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THE CHARGE OF POISONING AT
POPLAR..

of irritant poison, which made him think it was a
bad case of English cholera, which was prevalent at
that time. The symptoms absent were cramp in
the legs. Arsenic was the poison that first crossed
his mind as possible. Witness did not see any eva-
cuations. On the Thursday he again saw the
patient, and found her much worse. she then said
she had taken some milk, and that she afterwards
had the burning sensations in her throat. On the
afternoon of Wednesday the prisoner came to him
with Mrs. Allen, the landlady, and stated that he
wished to speak to witness privately. Witness
took him into the surgery ; when he told witness
his wife had been suffering from the venereal dis-
ease for about two years, and witness observed that
could not account for the symptoms, and that they
were either the result of cold or some irritant poison.
He then said she went out on Monday, and put on
a pair of wet stockings. On the Thursday the de-
ceased's mother brought witness some vomited mat-
ter. He put it in a bottle and sent it to Dr. Letheby.
Witness found on the Thursday that all the burning
symptoms had returned, and then added calomel,
opium, and external applications of turpentine.
She was evidently sinking, and he told the persons
in the room she would not live. Witness asked her
after she was in danger why she took the coffee on
Monday night. She replied, "Because there was
nothing else in the house to take." Witness would
have declined to certify the cause of death before
the post mortem examination, if he had been
called upon to do so. Witness made an examina-
tion of the body on the Monday morning in the de-
ceased's room. The appearances were as follow :
The abdomen was much disturbed with gas. A
quantity of coloured fluid was escaping from the
mouth and nostrils. The rigidity of the muscles had
passed away. The stomach was much disturbed, and
in it was a reddish fluid. The contents witness set
aside in a bottle from four to six ounces in size.
The lining membrane was highly congested. The
small intestines were much inflamed, and a portion
about two feet from the stomach more intensely so
than elsewhere. Several parts of the lining mem-
brane had blistered. The intestines were empty,
with the exception that there were five or six seeds.
The liver and kidney and other organs were healthy
Witness sot aside the stomach and its contents, the
small intestines, a portion of the kidney, and the
lungs, which in a few days after he gave to Dr.
Letheby. Inflammation of the intestines, and also
inflammation of the peritoneum, were the cause of
death. Witness was present when Dr. Letheby
made his examination and analysis, and agreed with
him in his conclusions. Apart from that analysis,
witness imagined that the inflammation of the in-
testines was caused by the administration of some
irritant medicine the nature of which he could not
plainly see. Inflammation of the intestines arose
from other causes ; but in that case the lining mem-
brane would have a different appearance. Witness
was not aware of any poisons used by shoemakers
except oxalic acid. The symptoms that he saw were
nothing at all like oxalic acid, or the effects of ox-
alic acid. He believed, after the examination by
Dr. Letheby, that either cantharides, savin, or col-
chicum had been taken. The symptomslooked more
like the effects of cantharides. He could not, how-
ever, positively undertake to say what was the irri-
tant medicine. Cantharides are sold in the form of
paste, or as Spanish flies, or as a tincture.
Dr. Henry Letheby, Professor of Chemistry, Che-
mical Lecturer at the London Hospital, and Medi-
cal Officer of Health of the City of London, said—
On Wednesday, the Bth of June, I received from
Mr. Webb four bottles. One had a human stomach
and two pieces of the small intestines. A
second bottle had a piece of liver, a piece of kidney,
and a piece of lung. A third bottle contained a
liquid, and. was marked " Matter vomited by Zip-
porah Royal." A fourth bottle contained a liquid,
the contents of the stomach, and two feet of the in-
tines. The stomach was open and emptied. I
observed that the inner coat of it was covered with
a dark red brown liquid or mucus. The stomach
was found to be inflamed upon the mucus being re-
moved and everywhere softened. There was a spot
where the mucous membrane was entirely destroyed.
A portion of the mucus was carefully examined
under the microscope without being able to disco-
ver anything but altered blood. I then submitted
the stomach to analysis for mineral poisons, and
found only a small portion of mercury, which I
produce. I think that may have been the result
of the calomel spoken of by the last witness. There
was no trace of any other mineral. I then searched
for some organic poison, and obtained from an alco-
holic solution of the stomach a small quantity of
oily-looking matter, which I found by experiment
was a very powerful irritant, for on applying it to
the corner of my mouth it produced intense burn-
ing pain and great swelling of the lips, The irri-
tation was followed by the appearance of small
vesicles, or something like a blister. This irritation
lasted for many days. I next examined the con-
tents of the second bottle, which contained pieces
of the liver, kidney, and lungs. I did not find any
poison whatever in them. I next examined the
matter which had been, vomited. It amounted in
quantity to 40z., and had the appearance of curds
and whey, stained with a greenish yellow colour.
I found it was coagulated milk, stained with the
colouring matter of bile. The curd yielded traces
of mercury and nothing else, and the clear liquid
had the same kind of acid matter as that which
prevailed in the stomach. I lastly examined the
contents of the stomach. The quantity was two
fluid ounces. It was of a dark red brown colour,
and had the consistence of thick gruel. It was
very alkaline to the test paper, and consisted
almost entirely of altered blood. I searched
carefully for solid matter, and found only small
pieces of vegetable tissue like orange tissue. I also
found some small seeds, which I have ascertained
are seeds from black currant jelly. I found no
traces of cantharides, nor anything else of a solid
character. I examined them for an organic poison,
and obtained the same kind of acrid matter, which
produced the same irritoting effect on the other side
of my mouth. I then searched fer mineral poison,
and found nothing but mercury. My opinion from
this examination was, that some irritant had been
