The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-19 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—ManrroNz, MANCH 16.
CROWN COORT.ORPORM NS. RAM, PLATT.
THE ROCHESTER MURDER.
Mintier* Ass, Loses, 18 years of age, and of a remark-
ably girlish appearance, was indicted for the murder of her
mistress, Cathie's' Biotin. There was also a charge of
stealing property belonging to the deceased.
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Denman conducted the prosecution ;
Mr. Ribtoa defended.
Mr. Bodkin having given an outline of the case for the
prosecution,
Hannah Haggett, • milk vendor, deposed that she took
some milk to the housa of deceased-en the morning of the
:Nth January last, the day of the murder. Prisoner received
the milk from witness. It was then ten minutes past sight.
Henry Palmer, a youtg lad, mocked and rang two or
three minutes at deceased's door, on the morning referred
to, to ILA if he should sweep away the scow. Prisoner, at
last, unbolted and opened the door, sod he saw that she
was bleeding from • wound in her throat. Ran away, and
gave an alarm. Was oa the terrace about a quarter of an
hone, before he knocked, but saw no one about.
Samuel Smith, summoned to the spot by the last whims,
found prisoner standing with her throat cut. Went Into
the first-floor bedroom, and saw the batty of deceased partly
lying in the room and partly in the peerage, so that the door
could not he slat. Deceased was dressed except her gown.
Dr. Osumi', 94th Regiment, deposed that be went to the
hoots, 11, Ordnance-terrace, about half-past 9. Saw the
body of deceased, who had apparently been dead about an
hour. Found serious wounds at the back of her head, either
of whist' would have been fatal. Questioned prisoner as to
who had done it, and she answered, " Two men who came
fee dust did it with a cleaver." She stated also that =s of
the men bad ant her throat in the kitchen, and that they
then lett the house, and slammed the don after them.
Witness found an axe in the cellar with blood on it, and in
the kitchen was a bloody knife on the dresser. There was •
pool of blood in the kitchen. From the afirarance of psi-
loner's throat, thought the wound had been inflicted about
half an hour before he ism it. It was each as might have
been inflicted by herself. When be first asked prisoner
about the matter, she could not speak, but shook her head,
and painted up stairs. Prisoner subsequently told him that •
one of the men had carried the body 01 deceased up stairs.
The wooed on prisoner's throat was not of a serious cha-
racter. The deceased was a small, short person, and very
thin.
Baraabas Howes, soostable, examined the house. Nand
• pail of bloody water. Oa the tollowiog day, is
with Superinteadest Emile, found some articles of=
in the privy beleegiag to the house.
Mr. Matthew Bacon, son of deemed, slid diseased W
net in his opinion weigh mere than four stone. No ow
resided in the house but herself and the prisoner. Doseasad
trevieratly same down partially dressed, ani finished dress-
ing in the kitchen. Demised always fed toe cat herself. On
the morning of the murder, about half-past nine, saw his
mother's body, and observed that the face bad been washed.
PIiNNIOT, after • question several times repeated, told him
she bad washed the face of deceased. Saw no appearance of
say struggle having takes plus in the kitchen. (The wit-
ness then described the appearance of the cellar, Idyls",
die.) Witness, after examining the lower part of the bare
went upstairs and saw three of his mother's keys IZiez
• chair. Deceased usually carried these keys inter
and they opened drawers where other keys were kept. ono
of which opened • box where his mother kept her rosy.
He opened that box daring the morniorr, and fowl Mar
trained 1001. in mosey and cheque/. lie had sins boos
shown • variety of articles which he eossipdrod as Oho pe.
petty of his mother.
Cron-examined—My nether wee in the WOK=
about 1001. in the house. like has had about five
servants during the last two years.
Mr. Robert Atkinson, mimeos, described the febrile
sustained by deceased. Was certain the deceased could
sever have rallied after the infliction of the first blow : it
must have entirely stunned her. Was of opinion that the
wound in the prisoner's neck was one she could have in-
flicted herself, and he saw se other mark of isjury about
her, and she did not complain of oi,y. While he was exa-
mining the prisoner, a bloody piece cf paper fell from her
breast, and, upon opening it, he found it contained • brooch
and • ring. The paper was crumpled up in • careless
manna.
Crowexamised.—The prisoner was for some time is
implicate danger from the wounri 0;11 had received. Sews
of the wounds on deceased might have been caused Spas&
ME Thomas E , Repaint- odeot of polio., in search-
hut the prisoner's room, at the bouts its Ordnenc•-terrace,
found • duplicate, and in t • bid of the prisoner there
were two books, one of which was " Othello," and the
ether the " Arabian Nights." He also found a deem,
and in the pocket of that dress there was soother dupli-
cate, and also • Sarin and a sizpenee. Tinted *was another
48•01 the nom an which there were swam if blood, be-
hind and at the pocket. The blood anemias bars soaked
°lsraeli immdk• 'Wilk if iit• deans, .Witnais ties lust

