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London, England, 1832-06-16 00:00:00

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ful murder of his wife, Catherint
At half-past 12 o'clock, the pri ii ct'tlileffated
and ferocious-looking fellow, bordering upon 50
years of age, was placed at the bar, while labouring
under considerable agitation. The Court was iii a
moment filled almost to suffocation, and the Magis-
trates were under the necessity of ordering the doors
to be thrown open, and the outer office to be
cleared, the heat was so oppressive.
Elizabeth Bailey was a lodger in the house of the
prisoner, No. 5, Compton •street, Clerkenwell. Yes-
terday morning, about six o'clock, she was awoke
out of her sleep by the prisoner, who knocked at
her door, and said, " For God's sake, Mrs. Bailey,
come down stairs, my wife is dead." Witness in-
stantly went down, and entered the back parlour,
where the deceased and the prisoner were in the
habit of sleeping. There she saw the deceased
lying upon the bed, and the place covered all over
with blood. Ott close inspection of the body, she
discovered that the head, chest, arms, and legs,
were horribly bruised, and she was exceedingly ter-
rified. She asked the prisoner at what time the
deceased came home, in reply to which he said, " I
have not seen her all night ; I don't know where
she has been." The woman was quite dead, hut.
warm. Witness had not long been in the room be-
fore the prisoner proceeded to a corner of the apart-
ment, and took hold of a hag, into which he put
some things, and said in a wild and agitated t one,
" I must go and have some refreshment," and :he
quitted the place in great haste. Before he left the
passage, witness looked again on the body, and was
so overcome, that she was almost deprived of the
use of her senses and limbs, and she felt satisfiel
that the prisoner had murdered the poor woman.
An impulse seized her, and she went as quick as
she possibly could into the street to find a police-
man, but could not at the moment find one, and the
prisoner had nearly arrived at the end cf the street,
when West, 100 G. made his appearance. She
again became affected, and could only say, "Mur-
der—Reilly murdered his wife, there" (pointing, to
him) when she lost all power, and fainted.
Mr. ROGERS —Did you hear any noise or vic-
lence in the course of the night, or groans, or the
cry of murder ? Witness—Between four and five
o'clock I distinctly heard the deceased groaning,
but entertained no idea of murder. I knew her to
be in a delicate state of health, and attributed such
groans to her illness.
Mr. ROGERS-At what time did the prisoner
come home on Thursday night ? Witness—About
seven or eight o'clock, but not finding his wife he
went out, saying he would go and look after her.
I saw nothing of hint from that time until this
morning, when he called me up us before stated.
The prisoner was in the habit of ill-treating the de-
ceased, who would sometimes stay from home two
or three nights together.
Mr. ROGERS here ordered Duke and Hall, two
of the officers of this establishment, to examine the
prisoner's person well. They did so while he was
standing at the bar, and found his trousers, coat,
waistcoat, and in fact every part of his dress, stained
with large spots, arid his shirt was especially coveted
with blood upon the shoulder and lower part. One
of his shoes had a portion of human hair clotted
with blood upon the sole.
Prisoner—l can account for the spots of blood,
your worship. I cut my finger, and I used the
handkerchief to wipe away the blood ; my clothes
were covered through it.
The handkerchief was here produced by the con-
stable, on production of which there was an evident
alteration in the prisoner, who turned pale, and bit
his finger nails, and seemed to labour under con-
siderable excitement, and leaned forward to support
himself over the bar.

George Woodman, police constable, 212, G,
yesterday morning, about 20 minutes past four
o'clock, was going his rounds when he met the
prisoner. Witness knew him well, and said, " Reilly,
what are you doing out so early ?" hle replied,
" I am—l am looking for a doctor." The prisoner
here heaved a sigh, and faintly said, " Oh Lord T."
and seemed feverishly agitated.
West, the constable, found, on searching the pri-
soner's room, a quantity of human hair, clotted with
blood, in a chemise.

Mr. Whitmore deposed, that yesterday morning,
between seven and eight o'clock, he was called upon
by the parish officers of Clerkenwell to examine the
body of the deceased, which lay in a back parlour
at the residence of the prisoner, No. 5, Compton-
street. He found an extensive tumefaction over
the head and both eyes, and a corresponding disco-
louration in various parts of the body. On proceed-
to open the head, he found the cranium was not
fractured, although exceedingly thin. There were
some adhesions, indicating old disease. The brain
was healthy. On raising the sternum, he discovered
that five ribs were broken on the right side and the
ends- pressing on the lungs below. The lining
membrane was not torn through by the broken ribs.
On examining the left cavity he found nine r'bs frac-
tured. There was a fracture above the left ankle
joint. The right scapula was broken into very
many pieces. It struck witness that these injuries
must have been done by some communicating in-
strument of a large size, and not by a poker or any
thing of that kind. He would say, as a matter of
opinion, that the injuries were caused from tramp-
ling. 'Witness suggested to the policeman the ne-
cessity of examining the prisoner's boots, on doing
which he found that they were covered with blood
and human hair, although it was visible that at-
tempts had been made to clean them.
Mn. ROGERS—What is your opinion as to the
cause of the woman's death ? Mr. Whittnore—l
think there is no doubt whatever but the deceased
died under and from the effects of continued pres-
sure. All the blood found in the left cavity must
have been squeezed out through pressure upon the
chest or thereabouts.

Mr. ROGERS—tlth are now at liberty to say what
you like.
Prisoner—The deCeased came home last night,
and took 4s. out of the drawer, and I did not see
her all the night till six o'clock this morning, when
I was awoke from my sleep by hearing her groan-
ing. I immediately jumped out of bed, and saw
the deceased lying in the passage near the street
door, which was open. I said, " For God's sake,
what's the matter ?" She said, " Heave me on
the bed:' I took her up in my arms, and accord-
ingly put her on the bed. Her head rested on my
shoulder, and in that way my shirt got covered with
blood. I then went up stairs to Mrs. Bailey, and
alarmed her.

Mr.RoGEßs—When did you last see the de-
ceased? Prisoner—On Thursday night last, about
ten o'clock, when we had a bit of supper together,
and I afterwards went to Clare-market, to purchase
some nails, and on my return home, she was not
there.

The prisoner was then remanded, and taken forth-
with to the New Prison, where he was disburdened
of the whole of his clothes, and placed in the pri-
son habiliments. On his way, crowds followed,
anxious to see him. He acted with great levity on
leaving the office, laughed and joked, and said it was
all right.

THE COURT OF CHARLES ll.—ln Mr.
Lunn HUNT'S Adventures of Sir RALPH ESHER, it s
certain that we have better—that is to say, truer portraits
of King CHARLES, and the actual courtiers, beauties, &C•
who made up the strange and unparalleled spectacle of his
" Court," than are to be found any where else. We
would here point attention to the acute, sagacious, and, in
many respects, original estimates of the KING himself, of
CLARENDON and BUCKINGHAM, of GRAMMONT, Ro.
CHESTER, LELY, &c. ; and among the women, of Lady
CASTLEMAIN, in particular. But the chief beauties of
this book are to be found intoosc portions of it which are
nature, the character, the
of or for all times, namely,
passion, as these are severally and together modified and
coloured by the state of manners and society in connexion
with which they are represented.