administered, the nature of which I could not pre-
cisely identify. I therefore requested the coroner
to haw an exhumation of the body for the purpose
of further examination. On Tuesday, the 21st of
June, Mr. Webb brought to the laboratory a large.
bottle containing portions of the intestines, the
spleen and the bladder of the deceased. Another
bottle I also received, which contained portions of
the liver and lungs. I examined six pieces of in-
testines, the spleen, bladder, uterus, and kidney.
The intestines had been opened along the whole
length. They were covered with the same kind of
red brown mucus which I have taken from the sto-
mach. The intestines were much inflamed. I
searched carefully for solid particles, and found
nothing but black currant seed. I then analysed
for organic poison, and found the same kind of acrid
matter as was found in the stomach. Not being
able to identify the nature of it chemically, I tried
the effect of it on a guinea-pig. The coloured mat-
ter amounted to four grains only. It killed the
animal in 10 minutes, as I thought, by producing
spasms at the entrance" of the windpipe. I then
removed the stomach and oesophagus from the
guinea-pig, and again extracted the poison, and
tried its effects on three sparrows. The first was
killed in four minutes, the second between four and
five minutes, and the third, which I treated a little
differently. died in three days ; I treated it diffe-
rently as an experiment. I dropped the poison
into the mouths of the first and second birds,
and added a little treacle and water in the
poison I gave the third bird. The total quan-
tity extracted from the stomach and in-
testines amounted to about four drops. I
have made a great many experiments with vege-
table matter in order to endeavour to arrive at the
nature of this matter, but have not succeeded. I
have no doubt it is capable of producing the effects
mentioned in this case. Having seen three birds
killed by it, and a guinea-pig also killed, and feel-
ing myself the effects of it, I have no doubt but
that it is a poison, and that it would produce the
symptoms and the effects in the stomach that have
been described by Mr. Webb and Mr. Smith. It
is like Croton oil, or white hellebore. It is different
from cantharides. A mixture of the two, I mean
Croton oil and white hellebore, would exactly pro-
duce the effect I have described. Uphoribum has
also a somewhat similar effict. From the symptoms
before death, the appearances and the results of
the chymical analysis, and the experiments made
on myself and on birds and animals,, I am of
opinion there was present a powerful irritant
taken by the deceased, and it was the cause of her
death. That powerful irritant must have been
taken by the deceased, and could not have been
spontaneously generated in the system.
Police-sergeant Nunn, No. 12 K, had ascertained
that the prisoner was a married man, and that he
had
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Yesterday. George Frederick Royal, alias Rey-
nolds, alias Rignold, ,was brought up on remand,
before Mr. Selfe, at the Thames Police-court,
charged with the wilful murder of Zipporah
Wright, a young woman with whom he cohabited,
in June last, in Gough-street, Poplar.
The evidence already given being fresh in our
readers' minds, needs no repetition. The first wit-
ness called yesterday was the deceased's mother,
who Was much agitated during the time she was
giving her evidence, and had frequently to pause
Tor the purpose of overcoming her feelings.
Mrs. Jane Wright, residing at No. 68,,Anne's-
road, Bow-common, said the deceased Zipporah
Wright, was her daughter, and was 21 years of
age on the day her baby was born, on the 27th of
April last. She was aware her daughter was liv-
ing with the„ prisoner, and thought she was mar-
ried to him about 14 months ago. Her daughter
went to live with the prisoner's sister as a servant
of all work. On the 30th of May witness was sent
for to see her daughter, and found her in bed very
ill and suffering great pain. The prisoner was in
the room, and walked out when witness entered.
She went after him, seized him by the collar of his
coat and brought him back, and said to him that
Mrs. Allen had said her (witness's) daughter had
been poisoned—that she thought he had done it—
but she did not recollect what answer he made to
the charge. The prisoner willingly offered to
accompany her to the doctor. Witness went to Mr.
Webb, the surgeon. After she had seen him, she
said to the prisoner, " George, perhaps I have been
too hasty ; do you think my daughter has taken
anything herself." He said, " No, I think not. I
used to keep poison to polish my work, but I have
not had any a long time by me." Witness remained
with her daughter till one o'clock, who was in bed
all the time, labouring under continual thirst, vio-
lent pnrging, and a burning sensation in her throat.
The prisoner mentioned something about damp
stockings, and that his wife caught cold by wear-
ing them. He appeared very kind and attentive to
deceased. On Wednesday morning, the Ist of June,
witness called again, and found her daughter sit-
ting up in bed. She appeared to be somewhat better.
The prisoner was having his breakfast. The, de-
ceased had bread and milk. She was very, feverish,
and complained of thirst. Witness remained with
her .all day and night. The thirst did not abate at
all. Witness asked her if she had taken anything
herself, and she most solemnly, declared she had
not. She also said the prisoner had given her some
coffee. Between 3 and 4 o'clock on Thursday morn-
ing deceased appeared much better. During the
night witness gave her powders and medicine pre-
scribed for her, and the prisoner made the remark,
You will do now." Witness left about 5 on
Thursday morning, as she seemed inclined to sleep.
Between 3 and 4 in the afternoon witness called again
when deceased appeared much worse, and in great
agony, the prisoner being, she thought, present.
Witness observed to her daughter, " You are, much
worse, my dear ; to which she replied, " Yes, mother,
lam -very bad." When I asked her what she had
been taking, she answered, " Only a cup of milk."
In the evening the prisoner seated himself at the
foot of the bed and smoked his pipe. Mrs. Allen
came into the room and called him out. He went
into Mrs. Allen's parlour. Witness followed and
said to him You have murdered my child." He
said " I have not given her anything ;" to which
she replied, " How well I left her this morning, and
see the state she is in now." The prisoner, in re-
ply, said, ." Yes, wasn't she well this morning ?"
