The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDOT, PRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, Is6l.

HETTON COLLIERY EXPLOSION,

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JAN. 10.

The following .ValtiaesSea hate been eXamined
since our last report of the inquest being held at
Hetton, to inquire into the cause of the deaths of
the 23 men and boys killed in the colliery there on
the 20th December :—W. Gardner, Ralph Hope,
G. Gleghorn, and R. Gardner, pitmen ; Robert
Simpson and W. Anderson, stonemen ; and John
Bond, waggon-waysman, gave evidence as to their
experience of the explosion, and the state of the pit.
They all agreed that the ventilation was good up
to the period of the disaster, and none of them had
heard of or seen gas in aay of the workings.
Anderson said there was no gas in the goaves that
could cause the explosion, and he gave as a reason
for the assertion his belief that if gas had escaped
from the goaves to the furnaces the latter would
have been blown to pieces, whereas neither of them
were broken. The back overman said that when
he left the pit, about four hours before the explosion
occurred, the ventilation was perfect, and the goaves
gave off no gas, and similar testimony was given by
the master wasteman. The engineman described
the state of the boiler before and after the explosion,
and said he never knew a case in which gas had
fired in the flues, although occasionally he had
heard a slight explosion in the fire after he lifted
the damper.
Dr. Thomas Richardson, before being sworn, said,
in reply to the Coroner, that he had now heard all
the facts, and the evidence of the viewers would not
alter his opinion. He then deposed—l live at New-
castle-upon-Tyne. lam an LL.D., a reader in
chemistry in the University of Durham, and a che-
mical manufacturer on the Tyne. I have been down
the East and West Minor Pits for the purpose of
giving my opinion as to the cause of the explosion
which recently took place there. I have examined
the place where it happened, and have seen tne flues.
I heard the evidence given by Mr. Bell as to the
injury done to those flues. I believe that statement
is true. I shall not observe anything further than
what he stated, and I have nothing further to add
to it. My examination has enabled me to form an
opinion as to where the explosion took place, and I
think it was between the boiler of Davison's engine
and the cressing of the north rolley-way. From
the inquiries I have made, and from what I have
heard given in evidence, I believe the destructive
effects that I noticed at various points connected
with the damage done arose from a a explosion of
gas in the flue between the boiler of Davison's
engine and the crossing. Ido not know the
length of the flue, but there are about 3,000 feet
of space in the flue between the boiler and the
crossing, and consequently it would hold that
quantity of gaseous matter. The gas was an
explosive mixture, which might consist of vari-
ous gaseous compounds. It might consist of car-
bonic oxide, light carburetted hydrogen, and
olefiant gas. It might be a mixture of two or more
of the three. These gases might be generated from
the destructive distillation of the fuel used in firing
the boiler, and might be generated by the fire under
the boiler, and pass underneath the damper into
the flue. The space between the bottom of the
damper and the sole, the heated flue, the draught of
the upcast shaft, the temperature of the air admitted
through the grates, the quantity and condition of
the fael used at and previous to the damping, are
all points that would effect the filling of the flue
with explosive gas, and if the combination was
favourable the flue would be so filled. The result
proves that the combination must have been fa-
vourable, and I form this conclusion from what I
have heard and what I have seen. lam of opinion
that there is no other mode of accounting for the
explosion than that which I have given.

