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Richard Deane, police inspector—l saw M'Fadden on
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James Lark, inspector of police—l visited M'Eadden
on the Tuesday, in the middle of the forenoon. I had a
conversation with him before he died. I told him that
he would be provided for by the county ; he said, " it
is of no use, I shan't want it." I lifted him out of bed,
and when he was resting on my shoulder, he said, " It
is all up with me." I told him he was severely wounded,
I believed mortally. He made no reply, but slightly
grasped my hand.
Cross-examined—Soon after the last conversation I
proposed to send for the priest. lie said, " That's not
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- December 16.
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS observed that, in his opinion,
the jury had acted wisely i❑ agreeing to the adjourn-
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anxious deliberation of 13 or 14 hours, they could inves-
tigate fully, and with that care and attention which it
required. His Lordship then said, it is clear that a
robbery was committed on the night in question in Mrs.
Button's barn by some one or other, and that M•Fadden
was watching the premises in the execution of .his duty.
If the deceased theft saw a person or persons come to the
premises, and believed that they were there for the pur-
pose of committing a robbery, he was authorised by law,
and it was his duty, to endeavour to apprehend the
nen ; and if in such attempt he was shot, and died in
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(Before Mr. Justice PArrEsoN.)
TIIELATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT BEESION.

This morning, on his Lordship taking his seat upon
the bench,

Robert Lightfoot, station-master at Nottingham, was
arraigned on the coroner's inquisition for that he, on the
21st of November last, in the parikh of St. Mary's, did
kill and slay John Dean.
The prisoner, in a firm and distinct voice, pleaded Not
Guilty.
Robert Lightfoot and Jonathan Raven, station-master
at Beeston, were then arraigned on the coroner's inqui-
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of James Bolestridge, the latter as being present, aiding
and assisting therein.
It will be remembered the grand jury for the town
ignored this bill on Saturday.
Both prisoners having pleaded Not Guilty,
Mr. WILDMAN, who held the brief for the prosecution,
stated that in that case the jury were aware the bill had
been thrown out, and under those circumstances it was
not usual, unless there were some peculiarities about
a case, to proceed with the same inquiry. Cer-
tainly he (Mr. Wildman) did not find any circum-
stances in the present case that would justify him in
departing from the usual course, as his own opinion
was, that if the inquiry was proceeded with he
could not reasonably expect, after consuming a great
quantity of time, to lay before them such facts as
would induce them to come to the conclusion that beyond
all reasonable doubt the prisoners had been guilty of
gross and culpable negligence, and if there had been
nothing more than an error of judgment, it would of
course be their duty to find a verdict of acquittal, He
(the Learned Counsel), on looking at the evidence,
could not but feel that in that case, although the pri-
soner Lightfoot might have been guilty of an error of
judgment, still it was an error of judgment in which his
own life was as much risked as that of any other person,
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the prisoner had been guilty of culpable negligence ;
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and it would be the duty of the jury to find a verdict of
not guilty.
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dence offered, the jury could do none other but return a
♦erdict of acquittal in favour of both parties.
The Foreman of the Jury—Not Guilty, my Lord.
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counsel for Mr. Lightfoot, said he had the honour to
