The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY 17,VENI/110, *if-ARtlff 27, 1863.

some impartsaise to mandate them with the rate* to other
parted the world.
Sir S. NORTHCOTE asked whether there was to be a
subsidy oe the West India mails, or whether the company
which conveyed them was to have a portion of the postage
by way of payment
Mr. PEEL said that tenders bad been remived, but they
!
were yet under cecaiderstion.
Mr. CAVE asked if the governments of Cuba or Mexico
would pray soy part of the sakaidy oe their mails?
Mr. PEEL—No.
RECRUITING FOR THE FEDERAL STATES.
Lord H. THYNNh: asked whether the enaction of the
government bad been celled to statement that the Federal
government of America were recruiting largely in Ireland ;
whether that statement was tree ; sad, if so, whether her
Majesty's government proposed to take aey steps to prevent
snch recruiting •
Sir R. PEEL Mid that no reports had been received with
regard to any such enlistments in Ireland. There had been
rumours ua the subject, bat no authentic inf3rmation had
reached the government.

THE RIOTS IN IRELAND.
Mr. WHALLEY said he had given pollee of a motion,
but he regretted to find that its terms had given offence.
Ulu nirtiou was in the following terms :—" To ask the
Chief Secretary fur Ireland • question concerning the dis-
loyal demonstrations at Dublin, Cork, and other places on
the 10th instant, at many of which, as Karnali and Bellies,
an effigy of the Prince of Wales was publicly burnt ; and,
whether any investigation is intended as to the nature and
eatent of the organisation manifest in these proceedings."]
He would now, in putting the question, omit the expres-
sions which were objected to.
Mr. SCULLY—Hear, hear. Speak up. (Laughter.)
Mr. WHALLEY then read his question, ornittiog the
word " disloyaL"
Mr. SCULLY roue to order. Sines the present Speaker
had occupied the chair the rule as to interrogating the go-
verement had been much more stringently enforced, and it
was now understood that no one had a right to put the
" speaking questions." The question of the bon. member,
the form of which bad been arranged between him and the
Chief Secretary for Ireland, contained no lees than four ur
five distinctly offensive assertions which there was no mama
of discussiug or aintradicting. ("Order.") He was quite in
order, for he had rim to order, and was, therefore, not to
be confined within any limits. (Laughter.) He maintained
that the hon. gentleman had no right to make use of the
notice-paper of the house to publish offensive statements
to the world. He objected to the term " disloyal
demonatratious." A. to " Bellies," he never heard of such
a place, and he did not believe it was in Ireland any more
than " Belloria," or any such warlike place. (Laughter.)
Them was no doubt a Baling. He objected to any reference
to " oranisation." In fart, they might just as wall refer
to the " organisation manifest" at Stalybridge.
The SPEAKER bade the boa. member point out the
particular passages which he thought were out of order.
Mr. SCULLY accordingly named the pusages he had
already commented on.
The SPEA„KEII said the rale of the house was that in
putting questions no argument or opinion was to be offered,
nor any feet stated except so far as might be neceseary to
explain the question. The house would at once reoognise
the good nose in which the role was founded that matters
should not be proposed, in the shape of questions which
would be likely to give rum to observation or discussion. It
was competent to any bon. member to state the facts neces-
sary to explain his question • but whether or not the mat-
ters so stated as facts were ;sally such was not for him to
decide—though it would undoubtedly be Tory much out of
order to state things which bad not been entirely substan-
tiated. (Hear, hear.) In this case it was competent for the
hon, member to state as • fact that in certain places effigies
