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London, England, 1848-11-03 00:00:00

The purport of the evidence adduced by the wit-
nesses was explained to the prisoners through the
medium of an interpreter, who afterwards intimated to
the magistrate that the friends of the lady having
offered flint morning to indemnify Mrs. Yuman the
full amount of her losses, it was her most anxious
wish that she might be premitted to abandon the pro-
secution.

Mr. ARNOLD said that he could not for a moment
entertain such a proposition, so the case must be pre-
ceeded with in the same course as any ordinary one of
the like dezeription. He should order the prisoners to be
remanded fur a reek, but had no abjection to accept sub-
stantial bail for their future appearance.
The prisoners, both of whom appeared to be painfully
excited, were then removed to the cells; but in the
course of the afternoon the consul general of Portugal,
le Commandeur Fransisco Ignacio Van Zeller, entered
the court, and having tendered himself as their i•urety,
his recognisance was taken in the amount of 100/. for
their appearance, and they were both released from
custody.

SOUTHWARK.
John Mahony, an Irish labourer, was brought before
Mr. Cottingham, charged on suspicion with having mur-
dered Mary Riordan, in the parish of Halstead, Kent,
Inspector Yates, M division, described that a woman
eas found murdered in the parish of Halstead, Kent, in
a field upon the London and Hastings road, on Wednes-
day, the 18th ult. She was apparently about 40 years
of age, and had all the appearance of having been pre-
viously engaged in hop-picking. Her body was lying
near the side of a ditch; and, on examination, her head,
face, and shoulders exhibited one mass of bruises, the
blood from which had completely saturated her clothing,
and here and there on the ground were pools of blood,
which, coupled with the strong fact that the turf
and ground about the spot were trodden down, bore
a conclusive proof that the wretched creature
had had a deadly encounter with one or more
parties. Close to her feet was a bundle, which was
found to contain a handkerchief, a man's dirty cotton
shirt with linen front, a black-handled table-knife worn
down at the blade, and an old tobacco-box filled with
tobacco. A large flint stone was found underneath her
right arm, and from the marks thereon it is supposed
that it was used by the murderer. The inspector then
proceeded to detail the circumstances which gave rise to
the supposition that the prisoner was the man who had
perpetrated the deed, by stating that a woman, named
Ann Riordan, living at No. 6, King's-row, Horselydown,
had within the last few days given such information at
the station-house of the R division as to lead to the be-
lief that the murdered woman was her own sister. Her
statement with reference to that impression arose from
the fact of her having read in the flue and Cry a
short account of the circumstances of the murder, toge-
ther with a description of the deceased, and that it cor-
responded with her sister, who had lost some front
teeth, and who left London about four months ago in
company with the prisoner Mabony, and that he re-
turned a few days since without her, and en being ques-
tioned on the subject he gave such an unsatisfactory ac-
count about her that it was considered advisable to take
him into custody. Inspector Yates added that the sup-
posed murdered woman's sister was then in attendance.
Ann Riordan was then called forward, and, on being
sworn, her statement +a as to the effect that her sister and
the prisoner had been living together for some length of
time, and that about four months ago they left London
together, for the purpose of seeking harvest work in
Kent. That since that period she (witness) had never
heard from either of them, and that at the beginning of
last week she happened to see an account of the murder
of a woman near the village of ILlstead, in Kent, and
that the description of the deceased so closely resembled
that of her sister, bath in point of features and dress, that
she was fully impressed with the conviction that was the
murdered person. That she (witness) immediately set
about making inquiries relative to the prisoner, to ascer-
tain whether he had been seen in town by any of his
acquaintances, but found they were all equally ignorant
as herself as to where either ho or her sister were; the
only fact known respecting them being that they left
them four weeks ago, and had not since returned. Yes-
terday morning, however, as the witness was walking
along Tooley-street, she met the prisoner, who endea-
voured to avoid her; but she went up to him, and inquired
whether her sister was in Loneon. He replied to the ques-
tion in a surly tone, saying that she was not with him.
The next q estion a as, " Where did you leave her when
you went into the country together!" His answer was
that she left him at Croydon, three days after they
quitted town together, and that he did not know where
she was. In reply to further interrogations on the sub-
ject, the prisoner said that it was not likely witness
would see her sister the next Sunday, or the next after
that; and added that, in fact, he did not know where
it was likely she would be seen in London again. The
witness added, that the prisoner then left her; and after
hearing the very unsatisfactory account he,had given of her
sister, she was more than ever impressed with the belief
that the unfortunate woman found murdered near Hal-
stead, in Kent, was her sister; and she, therefore, pro-
ceeded to the
.station-house, and having mentioned the
grounds of her suspicions against the accused, he was
accordingly taken into custody. She further said, that
being very poor she was not in circumstances to go down
to Halstead, otherwise she would have proceeded there
to identify the body of her sister, if it was she that had
been murdered.
A police-sergeant of the R division stated, that ho saw
the body of the murdered woman the day after it was
found, and thst he had an opportunity of witnessing her
features, which very much resembled those of the woman
who had just given her evidence.
Mr. CoTTifidhAM inquired if any of the unfortunate
woman's clothes were in court, as upon their production
the witness Riordan would be enabled to identify them,
it they belonged to her sister? Inspector Yates replied
that all the murdered wonsan's garments were in the
possession of the constable at Halstead. The inspector
added that he considered it important to mention that
when the prisoner was taken into custody, he was fol-
lowed by a countryman of h a own, and that on the way
to the station-house, addressing the latter, the prisoner
asked him in the Irish language whether Mary Riordan
was buried yet or not. The policeman who had charge
of the prisoner, being an Irishman himself, understood
the nature of the question, and he therefore communi-
cated the fact to him (the inspector) when he arrived at
the station-house.

