The Express.
London, England, 1850-10-19 00:00:00

THE PELMET MURDER.

EXAMINATION OF TEI PEIDONERS.
GUILDFORD, FZIDAY Mart
Today having been appointed for the re-ezamiaa-
ties of the parties dinged with Wag ensetwed la the
ander of the lin. G. B. sense, very nondwatte netts-
neat prevailed fa this borough in etwsnasses of tb Mein
berme known that Nina Smith, tee of the prisoners, had
saute a eonfentoa awn tie La hearts & whisk, while It
implicated biesseif fa the natter, attribated Ike death of the
deemed to one of his napalms la OIL Ilipeadal der
I lied ben takes by tin authorities to keep ell knowledge of
Smith's essienksa Iraq the ether wan enema ; and
whoa the primers were brought together this .smog, the
three rasa—Levi Harwood, Janes Joan, and annul Har-
wood—hat anther of then the slightest ecceepttoa that
their esilsegue, Hiram Smith, had nada say disakeures.

Xs. Omni* Best, Ili the heal &snob, arrived ►t
the Home of Corned= shortly before 10 o'clock. He wu
Mowed by Yr. B. Bray, of Shore, and Kr. Georg* Gibson,
111 runkein, two looal magistrates. llsjor Birch, also in
the eommissio• of the poem for the gouty of Surrey,
arrived shortly after 10 o'clock, and Joined his brother

aurgisMates.
Before the prisoners were iatrodeeed Ms. Hems, governor
of the Haw of Catoctin, at the must of the chairman,
made tie following statempat
Oa way mesa* last se i wee leaving the chapel,
Sep* Sylvester, me elm turnkeys, came to me sad said
Sethat planer &al* desired to speak with ate. I Teat
lie MS directly, sad asked him what he wasted. He said
ha mithoi to have mate prints mavereatica with see. I
that mgeell late his sell, *pea which ha said, "I wish to see
Mr. Manhole, la order to mesertala from him the sessalag
title Met bill Masi them this Fd.lsy .fir." He refereed
ft the hal offseing a wowed of 1601. and s fife pardes. He
said he did net speak with reforthee to the reward but the
pardon. I Mid him that the haad.bM required so enplane.
ii., sad any one whet could read mast be able to moderated
it. He asked .s if I thought it mold be sited epee. I
NOW, that I wad gin him no informatiga ea the 'object,
bet I 'append the had would net Moe beset ironed had net
the authorities Wooded to abide by it. I thee contioned
hies before be said anythieg more, and told him to ueder-
Mead that smithies be might my would be takes down, and
might beamed against itimmelf or any cable parties. The
primaer said he was aware of that. I this told
him that as be bad liked foe XT. Holltsgtoa,
before be said naphtha more, I thought he had
better see that oMosr, sad then if he wished to say thythiag
he wad de se. The prisoner hove burst into teem, sad
• "I am net the man who fired the pistol." I
replied, " I dont wish to hear waist more ; as you has.
asked for Mr. HoUlagton, yea had batter me him." The
prisoner saw Mr. Holliagton as Monday morning, when the
motion previously given to him was repeated in the pre-
Mal of that ether mad myeelf. The mimeo having
expressed a wish tore the of the plasardo offering a rewire)
sad a free perdu [Or an scoomplim, a bill was obtained and
shown to him, and ea seeing it be ether' the mania( of the
word " amemplies," and put several ether question in ref..
/4009 to the matter. At length be sale, " I have made up
my sled. It Mimes ivory man to tames,. of t immelf, aid
I shall speak all I knew. If lam wrong I am, sad mast
abide by the conemsences."
The Chairman said he thought they bad better not receive
thisatateemat until the prisoners had bun brought together.
He would suggest that they should now all the. seemed
parties sad premed with any other evidence that might be
forthcoming•

The rimers were hen brought from their respective
mils, each attended by an officer of the gaol When intro-
duced to the room w►ere the magistrates sit, a turnkey was
stationed between them, the governor himself taking up a
raid= between Levi Elmwood and Hiram Smith. The
prisoners looked better than on the occasion of their last
egaminages, and m little suspicion had three of them of the
fact et the tons* having confessed, that one of the former,
bona, daring a temporary adjournment of the proceedings,
Washy joked with a ►ystander on the subject of his con-
aoMelit la the gaol.
Mr. W. Holiest having explained the nature of the evi-
dence to be deposed to by the witnesses in attendant's, several
winsome proved that the prlsonen wen seen in Guildford
on the afternoon el the 27th of Sept., and that later on She
same icy they were seen going is the direction of Frigidity.

