The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-31 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

THE BRUTAL' dHIID—iiH111;;;::-- William Smith
alias Glenister, Aged 21, late a labourer umployed at
the Equitable Gas-works, Thames-bank, was brought
up for re-examination, charged with the brutal
murder of May LlizAbetia Reynolds, aged 17 months,

the illegitimate child of a woman with whom he
cohabited, in Douglas-street, Westminster.
The particulars of the previous examination were
fully detailed in our impression of Saturday last ;
since which a coroner's jury has returned a verdict of
wilful murder against the accused.
The court was crowded with persons anxious to see
the prisoner and hear the proceedings.
The following fresh evidence was adduced to the
depositions previously taken :
Elizabeth Reynolds (the mother of the deceased
child), afrer identifying the shirts found in the room
covered with blood, as those worn by the prisoner and
the infant when she left it in bed on the night before
its barbarous murder, said—As soon as I got home,
and found my baby dead, I went to the gas factory,
and saw the prisoner, and said to him' " My baby is
dead." He said, " dead ?" I replied "yes," and he
then said, I went home very drunk, and when I got
home the baby was crying."
Mr. BRODERIP—Now, take care, and give your
evidence without fear or favour. Speak the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Witness—He then said he took the child up, and
brought it down stair:. He did not know what to do
—he would drown himself at once.

Mr. Taylor (the chief clerk)—llid he say what had
become of the baby P Witness—No.:
Mr. BRODERIP—IIave you never told any one else
that he told you what had become of the baby ?
Witness—l cannot remember.

The question was repeated as to whether she had
not told her landlady, when she made a similar reply.
The object was to elicit from her a repetition of a
statement she had made to the landlady, that the pri-
soner told her he had killed the child, hut, as it is
contrary to the practice of law to crow-examine wit-
nesses in evidence in chief, or in any way to lead
them, the question was not pressed, and the witness
was ordered to stand down.

Caroline Maria Lann sworn—l was in my sister's
room, at 6, Douglas-street, on the evening of last
Thursday. Her room adjoins the prisoner's, and her
door was open. I heard the prisoner come home at
about half-past seven. He appeared to be intoxicated.
He stood on the landing a few minutes, and I heard
him say, " All's right," which he repeated three time,
and then went into his room and shut the door. The
child was then quiet, and I suppose asleep, but in five
minutes after I heard it cry. He swore at the child,
and said, "If you're not quiet, I'll kill you." I then
heard him slapping the child, and a noise as though it
was the child thrown down on the floor. I then heard
the child scream violently.
Mr. BRODERIP—Did you hear it scream imme-
diately after the fall ? Witness—l did.
Witness continued—l then heard him say, "If
any one interferes with me I'll serve him the same."
He continued to slap the child, and said, "I am mi-
serable; my life is a misery ; I might as well be
hung; I know I shall be hung." I called out to my
sister to come and look after the children, as I could
not bear to remain in the room. Just as I left the
room I heard a noise like the child's being thrown
down again.
Mr. BRODERIP—Did any cry follow ? Witness—.
Yes; I heard the child cry again.
Mr. G. Pearse, of Regent•street, Westminster,
surgeon, said—Since I was here on the last occasio❑
I have made a post mortena examination. In addition
to my former testimony, I found to semi-circular
marks on the left leg, and another on the instep, with
indentations, apparently by a bite with teeth. There
was no bruise upon the right leg, which was broken.
I found an old fracture of the right collar-bone. The
internal organs of the chest and abdomen are perfectly
healthy. On opening the scalp I found a large spot
of extravesated blood, covering nearly the whole of
the right side of the head ; and on the right hemi-
sphere of the brain large clots of blood extravasated.
The extravasation of blood on the brain was the
cause of death.

Mr. BRODERIP-With the exception of the bites,
were the injuries such as might have been produced
by the child being dashed violently down ? Mr.
Pearse—Yes, sir.

Mr. BRODERIP—Were the marks on the leg those
of human or quadruped teeth? Can you say ? Mr.
Pearse—Of human teeth.

This closing the case for the prosecution, the de-
positions of the several witnesses were read over, and
Mr. Broderip, in due form of law, asked the prisoner
whether he wi,hed to say anything.
Prisoner—All I have got to say is that I have no
recollection of what I done after I got home.
Mr. BRODERlP—Prisoner at the bar, the case is
complete against you, but as there is no certainty as
to whether the grand jury may or may not be dis-
charged before the witnesses can attend before them,
I remand you until Saturday next, on which day it
will be my duty to commit you for trial upon the
charge of wilful murder. _ _ _

The prisoner, who at first appeared perfectly un-
concerned as before, but whose self- possession forsook
him towards the last, his whole frame bearing evi-
dence of the struggle within, entreated, before leaving
the court, to be allowed to have a few words conver-
sation with the child's mother.

Mr. BRODERIP consented to grant an interview in
the presence of the officer having charge of the case,
but as the woman refused it did not take place.
As the accused was being conducted to the cell, he
hysterically tore off his neckerchief.