The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBE'h 8, 1864.

liflE CREDIT FONCIER and MOBILIER
of ENGLAND (Limited).
Capital, Two Millions,
In 100,000 shares of £2O each.
Of which 80,000 shares will be issued to the shareholders
of the Credit Foncier (Limited) and the Credit Mobilier
(Limited), and 20,000 shares will be issued to the public.
£5 per share, or £500,000 will be called up. No further
call is contemplated. The reserve fund will amount to
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Credit Mobilier (Limited), above ri (erred to, with prospec-
tuses of this Company, may be had on application to the
bankers, solicitors, stockbrokers, or the secretary.
London, Sept. 1, 1864.

FORM A.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
(To be retained by the Bankers.)
To the Directors of the Credit Foncier and Mobilier of
England (Limited).
Gentlemen,—Having paid to your bankers* the
sum of £ being a deposit of £1 per share on
Shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you
will allot me that number ; and I agree to accept such
shares, or any less number you may allot to me on the
terms of the prospectus, at £2 13s. 4d. premium per share;
and I agree to pay the deposit on allotment, and to sign the
articles of association of the Company when required ; and
I authorise you to insert my name on the register of mem-
bers for the number of shares allotted to me.
Usual signature........
Name in full ..................
Residence
Profession
Date September, 1864.
*lnsert bankers' names.

THB CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER
OF ENGLAND (Limited).
The following Circular has been issued to the existing
Shareholders in the Credit Fonder and Credit Mobilier
(Limited) :
Temporary Offices—SO, Lombard-street, E.C.,
London, sth September, 1864.
Sir,—l am instructed by the Directors to inform you that
they have fixed MONDAY, the 12th inst., as the last day for
receiving APPLICATIONS for SHARES under the pri_
vilege reserved to you as a shareholder in the Credit Fonder
(Limited), or in the Credit Mobilier (Limited).
All options not claimed before or on that day will be con-
sidered as renounced, and the shares not claimed will be al-
lotted elsewhere.

I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
ALFRED LOWE, Secretary (pro tem.)

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THE MITRDER OF MR. BRIGGS.

Upon tho detectives making their mission known
_ _

to Muller, he suddenly appeared agitated, and in-
voluntarily exclaimed, " What is it ?" and on
being told that he was arrested on the charge of
murdering Mr Briggs, turned ghastly pale, but
soon recovered, and said, " I did not do it, and 1
can prove that I was not there all." As noted
in our yesterday's edition, passengers in an excur-
sion boat called out, " Where's the murderer, Mul-
ler ?" Throw him overboard !" but it appears that
this was heard only by the cabin passengers, Muller
at the moment being in the act of going below
apparently in utter ignorance of what was going
on. At the Quarantine Station there was some
delay in the appearance of the boarding party,
and Captain Champion ordered the immediate
seizure of the accused, but a moment afterwards the
detectives appeared on board. After the identifica.

tion was finished the trunk of the prisoner was
opened. In it, sewed up in a piece of chamois
leather, was the watch of Mr. Briggs and a
black silk hat, marked ~ Diganco, hatter." The
hat had been worn by the prisoner during the voy.
age, but when taken charge of by Inspector Tanner
a cap was borrowed for him to go on shore. After
the officers had taken him in custody at Sandy
Hook, and during the remainder of the voyage to
Newyork, he seemed agitated
and in deep thought,
frequently rising suddenly and pacing
voaee,com whene effl the Castle
rtilneg he ardbeand,
but slept soundly. During the latter the cabin,
part of the
he was asked what
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received with the
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chain from Mr Death. He replied it had been
taken from him. Tanner asked if the stone was a
red one. He replied "No, white*" It was at this
point Mr Death identified the prisoner. The cook
of tho Victoria, who slept in the next berth to the
prisoner on the voyage out, stated that Muller slept
very unsoundly, often waking with starts, and ex.
claiming in his sleep, li Who's there ?" " Take
your hands off."

EXAMINATION OF MULLER.
(Per the Hansa).

