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

described as an umbrella-maker, was placed at the bar,
::liiicted for the wilful murder of \Viliiam Uabart,
hooting him on the 17th of March last.

The prisoner seemed borne down by the weight of the
awful charge against him. He looked wretched and
care-worn, and immediately after he was placed at the
bar he placed his handkerchief to his eyes and burst
into tears. He is of a very spare figure, and has a
very youthful appearance. Certainly, looking at him in
the d,..ck, we would hardly imagine that he could commit
so tearful a crime as that of murder.

Mr. Clerk and Mr. Robinson appeared for the prose
einion, and Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner.
Mr. CLERK brieflY stated the case for the prosecution,
and r, capitulated the details, which have recently and at
length appeared in 7'he Sun. It would be for the
jury to say, after hearing the evidt'nee, whether the
prisoner was guilty of murder or of manslaughter. He
then called the following witnesses :
Richard Eat.)n, 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 Toni, 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, ho 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 be shot at." He went
to his lodgings in the next court. A few minutues after
he h, and 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 not
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—Know 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 he 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 a ent
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, jun„ said she lived with her mother in
Hare-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.
Eaten came to the door several times, and called the
prisoner. saying " Come down; I want to speak to you."
He came down, 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 knife
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 nut tell by whom it was fired. 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." He had a gun in his possession.
Cross-Examined.—When Dick Eaton came down the
court he was alone. Asked the prisoner if he should say
that be 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 left.)

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-
hams, and stealing 37 lbs. weight of flock, value 3/.
Sentenced to seven years' transportation.
Thomas Gardner pleaded Guilty to stealing a coat,
value 10s., the property of James Cotter.—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 dif-
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 JUDGE 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 not 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.
John Donne, aged 25, a draper, pleaded Guilty to steal-
h.g 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 CAFE OF BARTHOLOMEW BENIOWSKL

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 in attendance ?
Major Beniowski—l wish for no postponement, my
Lord. I mean to defend myself, and I am quite ready
now.

Mr. 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 defendaLt with an assault upon
David Urquhart,
The defendant pleaded not guilty ; when
Mr. FILER (Mr. Bcdkin not having arrived at the
expiration of the stipulated time) opened the case and
sai,i 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. BODKIN, having at length arrived, proceeded to
examine the prosecutor, who stated that his name was
David Urquhart, and that he had resided at 28, Charges-
street, and had been secretary of embassy at Constan •
tinople. He had a residence near Southampton, and
whenever he came to London stopped at 15, St. James's.
place. He had written 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 with
the air of a. Man who felt grateful to him for having spoken
iu favour of his country, as he (witness) had wade FS speech