The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-03 00:00:00

THE STEPNEY MURDER.

A portion of the following appeared in our impression 0
yesterday :

James Mullins, aged 50, who stands charged with the
wilful murder of Mrs. Mary Emsley, a widow lady at No.
9, Grove-road, Mile-end-road, was brought before Mr.
Selfe, at the Thames Police Court, this afternoon, at one
o'clock, upon remand.
Mr. Herbert Wood, solicitor, again attended for the pri-
soner, who, on being arraigned, appeared very collected,
and in better health and spirits than he was on Wednesday
last, upon his third examination at this court.
Mr. Wontner, for the prosecution, said the course he in •
tended to pursue was to complete the evidence against the
prisoner on the charge of murdering Mrs. Emsley. The
witnesses to be called to-day speak to the prisoner being in
the neighbourhood of the Grove-road on the night of the
murder, and the only gap in evidence was the time at
which the murder was committed, which could not be ac-
counted for, and that the prisoner would have satisfactorily
to account for. In addition to that there would be one or
two pieces of evidence of a miscellaneous description, such
as the finding of the boot wkich had some human hair
upon it, but he did not attach any very great importance
to that circumstance, as the prisoner was a plasterer, and
that being so the hair would easily be accounted for. In
his opinion it would be too violent a thing to assume that
the• hair so found was that of the deceased Mrs. Emsley.
He should also call witnesses to prove that Emms
could not have been in the house when the murder was
committed. In the evidence he should offer to-day he
should ask for the committal of the prisoner for murder.
The following witnesses were then examined :
James Clark—l am 15 years of age. I live with my
father at 10, Temple-terrace, Bethnal-green. I know the
prisoner by sight. I last saw him on Monday, the 13th of
August, at my father's house. He was at work there. He
began at two and left off at four. The job was finished
then.
Cross-examined—l am a cooper. I work at home. I
was not at work all that day—not in the afternoon. I was
at home the whole of the time from two to four o'clock.
Isaac Tyrrell—l live at 1, Temple-terrace, and am a
shoemaker. The prisoner Mullins worked at my house on
Monday, the 13th (the day of the murder.) He left at
about six o'clock. He was engaged in knocking down 6,
portion of the ceiling. He used a chisel-pointed hammer,
such as plasterers used. Exactly like the one now pro-
duced.s It seemed sharper on the edge then than it is now.
He was using mortar. He went out to get some hair to
mix with it. He did not finish the job that night. He
came again on Wednesday. I expected him to finish on
the Tuesday, the next day, but he did not come.
Mr. Wood declined to ask the witness any questions.
James Raymond—l live at 12, Hexton-square. I am'
tailor by trade. I know Grove-road, Stepney,
tcertain
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that.
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and was
there on Monday, the 13th of August. I was at public-
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have not seen him since the 13th until this morning. There
were several persons in the room. I picked him out from
among them.

John Mitchell—l live at 3, Eden-place, Iloaton, a sea-
man, but I occasionally work at the docks. I worked in the
dock on the 14th and 15th of August. I had to pass through
Stepney-green to go to my work. There can be no mistake
about the prisoner being the man I saw in an agitated state
at about 10 minutes past 5 on Tuesday morning, the 14th.
It was close to the Baptist Chapel, Garden-street, Stepney-
green. Mullins was going towards the Mile •end-road, when
he met me. His eye balls seemed to be coming out of his head
—him Tfholo frame trenakled and hiN Woo knocked under