The Sun.
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No. 15,514.

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he house a few minutes. I saw him next at half-past nine ;h.
vas qui•e correA —I mean sober. I saw him no more ilia
light. I saw him at breakfast next mo ning, ar.il in the even
ug of the next day. On Monday night I saw the little bay ai
he house; the prisoner brought him to the house. On Tuestla
miming when the prisoner came to breakfast he appeared ver
tirty, I said to him Daniel, you're very dirty, you're not fit t.
it down with us ; you're like a sweep." He said he was pin;
to wash and shave himself. He said he had been cleaning
the harness. His face and hands were dirty. I knob
the harness-room and the stable; they were always kept locked.
[ never was in the harness-room.
Cross.examined—When the prisoner came in at half-pest
'even, he came into the kitchen, and asked about the dinner.
Re then went to speak to his master, and I did riot see him
leave the house.
By the Con RT—Tne prisoner used to make his own bed.
George Jordan examined by Mr. GURNEY—I was a foot-
man in Mr. Shiells' employ. At half-past seven on Sunday
evening the prisoner came into the pantry where I was. 1
told him he was in liquor, and he then went to the parlour.
He said he was going t 1 the Green Man with a friend of his
who was going to take his boy to Ireland. The Green Man is
on Putney-heath, about a mile and a half from Mr. Shiell's.
He then went out. He did not remain in the house above a
quarter of an hour.
Cross-examined—l did not see him leave the house.
Mary Hogg, examined by Mr. GURNEY—I lire at No. 9,
South-mews, Manchester-square. lam a laundress. I knew
Mrs. Good; she used to mangle for me. I saw her last on Sun-
day morning about .eleven o'clock. I expected to see her on
Monday at nine o'clock, but she did not come. AbOut twelve
o'clock on that day, however, I saw the prisoner. I asked him
where Mrs. Good was ? He said that she- was detained on ac-
count of the poultry. I said she promised to be home by nine
in the morning, and he made no reply. He asked me to go to
Jane Good's kitchen, and get two sheets, which I was to pre-
pare and take to Mr. Spice, a surgeon. I had been in the
habit of washing shirts for Mrs. Good. I next saw the pri-
soner on Tuesday night, about ten or eleven ; he came to my
house, and asked for a light to make a fire in the kitchen, as
his people were gone to a ball. I asked him where and how
Mrs. Good was? He said he did not know, as he had not seen
her these two days.
Cross-examined--I was not examined More the Magistrate.
Wm. Jones examined by the ATTORNEY..GEN ERA L—l am
an assistant to Mr. Smith, pawnbroker. 17, South street,
Manchester-square. I know Daniel Good. He used to do
business at our shop. I have known him for two or three years.
I last saw him there on the 4th of April, between two and
three o'clock in the afternoon. He brought a gown, a petticoat,
and a new shawl with him. I lent him 10s. upon them. He
had several other thing; in pledge with us then, and an um-
brella, which was in pawn, he redeemed. He said ins wife was
gone out of town, and he pawned the things to take care of
them.
Lydia Susannah Butcher examined by the ATTORNEY-
GE NERA L.—l live at \Veolwich with my father and mother.
I have known the prisoner some time. He has come several
times to see me at my father's house, and I have been to see
him three or four times at his master's house in Putney Park -
line. I have staid there all night. I remember him coming
to my father's house about a fortnight before the discovery ofr
the female's body. From the time I last slept in the harness-
room, I did not see the prisoner till the 6th of April.
On the 6th April the prisoner came to my father's in a pony-
chaise with his little boy. I had not seen the little boy before,
but he called the prisoner father. The prisoner brought this
blue bonnet to me, a handkerchief, a pair of boots, a shawl,
and a fur tippet. They were in an old hat-box without a lid.
He said he had brought them for me, if I would accept of them ;
and he said they had been his wife's. He had told me pre-
viously that his wife had been dead five years, and he
had promised some weeks before to give me some
things which had belonged to his wife. When he brought
the things on Wednesday, he said he had brought them. He
asked me if I would wear the bonnet. He had two squares of
shot silk with him at the same time, but he did not leave them.
These things remained in my house till Thursday evening, when
I gave them up to Sergeant Parry. The prisoner left my
father's house on Wednesday evening, about half-past five in
the evening. I and my sister accompanied him ' • my sister
got out at the half-way house, and I went on to New Cross.
hilst going along, the prisoner said that there was a mangle
and other things he had for me, and I was to go to London en
Saturday to see them. He said the mangle was at South-street
Manchester-square, I think. He told me he had a brother.
Whilst driving along he told the child to call me mother, be-
cause his sister-in-law, the child's aunt, was gone into the
country.
Cross-examined—l had known the prisoner about two
years ; it was only within the last twelve months that he told
me his wife was dead. The two pieces of silk that he brought
to me he took away again, and.l have not seen them since. I
think it was a mattress that we slept upon when we were in the
harness-room. I first went to Mr. Shiells' about last Christ-
mas, and when I was there the gardener saw me.
James Parry, police sergeant, 8 K, examined by Mr.
Anoulins—Un the 7th of April I received some things from
the last witness, consisting o: a blue bonnet and other articles.
Robert Golding, S 31, produced 'some pieces of silk, which
he found in South-street, Manchester-square.
Mary Ann Clarke—l live at No. 18, South-street. This
blue bonnet was Mrs. Good's. I made it for her. I knew the
woman ; she passed as the prisoner's wife, and the little boy
called her mother. I saw her last about eight o'clock
in the• morning of the 3d of April. I once . as-
sisted her on with a gown, and I observed a small
dark mole on her neck. This little piece of silk is a part of
that of Which the blue bonnet was made. This piece of flannel
has been a flannel petticoat, which I believe to have belonged
to Mrs. Good. I know it by the wide band, which is wider
than is generally worn, but it is the kind of baud she used to
wear. . This is part of the handkerchief she used to wear over
her shoulders. This is the key of the entrance-door where
she lodged, and I used to see her wear this guard every day
round her neck. I also identify this umbrella as having be-
longed to her.
Cross-examined—On the 18th I was first examined before a
Justice on this matter.

