The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-27 00:00:00

James Mullins, aged 50, a plaisterer, and formerly a set,

geant in the K division of the Metropolitan police, after-
wards an inspector in tho Irish constabulary, again a ser-
geant in the K division, subsequently employed on the
South Eastern Railway, and lastly a convict under sen-
tence of six years' penal servitude for a robbery on that

railway, were brought before Mr. Selfe, charred with the
wilful murder of Mrs. Mary Emsley, a widow, at No. 9,
Grove-road, Mile End, on or about the 16th of August last.
Mr. Wontner, solicitor, conducted the prosecution ; Mr
Rose, the deceased's late solicitor, and Mr. Ratcliff, solicitor,
of Dean Colet House, and acting for tho relatives and exe-
cutors of the deceased lady, were also in attendance. Mr.
Charles Young, solicitor, of Arbour-square, again attended
for Emms ; Mr. Herbert Wood, solicitor, watched the case
for Mullins.

Police-sergeant Edmund Dillon, No. 19 K, proved being
called by Erams on the 17th of August last to the house of
the deceased, where he found her body. Mr. Faith, the de-
ceased's son-in .law, went for a surgeon. The left hand
window of the bedroom was partially open, the right hand
window was closed. The blinds were up. Outside the
door of the room where the deceased was lying he found a
bloody mark of a foot, with nails on the boot. That mark
was on the landing. The nails appeared to have been on
one side of the boot only.

Cross -examined by Mr. H. Wood—l discovered the
bloody foot-print before I entered the room.
By Mr. Selfe—The direction of the foot-print appeared
to be that of a man coming from the room.
Mr. John Joshua Carryer said—l am one of the firm of
Pickering and Carryer, and reside at No. 4, Suffolk-street,
Cambridge-road, Bethnal-green. Part of our business
premises belonged to the deceased. I saw her on Monday,
13th'of August last, about 12 o'clock, in her usual health.
Mr. Wontner—Look at that cheque, produced by Inspec-
tor Thornton.
Witness—The cheque produced is for £lO. I paid it on
that day, the 13th. It is dated on the 14th. That is an
error. I wrote it on the 13th, and gave it to the deceased
on the 13th.
Miss Elizabeth Bushley deposed—l live at No. 16,
Grove-road, Mile-end. That is exactly opposite the house
of the deceased. I was well acquainted with her person. I
last saw her alive on the 13th of August, about a quarter
before or a quarter past seven in the evening. She was
seated at the first floor bedroom window. I noticed the
house aga!n at a quarter before 12. The shutters were
not closed. It had been the custom of the deceased to close
them before I went. At daybreak next morning I observed
the house again. It was in the Berne state. The blind was
up in the first-floor window about half way, and the other
was down. There were no blends on the top floor. One of
the windows was partly up, the other was closed. On the
Wednesday morning, the 15th, a man knocked at the de-
ceased's door twice, waited a short time, and then went
away. I have frequently seen people come to the deceased's
house, knock for admittance, and the deceased would
answer them from the window or the area. When persons
brought anything the deceased admitted them. No one
could enter the area. It was railed over.
By Mr. Herbert Wood—l have frequently seen the de-
ceased admit persons without first talking to them if she
knew them. She would look at them through the window
before going to the door. The people she admitted without
first talking to them were persons who went there very
often. I did not go to bed till a little after 12 on the 13th.
I got up at 8 en the 14th.
Sergeant Dillon recalled—There is no door out of the
back. It is entirely surrounded by walls about six feet in
height on three sides, and by the house on the fourth side.
I got over one of the back walls to obtain admission to the
deceased's house on the 17th inst., when I discovered the
body.

