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London, England, 1855-01-04 00:00:00

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OLD COURT.

NOMINATIONS

(Before Lord Cbief Justice Campbell and Mr. Justice

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Jam. 30.

THE DOUBLE MURDER IN WARREN-STREET.

This. morning, at the sitting of the court, Emanuel
Barthelemy, aged 82, described in the calendar as an
engineer, the Frenchman who stood indicted upon two
separate indictments, with the wilful murders of Mr.
Gorge Moore and Mr. Charles Collard, was placed upon
his trial.

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The court was very much crowded, but owing to the
admirable arrangement of the Sheriffs and Under-
Sheriffs, there was not the least inconvenience occa.

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sioned.
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clark prosecuted ; and Mr.
Collier, M.P., and Q.C., with whom was Mr. Reed,
cppeared fir the prisoner.
Upon the names of the jury (which was composed of
half foreigners) being called over, the prisoner,. through
his interpreter, Mr. Albert, objected to some of the
gentlemen._
Lord Campbell directed that any of the gentlemen of
the jury oljected to, whether Englishmen or foreigners,
should retire if objected to.
Several haring been challenged and withdrawn, the
required number were then sworn.
The prisoner, who seemed quite composed, was dressed.
the same as when ho appeared at the police-court, with
the exception of the loose Albert cape which he then
wore.

Mr. Straight, the clerk of the arraigns, having read
the indictment charging the prisoner with the murder of
Charles Collard, the one first proceeded with,
Mr. Bodkin rose and briefly stated the case to the
jury, and in so doing, told them that although the charge
was one of the most serious known to the law, it did not
possess any of those features of complexity which gene-
rally arise where the evidence was of a circumstantial
character.
Charlotte Bennett, examined by Mr. Clark—l was
servant to the late Mr. Moore. He lived at 73, War-
ren-street, Fitzroy-square. He was at home upon the
night of the Bth of December. The only person in the
house with him besides myself was his grandson. About
half-past Bin the evening the prisoner, whom I knew
from having come to repair the engine, and a woman
came. Prisoner asked to see my master. I showed
them into the back room upon the ground floor, where
master was sitting. About 10 minutes afterwards I
heard a noise in the parlour, and came down stairs, and
as I was upon the stairs I saw the prisoner coming out
of the room, followed by the woman and then my mar.
ter. I ran past them and got to the front doer. The
prisoner I then saw had a pistol in his hand. He was
close to my master. I ran out into the street. There
is an iron gate outside of the street. I heard the report
of a pistol. There was a mob at the iron gate. The
prisoner came out of the street door, and instantly went
in again, bolting the door after him. Amongst the mob
at the iron gate was the deceased man Charles Collard,
who keeps a green grocer's shop next door. I asked
him to run round into the New.road to the back of my
master's house, as I thought the prisoner would escape.
About an hour afterwards I was let into the house by
the police, and then saw my master lying dead in the
passage.
Cross-examine:l by Mr. Collier—l had seen the pri-
soner twice at the house to repair the soda-water engine,
but never until that night saw prisoner speak to my
master. The noise which I heard was that of some one
scuffling. My master had bis hand upon the prisoner
when I first saw them coming out of the door into the
passage ; but whether pushing or pulling him I cannot
say. I had a light in my hand at the time.
Re-examined by Mr. Bodkin—l could not distinguish
the features of the female because of the thick veil she
wore. 'When I first attempted to open the street door

the prisoner put his hand over my mouth. Instantly
after he turned round and the pistol was fired. His face
was towards Mr. Moore at the time. The witness here
described the position in which she saw the pistol
pointed. She held her band about breast high, and in
a manner so as to give a pistol, if she had been pointing
one, an upward aim in the direction of a person's head.
Richard Checkely sworn—l am' inspector of the E
Division. I knew the deceased man Collard. He had
been in the police force. About 10 •'clock upon the
night of the Bth of December I was fetched to the Uni•
versity College Hospital. I there saw Collard in bed.
The surgeon told me ho was dying. He rnade a state-
ment, which I took down to writhig ; it was to the effect

that the prisoner had shot him when he (Collard) bad
attempted his capture in the New-road. Upon the fol-
lowing day the prisoner was brought to the hospital, and
the statement sihic% had been taken down upon the pre-
vious night read over- Collard was very weak, but
quite sensible. 11e:said, That is quite correct," and,
looking at prisoner, said, "That is the man who shot
me," and e.11e3, " Oh, you cruel man." The prisoner
made no remark.

The evidence of Mr. Kielmerk and Mr. Erichson, the
surgeons of the Hospital, proved death to have resulted
from a pistol bullet, which had passed through the
bowels and rested close to the spine, from whence it was
extracted by an incision being made through the skin to
it. Decqased lived about 24 hours after his admission
into the hospital. •

The statement of the dying man was then put in and
read.

William Beaglestone, Waterman to the Hackney Coach-
stand in the New-road, proved hearing the cry of " mur-
der" and " police," and saw the man Collard running
from the Tottenham-court-road end of the New-road.
Witness ran towards him, and at that moment the pri-
soner fell from the railings at the back of Mr. Collard's
house. Witness and Collard both laid hold of prisoner
at the same time. Collard said, For God's sake take
care, or he will shoot some one." Almost immediately
the pistol wisich prisoner had in his bawl went off, and
Collard said, " Good God !,I am shot," and fell. Pri-
soner instantly struck witness a blow upon the head
with the pistol and broke away. Witness wrested a
piece of cane from him.
The case was not concluded when we went to press.