The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-14 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

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COURT OF DIVORCE.
TILE CODRINGTON CASE.-JUDGMENT.

In this matter the Judge Ordinary gave judgment this
morning on the question of costs, and also on the question
of a new trial.

His Lordship, in an elaborate judgment, said the Court
would not go the length of absolving Colonel Anderson
from the costs of proving against him the adultery which
he put in issue, and therefore so far condemned him to pay
them. He will not have to bear the costs of Mrs. Codring-
ton, nor the costs of the petitioner in proving the case
against her in respect of Lieutenant Mildmay, nor the costs
of the adjournment, which arose entirely on that branch of
the case.

The Judge Ordinary therefore made the order refusing
a new trial, and condemning Colonel Anderson in the costs
as far as specified.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,--This Day.

THE SAFFRON-HILL MURDER.

OLERKENWELL POLICE COURT—THIS DAY.
FLNAL EXAMINATION OF GEM-OEIO.
Mogni Gregorio, the Italian, charged on his own confes-
sion of having stabbed Michael Harrington on the 26th of
December, of which wound he died, was again placed at
the bar for final examination.
The magistrate on the last occasion, said the case was
very incomplete, and before he commit ted the prisoner he
should require evidence to show that H irrington had been
killed, as up to that time no such evidence had been adduced.
The prisoner had confessed to stabb log certain persons,
but who those persons wero had not been shown. Mr.
Inspector Potter accordingly was dire.x.ted to have some of
the witnesses who were examined at .the Central Criminal
Court in attendance this morning, but the difficulty that
was expected to arise was that all those witnesses would
speak positively to Polioni as being the. man which actually
inflicted the wound on Harrington, of 'which he died.
The following witnesses were then omamined :
Pietro Gugiana—l am a frame maker, and reside at 15,
Eyre-street-hill. I was at the Gold, m Anchor on the
evening of the 26th of Dec. last, and a aw Gregorio there
between 6 and 7 o'clock. Polioni (the r ian convicted) was
not there. I went and fetched him from.:Bordesson's public-
house.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—That is a quarter of a mile.
Mr. Lewis-100 yards.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—How long did it teak) you ?
Witness—Two minutes. There had been a disturbance
at the Golden Anchor before I. went to fetch Polioni.
There were a great many persons took part in the disturb-
ance. I cannot say how many, but Gregorio was one of
them. The row was in the tap-room. I brought Polioni
back with me from Bordesson's, but I did not go into. the
Golden Anchor, but I saw Polioni enter the house. It
took me about five minutes to go from and return to the
Golden Anchor. We did not run Wel:, we walked very
quietly. Before I brought Polioni to the Golden Anchor
I made a statement to him.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—That statement yarn cannot have, Mr.
Lewis.

