray , a decent looking young woman , aged 22 , was indicted for stealing , on the 5 tL April , two watches , value £ 24 , two brooches , two rings , and other articles value £ 6 , thc property of Mr . Wm . Hall , her master , in his dwelling-house Theprisoner , on being charged , acknowledged her offence , and it appeared that she committed it mainly at the instigation of a man named " Joe , " to whom she gave a part of the property . The Common Serjeant inquired about this " Joe . " Mi * . Ballantine said that he lived at the Bull , in "Wood-street , and Le understood that his name was Evesham . He had been in custody a week , but as none of the property
was traced to hhn . he was discharged . The jury accompanied the verdict of Guilty with a recommendation to mercy . It then came out that the young woman was formerly the fellow-servant with " Jce , " at the Bull public-Louse , where he seduced her , and she left her p lace . He told her if she would get another situation , and get _(?' . e . rob ) as much as she could in three months , he would then marry her . She is now five months advanced in pregnancy . The learned judge said that , under all the circumstances of thc case , the sentence wonld be a veiy lenient one—viz ., three months' imprisonment without hard labour .
Wedxesdat , May 14 . —The Greenwich Murder . —Immediately upon the learned judges taking their seats on the bench this morning , Martha Brixey was placed at the bar upon an indictment charging her with the wilful murder of the infant child of her master , Mr . Ffinch , of Greenwich . On being called upon by the _clerkof the arraigns , the prisoner pleaded not guilty . Mr . Bodkin , who is engaged for the prosecution , applied to their lordships to appoint the trial for Friday , upon the ground that Mv . Traill , the police magistrate , was an important and material witness in the case , and in consequence of his official duties he could not conveniently attend before Friday . Mr . Clarkson , who appeared for the defence , said he was ready to concur in any arrangement that would conduce to public convenience . Mr . Baron Alderson granted the application .
The Late _Expiosios at _Buckii-am . —George Lowe surrendered in discharge of his bail , to take his trial for thc manslaughter of Thomas Wright , and others . The indictment alleged that the prisoner , being on the 5 th March last in charge of a certain steam-boiler , in the parish of All Saints , Poplar , did wilfully and unlawfully put into the said boiler a greater quantity of steam than it could bear , so thatit burst , aud caused divers wounds and bruises on the body of Thomas "Wright , of wliich wounds and bruises he theu and there died . To this indictment , together with the coroner ' s inquisition , the prisoner pleaded not guilty . Mr . Bodkin stated the facts of the case . Mr . Braithwaite , John Cockayne , and other witnesses were examined , after which Mr . Clarkson asked his lordship if he thought there was
sufficient evidence to go before the jury ? Mr . Baron Alderson thought that there was no evidence to criminate thc prisoner . The real cause of the catastrophe was the defective construction of the safety valve , and the obstruction which , it appeared , existed in the steam pipe which connected the boiler with the engine . At thc same time it was fbr the jury to decide whether it was worth while to can *} ' the inquiry further . The jury , after a short conference , returned a verdict of Not Guilty . Mr . Baron Alderson observed , that although the catastrophe had been a very awful one , nevertheless he believed it to have been pure accident , and that Mr . Lowe was in no way to blame . The foreman said that it was the opinion of the jury that not the slightest blame could beattached to Mr . * Lowe . The prisoner was accordingly discharged .
Coixixg . —Thomas Bluudell , alias Snuth , Jcmuaa "Wilson , alias Smith , and Ami Wilson , were indicted aud found Guilty of liaving in their possession certain moulds and other implements for making counterfeit cohi . Sentence , seven years' transportation . Hoccssixg asd Robbery . —Wm . Jenkins , aged 25 , and Henry Joseph Finch , 28 , both cab-drivers , were indicted tor stealing , at Woolwich , a purse containing twelve sovereigns , six half-sovereigns , and a Bank of England note , value £ 10 , the property of John Mark , a private iu the Royal Artillery , from his person . The prosecutor hived a cab at London-bridge to convey him to Woolwich , Jenkins offering to take hiin for 2 s ., much below thc usual price . On his way he was induced to drink , and he was _hocussed
and robbed . The evidence was voluminous , bnt conclusive . Jenkins entered into a long statement by way of defence . Hc declared that the soldier " was stupidly drunk when he engaged liim , and that he never pulled up to drink by the way . Thejury found them both Guilty . Itwas then proved that on the 18 th of December , 1 S 43 , Finch was convicted at the Surrey Sessions , and sentenced to a long " treading" at Brixton , and privately whipped . The Common Serjeant said he thought that the other prisoner had been in some measure the tool of Finch . —Jenkins : No , my lord , I am not . — The Common Serjeant : Then so much the worse .