appear on behalf of Mr. Lightfoot, and he fully believed
that had the inquiry proceeded he was in possession of
facts which would have shown that in that case, as in all
others, he had acted as a faithful servant of the company,
and that his conduct was not only not culpable, but highly
meritorious. He (Mr. Miller) had an application to
make to his Lordship, which application was, that Mr.
Lightfoot might be discharged instanter, and restored to
liberty, to society, and to his friends. As a member of
society, as the father of a family, his character was dear
to him—it was dear also to that family and those friends;
and he did hope his Lordship, who knew the facts of the
case, would be enabled to state publicly that his (the
Learned Counsel's) client left that court without a stain
upon his character.
Mr. Justice PerrEsoN then addressed Mr. Light-
foot as follows :—Mr. Robert Lightfoot, you understand
the proceeding in this case ; that there was an indict-
dictment preferred respecting the death of James Bole-
stridge, to the grand jury of the town •f Nottingham,
which indictment they ignored. No evidence is offered
against you with reference to the coroner's inquisition
which sat on the body of James Bolstridge, and none
will be offered, I dare say, in the case of Dean ; indeed,
I think it probable no bill will be preferred in that case,
but that was in the county.
Mr. WILDMAN—No, my Lord, no bill will be pre-
ferred.
Mr. Justice Perresosr—Then the recognisances may
be discharged, so there is an end to this prosecution. I
am very glad this inquiry has taken place. lam quite
sure what the Learned Counsel for the prosecution has
stated is correct ; and judging from the circumstances
that have actually occurred —looking at everything that
has taken place—it is impossible to say there was any-
thing greater than an error in judgment. Certainly
there is no ground for saying there was that culpable
and gross negligence which would authorise a convic-
tion for manslaughter. I thought so when I read the
depositions in the first instance, and I think so still. I
am quite clear that is the law, and the facts warrant us
in coming to that conclusion. lam quite sure that the
termination of this prosecution is that which law and
justice fully require. I cannot pretend to say there
was not an error of judgment on your part, but it
is clear everything that was done by you was done to
prevent the mischief taking place which did occur, owing
probably to a misunderstanding between you and another
person. It seems to me that every person on a railway,
and in almost every other situation in life, would do well
not to step out of the strict line of their duties—if you had
not done so, this accident might not have occurred, as I
understand it was no part of your duty to have
left the Nottingham station at all. That was an
error in the first instance; and the second error, if there
was any, seems to be this, that although feeling per-
suaded, and as far as I can judge with ♦ery good reason,
that the train coming from Nottingham would come on
its proper line, and that that line would be free, still you
did not wait to make it quite certain at the Beeston sta-
tion. It would have been better to hare waited, as it
appears the train coming from Nottingham, whichever
line it came on, was overdue at Beeston station, there-
fore it would have been better had you waited a few
minutes; but to say, because a man certainly erred in
judgment in a situation of great difficulty, he is guilty
of manslaughter when death occurs, is not correct. I
am very glad to hear the account of your good conduct
in general that the Learned Counsel gave of you. I
have no doubt it was through an error in judgment this
unfortunate mischief took place. You left the station
with the best of all possible intentions ; certainly there
was no wish on your part to do any harm ; on the con-
trary, your intention was to do as much good as pos-
sible ; unfortunately, however, the event turned out
otherwise.