dews bathe Seller astillseed the maw et Mod beat •
theme Se the lily. The dew silks likehee peemated the
apposes, Oho's; hose epee* by a lisodylmad. Up a
the seat of the privy the were 11.111ONI••• as though
.01111911 had Ines breed dews, sad epee essaistatiit
fogad adage, &shawl, gat a heat of bhp Mk
to the doessed. Them wee a peel dud of bitted balsam
shawl esdahe_ggee the dram, and Ms War wee else me,
gm
I term Wllmisallerigarde seembed the beak Mabee
sat seed leer omega as the dose of the Maass
had milk is them. sad Obey wen oow the peel.
that it append to bare **shed late them. Thies fees
e mum embed DOM aims Is masers. WI.
emslse afterweeds bassi Mod tram the liaises to the
upper pet of tte Mask ad sou the isside of the base
doer MIN liked Maned O have spatted. The deer was
fasemed bys lash, a sgelspiesh, sad a ads *Udine isle
a groove. Them wags saes Man s loge bluely laps
the Made of the Moro* thee* a poems had
art, sad there watts peel of Wood ahem
holds the pomp. There was ass mem
blood spas the deer Oda. The deemed lady was a map
light puree sad he lifted her sadly with sae heed. Oa
the WMessjy attes the eider, he made a farther mesh
I. the hest seder, sad Med a pose eseassled be a tab
of mad. It essesieed bespeee daftle teed a ipso,
and many el the efts, as well es the pm itesif, wen
bloody.
Crees-eamedlt was shot four easel la the ho-
uses of the Ilkh Jagger/ MA be lead die dos, sad be
did not deem the used ages it weal Me or three his,
abominate. TM wee le a tab of seed that was dm
lay
**dimple!~ la the oak&
peek of the
maks (alter due maim) to lie. Boys, a megisieste of
lashoster, was ken put la as dente :—" Thk minis&
after peeks my saistreses hreakket seedy, I was dein ley
week id was is the mast elOggisig af weed ; a Meek some
to the Mat door; I west am sad smeared it. sad Moe
woo two men, Ms of them asked if I wanted the ashes
taken away ; whiktl was seamarks, the other cm sem in
the doer; Massie, brad* as talkies, ems don
stairs Mesa ; she had got her pea sad Mad.
kerchief es bee gem, earldoms stain late the lashes,
sad I weedhamsat dramas dine with the other mss, sea
I was se Meowed I did art Mew what se say er OM to
do ; the ma whore le Met ameba mg salsisms„ who
no km the ealke M MO. I salted set be i twe er
three these, mad my mktme gelled toy 7Nd ter
bap glee, sad thee the Ober ism pme
shot ha ever se keg to try to take lassies with m
sad after&using my mistress ever se sag be deemed he;
up
stein. I don't 'mew say mere that ilalewed, Shea I
kept screaming, sad the masa thet was done skis la the
hitch, a, Mt a Ma of the dragooned drew ls U11111111_24
throat end awe left Mar He thee we up asks be bed
sot been up keg basso these elms emeher keg* at the
front door sad afar swiss time I messed to Owl up
through thi pomp the
mesa Mee gad then is ell I knew.
I kaew the drem .1 the INS wid, be me Elsa boa pt
mated musses and • greet seat wlth red emedreser mad
Ids neck, sad the other one was dressed is whoa Wok they
soil fustian ; I hare sees the must before, hat Is ea know
their name. I think its sore than a week elsee they
came to the front door is the suss way as thls mesaks ;
there was a donkey and cut at the beat gate who the nee
first kneeled at the door ; the ma that was dews stain
with sae I bit his head so severely este make my teak wen
nearly Root. Oae of the ma Joked about 20 se 21 years
of age ; the WM. I Mak, lashed a little eider ; the
*anon ad the easel of the me It wee whose heed I hit.
I wish to add that I Mk a Mg emi look of
W ammleses to rap esteem, ate Maas left
them ea the manta lest sight, sad I was @MN the
men would take rhos, so I took them of deo
bat is say fright I do test haw what bee begueemirf=l4
Pusan Clark, servant le ere oldie Mums sigiiedeg la
deceased's, said, la their bathes they mail bias what Ma
place in the lassies as Ifs. 11. Was is lisle Moho daring
the morning of IMO* of J amary:Ma hosed m asks that
attracted her auseilem

