The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-03 00:00:00

THE CRAWLEY COITAT-Mi, kRTIAL,

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)

THIRTEENTH. DAY.

[The following appeared in the Third Edit', on of " ThQ
Sun" of last evening] :
ALDERSHOT, Wi 3dnesday.
The Court was opened this morning at h alf-past 10
o'clock, when

The Official Prosecutor called Private John Dermody,
but stated that he did not propose to examine him in chief.
eeCro
verandahlenr Colonel Ca
hr at
ofw.i‘
eTrhaewiwcyitness was simply brought here to give Colonel
the opportunity of examining him.
over
theeayjMajor
first Lid l esaid—Where
bungalow‘' vr
aeo
sry
were
Pr) osut
theeas st
eaci
sergeant sentryassnleilatiryienr
when ho was under arrest.
Colonel Crawley—That is all I have to ask him.
Private Frederick Goldfinch sworn the same course
being taken by the prosecutor.
Colonel Crawley—Were you posted as sentry over
Sergeant Major Lilley, and where ?—I was posted in the
verandah of the bomb proof bungalow the first time. •
Were you posted in the second bungalow?—No. I waa
postectin the first bungalow both times.
Did you see Mrs. Lilley walking about F—Never.
The witness withdrew.
Colonel Crawley stated that he had no wish to cross-ex.
amine Private Gaffney, who was brought up yesterday to
give evidence.
Richard King, private 6th Dragoons, sworn.
Examined by Colonel Sir A. Horstprd—l have been in
the
b
the regiment five years and four months.
Was Sergeant Major Lilley much respected in the regi.,
ment ?-11e was.
Were you sentry f oxtyva.
erhim 2—Yes.
I
could see In
the 2d
bed al
Was the chick ever up while you ware on sentry
when
ungow,
about the 19ththe
chick was up.
Yes. I have put it up myself, according to Sergeant
Major Lilley's orders.
Cross-examined by Colonel Crawley—Was there a screen
which divided Mrs. Lilley's bed-room from the room in
which the sergeant major sat ?—No, it was all one room.
There was a screen between the bed and the door on which
the chick was on, the door leading from No, 2 room to No.
1. It was a screen run upon rings on a rod. I was in No.
2 room, On the right hand side there was a table, at which
they used to breakfast, and on the right hand side was the
bed.

When you lifted up the chick did you see Mrs. Lillay
and the sergeant major at breakfast on the near side of the
curtain ?—Yes, between the curtain and the bed.

(A long time was consumed in pointing out the spot on
the model, but, after all, scarcely any ono appeared to un-
derstand the explanation.)
Sergeant Win. Barber, of the 6th Dragoons, said Ser-
geant Major Lilley was greatly respected in the regiment.
He had attended the sergeant major while out on exercise,
and walked behind him between 15 and 20 yards. He never
saw him the worse for liquor.
By Colonel Crawley—He was sergeant of the guard over
Sergeant Major Lilley on the Ist of May, and gave oVer his
orders to Sergeant Major Mills. These orders were that
the sentry was not to enter the bedroom. He visited the
sentries three times that ,night. They were posted in the
small room, No. 4, of the first bungalow. He aid not see
Mrs, Lilley at all that night. Neither the sergeant major
nor Mrs. Lilley ever made any complaint to him.
Private Isaac Brooks said he had been 12 years and four
months in the 6th Dragoons. Sergeant Major Lilley was
greatly} espected in the regiment. He was sentry in the
second ungalow, within the inner verandah. When the
chick was down he could not see the room from where he
stood. It was aboit eight or nine days before the sergeant
major's death that he was sentry. His orders were to keep
his post until relieved by the non-commissioned officer of
the guard, not to lose sight of the prisoner on any account,
to o allowin nou
bungalow except the medical officer
and the native servant,e to search the latter going in and
m oneinto th
see that he had no written documents, and if
coming
so to take t
to
them away from him and to give them to tlin
non-commissioned officer of the guard.

By Col. Crawley—He remembered the chick being lifted
up on one occasion because it was a very warm day. Ser.
geant Major Lilley lifted it up. About three minutes after-
wards the sergeant major went out into the verandah to
take exercise. He followed him into the verandah. When
he returned the chick was again closed.

George Sheppard, lance corporal, said Sregeant Major
Lilley was greatly respected in the regiment.
By Colonel Crawley—He was corporal of the guard while
Sergeant Major Lilley was under arrest, and posted the
sentries in the verandah of the first bungalow, facing the
road. On the next occasion they were posted in the little
room, No. 4, in the first bungalow. He remembered that
on the second occasion of his visit the sentry was changed
from No. 4 roost to No. 2, the sergeant major's office. Ix
his opinion the position in which the sentry was placed in.
No. 2 room was not calculated to cause annoyance or incon,
venience to Mrs. Lilley in her bedroom.
_ _

James Burrows, corporal of the 6th Dragoons, called. No
examination in chief.