The Learned JUDGE said, after hearing it, that the
evidence was sufficient to satisfy his mind, that on Tues-
day afternoon the deceased entertained no hope of re-
covery, and believed he was near death ; therefore he
should receive in evidence any declaration made by the
deceased at that time, but that he should reserve the
point for the opinion of the judges.
James Lark recalled—About six oclock in the after-
noon I helped M'Fadden out of bed. I had a conversation
with him after that. I asked him if he knew the man
who shot him. I asked him if it was correct what he
told me as to the man who shot him. Before this he had
mentioned the name of the person to me. Ho said
" Yes, Howell." I said, " Where does he live ?" He
said, "At Hulver." I said, " Can you describe his
dress ?" He said, " The man that wore a police hat
and a long velvet coat down to his knees." I said,
" Would you know him again if I could produce him ?"
He said, " Yes, I should."
askedßy he Cu
thimiof
that
t 4 gave
s aot ththeenmamaeu othf
aatnoathhoetr man,him.
and
. lie
said, " He might be there, but he did not shoot me."
Thie was after he mentioned the name of Howell.

John Livett, labourer, of Gisleham, proved that Mr.
Batton's barn was broken.
Harriet Botwright—l lived at Hulver last July. I
knew M'Fadden. I know the three prisoners at the bar.
They lived in Mulford. I remember the Sunday when
M‘Fadden was shot; I was with M`Fadden. About three
weeks before ho was shot on Kessingland-common I was
talking to him. William Howell came by riding in a
pony cart. He drove quite close to M‘Fadden, and he
said, " Mind, old fellow, how you drive." William
Howell said, " D— my heart if I should not like to drive
over you." M‘Fadden said, " Mind, old fellow, what
yor say. You would look rather queer if I summoned
you for it." William Howell said, "D— my heart cold,
if I should not like to do your business for you; d— my
heart cold if I do not the first opportunity." After these
words Howell drove on. He was in liquor. On the
Sunday I had been to Lowestoft, I left home about four
o'clock. Before I got home I fell in with M'Fadden.
I met him on the Kessingland turnpike, about half-past
six o'clock. I was riding with a young man in a cart.
I got out. I had some conversation with M'Fadden. I
then got into the cart age* and went towards my own
home. When I got home the door was closed, at eight
o'elock. I then went across the marshes, past the pri-
soner's cottage. I was going towards Mulford-street.
I saw Mr. Shipley, who passed me. This was as I was
going across the marshes, one marsh from his own home.
I saw William Howell in Kemp's-field. After crossing
another marsh, I saw Walter Howell, just after they
were going from their home towards Mulford Hall. I
made for Mulford-street. This was between eight and
nine o'ciock. I next saw William Howell and Shipley
in a cart, after I had been at Mr. G. Crichmere's cottage
half an hour, going in the direction of Mulford Church. I
went to Carlton. I went across the fields. After I had
been at Carlton I saw the prisoners at the Five Cross-
ways, a mile and a half from Mrs. Button's, and Chil-
vers, Chamberlain, and William Cooper were with them.
The two Howells and Shipley were upon their feet. I
said nothing to them, nor they to me. I can't say the
'time. It was bright moonlight. I went to M`Fadden,
at Gisleham, at Mrs. Button's. I expected to meet him.
I met him against the gate. I then went into the gar-
den. I could see the barn quite plain from the garden.
There was a fence dividing the garden from the road
high enough to conceal a man. I told M'Fadden some-
thing. I remained very little tine before they came
down, the thieves. I was with him in the garden. I
saw five people come. William Howell and Walter
Howell I swear to. I cannot positively swear to any
other. I saw William unlock the barn door. Walter
followed his brother. After they had gone into the
barn I left M'Fadden. Before that he had pulled off his
shoes in the garden. I went up the backway towards
my own home. Half an hour from the time I left
M'Fadden I heard a gun fire. There was only a meadow
and a yard between me and where M'Fadden was shot.
I looked about, I did not go straight on. I returned
back, on hearing the gun fire, to Mrs. Button's. I heard
M'Fadden groan ;he said, " Oh, dear." I could not
see him. The sound appeared to come from the garden.
I was in the backway. I then went away for Beccles,
more than five miles. I did not go up to the door,
because I was afraid they would serve me as they
did •M‘Fadden. William Howell had a black velvet
froek and a policeman's hat. I had seen that hat before,
more than once.
Cross-examined by Mr. Prendergast—l cannot say
exactly the day of the month I told this. It was on a
fiTvheuwrsdeeakys—frsooinarte
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d'lo'adndoet n
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y
times I have been before the magistrates before I gave
the account. Twice, if not more. William Howell was
taken on the Thursday after M'Faddea died. I first
mentioned all this to Mr. Dean. I was very ill, and that
was the reason why I did net mention it before. I was
threatened by their party. On this Sunday I had been
to Lowestoft in a cart. I had told M'Fadden before,
that if I saw the party I would let him know. It took
+more than en hour to walk from my house to Gisleham.
It was after six when I got to Beccles. I went to Mr.
John Hunt's, of Beccles. He keeps a public-house. I
stopped half an hour. There is ao Mrs. Hunt.
He is an old man. He has one daughter. I
then went to Mrs. Sporle's, in Gaol-street. I
was there, in and out, the chief part of the day.
I was obliged to go to Beccles to get some money
—a post-office order for my brother. I got the post-
office order for 51. of Mr. Crichmere. My brother was
convicted at the last assizes. Howell's; mother was a
witness against the man tried with my brother. lam
now with Mr. Dean, the inspector, as I dare not go at
large. I made the statement to Mr. Dean on the Tues-
day. He told Mr. Lark on Wednesday, and the men
were taken soon after. I never told Mr. Dean till after
Mr. Robert Chilvers threatened me. My father threat-
ened me. Richard Wright threatened me. Neither
Wright nor my father was taken up. If I spoke the
truth, my father told me I should never go near his
door if I said anything about William Howell threat-
ening M`Fadden at the turnpike. I had told Mr. Lark
that day, when I was sworn at the Queen's Head, that
only Walter Howell and Shipley were there, and the
prisoners who are gone.

