The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-15 00:00:00

THE SAFFRON-BILL MURDER,

CL.ERICENWELL POLICE COURT—YESTERDAY.
FINAL EXAMINATION OF GREGORIO.
(Coutinued
Mrs. Shaw the landlady of the Golden Anchor, said—l
recollect the occurrence on the 26th of December. I re-
member the prisoner asking me for his hat. I said "
don't know anything about it:,
He said, " They were in
the bagatelle room," and some one then gave me two. , threw them over the bar. The prisoner and his brother picked them up and went away. I have known Polioni
for some years. Before my marriage with Shaw he used
to call at my house and assist in the bar. I have not sees
him for years since I married my husband.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—How many years ?
Witness—Four or five.
Mr. Lewis—l must ask you this question—Did ybu not
have a child before marriage ?
Witness--I don't understand what you mean,
Mr. Lewis—Oh, yes, you do.
Witness—l do not.
Mr. Lewis—l ask you again, had you not a child pre-
vious to your marriage with Shaw ? Your sister is here.
Witness—My sister, perhaps, can answer the question
better than I. I don't think it a proper question to put to
me. It has nothing to do with the matter before the court.
Mr. Lewis—l must repeat my question. Had you not a
child before your marriage ?
Witness—I-decline to answer the question.
Mr. Lewis—Have you told your husband since your
marriage who was the father of the child ?
Witness—No, certainly not.
Mr. D'Eyncoiu-t--What do you intend by this ?
Mr. Lewis--I was about to ascertain whether there was
any jealous feeling, but the witness says she has not told
her husband who the father of the child was—therefore
y;m
rr.
sr..
D Shaw,
I'm precluded.
Mrs. Shaw—I presume, Mr. Lewis, that you wish to put
t o
sB me
ya question
whether I have had a child by Polioni.
Mr. Lewis--I don't wish to put any more questions to
TYncourt—l was in the bar all the time of the
dias a rsturbanceow in th. After my husband's face was slapped there
stabbed in a
we tap-room. Harrington was brought out
Mrs. Bing
a quarter of an hour after that. I saw
his nec ng knockk
when he ed down. Prisoner' m
Prisoners brother had a At
came and asked for his hat. I SAW
Harrington in the tap-room, and I sawn the prisoner hold-
ing him, and in the act of striking him. Harrington was
got away. Polioni went away from the bar before my hus-
band's face was slapped. I cannot say whether he went
into the tap-room or whether he left the house.
Rebbeck, recalled—There were a great any people in
m
the passage between the tap-room-and the bagatelle-room,
I will not swear Gregorio was not amongst them.
might have been.R
He
The surgeon who attended Harrison after he had re-
ceived the wound which caused his death, examined the
knife in the possession of the police, and that one founfl
belonging to Gregorio, and said the larger knife (Gr..,
gorio's) was the one most likelyito have..caused the wouxd
made the wound. The
The smaller knife had the point broken off, and Tvithc.ut it
the magistrate f'Jr the pro-
secution,phoa dmi nitb e.. oLefn
etwic es
and
B,ltflehacmadtveriit.nwwliga sul.nwd addressedo
Williams have
nmsd.
for the Ital.an Society,
forw committalhocontencl for manslaughter,
contended that Mr. Lewis had only male out a case
Mr.
D' observationstria4aonnd
the
shoulddhceosinhmioultdthme prisonerakeliofo::
that for wilful murder. He should, not make the slightest
EbuYtne° he urtsli
allusion even to Rebbeck's evide-Ace, but simply commit the
prisoner to Newgate for trial,
The prisoner was then removed from the dock.

LONDON GAZETTE—Iast Evening,
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WHITEHALL, FEB, 11.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a
Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land unto Alexander Taylor, Esq., Doctor of Medicine.
FEB. 13.
Tho Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John
Duncan to the Old Church and parish of St. Michael's, at
Dumfries, in the presbytery and county of Dumfries, vacant
by the death of the Rev. Robert Wallace, D.D.
FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 4.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Martin Crofton Morrison, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul
at Tangchow, to be her Majesty's Consul at Kiu-Kiang.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Robert Swinhoe, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Taiwan,
to be her Majesty's Consul at Taiwan.