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

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.3- , the chief-clerk, anu Dlr. _Jayliss, the
chief-usher, proceeded to the Middlesex House of
Correction, Cold-bath-fields, to hear a charge against
Geo. Simpson, 24, a prisoner confined in that pri-

son for six months, of stabbing with intent to mur-

der Warder Henry Goodman and Warder Benja-
min Morris, on Tuesday last. The examination of
all the witnesses, with the exception of Morris, was
taken. in the Governor's room, but Morris was so
weak from loss of blood that he had been unable to
leave his bed until that morning, and it was neces-
sary to proceed to the infirmary to take his depo-
sition. .The first witness called was
Henry Goodwin, who said—l am a warder in
this prison, and have been so for upwards of 14
years. On Tuesday last I was in the dining-room
serving out some meat for pieces of bond which
sometimes come in the meat.. About 2 o'clock I
was in the dining-room of the ward in which the
prisoner was confined with the other prisoners.
The prisoner quitted his place and came to me,
about a distance of 12 yards, with a piece of meat
in his left. hand, and a knife concealed in his right.
I did not see the knife, because it was up his
sleeve. The knife was the knife the prisoner used
to cut his dinner. The prisoner when he came to
me said, " This piece of meat stinks." I examined
it and said, ." It is sweet." I was in the act of lay-
ing it upon the cupboard when the prisoner struck
me a violent blow with a knife on the mouth and

lip. He cut my upper lip, and the wound is nearly
three inches in length. I had not seen the. knife
when I received the blow. Warder Morris came up
and put himself between us and said, " Would you
kill him ?" I was partly stunned, and did not hear
the prisoner's reply. The violence of. the blow
fnreed me on the cupboard. When I looked
the prisoner push him away
and inflict a cut Upon-him: I have no recollection
of what occurred afterwards, as I was nearly
choked with blood.

Benjamin Morris, also a warder, who appeared
to be very ill, said—On Tuesday last I was in the
dining-room when the prisoner was at dinner. I
was standing within three yards of Goodwin when
I heard the prisoner say, "It stinks." Goodwin
had the meat at the time, and put it into the pri-
soner's panikin. The prisoner put it back on the
cupboard, and repeated, " It stinks, and I can't cat
it." At the same moment he struck Goodwin in the
face. The prisoner raised his hand and struck a se-
cond time, when I rushed between them to pre-
vent a further assault. The prisoner then struck
me on the right cheek, but the blow was intended
for Goodwin. He did not see me, as I
was behind him: I then closed with him, when the
prisoner struck at me, and I received a blow on the
left side of the neck. I did not feel the cut, nor did I
know he had a knife. I heard some one say, " The
st a
knife ! the knife !" and " Go away, Mr. Morris ;
you are wounded." By this time I had thrust the
prisoner back against the door, when some of the
yassinc assistance.
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and on turning
round I saw the knife and picked it up. I after-
wards saw myself bleeding from both sides of my
face. The ,knife produced, which was covered with
rushed
blood, is the one I picked up. I have been unable
to go home since, and I have not left my bed until

this morning.
Mr. Henry Wakefield said—l am surgeon to the
House of Correction. On Thursday afternoon I saw
the injured Warders in the infirmary. Warder
Goodwin was suffering from the cut in his lip. The
wound extended three inches.

Prisoner—How can that be when his lip is not
three inches in length.
Mr. Wakefield—The cut extended from the lip
into the • cheek, but had not penetrated into the
mouth. I saw Morris in bed, and, from what I could
ascertain, he had lost nearly a pint of blood. He
was very faint and low from loss ,of blood. The
wound on the right side of the cheek, by the nose,
is about an inch in length. I examined the left
side, and found a wound extending from the lobe of
the left ear to the angle of the jaw, a distance of
ruther more than an inch and a half. Both wounds
might have been inflicted with the knife produced.
It was fortunate it did not extend lower, or it
would have gone near the jugular vein, and been
attended with very serious consequences. I did.
not consider it safe to send Morris home.