The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-28 00:00:00

Alleged Manslaughter.

Yesterday morning an inquiry was held by Mr Paine'
coroner, respecting the death, from alleged violence, of Alr
Thomas Campbell, aged 4'i years.
Mr Thomas Campbell, of 32, Ann-street, Plumstead, son
of the deceased, identified his father's body, but line's'
nothing of his own knowledge of his death. His father had
been usually healthy, and was a clerk in the War Depart-
ment.
John Hay, 11,Sweetenham-place, Plumstead, said that be
was a foreman in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. On the Gal
November, at half-past 10 o'clock in the evening, he wen
with Mr Campbell into the Queen's Arms Tavern, eurridge'
road, Plumstead, to get some refreshments. A few minutes
after somebody called Mr Campbell outside, and as he didnot return he (witness) followed him in five minutes,
then he saw a large crowd surrounding the deceased and ib
man named John Goden. Loden was a labourer in tl/°
to Iti4r
Arsenal. When the witness went out he was saying
Campbell, " You owe me £3 ss. I can't get the money,
an
therefore I'll take it out of your body." lie then struck }lr
Campbell in the face and knocked him down. Witness said
to Goden, " If he owes you £3 there is another course oper
to you, and if I see a policeman I shall have you locked 1113*
Goden replied, " Mind your own business and don't intr:i
fere with me." When Mr Campbell rose Goden knecl'ed
him down again. Mr Campbell was so injured that he l'aes
to be carried away on a stretcher by the police. Goden 1/3
apprehended. Mr Campbell never struck a blow.
Mr Thos. Green said that he was returning from a Part
with his family on the night in question, when he I°3ll,
Goden say to the deceased, " You are an old vagabond. ctiiia
lain, and blackguard ; you owe me £3 ss. Nothing Vt°
or
give me more satipfaction than to punch it out of yenci
your son." He then struck Mr Campbell about the lace t; 1
knocked him down. Goden then pulled off his coat, anubit„
the gentleman was in the act of getting up Goden get eh,
on his knees against the publichouso wall and kept Pules„
kg him till ho knocked him down again and hurt Ws
Mi Campbell did not strike a blow,
Thomas Goden said—That man (sir Green) has a /1
u3ect
tive feeling against me. It was dark, and a mall 71,,aere.
Mulgrave did not see what the witness says he saw;
fore how could the witness see it ? tilst
Thomas Mulgrave, a workman in the Arsenal, said va
he saw Mr Campbell coming out of the Queen's Arms, :103-d
Goden went up and knocked him down. Goden then es he
away to pull off his coat, and while he was doings ~fr
r ,
said, "I'll have the £3 5s out of his bones." After d,
Campbell had been knocked down again and again he
co
"My leg is broken, I can't rise." lie offered no resists:o
to Goden. Goden had called upon the witness and otic
to pay him to give evidence in his favour. itnes°
Goden said that he had only offered to pay the Nv

for his loss of time.
The witness said that Goden not only offered to psY
hiID
for evidence in his favour there, but to remember it for
afterwards.
bars Campbell, the widow of the deceased, said that ho
had made a dying statement to her, and said, " If 813Yti'll35
happens to me a this known."
The Coroner smaidke that the statement was not required) 65
there was ample evidence of the facts. th
The surgical evidence was not complete, but it was to
and other
effect that deceased received a fracture of the leg
bruises. lie died on Saturday last.
The Coroner said that he would adjourn the case for addi-
tional medical testimmy.
The proceedings wore odjourned accordinely.

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-----7.
RESPITE OF ONE OF THE LIVERPOOL gr-fin
DERERS.—Thomas Lindon, one of the two men convite" 61
the last assizes of the murder of M‘Carthy, at Liveroe. 9
Gibbs, the governor of Kirkdale Gaol,
has been respited. The fact was communicated to Captl
by a letter from the Home Secretary It will be reineor
bored that Lindon, M.Cazth * 11
0f
Wi'l2sl
y, and Brown, each
lived in 3 esterday r00r0113,31
a brothel, were drinking together in a publich.cul
and went into the street, where an old quarrel was revivelyel:
and Linden and Brown attacked WCarthy haws'`
through the orifice of ISPCarthy's eye,
Brown had a pistol, the barrel of which he forced twaiin;
un{°r■
and both Brown and Linden struck and kicked the
e tbat
tunate man repeatedly. It MO stated in the evidenc
or r
into the
Brown's wife beat WCarthy aboLit the head with,:
oportt'_,
bottle, while he lay on the grounci insensiblteo.l
ii.._0r.,.,
quenee of the injuries inflicted with the pistol
000tiC5e,76
died. Mr Cobb, the solicitor who defended e.ti
bell:,
_f
about to forward a memorial to the of rieoutioir:
0"f
Brown. The day at present tisPd for
cois Saturday'
Brown, and also of Bilis Green, the man
murder of hid bia4er-in-law, at Tortetb. reek,
thnevected t• the

Jan. 7.