The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-01 00:00:00

MULLER.

Yesterday morning Mr. Alderman and Sheriff
Dekia and Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Beidey, aceompanied
by the Under Sheriffs, Mr. De Jersey and Mr. Davidson,
the Nev. Mr. Davis (the Ordismr, of Newgate), and Mr.
JODI., the Governor, went to the cell of the culprit, and
announced to him that the day fixed for carrying out
the seaters:eel the law was Monday, the 14th of November.
He did Dot appear at all affected at the emiourieemeut,
but merely observed that the statements that were made
by some of the witnesses sgainst him were nut true. The
interview was a very short one, and, indeed. was 'Liman of
• merely formal character. It should perl...,is Le explained
that the responsibility of fixing the day for the execution of
• prisoner convicted of • capital offence rests entirely with
the sheriffs, and the Secretary of State for the Home
Department does not interfere in any manner unless it
should be thought proper to recommend the culprit to the
clemency of the Crown.
It noakl seem that up to the commencement of the trial
the prisoner appeared to entertain a strong idea that he
should be acquitted, but that confidence almost deserted
him as the case proceeded; and, although be made no
remark upon the subject, it was manifest to those who
have been about him in the prison, that be was quite pre-
pared for the verdict that was delivered by the jury, and
that, on the last day of the trial, all hope of escape had left
him.

Since the primmer's conviction he appears to have merely
repeated the observation he made after be received sentence,
that some of the statements that were made at the trial
were not true, and be has repeatedly stated also that he had
• fair trial He has sever made any allusion to the perti-
color statements which he alleges me not true, and it may
be stated ma a fact that he has not asserted his innocence as
he aced to do, and an impression appears to prevail from his
demamour that be will make • confession of his crime.
The prisoner professes the Protestant religion, and he re-
gularly attends the chapel service, but in a positioo from
which be is, vary properly, not exposed to the gan of the
other prisoners, mid he appears to pay great attention to the
religions exhortations of the Rev. Mr. Davis, the chaplain,
who has been unremitting in his attention to him since be
has been confined in Rewrite. The prisoner has also been
visited by • German clergyman,
The MRCS observes:—'• After sentence bail been passed
on Saturday afternoon Muller seemed hardly at tint to
realise the position in which it left him, but on reaching
his cell he gave way to • paroxysm of grief which in one
sense had the effect of relieving him, and by 7 o'clock in the
evening he had fallen into a sound sleep, which continued
far into the night. There is reason for believing that, he
slept hut little, if at all, on either Thursday or Friday
bight, while his trial was pending, and that on Saturday
evening, after all was over, he succumbed to sheer exhaustion.
On Friday sealing while his counsel, Mr. Serjeant Perry,
was addressing the jury, he was repeetedly overcome by his
feelings, sad gave way to tears which be sought to conceal
by holding down his bead as he sat in the dock. On Sunday
be attended the ordinary service in the chapel of the prime,
and yesterday be was visited by • German clergyman from
the west sod of the towo understood to be of tire Lutheran
persuasion. At the Central Criminal Court on trials for
mailer it is usual to :smoke the Deniouer from the public
gaze while the jury are deliberatiug on their verdict. Oa
Saturday Muller was *eked to retire wore the jury
were so engaged, but he declined the proffered con-
sideration, preferring to remain in court, swelling
their return, and be eat in the dock amid the
bum of conversation in which the audience indulged while
the judges mad the jury were &nett from the court. He
was ghastly pale' and his 'elicitor, Mr. Beard, spoke occa-
'locally to him, evidently with the view to sustain him in
that awful interval of suspense. He beard with apparent
fortitude his doom se it was pronounced by Mr. RUM Yu.
tin, and it was only at its conclusion thet his courage
seemed to forsake him. in the few parting words which he
addressed to the bench is broken English he struggled
bard to conceal his emotion. He held his baud over hie
mouth as he spoke, and it was difficult to beer what he
said. Mr. Join, the governor, withdrew the hand is
order that be might be the better understood, but after
that he said nothing more. and on leaving the dock he had
the presence of mind to turn round and bow to his counsel,
as if in token of his gratitude for their sr rvices on his behalf.
The jury who tried him were most impartially chosea—
that is, one man was taken in turn from the list for each of
the five counties which send prisoners for trial at the
Central Criminal Court, and in the sod, after there hod been
16 peremptory challenges oo the part of the prisoner and
one on behalf of the crows, 12 men were impanoelted
wholly unknown to each other, and presenting in their
general appearance, and in the questions they temaionally
pat to the witnesses, a fair representation of the intelligent
middle clam of the community. They paid the most
anxious attention to the whole peoceediugs from beginning
to end, so much so that when toured* the end of the
seaming up. the Lord Chief baron put the question to
them, they declined to trouble him to road the evidence.
They were absent a quarter of an hour, rod their verdict
was given with completo unanimity. A great crowd had
collected for nom hours outside the courthouse in the Old
Wiley to await the verdict, ant when it was given the
people separated in great excitement. Mr. Beard. the
convict's solicitor, bad to be escorted dorm the Old Bailey
into Ludgate-bill by policemeu, but whether this IVY to
protect him from the mere curiosity of tire crowd or from
any apprehended d did not appear."
At the present time the "actual words" attend by
Muller after his sentence are under discussion. Ose who
was accommodated with a seat in the dock, and bad every
opportunity of observing the prisoner says : -••• BM words
were these—Chu called ou by the clerk of the weaker if
he had anything to say, he replied. • Not until after judge
meat ;• and alter the sentence of death was passed be said,
• 1 wish to say lam satisfied with my trial. I knew this
would come, bemuse it is the English law.' Ile li.id at this
time his fingers over his mouth ; the gover..or of New.
gate asked him to remove his hand, a. d 1 riaresay I lost
shout half a sentence, bet he went on to sic, • I have not
been convicted *wording to the truth ' (biz voice now
trembled greatly, and be was almost inaudible, but 1 could
just bear blur 840, ' whatever my faults may be ; tears
then choked his utterance, awl 1 believe not • word MOM
was afterwards uttered."