Mr. M. Williams—Do you know the prisoner's brother ?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Was he in the disturbance ?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Did you know what the disturbance
was about ?
Witness—No ; I was outside the house a great part of
the time. I did not see the landlord struck. I saw
Gregorio there in the tap-room. I saw him come in. I
don't know by which door he entered.
Mr. King—l am the wife of William King, and reside at
28, Leather-lane. My husband is a button-maker. I was
in the bagatelle-room of the Golden Anchor on the even-
ing of the 26th of December. I saw Michael Harrington
there at about half-past six. At that hour I saw him alive
and well. After that I saw him wounded, but I was not
present when the wound was given. I saw him taken away
in a cab. I cannot say how long it was after half-past six
that Harrington was alive and well. I was knocked—
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Who by ?
Witness—Polioni.
Gugiana, recalled—Gregorio, at the time he last saw him,
only wore a moustache. He had not the beard he now has.
Mr. Lewis (to Mrs. King)—Do you know the prisoner
at the bar ? .
Mrs. King—l never saw him in my life before.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Where were you when in the house—
where were you standing ?
Witness—Near the bagatelle room.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—And there you were knocked down ?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Look at the man at the bar, and then
then tell me, on your solemn youth, whether you are pre-
pared to swear that he is not the man who knocked you
down?
Witness—Yes. I never saw him in my life.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Who was it, the; that knocked you
down ?
Witness—Polioni.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Of that you aro certain ?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—And you swear solemnly you never
saw the prisoner in your life before ?
Witness—Yes.
A number of Italians were called and proved that on the
night of the disturbance at the Golden Anchor the pri-
soner, Gregorio, only wore a moustache, and not the beard
that was now on his face.
Mr. D'Eyncourt suggested that a barber might be sent
for and that the prisoner might be shaved.
This was accordingly done, and while the prisoner was
undergoing the process
The lithographer who had furnished a plan of the pre-
mises of the Golden Anchor was examined, and said that
in the event of all the doors not being shut he should think
that he might be heard in the bar parlour. If a challenge
had been given in a loud tone by those in the bagatelle-
room to those in the tap-room, in the event of the place
being ordinarily quiet, it must have been heard in the bar
parlour.
prisoner, on nis re-appearance, without the pro-
fusion of hair that previously was on his faco, presented
quite a different appearance, and. looked some five or six
ysars younger.
Mrs. King was recalled.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Now, look at the prisoner. Is that the
man that knocked you down ?
Witness—No. That is not the man.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—You are certain ?
Witness—Quite.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Did you ever hesitate about the per-
son who did strike you down ?
Witness—No, never.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—And that is not the man ?
Wftness—No. I swear positively he is not the man.
Alfred Rebbeck—l am potman at the Golden Anchor. I
know the last witness, and I know Polioni.
Mr. Lewis—Was he the person who knocked Mrs. King
down ?
Witnes—l don't know ; I'm not sure.
Mr. Lewis—But you have said that he was not.
Es—ynlco am _ not
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have ; I don'tni
Witness--I don't know ; I'm not sure.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—You said positively on a former occa-
sion that he was not the person.
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that he was not the man.
Mr. Lewis—Did you sea Michael Harrington in the
bagatelle-room.
Witness—Yes, and Polioni on the top of him. I don't
know that he was wounded. I was about to lift him off
when I lost my senses.
Gregorio was not in the bagatelle-
room at all during the row.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Now, was Marazzi in the bagatelle-
room ?
Witness—No.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Do you undertake to swear that?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. Lewis—You know Marazzi. Was he in the baga-
telle-room ?
Witness—No.
Mr. Lewis—You solemnly. swear that ?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—You swear he was not there at all ?
Witness—Not up to the time that I was knocked down.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Do you swear that he was not there
at all, or, that you did not see him ?
Witness—l mean that.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Which do you mean ? Was he not
there, or did you not see him ? If it has been sworn that
he was in the room by other persons, which do you moan
to say—was he not there, or was it possible that he might
have boon there without your seeing him ?
Witness—Well, he was not there, of that I'm positive,
By Mr. M. Williams—l was sent out of the bagatelle-
room to got some sticks, as I was told there was going to
be a row. I went to the tap-room, and I found the Italians
all raving—holding up their hands. There was no row
then. There was, however, swearing and fighting going on.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—l must caution you about your speak-
ing the truth. You seem to be very uncertain, and just
now you said that which was not true. You must really
remember a man's life is at stake. Don't trifle and hesitate.
If you are not certain, say so ; but by all means speak the
truth.
Witness—l was told before the row commenced to get
out of the way, or I should get served out. I afterwards
went into the bagatelle-room. Harrington was then sing-
ing
a song. I told those inside that there was going to be
" Never mind; if they
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do if they come In here with their
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got some sticks—about five or six. I handed them up
through a cupboard. The Italians were all at the top of
the stairs.
Mr. M. Williams—You have sworn that Gregoria was
not in the bagatelle-room when the row began. Now, if
you were about for some' time getting a quantity of sticks,
how can you say he was not there at all during the row ?
Witness—l am speaking of the row in the tap-room, not
that in the bagatelle-room. When I got upstairs the
Italians were trying to get into the bagatelle-room. I saw
Mrs. King fall just as I entered. I saw some one draw his
hand back. I don't know what became of the sticks. I had
a stick in my hand.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—When, you ran up to the door and saw
Mrs. King fall ?
Witness—No, not then.
By/Mr. M. Williams—l went in and saw one on the seat
and took it up. After I was stabbed I saw the English
strike the Italians. I was stabbed before Harrington. I
went up to Polioni, and said we want no row here, and
he stabbed mo in the side. I then took up the stick.
They were fighting then. I hit Polioni on the head, and
ho then ran inio the room.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Why did you not go and tell the
landlord, in preference to going for the sticks ?
Witness—l didn't think of it.
Mr. D'Eyncourt —Did you see a man put his head down
and make a rush to get into the bagatelle room ?
Witness—Yes, and I hit him on the head before he ven-
tured. That was Polioni.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—You are certain you struck Polioni in
the passage and not in the room ?
Witness—Yes.

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MARKETS—This Day.

HAY MARKETS.

COLONIAL.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEMNG, FEBRUARY 14, 1865.

Another Death from Destitution.

....
Mr. D'Eyncourt--Now be particular; in the passago or
in the room ?

Witness—ln the passage.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—How many Italians were in the baga-
telle room when you was there ?
Witness—Only one.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Do you mean to swear positively that
only one Italian entered that room alter that ?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—You take, upon your solemn oath, to
say that ?
Witness—Yes.

Mr. D'Eyncourt—A man's life hangs upon your answer,
remember that.
Witness—Yes. He was the only one in the room.
The case was not concluded when we went to press.

