The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-30 00:00:00

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the tenants. At that time the defendant's wife 'wee alive.
and he (defendant) and his partner he 1 bean in the habit
of frequenting the house of the plaintiff. In' July of that
year U• defradaat's wife died ; and in April, 1847, ha
avowed himself the suitor of the daughter Ellen. He
stated that her industry, attention, and proper demeanour
had VOA hie esteem. Hie visits after this INTO pdd
daily, and attar a time he was admitted es the
avowed suitor, and upon one occasion, in ocmpany
with Elea, visited her aunt, at Volumes. The
defendant assompar.ied the young. lady to various places
of amusement, and proposed marriage upon Tulin, ocza-
siren, and sent for his sister to come and attend at the cere-
mony. On the 7.h of February of the last year, the defend-
ant went to the house of the plaintiff, when Mrs. Breekle
melded her daughter Ellen to go and serve some men in
the taproom, who wore conducting themselves marbly.. Bits
demurred, and at this juncture the defendant came in—he
affected to ermuniserate her conditi'in, sided with her
egainst her mother, slid he would protect her ; and being
left alone in his company he took advantage of the occasion
to accomplish bee ruin. Bite, having awe yielded, his visits
afterwards became as disgraceful to her as they were to him-
self. At the end of April a palpable change was discovered in
the conduct of the defendant towards the girl. His sister came
to Liverpool to be present at the marriage, and with that
sister ha went about with the young lady to different places
of amusement, and affected to treat her with somethinglike
affection and respect; but "else bad outlived his liking." It
was subsequently discovered that the defendant was in the
habit of driving a Miss Molyneux about in a gig, and paying
her other marked attentions. in the month of June, Ellen
Breckle disclosed to the defendant her pregnancy, and
in reply he made her this answer, Well lass, never
mind ; if it is not right, we can soon make it so ; but
I did not think you were of such a tamper to be jea-
lous about that silly girl." About the end of July, be-
fore her delivery, the partner of the defendant, Mr.
Dougherty, was sent to call upon the girl, to make an
offer of WL and set her up in a shop, if the would ex-
operate the 'defeadaat. She refused to accept the offer.
On a subsequent occasion he had the decency and honour
to propose that she should live with him u his mistre st ; he
said he knew the child with which she was pregnant was
his, and he would leave it half his property at his death.
But after saying this, he proposed that she should swear the
child to some other man, and he would give her 601. She
indignantly refused. A child was born on the 18th of
December.
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Mir BRen Breads was then called, and examined at eon.
durable length. She substantiated the statements' in the
main, of Mr. &leant Wilkins with reference to the cir-
• uses of the eeduedoe, and the birth of the child. She
kid the dssadeiat had of to Five her 101. in hand, 101.
when confined, and give the child 101. in ten years time.
She refined to accept the offer unless he wee tied to it.
In erowszamination, wiener said she might have been in-
duced to have accepted the offer if It had been given in
wltMtinif Mr. urphy, in addrmft the jury on behalf of the de-
fendant, commented on the 'bones of the defendant's part-
ner, Mr. Dougherty, to prove the offer of the money.
The learned lodge instructed the jury that, under the
eireamstan as, there must be a verdict for the plaintiff, as
se attempt was made on the other side to rebut the as
neon lb merits. •
The jury, after an absence of about half an hour, returned
with a nudist for the plaintiff—Damages, 2001.

SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT.—BAIcos, )(mica 26.
Before 8&r W. Erie.
THE CWEGOODY MERDIR,

Jaw, Griffiths 7,0;;;;. Williams, aged 18, was
charged with having, at Cwiegoody, murdered Thomas
Edwards. _

