The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-19 00:00:00

GREEZ WICH.

On M,mtlay a very respectably at tired middle-aged man, e
scribed in the police-sheet as Henry Lee, of Haggerstone,
Kingsland-road, London, litiendraper, was brought before
Mr. Trail, charged with indecently expgaing his perscn,
three distinct times,. to nurserymaids, having the care of
children, in Greenwich-park, under the following circum-
stances:—

(Mr. Holion, of Commercial-road East, solicitor, attended
for the prisoner.)
Jane Long, a very pretty girl, aged 15, deposed that she
is nurser} maid in Mr. R. Stedall's family, ironmonger, Nel-
son-street, Greenwich. On Saturday afternoon, between
half-past four and five o'clock, she was walking with the
children on the lawn fronting the Asylum wall in the park.
The prisoner stood near the wall and deliberately exposed
his person. Witness walked away, and the prisoner pro-
ceeded in the same direction near some trees, and again ex-
p• sed himself. Had no doubt that he (lid so intentionally.
He turned round to see if any person observed him before the
second offence. Witness then made her way up the I ark,
and told a fruit woman whom she met what had taken place,
and she went in search of a pwice-constable.
James Jeffries, aged 12, deposed that his mother sells
flat in the Park. He was with her on Saturday afternoon.
Witness was on'Flamsted-hill, and saw the prisoner by the
side of the Royal Othervati ry next Maize hill. The pri-
soner had his back to a tree, and was exposing his person to
two ladies with children, and was laughing at them. Wit-
ness ran away anti told a police-constable, who apprehended
the prisoner, but the lashes had gone away. A girl told wit-
ness's mother that the prisoner had been guilty of similar
conduct about twenty minutes previously.
Braddick, R 64, deposed that he apprehended the prisoner,
who was quite sober at the time. The witness Jeffries
pointed the prisoner out, and told him distinctly what he
hid seen. The prisoner did not deny it, but said that he
was sorry to have such an accusation against him. Witness
took the prisoner to Mr. Stedall's house, and while there he
remarked that he should like to palliate the offence, or some
such word.

Mr. R ,bert Stedall, of Nelson-street, Greenwich, deposed
that Jane Long is his servant, and has the care of his chil-
dren. They were directed to take a walk in the Park on
Saturday last. Witness was in his counting• house when the
prisoner was brought into the shop by the police-constable.
The nature of the case haying been communicated to wit-
peas by the police constable in the prisoner's presence, he
turned and said he was very sorry for what had happened ; that
he did not attempt to palliate the matter, and continued to
apologise; but, on being told that he must go to the station-
house, replied, " Oh, I don't mean to acknowledge anything;
the affair wiis merely an accident."

'The witnesses were Subject to a long cross-examination by
Mr. Hodson, but their testimony was not only unshaken, but
more fully satisfied the magistrate of its correctness. The
charge was denied, and a defence set up that the prisoner was
labouring under an inward complaint, and was in a corner
by the Asyluni wall, when some boys threw stones while so
engaged, which caused him suddenly to turn, not thinking
for a moment of exposing his person to any one.
Mr. TRAILL said tnat three separate and distinct charges
had been proved against the prisoner. He was sorry to see
a person apparently so respectable in life in such a disgrace-
ful situation. If he was a person of high rank, or a near re-
lative, it would be his imperative duty to convict, let the con-
setlueners be ever so distrtSsing. A clearer case of guilt he
did not remember.

The prisoner said he had been brought to the station-house
through a heavy rain, and kept in a miserable cell twenty-six
hours in that state.

Mr. TRAILL said the prisoner was liable, for so serious an
offence, to be imprisoned in the House of Correction and kept
to hard lsbour for three mi nths. He would, however, con-
sidering that he had already received some punishment,
mitigate the sentence to ten weeks' imprisonment and hard
labour in the county gaol.
The prisoner left the bar eclaiming that it would be his
total ruin•

THE LATE MURDER AT THE

GUILDHALL COFFEE-HOUSE.

