The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-08 00:00:00

THE MURDER IN SHOREDITCH.

Iramediatoly aftef Thomas ✓Brooke, aged 21, and

described as an umbrella-maker, Was placed at the bar,
and indicted for the wilfu: murdur of Wiliiam Gabart,
by shooting him on the 17th of March last.

The prisoner seems d born,- down by the weight of the
awful charge egainst him. He 109ked wretched and
care-worn, and imuiediat, ly aftcr he was placed at the
bar he placed his handkerchief to his eyes and burst
into tears. Ha is of a very spare figure, and has a
very youthful appearance. Certainly, looking at him in
the duck, we would hardly imagine that he could commit
so fearful a crime as that of murder.

Mr. Clerk and Mr. Rubinsen appeared for the prose
cution, and Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner.
Mr. CLERK brie.fly stated the case for the prosecution,
and recapitulated the details, which have recently and at
length appeared in The Sun. It would be for the
jury to say, after hearing the evidence, whether the
prisoner was guilty of murder or of manslaughter. He
then called the following witnesses :
Richard Eaton, tin-plater, 3, Cock-alley, Shoreditch,
recollected Wednesday the 17th of March being near
Hare-alley. He went there about ten minutes to ten
o'clock. James Vadkins and the deceased were with
him. By the desire of the deceased he went and called
on the prisoner. He called Tom, and the prisoner came
down, as he had told him the deceased wanted to speak
to him. He (the deceased) asked the prisoner for the
tickets of his things which he had in his box. He said
he would not give them to him until he had paid him the
money he owed him ; and, he added, he did not know
he should even give them to him then ; adding further,
that if the deceased stopped there a minute he would put
a bullet in him. He (witness) then went away, saying
" That he would not stop there' to ba shot at." He went
to his lodgings in the next court. A few minutues after
he heard the report of a gun. He went down stairs and
hurried to the house in which the prisoner resided, at
the door of which he found the deceased lying in a pool
of blood. He did not see the prisoner there. He then
went for a doctor.

Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—He simply went
at the request of the deceased, in order that he might
call the prisoner down to speak to him (the deceased).
He did not go to annoy the prisoner, with whom he
never had an angry word. On his oath he did pot
expect a row, and he did not go there for the purpose of
creating one.

By the COURT—He saw a young woman sitting down
at the prisoner's door.
James Vadkins, a lad, was next examined—Knew the
deceased. Recollected Wednesday evening, the 17th of
March. He was at the top of Hare-alley about ten
o'clock that night. The prisoner, the deceased, and Eaton
were there. They were all close together. Heard
the deceased say to the prisoner " I'll give you
a punch on the head." The prisoner said, "If you stop
there a minute I will put a bullet in you." No blows
were struck ; none were armed. The deceased had his
hands in his pocket. The prisoner then went in. He
(witness) remained at the top of the court with the de-
ceased. The deceased was going down the court, and he
(witness) said " Don't go down, you'll be shot." He
replied, " What have Ito be afraid of ?" He did, how-
ever, go down, and called " Tom" at the prisoner's door.
Immediately after a gun was fired. • He saw the flash,
and heard the noise. As nearly as he could guess, the
firing took place about ten minutes after the prisoner
threatened to shoot the deceased..

Cross-examined—We found those be had mentioned

in the court. He did not know that they were there.
The deceased and the prisoner looked angrily at each
other, and appeared as if they had been quarrelling.
Charles Eaton said he was the brother of Richard
Eaton. Recollected being at the top of Hare-alley on
the night in question. His brother, the deceased, and
the prisoner were there. When he came up he heard
the prisoner say, "If you stop there a minute I will
put a bullet into your head." He heard nothing said
in reply. His brother on that went away to his lodgings
leaving him (witness) and the deceased in the court,
The prisoner went into the hcuse he lived in and went
up stairs. They (witness and deceased) went down the
court and stopped at the prisoner's door. The next mo-
ment the deceased was shot on the threshold of the door.

