The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-21 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1865

Croseexemined—The prisoner appeared to be quite calm
arid collected all the time. kits pointed to the dead body of
his wife and made WOO remark, but there wen so much
coefosion that witness did not bear what he said.
Mr. Levick, the superintendent of she Emanate police,
proved the eireemeinimes connected with the arrest of the
prisoner, and he said that when he told him he would
be charged with the wilful murder of his wife and
child, he replied. "Ah ! Mr. Levick, if you knew
ell!" Be subsequently told the prisoner that he
would also be charged with the villa' murder of three
children at Stan's Coffee-house, Bed Lion-atreet, and he
said that be wished to make a written statement with re-
(arena to that matter. He was furnished with the maw
stay materials, and he then wrote down the following
statement August 10,1865, Polies-station, Ranagate.
—Oa Monday, the I th instant, I took three children, whom
I claim as mine by the strongest ties, to Start's Coffee-
house, Red Lionatreet, Holborn. I felt for t
here children
all the nffection a parent weld feel. I d rly wore
out and exhausted ovary power of mind and body is my
efforts to secure • home, training, sod a future for these
children, also the other 6/0 POMMY I felt hopelowly
dependent open me. I could struggle and beer up
no longer, for the hat support had been withdiswn from
me. My sufferings were no lancer suppeet•ble ; my very
last hope had perished by my bitter and painful experieece
of our present iniquitously defective social justice, and for
this I ,hall be charged with murder, for criminal murders
as well in the truest strongest some of the charge. I deity
and repudiate the charge, and charge it tack on many who
have by their gross and criminal mglect brought about this
sad and fearful crisis. I charge heck the guilt of these
crimes on those high dignitaries of the church, and eta*
nod justice who have turned a deaf ear to my heartbroken
appeals, who have refused me fellow help in all my frenzied
struggles, who have impiously denied the mewed ties of
human life, the mutual dependence of man, and the funda-
mental and sacred principles en which our social system itself
inhaled. Foremost amongst these ! charge ;"and then he men-
tions a number of well known and distinguished gentlemee.
Mr. Leviak then went on to say that the prisoner was
very anxious that his statements should be made public,
and he reed them when he was under examination before
the magistrates. The prisoner also wiehed him to send '
the telegraphicmenage that had been mentioned, bet he
did not do ea. When the prisoner was before the magis-1
testes the mooed time some person endeavoured to take
a photographic likeness of him, and the prisoner protested'
against it being done, sad the magististee stopped it. When
the prisoner was told that, in addition to the charge of
murdering his wife and child, he would also be accused of
murdering three children at Starr's coffee-house, Holborn,
he wished to know whether he (mold make his election es
which charge he would be tried, and witome told him he
was unable tleny whether he would be permitted to do so.
Cross-examined—When he first saw the prisoner he was
sitting on a sofa, close by the deed body of his wife. He II
seemed quite unmoved, and there was nothing at all
particular in his appearance. Witness did not see the pri-1
soner point to the body of hie wile. lie did not find a large
number of letters in the bundle the prisoner had left at his
lodging at Rainegate. He did find one letter, and had
shown it to the solicitor for the prosecution. It was ad-
dressed to Mr. Parr. the superintendent of the Worcester
police, and was fn the prisoner's handwriting.
The letter was read. It was to the effect that the
superintendent was at liberty to inform the Earl Dudley
that the writer of the letter had protected him from some
serious and hidden danger, but that his powers to do so is
future had ceased. It was signed E. W. Southey.
At this stage of the cue the trial was adjourned, the
evidence for the prosecution not being yet concluded.

explained to me thet I was to ask for • Ma. Forward. I I
found her oddest', sal I took it beak to the primate on a
piece of paper. I think the prisoner were • beard and
secasteche on this night, but I eseeet say whether he wore
green specitaelee. After I bed given him the address he
went &my.