TRIAL OF GOOD AT THE OLD
BAILEY.
( Centinued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Alfred Benjamin Allen examined by th ATTORNEY-GENE-
RA L—l am an assistant to Mr. Chas, Shillito, of Putney. Or
the tith of April I was called to go to Mr. Shiells' stable. I saw
the trunk of a woman there and I examined it. The head ha
been severed from the body by a very clean cut betweer
the second and third cersical vertebrm ; the arms had been
taken of as if with a hatchet or some sharp instrument. Th.
legs and thighs had been taken off at the great trochanter, th,
flesh had been cut, and the bones had been chopped. Thi
bowels were all gone, and there was a longitudinal cut ex-
' tending from the sternum to the pubes. The body appeared
to be in a most healthy state; there were no symptoms of dis-
ease. I did not see the heart nor the lungs. My examination
terminated on Wednesday night. The blood-vessels werr
perfectly empty. The person was not at all likely to have
,ided of apoplexy, or any sudden disease. I should say the per-
son had been dead about four or five days. There was no ap-
pearance of decay about it, except a very slight smell. I saw
the axe, and examined it at the Coroner's inquest. . I should
say the marks upon it were stains of blood. I examined the
calcined bones also; one of them is part of the t4l,ah bone, or
femur, and another is part of the knee-bone. Others are por-
tiona"of the human skull, the sutures arc plainly discernible.
am inclined to think that the feMale was in a pregnant con.
dation, but I cannot speak positively. The mutilation appeared
to have taken place after death. It must have ta`cen an im-
mense heat, almost a white heat, to have reduced the bonus
to the calcined state in which they are,
Cross-examined—l think most decidedly that the marks en
the axe are those of blood.
Re-examined—There was a slight appealanca of blood on
the knife, but not very much.
Cross-examination resumed—l should not like to swear that
the marks on the knife are those of blood. The inspector took
nossession of the axe on Thursday, and showed it to me on Fri-
day. It appears to me that soma of the marks on the axe,
then, have since been erased. I should think that the marks
which I saw might have been visible at night by The aid of a
policeman's lamp. The maks on the thigh-bones were pro-
bably produced by such an instrument as an axe. The trunk
was that of a full-grown female.
By the COURT—I should say that she was of a rather fair
complexion, and was upwards of thirty years of age. I should
think she was a middle-aged, well -made, plum? person. The
bosom was full, and I should think, from the breasts, that sire
had not borne a child. I judge from the general appear-
ance that she had been (lead between four and five days. The
rigidity was gone, arid the placidity had returned.
Dr. Ridge examined—l am a surgeon, residing at Putney.
I was called in to examine the trunk of a female. There were
no marks of disease about it. I should think the person had
been dead about three or four days from the time I first saw
it, which was on the Thursday. The mutilation took place
after eleath, I have no doubt.. The heart was in a very healthy
condition, but it was perfectly devoid of blood, as were all the
cavities leading to it. The veins were perfectly empty. The
lungs were very much collapsed ; there was neither blood nor
air in them. The person had certainly not died of apoplexy,
and I should think not by any sudden disease. I should think
the person bad died from violence, from the sudden loss
while in health, with ;he muscular function in full operation,
of blood, occasioned by the incision of some large artery or
vein. I have examined the calcined bones ; they are those of
a human person. This is the lower part of the thigh-bone, where
it articulates with the knee-joint. This is a portion of the
human skull; it must have been reduced to its present sate
by the action of fire. I should think the stove in the harness-
room was quite capable of producing sufficient heat. I should
think that the deceased was four or five months gone in preg-
nancy. I judge from the appearance of the breasts. I per-
ceived a smell about the knife produced, such as appertains to
our dissecting knives. I found a piece of flannel in the handle
of the knife, which had been saturated with blood.
Mr. Tatham, examined by the AvroasiF.Y.GENERAL_I
am a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. I am one of
the assistant-surgeons of St. George's Hospital. I have heard
the statements made by the last witnesses, and I concur in
hem. I should think that the incisions were made about an
hour or two 'after death. This is, no doubt, a portion of the
human skull; this is decidedly the lower portion o; the femur;
this is a portion of the tibia ; and this I think is a portion of
the arm. The blood in a body generally begins to stagnate
almost immediately atter death. Sometimes the blood does
not coagulate at all after death. The appearances which the
medical gentlemen have described is not consistent with death
from apoplexy. In that case the body would not have been
so devoid of blood.