He had not said a word. The deceased instantly fell
and died. Immediately after the report he saw the pri-
soner with the gun in his hand.
Mary Jarvis, jnn„ said she lived with her mother in
Flare-alley, in the same house as the prisoner. They
lived on the third floor. The prisoner lived higher up.
She had kept company with the prisoner. She was
sitting at the door of the house on the night of the 17th.
Eatcn came to the door several times, and called the
prisoner, saying " Come down; I want to speak to you."
He came duwn, and they went together to the top of the
court, about six yards from the door. No one else was
at the top of the court at the time. Some words passed
between them, and she . heard Eaton say " God
strike me dead." That was all she could recol-
lect. She went into the house and came out
again immediately after. She then saw the
deceased standing at the top of the court. Saw the de-
ceased strike at the prisoner, and hit him on the forehead
several times. Gobart challenged the prisoner to come
out and fight him, but the prisoner said it was not worth
his while to do so. She then went towards Shoreditch,
but stopped on her way, and saw about half-a-dozen at
the top of the court. Heard Dick Eaton and some of
them say, " if they could get a good bullet they would
blow his (the prisoner's) bloody brains out, or blow his
b—g nose off." Gobart said, " No, if I had a knile
I'd stick it in his b—g guts." They then all went
into Cock-court ; she then went into Shoreditch, and
immediately after heard the report of a gun, but she
could not tell by whom it was tired. When she came
back she saw Gobart lying on the ground. She went
up to her mother's room, and found the prisoner there,
with his hands stained with blood. He threw his arms
round her neck, and exclaimed, " I have done it ; I
have done it." lie had a gun in his possession.
Cross-Examined.—When Dick Eaton came down the
court he v. as alone. Asked the prisoner if he should say
that he was there, and he said "No' don't tell them that,
as I shall go up stairs and come down again." Dick
Eaton swore at the prisoner, and d—d his eyes, and
said he would have the prisoner's life some time or other.
(The trial was proceeding when our report lett.)

NEW COURT.
(Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman HUNTER.)
William Henry Graham pleaded Guilty to breaking
into the premises of his late employer, Mr. James Wil-
liams, and stealing 37 lbs. weight of flock, value 31.
Sentenced to seven years' transportation.
Thomas Gardner pleaded Guilts to stealing a coat,
value 10s., the property of James Cotten—Sentenced tO
six months' imprisonment with hard labour.
George Burr, aged 19, pleaded Guilty to stealing a
brass window guard, value 255., the property of Samuel
Reeves. The prisoner had been formerly tried on dd.-
ferent charges, and acquitted.
The Learned RECORDER, in passing sentence of seven
years' transportation, said that he intended that this
individual should be sent out of the country, and be sub-
jected to the mildest form of transport punishment; that
was, as he understood, that a ticket of leave should be
given him for the term of his sentence, and that he
should be employed in the operations of husbandry or
as a shepherd. Some papers had been sent to him
(whence they came he knew not), showing that employ-
ment in this way could be given to above ten thousand
persons. _ _ _

George Yarnold, aged 40, oilman, pleaded Guilty to two
several acts, charging him with stealing 39 pieces of
stained paper, the property of Mr. John Knight, and
30 pieces of paper, the property of Robert Denton.
The Learned JuDnE said that it had long been the
practice of the prisoner to rob from boys the property
which had been entrusted to them to carry home, and
where he could net do this he had in many cases corrupted
and induced them to steal from their employers. One boy
with whom he was thus infamously successful was at
present undergoing a year's imprisonment. The sentence
was that he be for the first offence sentenced to seven years'
transportation, and for the second offence to seven years'
more, the latter term of punishment to commence at the
expiration of the first.
Jotn Donne, aged 25, a draper, pleaded Guilty to steal-
ing eighteen yards of silk, the property of his master,
Charles Terry.—Sentenced to a year's imprisonment
with hard labour.

Thomas Avery, a boy of 14, pleaded Guilty to stealing
a shilling from his master, Thomas Leonard.—To be
imprisoned for a month.
The RECORDER—If you come here again you will be
thoroughly well whipped.—(Laughter.)
The remainder of the morning was passed in hearing
similarly trivial charges.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
IN THE CASE OF BARTHOLOMEW BENIOWSKI.
The ASSISTANT•JUDGE said an application had been
formerly made for the postponement of this case, and he
wished now to ask what course the parties intended to
adopt on the present occasion. Was the counsel for the
prosecution iii attendance ?
Major Beniowski—l wish for no postponement, my
Lord. I mean to defend myself, and I am quite ready
now. _ _

