The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-01 00:00:00

THE MURDER BY A SOLDIER Al
WORTH.

`3 SL.

The further examination of Thomas Cooper, with
several aliases, was resumed on Saturday, at the
session room in the Town Hall, before Capt ain
Donnethorne and a full bench of magistrates.
In order to obviate the difficulty experient 'ed
last Saturday in gettjng the prisoner through ti he
dense mob that congregated round the entrances .) to
the police station, the Town Hall, and the streets
leading thereto, the prisoner was brought down
from the House of Detention, where he had been
under remand, at an early hour in the morning, and
he was safely conveyed in a ca,h, and lodged. in one
of the private rooms in the Towil 1-1311, without the
public being aware of the fact.
Punctually at the time appointed the accused.
murderer
was placed in the dock. 11:43 appeared
careworn and anxious, but considerably unproved
in his appearance.
On the prisoner being asked by Mr. Rt.s, ton if
he had any professional ad viser, he replied, " Not
yet, sir."
Mr. Ruston, the clerk to
the magistrates, t, hen
readover the evidence given at the last examinatit'n.
Rosina Barnham repeated the evidence she ha d
given at the inquest as to we possession by Mae
prisoner of three bullets, one of which he said w
for the deceased, one for her mo,,he r, and. one for:
the first izian that tried to take him.
The prisoner said, " That is false, Bose, and you
know it is."
Harry Everett, a tailor, deposed to having met
the deceased and he thought the pris oiler on the
evening of the murder about 20 yards; from the
milestone on the Twickenham-road. I'hoy were
talking together. He did riot hear any ch.c the con-
versation, but the woman sneered at the mut He
should not like to swear that the prisoner va a the
man.
Thomas Maddock, a gardener, said he met' the
prisoner and the deceased about 25 minutes to , nine
on Thursday evening about 100 yards from the
Chequers public-house. He had previously kno\ '7ll
him, and he believed him to be the man he saw.
Ephriam Caughtney repeated his statement tha t
the prisoner and deceased had had some ale toge- •
ther at the Chequers on the night in question.
Mr. George Turpin, a retired officer in the army,
said he was going to Isleworth on the 7th ult., and.
when near the corner of the lane he heard a man
and woman inquire of Another person what time it
was, and the man replied 25 minutes to 9. He had
naonteseaena seen that man mthaendaetetehaesed court. He then crossed the
l
but he would not like to swear
standing there,
the prisoner was
the man. He resembled him, how"
James Hedges, a groom, repeated his statement
that about the time mentioned he saw' Anne Barn-
ham and a person he believed to be tihe
prisoner at
the Corner of Brazil Mill-lane; the man
bad a mous-
tache, and was dressed in dark clothes. He heard
him say, "I have told you of it before."
Thos. Barnham, a cousin of the deceased, ~nether
and the prisoner together on the night in qua. stion •
Joseph Burniss, a boy, saw a man and woma n m
Brazil Mill-lane on the same evening ;he heard tihem
quarrelling; he passed them, and noticed that they
shook hands. Soon afterwards he heard a report; of
a pistol. He did not then see either the man or
woman, as it was too dark.
James Andrews, a letter carrier, repeated his
former evidence.

Charles Brown, a detective, produced the Letters
found on prisoner when apprehended, one of which
related to the crime, and actually admitted the com-
mission of the murder.

After a consultation, the Bench decided that the
letters should not be read. The prisoner admitted
that he was in Brentford on the Thursday, and that
he had watched Anne because he thought she was,
going to keep company with other men.
John Hawker, another detective, deposed• to hav-
ing found a pistol in prisoner's pocket. Witness
asked him what he meant to do with it, and he re-
plied " Shoot myself." He said he had read all the
papers had stated, and was only waiting to get .some
more information before he shot himself. While
going down to Brentford the prisoner said, "I wish
I could have found the grave of Anne that I might
have died there too."
Mrs. Barnham, upon being recalled, said the pri-
soner had no moustache the day he was at her
house, but his whiskers were larger.
Rosina Barnham and Ephraim Caughtney con-
firmed this evidence.

The prisoner stated, in answer to the Bench,
that he would reserve what he had to say. He was
then fully committed for trial.

COUNTRY M4RK.E:I,S.

.~~.t'l

NORTHAMPTON-SATURDAY.

New wheat, 57s to 596; old, 55s to 58s. Barley was
scarce, and at nominal prices—malting sorts, 38s to .39s ;
grinding 30s to 35s per qr. Oats quoted at 25s to 348
per 21 atosao. Bonus, 39s to 448; seconds, 37s to 405..