The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-12 00:00:00

THE SAPFRON-HILL MURDER.

Yesterday haring been appointed for tits re-exa-
Initiation of the !Wien plovare-frenie rather, Seraphim
Peharicot, who steads charged with the wilful murder of
Michael Herrisgtoa, at the Golden Anchor public-bows,
Eistfroo-bill, on the 27th alt., sad further, with stteroptiog
to murder Alfred Raba*, the prams et be Golden Anchor
public-house, sad Ciarles Banister, at the seine time sad
plash the Cierlisawell Pollee Mort sad its appgaiabss wan
densely crowded by habeas sad ashes who appeared to
take greet interest Ia the progress of the case. Mr. Baca,
who bed hoard the ethlease oa the first ocessien, attended
to hear the cue. _

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Mr. T. Wakelbw appeared for the prosecution;
LOWIN sea., defended the prisoner ; sad Inspector Pother,
of the O dlvisioe watched We ease on When el the Gem.
aohliceere of Pollee. Mr. G. Gaeriei, Protathor cit
labia laegnege, Gilbertutreet, Groevesorugure. 'heeded
is interpret the 'sigmas, at the motet of the men.
Yr. Twwb said that se Mr. %sox wee set mese, at the
his enrelsellea be would seek stem that be wee In.
etraeled by a serabw of Medias geettemes who bad takes
ea interest Is the ere, eel be should all sous... to 'bow
that the primmer was eat the man who bed eocamitted the
murder. Bawer alluded to the statements be bed souk
last week, be said be would just cell the atiseties of the
magistrate to the fast that although the wee blue
from almost off the alas that was aedwed, yet se bale
was found on the echoes', aid sous, so far se be buy, is
the house.
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The willows bevies been heard,
Mr. Knox said there Wire two reasons why he should
mead the prisoner for rid ea the charge if mutter. Mr.
Lewis bad called a somber of witammem to thew that a lam
named Gregordo bad committed this crime. That man,
to their stalement, no out tote the steer ark
Met he had item it, that be west to mother
public-home when be gave the ketfe tea man, who threw
it away, aid that that uma bad her. out of the way ere
mince. Now be hed to weigh Meer eresem against the sel-
dom, of rie wiramese for Me presseaties, and they dim-
tiaotly stated that they saw the primmer Mae the ems
Harriagtos. Mrs. Kim alseswore tat the proem wee the
man that reared her down. It or rather mysterious, the
absence of the knife but according to the teetimouy them
were other helium is the house, sod the kWh might ham
base pared to them. The dosemed spoke to the primmer.
and me of the wiriness swore that he saw the blow gives
by the prisoner, and therefore he Brook the tabor* as
the heed, and that would secoont for the wound the pri-
mmer had received. The aviaries for the promeseree far
outweighed the evidence for the defends, and it for so ether
reason than that he should mead the priroer to the Central
Criminal Court for trisl oe the charge of wilful maim.
He would direct lorisctor Potter to put co the hack of the
bill the MUMS of all the parties who veers in the rooms, es
they might be of use to the primmer.
TM prisoner, who treated the matter with the greatest
iodate:sum, we. then removed, but be will be brought up
again os Wednesday next, when the charge of attempted
murder of Ribber* and Richardson will be goes into.
Mr. 3. 1). Hill, the resident medical officer of the Royal
Free Respitel, Grey's-ma-road, wee in attendance. and
stated that Robbeek was going on favourably.