—Nit% FILER, on the part of the prosecution, wished for
a short adjournment, in order that Mr. Bodkin, who
was at present engaged at the Central Criminal Court,
might have time to attend.
The JUDGE—Then I shall take another case, which
will occupy the Court for about half an hour.
The deputy-clerk of the peace having read the indict-
ment charging the defendant with an assault upon
David :Urquhart,
The defendant pleaded not guilty ; when
Mr. FILER (Mr. &dkin not having arrived at the
expiration of the stipulated time) opened the case and
said this was an indictment for an assault of a most
aggravated nature, and one which, if the facts were fully
stated before the committing magistrates, might have
assumed a much more serious character, and then stated
the facts elicited in the following evidence :
Mr. Boolurt, having at length arrived, proceeded to
examine the prosecutor, who stated that his name was
David Urquhart, and that he had resided at 28, Clarges-
street, and had been secretary of embassy at Coustan
tinople. He had a residence near Southampton, and
whenever he came to London stopped at 15, St. James's-
place. He had writt,-n many articles for the press, as
well as in the form of pamphlets, upon various subjects,
and any person who wished to find out his address
could have easily done so by inquiring at his pub-
lisher's. He had been much connected with the
Association of the Friends of Poland, and was present
at the late meeting at the Freemasons' Tavern on the
the subject of the annexation of Cracow. Previous to
that day he had not known the defendant personally,
but he was aware of his character by public report. He
(the defendant) was a Polish Jew by birth, and had been
in the service of Russia. After the meeting at the Free-
masons' Tavern was over, and as he (witness) was going
through the vestibule the defendant came up to him w.th
the air of a man who felt grateful to him for having spoken
in favour of his country, as be (Witlleps)liadiamle a speech

that day on moving a resolution, and took hold of his
hand, and asked for a few moments' conversation with
him When he heard that his mane was Beniowski be
waked away from him The witnoss then detailed the
facts of the as,ault, which are already familiar to the
public from the report of the pielimuiary investigation
at Bow-street.

Cross examined by Mr. WILD (who in the interim
had been engegcd by defendant)—He had not been
politically engaged since his return from Constanti-
nople. There was a cause for his quitting that situation.
That cause was the fact of his having countenanced the
voyage of the Vixen to the Black .Sea. He had not
been employed since, but he believed the reasons why
he had not were groundless. He had not made any
charge stating that Lord Palmerston and Mr. Cobden
were in the pay of the Emperor of Russia.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said he did not see what
light the jury could derive from any arrangements
between the Emperor of Russia, Lord Palmerston, or
Mr. CoWen. . _

Cross-examination resumed.—He had no occasion to
look out for his livelihood since his employment bad
ceased in 1837, as he had an independent property.
Whenever he sent any communications to the newspapers,
he invariably attached his name and adds ess to them. fle
had written leading articles, but, as a matter of course,
his name did not appear to them. A work had been
published at Glasgow, in which the name of the defen-
dant had been used. He had on many occasions said
the defendant was a spy, but in any observations he made
upon him, he only alluded to him in his public character,
as one of a class of agents who are employed, or may be
employed, or looking for employment, from Russia, in
this and other countries. One of his grounds for con-
cluding the defendant to be in pay, was, that he was eV'
ceedingly active in exciting the people to revolution in
England, and had been the chief organiser of the Chartist
conspiracy. His (defendant's) name was struck off the
Polish list by the English Government. Another reason
why he believed the defendant to be a spy was,, because
he had published a work instructing the people as to the
best means of defending themselves against the military.
Mr. 80n5.114 re-examined the witness, he said when
that after his return from Constantinople, he was pre-
sented to her Majesty at the Drawing-room, by Lord
Palmerston, to prevent any unfavourable impression
from resting on his character, in consequence of his recta
from the embassy at Constantinople. With respect to
his (defendant's) relation towards the Poles, he (witness)
spoke upon the authority of Lord Dudley Stuart, and
he was authorised to state so. In 1839 he was invite
to stand for the borough of Marylebone, and in conse'
quence he had much communication with the leading
Chartists of London, and he was borne out in his
opinions of Beniowski by what he was told by them.
The Rev. Hamilton Grey confirmed the statements or
the prosecutor with respect to the facts of the assault.
The police-constable, who took the defendant into
custody, and the surgeon who attended Mr. Urqbart,
having been examined,
Mr. WILD addressed the jury at great length for the
defendant, dwelling strongly on the great provocation he
had received in being denounced as a spy.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE summed up the evidence.
After a short consultation, the foreman of the jury roll'
and said we are obliged to find the defendant Guilty.
Sentence was deferred to the next session, the de'
fendant being admitted to bail on his own recognizance°'