Mr. W. Ellis said—l am • dyer mad live at
Kine-threet. lismagsta My daughter Adelaide lives with
me. I know the primmer. Ihavelmowe him fifteen yeses,
before he was marred. I never exactly knew his name
till he was married to the dommed, and thee I understood
his name was Forward. &tarried on begrimes as a
master baker at te until be west away, which wan
about the year 1152. He lodged with me for • abort time
after he gave up busies's, and he thee went to London to
look for • situation, and his wife followed him. I did sot
see the demised woman again for seven or eight yeah,
she returned to Ramsgate with the child that is sines deed.
sad for the lest seven years the wife lived at Itainegsto by
herself. The prisoner used to oome and visit her cam-
simally and Stop • abort time, not longer then two months,
bat he never came after the last child was born, which was
eight years ago. From that time till WedneedayziefA
the 9th of Ausust, I never saw the prisoner. The d
memo lived opposite to me in King-street, and got her
living by dressmaking. Her mother end child lived with
her. The prisoner came to my house on the night
of the 9th of August, but I did not see him.
I afterward' saw the deceased. and • man who was
followieg, end the deceased said. "It is Stephen."
They came into my house and I shook hands with him.
The deceased eat on the sofa, and the prisoner took • seat
opposite her, leaning his heed on his arm. His wife began
to upbraid him for leaving her, and related her troubles end
trials, and inquired whet he left her for, and said if it had
not been for them friends, Mr. and Miss Ellis, she must
have perished for want. The primmer said, " I appreciate
the kindness your friends ham shown you and he then
said that he had saved op 1,1721. but he had been done
out of it •11. The decayed thee said she could do nothing
for him, melte wee receiving parochial relief, mad bad been
for some years. The primer then began to narrate the
troubles and privation' he hal andergoce, and the
dammed wished to know whet had induced him
to owns beck to her. and mid that he must
have sonic motive. The primmer replied, " What
I base to say_ I cannot my in the presence of
your friends.* My daughter mid that if he had anything to
say, she and I would retire to the shop and we did so, end
renamed in the shop Mont • quarter of an hoer. The de.
ceased then tapped at the door sad said that the prisoner
had promised to come in the morning at eight o'clock, and
my daughter said to the prisoner. "Mind, you are sure to
come," and the primmer replied, " Yes ; what I say I will
do, I do," sod we both pressed him to come to breakfast at
eight o'clock. The primmer and his wife then left, the latter
walking fint, sod the prisoner followed her, and I new her
go into bee own boom. At this time the prisoner had whet
appeared to be • black beard and moustache. On the fol-
lowing morning the dammed came to my house • little
before eight, and we sat down. and the little girl Emily
came is, and we all began toe 'Mast, and about twenty
minutei past eight _the prison n end he sat down,
end when I asked him to take breakfast, be said he
bedhatthis breakfast. He then said to his ,wife, " Mind,
last night I had meting but reproofs, I don't want any
more of it." My wife thee said to the deceased child, "Do
you know that 'ea lamis+ ?" pointing to the primmer. She,
of sourer, Nadal* did not, and my wife told her to go and
ask him how he was. Bb• did so, and the prisoner looked
at her end mid "Is this ours!" His wife said it was, The
primmer then put his arm round her neck and apparently
kissed the child with great affeetioe. His wife then asked
him if he knew the boy wits deed. and he said he did not.
My wife then said that if they bad anything to say to each
other they might pinto the sitting room. The prisoner and
his wife did so. It was now near 9 o'clock, end I went
to my work et the back of the premier, sad I saw coo
more until my daughter came to me, Before she came I
had heard the report of firearm twice, both reports
neatly together. I west towards the house, end my
daughter tame shrieking to ms, and at the same instant I
heard another report. I then rushed up stairs, and the first
thing I saw was the body of the child lying on the leading.
