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THE MURDER OF MRS. KELLY.
It was not until late in the afternoon of Thursday
that the application was made in the Queen's Bench
to admit to bail Mr, George Strevens, who was
charged with conspiring to murder Mrs. Sarah
Kelly. The motion was resisted by the Solicitor-
General on behalf of the Crown, and also by counsel
on the part of Dr. Bailey, a nephew and residuary
legatee of the deceased: The arguments pro and
con. did not close until past 4 o'clock, when the
Court decided on admitting Mr. Strevens to bail in
two sureties of 1000/. each-48 hours' notice to be
given to the Crown solicitor for Westmeath and
the resident magistrate at Mullingar to take the
.bail. In pronouncing the judgment of the Court
the Lord Chief Justice said—

[PRICE 4D. STAMPED. SD•

Sporting Intelligence.

CHESTER SPRING MEETING.

TIIIIRSDAY.

(ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS )
The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; for
3-yr-olds and upwards.; optional selling allowances,
&c. Once round and a distance. 7 subs.
Mr. Satnwell's Usurer, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b, 301. (Ashman) 1
Mr. W. Robinson's Little Emma, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b, 301.
(Fordham) 2
Mr. Thorpe's Little Tom, 6 yrs, Bst 41b, 301. (Hughes) 3
The following also ran : —Kitty, Huby, and Plausible.
Betting-2 to 1 ag,t Kitty, 4 to 1 each agst Usurer
and Little Emma, 5 to 1 :Igst Little Tom, and 6 to 1 agst
Plausible. Won easily by a length ; the same distance
between the seCend and third ;-bad fourth. The winner
was bought in for 60 guineas.
Triennial Produce Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added;
for 2.yr-olds—colts, Bst 91b; fillies, Bst 51b; certain
allowances; the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 9

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derstood. We have heard a very luminous, and, at the
same time, condensed and pointed statement of all the
circumstances from whichit is supposed that what is
called a suspicion—a strong suspicion—might arise. But
clearly it is not sufficieet that it should be possible, by
the talent and ingenuity of counsel to educe, from the
combination of some of the circumstances in the case, a
possibility of suspicion. That is not a ground upon
which the Court can possibly act. The crime imputed is
a conspiracy ; not a possibility of suspicion of conspiracy,
but a conspiracy in point of fact—a conspiracy entered
into to commit the murder. Now, what strong fact has
been stated amounting to evidence tending to show and to
establish the fact of conspiracy? A vast number of colla-
teral and independent circumstances have been adverted
to, and the circumstance of the account which the accused
gave, which varied in some respects with respect to the
transaction itself from the account -which the girl
gave. But it must be recollected in what material
portions her evidence corroborated him, in whatever
circumstance they may have varied in giving the
accouut of the same transaction. It was very candidly
and properly adtniled that some of the circumstances
adverted to as raising suspicion might be well accounted
for by the circumstances under which the accused was,
the terror and confusion, and the fact of his wanting the
heroism to interpose and expose himself to danger at
the moment. Perhaps I ought not °vest to go so far
into the case. But I undertake to say that the Court,
in order to deprive a party of his liberty, mtist feel that
there is some evidence—and the -cases referred to say
strong evidence, but it must be that which is reasonable
evidence—in point of fact tending to show that the party
is guilty of the crime of which he is accused, not the
raising of a suspicion that he may have been. It must
be evidence to establish that the crime itself has been
committed by him, or that he was a participator. We
have no, had that evidence on which, if we were sitting as
grand jurors, we would think we had ground upon
which to find a bill. What may have excited so great
sn impression was, that so mazy irrelevant and inde-
pendent circumstances were brought together to affect
the character of the accused ; and that may have ex-
cited a suspicion—upon which, however, we cannot act
—and it should not be a ground to refuse the party to be
admitted to bail. We are not discharging him—that is,
not the application. The crime was, indeed, a serious
one ; but that cuts both ways ; for the suspicion of a
heinous crime of this sort is not to be lightly entertained,
as if there are reasonable and substantial grounds that it
should be considered. We are of opinion that this party
should be admitted to bail—substantial bail in relation
to the circumstances of the party."

subs.
Mr. Pedley's Madame Palissy, by Cossack, 7st 131 b
(Ashman) 1
Mr. T.W. Redhead's Sir Colin, Bst 9113...(J. Osborne) 2
The betting opened at 6 and 7 to 4 on Sir Colin, but
closed at 6to 4on Madame Palissy. Madame Palissy
made most of the running, and won by a length.

POLICE LIVTELLIGENCE.—AIay 9.