Persons in your station must be stopped from plundering those who place themselves under your care . The sentence on you is , that you be transported for ten years . With respect to you , Finch , you have been convicted three or four times , and there is no doubt that you train cabmen for your purposes . The judgment of the court is , that you be transported for fourteen years . Bigamy . —Win . Hill , a respectable looking , middleaged man , was indicted for marrying Mary Anne Barker , Lis wife , in 1825 ; and afterwards ( iii 1844 ) intermarrying with Jane Huniplireys , the said Mary Anne being then alive . The jury fouud him Guilty , hut recommended him to -mercy . The covwt sentenced him to hard labour for six months .
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THE MURDER IN ST . GILES'S . TRIAL OF JOSEPH CONNOR . Thursday , May 15 . On Mr . Commissioner BuxtocK taking his seat on the bench , a number of prisoners wero placed in the dock , and having been arraigned , were called upon to plead to the several offences laid to their charge , or to challenge any of thejury by whom they were to be tried . J . Connor was amongst the number , but hewas not called upon to plead , having gone through that formula during the last session . He looked much cleaner and neater than whilst under
exami-...... -1 Tl L .... I ' nation at Bow-street , or when we last saw him in the chapel of Newgate , on the Sunday preceding the execution of Hocker . He was very pale , and much of that moroseness whicli distinguished him on the occasions to which we have alluded had departed Hewas dressed in a black frock coat , black _waistl coat , black silk neckerchief , and corduroy trousers He paid great attention to the calling over the names of the jury , and appeared perfectly sensible ol * thc awful position in which he was placed . Neither the body of the Court nor the gallery were inconveniently crowded . No females were admitted .
At a few minutes after ten o ' clock , Mr . Baron Alderson and Mr . Justice Commas entered and took their seate . Immediately afterwards Joseph Connor was again placed in the dock . The indictment , which contained two counts , each varying the offence , charging him with the wilful murder ot Mary Brothers , was then read . Mr . Bodkin' , Mr . Mostaoue Chambers , and Mr . Huddlestone appeared for the prosecution . Mr . BALiiASTiNE and Mr . Doane for the prisoner . Mr . Bodkis then stated the leading facts of the case , and proceeded to call the following
witnesses ;—Mary Palmer , charwoman at the house No . 11 , Little George-street , said a man and woman came there at a quarter before eleven o ' clock on the night of Monday , 31 st of March . I never saw either of them before . The man was dressed in a velveteen coat and a cap . I gave the woman a light , and she went into the back parlour . I sat down on the stairs . A few minutes after , a little better than five minutes , I heard the woman cry "Murder ! " three times . I rose and knocked at the door of the room . I knocked twice without receiving any answer . Not receiving any answer , I put my back to the door and forced it open . I saw the woman sitting on the bedstead , and the man standing over her . He had kis Land on her neck . I thought hewas beating her . I said , " For God's sake , don't beatthe woman . " He turned round and faced me . There was a glimmering light in the room . He then left the room , and I caught hold of his coat .
Cross-examined hy Mr . M . Chambers . —He pushed me away by taking hold of my shawl , on which I afterwards found the marks of a bloody hand . The woman got off the bed and walked to the fire-place ; she had her hand to her eyes . She never spoke . She staggered and fell . The man had left the house before 1 got into the passage . The landlady and I went . into the room again and found a knife sticking in the woman ' s neck . She was dead . I gave information to the poUce constable Allen , who pulled the knife out . I can't swear that the prisoner is the man ; he resembles hini .
