The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-21 00:00:00

lab) Intepitnct.

COURT OF ARCHES.—Juve 20.
(Before Dr. Imahingtoe, Dra of Arcata.)
THE arT. MIL soNwnes cam
(Continued from vestorday's Exprus.)

Mr. Robert Bilby, No. 1, Gloonerteratreet, Whitechapel,
said he was a chemist by profession, but was now engaged
as a commercial traveller. He had known Mr. Borman live
or ax years, was a parishioner of his, and bad attended his
church. He had been occasionally employed by Mr. BonwelL
In July, 1859, Mr. Bonwell asked him logo to Mrs. Glen.
nie's, at 55, Canterbury-road, Ball's-pond, to inquire
whether there were any letters for Mrs. Harvey or her
mother. He saw the lady called Mrs. Harvey afterwards
in company with Mr. BonwelL He saw the lady and Mr.
Bonwell take meals together at Mr. Bonwell's house in
Thornhill-crescent, and went out to fetch them some beer.
At this time Mn. Bonwell was not at borne. When she
returned witness was alone in the hone. Mr. Bonwell
and Mrs. Harvey (Min Yorath) bad gone out together
and M. Gunn had left shortly afterwards. After Mrs'.
Bonwell came home one of the young ladies found apnoea
and said, "Oh, Mrs. Bonwell, we have bad a lady here
since you have been away, for here Is a parent"
In his cross-examination the Innen said ho was a com-
mercial traveller, and was engaged by Mr. Bonwell to clean
his windows. He and Mr. Bonwell used then to sit down
on the sofa and smoke their pipn. Mn. Gunn was at Mr.
Bolivar' house only one day, July 22, the day on which
Mn. Bonwell returned.

By the Judge—He distinctly remembered that he en-
gaged Mn. Gunn on the Friday lawaiss in the Commercial.
road. He took her by train to Mr. Bonwell's house at
Isliatois, and she was there may on that day.
Frances Harriet Key midi she was a pupil of Mrs.
Boswell last year. Last summer ohs went out with Mrs.
Boswell to the Isle of Wight. Vows were also with them
Miss Numford and Herbert Boswell, a lad about 13, son of
Mr. Bonwell. When they returned Mr. Bonwell was not
at home. In • drawer in • back room she found a pair of
lady's kid gloves and a tooth brush. She gave them to Mrs.
Bonwell. Mrs. Gunn was in the house when they returned.
She went away that night and returned on Saturday morn-
ing. They were not Mn. Bo swell's gloves. They were a
great deal too small.
Miss Jane Constance Mumford, one of Mrs. Bonwell's
pupils, went with her to the Isle of Wight. They returned
on a Friday evening as it was getting dusk. On Saturday
morning she found a parasol in one of the lockers in the
school room. She had not seen it before, and did not know
to whom it belonged. She gave it to Mrs. Bonwell. She
saw the gloves alluded to by the last witness, but did not
know to whom they belon'ed.
Mrs. Bann Hudson said she was the pew opener at St.
Philip's, Stepney. She knew Mrs. BouwelL In December,
1868, Mr. Boswell desired her to show a lady into the yes-
try.morn. She saw her afterwards at the church two or
three times at service. There was a school near the church,
Them were several school-rooms, with parlour. bedroom,
and kitchen underground. In December, 1858, all the
rooms were unoccupied as a school. Mr. Bonwell was fre-
quently there by himself. In June or July, 1859, a tele-
graphic came to the school house. It wasaddressed
to " Miss IL °nth, care of the Rev. James Bonwell, St.
Philip's School-room. Stepney."
Mr. Bonwell said it was sent by Mica Ames, who thought
that was the best way of finding Mies Yorath. He had
nothing to do with it.
Cross-examination continued—She gave it to Mr. Bon-
well, and lie repaid her a shilling which she had paid for it.
She once saw Miss Yorath go into the school-house with a
key. Witness was passing by at the time. It was after
morning service that she showed the lady into the vestry.
She remained there nearly an hour with Mr. Boswell do
Sunday evening, after service, Mr. Bonwell went over to the
school-house. The blinds were down and there was a_ ligh t
in the room. She saw Mr. Bonwell's arm round a lady's
neck, and he kissed her. She did not see either of them
come out. She did not know of anybody having a key to
the school-house, except Mr. Bonwell, and the lady she
saw use it. She cleaned the school-room, and on all occa-
sions Mr. Bonwell gave her the key.
In his cross-ezarnination, Mr. Bonwell sought to show
that the witness could not have seen through the windows,
which consisted of small panes, in leaden frames.
Johanna Conder, a nuns, said that in August last she was
asked to attend upon a lady. She went with Dr. Godfrey's
assistant to St. Philip's, Stepney. Mr. Boswell opened
the door. When she got in she my Dr. Godfrey and •Isd
upstairs. There was a bed laid on forms, but no be
The lady wasiu labour at the time. A child was born two
hours after she arrived there. She remained in the school-
house with the Ludy twelve days, and Mr. Bonwell was then
limey day, but did not stop there constantly. Mr. Bonwell
need to go into the bedroom every day, and need to order
thipp to be got ready for the baby. Mr. Bonwell never
told her who the lady was. When she left the schoolhouse
she went with the lady and child to a hotel over the water.
Mr. Boswell came there to see the lady. The lady left the
hotel for two days, and then returned. Witness also re.
turned at the request of Mr. Bonwell, who paid her for her
attendance. The child lied at the hotel.