MANSION-HOUSE

John Vincent Smith, late cook at the Guildhall Coffee-
house, was yesterday brought up before the Lord Mayor
for re-examination, charged with the murder of Susan
T.lloday, his fellow-servant. The Court was crowded, and
hundreds of persons who could not obtain admittance were
constrained (however impatiently) to remain outside, in the
expect,ition of seeing the unfortunate criminal as he would
arrive at the Mansion-house.
The Lord Mayor took his seat at ten minutes before
one o'clock.
The prisoner was immediately after placed at the bar.
He looked thirty or thirty-five years of age, and seemed fully
sensible of the awfbl position in which he stood
The girl, Fanny Wetenhall, was first examined by Mr.
Goodman, chief clerk—She resided in Halfmoon-alley, and
had been employed hi the Guildhall Coffee- house for the last
eight weeks. She knew the prisoner at the bar, who had been
cook, and also the deceased, Susan, woo acted as kitchen-
maid She heard some quarrelling between prisoner
and deceased on Friday last. She did not know what it was
about, but it eon: inued almost all day. She saw no blows
given. Witness got there on Saturday at nine o'clock in the
morning, and after that time was principally employed in the
kitchen, up to twelve o'clock. The prisoner and thceasAl
were quarreling on that morning., but she did not know what
it was - about. She thought they were quarrelling about
Mrs. Riley, the charwoman. Mrs. Riley was there. He said
that Mrs. Riley had got some things that she had never paid
for. Susan took Mrs. Riley's part. She said "the cook was
not acting like a man for grumbling at the poor woman."
She could not tell what hour it was, but it might be half an
hour before " this affair took place." Mrs. Riley
was sent away, and atter she had gone, witness heard
no more quarreilicg between the prisoner and deceased.
Susan was then sitting down, cutting beans. She had been
doing so about half- an hour. She was then sitting at the
kitchen table. Prisoner was picking ducks at the other
corner of the table. He was picking them with a knife in
his hand. He was using the knife to pick the feathers off.
They were thus engaged when she (witness) was sent out of
the kitchen. She was scut by the cook, about half-p ist
twelve, to the bar to Miss Green, to get some lard and eggs,
but she said that he was to come himself, as she was busy.
Witness then went back and delivered the n'essage to cook.
The prisoner and Susan were in the same place that she had
hft them in. The prisoner had by that time trussed the
I ducks, and they were lying on the table. The table was six
or seven feet. long. They were not quite the length
of the table separated from each other. She
did not hear any conversation between them.
The prisoner then gave witness a bason. He brought it
trots near the larder, and said she was to get some milk and
‘.ggs. She was nut sure that he hail the knife in his hand,
at that time. Witness went back again to the bar and saw
Miss Green again. Miss Green gave her the milk and eggs.
The kitchen cannot be all seen fromthie
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wards tha bar, on the stairs. She saw her throat was cut,
and she fell at the foot of the stairs Miss Green began to
"holloa" and cry, out. She heard Susan say nothing. She had
a small white-handled knife (the one she was cutting the
beans with) in her hand. She (witness) did not
see the prisoner at the time that Susan fell, nor till
she saw the policeman take him away afterwards. While
she stood at the bar she heard no noise as of quarrelling in
the kitchen. Witness afterwards went home.
In answer to questions from Mr. Goodman, the witness
added that deceased said, when she and the cook were quar-
relling about Mrs. Riley, that " he was not acting like a
man, and he would remember it before many months were
over his head." The prisoner said " she might before many
hours went over her head " Witness recollected nothing else.
The LORD MAYOR asked if the prisoner had any question
to ask the witness? Prisoner—l could not understand a
word that was said. Will you have the goodness to read it
to me.

Mr. Goodman then read the evidence as given by the girl
Wetenhall.

The prisoner, in answer to the question whether ho had
anything to ask the witness, said be would reserve his
defence.