The following appears in a contemporary :—".Sir.—My
name having been mentioned by my ningbiour Mr. Lee is
Lis evidence given on Saturday. I take the libel ty of
troubling you with • brief statement of what ;awed be-
tween us, hoping that you will, in justice to him. Insert it
in your valuable paper. On the Tuesday after the ;moiler
I saw Mi. Lee, and asked him if it was true that lie had
spokes to Mr. Briggs in the railway carriage at Bow ise the
previous Saturday night, and had seen two wen is the ear-
nage with biro ; for I had been told by a neighbour that
he bad made • statement to that effect. Mr. Lee replied
that what I had been told was true. I thee advised bite
to give information to the police at once. T., this mune
be made the following objections : That, although he could
give a general descnptiou of the men. hie view of
them was so brief he did not think he could
Weed() either of them ; that be del not like to
Monet himself before the public upon whet sinned
to him such slight grounds ; and that be believed his doing
so would involve him in a greet deal of trouble without
producing sly good result. Notwithstanding. 1 sgeio urged
upon him the propriety of oommunic ding what lie knew
to the police. as it was impossible for anyone at that time
to judge of the real value of his evidence. He acquiesced
ia the truth of this remark. and said that. if called upon,
he should of course state all he knew, but that he had
much rattier not be summoned as • witness. it seems to
me that the public has attached far more iropuitsoce to
Mr. Lea's awnlesse than he ever did himself, sod that his
setimate of its value has turned out to be perfectly
oorrect. I have not seen Mr. Lee since the commencement
of the trial ; and I write without his knowledge, simply
because 1 do not think he has been fairly treated, and be.
cause, tomeover, be might not have been ' badgered and
bullied' at the Old Bailey had I not mentioned the matter
to one of the police.-111131, sir, yours. de.,
"CIiARLLS JOSEPH TOMLIN&
"24, King Edward's-reed, }Lamm Oct. dlii*