The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-26 00:00:00

ALLEGED MURDER AT BRIGHTON.

Yesterday morning • painter named William
Start, aged 46, was charged before Messrs. Arthur Biggs,
the police magistrate, J. ADEN.' and William Hollis,
borough magistrates, with poisoning Mary Ann Day, •
widow, aged 43, with whom he had kept company for about
three years. The medical evidence given at the inquest
held on Monday crested such great suspicion that the con-
tents of the deceased's stomach were forwarded to Professor
Taylor for analysis, and it was upon receipt of • letter from
him yesterday morning that the prisoner was arrested while
he was at breakfast at his house, 14, Mount Simplex.
Prisoner, who had been cautioned at the inquest, but elected
to be sworn, had admitted
.3g deceased • mince pia on
Sunday the day that she and the first wins's, called
was lailaboth Wilding, the eof • partrycook in George.
street, to prove the purchase of the pie, but she could sot
spank positively to seeing the prisoner on Saturday evening,
having sold six or eight doses pies that evening, but she had
seen him in the shop.
Charlotte Day, • daughter of the deceased, was then
called, and deposed- My mother, who lived at 14, Rock.
street, St. Jamas-street, died on Sunday night, at about
ball pest 10 or • quarter to 11 o'clock. She had been
out in the morning with the prisoner, who called for
her about 12 o'clock, as he usually did. She was then
se well am usual, but when she returned she was very sick
end very much purged, which sidemen and purging con-
tinued till she died, which was about ball-past 10 o'clock at
night. My mother has told me that prisoner was {salons
of • man who works at the railway station, but I have
never heard them have any words about it No medical
man was riot for till Mr. Gears was seat for, at about half.
past 10, and when be mme be mid she was dead. We sent
for prisoner when mother was so bad, and he came about
8 o'clock. and stayed an hoar and • half, leaving
shortly before she died ; bat he said nothing about sending
for • doctor. After she was dead 1 went to bin house, and
found him in bed, and informed him of my mother's death,
land he said, " Never! not dead!" He came down about 9
o'clock on Monday morning to our house, and I told him, in
the course of convenetion, that mother said he bad given
her • aDd be
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which I bought in orge-street on Saturday night, but
forgot to give it to your mother, and gave it her yesterday
morning as we were walking up the cliff."
Amelia Day, sister to the last witness, corroborated her
evidenos.
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fit what you my. Mrs. Day's death was camped by
poison, and you must consider yourself in my euMody, Sc,
suspicioes rest very strongly on you." He said, " I know
nothing about . ; prepared."
Prisoner, who declined mildew the witnesses any questions,
was then remanded. He applied to be admitted to bail,
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