The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-12 00:00:00

THAMES.

T ew 4.lva, • meete;l;irencst the career of Holmes-
street and Green-street, nearly opposite John Knox's
Church, Stepney, who bad been out on bail, surrendered
before Mr. Self. to answer a charge of stealing gal, the pro-
perty of the Commersiel Gas Company.
Mr. Self. having heard the ease mid that if them had beta
anything like satisfactory evidence that the pips now in cone,
aad called a "jerry," had bee fixed with any felonious inten-
tion, hesbould hareem:omitted the primmer belie'. There eras
no pretence for saying that It had been fined before the meter
wee removed, sad it was poesibk the meter failed to register
the gas coneumed. The prisoner had acted most improperly
in fixing this pipe without the Sanclann of the gas company,
and without giving them notioe. He was • very toplish men,
sad had been guilty of an unlawful act; but there was no
ease on which • jury would comet the prisoner of felony.
He should inflict • penalty of lot
Mr. Jones adds! that the prisoner was liable to a penalty
of U. for every night he surreptitiously used their gas.

THE STEVENAGE MURDER.
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STEVENAGE, Nov. 11.
The magistrates acting for this district, the Rev.
Edwin Rodgers and M. Prior, Eol , yesterday held •
special session at the National School ltoom in this village,
for the purpose of entering into a further inquiry into the
yircusestances connected with the death of John Parkin
one
one of the Herta constabulary, who w brutally murdered
on the evening of the 30th all., in • field near the viliege.
Jeremiah Carpenter, the man who is in custody upon the
charge of committing the offence, was brought into the
room in the custody of the conetabulary. He is a man
powerfully built, and apparently about forty years old. His
countenance is far from prepossessing, and although he evi-
dently paid the greatest attention to the evidence, he did not
inhibit the loot emotion at any part of the proceedings.
No profeenunal gentleman was retaiood to conduct the case
for the prosecution, but Captain Robertson, the chief coa•
stable of the Herte police, and Mr. Banos, a very active end
intelligent superintendent of police, were prima during the
whole of the inquiry, and rendered considerable aseistsnes to
the beech by the suggestions they made as to the room of
Investigation that should be sdopted.
Mr. Fitrjohn, an attorney from Baldoct, attended on
behalf of the
Mace the prisoner
the clothes of the seemed man
and some other articlee bare been handed over to Profaner
Taylor, of Gay's Hoapital, and that gentleman was to-day In
attendance, and he handed in a written statement of the re-
salt of has observation., and this statement wee remised by
the beech as his evidence. . _

The evideroeollir. Taylor was to the following ether.
Ile said: I received from Eloperintendeot Barnes, at the
chakel laboratory at Guy's Hospital, the following articles :
A knife, • smock .frock, • pair of corduroy trousers, a pair of
busts,and • pair of gaiters. I oubsaquently also remised at
the same place • shirt, • quart bottle containing • oolouriess
liquid, • epode without • handle, and • wicker boast I
have submitted slithers articles to amnion' elan:Motion, mod
the result I. that I ham ascertained that under the bucks-
horn handle of the knife there was a deep rd mark mixed
with rust and dirt, which I found to consist of coagulated
blood in • dry state. The blood had evidently penetrated
through the handle and the iron plate of the knife. The
smock-frock was damp, bat I could not dimmer any appear-
ances of blood upon it. Upon examining the trousers, I
found • good many Maine upon them, but they yielded no
evidence of the presence of blood. In the groove of •
Isms button, taken from the left knee, I found
• firm coagulationi of blvd. It bad • bright red colour,
and was apparently flesh. In one of the holes a[ the button
through which the thread had passed Gars wen also • mall
coagulation of blood The wen mak se would be
produced by tho wiping of *cot the mice of the
button. There was oho a slight smear of blood on the
cotton string connected with the knee. Upon examining
isire
some stuns that were upon the boots I sacertedned that
presented the apparance if blood, but I =mot dale -
Lively that they we stains of blood. The loathe,
presented tome de& red stain., esperdally at the ids.
A chemical tuicriml Manilnation showed that the
stains were canal by coagulated blood. Oreamles
of wheat starch were also found =ha with the
blond. The loathes stet thew stains else most"! in

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appearance of a smear of blood. The shirt, the spade, end
the bottle (except that upon the Bret-named article there. were
some email spots of bloc,d), did not present any particular
trpr&ohrlaineedesc.olfZp, on
whichl lunet foundf several
ood. Thu.
blood, like that found on the groove of the button, had the
appearance of being quite fresh. lam of opinion horn these
circumstances that the appearances of blood oa the knife, the
wicker basket, and the gaiters, were such as would be occa-
sioned by blood issuing from the body of a living person, or of
one recently dead, i. e , before the blood had naturally set or
coagulated, and with regard to the shirt I em of opinion that
the small blood stains that appeared upon ft were produced
by blood reaching it from the outside. I am alas
of opinion that all these blood stains present the characteris-
tics of human blood, but there are no certain criteria by
which human can be dietinguinhed from animal blood. /
cannot state positively any precise date at which these stains
were nand, bat those upon the gaiter and the wicker basket
bays all the appearance and properties of recent or freshblood. Dr. Taylor further stated that a large quantity of
soap and blue vitriol had been applied to the WI wristband
of the shirt, and ft also presented several appearances of wheat
starch or gluten upon it.
In answer toe question suggested by Captain Robertson,
Dr. Taylor stated that these marks of gluten might Lave
come upon the shirt by persons trampling upon wheat and
falling "1!!!. . .

The sdditional evidence gone into yesterday merely con-
sisted of the depositions of the winning who were examined
before the coroner on Monday, and it will therefore be tin-
aseeseary to give their evidence in detail. It appeared to be
distinctly made out that, in consequence of the suepicion that
was entertained that Carpenter was in the habit of robbing
Mr. Horne, the farmer, in whose service the prisoner was
employed, Mr. Hawkes, the inspector of the constabulary
stationed at Stevenage, gave the unfortunate deceased special
instructions on the 30th of October to watch the prisoner and
see if he had any stolen property in hie powiession when he
come home from his work, and that ha went out for that pur-
pose about half.put five o'clock. The evidence appeared to
make out in the most satisfactory manner that the prisoner
wee seen dells to the plane where the deceased was last seen
alive, and in a field hard by there were mark' of a violent
senile, sad a quantity of wheat, which was proved by Mr.
Moue to be of exactly the ante description as some the
prisoner was engaged in sowing on the day of the
murder, wee discovered strewn about on the ground.
The prisoner went home appaemtly very lame, much
lake than his usual hour sod on the folio morn-
lug he was tmable to go to his work. The deceasd wee •
strong young man, and said to have been a very good wrestler,
sad there Is no doubt that he made • moat desperate attempt
to secure the , whoever he wee, by whom he believed
that • fdanybdbeen committed, and there is every mama
to believe that he would not have been overpowered if his ate
sedisat had not stabbed him in the throat, and then resorted
to farther violence, which totally harapaiiikated him from
making any further resistanoe, and when he wea totally
helpless hie cowardly asuilut dragged him to • pond et a
short distance, and threw hint in, and be was found- in that
condition on the following Monday morning. The hat of the
unfortunate constable has never been found, and it is con-
jectured that It has been buried by the murderer, but
although a strict much has been made by the police no trace
of it has hitherto been discovered. _ _

The mairistrac havingbeeneogaged for more than flys
hours, an the case fur tho prosecution not Lein` concluded,
the prisoner was remanded till Tuesday, when it is expected
some additional and important °chimes will he adduced.