The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-12 00:00:00

THE SI N,4 LONDON! *MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, - 1859.

support the charge ene / *abricated the story which4she
had told. He must,,tl aerefore, sentence her to 12
months' imprisonment ; with hard labour.

COSTS 01? ' PROSECUTIONS.
In a case of mansla .ughter tried at these assizes,
and in which an atter ney had been bound over by
the coroner to proseci ite, Mr. Justice IVilles said he
should not allow the attorney his costs. The corn-
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ner had no power t' o bind over an attorney to two-
secute, the attornr,y not being a witness before him.
If the coroner wif ;re allowed to exeicise such patron-
age it would load to gt-eat abuse, as the coroner
might appoint his own partner and share the pro-
fits. The practice was a bad one and ought to be
repressed. His lordship said he would allow the
costs out of pocket but nc ithing more. •

DECEIT HER 10.

Eliza Lee, 48, and Eannah Evans, 17, were
charged with a conspiracy to prevent the due cenrse
of justice, by means of perjury, upon the trial of an
indictment for felony against John Lee and; five
others, at the last October Quarter Sessions for the
county of Stafford.
Mr. Broughey and Mr. Jenkins appeared for the
prosecution ; the prisoners were undefended.
Mr. Broughey, in opening the case, statedthat
the present indictment arose . out of a trial which
took place at the last quarter sessions for this county
when a man named John Lee and five others were'
charged with highway robbery. The prosecutor in
that case, a miner named Moore, stated that about
half-past 12 o'clock on Saturday night, the 20th of
August last, he was knocked down in Dudley-
street, Bilston, by six men, and robbed of 14s. He
immediately gave information to the police, and six
men were apprehended. Moore identified Lee and
some,of the others, and it was proved that they all
six had been seen together about the time of the
robbery, and they were all convicted. Upon that
trial the two present defendants were examined as
witnesses on the part of the prisoners, ard their
evidence went to show that Moore had not been
robbed as he stated, but that he had been robbed
in a brothel, and then turned out into the street.
The younger prisoner, Hannah Evans, swore that
she was standing opposite a brothel in Dudley-
street, Bilston, and saw a man open the door of the
brothel, and heard: him say " Turn the out."
A man who she said was the prosecutor, Moore, then
came out and said •to a woman of the house " You
have robbed me of 14s. or 165.; give me my billy-cock
hat." It appeared that this Hannah Evans who
was quite a younggirl, had just had a child by ono
of the men who were on their trial.
Eliza Lee, the prisoner, swore at the same! trial
that Moore had proposed to her to compromise the
charge and that she had heard him say to Smith, a
police sergeant, "What am I to say ?" and that Smith
answered " You must swear to the six, and stick
stout to them." • •.
Several witnesses were now examined in support
of the present charge. of conspiracy and perjury,
from whose testimony it chiefly appeared the elder
prisoner, Eliza Lee, was the concoctor of all the per-
jury; and had induced the girl, Hannah Evans, to
come and swear to the story which she had invented
for her.
Mr. Justice Wines summed up the evidence, and
pointed out to the jury that as the charge was one of
conspiracy, the prisoners must both be acquitted or
convicted.
The jury found both Guilty, but recommended
the younger prisoner to mercy.
Mr. Justice Wines said it was quite clear that the
elder prigoner, Eliza Lee, was a most dangerous per-
son, and sentenced her to 18 months' imprisonment,
with hard labour ; but as it was manifest the younger
prisoner, Hannah Evans, was her dupe, his lord-
ship sentenced her to only six weeks' imprison-
ment, with hard labour.
The trial of this case concluded these assizes.

THE ROYAL CIIA.RTER.

A painful incident in connection with the wreck
of this ship occurred on Saturday, at Brompton Ce-
metery. Among the passengers lost were a whole
family of the name of Pitcher, consisting of father
and mother and two children, with their nurse.
Mr. Pitcher was,brother of the eminent shipbuilder•
bearing his name at Northfleet. f, He was formerly
connected with Messrs. Dent's house in China, but
had been for some years resident at Geelong, where,
although 42 years of age, he had acquired a for-
tune, and was returning to England for retirement.
His wife was 29 years of age, and his children re-
spectively of the ages of three and one years. The
eldest (a boy) was among the first to be washed
on shore on the morning of the wreck, and had
medical assistance been at hand his life it is stated
might have been spared, for after being picked up
the little fellow was observed to sigh and place his
left hand convulsively across his breast. In such a
terrible moment of excitement, however, nothing
could be done for himtn that bleak spot, and his
spirit, perhaps mercifully, returned to the God who
gave it. His remains were soon recognised by one
of the saved passengss, and the body having been
placed in a coffin waraken charge of by the Rev.
S. R. Hughes, the humane and highly-respected
incumbent of the Welsh village of Llanallgo. The
body of Mrs. Pitcher came ashore at Moelfra, not
far from the scene of the wreck, and although the
remains had been in the water more than a month,
her features were easily recognisable by compa-
rison with a photographic portrait in the possession
of her relatives. Mr. Pitcher's remains were
brought ashore by a fisherman in Bull Bay, a small
creek about two miles west of Amlwich, at a con-
siderable distance from the wreck. When found
the pockets of his trousers had been cut across and
their contents abstracted, and nothing being ob-
served to lead to identification, the body was buried
with two or three others, as those of persons un-
known. Subsequently it was ascertained from an
article of clothing that the remains must have been
those of Mr. Pitcher, and the body having been
exhumed, was, together with those of Mrs. Pitcher
and their little boy, placed in charge of Mr.
Griffith Davies, •of Bangor, who completed the
necessary arrangements for their interment in one
grave in the Brompton Cemetery, and brought the,
remains to London by the mail train on Saturday
morning. The mourners assembled at the Victoria
Hotel about one o'clock, at which hour the coffins
were brought over from the Euston-station in two
hearses. Those who followed, consisting almost
exclusively of the relatives and friends of the de-
ceased lady and gentleman, occupied three mourning
coaches. The only strangers were the Rev. S. R.
Hughes, and the Rev. H. R. Hughes, brothers,
and fellow-labourers in the two parishes of,
Llanallgo and Penrhoslligwy, adjoining the scene
of the wreck, of whose truly Christian virtues
since the occurrence of the awful catastrophe it is
impossible to speak too highly. On the arrival of
the funeral cortege at the cemetery, the bodies were
removed into the chapel, where the Rev. S. R.
Hughes read the service appointed for the burial of
the dead in an impressive manner. At the proper
period the remains were reconveyed to the ground,
where they were interred together in a handsome
double brick grave adjoining that of Sydney Lady
Morgan. Each of the coffins bore brass plates,
' upon which were engraven the names of the de-
ceased persons; and the date .on which their bodies
had been cast ashore from the wreck of, the Royal
Charter. The funeral was conducted as privately
as possible, and none of the circumstances having
been allowed to transpire in the neighbourhood, the
mourners were permitted to pay the last tribute of
affection to the sufferers without any molestation
from the vulgar curiosity of a crowd.