About 5- o'clock on Friday morning the prisoner
came into,,the room, looked at deceased, and asked
how ,sherwas.' She said, " I am very bad," and
asked him if he was going to work. He said,
" Yes ; as soon as you are up." He then packed
up his tools, kissed deceased, and went away. As
he was leaving the room deceased said, " Oh, George,
George ; this will be the last of me." He then left
the house, and did not return. Witness has not
seen him since until this day. Witness adminis-
tered to deceased arrowroot and milk from the
Thursday evening, and barleywater which was pre-
pared by her and Mrs. Allen. After the prisoner
had packed up his tools and left the house her
daughter said, " God forgive that wicked man !"
and witness said to her, " The doctors have done all
they could for you ; you are now in the hands of
God." Her agony was very great. She could
scarcely utter a syllable ; her sufferings were be •
yond description, and she could not say any more
than " God forgive hiin !" Witness remained with
her up to the time of her death, which occurred at
2 o'clock on Saturday morning. Witness further
said the sickness of her daughter was dreadful; she
suffered fronepains in her stomach and. spasms. She I
had iiot a moment's peace. Her daughter's child
was under the care of witness for several weeks
after the death of its mother. The child has since
died. The deceased suckled her child from the time
of its birth until Thursday, the 2d of June. On
that day the child was much convulsed in its hands
and feet.
Elizabeth Fyfe, wife of John Fyfe, a baker, said
she was living at No. 11, Pool-place,. Tothill•fields,
Westminster. On Tuesday, the last day of May,
about 12 o'clock at noon, she went to seek her hus-
band at the dwelling-house of Mr. and Mrs. Allen,
in Gough-street, Poplar. She found the deceased
very ill, and the prisoner said, " I must make her
some gruel," and he made her some in a basin. He
took the gruel to her himself; Cannot say whether
she partook of it. He went into the room and came
out again. Witness took her three or four cups of
tea, which she drank, and said, " God bless you!
that stops on my stomach, but what he gives me I
bring up again directly. " She had a motion which
was of a greenish colour. Witness noticed some
gruel which was of a greenish colour; she put it in
the hog-tub. In the afternoon the prisoner came in,
and witness said to him, " Your wife is very ill, and
the second relapse is worse than the first." His an-
swer was that it was " a d— bad job it did not
happen at the time," by which witness understood
him to mean the time of his wife's confinement.
Witness said nothing in reply, but held the baby
to deceased to have it dressed, and the deceased said
she had no milk for it. She also observed that "her
sufferings were very great, and that her throat
burnt her." The prisoner heard that remark. The
vomit was of a greenish colour, like the gruel.
Mr. R. Smith, surgeon, Cobham, Surrey, said he
was, in iMay last, in partnership with Mr. Webb,
medical officer of the Poplar Union. On the 31st of
May, between six and seven in the evening, he re-
ceived an order to attend the deceased. She was in
bed, suffering extreme pain all over the bowels and
stomach, dryness in the throat and mouth, tongue
very dry and red, with profuse diarrhoea and great
tendency to vomiting, which the people in the house
told him had ceased for a few hours. All the matter
vomited was thrown away. He asked to see it, and
was told what had been done with it. There was a
great dryness about the mouth, but not amounting
to blistering. He gave her 21 grains of calomel,
and 1+ grain of opium to be taken immediately, fol-
lowed by a chalk mixture. The medicine was given
to Mrs. Stubbs. Witness supposed her to be suffer-
ing from a violent attack of diarrhoea, which might
arise from various causes. He saw her again the
same night, having heard as he left the house some
unfair treatment had been used towards her. That
was mentioned by Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Stubbs.
When witness and Mr. Webb called in the evening,
Mr. Webb approved his treatment of the case. The
deceased was then in great agony. There was per-
spiration on the forehead, and her countenance de-
noted the greatest pain. He saw her the next morn-
ing between 9 and 10, and found her much relieved.
The prisoner was present. Her tongue and mouth
were not so dry. Still she complained of great pain
in her throat right down to her stomach. There was
no sickness on the Wednesday. At that time the
pain had diminished: Witness saw her again the
next day. On the previous day (Wednesday) when
ne saw her, he thought she was better. On Friday,
the 3d of May, the day before she died, he saw her-
with Mr. Webb. There was a great change in her,
and Mr. *Webb thought she was dying. There were
symptoms of peritonitis on the Friday. Witness
was present at the post mortem examination of the
Webb; body by Mr. ,vand agreed with him in the re-
sults. The stomach as
orthe r
removed. A portion of the
intestines, a large
piece
were
ailvsoerreamnd removed,
kidney,
with a piece of the ling,
were placed in four separate bottles, which were
taken care of by Mr. Webb. Ile should, apart from
the post mortemexaminations and chy miecrael
tahnealy causes is,
certify that peritonitis and diarrhoeaw
of death. After the post mortem examination he
should not come to the same conclusion alone. He
should say also, from inflammation of the intestines.
He saw no signs of any venereal disease having.
existed.
Mr. Robert Webb, of No. 1, Manor-place, East
India-road, surgeon, first saW
the deceased on the
night of Tuesday, the 31st April, in consequence
hi of m
an
order from Mr. Jeffrey. Mr. Smith accompanied .
The, deceased had cold perspirations, and the abdo-
them was very tender on pressure. She stated that
she was perfectly well up to the previous evening,
when, soon after partaking of some coffee prepared
by her husband, she felt great pain and heat in her
throat, and a burning sensation in her stomach.
After some time she vomited and was purgeti,
which continued up to the middle of the day (Wed-
n'esday.) She had had some brandy given to her,
which did not relieve her. She did not say who
gave her the brandy. Witness gave directions that
she should,have milk, and farinacious food. , Mr.
Smith. told witness what he had prescribed for her.
itness desired it to be continued. He thought
at the time that it might be a bad case of English
cholera. There was an absence of some of the
• symptoms ordinarily attending the administration