John Tolloday, twenty-one years of age, lived at Castle-
lane, Cambridge, and was a whitesmith. The deceased
was his sister, and her name was Susan Tolloday.
She was cousin to the prisoner's wife. Witness haa never
seen prisoner and his sister together.
The prisoner had no question to ask.

The LORD MAYOR asked if the prisoner had anything to
say why be should not be committed for trial? The pri-
soner had nothing to say.
The witnesses were then bound over to appear against the
prisoner at the present sessions (now sitting).

FATAL FALL—On Monday an inquest was held at the
Wellington, Samt.el•street, St. George's in• the East, before Mr. W.
Baker, jun., touching t.e death of John Maclean, aged 44, a seaman
on boar,l the , ictor. lying in the London Docks. On Saturday- after-
noon last the deceased was standing on the upper decks, e,.gaged in
removing sonse wool, with it s back towards the hatchway, when he
suddenly fell down to the bottom of the ship's hold. a distance of 17
fee'. Its was raised up by some of his shipmates, when they disc ,_
vered his skull to be fractured, and pate dead. Verdict, " Accidental
desit.!

THE iMURDER AT DAGENHAM.
EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF THE POLICE.
DAtittititm, MONDAY NlGHT.—Throughout the whole of
DS tat Tel
na
aamn
d l?o"mtfettiord3,ii
sequent on a report which had gained considerable credit
efiori:ditenrdaebvleenexienittehmeerantetprorpevoaliisl,edoola!- •
that five of the police constables stationed at Dagenham,
includhl the sergeant, Parsons, had been.
Superintendent Pearce, and other officers of the detectivepolice, on a charge of being eonce:ned in the murder of the
unfortunate man Clarke, and that an investikation into the,
truth of it was being gone into before the Ilford bench of
magist rates. apprehended b 7
In come particulars the rumour was found to be tee
and on inquiries being instituted by the reporter, the tor,
lowing was ascertained to be the cause :--At the inquest
will be remembered that a considerable portion of the tittlf
of the Coroner was taken up with inquiring whether Sergeaa
Parsons was on duty on the night the unfortunate In
Clarks was murdered, which inquiry was caused by one ez
the constables stating to Mrs. Page (a principal witness)
that he did duty for the sergeant on the night in question.
The constAdenie
d that he had made use of such a remarki,
lay; the jury, after a most patient investigation, were.°
opinion that he had, sergeant Parsons bringing forward *fa:
nesses who saw him on duty at twelve o'clock on the nigio
of the 29th. and at rstie o'clock and three o'clock on the
morning of the 30th of June, when Clarke was missed. Thi
evidence was given at the last meeting of the jury, and the
Coroner said they were all satisfi,d that Parsons had d
his duty in a proper manner.
Among the witnesses examined on the first meeting of the
jury were constables Kimpton and Batfoy, who spoke to
id
finding the body of the deceased, the latter throwing an?g
cion on some parties living at Romford. On Saturthly
Batfoy attended the examination of the parties brag
before the 'magistrates at Ilford, nn the charge of ben':
.concerned in the murder of Clarke, and, subsequently, :4 ,
returned to the station at Dagenham, but on being want d
to go on duty, he was found absent. Sergeant Parsons coal
not account for it, but afterwards it was ascertained that ka
had been to Scotland-yard, and stated to the Commissioa,eg
that the whole of the evidence aunt had been given bY im"
poli.e before the, Coroner was rue. Superintendetu"'
Pearce and other officers of the Detective Police were inl__ale#
diately sent for, and proceeded, by direction of the Comin'gi
sioners, to Dagenham. After an investigation. Sergeand •
Parsons, with constables Hickton, Kimpton, Farns, r
Batfoy, were ordered into custody, the superintendent feeling
it his duty to resort to harsh measures, as gross perjury 13
been committed by some one. vrg.
On Monday an tigition in • he circumsesiVes A. it ,
gone into before the Commissioners at Scotland-yard, and
a late hour last night Superintendent Macquad, with sea
ni
officers of the K division, attended at Dagenham, nlO,O
could nut be ascertained whether the parties would beto-, •
before the magistrates.

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