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HOME CIRC T.—MAIDSTONE, March 18.
WN COURT.
(Before Ir. Baron Martin.)
THE QUEENBOROUGH MURDER.
This morning having been appointed for the trial
of Frederick Prentice, aged go, for the murder of a
young girl named Emma Coprins a great deal of
interest appeared to be excited, and the court was
filled the moment the doors were opened to the
public.
The prisoner, Frederick Prentice, was shortly
afterwards placed at the bar. He is a short thick-
set young man, with nothing at all forbidding or
repulsive in his appearance.
Mr. Deedes and Mr. F. N. White appeared for
the prosecution.
The circumstances of the case will be fresh in
the recollection of the public, as the offence was
only committed a few weeks ago. The prisoner, it
appeared, was a labouring man, and he came to re-
side at Queenborough about 12 months before the
fatal occurrence, and wery little w9s known of him
before that time, bukh'e was always considered a
rather sullen and morose young man. The deceased
was the daughter of a labouring man at Queen-
borough, and was stated to be very pretty, and at
the time she met her untimely and she was only 15
years old. She had for some time been employed
as a servant at the Rose Inn, at Queenborough, and
the prisoner was in the habit of frequenting that
house, and he paid great attention to the deceased,
which caused his companions to joke him about
her; but it did not appear that she in any way re-
turned these attentions, but., on the contrary, she
alwayrappeared to be afraid of the prisoner. A
short time back the deceased left her service at the
nose, and went to live as a domestic servant with a
parson named Stevens, residing_ at Queenborough,
and it appeared that . the prisoner was con-
tinually watching her, and endeavouring to
hold communication with her, but she always
seemed desirous to avoid him. On Sunday,
the 9th of January, the deceased went out with
another young girl, named Emma Edwards, for
the purpose of going to chapel, and the prisoner was
seen to be watching them, and when they had
passed he followed, and the deceased was so much
alarmed that she ran away and hid herself. On
the following Tuesday evening the murder was
committed. It appeared that the deceased went
every evening about half-past eight o'clock to the
Ship Inn, at Queenborough, to fetch beer for her
mistress's supper, and on this evening she went with
a jug as usual, and on her way she called at her
father's house, and stayed there a few minutes, and
then went on to the Ship, where she was served
with the beer, and then went away for the purpose
of returning to her mistress's house. The unhappy
girl was, however, destined never to reach it again
alive, for in a very short time after she had left the
public-house a violent scream was heard, and upon
some persons going to the spot, the deceased was
found lying in the road with her throat cut in a
frightful manner, and quite dead, with an open
razor covered with blood, the. weapon with which
the dreadful deed had been committed, and a cap,
both of which articles subsequently turned out to
belong to the prisoner, lying by her side. The evi-
dence did not leave the slightest doubt that it was
by the hand of the prisoner the foul deed had been
committed. He was, of course, immediately sus-
pected, and an officer of the borough, named Foord,
went in pursuit of him, and at one o'clock on the
following morning he discovered him wandering
about on a lonely road, about three miles from
Queenborough, without a cap, and a handkerchief
with a knot tied at each corner upon his head, and
his clothes and head covered with blood. The mo-
ment he saw the officer the prisoner went up to hint
and said, " I am your prisoner—my name is Pren-
tice." He trembled violently, and appeared dread-
fully agitated, and shortly after he had been secured
he inquired of the officer whether "she" was dead,
and when he was told that she was he exclaimed
that he wished some one would kill him. The pri-
soner, it appeared, never attempted deny his guilt,
but during the time he was under examination be-
fore the magistrates he appeared completely pros-
trated by grief, and ever since he has been com-
mitted he has expressed his intention to confess his
Mr. Avory, the deputy clerk of assize, having
read the indictment to the prisoner, which charged',
him with having of his malice aforethought, killed
and murdered Emma Coppins, he asked him in the
usual form whether he was guilty or not guilty ?
The Prisoner, in a calm, firm voice, replied, " I
am guilty."
Mr. Baron Martin, addressing the prisoner, said
—Do you understand that you are charged with
the crime of murder, with malice prepense, and
that if you plead guilty, or are convicted of that
offence, you will certainly be executed ? So con-
sider well what you are about.
Prisoner—l am guilty, my lord.
Mr. Baron Martin—Do you wish for further time
to consider what you will do ? Remember it is a
very
.serious matter.
Prisoner—l cannot speak against my conscience.
Mr. Baron Martin—You must understand that
by pleading not guilty you merely say that you
desire to have the crime proved against you, and
you do not speak at all against your conscience in
taking that course. With this observation I again
ask you whether you wish to have further time for
consideration, or do you persist in pleading guilty ?
Prisoner—l cannot plead otherwise.
His Lordship then ordered the plea of guilty to
be recorded, and the prisoner was asked in the
usual form whether he had anything to say why
sentence of death should not be passed upon him.
The prisoner made no reply.
Mr. Baron Martin then put on the black cap, and
passed sentence in the following terms :—Frederick
Prentice, you have pleaded guilty to the charge of
having wilfully murdered Emma Coppins. I know
nothing of the case except from what appears in the
depositions, which I am sorry to say give me very
scanty information, but as far as I can collect from
them you were slightly known to this girl, and that
you were courting or endeavouring to court her.
From the statement of a young woman who was
with the deceased an evening or two before the act
was committed it appears that you followed them,
and that deceased left her companion and returned
home. The next thing that appears in the depositions

crime.