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 181i9,

:DER.

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The prisoner was going towards Ronndhay.
spoke to witness, and asked him if he was coming
from his work. He had a hedgestake in his hand.
The witness continued his evidence by saying—The
stick now produced is the same. I am quite certain
that the prisoner is the man.
Cross-examined—l had not seen the man before.

SP (iRTL

Charles Normington, the young man who is in
custody at Leeds on the. charge of murdering an old
man named Broughton, on the 6th ult., was re-
examined before the Mayor of Leeds (Sir Peter
Fairbairn) and other magistrates yesterday.
Before the examination of witnesses commenced,
Mr. Ferns, solicitor, who had been instructed to
defend the prisoner, complained to the bench that
he had not been allowed to have an interview with
his client. He said that he went to the police-
office at half-past nine o'clock that morning, and re-
mained till half-past ten o'clock, but he had been
prohibited fr•m seeing the prisoner. He urged,
with considerable warmth, that such a proceeding
was quite unprecedented and contrary to all prin-
ciples of law and justice, and was a great hardship
upon him (Mr. Ferns) as the advocate of an unfor-
tunate youth charged with murder. Moreover, the
magistrates had some time ago laid down a rule
with reference to prisoners and their solicitors,
which only prohibited them from having an inter-
view before the prisoner had undergone an exami-
nation before the magistrates, which was not the

MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY.
ST. LEGEII.
0 t 4 on Promised Land (offered)
Bto 1 agst Summerside (taken)
10 to 1 agst Trumpeter (taken)
10 to 1 agst Marionette (taken)
20 to 1 agst Napoleon (taken)
25 to 1 agst Gamester (taken)
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
Nothing done.
CESAREWITCFI STAKES.
40 to 1 agst Roman Candle (taken)
40 to 1 agst Tunstall Maid (taken)
50 to 1 agst Heiress (taken)
50 to 1 agst Tiara (taken)

I met him about 100 yards from the place where de-
ceased was attacked. I noticed the man's features.

I was afraid of him, because he had a big stick in
his hand, and I turned round after I had passed
him. He was not a tall man.

Septimus Dobson (of Low Gipton) saw a man
lying on his face in a field about 100 yards from the
place where deceased was attacked, with a stick by
his side. He could not identify the prisoner.
William Hoyland, who is in the employment of
Mr. Alexander, confectioner, Call-lane, said,—On
Saturday evening, between nine and ten o'clock, I
Was standing with my wife against Mr. Wray's
shop, near to the Central market. Two men came
up, and one of them offered to sell me a pawn-
ticket for a watch. The prisoner is one of the
men. (Sensation.) He had the pawn-ticket and
asked me what I would give him for it. I told
him I would not give him anything for it, and he
said I might have it for anything I liked to give
him. I did not buy it. The prisoner said nothing
more. He wore a dark-coloured coat and dark cap.
The pawn-ticket I saw was something like the one
now produced.
Cross•examined—l was in conversation with the
men about five minutes. There was no lamp. The
other man was taller, and wore a blue smock and a
pair• of light drab trousers, which looked as if they
had been recently washed. He was a small-fea-
tured, delicate-looking young man, apparently
about 20 years of - age. He had a cloth cap on.
There was a light in Mr. Wray's shop window.
This was the whole of the evidence adduced, and
the prisoner was then remanded till ten o'clock
this day (Saturday).
From the foregoing it will be seen that no allu-
sion was made to the confession which it is said.
Normington has made—namely, that he was pre-
sent at the robbery and the murder, but that he
did not strike the blows which resulted in Brough-
on's death.

