The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-12 00:00:00

now produce. One barrel appeared to hale been
recently discharged, but the other was perfectly
clean. I unscrewed the barrels and found in one
marks of having been discharged, but there wan
not the slightest smell of gun-powder. A bullet
was found in the body of Daniel Hart, by Dr.
Roper, in making a post mortem examination, and
was produced before the coroner. A ball of that
weight would precisely fit the chamber of the pistol
produced.

- Mr. Field here addressed the bench, and said,
after such meagre evidence as that now adduced, he
thought there was nothing th at attach ed the slightest
suspicion towards the prisoner, and submitted that
he should be at once discharged. At the same
time the prisoner did not shun, but rather required,
the moat ample investigation. He did not see
that there were any grounds for remanding him,
.
and justice to his character he ought at once to
be discharged. In fact, although the magistrates
might have some hearsay statement, they had no
legal evidence that any murder had even been com-
mitted.

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Mr. Superintendent Leggatt—When. I first saw
Hart at Mr. Swainson's, he said on the night of
the murder he was at Tonsey's, at Landport, at
half-past eleven o'clock, but I have ascertained
that he left before that.
Mrs. Mary Ann Whiting was the next witness.
She said—l am the wife of Andrew Whiting, who
keeps the Portsmouth Arms beer-shop, in Penny..
street, Portsmouth. I remember the 13th of
March, the night on which Daniel Hart was mur-
dered. I returned home that night about 20
mmutes after 12 o'clock. I noticed the clock when
I got home, so. l after I had taken my bonnet off,
as my husband complained of my having stopped
out so late. I had not been many minutes at home
when I heard a knock at the door, and on going to
it I saw the prisoner standing on the pavement in
front of the house. He asked me for a glass of ale,
and said "Serve me as quick as you can, for I am
in a hurry." I drew the ale, and he paid me with
a sixpence. I fetched a light from the next room
into the bar aed gave him .40. in change. The light
was very twat toh;m2so thatl had agood opportunity
of see ng his f ateres. I took particularnotice of him
He wore a Macintosh, :Leda hat of th .1 same material.
It was a round hat, with a broad brim. I had full
opportunity of se-ing him, as he remained for two or
three minutes. When he left the house he turned to
the left, and then crossed in the direction of High-
street. I saw hint again in the court during, the in-
quest on Daniel Hart, and I knew him imme-
diately. I again saw him at Mr. Swainson's office,
in High-street, when I went there with Mr. Leg-
gett and Inspector Daish, and I have no doubt
whatever that he is the same man I saw at my house
on the night of the murder. When I hoard him
speak at Mr. Swainsou's office lat once recognised
his voice as that of the same man I had served with
the ale on the night in question. As I was going
home on that night I heard the clock strike 12.
That was while I wasiu High-street. I had never
seen the prisoner before.
Cross-examined by Mr. Field—On the night in
question all Le said was to ask me for a glass of ale,
and I never heard him speak before. Mr. Leggett,
Inspector Daish, and Mr. Swaiuson were present
n hen I saw Hatt at the office in High-street. I did
not notice Mr. Le,ggatt tap at the door, but some
oue told him to come in. I did not then tell Mr.
Leggett that that was the voice of the Iran I served
with the ale. Ido not know whether Mr. Lsggatt
pointed out Hart to me when he asked me if he was
the man. I have heard that Government has
offered a reward of 1001. to auy person who could
gave evidence to convict the murderer of Daniel
Hat t, but I mentioned what I knew to Mr. Leggett
before the reward was offered. The man wore a

light Macintosh coat, and I looked at him whilst I
was taking the change for the sixpence from the till.
I notic. d him the whole of the time he was at the
bar, as I had my reasons for doing so. I took par-
ticular notice of him, because I thought he was a
policeman in disguise. He was not agitated, and
li,*(l no stick or umbrella. I mentioned these
circumstances to my lodger More I heard of
the murder. I mentioned it to the inspector
of police, because I thought he was a
policeman. In the week I aloo t,ld another
person. Tile Macintosh worn by the man
was not light-coloured, but the materials were of a
light description, such as are usually worn by
gentlemen.

At this stage the proceedings were adjourned,
and the prisoner remanded to a future day.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING.
THE FINALE OF THE COLLEGE ENIEUTH.

The proceedings in College-street Police-court,
as reported in The Sun of Saturday, is the leading
t.)pic of this morning's papers. The Freeman,
on the part of the p-dice, :uggests, with commend-
able taste, that the whole matter should termi-
nate at this stage, that bygones should be by-
gones, and that mutual reconciliation should be the
order of the day. One of the College champions (the
Express) takes a similar view of the affair, but the
writer is laudably nervous at the reception with
which the last act of the drama is likely to be met
at the other side of the channel. By way of fore-
stalling the verdict the closing proceedings are
thus treated :

"It was, indeed, quite a scene. The Bench,
though unused to the melting mood, was softened
on this occasion, and a tear stole down the stern
face of justice. Even the opposing counsel wax
disarmed, and Mr. M'Donough declared, as a gen.
tieman,' that he could not ask another question.
How dramatic ! What a fine subject for the nove-
li,t ! One touch of nature on the part of the vene-
rable Colonel destroyed in a moment the hcstility
of the ligitants ; all was regret, forgiveness, recon-
ciliation, brotherly kindness, and charity, and over
this delightful scene the curtain dropped. Is there
no one to dramatize the college field lost and won V
It would make a capital farce, which, if tolerably
well acted, would have a run of 100 nights, totally
eclipsing -" Faustus" at the Theatre Royal. The
dramatis persona', the accessories, the scenic ac-
companiments, the strange mixture of tragic and
comic interest-, the rapidity of the action, and the
spirit of the dialogue—all would be of the most ex-
citieg character, and the piece might end with the
apotheosis of Col. Browne, surrounded by a band
of wounded students, cheering and celebrating his
victory. Seriously, we fear this business will make
us very ridiculous to our neighbours at the other
ride of the Channel. They will say—' What au im-
pulsive, impetuous, passionate, violent, changeful,
forgiving people these Irish ate I Donnybrook Fair
has been abolished, but the humours of Donny-
brook are inherent in the Irish character—wild,
wayward, fickle, loving and hating, joking and fight-
ing, shaking Lands, and breaking one another's
heads almost in the same breath, and then quite
overcome by their feelings,' shaking hands again,
and perhaps chairing the commander-in-chief of
'the skull-crackers.'"

Nevertheless, the public areto be still further sur-
feited with this foolish transaction. At the police-
office this morning one of the counsel for the police
intimated that they would proceed with the exami-
nation of witnesses for the purpose of identification;
that they would examine constables who had been
injured as well as witnesses to the general case
among the citizens of Dublin, and conclude with
the evidence of the medical man wko attended the
police.