The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-30 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN.

Yesterday, John Man field, alias John Shagra, aged
1.5, was placed at the bar before Mr. LAING, charged with
the wilful murder of William Redrupt, late, it is said, a
porter in the True Sun newspaper office.

William Smith rented a kitchen in the house, No. 5,
Dorrington-street, Brooke's-market, HolhOrn, and was ac-
quainted with the prisoner and the murdered man. On
Saturday night last witness was in his apartment with the
prisoner and the deceased and another man, when it was
proposed that they should have some beef-steaks, which;
having been purchased, they commenced cooking them,
when a quarrel toak place between the prisoner and the de-
ceased, and the deceased threatened to strike the prisoner.
The prisoner threatened him in return, when the deceased
asked him " What he would do," to which the prisoner re-
plied, " I will use the knife." The deceased struck him en
the mouth; when a struggle ensued, and he cut the de-
ceased's hand, and he exclaimed, " D—n his eyes he has
got a knife." He again struck him, when the prisoner
stabbed him in the thigh.
Mr. LAING—What caused the quarrel between them?
Witness—l cannot tell, Sir.

Mr. LAING—That is very strange. You say that you
were with them in the room when it took place ? Witness
—I believe it was about eighteen-pence which the deceased
borrowed of the prisoner three months ago.
Mr. LAING—What did the prisoner say? Witness—
The deceased told him to put down the knife when he found
his hand cut. The prisoner said " No, I won't," and he
stabbed him in the thigh.
Mr. LAING—What did the deceased say ? Witness—
He exclaimed, " his eyes, he has stabbed me ; I am a
dead man, go for a doctor." The prisoner said, " I will go
for a doctor," and he ran out of the place and fetched ono
shortly afterwards.
Mr. LAING—HOW often was the prisoner struck by the
defendant before he stabbed him in the thigh ? Witness—
Twice, your Worship. He bled to death, and. was carried
to the workhouse. _ _ .

Mr. LAING—Did the prisoner say anything before he
stabbed him ? Witness—He asked me to go for a pot of
porter, but I said I was tired, and refused to go, and ano-
ther man went out for it, and during his absence the quarrel
took place. There were only three of us in the kitchen at
the time. The prisoner, after the deceased struck him the
first time, said " I will stab you if you do it again." The
deceased was older and more powerful than the prisoner.
William Richards was in the room at the time, and heard
the prisoner quarrel about a debt of Is. 61 The deceased
struck the prisoner twice, when he seized on the knife and
stabbed him. The deceased told him to lay down the knife
and he said, " I wont."
.Police-constable 45 G division, at about one o'clock on
Sunday morning received information that a man had bees
murdered at- No. 5, Dorringtou-street, Brooks's Market,
and on proceeding thither he found the prisoner at the
door with a doctor. He caused the body to be removed to
the workhouse, and he took the prisoner into custody, he
being charged with the murder of the man.
Smith, the occupant of the kitchen, said that a short
time ago the prisoner called upon him, saying he was dis-
tressed, and requested him to allow him to sleep there,
which he permitted. He got his living by hawking news-
papers. The master of Saffron-hill workhouse stated that
he was formerly a pauper in that house, and his real name
was Shugra ; his father-in-law's name was Mansfield. The
prisoner and the deceased lied been committed to prison
and confined on a charge of picking pockets, and were libe-
rated about six months ago, when the prisoner was re-
ceived into the workhouse.
Mr. LAING—What was his conduct whilst there ?
Master—Very bad, indeed. The deceased worked as
porter, or some like capacity, on the Morning, Chronicle.
Mr. LAING would remand the prisoner until Thursday
next, and gave orders.that information should be immediately
forwarded to Mr. Stirling, the Coroner, hi order that a Jury
might be summoned to sit upon the body o: the deceased.
The prisoner, who is of youthful and mild appearance,
shed tears at intervals during the examination, and said
nothing in his defence.

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elves an Account of Miss Paidoe's Two Years' Residence in
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favour. •