Mary Hall said , I was landlady of the house , 11 , George-street . I heard the woman Palmer cry out , and I went into the passage . I met a man there going as fast as he could run . He pushed me aside , and tried to knock me down . He was coming from the room . I said , " Oh , my God ! what have you been doing to the poor woman ? " He made no reply , and ran out . I could not see his dress . I caught hold of his coat , whicli , by the feel , I should say was velveteen . John James Allen , police-constable E 159 . —I was on duty in George-street on the night of Monday , the 31 st March . About II o ' clock I was standing at the comer of Clarke ' s-court . I was 52 feet from the house where the woman was murdered . A little before 11 o ' clock I observed a man come from No . 11 towards me . He passed me and crossed the wav
between 19 to 20 feet from me . He had on a " dark coat , which I think was velveteen , and a cap which I believe had a peak to it . Five or six minutes after I was fetched to the house . By Mr . Baron Alderson . —I did not observe any one leave the house , the door of which creaked , from the time the man left until _Mi-s . Palmer came to me , and then I went into the house and found the deceased lying on her side , with a knife sticking in her neck . The handle was pointing upwards . She moved her eyes a little and smiled . She did not speak . I pulled the knife out and ran for the surgeon . She was dead when I came back . ( The witness produced the knife . ) A person , named Brothers , identified the body as that of his wife . I have no doubt , but I will
not swear positively , that the prisoner is the man . Mr . Baron _Aldehson . —If you have no doubt , you ought to swearpositively . Witness : I have a strong belief , but I will not swear positively . Ellen Napier . —I am a woman of the town . I have gone by the name of Scott . About a month before the murder I saw the prisoner , and had some conversation with him about Mrs . Tape . He asked me if I had seen a stout woman , about forty . He said she had given him a loathsome disease . I asked if he could mention the name . He said he could not . About three days after he asked me tho same question , and again about a week after . I mentioned the names of all the women that walked in the
neighbourhood . I mentioned the name of Mrs . Tape , and lie said " That must be her . " He said he should never get rid of the disease , and used a disgusting threat . I saw the prisoner on the night of the murder by the chapel in Charlotte-street , Bloomsbury , a little before nine o'clock . He had on a short jacket and a hat . The jacket was not velveteen . I was walking up and down , and he spoke to me . I said , " If you wish to see Mrs . Tape , whom you asked about so many times , in a few minutes you'll sec her , " Mrs . Tape and a woman named Caroline Graham came u * j . The prisoner said , " There youare ; that ' s the pereon I wish to see ; j'ou have given me the . " She said , " I do not know you . " He said she did . She repeated , "that she did not know him ,
and had never seen him in her life . Hc said , " You ought to know me ; if I put on ray velveteen coat you would know me better . " A policeman came up , and we walked on . We left the prisoner and Mrs . Tape ( the name by which the deceased was known to thc wretched creatures with whom she associated ) walking away together and talking . She soon after left him , and came towards me . He said he would not hurt Mrs . Tape . I went away , leaving him talking to "Biddy . " In ten minutes I returned —about half-past ten . I saw a man speaking to Mrs . Tape . Soon after I saw the man and Mrs . Tape go into No . 11 , George-street . 1 did not see the man ' s face . He had on a velveteen coat and a cap . His height was about the prisoner ' s .
