The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-07 00:00:00

BOW-STREE 12 POLICE COURT.

At the conclusion of the night charges the ac-
cused, John Groves, was placed at the bar for
further examination.

Mr. Poland appearei on behalf of the Treasury
to prosecute, and Mr. Warner Sleigh defended the
prisoner.

Mr. Poland having recapitulated the facts to
Mr. Vaughan which had led to the apprehension
of the prisoner, who, he stated, had not yet been
identified as the person who fired the shot which
produced the death of M•Donnell, said he thought
it was but fair that it should also be stated that
the pistol found at the prisoner's lodgings had been
submitted to the examination of an eminent gun
maker, who was clearly of opinion that the bullet
which had caused the death of M'Donnell had not
been fired from that pistol, as that bullet bore the
marks of five rifle grooves upon it, the pistol to
which he had referred having but three grooves in
the barrel.

Furber, the companion of M'Donnell, and who was
with him when he was shot, was then called into the
witness box, and his former evidence having been
read over, Mr. Poland then further examined him.
He said—We were all three, M'Donnell, myself,
and Hitchins, on the Saturday evening in plain
clothes, when we went into the Turk's Head, in
King-street. They went into the last compartment
of the bar, and were only in the house a few
minutes, just sufficient time to ask to be served with
some beer, and getting the refusal. Whenl\l'Donnell
was shot I was on his right hand side, near the road
to Vernon-place. I did not notice any men fol-
lowing us. When M'Donnell was shot he ran as
far as Bloparsbury-square, and thou he exclaimed
" I'm shot." I pursued, as I thought, two men
towards Russell-square, but not for any consider-
able distance, as when I came up to the cab stand
I was informed that no persons had been seen to
pass that way. I don't think I ran more than 200
yards altogether. I then returned to the assist-
ance of M'Donnell. I should think it was a little
past one o'clock when we were in the Turk's Head.
When we left the bar other persons were standing
there.

Cross-examined by 11Ir• W. Sleigh—Before I was
pushed I had not seen any men at all. After the
shot had been fired I spoke to a cabman sonic dis-
tance down Southampton-row towards Russell-
square. When I left the Turk's Head there were
two or three cabs standing in front of the public
house. The shove or push I received was quite
sufficient to knock me on one side. I met
INl'llonnell on the night of the occurrence at 12
o'clock at the Bull and Anchor, and remained there
with him for about an hour. There were men
and women in front of Mrs. Byrne's bar when we
left the house.

By Mr. Vaughan—l did not particularly notice
any of the persons standing in the same compart-
ment we were in in Mrs. Byrne's, neither did I see
any persons standing about outside the house.
Mr. Vaughan—What sort of a man in height was
the man that pushed you ?—lle was a tall man,
with a very long, light beard.
Mr. Vaughan—that was the man that pushed
you ?—Yes.
Mr. Vaughan—Did you notice the appearance of
the shorter man who was with the man that pushed
you ?—Yes. lie appeared to me to be a dark
man.

Augustus Ilitehiugs, a bandsman in the 2d Life
Guards, said-1 was with the last witness and
111'llonnell on the night the latter was shot. It
was about half-past 12 when 111'llannell left
Weston's, and it was half an hour after that that I
left to go to the Bull and Anchor publiehouse,
which is not very far from the music hall. It is
close to the Amphitheatre. When I got there I
saw I‘l'Donncll and Furber there. We remained
at the bar till about five minutes to one, and then
we all left. We walked along Holborn until we got
to King-street, and then, at my request, we all three
went to the Turk's Head. It was just turned one as
we were refused beer. There were seven or eight per-
sons standing at the bar when we were there. I
did not notice particularly any of the persons at the
bar of the Turk's head. I saw when we left some
cabs standing in front of the house. When we got
into the street I walked ahead of M'Donnell. The
first thing that attracted my attention was the cap
rolling in the roAd, and immediately after that I
heard the report of fire arms, and then ;Thllonnell
said, " I'm shot, fetch a doctor." I then saw
Furber running after some men, I did not see any