I stepped over her sad west into the MOM and saw the
primmer and seized him by the left shoulder and said,
• Forward what have you been doing—what on
been doing r He made mats no sewer. I saw • in
his left hand, and I told him to give it to me directly, and
he did so. It was so !sot I could mot hold it. It was • re-
solver, one barrel and several ohambees. There was • greet
deal of smoke in the room, and it smelt strongly of gun-
powder. I next observed the body of the trimmer's wife,
and I spin asked him what he had done this for, and
said it would be the ruin of me, as I had let my place for
six week.. and the letting was all over. The prisoner re-
plied, "Ellis, Ellis, Ellis, I have 1,200 f. of my own in s
patty's hands, who will compensate you for ell the loss you
may sustain." Before this took place I had meet for the
police and • doctor, and the prisoner said, " Yes, that is
the beat, seed for the police." I then asked the prisoner
again what he had does it fee. He replied, She has seen
• greet deal of trouble, and so have I. Her troubles are at
en cod, mine are not. She known none. She is bettor off
than ever she was, but as for me, when I return to
London I shall be under sentence of death. " He
shook his heed when be said this. I said to him, " What
for—committing a double murder —murderiog your wife
and child l" He replied, "No; for what I have done behind
or left behind.. I say no more." He then said to me,
" There le • piece of paper under her right arm, take it,
and take care of it." It was • long strip of paper with
blood on it ; and while I was looking at it I heard • sound
of something being thrown into the fireplace, and when I
looked round I saw • great difference in the appear-
ance of the prisoner, and asked him where his
whiskers and moustache were. He replied that he
had thrown them down there, pointing to the fender,
and I searched and found the spectacles, and the prisoner
then took the moustache and the whiskers from his pocket
and gave them to me. Three policemen thee came into the
room, and I charged the prisoner with the murder of his
wife and child, and I handed over to the polies the pistol,
the whiskers, the moustache, and the spectarlem. Super-
intendent Lorick then arrived, and he asked the prisoner
his name, and he said it was Stepbeo Forward, but be must
tell him that he had been going by the name of Ernest
Walter Southey. Mr. Lorick then salted him if the deceased
woman was his wife, and he mid, " Yee, it Is my lawful
wedded wife."
Mr. Smith was then about to cross-examine the within.,
but the prisoner interposed, end said he could not consis-
tently allow any one to smak for him. He said that he
wished to ask the witness questions himself.
Mr. Justice Mellor said that be could not allow him to do
so. He bad • counsel and he should rim:musicale with the
attorney who was conducting his case. If he wished to
repudiate the assistance of mussel he might do so, but be
again cautioned him that if he did so hie learned counsel
could not be permitted to interfere.
The prisoner then held a conference with Mr. Cold, his
attorney, and after some delay,
Mr. Smith said he was instructed that the prisoner was
not in • tit condition of mind to decide whether he should
conduct his own defence or not.
Mr. Justice Mellor said this platted the court in some diffi-
culty, and probably the better course would be to empanoel
• jury to try whether the prisoner was in • fit state to take
his trial or to decide what course should be taken. He most
say that be had not observed the slightest indication that
the prisoner was of unsound mind.
After some discussion theism. jury were empsnnelled to
try the question whether the prisoner was at this time of
sound mind, and fit to take his trial. There &masted, how-
ever, to be some difficulty se to whether this course could
be legally takes, and eventually the trial proceeded.
Mr. Smith cross-examined the vitae'. He said he had
known the prisoner for fifteen veers, and at that time he
was twenty years old, but he did not know where he was
living. Hie father and mother died when he was very
young, and the only other relation that witness ever heard
of was a half brother. His guardian was • Mr. Elvey. The
prisoner was married at He. The witness then said
that he was certain the deceased woman loved the prisoner
dearly notwithstanding his conduct towards her.
The prisoner here shrieked out " I am no murderer.
She knew I was no murderer." He then began to rave,
and to complain in the most incoherent manner of the treat-
ment he had received. Several minutes elapsed before the
trial could be proceeded with.
In answer to further questions put by Mr. Smith, Mr.
Ellis mid he believed that the prisoner's wife had no suspi-
cion that be wee connected with any other woman. The
prisoner did not converse very freely with her when ski
saw him on the night of the 9th of August, but he appeared
to be perfectly calm and collected. He was es calm as &man
cauld possibly be. He could see the dead body of his wife '
and was standing close to bet feet. The body of the child
bad rolled down two or three stairs, end there wee •
large quantity of blood. The rrisoner did not appear to
be at all excited when he said that when he returned to
London he should be under sentence of death.
When the whom left the bar, the prisoner called out in
an affected tette, " Ellis, I thank you for your kind-
ness to Mrs. Forward."
Adelaide Ellis, the daughter of the last witness,.was then
examined, and she corroborated his evidence, but did not
depose to any additional facts.
In rims-examination she said that the prisoner com-
plained of his troubles, and said that be had nothing to
keep her with now. The deceased Dieu said that it this
was so, she should be glad to know what motive be bad
for condor to find her out, and she mid that be must
have some motive. The prisoner made no reply to this
observation of his wife. The dimmed, she said, had fre-
quently told her that she would net believe that the pri-
soner had formed • connexion with any other woman. The
prisoner made so attempt whatever to (*ape.