Caroline Graham confirmed the evidence of the previous witness . Mdget "Ronan ( known as Biddy ) . —I get my living by walking the streets in the neighbourhood of St . Giles ' s . 1 saw the prisoner on the Saturday before the murder . He spoke about a disease he was labouring under , and said it had been communicated to him by Mrs . Tape . I saw him on Monday night , about half-past nine o ' clock , near the chapel . He was alone . I asked him how he was ? He said , " Much the same ; " and added , " I have just heen blowing the old b— -up . She denies all . If I comes up to her iu these clothes she'll know me . " ( He had on a fustian jacket and a hat . ) He said , *• I shall go home and change my clothes , and put on my black coat and cap , and then she won't know me . " He
then left me . I saw him again about ten minutes after . He liad on a black velveteen coat and a cap with a peak . He came close to mc , and said " Do you think she'll know me now ? " I said '' Yes ; why shouldn't the woman know you V lie said , before he went to change his clothes , " I -have something at home that will pepper her . " He had frequently said before that he would serve her out . He then went away . I was gone about three-quarters of an hour , and when I came back there was a crowd about the house . Elizabeth Hill gave similar evidence . Henry Oldham , a cutler , carrying on business in nigh-street , St . Giles ' s , said—On the night of the 31 st March , I was in my shop . I sold this knife to
a person . That is the _niaxi . He came into my shop at ten minutes to ten . He said , " What ' s the cheapest small carving-knife you have ? " I said , " I will show you some directly . I believe I have some second-hand ones . " After I had done what I was about , I went to thc counter , and took three knives from a drawer , and placed them on the counter before him . I said tliey were a shilling each . He took them all into his hand and examined each , lie made no observation . He put down a sliilling , kept onc knife , and put thc other two on the counter , and was going away . I did not like the idea of his taking the bare knife out in his hand , and I offered to wrap it up in paper . He came back , I set the edge on a stone , wrapped it up , and he then left the shop , I did not notice his dress particularly . Hc had a hat and a dark coat on . He was quite a stranger to mc . I saw Lim on the following Friday .
Emily Elizabeth Oldham , daughter of the last witness , an intelligent little girl , was then sworn , and having been placed on the bench , was questioned by Mr . Bason _Aldehson as to the nature and responsibility of au oath , of which she was fully cognisant . She-said , I was standing by mv father ' s side when the man came in . When the " man was looking at the carving-knives I stood at mv father's side , and saw his face . That is the man , said the witness , looking steadfastly , and pointing at the prisoner . William Pocock , 81 F . —In consequence of information which I received I went to 15 , Endell-street , on the evening of Friday following the murder , I found this coat there . It was hanging on a peg behind the door , with two coats hanging over it . I examined it next morning . I found some blood on the right hand cuff , and a little on the left . The marks ' arc as visible now as then . There is some blood ou the in-
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side of the right-hand pocket . I also produce a cap aud a hat . I also found six hospital tickets . ( The coat was here shown to the Learned Judges , and was minutely examined by them . ) Nicholas Pearee , Superintendent of Police , stated the particulars ofthe prisoner ' s arrest . . Adolphus Lonsdale , 110 F . —I was in the cell with tne prisoner late on the night he was taken into custody . About four o ' clock in the morning he said , " I am sure to be tucked up if these two women come and give evidence against me . They saw me on Monday between eight and nine o ' clock . I know them to be both prostitutes . " Charles Waugh . —I worked at Messrs . Gerrard ' s in March last . The prisoner worked there with me .
He told mc about six weeks before the murder that he had got an infectious disease from a woman , and that he would serve her out . I said , "You had better not interfere with the woman at all . If you strike her she will very likely take out a warrant against you . " He ssid he should have got married to his cousin at Easter but for this illness . He said her family knew what was the matter with him . I recollect the morning afterthe murder . He came a little after six to work as usual , and breakfasted with me . He went away at half-past eleven o ' clock . He never came to work again . He used to come to work in a hat and velveteen shootingjacket , and changed the coat for a jacket . John Cochrane , a young man , said hc was a tailor . I have known Connor for some years . I recollect the night of Monday , the 31 st of March . 1 saw Connor about seven o ' clock in the Crown , in the Seven-dials . He said hc was suffering under a
certain disease . He went away at eleven o ' clock the same night . I was outside the door of the Crown . Connor came up . I think he came up Queen-street , wliich leads close to George-street . A person might have run from George-street in five minutes , lie looked flurried , as if he had been quarrelling . I went towards him , and said , " Halloo , what ' s the matter with you ? " He said , " I have given her something . " I did not know of xvhom he spoke , and asked him who he meant . He said , " Thc h old w that gave me the . " I said , jokingly , " I dare say you have not killed her ? " He said , " I don't know , but I have been home and taken off my things , so that they should not know me . " There was a row in thc Seven Dials , and I went to sec it , and lost sight ofthe prisoner . He had on a velveteen coat and a cap . I heard of the murder the following morning . This witness , oil his Gross-examination , admitted having suffered three months' imprisonment , three vears ago , for robbing his master , and _lia . ymg been feed seven shillings for an assault
since . Mr . Richard Partridge , one ef the surgeons at King ' s College Hospital , —These tickets were given to the prisoner , and lie was treated for a certain disease . He was not then convalescent . James Brothers , the husband of the murdered woman , said he had seen her body ; that she was his wife , and that her name was Mary Brothers . Michael Connor , the prisoner ' s father , was next examined , and stated that the prisoner was a good son—kind , industrious , and civil .