.. NEW YORK, Aug. 26.
The hearing in the extradition case of Franz
Muller, charged with the murder of Mr Thomas
Briggs in a first class railway car/jags near Lon-
- don on the 9th July last, was resumed et 11
o'clock, in the United States District Court,
before
Newton. The crowded
condition of the court room evinced the great inte-
Mr Commissioner New
inte-
rest manifested in the case.
assigned as counsel for
who had been i
present, there was some
delay in commencing the proceedings.
be present, and
brief consultation
the
mMarr accused, not nvoitanbkeminage,
after
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with the prisoner, stated to the Court that the
arrangement sister to
accused expected his
genient as to counsel.
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sister here ?
would then make somee(to
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fore a
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The Commissioner-41as Your sister any friends
here ?
The Accused—l do not know, air. She eame
to this country
by herself.
The Commissioner--Well, 1
will assign Mr
Shaffer and Mr 810101411 as counsel, if there be
omen being in Court they se.
no objection.
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shooting jacket, a dark waistcoat buttoned high up,
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and a white necktie, and
shadow of the brows.
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quite light, and is care.
about his appearance
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propensity ; on the con-
trary, ho would pass anywhere for a quiet, inoffen-
sive person, He keeps his lips
there is noth nothing
closely compressed,
and betrays no signs of emotion,
On the other side of the table, beside Mr Mare
bury, counsel for the British Government, sat Mr
Tanner, the inspector of detective police, of London,
an open-faced intelligent-looking man. Mr Ker.
ressey, the local inspector of Metropolitan police,
was also present, together with several of the Eng.
lish witnesses.

After come little delay, to permit counsel to confer

with their client, Mr Marbury stated the circum-
stances under which he asked for a warrant of ex-
tradition against the accused. By the terms of the
treaty between the United States and Great Britain,
of Aug. 9, 1842, it is provided that persons fleeing
from justice from the one country and being found
in the other; charged with certain. enumerated
crimes, may be demanded, and shall be delivered up
on the production of such proof as v. ould justify the
commitment of the offender for trial in the place
where apprehended. Under this treaty, and the
laws passed for carrying it into kfft c a requisition
was now asked that Franz Muller, the prisoner at
the bar, who is charged with having murdered
Thomas Briggs, in the county of Middlesex, London,
on the 9th July, 1864, be surrendered up for trial.
Counsel briefly recapitulated the circumstances of
the murder, which need not be here repeated, and
he proposed to read the depositions of the witnesses
taken in the case, in London, before Mr Henry, one
of the police magistrates, and which were authen-
ticated by the certificate of Mr Adams, United
States Minister to the Court of St. James.
Mr Shaffer—Are the persons who made those
depositions to be cross-examined here ?
Mr Marbury—No, sir.
Mr Schaffer understood the rule to be that in
criminal iproceedings in ex•parte affidavits are ad.
mitted.
Mr Marbury cited the Act of Congress providing
that depositions, warrants, or other papers thereof
shall be received in extradition cases if properly
and legally authenticated, and making the certifi-
cate to the principal diplomatic or consular officer
of the United States resident in the country where
the offence was committed proof that the papers
are properly authenticated.
The Commissioner decided that the depositions
in the case certified by the American Minister were
competent evidence.
The depositions were then offered and received in
evidence.
Richard Tanner was examined by Mr Marbury,
and testified as follows :—I am Inspector of the De-
tective Force, Metropolitan Police, London. My
attention was first called to the case on the 10th of
July. I was directed by Sir Richard Mayne, Com-
missioner of Police, to undertake the inquiry. I
went to Bow, and put myself in communication
with the local police. I received there a hat from
Inspector Kerressey. I have since kept it under
lock and key. It is now in London, at the office in
the strong room. It is an ordinary black hat, bent
and broken. It has the name of T. H. Walker, 42,
Crawford-street, London, as the maker. It ap.
peared to have stains of blood upon it. I ex-
hibited it to Mr Mathews, who is here present.
I was present at the taking of the depositions be-
fore the magistrate, Mr Henry, on the 19th of July.
I saw him swear the witnesses, and saw them sign
the depositions. Mr Henry certified them after
they were put together. He is the chief magistrate,
and has been so to my knowledge 10 or 12 years.
I have been connected with the metropolitan police
force in London for 14 years. I rose from the ranks
to my present position—we all have to do that. I
have been in the habit of seeing preliminary depo-
sitions in cases of crime in England in which war•
rants are issued. The depositions in this case are
in the usual form. I received the depositions of the
19th July from the hands of Mr Henry, the magis-
trate—they are the orginal depositions. I got them
certified by Mr Adams, the American Minister. I
produced the hat before Mr Henry on the
19th of July, when these depositions were
taken. I produced it to the witness Ames. It
was in reference to it that Ames testified.
I showed it also to the cabman Matthews. I pro.
duce a pawnticket here. I got it from the witness
Ileff4, on the 18th of July. It is the same ticket
to which Haffa refers on his deposition. There were
also produced on the examination a walking stick
and black bag, which bad belonged to Mr. Briggs,
and the cardbox spoken of by Mr Deatb, the jewel-
ler. I examined the compartment of the railroad
car, and observed the cushions covered with blood.
I was present at the Coroner's inquest and saw
there the body of Mr. Briggs. The paper I now
produce is a proclamation offering £3OO reward for
the apprehension of the murderer. It was issued
by me on the 16th of Jnly, in London. I got the
description of Mr. Briggs's watch from the watch-
maker at Hackney, who had cleaned it not long
before. I was referred to him by Mr. Briggs's son.
It is described as a large, old..fashioned, gold
lever watch, open face, with the number. and
maker's name.
Counsel for the accused objected to hearsay evidence as
to the description of the watch. Objection sustained.
Cross-examined by Mr Shaffer— I was not acquainted
with Mr Briggs in his lifetime. I had never seen him,
but I saw the body at the inquest. Ido not know of my
own knowledge that it was the body of ;Mr Briggs. I
applied no test to determine whether the stains on the hat
were stains of blood. Ido not know how many persons
occupied the compartment of the car in which Mr Briggs
had a seat. From Bow to Hackney-wick is about three
miles. 1 know nothing of
.the appointment of Mr Henry,
the magistrate.
Walter Kerressey, examined by Mr Marbury—l am in-
spector of K division of the Metropolitan Police, sta-
tioned at Bow. My attention was called to this case on
the morning of Sunday, July 10. I saw Mr Briggs both
before and after his death. I sent a constable to the Caw-
den-town station for the hat, and received it from him. I
have been connected with the Metropolitan police of Lon-
don over 14 years. I know Mr Henry, the chief magis-
trate, at Bow-street, about 12 years. I was present when
all these depositions were taken befcie him at Bow-street,
on the 22d of July, 1864. The witnesses were sworn by
Mr Henry, and signed them before him. This is Mr
Henry's certificate. I received these original depositions
from his hands, and I brought them with me to this
country. There was a hat produced before Mr. Henry,
on the 22d July. It was the same that I got
from the constable. I gave it to Inspector Tanner. I re-
member the deposition of Mr Ames, one of the railway
guards. The hat was exhibited to him, and he testified to
its being the same that he found in the railway carriage. I
also showed the hat to Elizabeth Kepsch, and it is the one
to which she refers in her deposition. I also produced a
gold chain—l produce it now, also the hook belonging to
the chain, and a small ring. I received the chain from Mr