spheric air were passing through the workings
there would be no danger, becaiist the mixture
then would not have reached the explosive point.
rght of air to one of gas was the most explosive
mixture ; at 14 of air to one of gas the risk ceased.
Beyond each of these points the gas was too little
and too much diluted respectively to be explo-
sive. It was impossible to say how much gas
would be emitted by the blower—perhaps 1,000
cubic feet, perhaps 20,000 cubic feet of gas per
minute. With regard to the lamps, all used
by the men were locked in the most secure mar.ner
known of; but, of course, it was not possible to
prevent men from getting private keys made surrep-
titiously if they were so minded. He had never
known of a lock which the men could not find means
of picking. It had never been his prac.ice to trust
too much to the lamps. The ventilation in the
mine was always first-rate, and carried well up to
the faces of the workings so as to sweep them clean
of the gas. He had always discouraged smoking
underground, bat it was impossible to T rerent it
altogether if men were determined to persevere it
the habit. In speakine, of this point Mr. Harrison
told a story of a man whom he had long suspected,
and whom he had frequently watched to catch in
the act, but for a long time unsuccesscully, so wary
was the culprit. "At length, after lying for six
hours on his belly in the dark." said Mr. Harrison,
" I caught him fast esleep in his stall with his pipe
in his mouth, and he had the impudence to complain
that it was not a fair catch.'" The consequence to
the miner was a fine of a sovereign (the rules to
which each miner subscribes on entering the em-
ployment of the company inflicting this fine on the
°Tender) and his discharge from the company's
employment.
Mr. Owen proposed to put some questions relative
to the prices paid by the company to the workmen,
which was objected to by the solicitor for the com-
pany, and which led to a rather smart altercation
between Mr. Owen and one of the jurymen.
Mr. Brough, the Government inspector, thought
the question was perfectly justifiable, inasmuch as
it was a well-known fact that after each accident
at Risca the wages of the workmen, or rather the
price given per ton for cutting the coal, had been
raised, and the coroner allowed it to be put. The
result of the answer was merely to show that a larger
price was now paid for the work of clearing the
mine than had lately been paid for the ordinary
operations of working. In concluding his evidence,
which lasted the best part of a day, Mr. Harrison
repeated what he had stated frequently—that the
pit was one of the best ventilated in South Wales ;
that the men had actually complained of the
strength of the current ; and that no precautions,
either as to lamps, amount of wind taken in, and
complete diffusion of it in all parts, had been ne-
glected. With regard to the state of the pit im-
mediately before the accident he again repeated
with emphasis that his examination of the state of
the returns (i.e:, of the eir passing out at the upcast
pit after traversing the workings) at half-past 6
o'clock showed that there was no perceptible
amount of gas present in the mine.
Mr. Gray, the chief engineer of the mine, had
just been ca,led when our parcel was despatched.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COUR7.—fan, 10,

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.)

The trial of the prisoners Lewis Robert Poole,
Frederick Walter Ventris, and Thomas Chapman,
who again surrendered, having been allowed to be
at large upon the same recognisances to which he
had surrendered on the previous day, was resumed
this morning at ten o'clock.
Sergeant Ballantine (specially retained), Mr.
Harrison, and Mr. 101 l again appeared for the pro-
secution. Mr, Best and Mr. Poland were counsel
for Poole ; Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. J. E. Palmer for
Ventris; and Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Orridge for Chap-
man.

Mr. Best called upon Sergeant Ballantine to elect
which of the acts of felony he should rely upon to
support the charge against the prisoners. The
greater portion of the alleged fraudulent removals
appeared to have taken place in Northamptonshire,
and with regard to them, at all events, he sould
submit that the Court had no jurisdiction.
Sergeant Ballantine said he should contend that
the proceedings that took place at Northampton
were all a portion of the same scheme to defraud
the creditors, and connected with the act of sending
the trunk full of goods to the prisoner Ventris, in
London, on the 18th of August.
Mr. Justice Blackburn said he entertained some
doubt whether the removals that took place at North-
ampton could be made the subject of inquiry in this
court, although they were undoubtedly evidence for
the jury as to the original intention of the parties.
Sergeant Ballantine, upon this intimation from

the learned judge, said he should rely upon the
concealment of the trunk full of goods delivered to
the prisoner Ventris in London.
A number of technical objections were then taken
to the indictment by the prisoner's counsel, but the
whole of them were overruled by the learned judge,
who decided that the case must go to the jury.
Mr. Best, in his address for the prisoner 2oole,
said that the jury had heard that the only question
they had to consider was whether it was made out
that he was concerned in the removal of the one
trunk of goods that was alleged to have been sent
to the prisoner Ventris on the 18th of August, and
he said he should submit with a great deal of con-
fidence that there was hardly a tittle of evidence to
support that charge. In the first place he should
contend that there was no proof that the box that
was received in London was the one that was sent
from Northampton, and if the jury should even
come to the conclusion that they were identical,
there was no evidence that his client took the
slightest part in ultimately disposing of the pro-
perty, and that for anything that appeared to the
contrary, he might really have intended that the
goods contained in the trunk should be delivered
up to his creditors. lie then commented at con-
siderable length upon the evidence of the witnesses
Beard, Woodford, and Ball, upon whose testimony,
he said, the case entirely rested, but who clearly
knew they were doing wrong, and were in the eye
of the law accomplices, aid the jury ought not to
place any reliance upon the evidence of such per-
sons. Tne learned counsel concluded a very able
speech by earnestly impressing upon the jury that,
notwithstanding the importance of supporting com-
mercial confidence and credit in this country, the
liberty of the subject was of vastly more import-
ance to lilnglishmen—and no man ought to be con-
victed of an offence for which he was liable to be
kept in confinement for the remainder of his life—
except upon the most clear, cogent, and reliable
evidence. _