case in this instance.
The Mayor stated that there was not the slightest
wish on the part of the bench to prevent Mr. Ferns
from seeing the prisoner, and if he had applied to
the magistrates they would at once have granted
him permission to do so ; but neither the chief con-
stable nor any other person had power to allow
him to see the prisoner without an order from the
justices. •.
Mr. Ferns thought he had no right to make such
an application, but that, as the legal adviser of the
prisoner, he ought to have been at once permitted
to communicate with the prisoner.
The Mayor intimated that the bench were of a
different opinion, and that Mr. Ferns ought first to
have made an application to the magistrates.
The first witness was James Smales, collier, of
Whitwood, near Normanton, who said,—On on-
day night about five weeks ago, the day after the
rainy Sunday, I saw the prisoner at Whitwood.
James Worsman was with me. I did not know the
prisoner. He said he had a pawn-ticket belonging
to a watch to sell. Worsman asked if he would sell
it to him, and the prisoner said " No." The next
night the prisoner asked me where Worsman lived,
and said he wanted to sell that ticket. He asked
ss. for the ticket, and I bought it. The rrisoner
said the watch had cost 265., but did not say
where he got the ticket. I kept the ticket till last
Saturday night, and then came to Leeds, and went
to Mr. Barrass's shop to get the watch. Mr.
Barrass took me to the police-office, and I left the
ticket at his shop. The last time I saw the prisoner
was on the Thursday after I bought the ticket.
Andrew Bailey, collier, of Whitwood, said—Four
weeks ago last Monday I met the prisoner at Cas-
tleford. John Fawcett, William Stanley, and Wil-
liam Normington were with me. The same night
the prisoner came to lodge at the house of George
Dixon, my father-in-law, at Whitwood. He re-
mained till the following Thursday, and left about
half-past 5 o'clock in the morning. I have not seen
him since till now. I never heard him say any-
thing about a watch or a pawn-ticket.
William Joseph Topham said,—l assist my father,
Richard Topham, who is a pawnbroker. in Leeds.
On Saturday, Aug. 6, the day of the murder, about
6 o'clock in the evening, the prisoner offered a Ger-
man silver watch in pledge, and asked 16s. upon it.
He said it was his own watch. I offered him 4s.
upon it, but he would not take it, and went away.
lam sure the prisoner is the man. I believe the
watch now produced (the one belonging to the de-
ceased) is the one which the prisoner offered.
Cross-examined by Mr. Ferns—There might be
a hundred people or more in the shop that night.
We were busy from five o'clock to eleven. I had
never seen the prisoner before. I only saw his face
through the partition. I noticed that it was very
red. He was only in the shop about two minutes.
The watch was of a very common description. The
prisoner had a cap on, I believe. I heard a hum-
ming noise when the prisoner was placed in the
dock, but I did not hear the public say, " There he
is." I have talked about the murder with the
chief constable once or twice. The last time was
a fortnight ago.
Thomas Ibbetson, cousin to the last witness, and
also an assistant to Mr. Topham, was present when
the prisoner offered the watch in pledge, and cor-
roborated the evidence of the last witness. He
had no doubt the prisoner was the man who
brought the watch. The witness was cross-ex-
amined by Mr. Ferns, but there was no alteration
in his testimony.
Mr. T. Nunneley, surgeon, Leeds, said—l received
the stick now produced from the chief constable,
and have examined it. I found a small quantity of
blood on the surface of it, in two or three different
places, and I also found three or four hairs adhering
to the stick by the blood. To the best of my be-
lief they are human hairs. I also examined a man's
'hat. It was smeared with blood both within and
without, and within it I found, sticking to it by
blood, two or three hairs, corresponding in charac-
ter to those I found adhering to the stick. T
examined a lock of hair, which corresponds wi
the hair I found on the stick and in the hat. Las,
Sunday I received from Mr. English a man's shirt,
which I now produce. [Witness read a report of
the results of his examination of the shirt, from
which it appeared that he found three stains rather
larger than a crown piece, and of a brownish grey
colour, on the upper part of the right arm. He be-
lieved the stains to be blood, but he would not speak
positively, because it was difficult to understand how
the shirt could have undergone the washing which
it was said to have done, and the stains not be ob-
literated, if they were blood. He had also examined
a cloth cap, and found some spots upon it, but lie
did not think they were blood.]
Cross-examined by Mr. Ferns—l believe the blood
on the stick to be human blood, but the blood of
some animals closely resembles human blood. .The
hair was short. There is a distinction between
human hair and the hair of animals. I might be
mistaken, but I believe this to be human hair.
Charles Richard Ashland, assistant to Mr. Bar-
rass, pawnbroker, said—On Saturday night, the 6th
of August, between 7 and 8 o'clock, a man pledged
a German silver watch for 4s. Last Saturday night
James Smales came to the shop with the ticket.
My master took Smales and the ticket to the
police-office- The ticket and watch now produced
are the same. ThE man who pledged the watch was
a low-sized man. The prisoner might be the man,
but I cannot swear to him.
Cross-examined—A duplicate of the ticket given
to the man who pledged the watch was attached to
the watch.
Mr.. W. Hey, surgeon, repeated his evidence as
to the nature of the injuries which caused deceased's
death.
Cross-examined--The injuries which the de-
ceased received could not have been produced by a
fall against a stoop or a wall.
William Dixon, of Whitwood, a youth 14 years
of age, deposed to the prisoner lodging at his
brother's house, and confirmed the evidence of
Smales as to the purchase of the pawnticket from
the prisoner.
James Barrass, pawnbroker, Leeds, confirmed
the evidence of Ashland, his assistant.
Robert Heaton, watchmaker, proved that the
watch produced (the one pawned at Mr. Barrass's)
belonged to the deceased.
Cross-examined—The number on the watch did
not appear to have been tampered with.
George Virtue, police-officer, proved receiving the
watch on the 12th ofAugust from Mr. Barrass along
with a duplicate attached to it. He kept that tic-
ket, and gave the watch to Mr. English.
Patrick Byrne, police-officer, gave evidence as to
examining the place where the deceased was at-
tacked, on the Wednesday after the murder, in com-
pany with Mr. English, and finding the hedgestake.
He- gave it to Mr. English.
George King, another police-officer, deposed to
examining the place where the murder was com-
mitted on the following day, Sunday, and finding
some skin and blood and hair on the hedge. He cut
away part of the hedge, and collected the skin and
hair, which he gave to Mr. Nunneley, surgeon.
Henry Taylor, joiner, living in Giles-street, York-
street,- said—On Saturday afternoon, the 6th Aug.;
about 20 minutes past 2 o'clock, I was iu the Ox-
pasture, and went forward, along the footpath, to
Seacroft, returning the same way. I got into the
Ox-pasture again about 5 o'clock. As I went to
Seacroft. I passed a man in the Ox-pasture, and also
saw him on my return, laid on his face, in the
"Puzzling-field." The prisoner is very like the man,
but I cannot swear to him. He had a black cloth
cap on.
On the suggestion of Mr. Barr, clerk to the ma-
gistrates, a number of men in the body of the court
were plac =d alongside the prisoner, and a number of
witnesses were called, including Mr. and Mrs. Rush-
worth, John Wm. Wood, and Edwin Haigh (two
toys), Harriet Wharton, Hatinah Littlehales, Wm.
Wood (of Seacroft), Septimus Dobson, and John
Green, were called into court to see if they could
identify the prisoner as the man they had seen near
the place of the murder. Mr. Rush worth could not
identify the prisoner ; but Mrs. Rushworth thought
he was very like one of the men she had. seen. The
boys Wood and Haigh could not identify the pri-
soner. Harriet Wharton st once picked the prisoner
out, and said she was sure he was the man she saw
lying in. the field about 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
Hannah Littlehales believed the prisoner was the
man she saw in the Ox-pasture. She added that
she 1. ad been thinking it over all the morning, and
had no doubt he was the man.
William 'Wood (of Seacroft) positively identified
the prisoner as a man he passed as lie was going to
Leeds, about half-past 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