By Col. Crawley—He was on and over Sergeant Major
Lilley in the second bungalow. He did not see Mrs. Lilley
the
sentries
Mrs.
posted. Lilley
ye
at all during the time he was on guard. There was a screen
in the large rooms, separating it into two parts. That screen
concealed atfrosermgetanneplt 3arceajar Lilley whicheynor
ever made any complaints to him.
Private Patrick Boyne, of the 6th Dragoons, said he had
been five years and 11 months in the regiment. Sergeant
Major Lille' was respected in the regiment. Witness was
posted as sentry over the sergeant major in the first bunga..
low. He could not see whether there was a bed in the room
from the point at which he was posted. There was a screen
up which prevented him from seeing.
Colonel Crawley said he had no questions to ask the wit-
ness.
Wm. Andrews, private of 6th Dragoons, was called. No
examination in chief.
11813:riaocme d. over
He
By Colonel Crawley—He was posted aa sentry over Ser-
tuhl the vu eort a
dnud ahh ,i 8
geant Major Lilley. He was posted in the servants' room,
but he did not know the slate. It was No. 4 room. While
and as he could not see him he reported the circumstance to
he was there the sergeant
guard,gav him orders to remain where he
dthaetys.ergie,hanet
soefrgtheaeat
was until be got further orders. The doors between hint
statinguiajor wentt
ha t into
e c
said that
and Sergeant Major Lilley were not shut, still he could not
see him when he was in the verandah. Sergeant Major
Sergeant Henry Durant, of the 6thinDgi
,rhaiteogrwb°.
Lilley told him he was the first man who had ever
Come
through his rooms to look after him. 'While he was on (hit
he constantly saw Mrs. Lilley backwards and forwaids-yn
various parts of the house,
Major Lilley was generally respect '
respected in. the rd.
Colonel Crawley—He visited the sentries
Sergeant Major Lilley in the first bun
pgsoiemsrtgeeendatin.nt No. Maj 2 room, in the doorway
.c sentries could not
Ihey were
cause any annoyance to Mrs. Lilley leading into No. 4.
He considered] that the position of fh
which
during his period of duty.
had seen Mrs. Lilley in the sitting
lie considered the place in
Major Lilley but twice for exerc' room. He took Sergeant
good for the purpose, Neither eh he took his exercise was
Mrs. Lilley ever made c Sergeant Major Lilley nor
Sir A. Horsford—Wh°raplaints to him.
his exercise on the oce ere did Sergeant Major Edney take
ground opposite theoccasions referred it P—On the parade
quarteris master's stores.
Corporal Charles
Sergeant Major
tills, of the 6th Dragoons, said that
briery and Lilleysoldierlik bore a very good character for so.
e conduct.
By Colonel Crawley—On the 19th May he was corporal
of the guard over Sergeant Major Lilley. There was a screen
or curtain across the room in which Sergeant Major Lilley
lived. He
saw
in the verandah. Mrs.
He Lilleyeouidtwmt twice
seeon thiarts.oLcetallseionw;hsenhe wshaes
was on the further side of the screen in the large rroom.T he sentries had strict orders not to fellow the sergeant
major when he went into his wife's ' bedroom, and not to
follow him on any account whatever.
Lance-Sergeant Wheeler of the 6th Dragoons called. No
examination in chief.
By Colonel Cawley—He was corporal of the guard over
Sergeant Major Lilley in the second bungalow. The sentries
had strict orders not to follow the sergeant major in° „,tll°
bedroom. There was a screen between the bedroom fald uilde
001.1
place where the sentry was placed, so that the 0007
not see into the room. said he had
John Atkin, private of the 6th Dragoonsh
. r ant Major
been in the regiment 20 years. He knew 'aril: was well
Lilley since he first joined the regimen
h rd working man.
respected in the regiment, and was a -4-
~,, grog bungalow, and
He was twice sentry over him in LP, .
Ines were between
once in the last. The first and secd tt
on the second occ n
the let and 12th of May. The erasight of the set a-
sion were, that they were not to loose
tto follow him into his bed-
major, and that they were no
exception.
room, the same as before with thate
occasion Sergeant
By Colonel Crawley posting reference to the
Major
Lilley made a complaint
did net
report that complaint.
of the sentries, but
be did
nhoether he should .
Ilc
asked the sergeant tosiorthwe report his com-
guard, and ho
plaint to the sergeant
fewsaid no, that as
he days ho would do it 8
he was going to the court inhimself,
Farther evidence to the same effect was adduced,
and the
Court adjourned.

/10,,E, Dec. I.—A Pontifical edict suppresses the
Tribunal of the Direction of St. Peter's and of the
Co Loretto,n
thev
as well as all jurisdiction
t
icariut aver the non•com-
rnercial affairs of the Jews. Questions relative to
the public treasury will be tried by the civil tribunal
otgh re e g
tribunala i °o of
of
and on appeal by that of the Rota.

RAII W VANDALISM,—The famous Roman
grave mounds known as the Bartlow Hills, after
having been spared by the plough and the harrow for more
than a thousand years, have at length been condemned to
destruction, in order to accommodate a minor feeder of the
Great Eastern Railway.
THE RAILWAY BRIDGE now being constructed
on the east of Southwark Bridge and intended to carry
trains into Cannon-btr,et, is to be widv4°2'