Mr. Metcalfe, on behalf of the prisoner Ventris,
commenced by observing that it was admitted that
he was employed in a confidential eapacity by one
of the most eminent and respectable firms in Lon-
don, Messrs, Quilter, Ball, and Co., who were con-
stantly engaged in their business as accountants
for large railway companies and the most extensive
mercantile establishments in the country, and he
urged that Ventris had merely actcd, so far as the
reliable evidence went, in the strict d;scharge of
his duty, and that there was nothing in the case to
show that he was actuated by any fraudulent
intention in the transaction.

Mr. Sleigh, in addressing the jury for his client,
said he should be able to show them that he was a
respectable man, who was well known in the
neighbourhood of ; and he complained
that the matter should have been brought into this
Court for investigation, when all the material cir-
cumstances connected with it took place at North-
ampton. He said that those who conducted the
prosecution were perfectly well aware of this fact,
and that the only circumstance upon which they
could ground a criminal proceeding in this Court
was the removal of the single box of goods to the
residence of the prisoner Ventris in London; and
he urged that the motive for trying the case in
London was, that they were perfectly well aware
that if the charges had been investigated at North-
ampton, no jury could ha'e been found who would
place the slightest reliance upon the evidence of
the witnesses upon whose testimony the present
prosecution mainly, if not entirely, rested.
Some witnesses were called on behalf of the
prisoners Ventris and Chapman, who gave them a
good character.
Mr. Justice Blackbuna then summed up the case,
and the jury, at twenty-five minutes past three
o'clock, retired to deliberate upon their verdict.
During their absence another jury was sworn, and
the prisoner Lewis Robert Poole was placed alone
at the bar to take his trial for misdemeanour, in
having committed wilful and corrupt perjury upon
the occasion of his examination before the Commis-
sioners in Bankruptcy.
Sergeant Ballantine was specially retained iz
this case, as in the former, with Mr. Harrison and
Mr. Holl. to conduct the prosecution. Mr. Best
and Mr. Poland appeared for the defendant.
This charge arose out of the same facts as those
deposed to upon the former trial. The allegation of
perjury against the defendant was that upon his
examination in the Bankruptcy Court, after the
adjudication of bankruptcy, he swore that he had
not removed any goods from the warehouse, and
was not cognisant of the fact that any were removed,
except those that were sent to Mr. Pearce for the
purpose of raising money to pay the wages of the
workpeople.
Before any evidence was gone into, the jury in
tho former case, who had been absent about half All

hour, returned into court, and deliver
of guilty against all the prisoners.
Mr. Metcalfe intimated that he intended ;o sub-
mit some point of law in arrest of judgment.
Mr. Justice Blackburn said ho did not inten d to
pass sentence at that moment, and the learCed
counsel would have an opportunity of considerit g
the course he should adopt.
The charge of perjury was then proceeded with.
The proceedings in the bankruptcy of the defendant
and his partner were put in, and also the minutes
of his examination in the Bankruptcy Court on the
26th September and the 12th October. It appeared
by these minutes that he then swore that he was
not cognisant of the removal of any portion of his
property, except that which was sent to Mr. Pearce,
and upon which he advanced money to pay the
wages of the workmen.
Mr. Van Sandau, the solicitor for the prosecution,
proved that ha was present when the defendant was
examined, and heard him make the statemeats upon
which the charge of perjury was founded.
In answer to questions put by Mr. Best, Mr. Van
Sandau stated that he conducted these prosecutions
by the d;rect;on of the assignees, and with the
sanction of the Court of Bankruptcy.
Mr. Best said he believed that the witness was
the person who gave Mr. Dawson into custody ?
Mr. Van Sandau said that he was.
Mr. Best inquired by whose authority he took
this step.
Mr. Van Sandau replied that he did so entirely
upon his own authority, and upon his own notions
of what was correct.
Thomas Beard, the witness who was examined on

d a veraict

the former case, was then sworn, and he repeated
his fcrmer testimony with regard to the van and
load of goods being removed to the residence of
Chapman, Kingsthorpe, w'th the knowledge of
the defendant. He also proved that he took other
parcels of goods to the house of a man named Bit-
lingham, who resided near Northampton, where
they were subsequently discovered by the messenger
from the Bankruptcy Court.
At the close of the cross-examination of this wit-
ness the trial was adjourned, but as the charge was
only one of misdemeanour, the jury were allowed
to go to the;r homes, the learned Judge giving
directions for them not to confer with any one upon
the subject of the case.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE--Jan. 9.