he second and third.

THE FATAL FIRE 1N WATERLOO-

CORONER'S INQUEST.
Last evening Mr. Carter, the coroner for East
Surrey, attended with a jury at the Crown Tavern,
Church-street, Lambeth, for the purpose of inquir-
ing into the melancholy circumstances connected
with the death of Eliza Burton, 48, Edward Burton,

13, and Eliza Ann Reed, 25, who perished by fire
on Wednesday morning last in the premises, 75,

Waterloo-road.

The jury having viewed the bodies, evidence of
the discovery of the fire was given by the police.
W. Holloway, engineer to the Waterloo-road
station of the London Fire Brigade, was next exa-
mined, and stated that on being called to the fire
about 4 o'clock on Wednesday morninglast he found
the shop in flames, and burning furiously. Heard a
voice calling for help at the second floor window.
On breaking open the shop door to commence ope-
rations upon the fire, ladders, were sent for, but on
their arrival the person who had called for assist-
ance was gone. The smoke and flames then ascended,
the fire breaking through the roof. When the fire
was subdued witness went over the house and saw
two bodies of women lying in the gutter outside the
roof. They were both dead, lying partly one over
the other. The parapet in front of the house was
four feet high at the lowest part, and the party wall
on the left &de (that on which the attempt at
escape was' made) was upwards of seven feet high.
There was also a third body (that of a boy or girl)
lying under the attic window. Both attics were
completely burnt out. There were goods in the shop,
some of which (articles of dress) had fallen from
shelves behind the counter on the floor. He thought
that was the result of the fire. He could not tell
the cause of the fire. He did not believe it could
be from the gas, it being turned off. One of the
women had on boots and stockings. The boots
were laced and the stockings tied. She appeared
partly dressed. The other woman was in her
night dress. Witness believed the fire had been
smouldering for a considerable time. The as-
cending of the smoke, he believed, was the imme-
diate cause of death. The dead women were very