--ZToas7szaniinei..—lhe bad occasion to go npatairs is her
mistress, sag deo isite the pram daring um stancias beton
tho slurs cies Ovea.
Rs-sziomelltilasa was met oat of the kitehsa mon

that fly. athletes abegalbee.
Mary leas Creates. the =neat at the hoses oa the
other We si the ins esseylei by the deemed. pee *violates
of a dupe aliassalst.
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/limbo* PanattL:ffsmisty =veal to demand, d
that while she was doesasere @anise ski was hi=
with a sorvaat at No. 10, sad they used to husk at the
wall, sad they scald but sash GUM do so, sad it wee a sort
of signal Mtwara tea Wills as was with the deemed
it was Woman se keep ears Ada& is the woad cam,
aced W donna always fed the aid hesself, sad gave her
milk atm sbe kM her own breakfast.

Mr. Beam won here recalled, sad he explained that his
mother meat isms down stairs without having a dress is,
bet she trasistly had mother dress on her arm.
The former witsser's woes *emanate& was this ma&
cued, and she proceeded to identify all the wades pranged
by the oncost Everest, as belonging le the deesesed lady.
She aim said that after the door wee owe opened in the
morning it was only secured by the Isla, sad the chain wee
n pia lip in the day time.
The boy Palmer ;was here and he mid he wee
certain that be heard the goad of a bolt brag run bet
when the paressegeme to open the door.
Mr. W. Wane, pambeelow at Cram, Frani that
both the Velma bead la the dress of the presage rehired
to prawn pledged by the primer is the maw of
which wee iientiled by Mr. Beam se taillights to
lady. It einsisted of • satin dreskpillew ammo tarn sad
other arida of the same derwatin The dress was
pawned on the Selarday, two days base the earder, and
the urea ebbing urn it was 7s.
Mr. C. CUR, sada pewebaker, medusa a mart that
was peened at his shoon the Mith Desember by the pr-
eemie is the sane of lasses Peaty he 120., sad the girl
Parrett proved that M was the pare* One deemed.
Evidence wee this glees that ea the listerday belga the
murder the prisoner ha Rhos mese suesbersols distiesery
to a penes named lisinyard, retai
renm st Iteekenese; sad it
appeared that she bed always rasted le pen
that the dressed was her ant. The balm were this
Meaniees&
as the property a lb& Essen.
Mr. Bacon was rasa d, sad wag questions were put to
him with • view to eseisteis wheats tray Fete was missing
from the 1103014. He mid he Mad • sal quantity of piste ;
Ms be MS not aware what quantity of pion Ms amiss gm-
segeed, sad he was, therefore, usable to ea 4464 there
• emy aria.
In swim le quiedoes pntW Mr. Hilton En asses said
that his mean reseivoll Asa SM. every half year hat sae
soma, but tie h eked may Ma others. Re she said
that she woe a gang women sad did not 'Fad half her
income. The wary that wee k the boa easisted
prinei-
pa4ydrid set bah seem.
This Asa the we he _ the pesees.
Mr. Elam then Mamma the Fey for the debase.
Having teMted es esaildamble length, to the ha of the
case, he asked whether it wee likely that a yeas girl like
the prisoner, of weak frame sod small stature, anal& have
emanated mesh • horrible Rims ass a masses who had
always Waal boa with Madam nedelistion, and whether
it was set really mach mem pea-his that her we
true, that two min probably ezporiossed Leaden
having become @grained with the het of the deleseel
lady being in the habit of Mersa • egesidiable sue of
mosey Is the hewn had kid s Fir to rob sod mast her.
lie reneeked ass the anomie of anything the meta for
the asemindes el each a wing, and said thee if the eljenst
the phase Ind bees, se _ appeared to be euggested es the