Mr. Hobert Hicks, • surgeon practising at Rump*
proved the nature of the isjuriee that had been received by
the deceased. There were two wounds one behind the left
ear end soother under the left eye. Tiers was also • third
wooed on the head. They were all gunshot wounds. The
prisoner was in the room. soil he came up to him and put •
bill cartridge into his band, but did not my a word. There
was a wound on the bead of the child which had penetrated
the skull, and the brain was protruding. On examining
the bead of the deceased woman he found the two halves of
• bullet, and which had apparently been cut by coming in
contact with the sharp edge of the lime.
William (hymn, a police-constable stationed at Rams-
gate,. proved that he was called in about ten o'clock to Mr.
Ellis a, and he saw the dead bodies of • women end • child.
As he was going oat of the house with the prhoner thy
bad to pew the dead body of the child, end when the pri.
foam saw it be dropped on hie bier and took the body in
his saw as well es kis handcuffs would admit, and idesed it.

LAW INTO
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-Disc. 20.
After Term NW Price Slane at Guildhall.-(Before the
Lord Chief Justice andel Special Jury.)
HILL v. MIST.
Mrs. Wood wee in court during the day, and also gave
seldom in the defendenes behalf. The further hearing
was adjourned till to-marrow.
SECOND COURT.
After Term NW Priam sittings at Guildhell.-(Before Mr.
Janie. Lash sad a Special Jury.)
MMUS V. THE GILL? NORTHERN RAILWAT 0011FASTes
This was as action to recover oonspensatioa in damsg
tar iejuriee received through the linseed negligee°e of the
defendants' servants. The ddeadanta did not dem their lia-
bility, sod the adios was merely to assess the
Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., Mr. Salmi HDyea, anddalrea.ramer
were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Hawkies, Q.C., Mr.
Keane, Q.C., and Mr. Markby were conned foe the deka-
dent..
The plaintiff was a commercial traveller, and the an.
Went which caned the injuries of which the plaintiff com-
plained, occurred to the Edinburgh express train at
Dom:aster on the 28th February.
The case bad not aoudads& whea the court roes.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. -Dec. 20.
BROOND COURT.
Sittings at NW hies is Loadoo.-(Before Kr. Justin
Smith and a Ommos Jury)
SACINDIESS V. SHOST.-BEITACH OF FIONISII OP MAIRLAOIL
The plaintiff in this one was Selina Samderse end the
defendant was Thomas Short. The action was te recover
damages for • breach of a promise to many, sad the
Idiot soden by Ws plea denied the promise,
Mr. O'Malley , Q.C., and Mr. Frescos (instructed by
Mears. Levi. and Whithoure) appeared for the plaintiff,
but there was no • an the part of the defendant.
I Mr. O'Malley that it was rather extraordina
in enaction of this kind that the defendant, having plead
did not appear, because if there IMO no (Wean she
tout" Wan 03 'Offer Pidgin•iii by default, sad let the
damages be assessed before another tribunal than this. The
plaintiff was the daughter of a wholesale maltase, in bad-
men at Edmonton, who bad died during the courtship, and
there were five other daughters and one son. In the year
1861 the defendant was in business as • money lender, and
be having advertised in very tempting manner his offers to
lend moan, the plaintiff had her attention attracted to his
statements. She was then about 19 years old. She was
very anxious to commerce beelines oa her own mount,
Her
but
her father was net disposed to mist her to do so.
mother, however, went to the defendant and borrowed a
small awn, some 205.„ ea the deposit of • watch,
for the plaintiff. The defendant had arrived at the mature
age of sheath°, but when he saw the plaintiff he wee much
I itten with her sad Weld she was st the time s porno
ofvery coesiderible attractions ; but sines the match had
I been broken off samba suffered much in health,and was now
confined to her room, end this was the effect that the
mpointment had had on bor. It would be proved that
shady after January, 1861, the defeadast proposed to the
plaintiff and was serpted, and that afterwards
they continued to visit epee perfectly honourable terms.
After the courtship had gone oa for four or five years it
ma suddenly brought to an sod by the defendant, and
when the plaintiff's mother went to mooastrate with the
&headset he rudely pushed her from the door.