ALIRLBOROUGH-STREET.—George Frederick Egg,
of Brown's Lodge, Wood-vale, Forest-hill, was charged
with biting the finger of Emma Phillips, landlady of the
Hotel de Paris, Haymarket.
The case havingbeen stated by the complainant's profes-
sional adviser,
Mrs. Phillips stated that the defendant and two friends,
about 2 o'clock on the morning of the 26th of April, entered
the hotel and had some refreshment. The defendant
was not sober at the time, and in consequence of his
condition he wss allowed to remain in the sofa in the bar
parlour, and after sleeping there for some time he became
very sick. Having partly recovered from his intoxication,
a request was made to him to pay his bill, which amounted
to 7s. 6d. The defendant refused to pay, and said they
might summon him. As ho was leaving the house he took
up her hand, as she believed, in a -friendly manner, and
deliberately put one of her fingers into his mouth and bit
it to the bone. The defendant was then given into custody,
but he was discharged the next morning, as she was not
able to attend to make her complaint. She had suffered
very much from the bite, and had been under medical
treatment.
Two waiters proved that the defendant bit the finger of
their mistress, and that they went to her defence and very
rouv,hly haaclled
The defendant, a mere stripling, said he went with his
two fiiends into the Hotel de Pal is very drunk, and had •
some oysters, but nothing to drink. He was very sick
while in the house, and when a demand for half a guinea
was made upon him for what ho had had in the house he
refused payment, G n the ground of the demand beimg ex-
tortionate, and was about to leave the place wheellirs.
Phillips took up both her fists and attacked bim by strik-
ing him on the face. The waiters fell upon him and beat
him, and in the melee he did catch hold of the complain.
ant's Anger and bite it. The policeman could prove the
condition in which he was when given into custody. His
nose NT as • blee ding, his eyes were blackened, his lips were
cut and swollen, and his clothes were nearly torn from his
back. As no one appeared against him the next morning.
ho was liberated. 6hortiv after this he was visite
sereeint Efaif, who's-Sidle. came from Mrs,--
he shciuld advise him to settle the matter, whielrbiug t be
done for 121. of 141. paid to the complainant. Ha told the
constable he would not compromise the business, as he con-
ceived that he was the molt injured party. The constable
replied, " Well, then, I suppose I must tell Mrs. Phillips I
could pot find you,' and, after receiving 45., ho went away.
The policeman who took.- the defendant into custody
said he did not notice that the defendant was much
be., ten. His lip was bleeding, but that was all.
A friend of the defendant said, ho saw the defendant's
condition, and could state that he was much injured about
the face and bruised about the body.
11k. Bingham would take it for granted that the defen•
dant was rojaghly handled, and peraps properly so. But
he confessed ho had great doubts about the case. He could

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not believe that any one would deliberately bite the finger
of any person, especially the finger of a woman, if no pro-
vocation had previously occurred. He was inclined to be-
lieve that a contest did occur and that a bite was given
during the affray. The defendant alleged self-defence, but
he had used an excess of violence in defence that could not
be justified. At the same time, he mast think that the
complainant might have avoided the injury she had sus-
tained by refusing to admit drunken persons into her house,
which being a night-house was more exposed to the visits
of drunken and disorderly characters. For the excess of
violence he should inflict a fine of si.

WESTMINSTER.—George Edmondson and John Ab-
bott, two ticket-of-leavo men, who are suspected of having
committed several burglaries of late, were brought up for
final examination, charged with being found in the yard
of a gentleman named Noble, at Onslow-place, Brampton,
withan intent to commit a felony.
These circumstances are briefly these :—A respectable
married woman, residing at Chelsea, was returning home
late a few nights ago, and on passing near Pelham-crescent
was attracted by observing the prisoners lurking about in
a very suspicious manner. She thought they intended some
mischief, and, having determined to watch their move-
ments, secreted herself in a doorway, from which she could
command a view of them unobserved. After remaining
there a few minutes she saw them climb over a wall in the
rear of the houses in the crescent, and as soon as they had
disappeared acquainted the police with the circumstance,
who, upon quietly following in the direction they had
takei, found one prisonerdown on his knees, listening at the
back door of Mr. Noblei house, while the other was en-
deavouring to raise the kitchen window. On seeing the
police the fellows endeavoured to effect their escape, bat
were pursued over several walls and ultimately captured ;
and in the next yard to Mr. Noble's a " jemmy" and other
houzebreaking implements were discovered.
Mr. PAYNTER inquired whether the apprehension of
persons of the prisoners' description was communicated to
the Home-office

The police replied in the affirmative.
Mr. PAYNTER said there could be no doubt that their
intention was to commit a felony, which had been pre-
vented by the praiseworthy conduct of the woman who had
given evidence.
They were committed for 3 months to hard labour in the
House of Correction.