WESTMINSTER.— •THE Two TIICUsAND
POUNDS JEWEL ROBBERY.—James Thomas: a
well-known thief, stated to have undergone four'
years' penal servitude, was brought up for further
examination before Mr. Arnold, charged with
breaking into the residence of the Dowager Lady
Talbot de Malahide, 3, Lowndes•square, and steal-
ing therefrom £2,000 worth of jewellery and other
valuables.

The short facts of the case, as detailed on the
previous examinations, and to which it is necessary
to advert, are briefly these ;—At six in the evening
of the 30th November, her ladyship's maid dressed
her for the theatre, at which time everything in the
house was safe, but in an hour and a half afterwards
one of the domestics, on entering her ladyship's
bedroom, found everything in great confusion,
and it was then discovered that the drawers
had been ransacked, and her ladyship's jewel-case
carried up-stairs into one of the attics, where it had
been broken open and rifled of its valuable contents.
Information was given to Inspector Rolls of the B
division of police, and the result of his examination
of the premises left no doubt that the roof of her
ladyship's residence had been gained from an unoc-
cupied house under repair three or four doors off,
and an entrance effected by breaking open one of
the attic windows. Prisoner was apprehended only
a fortnight ago, on the charge of committing the
robbery, the evidence against him being that a hat,
which was clearly proved to have been recently
worn by him, was found on the roof ; that he had
been at her ladyship's house on the day before the
robbery, inquiring whether a letter which he held
in his hand, and of which nothing was known, was
directed there ; and further, that he had become, on
the 3d of December, the depositor of £lOO in a false
name, at the London and Westminster Bank, all of
which had been since drawn out.

Mr. Wontner again appeared for the prosecution,
and Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Beard for the defence.
Mr. Wontner having stated that the case had
stood over in order that the police might complete
the course of inquiry in progress, said he was now
in a condition to close the evidence against the pri-
soner' and should ask for his committal for trial.
He then called—

Sergeant Huddy, 2 B, who said that on the
evening of the 30th November (the night of the
robbery) he saw the prisoner about live o'clock at
William-street,Knightsbridge, in conversation with
another man, the place where he saw prisoner being
about 200 yards from Lady de Malahide's house.
Prisoner wure a hat at the time ; had said to Ser-
geant Potter in prisoner's presence, when he was
apprehended, " That's the man I saw opposite
Albert-gate," to which accused made no reply.
John Yeatman, hackney carriage attendant at
Pont-street, Cadogan-place, said that between seven
and eight on the evening of the robbery three men
came to the rank from the direction of I.owndes-
square, and hired a cab. Two of them wore hats.
The third had his head enveloped in a shawl.
Cross-examined—They were walking, not running.
He did not see any portion of the third man's face
or hair. They were hidden by the shawl.
Wm. Ewes, cab-driver, said that, to the best of
his recolleciioa, the three men, as stated, hired his
cab, and oedered him to the Great Northern Rail-
way in the hearing of last witness ; but when they
got to the Haymarket one got out and went into a
hatter's, whence he returned in two or three minutes
with a hat, and they proceeded as far as Bedford-
place, Russell-square, where they got out and dis-
charged him.
In reply to a question from i\lr. Arnold,
Witness said he never saw the face of the man
without a hat.

Abraham Corbett, shoemaker, 38, Great Cam-
bridge-street, Hackney-road, said he knew the pri-
soner as living opposite, at No. 40. On the night of
Nov. 30, at 20 minutes to nine, he saw the prisoner
come home, and get in at the window. To the best
of his belief he had on his head what is termed a
" wide-awake ;" had frequently before seen him in
such a hat as the one produced (that found on the
roof). Had never seen him in that or one like it
since Nov. 30.

