The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-09 00:00:00

THE ST. GILES'S MURDER.- xv
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OF THE HUEDEBEE.--(THI DAY.)

John Richard Jeffery, aged 32, who vim ea"
Tided at the last session of the Central Naiad Coot •
the wilful murder of his son, Arthur }babied Jelly i
boy seven years of age, underwent the peualtyof they, ire
that offence this morning at 8 o'clock at the meal Aka 4
execution in the Old Bailey.
The circumstances of the crime for idoeh tie
prisoner suffered will be huh in the reeetist%
of the reader. The culprit married the
of the unfortunate child about eight 7nni-2.,`
and from circumstances that came to by bona;
utter the marriage in relation to the entsesdeM sob
duct of his wife, there was no doubt that hit Mai
influenced by jealousy, which was aggravated by a sive
feeling that the child was
not Ina own cduld, lad sb, sg
s • of another man. This it was that led to ths aauri
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be remembered that the deemed child we ik
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charge of his grandmother previous to
Sunday, the 29th day of July,
. the culprit, mem,
her earnest remonstrances, insisted upon

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away from her, saying that he was going late th en*
and wished him to accompany him. The grandartho
who seemed to have been very fond of the pox diiis
appeared was leo impressed with the maned* OW th
prisoner intended to do him some mischief that she follsni
him with the view to induce the polios toiatedrefek
protection, but the prisoner succeeded i¢ ankhou
escape with the boy, and nothing mom ex.
of the poor little fellow until the following nob
lag, when he was found surpersied -by th
neck from the poet of a water einem In s
cellar in St. Giles's. He was quite dead, having, mug,
to the medical testimony, been in the position in *44
was found for several hours before he wee dime*
Suspicion, of coarse, at once attached to the pelenno
the author of the crime, but he contrived to map%
London, and although a reward of 1001. cm duel Is
his apprehension, he evaded all the inquiries d the pisk
The stings of conscience, however, mould to tins
weighed so heavily upon the wretched man, tint
wandering through the country for several weeks is a nal
wretched and forlorn condition, he at length ormoirm
himself to one of the Yorkshire constabulary, to As is
oonfessed his guilt.

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Although the prisoner subsequently endenssei h
very cluirey manner to explain away the eat Ahab
'sent he had nude, there was, of course, not the ilikhg ,
doubt of his crime, and almost immediately she
• —..,,ation he appeared to have made a fill senile •
--"mi under which the mine

committed. This has already been made pdas,
The culprit poems to have conducted himself NM*
well since his conviction. Upon one cream b
expressed a wish to see his wife, in order, so las
that he might forgive her, but although inqakks nes
made after her, it appears that she could not bs fold,
and the only persons who have visited the prima as
brother and sister, who took their last famed me fq
last week.

Mr. Sheriff Waterlow and Mr. Sheriff Lyoett, seesy
ponied by one of the under-sheriffs, Mr. De Joey, need
at the prison a few minutes before 8 o'clock, sad, are
partied by Mr. Jonas, the governor of Nampa, sad
Humphreys, the chief warder, they et ear p.
ceeded to the cell appropriated to the omit
of pinioning. The Rev. Mr. Jones, the aril%
and the Rey. Mr. M'Cree, a clergyman eke led
known the culprit formerly, were with hi,
the culprit was praying most fervently, sad 9.
parently with great sincerity. After a short jetfoil's
exclaimed, " Although I am a murderer, I hops I ski
obtain forgiveness from God." Ho then said, "laßsN
the justice of my sentence, and I look for nothing oil
this world." The culprit then turned toward" Kr. An,
the governor of Newgate, and the sheriffs, sad said le
thanked them for all the kindness he had recant tam
them, and he was particularly thankful to NI. kite
for the great kindness he had received Ins IS
Nino he had been confined in Dimas (theft
the executioner then proceeded to pinion the othel
man, who, while the operation was being pdami,
exhibited extraordinary cabman' and mlioneies,
The prisoner then, in a moat earnest manner, said drib
hoped God would forgive his wife and her motherie t
way in which they had behaved towards him,and mid id
he himself freely forgave them, and died in perm rill
all. After a short pause, the prisoner, in a most Om
tone, exclaimed, "0, God, the last moment I 1.•
approaching ; I pray that I may have singe
endure it, and that I may not fail at the he.
The usual procession was then formed, and the Onct
walked firmly to the scaffold, saying "Good bye"
passed the warders, who were ranged along the rmen
walked up the steps leading to the scaffold Tithed &
assistance, and continued praying in a loud deer vim
until the drop fell. After • few convulsive um*
life was extinct.
The culprit was • short, spare man, rather polka*
with not the slightest appearance of ferocity or bailor
in his countenance. The crowd that assembled wee
veq
large, it being computed by persons versed in sook maw
that there were at least 20,000 persons priest
, o'clock the body was cut down, and it will be 011ie
, course of the day within the precinct' of the pd.
years have elapsed since the last execution took Flo
Newgate, the criminal on that occasion being the mania
Miiller.