Mr . Fitzgerald , surgeon , said I was called to the house on the night of the murder , about eleven o ' clock . The woman was dead . _Imadeapostmox-tem examination by order of the coroner . There were sixteen wounds altogether , and one mortal , passing through the chest , entering the first and second ribs , and penetrating the pulmonary artery . Mr . Ballantine then proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the prisoner . He said , when he was first called upon to defend the prisoner he had felt that he should have been able to offer a fair defence in his behalf , but he was wholly unprepared for thc fresh evidence that had been adduced , and hc almost felt the weight of the responsibility thus thrown upon him too great for his abilities .
He held that the motives wliich had been assigned for the commission ofthe crime by the prisoner were not of a character to entitle them to come to an adverse decision respecting him . It was unlikely that theprisoner , who was about to be reamed , and whose betrothed had in no way disappointed his affections , would commit so horrible a crime as this . Then , as to the identity ofthe prisoner . There was a belief that he was the individual—a belief which might be excited by many causes , and by the similarity of theprisoner to some otherperson . Belief showed a defect of some nature , that the person using the term was uncertain of matters in his testimony . The Learned Counsel contended that the probability was thatthe witnesses were mistaken in tlieir beliefthat
theprisoner was the murderer - . The object ofthe prisoner in pointing out Mrs . Tape in the street as the person who had communicated a certain disease to him , was for the purpose of holding her up to shame amongst her companions , and not as a prelude to a dreadful and revolting murder . Secresy was no part of his conduct . He made no secret of his aversion to the woman , and of the injury he supposed he had received from Lev , The coat which the policeman stated was stained with blood ought to have been sent to some scientific person to ascertain if the marks on it were blood or not , for _auvcly in the advanced state of science there was some means of arriving at such a result . The Learned Counsel combatted other points of the evidence . He conceived that Cochrane had committed
perjury . His evidence , and the assertions contained in it , were inconsistent with truth , and could be little more than invention , in which hc had been assisted b y the police , who , Le believed , had basely tampered with him . The assertion that if the women came forward he would be sure to be tucked up , merely denoted a morbid state of mind , and that he was labouring under great apprehension as to the threats he had used towards the unfortunate woman . After referring to other matters in relation to the case , he concluded by a powerful appeal on behalf the prisoner . The Learned Counsel then called witnesses who gave the prisoner thc character of a quiet , inoffensive young man . Mr . Baron Alderson summed up with great care and clearness .
The Jury then retired to consider tlieir verdict , and at twenty minutes to ten again entered the court , after an absence of three hours and twenty minutes . Their names liaving been called over , tlio clerk of the arraigns inquired if they were agreed upon in their verdict ? The Foreman replied—Yes ; we find the prisoner GUILTY . Mr . Baron _Aldersok said—Joseph Connor , after a very patient investigation of your case the jury have found you guilty ; and it is now my duty to pass the fatal sentence of the law upon you for the most barbarous murder that ever was perpetrated ; but it shows that one who is guilty of committing one venial crime against the Gospel of Almighty God is guilty
of all ; for who can tell what may arise from breaking one commandment , and what may be the result ; and who cau say what sorrow and repentance may do ? I therefore do beseech you to turn your thoughts to that Being who sees our every action , and knows our inmost thoughts . He may yet pardon your fearful crimes . It is my duty now to pass sentence upon you ; and it is to me one of the most fearful and painful duties that we arc called upon to perform ; but it is the sentence of the law , not mine . The awful sentence was passed by the learned Judge , who keenly evinced the solemnity of his task . The unfortunate prisoner bowed respectfully to the Court , and was led from the dock . The court adjourned at ten o ' clock .