Dr. Godfrey, of Finsbury-square, said ho had been an.
quainted with Mr. Bonwell for fourteen years and had at-
tended Mrs. Bonwell. In August he was allied to see •
lady, at Si. Philip's school-room. It was stated to him that
it was Mr. Bonwell's sister-iu-law. Ho delivered the lady
of • male child at two o'clock in the morning. During his
atteodances he frequently saw Mr. Bonwell, who took •
great interest in the case and in the child. Once he saw the
lady and child at the Sussex Hotel, Southwark.
krona Mitchell, • 'errant at the Sums Hotel, Duke-
street, Southwark, raid she remembered Mr. Bonwell
coming to take • sleeping room for • lady, her baby, and her
nwie. He said, on the next day, that the lady wee his
sister. The lady went on • Tuesday, and on the Saturday
they left and returned on the following Monday. They
stayed until the following Sunday, the child having died on
the Saturday. Mr. Bonwell came every day. He paid the
hotel bill, and asked her about an undertaker.
William Thome' Ayres, an undertaker in the Bnrough,uid
Mr. Harwell gave him instructions to bury a child which
was dead at the Swami HoteL He said he was to bury the
child at his own convenience. Witness told him that he
tad • funeral at Ilfonl. and Mr. Bouwell mid that would
do. It aaa arranged that tie sum paid should be 18a., and
Mr. Bonwell paid him that kmount. There vere no fel-
lowers, and he buried the child in Bow Cemetery. That was
his own doing.
Crass-examined—He stated to Mr. Bonwell that he had •
funeral at Ilford on the following Thursday, and that he
would bury the child there. Mr. Bouwell gave him the
certificate and paid him the fees. Mr. Bonwell gave him no
instnietions to bury the child secretly , as be bad done.
Mr. George Elmore said he lived in the parish of St.
Stepney, of which the Rte. James Bonwell is
incumbent. Witness has been churchwarden of the parish
mon than two years. There had been a report in the pariah
that • child had been burr in the school-room. Mr. Boo-
well's name had been abrociated with the report, and had
caused scandal in the perish. He believed it had kept people
away from the church.
Crese-exatnined—There were no rumours in the parish
until • report appeared in the newspapers. There was no
scandal until the inquest took place.
Mr. Ladovach, a fonnrr rburchwarden, said there had
bean scandal in the parish with reference to Mr. Bonwell
mid • lady who was confined in the school-room.

This wis the case.
Dr. Lushington inquired whether Mr. Bonwell intended
calling witnesses.
Mr. Bonwell said he did not. He wished to put in e
letter from Miss Vorath, statin; that she knew from the
first that Mr. Bonwell was married.

The Judge maid it could not be received, but that it might
be marked by the regiflrer.
The hearing of counsel and of Mr. Bonwell in defence
was poolroom&

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Norniumwa, JULY 20.