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• Capital £500,000. •
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BANKERS IN LONDIEN-Iles3r9, Prescott, Grote, Ames,
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In the year 1836, some So:itch gentlemen, then resident in
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About one half of the Shares have already been allotted, the
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wanting on his part to merit and maintain future favours.
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MARKET IN

COAL M

TELLIGENCE.
A RK ET.
last market .dap, .?4

Ships arrived since
Buddle's West Hartley lB d.
Carr's Hartley
Hebburn Main l7 ii
Holywell Main... ld 6
New Tanfield M00r...
Ord's Iledheugli l4 d
'fanflold Moor l9 6
Townley... ..
Walls 811(1 Hedlcy lB 3
Wails End Hilda .........
Walls End Hotspur
Walls Endperkins... ...... , 17 0
Walls End Haswell. ... 10 6

d. 8.
Walls End Hetton :NJ 3
Walls End Laminon
Walls End Morrison
Wal,4 End Pemberton! lB 6
%Valli End Kelloe ‘2o 6
Walls End Adelaide .. l9 3
Walls End Coundon . lB 0
Wale, E. Hop, er 23
Walls End Seymour Tees lB 3
Wal,s Ei,cl Tee.
Cowper
Hartley ....
HowArd't Nesherton Main 17 0

From the London New Price Current qf Arty 13.)
Strewn.—To-day prices further gave way for British Plan-
tation Sugar, making the reduction fot' the week 3s per cwt,
even at r:hich thq" demand was limited both for the scale and
pan ; the total purchases for the week are 1,500 hhds and tres:
the market closed with a dull appearance for all desciqptions of
Sugar, subject to the low rate of duty.
REFINED.—To-day prices further gave way for Refined
Goods, and 81s accepted for Standard Lumps, but there is
still little business doing. Crushed more in request at 285
per cwt.

MALIKITIUS.—This afternoon the large quantity of 10,636
bags were offered at one public sale; the biddings were lan-
guid, not above half found buyers at a further decline of Is,
making the fall for the week 2s to 2s 6d per cwt—fine and very
fine stron.', yellow went at 65s to 67v, good 62s to 64s 6d, mid
59s 6d to 61s 6d, low mid 57s 66 to 533 6d, fine brown 55s to
As 6d pPr cwt ; since the sale 6cl under the buying in rates
have been offered for the whole and refused,

East INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal was only in limited
request, and 750 bags at public sale were sold at a further de-
cline of is per cwt,---fine white went at 66s 6d to 675, goad
65s 6d to 6ns, damps and washed 64s 6d to 66s per cwt.
FOKEIG N.—There has been no public sale of any description
this week, and at present none is declared. For yellow Ha-
vannah full rates have been paid. White has met with a fair
demand, but at lo .v prices, being 6d to Is under former rates.
Brazil is not offered upon lower terms.
MocassEs.—For West India holders have obtained full rates.
Foreign Molasses at 7s 6d to 8s 6d per cwt.
COCOA.—British plantation has been less in request this
week; and prices have suffered a decline of Is to is 6d per cwt
at auction.