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THE CHILD MUBDEB AT GREENWICH . ( Before Lord Chief Justice Denman , Mr . Baron Aiderson , and Mr . Justice Coltman . ) It being generally known that Martha Brixey , aged eighteen , would be tried to-day for the wilful murder of Robert Barry Ffinch , at Greenwich , an infant , eight months old , the court was much crowded at au curly hour , and great interest was manifested to hear the proceedings _. The learned judges took their seats on the bench at ten o ' clock . Immediately afterwards the miserable young woman was led to the bar by onc ofthe officers of the prison and a female attendant . She was most dreadfully agitated , and wept bitterly . The court directed that she should be accommodated with a
chair , and , one liaving been provided , she appeared unconsciously to fall into it , and never once during the trial held up her head . The indictment was then read . It charged the prisoner , Martha Brixey , with having , on the 1 th of May inst ., in tlic parish of Greenwich , made an assault on Eoberfc Barry Ffinch , aged eight months , and inflicted wounds on his bodv , of whicli mortal wounds he then and there died . The prisoner was also charged on the coroner ' s inquisition with the murder of the said Robert Barry Ffinch . She pleaded not guilty . Mr . Bodkin , M . P . ( with , whom was Mv . Wilde ) , stated the case for the prosecution , and called the following witnesses * . — Mr . John D . Ffinch , the father of the murdered child , was the first witness . —He said , the prisoner lived in my service . On the 4 th of May I saw her in the drawing-room . My wife and Mr . Trail , the magistrate , were present . Prisoner entered the
room very ' excited , " and , addressing me , said , " 0 , sir ! O , sir ! What have I done ? What have I done ? Will j'ou forgive me ? " Wc all rose . She contimicd , I am a murderer ; I have cut thc baby ' s throat . " I immediately proceeded to the nursery , and saw my child in thc cot with its head nearly off . There was an ordinary table knife lying across the infant , who was weltering in its blood . I met Mr . Trail on the j stairs , and 1 shortly afterwards saw thc prisoner jn ' what is called my private room , when she again said , " O , sir , what will become of me ? I have murdered your child . " I said , " Yes , you wretch , you have murdered an infant that never could have offended you , and you will be hanged for it , " She then fell on her knees and prayed God to forgive her . I theu forced her from my presence , and gave her into the charge of a policeman . After changing some part of her dress she was taken to the stationhouse . [ The witness was deeply affected during the time of giving his evidence . ] By Mr . Clarkson . —The prisoner ' s conduct during
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the three years she was in my service was kind and wdl-beliaved iu the extreme . She was exceedingly fond ofthe children , and I had never any reason to find fault with her until very lately _. By . 'the Court . —Prisoner lias been in my service three years . The children werc all very fond of her , and she of them . She always appeared to try to amuse them in every possible way . Mr . Trail , magistrate of Southwark police office , examined . —I was at the house of the last witness on Sunday , the 4 th of May , and heard what tho prisoner said . I followed Mr . Flinch up stairs , and there saw thc infant lying in a cot , weltering in blood ; it was a sight too dreadful for a mother to see , and I persuaded Mrs . Flinch not to go up staiis . I saw the
prisoner afterwards in Mr . Ffinch ' s room . She said to me— " Mr . Trail , 1 am a murderer ! I am a murderer ! O , what have I done ? what have I done ? What will become of me ? " After repeating these and _suuUav expressions several times , I said to her , " O , poor miserable wretch !" By Mr . Clarkson . —The prisoner was greatly agitated , and I thought at first it arose from some act of negligence , such as dropping the child from the window and causing its death , might have been the reason of her accusing herself with murder . 1 am confident that 1 heard her say , " What could have made me do it V I have frequently seen her with tho children since she has been in Mr . Ffinch ' s service ; she always appeared exceedingly kind to them . I could not give any opinion as to her state of mind . Mr , John Sutton examined , —I am a surgeon at
