The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-26 00:00:00

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!EVENING, APRIL 26, 1866.

lane station and charged him, and he said he was innocent.
On Wednesday last I was present at the Mansion-house
when the witness Mrs. Robins saw him. We got fourteen
or fifteen men out of the street, some about the height of
Smith, and they walked from the cells past her, Smith
being the third man in that precession. 'Then they re-
turned again walking past her, Smith retaining hie
or position, and she said, " That is the moi." She
pointed to him. Mrs. Robins has not seen him since. Smith
was seen going from Eton to Slough, but there is no one
present that saw him in London that night, or when he
returned home. There will be evidence to show that he
said he was coming to London that night, and he was seen
coming in the direction of Slough.
By the Jury.—The prisoner knew well enough what my
object was. I was not in uniform, and the officer who wee
with me was in plain clothes. The reason why his mother
said that he had only one shirt is that we were searching
for his things, and I asked where his linen was.
Catherine Collins, a servant of Mrs. Robins, sworn.—l
recollect seeing the prisoner about two months ago come
out of Bevington's about 9 o'clock, and I saw him again
shortly afterwards also come out. That was also at night.
I feel no doubt whatever that he is the man I have seen
there. Mrs. Robins said to me on the night of the murder
that she had just seen a man go from Bevington's, and I
remarked how late it was.
By the Jury—l know that Bevingtona close early, and
it is exceedingly quiet there after business hours, so that I
noticed the person whom I saw go out.
Wm. Bettison sworn—l am a warehouseman at Mr.
Bevington's. I saw the prisoner when taken into custody,
and recognised him as a man I had seen at Messrs. Bering-
ton's three or four months before. I saw him in the after-
noon, but do not know for what purpose he was there. I
met him at the top of the stairs on the second floor, and
he asked me either for the housekeeper or for Mrs. Mill-
som. I don't know which. He might have remained only
five minutes, or he bight have been there half an hour.
George Terry—l am at present an inmate of St. Cleve
Union Workhouse, and have been there about three
months. Before that I used to live in Redcrossotreet,
and am a labourer. I knew Mrs. Millsom some years ago
as living next door to me in West-street, Neckmger. I
know the prisoner Smith. He went by the name of " Bill"
with us. I first knew him about five or six months ago.
I only knew him by the name of Bill. He lived at 3,
Denney-street, Redcrossotreet. He used to tell me he
was upholstering. When I went to lodge at Dency-street
he slept in the next bed, and used to talk shout some
money owing to him or coming to him from his
brother in Aldermanbury, and I told him that there
was some money coming to me that I had borrowed
of Mrs. Webber, the landlady, to lend to Mrs. llillsom,
and I could not get it, and he said, " 11l get it
for you : 171 manage that." Previous to that Mrs.
Millaom had told me to send some one decenter than I was,
and she would pay them for me. Then I told this here
Bill the particulars bow she had had it. This was
afterwards, and after telling him of it we went
to • public-house, and Bill wrote two notes, one
of which he was to take to Mrs. Millsom, to
show that he came front me. It was smaller
and darker than the note produced. This was in
the morning, and I took him to Bevington's and pointed
out the house, and he went in, I waiting outside. When he
came out he told me he was to call again at 3 o'clock. I
then went with him to 10, Aldermanbury, and there he re-
mained talking with some people, and kept me a long time
waiting, so that it was getting dusk when he left them, and
he said, " Come along, or we shall be too late." He eked
me to wait at a public-house, and I waited half-an-hour
When he came out, be asked, " How much do you think I
have got!" and I said, " Why 2/., because Mrs. Millsom
promised me something worth while," and he said, " Only
that," holding out some 14s. or 16s. He then went into a
public-house, and he ordered spot of beer, which we drank.
and I gave him 55., saying, " IQyou are a man, be • man."
He then ordered more beer, and I suspected he bad more
money, and in the end he called • cab and drove into the
Borough, to a public-house called the Salmon, and got
terribly drunk. I afterwards saw my wife, from whom I
am separated, and she blamed me for employing Smith to
get the money, and said that she had been told by a boy
that he had got 2/. 124. 6d. instead of 14s. as he had told
me and I said to Smith, " What a-- rogue you must
be.i' I never saw him after that till I saw him at Windsor
with the police.
This being all the evidence which the police were then
in a position to produce
The Coroner briefly addressed the jury, dwelling'upon the
fact that the prisoner was seen by Mrs. Robins to leave the
house at the very time that a person who had committed
the murder must have left it, and also the strong fact that
be bad several times called upon the deceased in reference
to money translations, and had written her a threatening
letter. He read over the depositions of the witnesses,
stating that the case was !purely one of circumstantial
evidence, and observing that in his opinion there was quite
sufficient proved before them to justify them in giving a
verdict, but if they preferred an adjournment, in the hope
that farther information would be obtained, he should have
no objection to that course.
The inquest room was then cleared, and the jury, after
deliberating about half an hour, expressed a wish for a
farther adjournment.
The inquest was accordingly adjourned for a week.

lain Intelligente.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—ArRIL 25.
Sittings at Nisi Pruis.--(Before Baron Channell and a
Common Jury).,
BARGEANT V. INEOPT AND ANOTHER.
The plaintiff was a medical man who had formerly resided
in Gower-street, Bedford-square, and the defendants were
dealers in musical instruments, carrying on business in
Oxford-street. The action was breght to recover the
value of an enterpeon, or self-acting organ, which the
plaintiff said he had purchased from the defendants and
paid for. For the defence the case was that the organ
had only been lent to the plaintiff, and that the money
the defendants had received from him had reference to
certain bills and other transactions between them. The
trial, which involved a rather complicated state of facts,
occupied the court the greater part of yesterday and the
whole of the m • to-day, resulted in a verdict for the
plaintiff—damages 4501.
Dr. Kenealy and Mr. M. Williams were counsel for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Oppenheim for the defendants.

me be murdered." The people cried out, " Hit her again ;
you have a key ;" but Mrs. Madison did not use it.
The prisoner, in defence, said the complainant wanted
to forsake ber own husband and live with her (the pri-
mmer's) husband, and was constantly meeting him. Im-
proper familiarities existed between her husband and
complainant.
Mrs. Madison said there was not a word of truth in any
of the prisoner's statements,except that she met her cousin
on Friday night last in the street, while upon an errand,
and exchanged a few words with him.
Sergeant Blackwell said the complainant was a well-
conducted and respectable young woman.
Mr. said he was perfectly satisfied the jealousy
the oomainant by the defendant was perfectly unf
It was a fancied jealousy, and the /simmer was making
herself miserable, her own husband miserable, and injuring
the happiness of the complainant and her husband by in-
dulging in a rabid passion. Mrs. Madison had behaved
very well, and must be protected. He should remand the
prisoner for a week, and her husband must attend the next
examination. He would then determine what punishment
he should inflict.
The prisoner—Will you take a fine?
Mr. Paget—No, certainly not.