The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-25 00:00:00

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Bovisa—Farb sad Orleans, 713 11 •• Pub sad Ream 322 30;
lowa sad Ham, 134 73 : Aviv'. mad liassellka, 250; Straaboorg
sad Bak, 103 73 ; Oletre 4Th,...), IN 3 . ; Boakeas and Amami,
130; Boakaas, 401 53 ; North, 427 54 ; Paris sad flanwhoorr, 344 73
Tam sad Neste% 112 50 ; DlPppe sad Feeamp, 17730; Yeradlles, 170.

seeded to be undertakes. The dye genth men named
were : Mem% Rutherfoord, AusdelJ, Truter,
Mao Donald, gad de Pau.

At a gustier to 4, the following letter from the
governor wu brought is :
Govinuersief.Hovan, Auo. 4, 1849.—8ir,-4 am di-
tented by his excellency to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of this day's date, and to acquaint you, that the go-
vernor has substopenily received a nominal list of the con-
Tic's expected, all of whoa', es ft appean to his excellency
and the atterneyienetal, he has absolute power over, to dis-
pose of earcuestanees demand.—l have the honour to be,
At., Joust GARVOCZ, &c., Lt. CA., Priv. fko.
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Hereupon the following resolution was unanimously
esrried

That his excellency the governor's letter of thin day's date
having stated, that kering received a nominal list of con-
victs expected by the Neptune, it appears tt his excellency
and the atterneygeneral that he bad sbeolute power to
dispose of them es cdratentstanose demand, it is resolved,
ti at in the opinion of this meeting the circumstances of this
colony insprnitively demand that they should be furthwi'h
sent away la the Neptune, and that the corretpocding com-
mittee be instructed to address his excellency on the subject,
requesting hist to wry oat this rtoolutioa.

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1849.

Pany had argued that it was not intesded
by the 7th and &hot Victoria to take away aiding rights;
bat the answer to that WY, that the staiso of this party was
altered. All the privileges which this legislation had in-
tended to reserve were personal ; but ate privilege of being
tried by a jary do usedietato was not of that nature, and the
party having ceased to be an slims, bad ceased to bare that
privilege. It was not necessary to take away the privilege by
express words; the prisoner leaving ceased .to be an alien,
tke inquest was not between the sovereign and an alien. The
Wel moat therefore proceed.
Mr. Ballasting) them intimated his desire to have a plea of
demurrer entered recording his objection; and, after some
discussion between the learned Judges and counsel, the point
raised was reserved, id, Ballasting and the Attorney-pane.
ray Joining in a demurrer, the elect of which will be that, if
the female prisoner is convicted, it will afterwards be open
to her to appeal either to the Criminal Court of Error or to
the House of Lords.

The jury were swots, sad the indictment having bees
read to dna,

The Attorney-Gmera me to open the case. H. sa:d the
groat importance of this caw, and the excitement in the
public mind, had induced him to appear there to conduct

