The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-24 00:00:00

any time of the year. The object of this aPPlicati°l
may be either to set aside the verdict, or to erdec
new trial. The result, if successful, in the first lb;
stanee would be to obtain a rule nisi,
discussed before the full Court of Criminal APPetit;
eithertbe
The result of that discussion would be,
reject the appeal, or to order a new trial uP°ll.l of
whole, or some particular facts. It is inteodeu'
ld
course, that this Court of Criminal APPe4! and
have jurisdiction even to reverse the verdict, —ma
give such judgment as may seem expedient' rder
amongst other things it would have pool o.bit
a new trial on any collateral question, such 30,toes
of insanity. These may be very useful Pr.2°,islith:
but they do not meet the real difficulty. .10ticin-ole
standing the decision of such a court the 'I: be
Secretary would still possess the power whiel'te
which would l
now possesses to grant a pardon or to nararellir-rbis
sentence of death into penal servitude for hie'
is the power of which the Home SocretarVilily
be deprived, but as to which the bill of Sir to
is ominously silent. The Home Secretary nub iv
be furnished with a statutory answer to thosue
portunate friends of convicts who besiege the
office and clamorously insist upon mercy'. Itiej",;s'ter
to be able to say ther. is no power in ail "idol),
of State to advise tbt Sovereign to grant Pat.eioo
or to overrule the verdict of a jury and the decipia
of a judge. Every case must be referred to cer
eminent men, who are bound to consider it in open.
court, and to take evidence with respect to it,: the
there be any facts which can throw light 01)%be
guiltlaid
boerf innocenceorethat tribouf the convicted man, let die-
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The Fire and Loss of Three Live

140A°1
Yesterday Mr. Will. Payne, roe--
, opened an inquest the ht'r b,
and Southwark Borong
of St. George's Workhouse, Minto-rsotrnte:(:, tes:
on the bodies of Charles Avery, Thomue 60803
Fred. Fervor, who were burnt to death • iioo
that occurred on Saturday morning on therei'
belonging to Mrs. Barnes, lodging-house keepersio
Mary Barnes said that she rented the h° se
which th® deceased m t "-
et with their deaths. It
lodging-house. She knew the deceased, hekite-
one by name. They were all lodgers. About t"" $
e by
o'clock on Saturday morning she was awoked
noise. She opened the door, when some "ei et,,:b•
out, "For God's sake, Mrs Barnes, come of
stairs, for the house is on fire." She ran 0641/';e,
out at the back, and passed through the hattf
The house was closed about 10 minutes 6lteci tide
Three men were sleeping in the kitchen' 61:10 bed,
" deputy" tried to get them to go upstairs "A" tbel
but was unable, and witness went to them.
bad
left and proceeded to their sleeping root. Shtegibe
some wet sheets hanging in the parlour, bu"foa/
never said the hoe had broken, nor did sheer
e"oe
that a spark had fallen from a candle among 6",i0
linen. The gas was completely turned off at tne °or
before she went to bed. She believed the grt3
cause
menced in the front parlour, but from What tit of
she did not know. She never raked the gre° het
fall
the stoves, for fear any of the hot cinders oligt/ sl'
through the cracks in the hearths. The daiy; 10
ways had the key of the front room, but the', lto
no necessity for his coming down stairs ate'
went to bed. She had been insured for 10 ye%rttlio
Thomas Ward said that he was the dePutY,i Wept
house. He turned the gas off at the main on-ot for
to bed about half-past 12 o'clock. Went !Ole°
some beer about 10 minutes to 12. There Or" pto
persons in the kitchen. He asked theme t°l-sbed
bed, and they did so soon afterwards• Les-$
a basket of clothes into the kitchen, but it "A-lifter
wrong one, and it was taken back again, ‘ll/,„ the
wards carried up stairs. Witness slept pose
same floor as the three deceased toeli•e Tool'
of the deceased cried out, " For God's sal;' 00,
get up, the house is on fire." That Pergalot to
however, unable to get out, and he was h,tirdostith
death. Witness ran down. to the first floor pet'
and jumped out at the back. There were Peoula
sons sleeping in the same room as witness' ' "tsol
not tell how the fire began. The decease:o°'
their clothes off before they went to bed, °II" an
lieved that they stopped in the room to dreBs'
thereby got suffocated. 1)10
Joseph Hubbard said that he slept in t-eA ore'
room adjoining the one in which the deceae' a be
Witness tried to get down, but was unablei
returned to his own room and jumped not 0; sod
dow. He broke his fall' by laying hold f
spikes.
Benjamin Prophet said that he lodged li,Pleiritter,
the houses opposite that of Mrs. Barnes. "riffle'
got home about 12 o'clock. He was in the dr°,t tD6
front. His wife being ill he was standing 'OO the
window, when he noticed a light in the ro°l3l- creel
ground floor and smock issuing through tlie er
,
'
After som
in the shuers. „rnen tte
further evidence, the jury 114"
verdict of accidental death.