The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-03 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY

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1111 EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT iiIiTIMER
IN DUBLIN.

on 31,,mhy wuruing Joseph Dwyur, citarge.i o it it
the atrocious attempt to murder Willie= Mulholland ou the
irrettiog of Thunday Yet, wma brought before the aegis-
tratn at Copal-street Poliaoeuurt,

At At minutes past II o'clock Meters. Strong. and ]['Der•
mutt took their seats GO the bench, w lien th.• prisom-r was
brought tato court and placed iu the duck. He was rather
Aial,hily dressed, looked pale, CaItRUM, and dejected. Soon
after the opening of the case against him his fa,e
gushed, and he assumed an air of indiffereuce, which con.
tainted throughout the proceeding..
Mr. Curran. iu.trueted by Mr. Charles Fitzgerahl..eaior,
appeared for Lull.

The following evidence was given.
l'hineue Jacob irorti and examined am au Israelite.
have leen for the hut twelve year. in the employment of
Mr. 11 vans, of kl, I airne-strevt, as salesman. I was there
Tharelay last, the 17th instant. I see the prisoner at
the bar. 1 sold him goods that day. He pee me his
mine a. Richard Ilansou or Au .on. He asked to see a suit
of clothes. I sold him first a dress nut, price 21. 2.., and
then a dress coat, price It. 4s. ; Ted, 10s. ed. After-
wards be said, "Now show me a top coat." I showed him
several. He seemed hard to ranee' bat ultimately I pleased
him in one, which he selected, at 31. IN. Afterwards be
said—" Now show me a pair of tweed trousers awl vest."
I did so,The cashier made out a bill, whieh I
handed to bin. That is the bill preclue.el The several
articles I sold to him are detailed iu that bill. I remember
perfectly well that those thiup were scat to him indepen-
dently of the bill, but they are all stated on the face of
• the hill. I asked him was he going to pay for them now,
1011 he raid—" No, I will pay for them on delivery hut
I wall leave a deposit." Hi opened ha. parse. and took
out half a crown. I said. " You had better make it 10s."
He replied., " I have not IN. to spare, but I will make it
Se.," which I took. "Be particular," be said ; " let them
(messing the clothes) le at the Connitereial Hotel,on l'aber's.
ymy, at five o'clock exactly." Thu was about a quarter
to four o'clock. Ile then left. Mulholland, the porter,
came is alscut half-past four o'clock, and I desired him to
bring the thing., sad to be very particular, a the gentle-
man might be going out of town, and to be careful to be
at the I 'ommereisl 11,401 et five o'clock. The suede were
gives t.. Mulhollaod to deliver by the proper party. I
should know the gceala again. They are now at the seta-
bla.linv•ut. They were taken back by the roamer. I haws
mere them since they were brought bark, and they are the
good. to the pramoer. 1 dal not see him since he
left the .hap until this day, but 1 have not the slightest
doubt as to hi, identity. lam informed Lis 04114 C to Joseph
Dwyer.

ri alum Mulholland was then slITITI), soil the ieformatios
which he swore on Friday lart,4l. tailing the eammatance, of
the (math row asaault,aml which has bceu already publi'.hed,
was rend ovir to lam by direction of Mr. Strong,. He mill
that It was true.

Mr. Stroup, yo., are sworn, Mulholland. have you
seen the person that you have spoken of as having &wharfed
the pistol at you
Mulholland Yes, air. I saw him yesterday evening.
I ohderve that you bolt very earnestly at the prisoner.
Have you any doubt MU) his identity !—No, air. I cannot
account fn it ; but somehow or other eon.ethitng comes over
me that I cannot take my eyes out of him, serail the man
stindiug before me from whom I bad such a narrow wiespe.
;ergerat Yoe, 177 D, was swat swora,iied his information,
which has been alminly published, was read over to him. It
not,, to the finding in the stable of the pocket-book, pistol,
powder sal caps, pickaxe sad shovel, ►ll of which were now
produced, and identified by the wanes*.
To Mr. Stninge The pocketbook contained two pawn-
hrokers' duplicates (produced), and also a shop hill (pro-
duced) from Mr. liyaii,'n establishment. It it that which
bra been identified by the first educed no the bill given by
Mai to the prisoner. The goods inentiimed in the duplicate.
—a 'mitered and a pair of blankets—were pawned in the
mates of Byrne and Youth.