The jury, after retiring for a short time, returned into
court, and pronounced a ♦erdict of Guilty against the
three prisoners.

Air. Justice WILLIAMS then proceeded to pass upon
the prisoners the extreme sentence of the law, and ad-
dressed the prisoners in the following words :—" The
murder which has been committed is one which the law
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You have been convicted of the crime of wilful murder,
after a long, anxiously protracted trial, for the purpose
of having every point in the whole evidence calmly con-
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that consolation—there has not been one point suggested
on your behalf which I did not, to the best of my com-
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gentlemen of the jury, after an anxious consideration of
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you on earth, to lose no time, and by an anxious and
unabated perseverance to endeavour to propitiate that
mercy that may be obtained hereafter, and which cannot
be obtained in this world."

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(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)
THE GISLEIIAM MURDER.-At the termination of the
trial of the wretched woman for the murder of her
grandchild, the three men charged with the wilful
murder of a police-constable, whilst in the execution of
his duty, were then placed at the bar. Their names were
William Howell, aged 25, Walter Howell, aged 21, and
Israel Shipley, aged 38. The indictment charged William
Howell with feloniously an maliciously murdering
James M'Fadden, police•constable, by shooting at him,
with a gun, and Walter Howell and Israel Shipley were
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John Constance, of Gisleham, labourer—l assisted in
moving IlTadden front the step of my mistress's door
into the kitchen. Before 21Wadden left the house, he
told me he had left his cutlass close by the place where
he was shot. As soon as it was light on Montlay I went
to the ditch, and there I found a cutlass. The sheath
was shot.

Cross-examined—lt took me three or four minutes to
go from where the cutlass lay to the house.
John Prentice, surgeon, gave evidence to prove that
the gun-shot wound was the cause of death. He never
rallied from the first moment.

George Throw W—l am a gamekeeper. I remember
M'Fadden being shot, about a mile and a half from Mrs.
Button's. I heard the report of a gun at half past 12
exactly by my watch, towards Gisleham.
By the COURT—It was a bright moonlight night. The
moon was nearly full.
Charles Nagle—l am one of the constabulary. I went
with Dean to apprehend William Howell on the Ist of
August last. I took him at his house in Mulford. I
took him to Mr. Clark's, at Shelver. He was committed,
upon the coroner's inquest, to Ipswich gaol. I searched
his premises. I found the velvet coat and policeman's
hat I now produce. The coat was behind the door, the
hat under the table in the lower room. I produce a gun
I found in Shipley's house on the 19th of November last,
directly he was taken.
Cross-examined by Mr. DASENT—I have known
Shipley about fifteen months. I took him at Mulford,
about half a mile from his own house. I had seen
Shipley as usual, but not between M'Fadden's death and
the sth. I know nothing about Walter Howell's hat. I
have observed William Howell frequently with a black
hat and velvet frock.

Robert Arlis—l am a bricklayer. I knew M'Fadden.
I remember his being shot. I was at Wrentham, working
for Mr. Butcher. Walter Howell was working with me.
I had a conversation about the policeman's death,
between breakfast and dinner. I had heard of M'Fad-
den's death before that. Upon my saying to the com.
pany I heard the policeman was shot against the barn,
Walter Howeli said, "Itis a d—d lie; he was shot away
from the barn next a piece of water." This was in the
afternoon.

The prisoner Shipley seemed deeply affected, but the
Howells not in the least ; and at the conclusion of the
'Learned Judge's impressive address, Walter Rowell ad-
dressed the following words to his Lordship :—" Do you
reckon you have done your duty f Every witness I
have had against me I can prove a liar."
With this case terminated the first Suffolk winter
assize.

Mary Juliens—l live at ICessingland. Wadden
lodged at my house. I remember his being brought
home wounded, at three o'clock in the morning, On
Tuesday morning, about eleven o'clock, I carried him
some milk. He said nothing about himself then. About
one o'clock, he said, " I shall never be well no more."
He seemed as if he was going to expire. Towards the
close of Tuesday he was very low.