Much burnt about the body and head. There was.
nothing in the appearance of the ruins which would
lead to an. impression that the fire was caused by
any wilful act.
Mr. James Burton was next called, and, being
cautioned by the Coroner as to his answering any
question which might tend to criminate himself,
said he was a clothier and dealer in unredeemed
pledges, and resided at No. '75, Waterloo-road. His
family consisted of his wife, Eliza Burton, aged 48;
Horace Burton, aged 13 ; Clara Burton, aged 11 ;
Edward Bruton Burton, aged 9 ; Eliza Anne Reed
(stepdaughter), aged 25 ; and Frederick Reed (step-
son), aged 20. Clara was not at home at the time
of the fire. On the evening-previous to the fire, he
left home at 10 o'clock. The shop was not closed,
but lighted up with gas. He returned about a
quarter past 11. He went upstairs and asked his
wife if she had had her supper, and on her replying
affirmatively he asked her to have a little brandy
and A ater. She requested him to see whether Eliza
was asleep, and if not to give her some. She slept
in the back room on the second floor with his son
Edward. On finding her asleep he retired to his
room and went to bed. His son Horace closed the
shop at a quarter past 10. Witness turned off the
gas at the main beneath the area of the house.
When he went up stairs to his wife she was reading
a book in bed by the light of a candle, Witness got
into bed at 12 o'clock, when be directed his wife to
put out the light. Witness could not say whether
she was wholly undressed. He was certain, how-
ever, that her dress was off. He went to sleep
almost immediately, leaving his wife with the
lighted candle on her side of the bed. He was
awoke by his wife, who was out of bed, calling out
" Burton, get up ; there's a fire." He got out immedi-
ately, and on opening the window he saw smoke issu-
ing from the shop windows. He exclaimed, " My.
God, the }Muse is on fire." The bedroom door was
open: He ran to the back room and pulled Eliza Reed
by the hair of the head, and awoke her and his son
Edward. He then awoke Horace and his stepson
Frederick, who slept in the front attic. He then
broke away the attic window frame, which having
done he made an attempt to return and look
for his wife, stepdaughter, and son Edward. He
met them on the stairs. His wife was going up
first, followed by the other two. On reaching the
attic he lifted his wife out of the attic window. At
the top of the stairs he met Eliza, and lifted her
also out of the window. He missed Horace from
his bed, and believed him safe. He then lifted out
Frederick, who was putting on his trousers, and he
succeeded in escaping. Witness then got out him-
self, and, springing on to the parapet, was thrown
back on the slates. He, however, gained the para-
pet, and, going in the opposite direction to that
which his wife had taken, he effected his escape.
A policeman dragged him from the parapet of the
next house. Of the members of his family at home
that night he had only seen two alive—Horace and
Frederick. The others had perished. (Witness
was here overcome with grief.) When 'he.retired
to bed the premises, were quite safe as regarded fire.
He could not account for the unfortunate occur-
rence. His furniture and effects were insured in
the Phoenix Fire Office for the last nine years ; for
the last two or three years to the extent of £5OO.
Witness had never heard of any paper writings,
but he understood that there was some writing out:
side the shop door. He could not account for his
wife having her boots and stockings on. She some-
times slept in her stockings. She was quite sober.
Witness, before closing his examination said if the
police, instead of knocking at the door,
~had gone
at once for the escapes the lives of his family might
have been saved ; but in reply to the coroner he
afterwards said t';at he did not think, perhaps, in
his excitement that such would have been the case,
although the time appeared to him to be very long
before their arrival.
Frederick James Reed corroborated the state-
ment of Mr. Burton, further stating thlt the smoke
nearly suffocated him, and that they had altoge-
ther a very narrow escape.. He believed that
the stock in the shop amounted to £350, and that
the business was tolerably brisk. With respect
to the writing on the door, he, as well as
Horace Burton, had been in the habit of writ-
ing the names of racehorses on the shop door for
some time past. That was when the business
was slack. He could not form any idea as to the
cause of the fire.
William Holloway was recalled, and on being
asked by the Coroner if any application had been
made by the insurance offices for the postponement
of the case, replied in the negative.
The Coroner then referred to the law of the case.
Suppo-ing that it were proved that the fire was
cae:ed by the wilful act of some person, it would
then amount to wilful murder and arson, so that
unless there were very suspicious circumstances,in
the matter they should banish such an idea from
their minds.
The r;ot-oner then inquired as to what was the
the nature of the writing on the door, when Hollo-
way said, " Be, sure—out by one." The Coroner
.said the words were very singular, but after the
evidence of the last two witnesses he thought that
matter might be set at rest. However, the jury
might consider that, and whether they would post-
pone the case for further evidence, or at once agree
to their verdict.
The court was then cleared, and after about half-
an-hour's consideration,
The jury returned a verdict" That the deceased
persons came to their death by accidental causes."

also

"GENCE.

ROCRESTER AND CHATHAM.-FRIDAT.

'Fhe Nursery Plate of 50 sovs. Winners extra. Three.

quarters of a mile.
Mr. Barnard's filly by Slane out of Pauline, 7st 81b
(Swift) 1
Major Bringhurst's Hand-over-Hand, 7st 131 b (Hughes) 2
Mr. W. Thornton's Curlew, 7st 21b (A. Edwards) 3

The following also ran :—Braemar, Fitzavon, Weather•
bound, and Lawl Padrick.

Betting-7 to 4 agst the Pauline filly, 2to 1 agst Hand-
over-hand. Won by three lengths, half a length between

The Medway Stakes of 25 sovs, added to a sweepstakes a
3 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling
weights, &c. Half a mile. (5 subs.)
Mr. Blanton's Arminius, 3 yrs (£2O), 7st 41b (A. Edwards) 1
Mr. Barling's 80-Peep, 4 yrs (£2O), 7st 131 b.... (Curtis) 2
Mr. Windsor's Remunerator, 3 yrs (£2O), 7st 41b (car.
7st 71b) (A. Marlow) 3
Mr. Taylor's May Morning, 5 yrs (E4O), Bst 31b (Savage) 4
Betting-5 to 2on Arminius. Won easily by half a
length, a neck between the second and third, bad fourth.
The winner was sold to Mr. J. Ward for 54 guineas.
The Kent Stakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 2 only (to go
to the fund) if declared, &c., with 100 added. Winners
extra. The second to save his stake. Two miles. (21
subs, 13 of whom declared.)
Mr. Copperthwaite's Twilight, 3 yrs, Bst 41b • . (French) 1
Mr. T. Hughes' T. P. Cooke, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (D. Hughes) 2
Mr. Westerton's Pactolus, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Perry) 3
The following also ran :—Fly by Day, The Gift, Lady-
well, Gourd, and Julie.
Betting-6 to 4on Twilight, 4to 1 agst T. P. Cooke, 6
to 1 agst The Gift. Won in a canter by four lengths, a
neck between the second and third, Gourd was a bad fourth,
the others beaten off.
The Members Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs. One mile.
Mr. Blanton's Neophyte, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Edwards) 1
Lord W. Pawlet.t's Adulation, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (in. 71b ex)
(Perry) 2
Mr. J. Ward's Emotion, 3 yrs, Est 51b (G. Searle) 3
Mr. Baker's Conceit, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (Reeves) 4
Betting-5 to 2on Neophyte, who won by three-quarters
of a length, half a length between the second and third ;
bad fourth.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added.
Winners extra. One mile.
Mr. Pallett's The Gem, by Pyrrhus the First, 3 yrs, 7st
101 b
Mr. Blanton's Arminius, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (inc. 51b extra)
(French) 2
Mr. Barnard's Nuffield, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (Swift) 3
80-peep and Curlew also ran.
Betting—Even on Nutfield, 5 to 4 agst The Gem, 3 to 1
agst Arminius. Won by a length ; two lengths between
he second and third.
lurdle Races of 2 soya each, with 20 added, for 3-yr-olds
and upwards. Heats. Two miles and a distance. Nine
subs.

