The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-11 00:00:00

THE SAFFRON HILL MURDER

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CLERIKENWELL POLICE COURT.—THIS DAY.
RE-EXAMINATION OF GREGORIO.
Mangi Gregorio, who stands charged on his own confes-
sion, of having stabbed Michael Harrington, for whose
murder an Italian named Poligioni is now in Newgate
under sentence of death, was this afternoon again placed
at the bar.
Mr. Lewis said he proposed on the present occasion to
show that the prisoner, on the night of the murder, left his
master, and on that night had permission from another
to stop at his place, and he made admission that ho had
stabbed two or three persons. The witness, of course,
would give the statement much longer than I need do, and
you will find that it will substantiate all that I stated the
other day.
John Manzzoni said—l reside at 1, Francis-court, Clerken-
well. I know the prisoner. On the 26th December he
was in the service of Mr. Angelenette. I recollect early in
the evening of the 26th he came to my house about a
quarter to ten. He asked me to let him sleep on some
shavings. I consented, but I asked him if ho had left his
master, but he said "No, worse than that." I asked him
what he had done, and he said, I've been to the Anchor, and
I have had a row and a fight. He said he had a fight with
some English who had used sticks. He further said "When
I saw myself beaten almost to death I took out a knife and
defended myself, otherwise I should never have come out of
the room alive." Prisoner further told me he had
wounded three or four. I told him he would be punished
for what he had done, and that he would have
to suffer severely, to which he replied, " Well, never mind,
I could not help it." The prisoner at first appeared as if
he was excited from drink, but during the conversation I
found it was not so. I asked him if the wounds were
mortal or severe. He said, " I do not know, but I hear
that one has been taken to the hospital." Prisoner said
nothing more to me. He told me the stabbing or wound-
ing took place in the bagatelle-room. I am not mixing up
what I have heard with what I recollect, but all that I am
saying now I perfectly recollect the prisoner told me. I
am sure he said it was in the bagatelle-room that he
defended himself with the knife. He said he struck the
landlord in a row, but did not hear anything of it for some
time, and then followed the row.
By Mr. D'Eyncourt—He told me the English wore in
the bagatelle-room, the Italians in the tap-room. The door
of the bagatelle-room was pushed, open by the English.
Some one said, " Come on," and the prisoner received a
knock on his head. He stooped down and went back into
the bagatelle room. He did not say any of the others went
in with with him, or that he mentioned it to his brother,
but that he (the brother) was with him, so that he might
know all about it.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Did you ask him what became of the
knife ?
Witness—He said he gave it away the same night.
By Mr. M. Williams—Prisoner did not tell me why he
had struck the landlord. He said he had had a row, and
that he had struck the landlord.
The evidence having been read over in Italian to the
prisoner, he replied it was all true.
Pietro Marazzi—l reside at Fleur-de-lis-court, Gray's_
inn-lane. I was at the Anchor on the night of the row. I
saw Gregorio there. I saw him seize the landlord. I heard
him (prisoner) ask the landlord whether it was he who
wanted six Italians The prisoner then gave the landlord
a slap in the face. The landlord then went round to get
into the bagatelle room, and tried to get into the bagatelle
room by another door. Gregorio tried to get in the room
by the tap-room door.
We shall continue the case in our late edition.