The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-28 00:00:00

POLICE.—YarraaDAY.

MANSION.HOUSE.—Tax arreurran ASSASSINATION
OP Ma. Cstawner.—A brief notice of this examination
appeared in a portion of our last evening's impression.
—John Orenatone was charged with tsarina attempted
to kill and murder Mr. Crawley, wine-merchant,
of Mark-lane. He looked dreadfully ill. Mr.
Hughes, solicitor, attended for the prosecution.—John
Yates, clerk to Mr. G. Crawley, said, on Saturday, the
14th instant, about 10 minutes to 4 o'clock, Ovenstone
came into the counting-house. I said, knowing him, " Take
a seat for a'short time." Mr. Crawley was then in the
neiahbourhood. I went to fetch Mr. Crawley, and
seeing that Ovenetose was following me, I repeated that
if he would take a seat I would bring Mr. Crawley to him.
I observed nothing particular in his manner at the time.
I then went into Mark-lane, to a wine-merchant's, where
I hand Mr. Crawley. When Mr. Crawley came pet
neer wee sitting on a chair in a corner of the counting-house,
Mr. Crawley said to him. " Step inside, sir." The prisoner
then went into Mr. Crawley's room, followed by Mr. Crawley,
who closed the door after him. I almost immediately heard
the report of a pistol, and heard Mr. Crawley cry " Mar-
der !" I ran towards the door, which was opened, and Mr.
Crawley staggered out. He ran into the street, and I shot
the outer counting-house door and locked it. As I turned
the key in the door I hued the second report of a pistol, and
in about a minute afterwards the policeman came up, and went
into the room. I returned into the counting-louse with
the policeman. I found the prisoner in the inner room,
setting on • chair; he was bleeding at the mouth, and a
skull pistol lay on a desk. (The pistol was produced.)
I did not see another pistol. I believe the prisoner said
that it was Mrrawley's own fault, or words to that effect.
There was nothing in the manner of the prisoner calculated
to excite attention. When Mr. Crawley ran into the street,
' 'observed that he was wounded in the face. It looked more
liagerrecL—Cross.examined by
.Mr. Parker (solicitor to
. ) : I saw the prisoner twice before this occasion.
two menthe before tin the last time. They talked
area a matter of business. I did not notice that he was
much excited. He wan not more so than a man would be
who knew there were proceedings against him. I did not
hear anything that passed within whkri the door was closed.
Strickland (City policeman, 582), said : On the 14th of
August, I was on duty in Mark-lane. At about haltpsst
3 o'clock in the afternoon, I was called to Mr. Crawley's
counting-house. I got the key from Mr. Yates, and went
in with him, and saw the prisoner sitting in a chair in the
inner room, his head resting on both hands. He was bleed-
ing from the mouth. On the desk I found a pistol stained
with blood and quite warm. A second pistol was lying on
the chair in which the prisoner was sitting. Mr. Harris,
galleon, directed me to take the prisoner to Guy's Hospital,
which I did. After I found the second pistol, the prisoner
said " Good God, it was me who did it, and (with an oath)
it was that villein Crawley who caused me to do it." The
prisoner said he bed always get his living in an honest way,
and to be served in that way he could not bear. He
then inquired how Mr. Crawley was. While going to the
hospital he repeated ( with an oath) that it was that villain
Crawley who had caused it, and he was sorry the ball had
not gone through his brain. I delivered the prisoner into
the are of Mr. Cox, the house-surgeon. (Here witness pro-
bated a paper which ho foetid on the prisoner, of which the
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that brie a et Wet V be dew ea sod ought to be exposed to
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wean with lie rod —be pet steassial el the lea, which I
wad set es, sad I saw there we; wderlowl wise on
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were 'elides le the Jae, be ssfd that it malt ewes to
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Andrea Owastees, ill„ Upper Chirione-areet, Fitzroy-
.Zara_. . Komi 7, before the above document was read aloud,
gabssitted that it might contain matter calculated to excite a
prejudice against the gentleman for whom he watched the
ewe, and stated that he could show beyond all doubt that
Mr. Crawley had acted most irreproachably throughout the
whole of the business to which the prisoner referred, and
Sat not the slightest impropriety was imputable to him.
Mr. Shard said that be knew all the particulars of the trans-
MOM which had taken place on the subject to which the
pew alluded, and he knew that the prisoner was possessed
st a ableleeenda with regard to it, and had endeavoured to
Wwpm the unfortunate man that he was mistaken in
Sin Mt. Crawley, any desire to do him injury.—W.
pelissman 528, corroborated Strickland'. state.
=l,lMhos ft was advised that the prisoner should be
ha pot his band into his trousers pocket, and said,
.i y bore on more," and threw down his purse on the table.
Whim the ball was extracted, the prisoner wished to look at
it, and I showed it to him, and he wanted to feel the weight
of it; and I refused to let him have it.—Mr. Samuel Jolly,
sas' amistannsurgeon at Thomas's llospitsJ, said—he saw
Ns. OslAdly. there at halt-pat ten o'clock on the night of
the 14Ib of Amust. I was informed he had been shot.
ll • Vela at the outward angle of the now, on the
aide. The wound communicated with dm
. jaw celled the antrum. Upon problagaivia
• the ball. I then made an incision am
' wet* eflits now to the angle of the month, to avoid*.
,'"0. of a scar. I enlarged the opening at the boat,
. 7 110MMall the bullet. It bad passed along the
Eis
il the teeth, and that, I believe, saved the
Ilb. The nature of the wound, as it wen,'