Mr. Justice Smith said that there was se doubt about
the plaintiffs right to mom,
_and the jury must say
what were the damages. The defeedent, it seemed, lind
in • limas for which he had paid Wit, It no err-
vent, he married • took and in rid of that incomeniesok
(Laughter.)
The jury, sitar • few minutes' onaidention, found for
the plaintiff for 2004
COURT OF RICBROOND HEQUER.—DIe. 20.
00IIET.
Knipp at NW Prim-Met= Kr. Berm Barnwell and •
Commas Jury.)
MACS V. SNOOKS.
This w an action upon an agreement for the hire or
of a
for
and also for goods sold and
slivered, sod for work and labour done and materiels sup
plied. The defendant pleaded • denial of the agreement ;
fraud ; that the defendant was a prostitute to the plaintiffs
knowledge, and that the agreement was made to *slut her
in carrying oa her vocation; that the damage to the
brougham was =eel by fair wear end tear ; and several
other pleas. She also
pleaded never indebted, except se to
10/. 65., which she paid into court.
Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., sad NT. J. 0. Griffin appeared
for the plaintiffs; and Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., for the
defendant.
The plaintiffs, Mese- . Pearce sad Comte', were coach
builders, carrying on minus at 103, Loorscres, and the
defendant, Mrs. Rose Brooks, resided in Weetmorelsad-
place, Lumen:set, Pimlico. In April, 1864, tbe plaratiffs
exhibited some amispe in Aehburnhangrounds, on the
occasion of the Dog Show at Crernorne-prdena in that
month. Mrs. Brooks saw a blue-coloured brougham,
which she wished to pardon ; but wn told that
it had already been sold. Afterwards she went
to the plaintiffs manufactory in Long Acre, and selected a
green mioistura brougham, lined with drab. The arrange-
ment entered into, mooning to the plaistiffs' case, was
this-that the plaintiffs should let the brougham on hire
until the purchase price of 135 guineas bad been paid. that
the defendant should pay down 601., and the baleen with
5 per cent. interest by periodical instalments, so as to Gem-
plot* the purchase within 12 months, and that if the
brougham was returned before the second instalment
was paid, the defendant should pay 15 guineas in addition
to the 50/., ad also pay for any damage except (sir weer
and tear. This agreement was reduced to writing. and
on • subsequent day it was takes to her house and signed b
FATAL ACCIDENTS.-De. Lankeater held an her, the 50/. being paid over to the plaintiffs as
inquiry last evening at the University Hospital into the When the order was given Mrs. Brooks directed that there
circumstances attending the death of Joseph Rowe, • should be "mud wings," a looking glam to drop down from
in the employment of the London and North the roof of the brougham, as well as a and
basket with
Vetrtern Railway Company, who was killed oa the 16th inst. ivory screw sockets, and also requested that her cypber
at the Camdenstatioo. Henry Wiggingtoo, • pointemen, "R. B." should be painted on the doors, and carved on the
deposed that st holf-past 8 o'clock on Saturday evening he silver plated lamps. She also ordered a single brougham
saw the deceased 'going to detach an engine from some barons, with her cypher embossed upon the blinkers and
waggons. He went past the deemed, but had not gone pada, the price to In 15 guieess. The brougham and the
halt-a-dozen yards when he heard him cry out. He returned other articles were duly supplied to the defendant, but in
and found him lying under the engine, the leading wheels about two months the brougham was returned so the
of which had paned over his legs. It was the practice to plaintiffs in a damaged state. The claim Dow made for
give a signal win a shunting engine was shout to move, the plaintiffs amounted to 341.17. 6d. and included 12s. for
but he was not aware that the signal had been gives on a driving whip, 3/. in for "mud wings xed to
for doors,"
the occasion of the accident. Edward Hartley, foreman of 41. 4e. for repairs and varnishing, and 151. 15s. for-
th* goods department, said he was about ten yards Were on return of broughafm.the plaintiffs, was called to
from she engine at the time of the accident. He saw a red Mr. George Countre, one o
light shown to the driver before the accident, the object prove the above facts.