part of
take
peossesties, pleinr, mold an
Ike
prisoner
nave takes the 1001. that Nee in the bon el Ishii the key
was fa her pesession The lanai emu' Shia west,
Wass by daft Mme the stelemosi te Moja
Bye, essiles Mat eves the meet leagebable rib
of it were liply lass ingestalle this that
she murdered she old lady with is meta, without
revenge a enginty, balms Ses Wastes pest eight
and Mikan nine, when Y panda were her olg
jest, she had platy of opperbeeltise, and, if revenge, she
could have Wafted her Waist at sa best which would
have given bialienty et dm er;=ialle knew the
danger • deals Mischa his belief that
there vas Mang list not be time Mr
aareasn hezFled as etas stoke
•
in the rir, Mee bed an shesselles sin
tress, PIMP, esseerinee of eeming is bed, end of
coming down Ws. The mares ha the kWh In her hand,
and, perhaps, mike the Moises of het, or stag tato mad-
ams by reprosehes, gave her • him with, set the imp side,
hat the bask if the sin The hissed eased quoted
deelless by arias le skew that dash, by a sudden
blew, adatreat was held to be manslaughter.
Bases Platt, in saming up, remarked that a jury had
nothing te do with mere opinion or imagination i they
mast act upon tamp. If the evidence were inesiliss they
east acquit the Finset ; but if it led to the
andaies that it was horrible but that the eseumed was
guilty of this dreadful deed, they most perform their duty
to God and their Natty. The learned jar this red
ewe thealdisme, ournenting particularly on the wailing
of elemessers bar by the prtsoner, end on her statessest
that deemed was murdered by • chopper. How did she
knew that ? This down is the cellar was bloating:as:4
and the kettle sad all the gateau for raking a
eleanelsg. But if these two m.. game is to math two
makes, they vend have to get away es fortes they
scald, ma would see be staying to web the bee a rase
Sheltie IR the Pam After- empties le Brae etas.
mesh mete kr the defence by prisoner's counsel, the
leased Judge wasisded by stating that he would leave the
ow milli theivry, who, he had no doubt, weal mainly
their duty.
The to ached consider their Tsang at ton mints,
before o'clock, and the prigera wet tamead below.
At farms minutes past sine o'eleek the jay returned,
and azalea the meet bread= stems,
Mr. Clara, Vie hem.., sad hem a paper the weeds s
" We he met lad the presser OWN, upon the rams
produced."
The prisoner, she bed bees brought up to but the cm
din was simnel 111 a Maths, conditios by the women
strainate.
The redid sprawl to strike every one in the aurtirith
sigaggwece, ere ft was rumoured, subernently„ thee a Iwo
rimer mamba the local A.nti•Cipital Pealamenit
Society, whe me es the jury, had stood out wilt
whole of his solissiess, until they consented to • voila se
acquittal.
MAacn 17.

The rinser, Elisabeth AIM Law, was to-day agate
pined at no bat baton Yr. Bans Platt, to take kw trial
apes am tadialetost ocatalang Wes omits, the lint et
take eines* her with asaliv a satin dress ; the eased a,
towel. asap pillee-eassa, nod is anions; sad the third,

gold to be

• hoses& sof • Nog ; all of wide► articles wen _
the property of the dowsed lady.
A diarist jury wee el ammo saponified to try the pri
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3k. Demean eoudested the prosecution. The prisoner
wee sodefeaded.
Evidease was effused to show that the prlsoaer had as
two &Serest sonalueeszted the articles nieatiosed,
'ivies a Nee Bane sad a
The primer, who made so Lbw, was found Owiley,
sof esatemed le els 'soothe' imprieteunent.

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