Mr. COTTINGLiAM, addressing the prisoner, said
that at the present stage of the examination he was
not called upon to say anything in reference to the
charge, as the body of the woman found mur-
dered had not yet been identified. That the woman
Riordan's description of her sister resembled that of
the female who was discovered murdered in a most
brutal manner in a field near Halstead, and the circum-
stance of her sister having left London for Kent with
the prisoner, his coming back without her, and the ex-
traordinary account he had given when spoken to on the
subject, altogether threw such a degree of suspicion upon
the prisoner as to justify his being taken into custody.
The prisoner, who manifested no eoncern while at the
bar, said that he had nothing further to say than that
he knew nothing. of a murder at Halstead until he
heard it spoken of. That with respect to the woman
with whom he left town to go harvesting, they parted
with one another at Croydon three days after they left
London, and that he had never heard of her since, but
supposed she would be making her appearance again one
of these days.
Mr. COTTINGITAM said that he should remand the pri-
soner, and he at the same time directed that the clothes
found upon the person of the murdered woman might be
sent down for to Halstead, in order to be produced in
court for the inspection of the witness (Ann Riordan),
who would be iu a condition to identify them if they be-
longed to her sister.

BIRTHS.
On the 21st ult., at Pisa, the lady of George C. Sawyer,
Esq., of a son.
At Harrington, Cumberland, can the 29th ult., the wife of
Lieutenant 11. M. Johnston, Ist Grenadiers, Bombay Army,
of twin sons.

On the 30th ult., in the Edgware-road, the wife of Edgar
Barker, Esq., of a son.
On the Ist inst., the wife of Robert Druitt, Esq , Curzon-
street, of a son.
On the Ist inst., at llyde-park-gardens, the Hon. Mrs. A.
Kinnaird, of a daughter.

dfARIIIED.
On the 31st ult., at Petworth, Sussex, Richard S. Bourke,
ALP., eldest son of Robert ourke, Esq., of Haes, In
the county of Mewl', to Blanche, B
third daughter of Coylonel
Wyndham, of Petworth.

DIED.
At Bridge-end, South Wales, on the 28th of September
Captain T. A. Ileriot, late of her Majesty's 55th Regiment.
On the 24th ult., at Kennington, aged 41, T. P. Hughes,
eldest son of the late T. Hughes, Esq., of Kennington.
On the 29th ult., at St. Jacques, Guernsey, aged 51, G
W. 11. Cresswell, Esq , late of Sherstone, Wiltshire.
On the 30th ult., at Torrington-square, S. Stevens, Esq. •
On the 30th ult., at Trewhitt-house, Northumberland,
Margaret, widow of the late C. Fenwick, Esq.

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Tho prosecutrix stated that the elder prisoner, who
was closely connected with a noble Portuguese family,
had resided in her house with her servant for the last
four months, and during that period she had repeatedly
missed ringo, trinkets, and other valuable property. On
the preceding day she discovered that her gold watch,
which she had left upon the mantelpiece in the back par-
lour, to which the accused lady and her servant had ac-
cesq, had also disappeared, and she accordingly obtained
the assistance of the police, who set on foot an immediate
investigation, which resulted in the apprehension of the
prisoners.

- Sergeant Brannan, of the U division, stated, that in
consequence of information he had received, he repaired
that morning to the house of the prosecutrix, and having,
through an interpreter, made the prisoners acquainted
with the suspicions against them, he proceeded to search
their apartments. He first examined the bed-room oc-
cupied by the girl Ifoza, and on turning down the bed-
clothes discovered beneath them several pairs of stock-
ings, towels, and remnants of torn sheets, the whole cf
which were recognised by the prosecutrix as her pro-
perty. He then proceeded to the sleeping apartment of
the elder prisoner, and having observed her, as he en-
tered, in the act of secreting something under her dress,
he mentioned the circumstance to Mrs. Pitman, who re-
quested to search her, and took from her bosom a pair
of stockings, a towel. and a small pair of scissors, the
first of which articles she identified as her own, and the
latter was claimed by one of her servants. Witness
at the same time observed something glittering in
the prisoner's hand, and laving taken it from
her, it was found to be the silver brooch, which formed
part of the missing property. The prisoner, who was
greatly agitated, accounted for the possession of the
brooch by stating that she understood it had been picked
up by her servant, from whom she had received
it. The whole of the articles produced were then
secured, and conveyed, with the prisoners, to the station
house.