The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1852.

Stockport. Ile was residing with a brother-in-law,
twined Flannigan, with whim he called to see a person
named Riley, about half-pot eight o'clock in the evening
429th Juue. Riley was not at home, and they proceeded
mine through Lord-street. At that time the Eng
I.nls were running clown the street pursued by the Irish
party, and Flannigan slid they had better hasten home.
Ile ran away, heavier; Moran in the street. Moran because
engaged in a scuffle with an Englishman named Wood.
Wood had been struck with a stone on the back, and turn-
ing round quickly ho caught hold of the deceased, pulled
him down, and they both fell together. An Irishman came
up with a rod in his hand, and struck Moran on the left
side of the head. Moran had previously risen—he again
fell, and Wood die imaged himself from him. As Moran
was in the act of rising from this secend full, a man ran
across from the other side of the street with a poker in his
hand, and struck the poor man another violent blow on the
right side of the head, which took such dre idful effect on
him that he died at two o'clock in the musing of the fol-
lowing day. The learned counsel then proceeded to nar-
rate the subsequent circumstances, which he substantiated
by calling the following witnesses :
James Flanagban was the brat witness called. lie raid—
On Tuesday, the 29th June, the deceased and he went to
Ryley's, in Rock-row. They reached there about seven
o'clock. About twenty minutes after they went up Lord-
street. A mob of about 100 English were coming down the
street. Witness had not seen any Irish until seeing hr
was in danger he made his escape. Moran was with wit-
ness, who left him near Barlow's beer-house, opposite
Baxter's shop, at the corner of Lord-street and Welling-
ton-road. After making his escape he returned in three
or four minutes, and saw Moran about a yard or a
yard and half front Baxter's shop, lying on his
face with a large cut on the right aide of the head.
Alter the wounded man had received surgical treatment
at Ityley's, witness brought Moran outside to take him away.
There were several hundred Englishmen about the door.
An Englishman who was assisting him said " Don't strike
him any more ; he has bad enough." One of the crowd
said " He's an Irishman," and struck him with • large
lump of wood on the left side of his head. It was on the
different side to that of the first blow. The deceased said
"O dear, I am done." Witness then got him to the
Court-house, and he was seen by Mr. Walters. Witness
remained with him until a quarter or twenty minutes
past eleven. Deceased was alive when he left him, but he
never saw him alive after. He did not speak after he was
struck with the wood, but sighed and moaned very much,
end also after the first blow. They asked his name at the
Court-house' but he was not able to tell them.
By the Judge—The deceased walked when he came out
of Ryley's with witness's assistance, and the assistance of
an Englishman. After he received the last blow, he could
not walk at all. _ _

John Wood, moulder, living at Stockport, deposed to
seeing the prisoner with a poker on the night in question,
and receiving • blow from him. That was from 8 to ten
minutes put.
Martha Wareham was in Lord-street on the night in
question between 8 o'clock and five minutes past. After
describing some of the incidents of the riot, the witnes.
Proceeded. The man Moran fell to the ground like lead.
I turned round to the man who struck him, and said, "Thou
murdering thief, thou hut killed him." That man was
the prisoner, lam sure of it. Saw him at the inquest, and
recognised him. The man who was struck was a good-
looking young man. Me was an Irishman.
Cross-examined—When I saw the blow struck, I saw
Mr. Axon close to where the struggling was going on. The
man with the poker went towards St. Peter's Church.
William Wareham, husband of the last witness, who was
with her at the time, corroborated her statement. Ile iden-
tified the prisoner as the party who struck the deceased
with the poker. Witness spoke to the prisoner, and said he
deserved hanging, and ought to have the poker taken from
him. lie replied that witness had better try to take it.
The prisoner then picked up the party who was struck. 11,
was taken away by Flanaghan and another man. lie was
bleeding on the right side of the head, from a wound nearly
as thick as his finger.
Crow-examined—There was not • blow struck by au
Englishman at that time. Was entail' thou lads did not
strike the man. Saw the prisoner i• custody about a quar-
ter of an hour or 20 minutes after.