being to cam the driver to stop. He beard the deceased Craw-examined-The ordinary charge for a brougham iJ
call out, and on going to see why he did so, found him 35 guineas per annum for five years ;if hired for one year
lying under the engine. The wheels bad paned over his 50 guineas. Mrs. Brooks spoke confidently of purchasing
lege, and almost out them off. John liodgkinson, the driver, the brougham. 1 did not know she was a woman of the
said he had been shunting the train, and bad left one town. I think she referred to a Mrs. Bridgman, and sai
wean attached to the engine when be was stopped by • she would like a brougham similar to hers. I had not
red light. He immediately shut off the steam, and hams previously seen the defendant at Cremona. I think a lady
put on the brakes, ordered tbe fireman to reverse the en- we with the defendant when she called at our premiaes.
tine. Before the engine had properly come to a stand, I deny that I knew she was • gay woman. I went to
the deceased put down his lamp, and steppod back about Westmoreland-place, Pimlico, whim the defendant signed
two feet, the engine st the same time giving a sudden MOby the agreement and paid the 50/. I don't think I saw any
forward. Witness thought the concussion produced by one else there on that occasion. 1 have known Mr.
me.
E. T.
the sudden reversion of the engine was the cause of its Smith 20 years. He has had several carriages from
going ahead. He thought the accident must have been Mr. Thos. Pearce, the other plaintiff, was next examined.
caused by the front lifeguard catching the leg of the de- Upon croesexamination he said-I Ind nen the defendant
ceased. The jury, without hesitation, returned •• verdict several times at Cremoros in the course of the evening, but
of " Accidental death," attaching no blame to the driver.- I over spoke to her. She was walking with one gentleman.
Another inquest was held by Dr. Leicester, laet evening, I saw her but with the same gimtleman. She was
at the University Hospital, relative to the death of • boy rather conspicuous in her dress. I did not know Sh
en until
named Charles Berry, aged 12 years, who died from injuries she bought the brougham. I slow her in the coffee-room
bat I never spoke
received at the pianoforte factory of Mr. Brockbank. Great at Cremona betwee a 10 and 11 at night,
College-street, Camden-town, where he had been employed. to her till she came about the carriage.
Joseph Wall. foreman to Mr. Brockbank, deposed that his in reexamiestion the witness denied that he bad ever
principal duty was to attend to • steam engine which been behind the counter at Ureruorne. or that he had ever
worked a sawmill. The pit was situated dose to the angina been in the defendant's company before this transaction.
in which the machinery of the mill revolved, and although Mr. Digby Seymour oddment' the jury for the deform,
person Oniploynd in the factory, *Reset witans, was contending that the plaintiffs entered into the agreement
po
permitted to pen near it, the de.-end went there tbe pre- with the defendant knowingly and avowedly for the pu-
mas day and fell in. Witness stopped the engine at once. pose of assisting her in carrying on bee immoral course of
and jumped into the pit to save the boy, but the latter had life. He also stated that the detendent, being unable to
received f hetet rajuries before being taken up. Mr. read or write, attached her signature to the agreement
Brockbank that the deemed was an exceedingly without being aware of its actual contents, and on the
shrewd lad, and be wondered why he bad approached the representation of the plaintiffs that it was only to secure the
danger. The engine and mill were situated in a remote brougham to them in case she failed to pay the instalment..
corner of the factory, where no one but the foreman went, Mee. Roes Brooks, the defendant, examined, said--1 knew
and he found no necessity for placing any protection neer Mr. Pearce at Cremona before I bought the brougham. I
the pit. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death," saw him in company with Mr. Smith. Both of them spoke
at the same time moommending Mr. Brockbank to erect a to me, and we 'had Rome champague. Mr. Pearce did not
paling around the pit, for the prevention of future accidents. minks of any. He often spoke to ma There was soother
SHOCKING MURDER IN SCOTLAND.-On the after- WY going to have a brougham. It was • " swell one." She
noon of Monday Alex. M'Ewan, driver of • bread van, and
ew:lleda
at
tythot tphleaitontwifte...