In cross-examination witness said he remembered
it was Nov. 30 by ja business transaction of that
day.
Isaac Glase, foreman to Messrs. Allen and
Walker, pawnbrokers, &c., London-terrace, Hack-
ney-road, said he had handed a diamond ring, pro.
duced, to Inspector Rolls. He received the diamond,
which was now in that ring, from the prisoner,
on Dec. 22, to sat in gold, and did so. Since the be-
ginning of December prisoner had purchased a
great many articles of furniture at the shop. (The
diamond spoken of was stated to be worth £30.)
The prisoner's advocate urged that if papers in
possession of the police—taken from prisoner's
lodgings—were examined, it could be shown that
he bought the diamond in question.
Mr. Arnold said it was only fair to the accused
that all papers not used for Cie purpose of this pro-
secution should be immediately given up to him.
Mr. Wontner expressed his perfect willingness
to do so.
Eliza de Lachery, lady's maid to Lady de Mala-
hide, said that to the best of her belief the diamond
in the ring produced belonged to her mistress. It
had been part of her duty to clean her ladyship's
jewellery for the last 15 years, and she had oaten
particularly observed it. The diamond produced
was a great beauty and peculiarly cut, and to the
best of her belief it belonged to a necklace of her
ladyship.
Thos. Maherty, 43 N, proved that prisoner passed
by the name of Arnold while at 27, Hyde-place,
Hoxton. _ _ _

Some receipts were produced by this witness,
who had assisted in the search of prisoner's house;
one of these was for a diamond rirg value £7 55.,
which was alleged to be the one spoken of for the
prosecution.
This evidence closed the case for the prosecution,
when a long convaraatien occurred respecting the
detention by the police of a gold watch and other
articles found upon the prisoner. Mr. Beard
strongly urged that they ought to be given up, as
the receipt produced proved that prisoner had pur-
chased them with his own money, and
Mr. Arnold said that if the police found von
inquiry that this was so they ought to be restored.
Indeed the course he now suggested should have
been earlier taken.
The case was remanded until Thursday, when
Mr. Seigh will address the magistrate on the pri-
soner's behalf. .

HAMMERSMITH.—A NIGHT WITH A CABMAN.
James Storey, a young man, who was descrik d as
a coachman in the service of a gentleman at Ken-
sington-square, was summoned be:bre Mr.Dayman,
by Edward Watson, the driver of a Hansom cab,
for the non-payment of 4s. 6d., being the remainder
of his fare.
The complainant stated that at half-past eleven
o'clock on the night of the 20th ultimo, the defen-
dant came to him at the Trevor cabstand at
Knightsbridge, and told him to draw off the rank,
and wait for him while he went into the public-
house. He then went into the Trevor, where he
stopped for above an hour, and when he came out
he ordered him to Godfrey's pie-shop. He stopped
there some time and partook of pies and stewed
eels with a young woman. He afterwards ordered

him to a night-house in Sloane-street, where he
also stopped some time. When he came out he
said, " Now Cabby, drive to Kensington Church."
Witness set him down at the place at 25 minutes
to three in the morning, and he gave him is. 6d.
for his fare. He told him he had been with him
three hours and five minutes, and that his fare
was Gs. He refused to give him any more, and
also his address until a constable came.
Tho defendant denied telling him to draw off
th,- rank. He told him as he was the only Hansom
on ti e rank that he should want it when he came
out of the Trevor. He also said he should not want
itfor'an z our, but the defendant persisted in waiting,
and he say d he would wait for him for a month.
The compla: nant called for a cigar without his
authority, anci for which he had to pay, and he had
something to drird, as well. He admitted stopping
at Godfrey's for an i.lour, and twenty minutes at the
Goat, in Sloane-street, and that he only paid him
I.s. 6d.

Mr. Dayman seid that, according to his own
account, the cabman was rntitled to 2..3. 6d. more,
which he ordered hCra to pay, and 93. 6d. costs, as
the complanant had been there three times.
The defendent asked for time to pay it, as he had
lost his situation through the cabman.
. . _ _ .

Mr. Dayman said he had no doubt he had lost his
situation through his conduct on that occasion. If
he dil not pay the money he would be committed
for 14 days' imprisonment.
The defendant said he had no money, but as soon
as the gaoler proceeded to show him the way to the
cell, he called a friend, and the fare and costs were
at once forthcoming.
THE CONDUCTOR AND HIS TAILOR.—Thos. Goad-
man, an omnibus driver on the Bayswater-road, was
placed in the dock before Mr. Dayman, charged
with stealing a piece of cloth, value £l, the pro-
perty of Mr. George Skinner, a clothier, of High-
street, Nottingr-hill.