Penny, a child, aged 14 yea', wines= called, and I
Mid I know the prisoner Smith. He always went by the I
name of the " ilyssaL" I have known him about • couple
of months. I rementber the 27th of September. I heard i
of the robbery et Mosley, on Ike Satesday reeening after I
it took plea. Three or fear days before it happened I saw
Flys= etanding in the Swan Yard. Oa the Wednesday bsfon
the robbery I saw Ape= standing In Mr. Blackmaa's marine
Mort shop, in Mesketutreet, Gaildfeed, look's, at some pis-
tols. I knew it wee cm Wednesday, Weaves my master had
bees out the two previous days with elpre, and he was oat
spin at Fushun mt the Thursday. I heard the prisoner ask
Mr. Bleeketaa the pries of the pistols. I did net hear what
Mr. Hisakman replied.
Mr. lames Ades% gensmkee, of St. Mary's, Oulldford,
examined. He said : I know all the prisoners. On the
evening of the 27th of September lam, as I was turning out
of the Ash road into the Pricaley.road, I mw two men, one
some few yard* loskro the Mine. The first sae had used
the Ash-road • little, mad wee going on the !Primly-
road. Smith wee the second man, and it wee him I
met. I unrest swear to the pesos of the ant man, because
he bed weed me, bat I thought at the time it wee Levi
Harwood t and when I heard of the robbery the met
morales I eommenisatod my suspicions to Mr. Biddle.
comb.. Imw a third man about 300 yards behind Smith
waft in the same direction. He crossed the nod before I
some up to him and Pt ender some trees which overhung
the reed at this poi= I =mot say who this as was.
Mr. Thomas Proems enteined.—lle said, I an a car-
penter, sad live at Worpleaden. I know Levi Harwood
and I believe I la= men Samuel Harwood and James Ions;
before. Also= 6 Vela= cm Saturday morning the 28th of
September, as I wee getting up I saw a man pass my how
La the direction of Guildford. He had an • green round-
, =oat, and • hied of light met. I think the prime= Janes
is thee man.

Riebard eilve, atan wemat to the doomed, next repeated
at length this miasma he had previosely OM below the
emus r.
Alfred Bleakman, maxim store dialer, said he had had
SIMS eonmamties about this. weeks age with a young man
about pistols, bat meld not swear it was the primer.
Timms Itigb, patios sergeant, of Cbilworth, neer Guild-
ford, maimed. He aid—Oa Wedandayt the 2nd last., I
matted a mensal to eseteh the lodgings of JUIIIII human,
tha prhewer Jame' brotier.in.law. He lived at • Ma-
** aellod the Malt Boars Tap, is Portameathmad, °sha-
fted. I band a quantity of green baize, and st small piece
el whits Ohm, as well as • man marble, all of whiah I
meanie. I alas rewired • warrant to march the home of
MOW Harmed. I than found la • be: • jacket being.
ing to Levi Harwood, and an empty powder-disk, loth of
whist' I rodeos.
Examined by Mr. Halleet--Thejaeket looked as if it bad
Wm remagy washed sad dated. It is the same Jaakst MAW
Levi Harwood now treats.
Creismsaiaed by Levi Harwood—l do aot lmow whoa
thiejaeket was torn, or when it was washed; nor de IbMtnr
bow Wag it bad been is Suomi Rarwood's box.
&mut Harwood was here about to make some etstemmt
zi:Nsisois
rellebe MOO' Sadist, wham Ito was manned by the shah. '
op
that also he wished to ask the wham say paid"
be ag4 bens? gefer snidag any observation, until the people
doe anima.
- DM wirers hmoupes renamed silent
likeeed Mem, Wilda:sr sad poi& wadable el
may, odd he reeellestel nobs Ow prisms Smith is
with the late Mr. nolisot, oaf the residence of
liketer, about two °Work ea the afteracat el Tuesday,
lijahasbeadd. Whams was at work surly spoke when
• were otoodisa, sad whoa iko primer kit Mo. It*
Way tame over to him end beid so two osuil Mikes,
pal ho oohed voitadis to hay. a• mid lie bad Med to
Open to the ell Fadeless. he tad jut left, but he erne
1 a tonight fit." He added that ba had toted hea foe aMt it
" *ink" (food), bst that was as F. •H. ilea abed tilla
seerbow away sensate thou eidkostlimakillaileartios)
Aha shooed opal three of bar. Malt
poet bieweek AWL ' 1111111hilill
N era hots Pashas, wail*
tight at Isiah" that day. lIIR
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ma the issawaret -,4 '•u- • •
- to the earear el Mk. T.l. Bonn,
Pored Isaryai *pal the ether coo-
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