The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-04 00:00:00

THE ATTEMPT TO MURDER TWO POLICE

OFFICERS.

BOW.STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
James Clancy was brought up on remandbefore Sir
Thomas Henry, on the charge of attempting to murder
Sergeant Chowne and Constable Chamberlain.
Mr. Poland, who conducted the prosecution, observed
that the remand was merely formal, the priaoaer having
been virtually committed on the last occasion.
Sir Thomas Henry—Quite so. Now, prisoner, I called
on you at the last hearing to say whether you wished to
make any statement or say anything in defence. Do you
wish to say anything now ?
The prisoner—No, sir. I don't wish to say anything at
present.
Sir Thomas Henry—Then you are now committed for
trial on three charges of shooting at Sergeant Chowne and
Constable Chamberlain, with intent to murder them.
A clerk from the office of Mr. Willis applied for an
order for the police to deliver up to the prisoner's father
some papers belonging to him which had been found in his
possession.
Sir Thomas Henry—lf they bays no bearing on these
charges, you may make the application to the solicitors to
, the Treasury.
lie was then committed, and Sir Thomas Henry pro-
eeeded with the case of the Fenian prisoners.

THE FENIAN PROSECUTIONS.
To-day, the Investigation of the charge of murder
against the persons alleged to have been concerned in the
Fenian outrage at Clerkenwell was resumed by Sir Thomas
Henry at the Bow-street police-court.
Mr. Giffard, Q.C., and Mr. Poland, instructed by the
solicitors to the Treasury, conducted the prosecution ;
and the prisoners were defended by the same solicitors as
on former occasions.
A rumour had been spread to the effect that English
had followed the example of Mullany by becoming an
approver, and that on this occasion he would appear, not
in the dock, but in the witness box. This, however, was
not the cm. Upon the removal of Clancy the eight
prisoners were brought into court and placed at the her in
the following order :—James O'Neill, John O'Keefe,
Michael Barrett, Jeremiah Allen, William Desmond,
Timothy Desmond, Nicholas English, Anne Justice.
Mr. Giffard proceeded with the examination of wit-
nesses.
Dr. William Codling, professor of chemistry at St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, said—l received from Inspector
Thomson some staves of a barrel, end I examined them.
I found on one of the staves • deposit, which I scraped off,
it contained much sulphate of potash, the principal
product of the explosion of gunpowder. I found that tho
interior of the staves had been split or broken in several
places, mid on tearing off the split portion I found under-
neath it small portions of unexploded gunpowder, wbioh
I examined and exploded. It was evidently a cask that
bad been treed to store paraffin or petroleum oil. The cask
bed the appearance of having been burst by the explosion
of gunpowder. I returned the staves after examination
to Inspector Thomson.
Bra. Jane Kepple, wife of Henry Kepple, Brick-street,
Park-lane, • tsilor—l have worked for Mr. Mullany for
some time—nearly two years. I know that the prisoners
Mr. English and Mr. Jackson (Barrett) were acquainted
with Mallany. I have also seen Wm. Desmond once. I re-
member seeing Jackson about • month or five weeks at
Mullany's house before the explosion. He used to be there
five or six times a week sometimes. He would stop two
or three hours, sometimes not so long. I used to be in
the front room, namely, the workshop. There are
four rooms all on one floor. There is • back
way into the living-room from • door on the stairs.
When I saw Jackson he bad whiskers on the side of his
face and none on the chin. The whiskers went rather long.
They went below the level of the chin. I last saw Jack-
son with bit whiskers, the same week, only before the
explosion. I saw him the same night of the explosion.
Ha was then dressed differently, and his whiskers were
off. I saw him at the corner of Sherwood-street and
Brewer-street, near the Webb storm He was with Mul-
lany. I went into the Welsh stores with them and had
a glue of brandy and water. I did not recognise Jackenn at
first. I did not ask the cause of his shaving. I saw Jackson
pm down Sherwood-Meet on Saturday, the day after the
explosion, and that was the st time I saw him till
he was in custody. Before I left work on the night of
the explosion. I was in the work room, I did not go into
the living room at the back. I remember another man
coming into the work room. He had his ear cut and was
bleeding. This was about five to half-past five. He came
into the front room from the back room. The boy Morris
was in the shop working. I remember his getting up and
fetching en iron.
Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—l have never seen the
prisoner O'Neill at Mullany's. I was not taken anywhere
to see Barrett.
By Mr. Harper—There is no alteration in Desmond. I
only saw him once at Mullany's.
William Browning, Bowling-greetulane, Clerkenwell,
shoemaker—On the day of the explosion, the Blelt Dee.,
I was at home at work, In the afternoon I noticed three
men near my shop between 3 and 4 o'clock—about half-
past 3, or a little later. My attention was called by a man
saying, " There goes three Fenian." After they bad
passed my shop once they returned in the direction of
the prison. They were conversing together. Some five
minutes after that the explosion took place. My shop is
about 30 yards from the plane where the explosion took
place, and they went about 50 yards in the other direc-
tion. I should soy the prisoner, Timothy Desmond, is one
of them. On the Tuesday previous to the blowing upon
Friday, before sitting down to work, I saw • man in the
street leaning against my other window, and looking up
and down Rosioman.street and other streets. He was look.
leg at his portemonnaie and at hie memoranda, apparently
to pad the time. I thought he was a detective, and I noticed
him because there was to have been • robbery at my shop
that day. I should say Barrett was the man.
James Vaughan, re-called—l have been taken to Mil-
bank prison to see if I could identify any of the prisoners.
I identified this one (pointing to Barrett). I bad seen
him on one occasion at Cavanagh's, in Poland-street, in
company with English. I deo saw him about four or five
days afterwards rn Gerrard-street, Soho, and the next
time wall about four or five days after thatt in•
Regent.
street. His whiskers were long, and corning o a point,
Dundreare fashion. He wore • mousteehe, but him chin
was cleanly shaved. I did not know his name.
Peter M'Clean—l live at 3, Coburg-street, Chicken.
well, and am a shoemaker. My house is five doors from
the prison. I recognise the prisoner Allen from having
seen him opposite my shop on the day of the explosion
or the day before. He was walking about slowly, as if
looking out for something. There were three or four
others with him, but none of the other prisoners that I
see hers present, at lend not that I ean reeognim.
Crod-examined by Allen—l Medd think it was about
mid-dey, I should say from 12 to 2.
By Mr. Harper—l paid as much attention to the others
as I did to Allen. bat I don't know either of the prisoners.
Inspestor Thomson (of the detective force) proved that
hue reivbti at: ad
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the same condition ea when he received them. He oleo
produced the small white leather ball which be had re-
ceived from the warder Knowles, as mentioned by that
tritium, and an India-rubber ball which he had received
from the witness Cape.
Patrick Mall any was then recalled, and Mr. Gifford
said sir, I would not mussed that the cromexemt-
tion of Mundy should be postponed, because I wished
that the depose
might ise dat before the peed Tory
in any am. But sow, as he as here mil the Trimmers'
solicitors have bad ample time to amsider sad consult, I
tender him for orom-exammition.