the prosecution, with a view to elicit the truth. In a charge
of this serious nature it was most important for the jury to
dismiss from their minds everything which they had
hosed, %ad to confine their attention strictly to the evident*.
He should abeain as much as passible from making any
unnecessuy observations. The prisoners at the bar were
George Frederick Manning, who Came from Somereetabire,
and who was lately a guard on the Oreat Western Railway,
and Maria, his wife, who was keenly at the Duchess of
Sutherland's, and was married to the male prisoner. The
murdered man was formerly a gamer in the docks. On Thum-
day the 9th of August he left his house. About a quarter
before 5 o'clock in the afternoon he was men by two friends
on London-bridge, to whom be showed a letter of invitation
Ito dinner, signed "Maria." A little later be was again seen,
and that was the last time he was seen alive. On the 13th rite
prisoners left their home. Oa the 14th the landlord four.d it
namempied, and on the 17th the police found the body of
O'Connor on the premiers. Thetas' ned comae' then described
the manner and c3ndition in which the body was found.
The fact of the finding of the body in the boss.
was not conclusive evidence of the guilt of either
of the prison re; but there could be no doubt that
O'Connor was, between the 9:h and the 14th, murdered on
the premises; and is was no violent presumption to conclude
that one or other, or both of the prisoners, committed the
dreadful act. When the jury had heard the evider.ce, he
believed they would be of opinion that the murder of
O'Connor was the result of a long end deep-laid schema
of the prisoners. As regarded the legal question, if, on the
resat, they should be of opinion that Maria Manning's was
the hand that struck the blow, and that the husband only
aided and abetted, or that both were present while some
third party committed the murder, they must both
be held to have been guilty. If either com-
mitted the vet, and the other was present abetting,
the verdict must be given against both. In cases
of this description it was generally impossible to o'Asin
anything but circumstantial evidence. In the 11th and 1213
c. 46, Ist sec., it was enacted that these who were
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memories before the Let to murder ehould be indicted,
treated, and punished, al principals; and, therefore, it was
immaterial which of the prisoners committed the deed. There
is only one other legal proposition to which he would advert.
In some cases the low exempted married women from con-
sideration; bat this rule did Lot split), to cues which were
termed main in se, and which were abhorrent to nature. Sa
that in this case the f. male prisoner could not successfully
plead the fact of her being a married woman, or that she
acted under coercion. It might be alleged that the woman
was only an accessory after the fact. Site was not so charged.
Such a charge would not be sanctioned by this law, and the
evidence in this case would not bear out that view. Now
the question won, was the act done by both of the prisoners,
or by either in the presence of the other. The nature of the
intimacy between the Kennings and O'Connor tended
to throw light on that question. The learned counsel then
entered into the origin of the intimacy. Soon after the
Kennings went to Miner-place a young gentleman named
Massey, a medical student, went to lodge with them. Whilst
he was staying with them Manning stated in his presence that
O'Connor was a man of considerable property; questioned
Wm with regard to the effect of laudanum in stupifying a mean
and finally asked him what he thought would be the fate
in another world of a man who had committed murder.
Some time after, the prisoners expre,sei a desire that Massey
should leave their house, alleging that they wanted to go
into the country ; and, in consequence of this representation,
he did leave on the 28th of July. The learned canuel then
deteribed the purchasing of a blithe' of lime and of
a crow-bar, with regard to which Mannine, on
meeting the man who carried it home, complained
of its not being wrspped up. The crow-bar was deli
eared to Mrs. Manning, who complained that the plies
charged was more than had been bargained for. On the Bth
of August Mrs. Manning bought the shovel, and, en the
same day wrote a letter to O'Connor giving the imitation
referred to. On the evening of the same day O'Connor called
with a friend at Mannirg's, and Mrs. Manning expressed her
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enrprise at his not having come to dinner. H. replied that
he had not received the letter. O'Connor remained there
with his friead until a late hour. Or the 9:h O'Connor
went to the Docks, and alter being seen in the evening
of that day, was never after seen alive. On the
evening of the 9th, Thursday, Mn. Manning went to
O'Connor's lodgings, and she went to them a seoand time on
the succeeding day. On the 11th she hind • pin' to clean.
On the 20th Manning sold to a broker, .20 Eastern
Counties shares in the name of O'Connor. The absence of
O'Connor from his home creating suspicion, the same
person who bad last seen him alive called at Manning's,
and inquired if be had called there cn the 9:b. The reply
was that he bad not, and Mrs. Manning stated that she had
been to his lodgings to ascertain why he had not come to her
house to dine. Oa the following Monday Manning went to
a brokerby the name of Bainbridge, to whom he sold hit fur-
niture, 'eking the man to remove it at 5 the next morning.
He stayed for some time at the broker's, and about 5 o'clock
went to his own house to look for his wife. When he arrived
he was told that his wife had left. About an hour before
Mrs. Manning hail left in a cab, taking with her some
boxes. She afterwards called at the South-Eastern
station and deposited with the clerk some boxes ;
and she then proceeded to the North.We.tern station
She proceeded to Edinburgh, and took lodgings there under
the name of Smith. The learned counsel then detailed the
circumstances connected with the apprehension of the female
prisoner, and the property found upon hrr. He then traced
the departure of Manning from London oa the 15th.
and stated his subsequent apprehension at Jersey.
When apprehended, Manning, who made no resist-
ance, stated that his wife had committed the act,
saying that as O'Connor was going down stairs she put her
arm round his neck and shot him. There could be no ques-
tion that O'Connor was murdered. The only question was
whether it was done by either "r both of the prisoners. These
various acts and circumstances were those from which the
jury would have to draw their conclusion ; and he was sure
they would do so calmly, patiently, and honestly, dismissing
from their minds everything which they had previously
heard, and applying them solely and impartially to the evi-
dence which would be addueed.
Henry Berns was then called, and examined by Mr.
Clerkson.—Was a policeman. In consequence of informa-
tion which he had received he went, with a man named
Burton, to 3, Kinver-place, Bermondsey, en Friday, the 17th
of August. The house was empty. Examined and searched
it. His brother constable Barton unlocked the house door
and went into the back kitchen. A damp mark between
the edges of two of the flag-atones attracted his attention.
Removed the stones. Found some mortar andel them, and
then some earth. The stone appeared to have been recently I
removed. On getting about twelve bathes down, discovered
the to of a man, and at about 18 inches, the loins. The
body was lying on the belly, and the legs were drawn up on
the haunches, and tied with strong cords. The body was
quite naked. On proceeding to name move earth we found
the entire body. The body was embedded in slack lime.
Mr. Lockwood, a nerves, then came in, and removed a
est of false teeth. The head was lower than the
other part of the body. The latter was then removed
from the hole to the front kitchen, and examined by Mr.
Lockwood and another surgeon. A person named Flynn
also came. The body remained In the house on the night
of the 17th and on the 18th. Oa eke same day, the 17th,
watt to O'Connor's residence at Greenwood-street, and
found the lock of a box which had boss forced, It con-