aft!. Ptearceptomreeld inhelbosnet.it.a.dl
in the employment of Muirhead and Sons, bakers. Altos
was shot down on the public road near Blairingone, a village spoken to me at Cremorne. I d read the agreement
in Perthshire, close to the eastern boundary of the county when it was brought to me. I cannot or write. I went
of Clackmannan. The driver of the van hod been collecting to hire the brougham, not to. purchase it. I went with a
I 40 1 went to Smith's café first, and had some
mosey in his travels, and it is believed that plunder I the•
placeet likinel4eMni...ere.Bridge-I
was the object of the assassin. WEisan lived only a I lunch. I saw Mr. Counts. at
very few hours after having been shot. The mur. asked him if be bad a brougham to 1
dd.erewdr elm, bnerimosde
whtehne
tholntdoetritiady dani,PoP•ed
atratisneag
udthede man's. Be said he had one exactl. y the mak asked him
part of his journey. After firing the pistol or gun imm the charge for hire. and he said 35/. a year for three or
four years, or 501. for one year. I agreed to take
,it r
diately behind the ear of the unfortunate man, fil'ErZ -" one "al' Afterwards be called and
seems to hays fallen to the ground, for the horse and cart I said I did not think
proceeded on their journey. ll'Ewan's pockets were .rem I could spare the 50/. He maid I should have nothing to
brought me the agreement.
tied of all their money -amountieg, it is thought, to from pay at the end of the year. He asked me to sign the paper
tea to twenty pounds!. Intelligenee of the sad wee and did so. He did sot read it tome. I said, " What do
spread, and the police soon afterwards apprehended two You want with a paper!' and he replied that he wanted it
mend,
on suspicion of having tome eontixkmi with or know. so as to be able to get the brougham at the end of the year.
ledge of the murder. Theo dash assassination has If necessary Brooke is not my own name. II gave no
caused much excitement throughout the district. orders foe repairs, nor for the mud wings. The brougbam
SOCTILAMPTON, DEC. 21.-The Hamburg wes not injured by a collision while in my posseerion. The
America. Company's steamship howl New Turk shaft was broken and I had it repaired and paid for.
Cross-examieed-1 don't know the name of the casehmen
on the 9th inst., arrived to-night, with 152 passengers for who first drove the brougham, but I used to call him Wil
Havre and Hamburg, 76,074 dots. in specie for England, um. My sister lived with me and had half the home. I
and 60,000 dole. for France. On the 11th inst. she spoke a refuse to say who was the landlord. I
tbe reel was in theetween us hones shoul
t
steamer, supposed to be the Toutonia from Southampton. two years. I and my sister paid b.
Off Eddystone, on the 20th. abe spoke the steamer Arse°, have got no boon now. Tbe grads of the brougham wee
board for New York. TM Alimonies news has been broken in the Haymarket. about IS o'clock at night. We
anticipated. bad bean to tbe Argyll Room,. I live with my mother
DTI BARRY'S DIELICIOLII HEALTH REHTORLN CI RE- ecesetimes. Before this I did not keep a marriage. I re-
TEL ANADSCA FOOD cures.without medicine or Incense- fuse to tell the name of the lady I went to the
nine*, domino liadigastb,n), cough, asthma, consumption, de- plaintiffs.
billty,ociostapation, dburbias, dysentery, nervous, bilious, liver. , Reemmeined-She was a friend and on the toes,
~,"d„,"Let nealarryunlalaa,elm, No. ' Thomas Winne, the driver of the defendant's brougham,
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.4tirkr-sWlnitnisfiLj.. ntc.---neialctieneentb:— 74,21--°*d.. 7; said
1164 "hey"threbrorses lafallmgany c°dolt 71tiabutmt once the "teem.
eide ; ea. 110, and Ited, Wool-Minot ; and at ell Greiceei.-Rderw- sioe the lomp weabroken as the vehicle was going into the
tameaesti etable, and he paid himself tee repair* it.

Oross-xained The defeadant paid hie wart. A gen-
tleman sometimes paid them—not always the same mode-
ms% He was to have if. a weak, and he siways got it some-
how or another.
