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was drinking with us. I think he was jealous of

'Mr. Paynter, to Mr. Adair, the house-surgeon—
Do you think slie was pregnant ?
Mr. Adair—l think she was in an early state.
Hankin continued—Prisoner said distinctly " I
know you're in the family-way by me. I'll do for
you to-night. I'll rip your guts open."
Mr. Paynter—Was Harris there then ?
Witness—He was. Deceased told Harris there
had been a quarrel between them the night before,
and Harris stepped between the deceased and pri-
soner, fearing violence. (Witness seemed very re-
luctant to repeat the expressions used by prisoner,
which created a sensation in court.) No conversa-
tion took place between Harris and the prisoner.
Inspector Humphreys sworn—l have examined
the premises where the murder took place. There
is a large bedstead before the window. The bed-
clothes were nearly on a level with the window,
which was 2 feet 6 inches square.
Mr. Paynter—Then a person could easily be
pushed from the bed out of window.
Inspector—Exactly so. I may add it would
be very difficult to throw a person out who was not
on the bed. The window is 2 feet from the ground,
and looks into a back yard. There were fresh
marks of feet on the abutment wall at the side of
the window. I should think she went down head
first, that her head struck the lamp iron, which
turned her over with her feet downwards. I infer,
from the statement of the surgeon, that she might
have got the blow on the head from the lamp,
which, turning her over, her feet made the marks
on the wall which I have described.
Mr. Adair—l should think it most likely that
her head struck the lamp iron, and that thus the
large scalp wound was caused. It certainly could
not have been caused by her falling on the stones,
and I should not like to swear that it was inflicted
by the poker with which deceased told me she was
struck.
The depositions having been read over,
Mr. Paynter having given the accused the usual
caution- according to law, inquired whether he
wished to say anything in answer to the charge.
Prisoner relied, " I cannot say anything. We
were not ten minutes in the room when the acci-
dent happened.' - I abused her for getting tipsy.
After I got home with her she wanted to go out
to get more drink, and I sat against the door and
would not let her. She then said if I did not let
her go out at the door she would get out at the
window, and she got on the bed and rolled out ;
and that is all I know about it. She sat on the
window-ledge, turned herself right round, and
rolled out. I took the light then and called out.
I had not seen her all day."
Pris Oner was then fully committed for trial at
the Central Criminal Court, and the witnesses
bound over to prosecute.
A respectable-looking woman, accompanied by
her daughter both of whom seemed overwhelmed
with grief, applied to the magistrate under the fol-
lowing very extraordinary circumstances.
Applicant statedthat about 23 years ago she was
separated from her husband, who died last Thurs-
day under circumstances as peculiar as those which
now induced her to apply with respect to his
funeral. Her husband was smokin§ his pipe at
the bar of a tavern when the proprietor, having
occasion to lift up the flap of the counter struck
the thin end of the pipe into the root of his mouth,
from the effects of which he died after lingering a
few days. Applicant was at the time without the
means of defraying funeral obsequies, but in order
to prevent the disgrace and reproach of his being
buried by the parish, raised the required sum
amongst her' friends, and employed an undertaker,
but on going to the house where his body lay, a
woman with whom he had for some time cohabited
refused to allow her to see him, or to follow him to
his grave. Whatever his conduct had been towards
her and his children, the family were desirous of
attending his funeral, and she now earnestly be-
sought the magistrate to use his influence to enable
them to do so. The funeral was to take place to-
day, and there was no time to be lost.
Mr. Paynter—Who found the coffin ?
Applicant—The undertaker I employed and am
to pay.
Mr. Paynter—Have you your marriage certifi-
cate with you ? .
Applicant produced it.
Mek--Paynter sent for one of the police inspectors
and told him to go to the woman complained of,
and state that she ought to permit the wife and
family to follow the deceased to the grave. He also
directed the police to assist the applicant as much
as lay in their power, and to prevent a breach of
the peace.
Applicant appeared very thankful, and left the
court with the inspector.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SACRI-
LEGE AT STRATFORD CHURCH.

STRATFORD, WEDNESDAY.
James List, aged 35, and Wm. Saville, aged 32,
were brought up in custody from Iblard Gaol, be-
fore the county magistrates acting for this division,
charged with breaking into a vault under St.
John's Church, Stratford, and stealing a copper
coffin of the value of £lO. They are also suspected
of carrying away a leaden coffin which was in the
same vault.

The case has excited considerable interest amongst
the families in the district, and the court was
much crowded. The Rev. Mr. Rain, the vicar, and
other clergymen, were present.
It appeared that some years since Mr. John
Taylor, a wealthy coppersmith, who resided in Strat-
ford, had some time before his death a massive copper
coffin n, ade, in which he expressed his wish that
he might be buried. It cost between £5O and
£6O, and was kept at an undertaker's in the village,
and it is stated that he was in the habit of calling
sometimes to view it. At length, in 1846, he died,
and according to his desire he was buried in the
coffin in a private vault, bricked round, under St.
John's Church, Stratford. In 1850 the remains of
his brother, Mr. Samuel Taylor, which were in a
leaden coffin, were consigned to the same vault.
The wall was bricked up, and the vault continued
apparently in an undisturbed state. The prisoners
were occasionally employed by the sexton of the
parish, and it would seem that, having given offence
to some labourers in the place the reportwas circulated
that they had been concerned in carrying away the
coffins. After some delay the parish authorities
began to act in the matter, and with Sergeant
King, of the K division of police, and other officers,
they proceeded on Wednesday to inspect the
vault which was stated to have been entered.
There were signs of the wall having been taken
down to admit a man, and then rebuilt and white-
washed over. The wall was again removed to
allow the officers to enter, and the copper coffin
which had been placed between the inner shell and
outer coffin, which contained the body of Mr. J.
Taylor, was found to have been taken away, as
also the leaden coffin of his brother, Mr. S. Taylor.
Upon this discovery the police lost no time in appre-
hending the prisoners ; and in the course of some
conversation Saville stated that List took it, aid
that he (Saville) whitewashed it over. Tubbs, a
gardener, was called as a witness, but it was evi-
dent from his manner that he was very unwilling
to state .what he knew about the affair. He stated
that he had spoken to one of the prisoners, who
remarked that if he had taken it he must have done
so when he was in liquor. Mr. Biggs, the clerk,
informed the bench that what Tubbs had stated
to him ii reference to this particular conversation
was of a far more conclusive character than had
now been given. Mr. Tubbs said he had stated the
effect of what passed, and could not remember more.
The Chairman inquired of the police whether
they would be able to procure any further evidence
in support of the charge against the prisoners ?
Sergeant King said if a remand was granted he
thought they might be able to ascertain where the
coffins were taken to, and how they were disposed of.
The Chairman said, under those circumstances
the prisoners would be again remanded, and they
were taken back to. Ilford Gaol.
The discovery of this daring act of robbing the
dead has caused a painful anxiety amongst the
families in the district whose deceased relatives
were interred in the vault under the church.
The vaults have been recently closed for inter-
ment under the act.

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