THE SCENE OUTSIDE THE GAOL.
An instance of the salutary effects of the Wok.
tution of Tuesday for Monday was seen in thk
Hitherto the scenes witnessed on the Sunday nilkt‘
of the moat disgusting and demoralising 348.11 lak
night the number of idlers assembled in haat ciNsolls
was few compared with former occasions ; sad it we
till 4 o'clock that the mob began to thicken. Oa or to
fights took place, which, with several aims of distil*
conduct, were met by the offenders being uneenendssaf
conveyed to the police-station. Beyond this die gig
which prevailed was as good as ma be egifill
at scenes where roughs are in the great majoritl•
hour of execution drew near crowds poured in fro
directions, and by a quarter to 8 the whole of
Iles
within the barriers were filled. Throughout the sgrgil
the members belonging to the " Open Air Neese
busied themselves in a praiseworthy manner bl
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buting tracts, discoursing scriptural subjects, sad age*
ing banners containing appropriate texts. It is isid
above 30,000 tracts were disposed of by the ash
Just as the bell of St. Sepulchre's cciesseld
tolling, • number of the body 'Waged
selves in front of the church rasp, og
of them began praying ; whilst another, who la
his hat in the crowd and who had his head Weed Obi
white handkerchief as a substitute, employed 40
expression', and continually exclaimed, by lew/OF.
" Poor Jeffery," "Oh ! Jeffery ! " " Save biwr
It should be observed that executions have. tibia f
on a Tuesday in former yews—that of Greene"'
2nd of May, 1837, was, it is said, the last.

YARMOUTH ELECTION COMMISSION N. -T111!„
missioners sat again on Saturday and yesrday.
dence taken was not very important, and in a"—
grat
related to the election of 1859. Mr. W. T. Joke
sea
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innkeeper, confessed to acts of bribery for laelck
Goodson at the last election, but at the election eip"
bad done thesameoffioe for the liberals. 11r.W.
who again gave evidence, declared his belief that gie
con had himself bribed in 1559 a man named 'Wit
Sir E. Limon swore till he was black in the afro
did not bribe Fayerman, he (Mr. Linnineae)
believe him. He believed that Sir 11. Strsoell,,•!
conservative candidate, also advanced Ow.
The canvass of 1859 was a satisfactory one ism
but • week before the election it was disco
win it, bribery must be resorted to. The Dar,.
too late in the field, however, in 1859, as 40117
1865. If " Jones " had begun early enough he."*..
won in 1865, bet the 6,0001. placed at ale
spent foolishly and uselessly. Mr. Georre Items
master at Gorleston, testified that in 1857 boo
bad superintended the distribution of reenerlis
One man, named Charles Veale, had gee Iti
month sad 10/. in Gorleston for his vote, and
same time W. from the tones. The relate°
for Messrs. Watkin and Young in 1859, and themieso
men interested themselves to get him has plr. t
mgt ca portmaster. William titing, "'" •
and Geroge Clements, a tailor, also pas eve 110-
hing distributed monein bribes in WI
bid
Yesterday the commissioners met again, and
intro
witnesses before them. One who acted a
weights and measures told how he changed]
because he was afraid that if he did not he oral
situation. Another changed Imcawe his so_
poi/Assent in the Great Eastern Rawl/ °or"'