This afternoon there was little demand, and 2'20 bags Tri-
nidad at auction were only partly sold at 36s to 38s for good fair
grey, good greyish red 37s to 38s per cwt, being barely former
rates.

COFFEE.—There having been large arrivals of all d.eserip-
tions of Coffee admissible for home consumption since we last
wrote, together with the Coffee duties being still unsettled,
have caused the market for all qualities of British Plantation
to be in a dull state all the week; although the quantity
offering for sale has again been small, still holders have be, n
more desirous to realize, and have submitted to a re,iuetiou on
last week's rates of 2s. per cwt. This afternoon the trade were
c
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!autious in their proceedings, and few purchases were made pri-
vately in any kind of Coffee ; at auction 451 bags Dutch Co.'s
Java, and I lcasks 14 bap West Indil were offered; the former
were'unly partly sold at 508 to 51s for good ordinary pale green.
jab, being the full value ; the latter went at f 153 to 95stid for mid
col Dominica ; and broken at 57s per cwt, being steady rates.
TEA.-To-day the operations in Free Trade Tea were
trivial, and prices are still unsteady, Is lid to is Btl is the
value of common Congou; cash.. The ships that have arrived
of late have brought a large quantity of common black and
green

SPlOES.—This afternoon at auction 366 bags Barbadoes
Ginger were all taken at 45s for thick coated. At auction 68
brie Jamaica Ginger went at 5/ to 6/ 15s for common quality.
RU3I, Bs INDY, AND HOLLANDS.—For West India Rum
importers has,. -uhmitted to a reduction on last week's rates
of id to ld pc:. gallon for Leewards, 2.331/2d to 2s 4d having
been taken for pita. Jamaica at 2d to 3d per gallon cheaper;
30 to 32 per cent over proof of common and fair quality ,tt
4s 4d to 4s 6d, mid of higher strength 4e i d to 4s 9d, good and
cliuntetasortrtusmniay at bi es peuv.rcdh
osed 5
i sat
11 sd d
with,to s.srid6datp
jesr gallon.
is 7d
without certificate. Brandy at the folloiving rates : Cognac first
brands of the vintage of 1837, hl.dsat 5s 3d, puns 5s 1 d ; do 1838
hhds Sc Id, puns 4a lld ; do 1839, hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d ;
do 1840, hhds 4s, puns 3s 10d per gallon. Geneva at 2s for
common, and fine fit for duty at 2s 6,1 to 2s lid per gallon.
The English distillers are firm at lOs per gallon cash.
INnico.—Holders of East India evince firmness, and are
g‘ ,r ttin an advance on last sales rates of 3d to 4d for shippin.4,
and 2d per lb for consuming sorts of Bengal, Madras, Kuri
and Oude in demand. Spanish is firin in price, and in fair
request.

iticE.—To-day there were few buyers of Bengal Rice, 2,250
bags at auction were nearly all taken in at the full value, viz.
at 93 6d to lOs for mid white, a few lots sold at these rates, arid
good quality at lOs 6d. 10 sacks Rice Flour fetched 4s 6d.
TA LLow. fielders here require an advance of 9d per cwt.
for Russian Tallow : on the spot 47s 34 to 47s 6d for P. Y.
Candle. For delivery in the last three months of the year at
483 9d to 493 per cwt. South American 43; to 46s for small
parcels of low to fine quality. In Town Tallow a fair business.
To-day the trade was compelled to pay 47; 6d for P. Y.
Candle on the spot, and 49s for delivery in the last three months
of the year, but the demand was only for small parcels. There
was no public sale.
OILS. —The transactions in common descriptions of Fish Oils
have been upon a small scale only for home use this week. Cod
Oil has realised 311 per tun. Pale Seal 371 103, and Southern
291 to 31/ per tun. Sperm Oil 791 to 801 paid for fine British.
Linseed Oil at 34s 9d to 3.5 s per cwt. Rape at 47s for pale, and
brown 463 6d per cwt. Olive Oil is firm in price. Palm at
last week's ►ates. East India Cocoa Nut Oil at 40s to 41s
per cwt.