Elisabeth Kirkham stated that on the night in question,
when in Wellington street, she saw John Woad strike a
min over the head with something he had in his hand.
John Wood and that man came to the ground together,
Wood under. Wood got away ; then the other man was
getting up, when the prisoner paned witness with a poker
in his hand. Should not have seen him, but he touched
her elbow in passing. He then streak the man who was
getting up with the poker over his head. The man fell
down, and witness ran away.
John Hoyle, who lives at the corner of Wellington-street,
deposed to linen, the deemed, and Wood, wrestling
together. Both fell, and just before Moran could get up,
he was struck with a poker on the right side of the head.
Wood bad then got away amongst the crowd. Moran fell
to the ground from the blow of the poker. The prisoner
struck the blow with the poker. Had seen him bane
about the town for two or three years, but had no acquain•
taocc with him. Saw the prisoner standing upon Mr.
Beater's flags before at his door. lie had the poker in his
hand then.
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Thomas Powell saw prisoner inflict the wound on de-
ceased with a poker.
Mr. J. 13. Sheddon surgeon, deposed to the existence of
the wound in deceased's head.
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---16.7iari;eiatleyiiClier.;, surgeon, stated that he saw
Morgan at the Court-house immediately after he was
brought in. Saw on the right side of the head a cut ex-
tending from the upper portion of the right car upwards
and backwards towards the crown of the head, about three
inches long. It penetrated down to the covering of the
skull. There was also a wound over the left eye, more in
the character of a bruise than by a sharp instrument. There
were no other injuries on the head. At the post-mortem
examination of the body he found a fracture of the skull on
the right aide, with effusion of blood on the brain. There
was no fracture on the lett side corresponding with the
wound. The cause of death was effusion of blood upon the
brain, arising from one of the arteries of the brain being
divided by the broken part of the skull.
Cross-examined—lt is by no means possible that the blow
on the left side could have produced effusion upon the
brain. There was no appearance of the effusion having
been caused by any other blow than that which produced
the fracture. The deceased might not be able to walk or
talk after the third blow, but that would not be the cause.
Have no doubt whatever that the cause of death was the
fracture. The third blow might be a simple blow, and do
no injury at all.
Re-examined—The skull was depressed, and one edge
was knocked rather more in than the other, and infringed
on the brain, so as to wound the artery between the (Lira
mater and the skull, but the dura mater itself was not
injured. If effusion did not take place immediately after
the blow was struck, the man might recover so as to be
able to walk and talk, and would then gradually become
worse.

r. William Rayner eorrobarattd the evidence of the
lime witness. _

Elizabeth Wheeler was called at the request of Mr. Mac
Intyre—Was at the corner where the deceased was killed,
standing at the door of her mother's house. Saw a man
strike him with a lone white stick. The name of the man
who struck him was Goodwin.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
Mr. M'lntyre then addressed the jury on behalf of the
prisoner, and proceeded to show that the evidence had
failed to prove the identity of the prisoner. The learned
counsel proceeded to argue that if the jury were satisfied
that the prisoner inflicted the fatal blow, still the crime
was only manslaughter.
The learned Judge then proceeded to explain to the jury
the difference between the crimes of murder and man-
slaughter, alter which he read through the whole of the
evidence.

The jury then retired, and after an absence of 40 minutes
returned a verdict of Guilty etaaanalaughter."
The judge sentenced the pd sum tio 15 years' transporta-
tion.

MAILLBOROUGH-STREET.
ef 9411{4 Jahn Drainsim, of the Bengal army, was charged
with having attempted to rescue Louisa Boston from the
Williain Gale, C 14. said about two o'clock that morning
he found the woman drunk in the Haymirket, and creating
• disturbance. llt was proceeding to remove her to the
station-house, when, as is customary, she dung herself on
the pavement, and began kicking and screaming furiously.
While ',named in raising her up, the defendant, Dawson,
laid hold of hits, and requested him to let the woman gu.
Ile told the defendant to let him discharge his duty with-
out interference. The defendant would not be quiet, and
still interfered, telling hint if he took the woman to the
station-house he (Captain Dawson) would bail her. The
defendant then took hold of his collar, and said he should
take his number, as he had knocked the women duwn, and
was exceeding his duty in using force to take her to the
station-house. At List witness was obliged to leave the
woman, and to lay hold of the captain, tor improperly ob-
structing him, and to convey him and his drunken rirubgil
to the station-house.

