The Express.
London, England, 1863-07-30 00:00:00

IN SI JONES AND BROIRIDOIL

The bankrupts, William Henry Jones and Beery Richard
Breinridge, were upholsterers sod house decorators, of 214,
Piccadilly. This was the sitting for examination and dis-
charge. The amounts show unsecured debts of 10,2171. ;
liabilities. 7361. On the other side appear the following
items :—Good debtor", 7131. ; doubtful ditto (2.3611. this
include@ a sum of 1,7491. due from Mr. Dion Boucicaultt ;
property given up, 1,2041. ; ditto held by creditors, 6,ocze.
This bugs amount comprises an item of 5,5001., the iod-
inated value of the lease of the bankrupts' premises, held by
the Commissioners of Woods and Works, as 'scurry, for a
debt of 101. only.
Mr. Linklater. for the minima, stated that the bank-
rupt Jams had filed the joint accounts sad his own separate
account in du time, and there was no objection to his
paring. The other bankrupt had only just 61,4 his
umlaute, and his examination must therefore be adjourned.
The creditor' had no objection to the accounts, and there
wu no reason why Mr. Jones should not have his order of
discharge. If the less* of the premises were realised at
the value at which it was estimated—and the assignees had
bad a very favourable report upon it from Mr. Marsh—
there would be little or no deficiency on the liabilities of
10,0001.

His Honour passed the examinatioo, and granted the
order is the case of Jones ; the examination of Bremridge
was adjourned to the 14th of August.

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Alfred Holden. 25. ;MiTri;in the Royal Artillery, a
gamut solder-like looking young man, was Owed at the bar
to mead to an indictment, and also an loquimitioa by the
coroner, both of which charged him with the wilful murder
of bin child, eleven months old, named Alfred James Holden.
In some of the counts of the indictment the child was
described Klan infant of tender years, known bt the name of
Tom.

The ciretunstanosa of the case lay in a very narrow com-
pass. The pnsooer was stationed with his regiment at
Chatham, he had been employed an cook, bat it seemed
that he had &agreed with his sergeant, end they were on
bad terms, and there was no doubt that the prisoner enter-
taioed a good deal of angry feeling against his sergeant. On
the morning of the Ist of April, it appeared that he was at
Lis own lodging at Gillingham with is wife, and the child
in question, and there wag no doubt that the prisoner took
the unhappy infant out of the bed, where it was lying, and
nearly cut ita head off with a razor. He never seemed to
have attempted .denial of the act, but his statement to the
police was that the sergeant bad sggravated him, and he was
determined to kill some one, in order that he might lose his
own life, u ke wail tired of his existence, and that bevies(
considered what heshould do, he resolved to kill his own
child iu order that his wife might not have the additional
burden of maintaining is as well as herself, after he was
gone. The prisoner was represented to have been very fond
of his wife, and also of the child whom he bad so cruelly
destroyed, sod it sus supposed in the first instance that his
mind was affected, but nothing seems to have transpired
since the terrible occurrence that in any way tends to con-
firm this saggestioe.
When the prisoner wu called upon to uy whether he
pleaded guilty or not guilty of the felony and murder of
which he was accused, be replied in a calm and deliberate
tote, "1 am guilty."
Baron Cbannell asked the prisoner whether he was aware
that he via charged with the crime of wilful murder, for
which his life might be forfeited, and he at the same time
told him that he must clearly understand that pleading guilty
would not have the slightest effect or in any way
alter the sentence that would have to he pronounced on him.
The prisoner, coolly, mid that hewn aware of all that the
lamed judge had stated.
Baron annuli—And do you still say that you are
guilty ?
Prisoner—l do, my lord.
The learned judge directed that he should stand down
for the present, and he went into the other court, as it was
understood, for the purpose of consulting Boron Bramwell
upon the case. He afterwards sent for the governor of the
prison, and made some inquiries of him respecting the pri-
mmer and u to the state of his mind.

The prisoner was shortly dterwards again placed at the
bar to receive sentence. I • ens sir to the formal question
whether he had anything to urge why rubor of death
should not be pared upon him according to law, he replied
in • raider tone, "Not at all."
Baron Channel! baring put on the black cap, addressed
the prisoner, and said that he led pleaded guilt, to the
crime of Wall murder, the most heinous offence lumen to
the law, and committed upon the person of his own son, •
child eleven months old. fie was willing to believe that he
wall not actuated by those feeling of malice or revenge
which sometimes led to crimes of this description, but it
appeared that, haring miscooducted himself io the duties
io which he wee employed for the regiment to which
be belonged, in such • mariner that be we. com-
pelled to leave, be resolved to kiU his child, in order
that it might sot be • burden to his wife. He
bad pleeded guilty after being most carefully warned that
such • oourse would not have the slightest effest upon his
sentence or punishment, and he (the learned judge) had sire
thought proper to institute some inquiries of the keeper of
the gaol with respect to his conduct roes he had bees in
corinemeet, sad he could Dot learn anything that Wooed
him to believe that he was sot responsible for Ida arenas
or that be was sot so at the time he committed the act to
which he bad pleaded guilty. He bad, therefore, no other
duty to perform than to par upon him the sentence fired
by the law for the terrible crime be had committal.
His Lordship thee pried 011111‘11000 of death in the usual