Mr. Nightingall's Scylla, by Vortex, 3 yrs, lOst 71b
(Owner) 0 1 1
Capt. Furnival's Clear-the-Way, aged, 12st 31b
(C. Boyce) 1 4 2
Mr. Land's Red Rover, 3 yrs, 9st 91b .. (J. Land) 3 2 dr
Mr. Chapman's Maltster, aged, list 121 b
(F. Balchin) 2 0 dr
Mr. Simpson's Crinoline, 3 yrs, lOst 71b (Curtis)* 0 3 dr
* Eatwell rode Crinoline in the second heat,

First heat—Betting-6 to 4 agst Clear-the-Way, 2 to 1
agst Red Rover. Won by ten lengths ; Scylla fell near the
distance and walked in.
Second heat—Betting-6 to 4 on Clear-the-Way. Won
easily by a length ; bad third.
Third Heat—Betting-4 to 1 on Scylla, who won in a
canter.

CARDIFF RACES.-THURSDAY, SEPT. 8.

The Revival Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 30 added

One mile.
Mr. Milford's Emblem, by Teddington, 3 yrs, 6st 71b
(Spencer) 1
Mr. C. Thorp's Barege, 4.yrs, Bst 41b (Ducker) 2
Mr. Brayley's Mushroom, 3 yrs, Gst 51b (Sadler) 3
Artist, Gaylass, and Caucasian alse ran.
Betting--7 to 4 agst Emblem, and 3 to 1 each agst
Barege and Gaylass. Barege, with Mushroom at her heels,
cut out the work for three-quarters of a mile, when they
were joined by Emblem, who deprived the top weight of
the lead inside the distance, and won by three parts of a
length; bad third. Owing to an objection that Emblem
had not carried her proper weight, the race remains in
abeyance.

The Trial Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added ; one mile
and a quarter ; 4 subs.

Mr. Brayley's The Poet, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (T. Gray) 1
Mr. Soul's The Miller (h b), 5 yrs, 9st (Harding) 2
Mr. Farren's Terror, aged, 9st (G. Smith) 3
Mr. Thorp's Robin Hood, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Ducker) 0
Betting-5 to 2on The Poet, and 3to 1 agst Robin Hood.
The latter, followed by the favourite, made play for half a
mile, when The Miller took up the running, and carried it
on to about the half-distance, where The Poet challenged,
and won a fine mem on the post by a short head ; two lengths
between second and third.

The Cardiff Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft, and .3 only if
declared, with 100 added; the winner to pay 10 soya to-
wards the expense ; two miles ; 23 subs, 7 of whom de-
clared.
Mr. CopeLnd's The Liveryman, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Bottom) 1
Mr. Riddell's Whimsical, 3 yrs, 6st 2lb (Sadler) 2
Mr. J. Evans's Kinnersley, yrs, Bst 91b.... (Ducker) 3

The following alsd ran':--7Grillade, The Martlet, Fearful,
Yellow Rose, Buss,' and Ternlam colt.
_ _

Betting-5 to 4 agst The Liveryman, 3to 1 each agst
Yellow Rose and Whimsical, 4 to 1 agst. Fearful, 5 to 1
each agst Kinnersley and Grillade,. and 8 to 1 agst The
Martlet. Several of the jockeys resolutely opposing the
commands of the starter, kept the horses at the post more
than half an hour, and when the flag fell Liveryman got
away three or four lengths in advance. He was succeeded
by Whimsical, with Yellow Rose and Fearful at a similar
interval from her. As they proceeded down the back stretch
in the second round the tailing increased—in fact, nothing
was left with apparently the ghost of a chance except
Liveryman and Whimsical, the light weight holding his
advantage to the end, and winning easily by a length.
The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added ;- one
mile ; 4 subs. . .

Mr. A. Pitt's Table Bay, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Z 25) (T. Vivian) r
Mr. Stuart's Orianda, 5 yrs, 9st 111 b (L4O) (R. Sly, jun.) 2
Mr. J. Evans's Stratagem, 2yrs, sst 41b (carried sst 61b)
(X4O) (Sadler) 3
Mr. H. Ivey's Stanley, 2yrs, sst 31b (E 25) .. (J Plumb) 0
Betting—Even on Stanley, and 6 to 4 agst Oriando.
Table Bay made all the running, and won by six lengths ;
same between second and third. Near the lower turn the
favourite came in contact with a post, and threw Plumb,
who alleged that he was driven thereon by the other boys,
which the latter as stoutly denied. It is, however, certain
that they were fighting close together at the time. The
winner was bought in for 45 sovs.
The Inkeepers' Plate (Handicap) of 60 sovs. One mile and