Greenwich , I was called into Mr . Ffinch ' s on the 4 th of May . I saw the infant in the cot , in the nursery , with " its head nearly severed from the body . It was quite dead at the time I saw it ; in fact the child had been regularly guillotined . There was no doubt as to the cause of death . Sarah May examined . —I am upper nurse iu Mr . Ffinch's family . 1 remember Sunday , the 4 th of May . I dressed the _iwwvdevcd cliild on that morning , and afterwards gave it to thc prisoner . '•• She always appeared kind towards all the children . She afterwards assisted me in making a bed . She then asked me if I thought Mrs . Ffinch would forgive her , and allow her to stop . I told her I was sure sho would not , and that she ( the prisoner ) had better remain quiet . She did not make any reply , but stood
by the bed biting her nai ! s . Prisoner then proceeded to the nursery and I went down stair- * . Shortly afterwards I heard a scream . Tho prisoner waa the only person left up stairs when I went down . Since the time I have known the prisoner , I always considered hor of a kind and benevolent disposition . About a month before this dreadful transaction Mr . Ffinch ' s family and servants went into mourning ; the prisoner repeatedly complained of her gown , and several times had it altered , although it fitted her very well , On one occasion she cut the body off the skirt and burnt it . I told Mrs . Ffinch of what she had done , after she came from Dover . My mistress was very angry , and told the prisoner she must leave her service . Her mother , in consequence of what prisoner lia . d
done , was sent for ; the result was , that Mrs . Flinch said she would forgive her this time , if she would behave better in future . After this , prisoner seemed to have a wish to leave . On the following day prisoner was sent to fetch thc children from school ; she took the dress with her , and was gone a long time . She brought it back with her , and met Mrs . Ffinch at the door , who said , " Martha , you know I told you that if I heard anything more about the dress you should leave my service , and now you must go . " Prisoner cried and begged to be allowed to stay . She repeatedly said , that she did not know what would become ofher if she was obliged to go . On Saturday , my mistress told her she was about engaging another servant ; she was cheerful on that afternoon : but on the Sunday moring shesaid that she would not leave ,
and was dull . I am aware that the prisoner had for some weeks been taking medicine and complaining of pains in her head . Sho . was very much liked by the family . I do not recollect any conversation with the prisoner on the Saturday night . In the course of the day , when we were in the nursery together , she said , " I need not make myself so unhappy as I do . Any onc might tliink 1 had committed murder , but I have not done so . " I said , " Martha , do not talk so . I hope you will never commit murder . " She then asked me , "If I ever knew that any woman was hung for murder . " I said , "If found guilty they hung women as well as men . " Prisoner added that she had rather be hung than transported or put in a madhouse . She was continually talking about leaving- her situation . Elizabeth Middleditch examined . —I am housemaid to Mr . Ffinch . I have been in his service two years . I remember opening the door for Mr . Trail on
Sunday morning , " the 4 th of May , about _, ten o ' clock , and then went into the kitchen . The prisoner was there . She shortly afterwards went into the pantry . I followed her , and saw her take up a large carving knife . I asked her what she was going to do wita it , shesaid , " _T-a cat a pencil for Miss Mary . " I told her a smaller knife would do , when she replied she could use the large one for cutting bread and butter in the afternoon . She then took a smaller knife , and went up stairs with the knives in her hand . I shortly afterwards heard Mr . Ffinch say , " Oh , my baby , my poor baby ! " I ran to the hall and saw theprisoner . I said , " Martha , what have you done ] " SLe replied , "I have cut the dear baby ' s throat , what shall I do ? " About nine o ' clock on that morning she appeared very low-spirited , and said she wished she was gone . I told her that her master and mistress had always behaved well to her , and I had no doubt she would soon get another place . Prisoner always behaved kind to the children .