Mr. Pearce was recalled sad scummed b
the lamed
hire
judge. He acid he inmeiably shagged ffiff. foe the
of a new Weighs= for a year. Be was net aware that
Peters, the oosehbuildere, only charged 401, per annum. He
had no; the slighted idea of the Merges which other math-
builders were in the habit of making. He did ad recollect
ever ukteg whet they chimp& He did not know what
the pries in the trade was. Although he was on
frieodly terms with many other machbuilders, be had
sever been in the habit of talking with them about their
prime. In fact, he had never had an hour's comomation
on the subjeot with other men in the trade since ha had
beau in businem
The emineel on each side having addressed the jury,
Mr. Baron Bramwell, in gumming up, observed that
although the defendant was what was called "an =for.
tans*" she was entitled, if not to their pity, at all of
to justice. There were three questions for the determine-
tics of the jury. The first would be, supposing they hood
a verdict for the plaintiffs, to what amount they would be
entitled. If the plaintiffs story was correct, they were clearly
entitled** the 15 guineas under the agreement. Was she
to pay in addition to the 651. for the theor the price of
the inturednes which were attached brougham, and
which had been returned to the plaintiffs ? Was the to pay
for the repairs and for varnishing the brougham, she having
denied that she had given them authority to repair it ?
It was a little too bad if the plaintiffs chose to send out
for their own purposes a carriage the paint of which was
not dm:, that they should abates the defendant with
varnishing it a short time afterwards. He must
say frankly that he thought this was a rather as-
tor ins
charge, as they might have said, " Here
is this poor, unhappy woman in a hurry for her pious
of finery, lend her another carriage until her own is to
a fit state to be sent out." With ,s
"Id the pice
of prostitution, the defendant said, 'I em • Public
prostitute. I get my lng by prcatitation,
and the Mastiffs lent me this bbd for
the purpose of enabling me to carry on my neee." In
law, things may be supplied to a merchant, a banker. a
lawyer, or others, without their being absolutely neassery
for ramp* on their business, such as food sad clothes, but
is esetain ages the wholes may be furnished for the express
of enabling them to carry on their business. Now
weepumas, this carriage lent to the defesdant, es it might be lent
I to any lady,
_for the purpose of takieg sir and exercise, or
was it =polled to her to enable her to carry on the business
lel • mostitote ? There was no evidence to show that a
twoughem wad sot as equally necessary to the defendant as
a pair of shoes would he tom ordinary "sheet walker." It
bad undoubtedly been held that jewellery and smart dream
for the purpose of attracting men were not moss-
' series, but be did not see how a carriage was
included in the same list. It was of no use
for a versos who went about in the woeld to pretend,
unless he shut his eyes, that woman of this kind did not go
about in earriages, but whether with the chiliad atnachng
mos, odor sir and exerciae, it would be difficult to say. But
even opeds. that the defeodant had hired the orris. for
the purpose of earrying on her business, she had to make
out that the plaintiffs were aware of it at the time of the
hiring. It would be idle to say that the plaintiffs were not
aware of her real ;Manatee at that time. Here was a
woman they had seen at ODIODOCDO, occupying a limiest
Pimlico, apparently without a husband, whom they got to
aa agreement without sees asking her if she was mar-
ried. With regard to the plea of tread, the question was
sign
wer, mu th defendt was so scholar, the plaintiffs
bad mieremeseateed to her*, matente of the agreement
It was a wholesome rule that written documents should be
regarded with great teepee, especially wises inted by
a pigeon who had sot the for of the to m of and
regulation. On the other hand, one of the plaintiffs heol
Mated in answer to has question that he did not kaow what
the charge, of other ocach.bullders were, and it was for
, the jury to say, after such a reply, whether they could con-
' rider him as a trustworthy witness. Frankly be might
my that he did not believe it madble that that reply could
be km The jury must say first whether they considered
the plea of prostitution was mods out ; secondly, whether the
agreement had bees fraudulen obtained from the defen-
dant ; and thirdly, if they found for the plaintiffs, to what
amount they were entitled.
Thejury said they found that the brougham war supplied
to the defesdaut to mist her in carrying co bar vocation.
Mr. Baron Bramwell—Her shoes would moist her Ia
hong that.
The foreman--We think shoes would be a necomary. We
look upon the carriage as a luxury--as • part ot her display.
Mr. Baron Bramwell—That is a very good illustration.
You thick the earthy was 'applied to her for the purpose
al motoring men.
The jury replied in the affirmative, but intimated that
they thought the agreement had not bees obtained by
fraud. In any caso they thought that the plaintiffs were
only entitled to the 15 guineas mentioned in the agreement.
The learned baron then directed the verdict to be entered
for the defendant, with leave to the plaintiffs to move the
court above to enter the verdict for 15 pumas with re-
ference to the plea of fraud.