Miss Elizabeth Frances Muggeridge said—l live at 17,
Grove-road, opposite the deceased's house. I saw her the
13th of August seated at the bedroom window. I observed
the house between 10 and 11 the same night. I observed:it
was exactly the same as when I saw it in the afternoon.
The parlour windows were not closed. On Wednesday, the
15th of August, abeut 11 o'clock, I saw a man and a woman
at the door of No. 9. They knocked two or three times.
The door was not opened. They looked up at the house
and went away. The deceased was in the practice of look-
ing at people through the window before she opened the
door and admitted there.
Wm. Smith, in the employ of Mr. Linsell, linendraper,
said—l live at 3, Prospect-place, Mile-end-road. On Tues-
day, the 14th of August, I went to Mrs. Enssley's house
at half-past eight in the morning. I knocked at the door
several times, and could gain no admittance. I repeated
my visit the same evening, and after knocking several
times waited five minutes and looked through the keyhole.
The back door appeared to be open. I could see the garden.
Joseph Biggs said—l reside at 25, Pollard's- row,
Bethnal-green. I was on very intimate terms with the
deceased and also with her late husband. I was greatly in
her confidence—no one more so. She entrusted me with
her plate for safe custody. I have it now. I visited her
every Sunday, and frequently during the week, and kept
her accounts. I last saw her alive on the 12th of August.
On leaving her I appointed to meet her again on the Tues-
day following. I was prevented going there at the hour
appointed, but I went at half-past one. Knocked several
times, and, not being able to obtain admission, left. I re-
turned in a. quarter of an hour and was again unable to ob-
tain admission. I was sent for on Friday, the 16th, and
then saw Mr. Rose, the deceased's solicitor, Mr. Faith,
and some others in the house. Mrs. Emsley was then
dead. He was then directeed to look upon a pair of lenses.
He believed them to be the property of the deceased. She
exhibited them to me three weeks or a month before her
death. I examined them ; they were much chafed. One
was thicker than the other. The witness was directed to
look at a pencil-case. He believed it to have belonged to
the deceased. It was formerly placed in his charge with
some plate. He returned it to her some months ago. I*
was a peculiar pencil-case. He noticed the peculiarities of
the head and the point.
By Mr. Selfe—l never knew the deceased to write. I
wrote her letters and her receipts. She had an account at
the London and Westminster Bank sometime ago, but not
of late. Sho had drawn all her money out of the bank to
make purchases.
Elizabeth Gibbs, the wife of Joseph Gibbs, of Barnsley-
street, Bethnal-green, said she was the niece of the de-
ceased, and was in the practice of calling to see her in her
life time. She identified the pencil-case, and she last saw
her aunt alive on Monday the 13th of August, and dined
with her. She left the house of witness at a quarter to 2
o'clock. The prisoner Mullins was often employed by her
aunt. He came :to :her :house on Monday, the 13th inst.
for a box lock to put on one of aunt's houses. She gave
him a box lock. Her aunt was present. The prisoner re-
turned with the lock, and said it was a key be wanted, not
a lock. Her aunt gave him a bunch of keys. He came
back a third time, and received another bunch of keys for
other houses.
After other evidence identifying the pencil-case of the
deceased, and a statement from Mr. Gill, the surgeon, that
there were spots of blood upon it, and that it was human
blood,
Ann Cooper, of No. 12, Little Orford-street, Marl-
boreugh-road, Chelsea, said—Mullins and his wife and
family;consisting of two sons and a daughter, lived in my
house from the commencement of June until the 26th of
August. After they left Inspector Thornton came to my
house, and found a blucher boot in the dust-hole one foot
below the surface. It was thrown out of the window of
the room where Mullins and his family lived the day before
they removed. My daughter put the boot in the dust-hole.
Mullins used to tell me that he was in the employ of Mrs.
Emsley, of Stepney. He was in the practice of going
away on Monday morning and returning on Saturday
evening.
In cross-examination by Mr. H. Wood, the witness said
that she knew James Mullins, the prisoner's son. Ile oc-
casionally dined with her. She was not engaged to him.
Mr. Wood wished to show there was angry feeling exist-
ing between the witness and the prisoner's family, when
Mr. Self() interposed, and said all the witness had said
was
that a shoo was found, and had not oven said it belonged
to Mullins.
Ellen George, a charwoman, said—l was in theemploy of
the deceased, and occasionally waited upon her.
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Saturday week before Mrs. Emsley
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to be paid every Saturday.saw I him there on the Satur-
day before her death. I
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