CllOllll Oottrer.—(Before Mr. Justice Wightman.)
MIMI= A? WALIIOIIIfOHAN.

✓ohn Fenton, aged :1,, wan eharped with the wilful mar•
der of Charles Spen.wr, at Walkeruigharn, on the 6th March
W t.

Mr. Macaulay aud Mr. Bodcn prosecuted; and Mr. O'Brien
and Mr. Merewether defended the prisoner.
It appeared that the prisoner, who is a blacksmith, after
Charles Spencer (the murdered manl, who was a cattle
jobber by trade, at a Leer-hours at Walkereith, near Gains.
borough. The prisoner was then in company with James
Fenton. Spencer had been to Walkereith Ferri, crossing
the Trent his way home at '2O minutes to 11 oclock p.m.
lie had been stopping at the public-house, where he had
received lo''., and it Wl-I known he hod • much larger
amount in his ponission. At the time this payment took

place the two Fenton. were present. In crossing the Trent
Spencer was accompanied by the two Fontenot sada person
named Anderson. As soon as the beat reached the
Nottinghamdiire side of the river, the two Fentons walked
on towards \Valkeringham, shout a mile distant, leaving
Spencer and Anderson together. The latter lives
near the bank of the river. The body of Spencer
was found about six o'clock on Wednesday morn-
ing in a dyke about forty yards from his own resi-
dence. The deceased's head was almost severed from his
body ; there were two gashes on each side of the neck.
A pool of blood was discovered on the road adjoining the
dyke, beside which two discharged pistols were laid. When
the pistols were fired, early in the morning, the report
alarmed the village schoolmaster, who immediately got up
and looked out of the window, when he heard some one
exclaim, " For God's sake, what are you going to do!"
The moon was shining at the time, but he saw nobody on
the road, and did not take any further notice of the matter.
The gashes in the neck cut through • thick muffler, divid-
ing the carotid artery and the principal blood-vessels.
A witness named Harris went into the prisoner's house
about 8 o'clock on Wednesday. Prisoner was sitting by the
fire-side. Witness began to talk about the murder. James
Fenton and prisoner's wife were present at the time. Wit-
ness said that some pistols had been found, and prisoner re-
marked that he bad had a hese. of pistols, but that be had
sold them to some person • short time ago. Prisoner after-
wards asked James Fenton to go to Gainsborough with him,
as he had some money to receive from a person he could
not see on the market day. Prisoner said he had been very
fresh the night before, which was the time of the murder.
Mrs. Cocking, the landlady of the Crown Inn, remem-
bered the two Fenton' coming to her husband's house on •
day in February last. She saw a pistol and a powder flask
falling out of prisoner's pocket. Prisoner picked them up,
and remarked that he never went from home without them.
The powder Bask was as large as the one produced.
A witness named Wilson Lad beer. in iile employ of the
prisoner's father eighteen years ago. Old Fenton died about
eleven years since. Whilst witness was in the emplo
the elder Fenton, he cleaned a brace of pistols which then
belonged to the old man. Whilst cleaning them he and-
dentaßy injured one of them, and was scolded for it. The
pistols were of the same size and description as those now
produced. The maker's name was the same, " Fenner and
Bon London," and on one of the pistols now produced was
• mark similar to the one witness had made.
Sergeant Cooper, of the Nottinghamshire police, received
information of the murder on Wednesday morning, and
went to John Fenton's, and asked him where he had been
that morning, as his boots looked very wet. Prieoner re-
plied he had been up the garden. Cooper asked to see the
clothes he wore on Tuesday, and prisoner answered that
he had the same trousers on he was then swearing. A voice
from another room, which Cooper thought was that
of prisoner's mother, answered, " No, John,
they are in the water." Cooper went into
the brewhonse, and discovered in a bucket • pair of
trousers. He told him he should take him into custody,
when prisoner exclaimed, " 0 Lord, Cooper charges me
with murdering Spencer." In the prisoner's waistcoat-
pocket two pistol-bullets and five gun-caps were found.
Aisoner's boots looked as if they had been 'cubed. Left
him in charge of another man whilst witness searched the
premises. Under the sink in the brewbouse found a tin
bucket with overalls in it. The overalls were stained with
blood, and the water was of • reddish tint.
Mr. Herapath, analytical chemist, of Bristol, deposed to
finding blood upon vanous articles of clothing belonging to
the prisoner, the globules' of which were of the diameter of
human blood. He found also two human hairs upon the
prisoner's leggings. Upon examining the bead of the mur-
dered man he found it to contain a large proportion of
tree/oiticif,toamli3etheowemhsewiltilatni:rhkewreirne less chan
han&ed by
ose foutinril
upon the clothing. In the opinion of witness the sprinkled
character of the blood deans upon the articles produced
could not have been caused by the act of falling into •
bloody spot or a vessel full of blood.
Several witnesses were examined for the defence.