of the Prince of Wales had been publicly buret ; and if that
was established, no great question would perhaps arias in
that house about the application to such • transaction of
such an epithet " disloyal " (Cheers.) At the same
time the rule of the house was, undoubtedly, that matters
of opinion and matters of argument should not be inserted
in questions. (Hear, bear.)
Mr. SCULLY—Before the right hon. baronet unseen the
question which has been put, I have also one that I wish
to ask him. (Loud cries of "Order.")
Sir R. PEEL denied that the questiou which had been put
to him was the result of any concert between the hon.
member and himself. He had never done, and never would
do such • thing in that house. (Cheers.) The boo. member
had asked him if be might put a question, and he had at
once replied that any hon. member was at libertLt4
ask anything he pleased with respect to Ire
and that he (Sir R. Peel) should then be bou
to answer it to the beet of his power; but
as to there being any arrangement on the subject
he must take leave utterly to deny it. (Hear, bear.) It we,
perfectly true, it was • matter of notoriety, that there ball
bean disturbances in Ireland about the 10th of March ; but
be was quite sure no man of any reason would affirm that
these demonstrations of sedition' people in two or three
localities in any way faithfully represented the public opi-
nion of Ireland. (Meese) There had been these demonstra-
tions, but they had been partial, and it would be very unfair
to allow them to outweigh the general feeling of loyalty
sod attachment to the throne which prevailed amongst the
put bulk of the Irish pople. (Cheers.) With to the
burning of effigies, he ba
da read in the papersreal it had
taken place ; but he did not think that too much
weight ought to be attached to such demonstrations.
He understood that an effigy of the Prince of Wales had
been burnt at Kilrusb, and also at Bellies; but be really
did rot think that that should be treated too seriously. He
would tell the how* why In 1861 he read in a news-
paper that he was himself to be officially burnt in effigyin
• town in the west of Ireland. (Cleat laughter.) Up to
that time he had been in that town, and he had never
given it the least offence. However, when he afterwards
visited the place he did not experience the slightest lawn-
venienoe from that warm mode of reception. (Loud
laughter.) He thought, therefore. that little weight
was to be attached to such demonstrations. The
truth was, the feeling in Ireland was sound
at the core—(cheers)—but everyone knows that even in
London or elsewhere a handful of people, if they were at
all orunised, could easily make a breach of the peace. In
fact, half-a-dosen schoolboys might make a demonstration
that would eclipse an nu:motion ; but he could not forget
the enthusiasm with which the sovereign had been received
in every part of Ireland, and he wee quite sure that if the
Prince of Wales, accompanied by his bride, were to visit
that pact of the United Kingdom, he would receive the
warmest welcome. (Chem.)
Mr. W FIITESIDE asked whether any investigation had
been instituted into the conduct of any magistrate who had
failed to perform his duty • and whether any depositions
had been received at the Gillis with regard to the burning
of effigies.
Sir R. PEEL said there was • report from a sub-
inspector of police with reference to the alleged burning of
an aria at Kilrush ; and he had just received • telegram
stating that eight or ten persons had been summarily dia.
posed of. (Laughter.)
Mr. WHITESIDE observed that the right boo. gentle-
man had not answered hie question—namely, whether any
inquiry had been made into the conduct of any magistrate
that had not performed his duty.
Mr. SCULLY—And I wish to know whether there has
been say inquiry into the conduct of the ChiekSecretary and
the Mayor of Cork. (Laughter.)
Sir E. PEEL-1 have not beard that any of the magis-
trate. failed to perform their duty.
RAMSOATE HARBOUR.