James Free-man, an assistant to Mr. Skinner, said
that on Wednesday afternoon the prisoner jumped
off his " bta," and took a fancy to a coat on the
block at the door. He bought the coat, and paid
255. for it. He returned some time afterwards, and
said the coat was too large, upon which witness
offered to make him one at the same price. He left
the coat, and in the evening he returned again, and
asked for his money back. Witness told him that
he was unable to do that, as Mr. Skinner was rot
at home, upon which the prisoner commenced abus-
ing him and the firm, and then took the piece of
cloth and went away with it upon h;s omnibus. He
followed him, but he refused to deliver up the goods.
The prisoner asked him if he did not say he
would return the cloth in the morning if his
money was given up.
Tho witness said he did not.
In answer to the questions from the Bench, the
witness sa,.d he understood the prisoner took the
cloth because be did not return the money.
The prisoner, in defence, said the understanding
was, that if the Coat did not fit him the money
would be returned.
When he got to Mile-end-gate
he tried on the coat aDd found it was no use to him,
as it was tco large. He afterwards returned with
the coat, and the complainant then said that when
they got people's money they never returned it.
He asked him what he should do to obtain his
money, and he said that he might take what he
liked, and he took the piece of cloth as security for
his money.
The complainant denied having made that state-
ment. _ _

Mr. Dayman said there wa q no criminal charge,
although the prisoner had done wrong to take the
cloth. His course was to sue Nr. Skinner, and
not take the law into his hands.

The prisoner was then discharged, and the wit
ness took possession of the cloth.

THE MURDER AT PLYMOUTH.

The coroner's jury reassembled in the Guildhall
on Tuesday night, at six o'clock, to bear the deci-
siol of the magistrates respecting the production of
the prisoner, and also to take further evidence.
The court was well filled by a large number of per-
sons apparently anxious to hear every particular
respecting this frightful deed. Some of the officers
of the Gist Regiment were also present.
The jury having answered to their names,
The foreman (Mr. Joseph Wills) rose and said
that he had waited on the Mayor that morning,
according to their request, and had laid before him
their wishes, that the prisoner, Robert Hacked,
should be brought before the Coroner's Court at
their sitting this evening. The Mayor replied that
the magistrates, 12 in number, had fully considered
the matter, and that they had come to the unani-
mous decision "that they would grant no order on
the subject whatever." He (the Mayor) also said
" that they would not refuse permission for him to
be brought there, but they would grant no order."
His worship at the same time wished it to be under-
stood that it was not from any want of courtesy to
the coroner's jury that the magistrates had arrived
at this cot;clusion, but they thought that it would
answer no good end if the prisoner was produced;
they therefore declined to make an order. The
Mayor further said, that until the same number of
magistrates voted for granting the order as had
voted against it he should decline acting any fur-
ther in the matter. It wtzs for them (the jury) to
consider that there was no chance of the prisoner
being brought there.
Mr. Langford—l beg to move an adjournment till
the man be brought here.
Mr. Miner—l beg to second it.
After a lengthened discussion the jury retired
for consultation, and were absent about •three-
quarters of an hour. Their names having been
called over, the foreman read the following

" PROTEST.
" Guildhall, Plymouth, Jan. 8, 1861.
" The jury are of unanimous opinion that the refusal of
the magistrates to grant the order for the production bet ore
the coroner and jury of the prisoner Robert Hacked, charged
with the murder of Lance-Sergeant Jones, has a tendency
to frustrate the ends of justice, inasmuch as it deprives the
prisoner of the oppertunity of confronting his accusers,
and also creates a precedent subversive of the constitu-
tional usages of the country.
" The jury, therefore, agree to adjourn till Friday, the
11th inst., at 6 p.m., trusting that the magistrates will in
the meantime grant the order for the prisoner's appear-
ance at that day and hour.
(Signed) " JOSEPH WILLS, Foreman."
The Coroner undertook to present the protest,
after which the jury and witnesses were again
bound over to appear at the time agreed upon, and
the proceedings terminated.
The feeling of the Court was decidedly in favour
of the view tclen by the jury.— Western Mornieg
News.