Cross-examined by Mr. PRENDERGAST—WC were
about four in number ; every one was talking about it.
He said it was " a d—d lie" quite loud.

William Quadling—l am a carpenter of Wrentham.
I remember the day of the inquest. Walter Howell was
at work for me there. After tea, Walter said, " Did
you see my brother carried by ?" I said I did notice
him, only there was a policeman in the cart. Ho then
said, "Itis a pity that the d—d rascal was not shot
dead, then nobody could be found out."
Cross-examined—Walter said that he went to bed
about ten on the night that AlTadden was shot, and that
he saw his brother's highlows and buskins.
Three prisoners from the gaol were called as wit.
nesses, to prove statements made to them by the priso-
ners, whilst in custody. It appeared by their evidence
that Shipley and Walter Howell had given detailed ac-
counta of the whole transaction ; but these accounts ap-
peared to be at variance with each other, and with the
actual facts of the case.

Mr. PRENDERGAST, on behalf of the prisoners, mad©
a powerful and argumentative speech to the jury, and at

ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby iwuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.

The Illustrious, 72, Captain Erskine, flag of Vice-
Admiral Sir Charles Adam, was at Bermuda on the 23d
of November. Sir Charles had orders sent out to him

to dispatch a man-of-war to Cay Sol, to remo;e any
Spaniards who may have attempted to form a settle-
ment there, as it appears Spaniards and others are
againintruding on our colonial possessions in the West
Indies.

The Royalist, 10, Lieutenant-Commander G. Ogle, is
ordered from Port Essington to Hong-Kong.
The Spartan, 26, Captain the Hon. C. Elliott, was at
Vera Cruz on the 2d ult.—all well.
The Hyacinth, 18, Commander Scott, was at Bermuda
on the 25th of November.
The Inconstant, 36, Captain Freemantle, was at Port
Royal on the sth of November, expecting orders to sail
for the Mediterranean in a day or two.
The Rose, 16, Captain Sturt, was at Tampico on the
7th of November.

The Driver steam-sloop, Commander Hayes, arrived
at Trincomalee, from Bombay, on the 16th of September,
which she left on the 19th, for Singapore.
A court-martial is ordered to be held on Tuesday on
board the Victory, 110, Captain Moubray, to try Mr.
George Beilia, mate of the Excellent, for disobedience of
orders and neglect of duty, by leaving the deck during
his watch.

A report is current here that Vice-Admiral Sir Francis
Austen will shortly hoist his flag in the Hastings, 72, to
relieve Sir Charles Adam in the command on the West
India and North American station. Rear-Admiral the
Right Hon. George, Earl of Cadogan, is named as the
successor to the Hon. Jocelyn Percy in the command of
the Cape of Good Hope station, and is reported as
shortly to hoist his flag (blue at the wizen) on board the
Vindictive, 50, now ready for the pendant.
The Bittern, 16, Commander Edmond Peel, was in
Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, on the 20th October.
The Fox, 42, Capt. Sir 11. Blackwood, left the Cape for
Ceylon on the 4th October.
The Hermes steam• sloop, Lieut.-Commander W. Carr,
left Bermuda on the Ist ult. for Barbadoes.
The Harlequin, 16, Commander the lion. G. F. Hast-
ings, and the Pelican, 16, Commander Justice, are hourly
expected at Spithead from Liverpool, the former with
750,000 dollars, and the latter with 1,000,000 dollars on
board.

The following were the positions of the ships of war
on the East India station on the let of September :—The
Agincourt, 72, Capt. Bruce, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir
Thomas Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief ; the Iris, 26,
Capt. Mundy ; the Minden, 20, Master-Commander P.
Wellington ; the Alligator troop-ship, Master-Com-
mander J. N. King ; and the Sapphire troop ship, Mas-
ter-Commander Fittock.

At Chusan—The Castor, 36, Capt. Charles Graham ;
and the Wolf, 18, Commander Vyner.
At Amoy—The Plover surveying vessel, Capt. Collin-
son, C. 8., and the Young Hebe tender, Lieut. J. Bates.