Jones stated the facts, which were fully
borne out by the evidence. The primmer at the bar, who
had gone by the names both of James Griffiths sad Thomas
Williams, some time prior to the last harvest had been
engaged under the latter name as a farm servant by Mr. J.
Powell, of Cwmgoody. The other servant, Thomas Ed
wards, had been in Mr. Powell's service fur about two years.
They had lived together on amicable term, and on the
17th of November both were to have left the service—
it being Brecon hiring fair, when it was not unusual for
servants to change. The prisoner and the deceased usually
slept together. The other inmates of the house were
Mr. and Mrs. Powell, a son, a daughter, and Elizabeth
Phillips, who had lived as a servant in the family for five
years. Tbe son got up about five o'clock on that morning,
sad fond that prisoner and deceased had gone out before
him. He sutusreently saw deceased sitting on the chaff-
cutter in the stable, and the prisoner standing near him.
Soon afterwards the son left for the purpose of taking a
horse to a blacksmith's shop. Elizabeth Phillips got up
about a quarter to six, and prisoner accompanied her part of
the way towards the brook, to which she was going to obtain
water. After some conversation, her attention was attracted
by groaning, proceeding apparently from • dungheap.
Being November it was quite dark at that hour. She re-
turned to the hones, and hearing footsteps in the bedroom
occupied by prisoner and deceased, she called out. Prisoner
answered, and came dawn. She remarked that she heard
some groaning outside. He smiled and raid what can it be /
They both went out is the direction of the dung-heap, but
he stepped short of the spot whence the groans proceeded.
The witness then returned to the house for a lantern, and
the prisoner pretended to follow, but from that time he had
disappeared, and was not found until brought from Ipswich
gaol weed weeks afterwards. Soon after this Janet
Powell, the daughter, came down stain, and the son had
likewise returned from the blacksmith', shop. Accom-
panied by Elizabeth Phillips some of them proceeded
towards the heap whence the groaning proceeded. At
first they saw nothing, but on returning to the house
told Mr. Powell of what they had heard. He, accom-
panied by them, proceeded towards the spot, and they
dissevered Thomas Edwards in a state of insensibility.
He was covered with blood, and his skull dreadfully
fractured. He was taken into the house. Medical assist-
ance was procured, but he expired the same evening. Pre-
vious to his death the deceased had and various expressions,
but being in a state of insensibility at the time, those weeds
erre not given in evidence. In a gutter near the dungheap
was found concealed an axe, which had been last used by
Janet, the daughter, who left it in the rickyard, some die-
taus from the place in which it was found. On it were
marks of blood. The deceased's hat was likewise baud, and
on the bark part, corresponding with the fractures on the
skull, was a hole, evidently made by means of some blunt
instrument. Thrown into the garden, near the spot where
deceased was found, and by the gate where the servant girl
first saw the prisoner, was a pitchfork, on which were like-
wise marks of blood. Suspicion naturally fell on the
prisoaer, who had, u he had stated, suddenly dis-
appeared, and was not found until January in the
present year. On the 6th of that month Mr. Powell
saw him in Ipswich gaol, and on hie saying that he was
sorry to see him in such a position, and alluding to the crime,
prisoner hung down his head and said nothing, either con-
firming or denying it. He subsequently sent for the gaoler
of Ipswich, expressing a wish "to say all about it," bat that
gentleman refused hearing him unless in the presence of a
magistrate. A waistcoat and shirt were found in the priso-
ner's pounder' which would be positively identified as those
of Thomas Edwards. In addition to this it would be found
that prisoner's own shoes were found outside Cwsigoody-
house, as though thrown from the bed-room window.
There were various other criminating circumstances day
or two before, Mr. Powell had, in the Irksome, presume,
paid Edwards 301. The prisoner left Wlthollt applying for
7s. or Ss. which were due to him, although he had asked for
them before they were due.
The case for the prosecution having been closed,
Prisoner, on being asked if he had any observations to
make to the jury, said, " I do not know what to say," mid
afterwards added, " I leave the case in your hands, my
lord."

His Lordship named up and the jury, after an absence of
ten minutes, returned into court with a verdict of Guilty.
His Lordship then paiesd sentence of death in the usual
form, holding oat no hope of Ramey.

POLICE—YarmaDAT.

WITH_ A

ILINSION-HOUSE.—CzAses -
Cu3.-11r. Asbunt, solicitor, appeared
eineegensee of a statement made before Alderman Willem
en Tuesday, and which appeared in the Expreu on
I Wednesday, upon an application for a summons against car-
te& persons for having obtained goads under false pretences.
He bad given notice to the complainants that he intended to
explain the whole of the circumstances connected with the
matter of eemplaint, a arum which they had not thought
proper to adbpt in bringing forward the charge.
Alderman Gibbs having stated that he could not hear the
utter ricsapt upon repetition of the application Mr. Goddard said he should then renew his application
he summonses against certain parties whoa be would not
name for obtaining goods under false pretences. The club
bad been formed to May 1847 In the City of London, and in
the Strand, and his numerous clients bad been applied to to
furnish goods. Here Mr. Goddard repeated at some length
his farmer statements, and, at the desire of Mr. A.shunt, pro.
(heed the original order, which was as follows :
Whittington and Metropolitan Atheneum.—Notlea.—The members
of this sesociation do net pledge their perumal responsty in respect
of any debts metraeted by or any credit given to it; and that an.,
tracts by at with this emaciation we entered into by the secretary as
the representative of the meollation, on the credit of the common
funds akin, the personal reeponsibility of the members of the arc.
claim me being in any way pledged beyond the amount of their
w.huatticoi.
Pkeas to supply, ces the conditions stated In the
above rotas. No one is antacrimed to sign or isms this order swept
the secretary. It Is masted that no goods be applied without
printed order.
Alderman Gibbs.—Well, this is very plain. You trust
the funds only.
Mr. Ashund.—Yes • and it is upon an order so plain that
after the club was destroyed by a fire these tradesmen apply
against individuals for obtaining goods under false pretences.
Mr. Goddard.—But it was represented to my clients, and
they are prepared to prove it, that the club consisted of 2,000
numbers, and that they had en income of 5,0001. per annum.
and it Is upon that false pretence that I ground my appli-
cation.
Alderman Gibbs.—Have you taken any proceedings at

Mr. Oculdard.—We attached the funds at the banker's.
Mr. Askant. —Yes, you destroyed the club, by preventing
duos from setting *dr money to refit the piece, and then
complain that you are not pad.
At the &eke of Ashant, a document, alpiei by one
of his &tab, was reed. It Tao "To the hosseteiy of the
Club,"
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