Sir E. DERING indica the President of the Board of
Trade when the accounts for Ramsgate Harbour for the
year 1862 would be prceented to parlinneut ; and whether
any, sod if any what steps had been taken by the govern-
ment with a view to the revision of the tariff of dues now
lewd for Ranagate Harbour.
Mr. M. GIBSON said the accounts for 1862 were ready,
and would he almost immediately laid on the table. No
attempt had been made to revise the tariff, as there had
not yet been safteient experience with regard to its working,
THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.
On the motion for going into committee of supply,
Mr. DODSON called attention to the charges for the di-
plomatic service ; and moved that, in the opinion of the
house, all sums required to defray the expenses of the
di/demotic service ought to be annually voted by puha-
u.ent, and that eetimates of all such sours might to be rule
mitred iu a form that would admit of their effectual super-
vision and control by the house.
lir. LAYARD sanl na doeht what bad been stated by
Mr. Dodson was to mnie extent true but the system had
hitherto worked well, and he opposed the resolntioh on two
ruaode —economy end the etheency of the public service.
glf tin: diplomatic a:herpes were anuually submitted to the
house, he bad no doubt (for reasons which he explained)
they would lie considerably incremed, while the service
would be less effieieot than it was.
Mr. G. DUFF concurred with Mr. Lewd that if the
House voted the diplomatic charges they would increase.
What that service required wee to be improved in efficiency.
Mr. AUGUSTUS sairni and Mr. ATILTON supported the
resolution, dissenting from the reasons alleged by Mr.
Levard.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER enefeared
th.,t all his prejudices and preposecuicso were in favour of
the resolotioa. But there were, he said, objectioes to the
braiging of all diplomatic charges upon the estimates, both
of principle a.al of practice. He lied no hesitation iu saying
that. practically, he deliberately preferred the arrangement
at it stood to that proposed in the resolution, which he
hoped the hoes• would not adopt.
Lord H. VANE said he had arrived, on practical grounds,
at the same conclusion as the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Mr. Peacocks and Mr. Kinnaini spoke against the resolu-
tion, and Mr. Sclatee Booth in its favour.
The house divided on the motion for going into com-
mittee
For the motion
Against
The amendment was therefore lost.
CASE OF COLONEL CARLETON.
Mr. H. SEYMOUR called attention to the cases of Col
Dudley Carleton and other dilates referred to in a returo
laid before the house this session, who were injuriously
affected by a warreat dated the 7th of October, 1854.
Sir G. LEW IS explained the iocidente of the men of the
class affected by the warrant of 1851, to which the odious
in question belonged, and the examination it had undergoes,
observing that the only effect of acceding to their claims
would be to open a door to other emnplainta
Gem Lindsay, Sir J. Shelley, and Col Dickens considered
the use of there dam as one of greet hardship.

