The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-05 00:00:00

THE MURDER AT STAMFORD.

STAMFORD, WEDNESDAY.
This morning Henry Corby, charged with the
murder of Elizabeth Pulley, under the horrible
circumstances already described in this journal, was
brought up before the borough magistrates on re-
mand, when further evidence of an important cha-
racter was adduced.

Mr. R. W. George, managing clerk to Mr. Hop-
kinson, solicitor to the deceased lady, was the first
witness examined. He deposed'to having inspected
the house after the supposed murder, and finding
the place in great confusion. He at first thought
deceased had accitlentally burnt herself to death ;
but, on missing several articles of jewellery and
plate, came to the conclusion that a robbery, at-
tended with murder, had been committed. Drawers
and desks had also been forced open by violence.
The prisoner, on being asked if he had any ques-
tions to put to the witness, replied—l am innocent
of the charge against me, and cannot ask any ques-
tions, because I know nothing connected with it
beyond what I hear in this hall.
-George Jabez Munton, a cabinetmaker, deposed
that ox Monday, the 19th of March, he went to the
prisoner's shop to work, and on a shelf there saw a
desk, which was opened by a fellow-workman
named March, and that it contained a number of
gold rings and other articles of jewellery, some of
which had the deceased's name upon them. About
half-past two he saw the prisoner take down the
ornaments and place them on a bench at the end of
the shop. He said " These ought to have gone
home, they have no business there." He went
away and left them on the bench. Prisoner then
appeared to be intoxicated. The ornaments were
on the bench when witness left the shop in the
evening, but when he went to work on the follow-
ing morning they were gone.
Police-constable Dalrymple said Since the
prisoner has been in custody he had sifted the ashes
in a fire-place in the prisoner's workshop, and
found several pieces of brass, which seemed the
fittings of a writing-desk. I found in a box (pro-
duced) some more ornamental brasswork coiled up.
The whole of the pieces of brass corresponded, and
appeared to have been the bindino•of a writing-desk.
The witness Munton was recalled, and said the
fittings seemed to be the same as that of the desk he
noticed in the prisoner's workshop.
The prisoner declined to put any questions to
either Munton or Dalrymple.
Robert March having corroborated Munton's
evidence, added, about 9 o'clock on Wednesday
morning I saw the prisoner take the desk down into
his house ; he covered it with his apron. He -was
not in the shop when I left work at half-past five
that evening. On the Thursday I was sent for to
prisoner's workshop. When I got into the shop
prisoner was•there. He said, " I suppose you saw
in a desk some rings with Miss Pulley's name." I
replied that I had. He said—" It's false—it's some-
thing like it." Prisoner then said he would go and
fetch the things, and he left the shop. In about a
quarter of an hour he returned, and said, " It's a
wrong name, but something like it." He did not
bring the rings and show them to me. Afterwards
he again said he would go and fetch the rings. He
returned in a short time, and said, " I hope you
won't say anything about it. The way I was situated
some time ago I don't know what might be the con-
sequence." Two or three times in the course of the
same day the prisoner repeated his request that I
would say nothing about what I had seen. He ap-
peared very uneasy. I told him I should net stay
with him any longer than that night, and I left ac-
cordingly, but without assigning any reason. The
witness spoke to the several brass fragments pro-
duced being similar to what he had seen on the
writing-desk in prisoner's workshop.
Susannah Munton (mother of the witness previ-
ously examined), stated that in consequence of some-
thing said to her by her son she went to the priso-
ner's house, and there saw Mrs. Corby. 'Witness
told her what her son had said. On the same after-
noon prisoner went to witness's house, and said—
" What about these boys, and writing desk, and
rings ?" Witness said she had been told by her son
that he had seen in Corby's possession half-a-dozen
rings, with the name of " Pulley" on them. "No
such thing," said the prisoner, "it was not the name
of Pulley, but something similar to it." He added,
that the box was gone to the party to whom it be-
longed. This he repeated two or three times over.
Sarah Ann Ireland, aged 19, stated that she had
lived servant with Miss Pulley five or six years, but
left several years ago. The deceased had a good
deal of silver plate, which the witness described.
She had also some rings. Witness had heard de-
ceased say, in reference to the plate she possessed,
that she could set up a jeweller's shop. The deceased
always carried a good deal of money about with her.
The prisoner was then again remanded until
Thursday, the 12th inst.

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