The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-13 00:00:00

HIE SAFFRON-HILL MURDER.

CLERKENWELL POLICE COURT.
RE-EXAMINATION OF GREGORIO.
A pi Mon of the fol:owing appeared in our impression of
Saturday.
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 Newgato
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 he ha 'a 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, Clerker,
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 he 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
1 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 ho 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 mitml,
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
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 Tue. 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 were 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 tho
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 wit
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.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—My impression of the evidence I read
of the former trial was that the landlord never was in the
bagatelle-room.
Inspector Potter—He never was. He was pulled into
the bar parlour, and never left it or went into the bagatelle,
room. -
By the Magistrate—l never saw the landlord in the
bagatelle-room. I saw the prisoner's brother John. His
face was covered with blood. At this time I should think
there were about 20 people in the room. Gregorio and
John Mangi were the only two Italians there. When
Gregorio went into the room he had no knife in his
hand, but a little while after, when they were beating Gre-
gorio, he saw he had one in his hand. I said, "For God's
sake, Gregorio, put away the knife." He replied, "Never
mind, let me do what I choose, or we shall not get out
alive." Some person then took me by the collar, and put
me out of the bagatelle-room into the tap-room. I then
went into the street, but in a little while after I met Gre-
gorio in Cross-street, about half-an-hour or three-quarters
after. Gregorio threw his arms round my neck. He
11 said, "Dear Manzzoni, what have I done." I said,
"You've used the knife." He said, "Yes, I did, and
I've wounded three or four.' Gregorio afterwards said
good-bye, and went away. I did not see, or was anything
further said about the knife. The knife I saw was a,
straight pointed one, like a stilleto.
Two knives were here produced, the one found where
Gregorio's companion said he threw the ono he used, and
the one picked up outside the house covered with blood
on the night of the murder.
The witness said, to the best of his belief, the longest
one was that which he saw in Gregorio's hand. [This was
the first mentioned ono, the latter being the one produced
at the trial of Poligioni.]
The witness continued—l cannot swear positively that
the longest knife is the one I saw in Gregorio's hand, be-
cause the handle was held from his view. The shorter
knife he was certain was not the one.
By Mr. M. Williams—When I got into the bagatelle..
room I saw the men beating Gregorio's brother. I saw
Gregorio throw a woman down almost immediately he
went in. I should not know her if I were to see her.
Giacoma Mantova—l recollect meeting Gregorio on the
night of the 26th of December at a public-house in Cross-
street, a short way from the Golden Anchor. He put up
three fingers, and said three, if not four, I've wounded. I
knew what he meant by that, as I had been to the Golden
Anchor and heard :what had happened. I saw Poligioni
taken away from the Anchor in custody.
John Cowland—l gave the large knife produced to In-
specter Potter. I found it in a urinal between 9 and 10 the
morning after the murder. I opened it and it looked rusty,
and I put it into my pocket. I did not see Gregorio come
into the house the night before.
Roco Anglenetta--Prisoner had been in my service from
Jan. to Dec., 1864. He was in my service on the 26th Dec.
He left suddenly without giving notice, I paid the money
I was owing Gregorio to his brother, whom I afterwards
discharged from my employment, but not for anything
arising out of this affair.
The magistrate asked Inspector Potter, who was *sitting
at the table, if he would note down anything that might
throw a light on this very peculiar case. There appeared
to him to be opposing interests which he could not under-.
stand.
Inspector Potter said many of the witnesses had given
that was
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he had
26th. He asked me to take care of his knife,wit as he had
been in a row. He gave it to me and then went away. Dominici Fetter—l met Gregorio on the night of the
been in a row. He gave it to me and but one object,
me to keep the knife
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death, that, sir, is all the evidence I intend to produce. I
will produce
the medical evidence respecting Michael Har-
.Lewis—With aoran o thL
lirformal evidence of Harrington'a
rington's death.
Mr. Inyncourt—You see, Mr. Lewis, this is quite a
new case, and in the evidence he had heard it had not yet
been shown that Michael Harrington was in the bagatelle
room.

The witness Xanzzoni-was here recalled, and said he
saw the deceased Harrington in the bagatelle room.
Mr. Shaw, the landlord of the Golden Anchor,• said he
saw the wounded man in his house on that night. He be-
lieved he was taken away, severely injured, to Bartholo-
mew's Hospital.
Mr. D'Eyncourt said he must have evidence to prove the
actual killing, as tho case was very incomplete.
Mr. Lewis said he should be quite content to rest his
case with a jury on the prisonei's own admission.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—lt is indispensably necessary that the
evidence I have alluded to should be produced.
Mr. Lewis—Then I will have it ready by Tuesday, if
you take the case that day.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Very well. Perhaps Superintendent
Gernon will have the witnesses who were examined at the
late trial in attendance, or such of them as Mr. Lewis or
Mr. Williams required.
The prisoner was remanded till Tuesday next.

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