THE SIIIRLZY MIIIIDER. —A magisterial inquiry
into the cirerumeteaces attendant upon the murder of Mr..
Corolla Srp Colborne, at dhirley, on the aa of Des.
lest, took on Saturday at the Royal South Hants
leineary fare Messrs. J. Bernard and & Macomb ton,
two of the county magistrates, at whose dimmest the board
room of the infirmary was placed. In cousennenco of the
state of the maser, George Broomfield, it was Nu mem
eary that am few Fames as possible should be present.
Broomfield, who was derma in his own ordinary
was brought in in
sant= ask used for invalids, ad
0110111 plead on • bed • y provided in the room. He wee
shady pale. Whoa was beat removed from the dais in
which he as brought into the room on to the bed be seemed,
though perfectly alive to the pain which was necomarily
caused by his removal, as helpless physically am •
child, bat still evidently conscions of the amistenee ol
which be stood in need, m order to prevent hie filing.
Plead in • bed and propped up ia tt, be appeared for the
first half -hoar to know what was going cn, althoogh he did
cot seem to take any notice of that by whom he wee ear
rounded, except ones or twice, when lie muted to speak to
the surcease or the superhateodent of polka. Manly after
the husband of the deceased bad hem examined, sad
Broomfield had, through the raperistendent of Welke,
put a gasman or two to him—for he wee so weak that
his voice could ace be heard more than • yard or so
from him—he begat to be restless, and the surgeons
had several times to attend to him end artier the ad-
ministrate:la of sixesres. After this be lay in a coma-
tose state, bat exesioally moaned out •• deep sigh, as
though in pain, when his poor wife, who wee pressia sad
who kept her face buried In her Make .raief kindly a
Waded him at once. The some was • very •Pain=
and it was intensified whew the exciesment bad lei
effect arm Broomfield's washes's, sad be beanie, es the
scrams said, scarcely able to understand what was rag
on. He then several times groaned very deeply, and mild
out " W here are we DOW—whore ere we now" Obis wee
too mach for poor Colborne, the husband et the murdered
woman, who had hitherto behaved with remarkable Gra
nose, for in the midst of the coosultatioa with the
and magistrates be gave way to a flood of tears. &ex=
additional aides*, was given, idler which Mr. Bernard ad-
ministered the usual make, and asked the primmer if be
wished to makes ray statement. Paean (very feebly and
indistioctly)—" No, I con osly my les a dying ema, •
dying ono.' Mr. Berard then ationntiqed the prirearr for
trial OD the capital charge. The abeam ma, who cleared
his taw with kis handkerchief, was this wheeled talk to
his ward, and Mr. Wing, the father of the deoessed, was
boned over to prosecute. . . •

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIZTI.—The kW-yearly meet-
ing of the above society was held yesterday at the of is
Trafelpx-equare ; Mr. B. B. Uabbell in the chair. Mr.
L. Young, the secretary. reed the report, which dated
that the number of cam elute July last had bees
104. The H de-park 011111 M had been 45, of which 25
wen ally treated, 1 biped recovery, 9 fend
drowsed. and 8 attempted suicides. The total number of
general eases during 1864 had been 177, comprising 210
penena, cd which ',MI were nrcandelly treated, and 8
wen attempted suicides. The total amber of bathers In
the ilerpeetra during the year bad beer 216,926, amongst
whom there bad teen 35 casualties, but sone of a fatal che-
root/gr. During Millar frost 40 persons had been immomed
through venturiag on the ins, but no fatal amides, had
warred, The reoeiving•houee mid the teals
were all in good worth( condition. Th
during 1864 had been 15 Oar medals. 58 breeze easels,
19 thanks on vellum, 50 ditto on parchment, and 64 paw
Mary to The total income of the year hod loses
1,5i01. Os. 7d., and the expenditcee 1,4921. Ts. Bd., leasing
a balaeas of 901.12 e. 11d. The report concluded with an
appeal to the public for extensive support, retread wow
nary by the extended overarmed the nasty. The meet
haducteibeen adopted, the Duke of Argyll wee elated as
Zt of the society, Mr. Baker as treenarer, and Dean
lev, kr. D. Nicoll, and Mr. W. haunt were ap-
pointed to 611 vacancies on the general committee. Mr.
Baker sated that a member of the committee, lately
deemed, Yr. Delta, bad left a levity of 2001. to the
society.

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