The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-13 00:00:00

THE TRIAL OP SIMON BERNARD.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—APRIL 12.
(Oonlima tram youlorileirs £xpr.u.)

The examinatica of IL Tarim se to other matters was
then proceeded with. He seid—l saw thirty fregmer of
iron that hei bees Orr op They were ear as weer be
produced by the implodes oa per& like the one prodord.
The fragments varied in sire from a grain to that of .bean
or a mall cherry stone, and win of the description that
would be produced by the explodes a/ fulminating powder
in such an iron instrument as the one produced. In my
judgment the fragments produced by such an explosion
be extronely numerous, and if three such instruments
were thrown among a great number of people, a large num-
ber of those people moat necesearily be irdared. Shortly after
the accurresees I visited a great ;many people who had
noshed *juries of a character likely to have been indicted
by projectiles el each a description. I found that 166
promo had riesived injuries, end the total number of
wears was 611. I believe all these wounds were produced
by the micros el the three grenad except those which
were prodneed by the c
hat of ghee. Some of the were
meats of the jproj•Mso that were found In the wounds were
Terror to the prams whe had bean wounded.
M. Josses Femora Vellate said—l am a veterinary sur-
est Faris. I sew at the harms that was drawing the
Empires cordage on the seeming is question. Eight or
nine tragnesate el projectile' were tarn from the body of the
animal. I believe they were given to the Emperor, but I
have seem some of them ere. They were all of the same '
thanicter, but cd different sizes. The horse was killed in-
denhussoualy.
IL Francais Botztoo, who gave hill evidence in Engirt,
said—l em an inspector of the French police at Paris. I
produce' the fragenent of • shell that was takem from the body
of the horse, and • number of other fragments that were
picked up to the Rue Lepolletier. I wee on duty on the
evening of the 14th of January, and I arrested a man named
Joseph Pier. He wee standing close to the Emperor's
private entrance to the open. The Emperor had to ,
par the public entrance to get to the private
one. Whin the Emperor vier the Opra preparation" are I
always made far illeminating the oat of the building,
and also the earner of the serest upon the boulevard. There
was the used illumination on the evening in question. The
Emperor arrived at the Opera about half- pset eight o'clock.
I arrested Plerri before the exploder took place—probably
about 10 or 16 minutes before. I had rows him here the
14th of January. He was marched, after I had taken
him into custody, at the gnard-hooes, and I saw •
=:dor dagger-rife, a eve-chember revolver phial,
ia every chamber and capped, med • shell or grenade,
loaded sod capped. (The whams pared all the Midis
be milithred.) The grenade was wrapped op in • Week piece
of silk, which has since bra lost. The member of the is*
river is " 6,661 T." I also produce • piece of oilskin cover-
fog. I also found some gold and silver sad some
and a 201. Bank of England note in the pcoesedon=
rem I took him into custody.
Cress-examined—l had known POW for some time. He
we. an Italian. I sew Orsini executed, but I was sot pm-
mot at the trial. He is an Italian, and so are Radio sad
Oars. I attended the execution offidally. I cannot say
whim the Ampler decided that de Radio should not be ex-
erted. I did not know it on the day before the execution
IOWA() take Per I did not tau any statement relative to
M. Berard liven de Radio. I heard that the Emperor in-
tended to go to the Opera on this night about four, o'clock
the same afternoon. It was not • private intimation to the
police. Everybody knew of it. He was attended by a small
stet rhmat of cavalry, about 20 or 26 In number. The
Emperor, I believe, came from the Tuileries, but no one
knows redly whin the Emperor came from.
N. Louis Prrpie Darrel said—l am a gunsmith and
pistol manufacturer at Perla. I assisted in extracting the
charge of detonating powder from the grenade that has been
=ad. I wee obliged to Dowry careful in extracting it,
it was very dangerous, and my object was to extract
it in a=state. Very slight friction would have produced
of the fulminating powder that was in the
ree:ial de. It would also explode from a very slight
shock. This grenade WY manufactured in mich •
manner that, being heavier at or end than the
other, it would always fall on that aide, and as the
nipples or chimneys with caps on were placed there,
It would explode even if It had fallen from •
height of • foot and • half from the ground. Every nipple
1/1111 covered with • cap when the parr was handed to
me. The powder I extracted waa fulminating powder, which
is composed of zootoory and nitric acid, combined with
alcohol.