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SUPPLY.
The house then went into a ooturnittese of supply on the
civil service eatimates, when a vote on account of there
estimates, and vote% for revenue departmeeta and certain
dames of civil Denies estimates, were agreed to without
mach dicsenon.
On the motion that the Chairman report p
Mr. HENLEY complained of the manner the
sores bad been taken, a rote on account having been And
agreed to, and, before that vote had been repotted, the
balances of some of the votes being taken the same evening.
Mr. PEEL explained the reasons which rendered this'
sane unavoidable.
Mr. HENLEY protested whist the coarse as novel, if
not irregular.
Sir G. LEWIS mid no doubt it was unusual, but he de-
nied that there wee anything in it dangerous or uncoustitm
tional, or that it limited the responsibility of the govern-
ment ; though he admitted that it was inconvenient, and
that it was not desirable that it should be repeated.
The Chairman then left the chair, and the house resumed.

CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL.
This bill was read a third time and weed.

aahlatttdligtrtca

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
IL•sou 26.
(Hadar• tb• Judge Ordinary.)
PITONS V. STOPS AND APPLICTON.-BPICIAL JUST.

Mr. Kerslake, Q.C., addressing the jury for the defence.
having ridiculed much of the evidence which had been
adduced in proof of the petition, proposed to read some let-
ters of Capt. Stone, to show how he had behaved to his wife.
They would show how he had sought to cheer his wife, whom
he had left in England, to support four children on an allow-
ance of 101. a month and a property of her own amounting to
about MN. a year.
The Judge-Advocate objected to the production of the
letters, there being no plea of a recriminatory nature upon
the record.
Sir C. Creswell held that they were admissible, as they
might be consistent with a disposition on the petitioner s
part with an unjust endeavour to repudiate his wife.
(Applause, which the learned judge at onceordered to be
repressed.)
he letters were then read. They were fell of harsh tnd
unkind expressions. The petitioner continually reproached
his wife for the great affection which she displayed for her
children, and which he seemed to think was incompatible
with his own claims upon her love. He continually urged
her to importune her friends to give her money with
which to join him in lndie ; but flatly refused to under-
take any further pecuniary reeponaiality on her part.
He also scolded her for not exerting herself at the Horse-
guards to procure his more rapid promotion, and described
himself as a person of morose and lonely habits, for
whom nobody cared, and who was schooling himself to live
without human sympathy. He usually signed himself " Your
stern old husband."
Mr. Karalake concluded an able speech, hurting several
hours, withespresaing aconfident hope that the result of the
trial would be a vsedict that would save the honour of his
client—that although she might, from no fault of hen,
have lost the affection of her husband, would secure to her
the esteem of her friends.
Saw Marks, the fellow-servant of the woman Harris,
whose deposition, taken by a commissioner at Brighton,
had constituted the principal direct evidence against the
respondent, was then esamined, and she flatly contradicted
the material portionof Harris's statement.
The court then rose.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCIIIT.—LEwLs, Mama 26.

The civil basins. having been concluded on W ednesday
afternoon, three court. were opened yesterday for the pur-
ppoosse of disposing of the remaining cnroinal mace. The
Lord Chief Justice was sufficiently recovered from his late
indisposition to be enabled to act in the Crown Court ; Mr.
Justice Wiglitman presided in the Nil Price Court, and
Mr. Serjeant Casatee held a third court in the gland jury
room.