addree;celihe jury on belulf of the prisoner,
and the learned judge having summed up,
The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder, and the
learned judge passed sentence of death upon the prisoner in
the usual form.

WESTERN CIRCIIIT.--SkLIBBITRY, JLLY 20.

(Before Mr. Baron ChannalL)

Henry Waite was indicted for killing and slaying Eliza-
beth Waite, his wife, at Overton, near Marlborough, on the
20th May last.
Mr. H. J. F. Swayne prosecuted ; Mr. Graves defended.
On the night of the 19th May, the prisoner was drinking
at the Six Dells public house, Marlborough, and hie wife
went to fetch him. The prisoner was very tipsy and the
deceased was she in liquor. On the read home, one of the
witnesses, who was a httle distance ahead, heard quarrel.
ling between them. Deceased said that the money he had
spent would have bought one of the children a pair of shoes,
and he replied, "My time is just up, and I will give thee
as good • hiding as thee ever bads% in thy life." They
separated ; and she went before him to the house. A son
by a former wife led him home ; and after their arrival the
deceased was heard to scream three times. The prisoner
afterwards went to a neighbouring cottage, and asked •
woman to get up, saying his wife wan ill. On proceeding to
the prisoner's house, one of the witnesses observed a quan-
tity of blood near the scraper, formed of an old spade, and
on going in also observed blood on the floor. The deceased
was lying near the fireside, and died almost im-
mediately from loss of blood. The prisoner said
she was faint, and fell upon the scraper just outside
the door three times. Whilst they were in the house the
prisoner was heard to say, " It serves thee right, for serving
I so ;" and it was stated that frequent quarrels had taken
place between them.
The Judge, in summing up, said it was a very proper case
for investigation, but it appeared to him that a fall on the
scraper might have produced the injuries described. It was
clear that something took place outside the house, or blood
would not have been found near the scraper. The observa-
tion et the prisoner inside the house seemed rather to allude
to an accident than to any act of his own.
The jury accordingly returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YoRK, JULY 20.
(Before Mr. Baron Martin.)
At the opening of the court this morning, on the applica.
Bon of the Solicitor-General, who stated that a material
witue., named Joseph Brear, was suffering from disease of
the liver and dropsy, and was confined to his bed, and that,
in his judgment, the witness could not appear in that court
without danger to his life, the cases of the Queen v. J. B.
Charleaworth, the Queen v. Crowther, and the Queen v.
.Jobb were postponed.
The records were accordingly withdrawn.
THE QUEEN r. HINCHCLIFTE.

The Solicitor-General, Mr. Mock, Q.C., Mr. Overend,
Q.C., and Mr. Cleasby were for the crown ; Mr. Shaw ap-
peared for the defendant.
It appeared that the defendant was charged with giving
money to bribery at the last Wakefield election. He had
bribed voters named Wainwright, Jackson, Bairetow, and
Rogerson, but as he did not now mist the caae for the
Crown the trial was not gone into.
Mr. Shaw, for the defendant, stated that the money had
been paid over to him by Mr. Gilbert for bribing pur.
poses. It would not be necessary to occupy the time of
the court, seeing the verdict that had been recorded
in the first case.
. .

The defendant's plea of not guilty was thereupon with-
drawn, and a pies of guilty recorded.
Mr. James, Q.C., stated to hie lordship that it was the
intention to move the Court of Queen's Bench in reference
to the points he raised in the case of " The Queen v.
Leathern," tried on the preceding day.