The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-15 00:00:00

EXECUTION A 7 READING.

Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, the sentence of death
passed by Mr. Baron Channell at the late assizes for
the county of Berks upon the man John Gould, for
the brutal murder of his daughter at Windsor, on
the 30th of December last, was carried into effect at
the County House of Correction at Reading.
The circumstances connected with the commission
of the crime were published in this paper at the
time of the trial, and they must be fresh in the re-
collection of our readers.

A memorial, praying for the reprieve of the crimi-
nal was prepared by several persons at Reading,
and having received the signatures of 300 or 400 of
the inhabitants of that town during last week, was
forwarded to the Home Secretary, Sir George Grey.
Another memorial for a commutation of Gould's
sentence was also drawn up and signed by the
Mayor and magistrates of Reading and others. No
memorial was forwarded from Windsor on the pri-
soner's behalf.

Late on Thursday night the Mayor of Reading
(Mr. Hewitt), with several other gentlemen, tra-
velled to town for the purpose of obtaining an inter-
view with the Home Secretary, at the House of
Commons ; but it proved unsuccessful.
The culprit acknowledged his guilt from the first,
and expressed great contrition for the dreadful act.
He awaited his trial with coolness, and appeared
prepared for the worst. He listened to the sen-
tence of death apparently unmoved ; but on his
removal to the prison he seemed to feel the awful
situation he was placed in, and shed tears.
The chaplain of the prison (the Rev. Mr. Colville)
was very attentive to the wretched man, who passed
the greater portion of his time in perusing religious
books provided for him, and in writing a large
number of letters to his wife and other relatives
and friends, which were couched in the most affec-
tionate and serious language. In these letters ho
sought forgiveness for the trouble he had caused,
admitted that the sentence was a just one, and
quoted numerous passages from Holy Writ relating
to mercy on high. He also stated that drink was
the cause of the foul deed. His wife visited him on
'Tuesday last in company with her own daughter, a
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chaplain in devotional exercises. He took leave of
all the officers in the establishment, and quietly
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underwent the process of pinioning by Calcraft,
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His struggles were momentary. The body hung for
an hour, but was soon hid from view by • a covering
in front of the scaffold, placed there
by order of
the under sheriff, principallthe sacred
y to prevent the pe:s-
sengers on the three railways being ways witnessos to
the horrifying spectacle.
A great crowd assembled in the meadow below
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the road running in frontof the ' b
prison ; but, there
was no disturbance, order being preserved by the
town police.
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STOPPAGE
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thoroughfare, were taken to repair the roadway of t
leading into Holborn, within the district of
the board, the effect of which will be for some time to c ome
to stop the therou7hfares by this route into Ilolborn. , and
vehicles will have to pass through Southampton-buile tinge.
The board has contracted to have the carriage way re paired
for the sum of £1,207 10s. During the last few da.ys new
gas pipes have been placed on the line of road.
INQUEST ON THE JOCKEY KILLED AT THE, LIVER-
root, STEEPLECHASE.—Yesterday an inquest wins b eld at
the Sefton Arms, near Liverpool, before Mr. Brittle) ,d, one
of the county coroners, on the body of Joseph W. Tune, a
case on
jockey, who was thrown at the Liverpool Steepler.g
Wednesday, and subsequently died, From the evidence
of various witnesses it appeared that the horse +7;y
Z' 2 ine rode
struck its forefeet against the top declining and ~,, ._ de-
licate
state of health, not being strong enorlgh to ‘,..:::..31,t
The horse fell upon the deceased, whose i00d,.. II
from internal hemorrhag,
no bone
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