John Death. The hook I saw taken off the deceased by
his son. The small ring I received from Mr Buchan, the
surgeon ; it is the one which he testifies in his deposition.
The chain is the one to which the witness, Mr Thomas J.
Briggs, Mr Buchan, and Mr Robert Death referred to.
There was a new chain presented to Elizabeth Kepsch on
her examination. It was produced by Young, the pawn-
broker's clerk. It was in reference to it that she and Haifa
and Robert Death testified. The card-box was also ex-
hibited on the 22d July.
Cross-examined by Mr Shaffer—The examination of the
witnesses on the 22d July occupied about seven hours. I
received the depositions from Mr Henry, and gave them to
the superintendent. I was not present when the American
Minister gave his certificate. The papers were returned to
me by the superintendent. lam not acquainted with the
signature of Mr Adams. Mr Marbury supposed that Mr
Adams's signature could bo proved by Mr Shaffer himself
as ho had been Mr Shaffer's candidate for the Vice-Presi-
dency.
Mr Shaffer—Yes, but I never helped to hang a client of
mine if I could help it.
The Commissioner ruled that the certificate of the United
States Minister, under the seal of the legation, should be
received in evidence,

Mr John Death, examined by Mr Marbury—l reside at
55, Cheapsido, London. I am a silversmith and jeweller,
and have been in that business 32 years. The chain now
handed to me I purchased on the morning of the 11th of
July from the prisoner (hero Muller stood up to bo identi-
fied). I was called into the shop by my brother, and this
chain was handed to mo by him for rile to value. I put it
in tho scales to weigh it. Tho prisoner looked to see me
do it. I told him I would give him £3 lOs for it. Ile
looked at another chain which was priced £3 15s, but de-
clined to pay the difference. I then showed him a chain at
£3 ss, which he agreed to take. I then asked him what he
would take for the ss, and he said a finger ring. I showed
him one at the price, having a cornelian steno and a head
engraved upon it. lie fitted it on his finger, and kept it,
My brother handed me a paper box, on which was a label
having my name and address, into which I packed the chain
I had sold, and made a parcel of it and delivered it to the
prisoner. He then left the shop. I again saw that box on
the following Monday night. It was given to me by In- ,
spector Tanner. I identified the box as being the one that
I had packed the chain into. That is the same box which
I saw at the magistrate's °Wee at Bow-street on the