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hat to Mr Briggs. I cannot swear to it sir ce it has
been cut down." And would they, the jury, by their verdict•
say that it was. He thought, as calm and reasuneble men,
they would not. 'What evidence was there to show that
Muller did not take two bats with him to America? Was
it clear that he did not ? If so, he should like to have that
evidence pointed out to him, because he would fairly own it
had escaped him. With respect to the possession of the
watch, where was a place more fitted for the disposal of
stolen property than the quay or dock from which an emi-
grant ship was about to start ? Neither did it appear very
extraordinary that when a person is suddenly accused of
being in the possession of stolen property he should at first
deny it; and, having purchased the watch tinder peculiar
circumstances, it was to be expected that a person
of Muller's boastful disposition should assume a confidence
which was not consistent with truth. With respect to the
chain, was it likely that Muller would go to Mr Death's
with a chain which had but 24 hours before been taken from
the body of a murdered man ? Was it likely that a
sane man w, uld do such a thing ? Certainly not. Muller,
without the slightest suspicion, having purchased the chain
as he had the watch, wished for something more taking to
the eye, and this would account for the open manner in
which he went to Mr Death'a. It was a very unfair in-
sinu Alen of his friend Mr Giffard to infer that Muller car-
ried stones in a parcel with which he intended to sink his
bloody clothes when the vessel was at sea. Why, the bundle
was left for 24 hours in the possession of a third party.
The prisoner was not so completely without funds as had
been implied, because one of the witnesses (Han) swore
that previous to the 9th of July he saw him with a cons:t-
derable sum of money in his possession. There was another
circumstance which he thought would carry conviction to
their minds that the prisoner was not the man who com-
mitted such a diabolical murder. Mr Brim was a gentle-
man of about 12st 81b, and standing 5 feet 9 inches; was it
probable that he could have been overcome by such a snipt
of a man as the prisoner ? Hp did not think thee
it was possible, and he thought the jury, as men of
common sense would be of the same opinion. The murderf
in his mind, was not the result of sudden impulse. On th,
contrary, he thought it was a most premeditated laud dee
liberetely arranged affair. In evidence he should show-
beyond the possibility of doubt, that there were two men
in the carriage in which the late Mr Briggs travelled. But
when his learned friend said the prisoner must have sud-
denly seized the stick of Mr Briggs and beat him about the
head, and having stolen his watch, threw the body out of
the carriage, why it was ridiculous to suppose such a thing.
The learned sergeant said he should call Mr Leigh, who
saw persons with Mr Briggs in the carriage, at Bow, and
that he went on Saturday night, the 9th of July, at nine
o'clock, to visit a young woman named Eldred, whom he
knew, and who resided at Stanley Cottage, James-street,
Vassal-road, Brixton. If the jury believed this evidence it
would enable them to relieve the prisoner from the conse-
quences to which he stood exposed. lie should also cati an
omnibus driver, who remembers that at 7 minutes to 10
o'clock on Saturday night, three or four months ago, a man
got into the omnibus, who had a carpet slipper
on one foot. It was right to say that the omni-
bus driver could not fix the date, nor could he
recognize Muller, whom he had seen in prison.
The fact that the man would not pledge himself to the pre-
cise day, and that he would not swear to Muller, showed
that he was the witness of truth. Every effort had been
made to find the person frcm whom Muller purchased the
hat, bnt he regretted that those efforts had not been at.•
tended with success. The learned seargeant comments
upon the fact that no marks of blood had been found
upon Muller, while it was evident that the assailants
of Mr Briggs in so severe a struggle must have
been covered with blood, and concludes by ex-
pressing a hope that in thus bringing the facts
before the jury, he had properly performed his duty. He
reminded them that if the case had been clear to their
minds, they ought to return a verdict of not guilty. In
such a case as this, where the life of a fellow-creature was
impending, the utmost care and caution ought to be exer.
cised by Christian men.

At this stage, 10 minutes to 4, the Court adjourned unti
9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

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