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Captain Dawson, in &fence, said he saw the woman on
the ground, and it appeared to Lim the constable was ex-
ceeding his duty.
A witness said. he saw Captain Dawson go up to the con-
stable and ask hint polibly for his number.
Inspector Whall said the woman was one of the most
troublesome prostitutes and thieves in the district. She was
drunk when brought to the station-house, and the other
defendant was not quite sober.
Mr. Bingham said the present case showed the folly of
persons interfering with the police in disturbances, the
commencement of which they had not seen. In future he
should advise the defendant, if he thought a constable was
exceeding his duty, not to interfere with him, but to take
his number and make his complaint at the station-house or
at Scotland-yard. As the defendant had evidently acted
tinder a misapprehension of facts he would not indict any
line.
The two defendants were then discharged.
Henry Pori lawn. using man of very respectable con-
nexion, was charged with stealing a printed volume from
the shop of Mr. Bosworth, bookseller, 215, Regent-street.
Mr. Bosworth met the prisoner accidentally in Maddox-
street with a book in his hand, which struck him as re•
sembling one of a set of books which was on his counter.
lie went to his shop, and missieg one of the volumes, he
went after the prisoner, and found him in a confectioner's
shop in Bond-street, with the book in his possession. Ile
charged the prisoner with stealing the book; the prisoner
did not deny it. but said it was his first offence, and that,
having quarrelled with his friends, he had been driven to
commit the offence through want. When the prisoner was
searched, 3s. were found en his possession.
The prisoner made no defence, and was fully committed.
CLERKENWELL.

John Knight, agicrtri,sTiMinier,residing at No. 2,
Brook's-gardens, Bagnigge Wells-road, Clerkenweß, was
charged with hating stabbed Mary Ann Knight, with in-
tent to murder her.

Edward Green deposed that he was a lodger in the pri-
soner's house, No. 2, Brook's-gardens. Yesterday zooming,
at half-past 5 o'clock, witness was awoke out of sleep by
the loud screams of the prisoner's wife, which induced him
to get up to her assistance. On entering"the apartment he
found the prisoner over his wife, kneeling upon her, and
ill treating her in a brutal , and on seeing him
(witness) he seized a knife, rushed at him for the purpose
of stabbing him, and, had he not retreated as fast as pos-
sible, he must have been murdered. The prisoner then re-
turned and again assailed his wife. He seized her by the
hair at the back part of the head, and stabbed her repeatedly
with the knife, which bent. He then seised 'second knife,
and stabbed her with that also. The blood spirted from the
wounds, and her cries of " murder " alarmed the whole
neighbourhood, and she lay upon the ground apparently
lifeless'. Porter, 101, and Sparkley, 201 0, arrived, and
took the prisoner to the station-house ; whilst Mr. Brown,
the parish surgeon, was sent for, and he attended and
dressed the wounds of the injured woman.
Mr. Henry John Brown, surgeon, of Wilmington-square,
Clerkenwell, being sworn, deposed that he was called upon
to attend the wife of the prisoner at No. 2, Brook's-
gardens. lle found her in a very bad state, saturated with
blood. She had numerous, severe wounds on her side and
other parts of her person. He dressed them. Ile could
not say positively yet whether her lungs had been pene-
trated. She was in a state of collapse, ant her life was in
danger.
Porter and Sparkley, the officers, produced the shift of
the injured woman, which was covered with blood ; also
two table knives with blood upon them. One of them was
bent in consequence of the force with which the blade went
against the ribs.
Mr. Carrie (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to say any-
thing to the charge ?
Prisoner (looking fiercely at the witn-u Green)—Yes, sir
(pointing at Green). That man has been the cause of all this.
Mr. Conic—l must remand you for a week, in order to
ascertain the fate of your wife.
Ho was remanded and conveyed to prison.