Mr. John Humphreys, coroner for Middlesex, yesterday
resumed at the Westminster Arms, Warner-place,Bethnal-
green, an inquity respecting the death of Ann Harding, aged
43 years.

Mr. Robt. Arnott, one of the relieving officers of Bethnal-
green, said that he had, in giving the relief in the first in-
stance, deviated from the rules of the Poor-law Board. On
Monday fortnight he gave a double allowance (for that day
and the next) and on the Tuesday he advised the guardians
to give relief for another month, and they granted it. But
the board always insisted upon some one coming before it
to represent the applicant. He had seen the deceased on
the Monday, and he told her to make it convenient to come.
The relief voted by the board was tea, bread, sugar, and
ls. 3d. for four weeks. He did not give that relief to the
boy on Wednesday morning. He received the doctor's
order for " increased nourishment, mutton, wine, and milk.'
He did not give that; the boy's evidence as to what he said
was correct.

It having been stated that a parish doctor had no power
to give a legal " order" for the necessary food, &c., for his
patients,

The Coroner said that he would hear what explanation
the solicitor to the board of guardians had to say upon that
point. He did not suppose that any board of guardians
would sustain their relieving officer in refusing their medi-
cal officer's order for food.

Mr. Howard, solicitorto the board of guardians, produced
the chairman's book showing that ls. 3d. a week and tea
and sugar were voted by the guardians for the relief of the
deceased on the Tuesday referred to. The relief was ls. 3d.
in kind and as much in money. No one had come before
the board on behalf of the deceased. It ordered the relief
at the instance of Mr. Arnott. The standing instructions
to the relieving officers with reference to doctors' orders for
nourishment were to obey them on presentation.
It appeared that Mr. Arnott did not inform the boy that
the board had voted the relief in question to his mother.
The Coroner said that the real point in consideration was
this—that the woman was getting on well when she got
nourishment; when it ceased, she got worse and died; did
she die, or was her death accelerated, through the want of
it? The relieving officer had apparently been well disposed
towards the woman, but it was very unfortunate that the
doctor's order for nourishment had not been complied with,
or even what had been voted by the board withheld.
Mr. Arnott said that he was very sorry the affair should
have occurred ; nothing was furt her from his intention than
to treat the poor harshly. But he had seen the woman on
Monday, and as she was up and convalescent he thought
she could come, according to the regulations, to get the
relief. Meanwhile he had got her relief to a greater value
than the doctor had originally ordered her. He wanted to
see the deceased or some grown person to whom he could
have explained the amount of relief in money and kind
which he had got for her.
Tho jury returned a verdict that deceased died from
disease of the lungs from natural causes,and that her death
was accelerated by want of warmth, necessaries, and
nourishment.

London and Blackwall Railway—This day,

The fifty-seventh half-yearly meeting of this company
was held at the London Tavern this day ; J. N. Daniell,
chairman of the company, presiding. .
The notice convening the meeting having been read, and
the report and accounts which have already been pub-
lished having been taken as read,
The CHAIRMAN said, he trusted the report would meet
the approbation of the shareholders, as it evinced a slow
but steady progress in the affairs of the company, and the
directors were gratified to be able to state that they had
maintained the advance, considering that they had
to contend with other companies. (Hear, hear.)
They had endeavoured to improve the passenger and goods
traffic, which, if not enormous, was gradually increasing.
He hoped the shareholders would perceive that the expen-
diture had been kept down as much as possible. The Lon-
don Docks' branch had been opened only recently, it was
true, but it was in operation, and considerable advantages
might be expected from it in future. (Hear.) Their rents
had always been a profitable source of income, but it was
uo Many ti.. arm sour,. or their zucome would Increase.
He concluded by moving the adoption of the report and
statement of accounts.

F. MACNAGHTEN, Esq., the deputy chairman, seconded
he motion, which, after some discussion, was agreed to.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 10s; clover,
£5 lOs to £6 10s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load.
Supply small.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 10s ; clover,
£5 lOs to £6 10s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load.
Trade quiet.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 lOs ; clover,
£5 10s to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load.
A. fair demand.

TEL—There has been a moderate amount of business
transacted, and prices have remained without material alte-
ration.

SUGAR.—The market has been dull. Good grocery de-
scriptions, however, have sustained former rates. In the
refined market there has been a fair demand at about pre-
vious quotations.

COFFEE.—The demand for colonial descriptions has been
steady, and full prices have been obtained for superior
qualities of plantation Ceylon. _ _ _

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RlCE.—There has been a good demand for East Indian
at fully previous currencies.

TALLOW.—Business has remained very dull, and prices
in all quotations have given way. P.Y.C. on the spot is
quoted 21s. 3d. ; March, 41s. 6d., 41s. 9d. ; and last three
months, 435. and 435. 9d. per cent.