WORSHIP-STREET—(THIS DAY'I
Julia McCartney, a servant-of-all-work, was charge"
with assaulting her master, Mr. Hass, a master tin
manufacturer, of No. 2, Middlesex-street, Spital-square'
The complainant, who is of the Jewish persuasil
and whose head and face were literally covered lot
plaister, and his lift arm in a sling, stated that he eht;
rived home last evening, at about half past
o'clock, with his threo sons, from the Synagogue, W 1
he found his wife, who is near her confinement. outsew
the door, and being supported by two strangers, the cause
of which, he learnt, was the conduct of the prisonsir:
who had threatened to " knife her." He went into tf:
parlour of his house, where the prisoner stood, but e',,"
had no sooner seen him than she snatched up the the
candlesticks which were upon the table, and before Pi,
could prevent it, she struck him violently on the head wit,
each of them. He fell, and she then bit him in the Of
and tore the flesh through the coat and shirt. The COe.it;
plainant here showed a deep and dangerous wound's
the sinewy part of his arm. The defendant was t"

worse for liquor.
Mrs. Hass stated that the prisoner was sent out oftil
the youngest child to feed it. It was the Jews' Pass°llo/
and the bread they eat themselves daring that Per'„
was not fit food for infants. It was therefore the Pre
_wr
tice among the Jewish parents to have the youriV,e
children ted from home on these occasions. When L
nk
came home she had evidently been drinking, and (10'01
the day had procured more drink. Witness Temonstrot
with her, but she was answered with the vilest abuse, rind
at length the prisoner snatched up a table-knife an
swore she would " do for her with it."
The prisoner here expressed, loud enough to be bead,
by several persons near the dock in which she was stall
ing, her regret that she had not done it.
Mr. Buouctrrort said he should send her to Pris°l”
but she must be brought up again next week.

COURT CIRCULAR. Ap
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince
bert took their accustomed early walk this morning.. 150
The Royal Family took walking and pony exerest
le,
to-day, on the Eastern Terrace and Slopes of the Ca
M. Isturitz, the Spanish Minister, is expected to
s._,.
rive at the Castle this evening, on a visit to her Mrii!..-6Y-•
Viscount Palmerston is also expected to arrived to
day, on a visit. • lb
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied
the Prince Lowenstein, rode out on horseback this tal°s
noon, attended by -the Lady in Waiting, the Countess
Mount Edgeeurnbe. The Equerries in Waiting, gni°,7,
General %Wimps and Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour, o's
attended on horseback.
The royal dinner party at the Castle, this evening,lol.°
E - M. Isturitz,

expected to include his _,xcellency ~. -
Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, Viscount Palms
w
ston, and Mr. George and the Hon. Mrs. Hope. g
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attend do ri'cig
dinner. Tier Majesty's private band will afterwor
attend in the C.
The band ofastle the Ist Life Guards attended duff
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dinner, at the Castle, on Tuesday evening, and porfori"
the following pieces:7

March-Waddell.
Introduction and Polka—Lady Combermere.
Pot Pourri, No. 4—Zulchner.
Walzer—' Attila"—Labitzky.
March—" Il Torneo"—Lord Westmoreland

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester vigil
her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at 011.
bOrouThe
Mgh-house. die
Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President of
Council) was sufficiently recovered yesterday fro° tot
recent attack of gout to leave town in the afternoon -
his seat, Bowood-park, Wilts.
tat/
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The nuptials of
Alfred Paget, son of the Marquis of Angleselt
Miss Wyndham, daughter of the Countess of List°l-;
and sister of Lady Macdonald, were solemnized ',lle
morning in St. James's Church, in the presence of,'"„
relations and connexions of both families, and nliti
distinguished circle, consisting of the principal Obi'
in town.

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