Aetrag Impactor Luke Fos, 10 G, was sworn, and his
former information, already übli•hed, was react, and re-
afii med. It related to the andiag of the bullet in the stable,
nailer the mark in the wall. (Bullet produced sad ides-
)
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Mary Ann Nolan, aged 14 years, of No. 10, John's-low,
' sworn and examined -1 have been living as a servant with •
woman named Mary Smith, who keeps an eating-house, at
No. 10, John'elane, for the last mouth. During that time I
have seen • young man, whom I can identify, whose name I
have heard, sad behove is Joseph Dwyer, at the said shop on
bur different days. (Witness identified the prisoner.) He
breakfasted and dined there on two ocmsions. On the second
day that he came to the house he brought with hint, ina black
leather beg, a pair of blankets, which be asked me to pave
for him. lie told me to ask 5.. for them, sod to take 3s. He
took the blankets out of the bag and gave them tome. That
wee is the evening, and 1 took them to Mr. White's, pawa-
broker. in Wine-tavernetreet, where I pawned them for 3a.,
sad I got • duplicate from Mr. White's foreman, which du-
plicate, together with the 35., I gave to Jos-pli Dwyer, who
wailed in the shop till I returned. In a few days after I
bed pawned the blankets Joseph Dwyer came again to my
mistress's shop, and breakfasted there, and on that occasion'
be pee me 31. 6d., and told me to go deem to the office of
Mr. Halbert, pawnbroker, in Cormaterket, and put a stop
to • waistcoat which he said he had pawned there in the
wee of Byrne, as he did sot like to give his owe name.
Rebid me to release the waistcoat on the atop, and bring it
to hisn. I did what he directed me, sad got • black cloth
waistcoat, which I brought back and gave to him. Ile
remained at the shop till I came back, and lat the same
time gave him a shilling and some coppers, the change out
of the 2s. fal. I have seen a woman who said she was Jo-
seph Irwver's mother come to my mistress's shop after him
three or four times. I have beard him call her mother.
Jane Brady sworn and examined-1 am in the service of
the Commercial Hotel, Usher's-quay, all housemaid. 1 re.
member on Thursday last a person inquired at the hotel
about a parcel. I see him here. (Identified the prisoner.)
Mr. Hymn's porter came before that, and asked for • Mr.
Meow I told him no person of that name stopped in the
house. Mr. Hyant's porter CALM again, and after that the
prisoner cam—about five o'clock. He asked for tea, and I
showed kin, upstairs. H. got kir tea, and then he asked
did any parcel come from lb._ Byue's ? I told him that
Mr. Hyarn s porter had been there, sad I asked the primmer
was kis name Anson, and he said it was. After tea be
west out, and told me if any parcel .urn. (Orli, Anson, by
Hysm's porter, to receive it for him. He went out and
suns hack spin in about tee minutes. I had no cony's.
satire with him. He left, and I saw him uo more until
te-day. I did not observe anything particular in his pae-
ssinion.

Mary Kane, of la), Capelekrest, examined—My father is
a dealer in gum and pistols. I sell articles in his shop. I
see the pistol now produced. I think I have semi it before.
To the hest of my opinion I sew the prisoner before. I did
see him before. I sold a pistol to him last Thondsy. It
had a spring bayoest at the sod of it. lam quite certain
about that. It was like that now produced. I got as. 6d.
fur it. There we. some ammunition sold also-Id. worth
of powder sod some balls—to the same purchaser, and also
tome caps. The pistol I sold was a screw barreL; This
pistol now produced is a screw barrel alio. Ilto prisoner
came back again. and said the pistol win a bed one. I
think I hare ao doubt that the prisoner war the person. I
gave him better caps in exchange for those lie bought before.
There was some powder, and also a ball, iu the pistol when
it was brought back. The ball was taken out in the shop,
and hr tried one of the caps there. Hr tint discharged the
pistol, and then tried the cap without any powder. There
wee a Mr. Rock, of King.stnest, in the shop when the pri.
loser woe back.
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Margaret lit'llermott, of IT, Liaarles-street, examined—
lam a dealer in hardware. I see the prisoner. I sold a
pickaxe and a shovel to him en the 21st instant. lam sure
the prisoner is the person. I think the pickaxe and shovel
now produced are those sold. He told me to leave them by,
sod he called for them next evening and took them away.
It was night when be took them away. After that I did
not see him until to-day.
Robert Gem°. superintendent of polies, I) division, ex-
amined—From information I received yesterday evening I
went to the house 64, Church-street. On going into a roots
at the top of the home, I found the trimmer. JensgilLowTni
in the custody of Acting inspector Mk" sad Ind him con-
veyed to ewell-lane station in a emend ear. He was
then charged on • magistrate's warning. I eternised his
heads when coming down the stairs. He appeared to be
injured on one of his gapes, I could not say which.
H. had some planter on it. I did not hear the prisoner
' make any statement. I know his father. I believe him to
Ibe es respectable a man as there is in Paul's parish. It
was from his father I got the information where he was to
be foetid.

