The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-17 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

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deletzeisared that ask the night of the Jed et ;both the
who was • bUter was drinking at cee ot two
**babies"' hi Lot* The led whidi be left at about
Ave abates to terefteimad dieted se his way IS Whir,
'lsere be raided. the his wy te Libre be would have to
*et the Royal Oak rthbaboose, where the peireeme was
drinking with two ass* named Welsh and Day, and
ethers. He did sot appear to have called at this
boom, but the *beam Welsh and Day left
at about twelve lad weal in the suns
le the deceased. wort *en by onto at the witnemea,
who heard • men la front al them, and thee*
afterwards bawd • hat he did act appear to have
taken any settee ol ft d there time after the prim*
and the other sae bed left the Royal Oak, Day rebus*
sad Liked or • light, saying tied be bad led 6d. Almost
immediaesly ofterwanis /he -elms lads la a very cubed
date and "Pray am* aid see seas of you ; hare is
a man in the ;cad, and I don't knew cabal is the math."
On going out it was boned that the deceseed was lying cm
the road abent 100 'sr& from the Royal Oak,
dead, and blesft* prefeedy hat the Ira Cl air=
sad • witness who had ems no* the mai bean the
people from the pnlikabefte had arrived had found the
primmer and Webb elciag by him. The dessued was
taken to the Jelly lbw Me-hoom, sad though not
actually dead, he in • state •Cl 1114101MiOVAIIISMI
all night, and died early en the following niondag.
It was found that the deemed lad received • genre I
wound es the lath of his head, which had featured
the skull, and clearly caused his death. The prisoners,
Welsh and Day, were afterwards taken into custody, and
ooinmisted for the murder. When taken into custody
they all said that they were wrongly charged. On the
following day they were remanded, and the primmer made I
• stateliest to the polloaccortable to the effect that he
did not use why he should suffer for what other people
had does ; that it we Welsh who robbed the man, acid
that he knew boding of it toll the next morning ; that'
Welsh pulled a bath out, and said be took it from
the man, and be afterwards threw it in the barley in
Quer/ashore' bold, sad that Wehh afterwards said he
cat the males pockets out and got 4s. ed., and
that he hid some of the things in the hedge
is Piggott's field. Is consequence of this state-
ment the pollee searched the hedge dPiggott%
field and found a pab of *Gegen, a shirt, and a widstecat,
the property Cl the deceased. A. few days afterwards the
wrfeaser made • further statement to the effect that when
hi got rep to the deceased Welsh was deeding by him, and
mid the —is only drank, and that he then left him
and want on. The prisoners went back for Day, who had
been left behind, and told him there was • men lying on
the side of the read. Welsh afterwards made a datelined
to the effect that Wonley, the primoner, knocked the de-
ceased down with • *detach, that be then called him
(Welsh) bask, and they together rifled his pockets and
basket. This statement was read to the prisoner, and he
denied that he knocked the man down, bat that he was
down when be gat up to him.
The statement Day made, and which he repeated in his
evidence to-day, was that he stopped behind to** fared. be
had lost, and that he heard the *wooer call out " Here's
a man, I nearly fell over him." He went up to them and
found the deemed lying on the side of the road bleeding,
and he then went for a light, as detailed by the other
witnesses. _ _

he greed jury threw out the bill against Day, and the
prisoner Welsh turned Queen's evidence, and wee called
es • wilawn for the Dresecaties.
The jury found the prisoserginify, and he wet sentenced
to death.
The witnese Welsh was subsequent) y charged with
robbery with violence, to which he pleaded guilty, and was
Neatened to 14 years' penal servitude.
This Gate meoluded the business of the wins.