(Before the Lord Chief Justice.)
William Mort, 46, painter, was charged upon as indict-
ment, and also by the coroner's inquisition, with the wilful
murder el Mary Ann Day, by poison.
Ser.leant Parry was specially retained, with Mr. Hurst, to
conduct the prosecution on behalf of the magistrates of
Brighton, where the offence was alleged to have been com-
mitted. Mr. Itibton and Mr. Pearce were counsel for the
prisoner.
This case occupied the court for some considerable time,
bat the main facts on winch the charge was founded lay in
a very narrow compass. It appeared that the prisoner was
• native of Brighton, where he had for a great many years
carried on business as • painter, and that he was a widower
with six children. The deceased was a widow, about 41
years of age ; she bad nine children, and the only means
of subsistence she had for herself and her family consisted of
what little she was able to earn by her own bands
and the earnings of two of her eldest children. There
appeared to be no doubt that at the time of her
death she was in a state of great poverty. The pri-
soner, it seemed, bad been on most intimate and
affectionate terms with her, and the evidence showed that
he had promised to marry her, and that the marriage war
to have taken place about a month or six weeks after the
period of her death, which occurred on Sunday, the 22nd of
February. The prisoner was in the habit of very frequently
going to the house of the deceased and taking her out for a
walk ; they very often passed the whole day together, and
they used to go to different publiehouses and beershops, and
it was admitted that the deceased was addicted to habits of
intemperance, and was in a bad state of health. The
death, as above dated, occurred OD the 22nd February last.
On the morning of that day the prisoner went to the house
of the deceased, as had been his custom, and Raked her to
go out for • walk, and she consented to do so. This was
between eleven and twelve o'clock. About twelve o'clock
they went to • beerehop at Brighton, kept by a person
named Jutting, where they had some ale, and the wife of
the beer-shop keeper observed to the deceased that she
looked very ill. She replied that she felt very ill indeed.
She vomited and was purged violently, and her condition
was such, that she expressed • wish to go home immediately.
The prisoner went away with her, and accompanied her toher
own residence, where he left her, still in the most
dreadful agony. She continued in a very wretched
condition, exhibiting all the appearances of violent inflam-
mation of the bowels, and all the usual symptoms of arsenical
poisouing, until half-pest ten o'clock at night, when death
terminated her sufferings. The nature of the caw, of course,
at once excited suspicion, there was a coroner's inquisi-
tion, and the stomach and its contents were submitted to
analysis by Dr. Taylor, of (:c)'s Hospital. With regard to
this portion of the case, it may be ended that Dot the
slightest doubt existed se to the cause of death, or that it
resulted from the administration to the deceased, of a
very large dome of white arsenic; and the only
question was, by whom that poison bad been ad-
ministered. It would seem that suspicion imme-
diately was attracted towards the prisoner, and he
was summoned to appear before the coroner, who cautioned
him ea to the position in which he stood. and told him that
he was not bound to make the statement in reference to the
death of the deceased unless he chose to do so. It appeared, I
however, that he exprused a desire to state all he knew
upon the subject of the death of the unfortunate woman,
and he elected to be sworn and give evidence, and his depo-
sition was accordiegly taken upon oath. He then made •
statement to the effect Chat he had been acqnninted with
the deceased for about three yam, that be had agreed to be
married to her, and that the marriage was to have
taken place in April of the present year, but the
doomed objected to be married in that mouth because
it was the mouth in which her late husband had died. It
was then arranged that the marriage should take place in
May. He said that he bad not quarrelled or had any angry
words with the deceased immediately before her death, but
about six weeks before it happened they had bad a few
weeds about a young DAD with whom the deceased had
formerly been intimate, but this had all passed over. Ou
the Sunday on which she died, the prisoner stated that be
went to the deceased's house for the purpose of taking her
out foe a walk, as was his custom, and befut a they started
he said he gave her a glass of gin, which he had taken with
him. They then left her house together, and when they had
walked • short distance he gave her a mince-pie
which he had purchased the night raore, and she ate it,
and did not complain that it tested eitber hot or bitter.
They then went toJutting'e beer-shop, where she was taken
ill. He accompanied the deceased to her own house, and
as they were going along eia, was very sick, and when they
gotta the house helmet out for sixpenny-worth of brandy and
mixed some hot water with it, and gave it to the deceased,
and this was the only thing that staid upon her stomach.
The case for the prosecution ratted entirely upon the stag-
' gestion that the poison had been administered to the de-
,' ceased in the mince-pie, and that she could not have
taken it by any other means ; and evidence was
adduced in the first place to show that a greet
many other pies had been made with the same mince-
meat, and that no person who ate there had suffered in any
way from having dote so. According to the evidence of 1)r.
Taylor, the appearances that win, presented in the stomach
of the deceased wore such as would have been presented
upon the supposition that tin poison had been taken at the
time the pr,souer admitted he had given the mince-pie to
the &weaned. It also appeared that on the Tuemiay after
the death the prisoner had a conversation with Jut-
ting the beer-shop keeper, in the (course of which he
stated that he bad promised to marry the de-
ceased a year and • half before, but that she
bad deceived him, first, with regard to her age,
and also with reference to the. another of children
she bad, stating that she had only three, when
in reality she had nine. He also stated that he had reason
to believe that she was carrying on en intimacy with some
young man whom she had known before be became ac-
quainted with her ; and he said that he had at one time
broken off the connection with her, but be was so
" fascinated" with her that he bad made friends with her
again and bad promised to marry her, and that the marriage
was to have taken place very shortly. These facts were
relied upon oa the part of the prosecution, as
showing • motive for the COMIDUNDOD of the crime, it tieing
suggested that the prisoner had repented of having made
the engagement to merry the deceased, and that he had
resorted to the dreadful expedient of destroying her life in
order to relieve himself from the heavy burden, for a man
in his position, of having to maintain her and her nine
children, perticularly when he had no less than six children
of his own depeudent upon him. This was the only ground
that was put forward by the prosecution for the commission
of the crime; but this important fact in favour of the pri-
soner was at the same time admitted, namely, that there
was not the slightest evidence that he had purchased arsenic,
or that he bad ever had such en article in his possession,
and it also appeared that he exhibited great grief at the
death of the deceased, and appeared to he anxious not to
conceal anything having reference to the nature of the ma-
mmon that existed !rewrote them, or to the circumstance.