U. Medinat rid—l am a commimary of police, at Farts.
I misuser the Opera on the night of the attempt upon the
lib of the Emperor. I was called upon to be on duty in ma-
rquees of kis going there. I heard the explookro from a
dietetic*, end I immediately ran to the spot and picked op a
of7Lrt of ham near the dead hone, and close to thecarrisge
mrifalesty. Theponent of iron I picked up is one of
those that hare hot nerd.
Orosossionizied— wee informed that the Emperor was
going to the opera in the evening, about half-past six o'clock,
1 vas present at the trial of Orsini, but not as a witness. I
was merely present. I have not seen De Radio is prison.
Yr. Joseph Taylor said—l reside at Birmingham, and
carry on there the business of an engineer. The grenade
that has been prod woe manufactured by me. I mann-
&Mond five others of the same kind. There were three of
thie sae, and three a size larger. I first saw the person who
wired me to make them on the 15th of October last year.
them. /3cdklit asked the name of the person who ordered

Mr. Jams objected to the name being given. The ori-
geal depositions that were taken were upon a totally dif-
ferent charge.
The Court ruled that the name was a fact in the are, and
It ought to be given in evidence.
The Once then coned—The person gave his name as
Thomas Allsop. He tea a man about six feet high, rather
stoat, and stooped a little. He appeared to be about 60 years
ojo=He wee an Englishman. I made the grenades from
models that ha furnished me with. I had never
made soh things before except as models or for ax_
I saw him twice only, ; once on the
=fin. October, and again on the 23rd of No-
vember. I had emus correspondence with him. I
received the letters now produced from Alleop, while the
geode ware in the town of being manufactured. I plod
=the shell. pattern brought to me to mann-
to
the nipples from. I do not manufacture such
artioke myself, bat three doses In addition to
times that were on the shells. There were twenty-
fiesdpopies to shell. On the 23rd of November I deli-
vered the skulls awed the nipple to the man The... Mee.
The pie of thee was SL le. He paid see that sum and
took away the ix thole and the nipples. The goads that
has boo proffeed in one dike manufactured by me, and
the tepees tikes that lave On shown to me I believe
to be reties of the lea penadea. The nipples screwed in,
and were to oat ray readily. I have never sera Alleop
ekes the 23rd of November last year.
Xi. 6. Menlo said— I am a conveyancer, and reside at
in &ere. I know Mr. Thomas Alleop, of Nut.
being concerned for him in the male of some of his
property
. He used formerly to amide at Nuffield, and he
me that he at one time resided at Riverhead, in
Kent, The letter produced I believe to be in Mr. Alley's
handwriting, with one exception. I saw Mr. Allen lot
September in the country, end I have since met Ms in
London, bet had no communication with him on the let
occation. The eiguattire on the Bank note now preeleold
looks Ilk. Mr. Allaop's handwriting, but I oast spa*
positively to
JostWse Whither, the detective other, mid—l hare beer
looking floe Mr. Allsop for the live but hr
bee ogle to find him. I wend to kis heweeks, knows pawse d
shoes, at (ffispheneferraoa, Clapham-memo and food
that he had leg on the 26th of February, leaving his wife
behind. I have sea placer& offering • reward of 2001. for
hi
J=lltirgerke. a sergeant of police, said—l went to the
/eskers of the Firmer, No. 10 Park-place, 'Bayswater, on
Saturday, the 7th of March. He was in ceetody at the time.
I ode s serrals In • roan the wee poker' oat to tree by the