Caroline M . Priest examined . —I have been cook in Mr . Ffinch ' s family four months . On the morning of the baby being murdered I saw the prisoner in the kitchen ; she had then a carving-knife in her hand , and was feeling its edge with her thumb . Mr . John Burton examined . —I am a surgeon , residing at Greenwich . I attend the family of Mr . Ffinch ; on the 31 st of March last , I sent the prisoner some medicine , at the request of Mrs . Ffinch , who told me that she ( prisoner ) had been constitutionally indisposed for two months . By Mr . Clarkson . —I should say the prisoner ' s indisposition was calculated to derange the general constitution . The disease wliich she laboured under generally caused great excitement , and gave rise to violent fits of passion . There were many cases on record where , under similar diseases , the brain had become deranged , I did not often see the prisoner .
Mrs . Ffinch consulted me , and I at once advised that she should be sent from Mrs . Ffinch ' s service . I considered , from the manner in which she burnt the dress , that she was not a proper person to be with young children . The prisoner was taking medicine up to the very day of the melancholy occurrence . She always appeared a well-conducted girl . John Booth , policeman , and Elizabeth Garrauld , were next examined , but their evidence was not important . This closed the case for the prosecution . Mr . Clarkson then addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner , contending that she was not of sane mind ; he concluded a most able address by calling on thejury not to shed the blood of the unhappy girl at the bar upon a public scaffold , but , by a verdict of insanity , spare her life , and consign her , for the continuance of that life , to perpetual confinement . Lord Deimrian having summed up ,
fhejury , after an absence of half an hour , returned the following verdict : — " That , from thc derangement of the system , which led to the great excitement in the prisoner at the time she committed the act , wc are of opinion that she was not responsible for her actions . " The Learned Judge . —That is , in fact , a verdict of Not Guilty on the ground of insanity . Let it be so entered . Thc prisoner was then removed , and was ordered by thc Court to be detained during her Majesty ' s pleasure .
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| _-7 'i" 0 M Friday s _Gazette , May 16 . ) James Richards , Deptford Bridge , plumber—Frederic Liiidsiiy Cole , Fciieliui'cli-strcct , City , wine merchant—Jolm Lampray , Warwick , money scrivener—James Livingston and Thomas Hrittaiu , Manchester , plumbers"ffillaim Summers and Nicholas line , Manchester , rope _, makers—Edward Lawton and Thomas Kay , _Uochdnle , Lancashire , iron-founders — William _llusscll , Janies Knowles , and Ueury Siinister _, Snll ' ord , Lancashire , per . cliers .
DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS . J . II . Heron , "Manchester , cotton-spinner , final dividend of ll-lfiths of Id in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mi * . Pott , Manchester . W . Caton _/ Jl _' reston , Lancashire , ironmonger , final dmdend of fif . d in the pound , and a first and final dividend of 7 s 8 jd in _' the pound on new proofs , Tuesday , June 3 , or any subsequent Tuesday , at the office of Mr . Fraser , Man . cliestcr . T . _Ousfk'ld , Kirkliam , Lnncashircr , linendraper , first dividend of os in the pound , Tuesday , June 3 , or any sub . sequent Tuesday , at the office of Mr . Fraser , Manchester . J . Ticvitt , Wheatou Aston , butcher , first dividend of 3 s ( id in the pound , any Thursday , at the oilice of Mr . Christie , Birmingham .
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Suspension- Tuxxei .. —Probably onc of the boldest railway projects of the day is that suggested by Mr . Robert Stephenson , the engineer , of crossing the Menai Straits by means ofa tunnel in the air . Mr . Stephenson proposes to throw an iron tube over the Straits , by means of suspension chains , using the Britannia Rock as a buttress in thc middle ; the tube to be f . 5 feet in breadth , by 15 in depth , constructed in tlic same way as an iron ship , composed of large plates put togetlier in form of a great iron tunnel . He also proposes to have two tubes , one for each line of rails , aud expresses himself satisfied upon thc strength and safety of the tube , liaving tried experiments on an iron vessel 220 feet in length , suspended by the stem and stern , with a weight of 1200 tons in her centre , without the slightest straining effect . The plan would be calculated eftcctuallyto prevent interference with the navigation , the great difficulty to be encountered in carrying the Chester and Holyhead over the Menai Straits . _Extraordinary Machine . —Bad News _jor wombs . —Mi * . Marsden , G-uilford-street , taken out a patent for a washing , wrin mangling machiue .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 17, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17051845/page/5/
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