under which the death took place.
Mr. Itibton, at the close of the case for the prosecution,
made a very able speech to the jury on behalf of the pri-
soner, end he contended that even upon the opeoiog of the
case by Serjsant Parry it was evident that there was nothing
like positive or direct evidence in support of the charge, and
that they were called upon to convict the prisoner solely
upon infereacee that were to be drawn from car-
taM facts that were alleged to exist. He then pro-
ceeded to commonest upon the evidence that had Noe
adduced for the prosecution, and particularly upon
the fact that there wee nothing to show that the
poisoner had emir been is pommies of arsenic, or that he

hod ever endeavoured to proonre any, and be submitted
th►t at Ow utintan the came only amounted to cue of suspi-
cion, and that the jury ought not, under such circum-
stances, to return a verdict the inevitable effect of which
must be to consign a bureau being to the scaffold.
TM Lord Chia! Justice then summed up, and tlts jury
almost immediately returned a verdict at Not Guilty.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.-13tity BT. EDMOND'S,

ILLaca 26.

The Lord Chief Justice Fate end Mr. Justice Williams
came from Cambridge on Tuesday, and on Wahmeday
opened the commission of assize for the county of Suffolk.
The calendar contains the s•meaof twenty-one prisomers,
and many of the offences sr of the gravest character.
Yesterday the Lord Chief Justice sat in the Crown Court,
and disposed of several cases, and Mr. Justice William;
by three o'clock, cleared the cause list, finishing the civil
business in fire hours. This morning the court wee
densely crowded, the Lord Chief Justice having 'deified his
intention to take the came of the primmer charged with murder
At the sitting of the court the prisoner was brought into
the dock. His name is John Ducker. He is described in the
calendar as 63 years of age, sad labourer, indicted for wil-
fully and maliciously killing and murdering Ebenezer Tye,
at Halesworth, on the 25th November, 1862 He pleaded
Not Guilty, and • jury having her formed the trial
proceeded.
Mr. Bulwer and Mr. H. Smith were counsel for the pro-
secution ; Mr. Pheer defended the prisoner.
The deceased was a young policeman stationed at Hales-
worth, and had been ordered by hie superintendent to
watch closely the prisoner and his premises. la the
comes of the performance of this duty be met his death.
The prisoner's hour is in Clarke's-jsrd, Chedistonsdreet,
Halerrorth, and at the bottom of this yerd runs a filthy
brook, with an osier ground adjoining. He was by trade •
bay trusser, and for some days before this occurrence was
at work for a farmer named George. The theory of the
prosecution is, that on the morning of the murder the
policeman detected the prisoner carrying hay which he had
stolen up the yard, that he endeavoured to arrest him, •
struggle took place, which ended in the officer being oom-
y overpowered, rendered iusensible by • blow, and
lagged to this brook, where he was held under water till
To support this it was proved that at shoot seven
o'clock the prisoner was seen sweeping up hay in the yard,
and in an empty house -in the rune yard occupied
by the prisoner • quantity of hay was, found.
This was identified by Mr. George's man as
precisely similar to that which the prisoner had been
tramming for his muter. The policeman was to watch the
prisoner's house between five am, and breakfast time, end
was last seen alive between one and two am. of Tuesday
morning, the 25th November. Not returning from his
duty after that morning, in the evening a search was
made for him, a constable being at once sent to the pri-
soner's boast. He was at home at rapper, and was found
to have the marks of a severe blow on the face, one eye
black and very much discoloured, the other eye discoloured,
• scratch on his left cheek, • wound on his wrist, and a
wound on the head. The latter he accounted for by say-
, ing, " it was done with a comb;' the wound on the wrist
and the scratch oa the cheek were caused, he said, "by the
hay cutting knife," and to account for the discoloured eye,
he said, " a piece of wood he was chopping on Friday flew
up and struck him." These excuses were shown to be untrue
by witnesses who deposed to seeing him the day before the
murder with no marks of violence upon him. The police-
man sent to his house, we have said, found him at supper; in
about twenty minutes miter the body was found. Deceased
was lying on his back at the bottom of the brook, in about
two feet of filthy water, the left arm up as it guarding his
head, and with his uniform greet coat buttoned. His hat,
cutlass, and belt staff and haadcuffs,lwere missing, and there
was a mark on the heed as of a blow, which the medical man
said would be sufiicient to render him insensible, though
not enough to account for death. The immediate cause was
suffocation from drowning. The prisoner was at once taken
into custody end charged with the murder, but said he knew
nothing about it. A further search being made the hand-
cuffs were raked from under where the body had been
lying,the hat was some twenty yards lower down the stream,
end the staff was found in the osier bed. The prisoner was
asked if the clothes be had on were what be mussily wore,
sad he said they were, and were all he had, except his Sun-
day suit. Next day search being made in his hour trousers
were found which had been recently partAy washed, with
modand weeds adhering similar to three found on the clothes
of the murdered man. Inquiries being made, • woman who
lived within four doors of the prisoner said she heard oaths
morning of the 25th, about mix o'clock, the steps of two per.
sons going down the yard, and shortly after a shriek.
Another woman deposed to bearing the footsteps, and
also two men in angry talk, the voices of
whom she recognised as those of the policeman
and the prisoner, and she after coming from the direction
they bad gone a groan once repeated. This woman also saw
the prisoner sweeping up the hay litter in the yard about an
hour after. From suspicions the police entertained • man
sad his wife named Warne were subsequently arrested and
charged as accessories after the fact, but on examination be-
fore the magistrates were at once discharged. The prisoner
wee now removed to the station-house at Boccie*, and when
there called the inspector to him and said be wanted to soy
something. The inspector took down his statement in
writing, and it was to the effect that on the morning of the
murder " He saw a man come into Clarke's yard, where
be (the prisoner; lived, that he had on a long dark coat,
and was carrying • truss of hay. As soon as he saw him.
he threw it down and ran away, oo be (the prisoner)
thought he'd put in his empty house till some one claimed
it." On the same day he again celled the inspector to him
and said, "Stephen Warne came to me on Monday night
aid borrowed my old clothes of me. When he brought
them back on Tuesday, he told me he had seen a policeman,
end he'd be —if he hadn't done for him."
The WWI was called by the prosecution, and gave • flat
denial to all this, and during the time be was giving
his evidence the prisoner seemed greatly excited.
The prisoner's conduct on the morning of the murder was
further traced, and evidently to his dismay. "Old Ben
Warm.," the father of the other witness, deposed to seeing
the prisoner in his eon's shop that morning, looking at his
face in a looking glass. Seeing the state of the perigee's
face he said, " Jack ! you've bade rum-un !" to which the
prisoner replied, " Yes, I've had • hustle with • policeman,
and it wee • hustle !"
Another witness we. called to whom the prisoner lied
said a day or two before the murder, upon his remonstrating
with him about steeling some wood, " I won't be stopped
by a policeman-111 go in for it, and have life for life.
The jury returned • verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner
was sentenced to death.