Acting Inspector Rice, 5 o—Between three sod four
o'clock yesterday Acting Sergeant if 'Dermott sod I called
at the Bridewell-lane statics, where we met Superieteadest
°onion. Wed followed him to the house 64, Churchatreet.
Other consUbles were there. They entered several mine
in the home. 1 west to the top back room. I Mocked,
and after some time it was opened by a woman, I went
iato the roam and maw the prisoner, Joseph
iDwyer,
standistandingoe tbesoor. I said, " Are you Joseph TOwyerri
He said' " Oh ! yes, do you kaow nem !" I was n plain'
clothes. I said, " I do ; do you know me ! I belong to
the ibmiestise police. You are now • prisoner. and yea
see sot bouad to criminate younelf." I said, " You are
clie on a warrant
.with attempting to shoot one Wm.
Ifoihoed." He raised Ins hand and said, " Oh, see
where he hit me." I took his bawl, sad saw a rag on the
little Mgr of his right head. I MA, " flay nothing to
ernainate yourself." He said, " Whet will I may, or what
de pis think will happen to nor I said, " Say nothing
tome sow." He took me by Km area, sad mate with me.
While walk* downstairs we met Kr. Simeriatendest
Gauen and Acting Sergesat ll'Dersiott at the door, sad
Kr. Dwyer his father. We took the prisoner, in •covered
ear, to Drirbowell.L.D• station, where the primmer wee
charged. 'The prisoner rid, " I did not intend to take his
life, " flat was said by him when the charge had bees
emend sad read over to the primmer.
Yrs. Anse Crater exammel snide at 57, Queen-Meet.
There is • stable at the rear et__ the priming in Blackball.
I let the stable last Mosby week. A boy came
the rest of it, and I told him it wee b. &I. a week
I ham sot seen the boy Mace. It wee not the prisoner.
He was &bold 14 or yearg « age. He was a • smart.
deed "Goy. I required a reference. and he told me that
Joseph Dwyer was the penoa who wanted the stable.
Whoa I pve cep the key the hole was not dug io It. am
perfectly tore it was all paved when I let it. I had only
pt the lack changed that day. I saw the stable on Thurs.
day eight eller I was told what had occurred time. It was

then in a difffrettt state, the bole being dug in it. Thu boy
came they times to sae before I gave lira the key, u I
wanted • reference. I pre him the key on Saturday

Mr. t ulna Saul—ln this ease I am here, I may my, for
the distressed numbing of the prisoner's family, who are
highly respectable persons living in this neighbourhood. The
defence that I intend to make I shall reserve for the proper
quarter. and that is a defeace which, if well founded, is a
good def. uce. It is the defence of insanity, and I shall, when
the time conies, if I am properly instrweted now, sad I be-
lieve I am, be able to prove by unquestionable evidence
that this boy bas been for upwards of twelve months of WI.
sound mind ; and, indeed, sir, if you look to all the circum-
stances of this extraordinary case, 1 think it will occur to
your mind, or to the mind of any man, that the person who
was guilty of the act was of unsound mind. If
you look to the size of the shot, the purchase
of the pistol, and the other thinp, all round
where he was well known, the hiring of the stable pear
where he lived, and all for the sake of a paltry 8/. 1G.., or
rather goods to that amount, but not worth half that sum
to him—all these facts tell strongly in favour of the defence
I have mentioned. and which I think I shall be able to prove
satisfactorily. The moment he knew where his sou was—
ter he sent to his family for relief—his father communicated
the fact to the police. That speaks volumes for his dis-
tressed family, for whom every one must feel. With these
few observations I shall reserve anything further I have to
my in his favour until be appears to take his trial.
Stronge—l shall not make am observation in reply
to what has been stated by counsel for the prisoner. My
duty is a very simple one, and that is to commit him for
trial before the judges who shall sit at the next commission.
The prisoner was then takee out of court. When he was
about being removed from the dock some members of his
family, who appeared to be deeply distressed, approached
him, and at sight of them he manifested considerable
emotion.