Waal No limey. la this box then was a sort of each-b.:,
which was imam.

Cross-examined by Mr. Bedfast Wilkins—The &Retools
were about three feet long by two feet wide. The soil !cloy
wu wet. Witness was now well acquainted with the pre.
m'aes. On inhering the house by front door the first room
was the front parlour. The front kitchen was under the front
parlour, the back one under the bark parlour. Could not say
whether or not persons could be heard speaking in the
adjoining houses. There was a good deal of noise.
Re-examined by the Attorney-OeneraL—ln removing the
stones, the mow-bar and the shovel were both used.
Cross-examined by Mr. Bsllantine.—Could easily have

removed the flag-stones himself. _
James Burton, the pollas-cfflear referred to ty the last
witness, examined by fur. Bodkin.—The size of the opening
was about live feet long by two broad, and between two and
three feet deep. The things had all been moved from the
house.

Cress-examined by Mr. Serjeant Wilkies.—Went to the
house first on the 14th, accompanied by Mr. Keating and
two ether persons. On that occasion fou.td 28 pieces of clean
linen. There were also some trunks in the noun. There
was a shovel in the back kitchen. Them were some shrubs
growing in the garden. Saw some scarlet runners there
ti. d up with strings.
Samuel Lockwood, examined by Mr. Cierk.—Was a sur-
geon, residing at Windsor-terrace, Newington. Went to
Manning 's house in Minmr-place, on the 17th August.
Found there the eonetablea Barnes and Burton. On wit-

ness's entering the back kitchen saw Barnes there. A pot- I
thin of the feet of a body was visible. Saw
the body entirely uncovered, and perceived that it
was tied. The legs were bent I ark to the
haunches and tied down in that position. Before the body
wee removed from the hole be took from the mouth a set of
false teeth. It was taken to the front kitchen. ;Mr. Iloadley,
another surgeon, cut the cords. On extinioing the head,
witness perceived a small protuberance over the right eye,
which was bard and moveable, and witness tut down upon
it, and found a pistol bullet inside. [The bullet
was then produced.] In the skull there was
so opening corresponding to the bullet; it was in the frontal
bone. It did not come 'through the in!egnments. In the
back part of the skull also there were extensive fractures.
Could not trace the C.WITS• of the bullet, on account of the
extensive fractures and the decomposition of the frame.
Button pieces of bone had been removed. There were
some wounds on the head, such as might have been prc-
duced by the end of a crowbar, or by a chisel.
By the Lord Chief Baron—These were contused wounds
also.

Mr. Seejeant Wilkins objected to the ques':f.n which had
elicited the last reply to counsel.
On the examination being resumed, the witness said—He
had no doubt but that one wound from a bullet would cause
death.
The whiles wet not cross-examined,

Cherles Slow, examined by the Atloreey General—l em
summming other r of the Coror.tv's Court. 1 produce the
false teeth I took from the body of O'Crcn,r.
William Tomlin was the neat wi•nen—l em a gentist. I
live in Whitechapel. Identilitd the teeth. Ile bad sold
them to O'Connor.

(Left sittimg.)

SECOND EDITION.