The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-04 00:00:00

EXECUTION AT STAPPORD.-{THIS DAY .)

Thie learning rats Abet tie sorniiiinned convict,
Dadd Ikenaltiek, wesseeedelis henget Os minnty prisos
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_to be szpedellang Not only of tle, ihilaiwra.t.have every ellep in the OW with is.
but even et the priesmard immediate fries*
belt Maddock' and Jams have been reprieved.
The &e,fordshire Advertiser of to-day says Lest
week we intimated tie existases of a rumour Unit
ea effort wee being gawk on behalf et Haddocks, but
we believe it wen eagles& to the personal application
his solicitor Mr. H. Barber, to the Home Secretary cad
Mr. Baron Meadd, setting worth the inconclusive nature
of the evidence against him. The application was only
an analysis of the testimony given by the witnceses —not
memorial. At the some time, the statement which Mad.
docks had made, and which we subjoin, was forwarded.
Mr. Baron Martin, in acknowledging the receipt of the cee,
muoication, intimated his design to call the attention d the
Home Secretary to the case, but said that he personally 6,4
a course no power to interfere with the execution of the
mandate. This letter arrived on Wednesday ; and yesterday
morning Mr. Barber received a eommuniestion from the
Horne Department, informing him that "after full considers,
Lion of all the circumstances of the ode, and ooniniunicatits
with the learned judge before whom the trial took place,
Sir George Grey has felt warranted in advising her Maim,
to commute tee capital sentence passed upon the on.
sonar to one of penal servitude for life." It should be
stated that before Mr. Baron Martin left Raiford, Major
Fulford, the governor of the gaol, handed the statement'
of both Maddock' and Jones to him. Subsequently it came
to the knowledge of the Home Secretary that the third
prisoner, ' , bad also made a statement to the
chaplain (the Bev. W. P. Vincent), under the promise that
it should not be published until after his death ; and Sir
George Grey consequently at once put himself in oommuni.
cation with the governor, desiring him, if it could be done
without breach of lath, to procures copy of the statement and
forward it to London. Mr. Vincent acoordingly, at hie mit
interview with Brandrick, obtained the required permission,
and the statement" of all three primers were then brought
before the Secretary of Sada la the ease of Janes however,
a further step was taken. Partly as the result of his owe
convictions, and partly aiding as the advice of his frieads,
he had requested the attendance' of a Somme catholic priest;
and in compliaam with his wishes the Bev. H. O'Sullivan
visited hint daily as his spiritual adviser. Fatly in the week,
Jones repeated his statement to Mr. O'Sullivan, with the
addition, however, that he bad so far participated in the
murder as to strike Mr. Bagott on the leg and kick him oa
the head. As this declaration was made to the priest in
his character of a feiwd. Mr. O'Sullivan felt at liberty to
transmit it to the HOMO b@ee to be viewed with the reel.
This be did on Tuesday last. The result of Sir George
Grey's deliberations in Maddock'" case we have already
shown ; but at the time of the arrival of the cornmunica.
Lion above referred to, the following document was put
into the hands of Major Pulford :
" Whitehall, Jen. 2, 1862.
" Sir,—l am to signify to you the Queen's commands,
that the execution of the sentence of death passed uppoana
Willisun Jones and William Haddocks, now in tllaffart
gaol, be respited until further signification of her Majeaty'e
pleasure.-1 am, your obedient servant,

"G. Girmr.".

m
Accopanying the document was a note from Cidd
Clerk of the Home Department, stating it to be Sir G.
Grey's wish that, out of consideration for Brandrick's feel-
ings, the intelligenee should not be revealed to him until
the morning of the execution. Acting on this injunction,
the governor went only to the coils of the two reprieved
=4..t0 anneance to them the contests of the
.Yr. O'Sullivan !accompanied him on his visit to
Jones, who exhibited hie emotion by tears when told of
the Menge is his fate. Haddocks, although he
led all Meng been hopeful of a respite, Wee not
lees dentomettatire of his Joy at the receipt of the news.
As bad hem feared, it was found impracticable is Braid-
riek's ems to comply with the desire of the Home Secre-
tary. He pointedly put the question to the cplain at
Friday marning, what his companions were to bedse with,
and Mr. Vinoent could sot evade • direst answer. The agony
the couch* felt at his own position was augmented as he
heard the reply. He omaidered himself unjustly dealt with,
as he mid his associates in crime, and especially Jones, were
at all events equally guilty with himself. The selection the
government had made in choosing him for executers be
attributed to the anspkion entertained that he was the nom-
darer of the Waimea Piper, who, it will be reinemberedoine
robbed and loft dead in the fields near &lam some months
before the murder of Mr. Bagott was committed."
Haddock's demeanour &snag the week hes bens ricen-
posed, but, ea we bays already stated, he always seemed to
entertain • hope that his life would be spared. JOll4ll.
on the oostrary, had given up all ides of a ea=
ria , and
was resignedly preparing himself for death.
listened to the bastructioas of the chaplain with appa-
rent pleasure, sad expressed a wish for the atisadmale
of his spiritual counsellor as often as peed/MI.
Until Friday he seemed to have no fear of the
prospect of death, bat yesterday morning t=
change came over him He was obviously much ua
and exhibited great anxiety to pray sod direct his thoughts
to his approaching sad. He was always ready to mavens
with the chaplain on his past life, sad expressed peal
sorrow for the offences he bad committed. Of the crime
now imputed to him, however, he several times &dared
moat solemnly his entire innocence. Both he and Madclocks
were visited by leveed of their relatives ; but Jones had as
opportunity to see only his brother and sister. To some
others of his fneods he sent a letter during the week, pro-
testing his innocence of the murder.