The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-15 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
Patrick Carroll, it Corporal of Marines, aged 32, was in-
dicted for the murder of Elizabeth Browning with a bayonet,
in the parish of Woolwich, on the 27th of April last, He was
also charged oh the Coroner's inquisition with wilful murder.
The prisoner appeared in a suit of black, and was much
affected while the indictment was read : he leant over the dock,
and never once raised his head.
Mr. BCDKIN stated the facts of the case to the Jury.
Elizabeth Blake examined by Mr. CRESSWELL.—Was a
lodger in the iiritannia public-house, kept by the deceased.
She knew the prisoner at the bar, and saw him on the 27th
of April in the house, at ten o'clock in the morning. There
was an inner as well as an outer bar. The prisoner was
standing at the latter, asking for a pot of beer, which
the deceased refused to give him. The prisoner
then wished to speak to her, and she said she would
not speak to such a brute as he was, or had been on tno
former evening. The prisoner then pushed her into the
inner bar; be followed her and shut the door. The pri-
soner was then sober. Witness was standing near the bar,
Land heard the deceased say " Do net begin to ill-use me."
The mother of the deceased was along with them. About
ten minutes after, witness was sitting by the fire, when she
heard a violent scream, which induced her to run into the
the inner room, when she saw deceased's face streaming
with blood, and the prisoner stabbing her with a bayonet.
The bayonet was in the sheath on his side when they went
into the room. When the witness went in she found de-
ceased's mother attempting to save her daughter, by which
she received a wound in the hand. Witness went out, and
on her return in ten minutes found Mrs. Browning dead.
After that witness heard the prisoner say, " I have stabbed
her, and I intended to do it."
Cross-examined by Mr. PAYNE—Had not seen the prisoner
before 10 o'clock. Did not hear deceased say that she would
report him at the barracks. The prisoner did not drink any-
thing in the Brittania after 11 o'clock on the Sunday evening.
Never heard the prisoner say that he would sooner destroy
himself than be reported at the barracks, nor did she ever hear
Mrs. Browning say that he would not be the first man who had
destroyed himself for her sake. 'When witness saw the prisoner
at three o'clock on Sunday he was very violent, and was taken
out of the house.

Re-examined—When she saw him at ten o'clock he was
much cooler.

By the COURT.—When the prisoner was not on duty he was
generally in the House. On the Sunday, a gentleman called,
who took tea with Mrs. Browning. The prisoner was not in-
vited, and he said he would serve her out. The prisoner and
deceased quarrelled very much, and frequently he said he
would do for her. At three o'clock on the Sunday a watch-
man came to remove the prisoner, but as he was then quiet,
deceased begged of the watchman not to take him.
After further evidence had been adduced, the Jury consulted
for five minutes, when they returned a verdict of Guilty.
The RECORDER then sentenced the prisoner to be hanged at
Maidstone on Monday next.