WAKEFIELD CORN A TlM.:r
The supply was moderate, and prices of \Vheit, Oats, Shel-
ling. and Beans, were rather higher. No variation in Barley
and other articles.

Cross-examined--I am of opinion that the loss of blood was
caused by an incision of some of the great arteries. I sin aware
that a blood-vessel may burst, and death be the result. I have
known such a case.
By the Cotrwr—All the bones I have seen produced might
have belonged to one person.
Philip 111. Murdoch, examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL
am surgeon to her Majesty's gaol of Newgate. I have seen
the bones, and I should say that they belonged to a female.
There is a piece of the skull, and the fragments of the arm.
'and leg bones. There are no bones belonging to the
trunk. There are not more bones here than are to be found in
the arms, legs and skull of one person. From the evidence I
have heard, I should say that the person had not di.'d of apo-
plexy. By examining the body, I should have been able to
tell whether the incisions had been made before or after death.
I might also judge from the breasts whether she was pregnant.
By the COU RT—Anenrism would notproduee collapse of the
lungs.

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Wneat, teed, Essex and Kent .. —s. 62.. to 64.. fine M.
Norfolk 40(1SUItOlk —s, Ws. to I Os. tine 63e.
-- Lin. and Cain.
..--.--- Yorkshire —s. 38s. tc W.; fine 63..
--- 'White • —e. 60., to Qs. fine 67,,
_.---. Foreign, tied —a. —s. to 51.. fine 64..
White —4. —s. to 645. one 665.
Barley, Norfolk an 4 Suffolk 24s. to 28:. tine Sgf.
--• Lincolnshire ' C • to 28a. fine :.;‘) i.
--- Yorkshire Wold
--. Foreign
Beans, New .... ..... :i2i. to —s. fine 355.
-- Old
Oats, Potato
—...-- Poland —a, —I. to 22.. fine 245.
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fane Brown, examined by Mr. Anonratus—l live at 18,
South-street, Manchester-square, and am a green-grocer. 1
let part of my house out in lodgings, and let a lodging to a
woman named Jane Jones, who afterwards went by the name
of Goof. That was three years ago last October. I last saw
that woman on the 3d of April; she wasrather a plump woman,
arid of a rather dark complexion. I have seen the prisoner,
Daniel Good, come to see her ; and a little boy, named
Daniel Good, who lived with her. I have been told
by the prisoner that the mother of the boy had
been dead a year and a half. When Jane Good left my house
on the 3d April, she was dressed in a dark mingled cotton
gown, a shawl with flowers on a black ground and a blue
bonnet. It was between three or four o'clock in the afternoon
when she left my house. The little boy had gone to school
about two o'clock. I did not see him any more on that. day.
When Jane Jones first came to lodge with me she had a board
put up with "mangling done here" on it. She was not in
the habit of sleeping from home ; she never did so, but
once, and that was on Easter Monday. On Monday the 4th
of April, the prisoner came to my house, and asked if he
could have the room three weeks longer, ih order to dispose of
the mangle, and remove the bed and ether articles; he said
Mrs. Good would not return, as she was going into service, to
take care of a gentleman's lirdge, about four miles from the place'
where be was living. The prisoner came again on Tuesday
night, about ten o'clock. He had a latch-key with him,
and he let him_elf in ; he said he had come to town
with the family, who had gone to a ball. I asked him how
Mrs. Good was, and he replied that he had no: seen her that
day. He came again on the Wednesday night, after 1 had gone
to bed, I heard him, but did not see him. The bonnet, shawl,
and dress produced are those which Jane Jones wore on the
day she left nay house. The boots also are these which she
wore, to the best of my belief. The rent-boOk produced is in
my own hand-writing.
Cross-examined--I have seen all those articles before at my
examination at Bow-street. People callel Jane Jones Mrs.
if ones. I cannot say that she ever told me that her name was
Jane Jones. I can swear her name was Jones. I cannot
:wear that it was Jane. I was called on first on the 7th of
Aril to give evidence in this matter. The police came to me.
tte-exam ned—When the things were shown to me at Bow-
street, I had no doubt that they were the things which Jane
Jones ware when she left my house on Sunday.
Sarah Yong, examined by Mr. WADI I,IGTON---I am a
widow. I kn.rw a woman called Mrs. Good, she lodged
with Mr. Brown. On Sunday evening, 3d April, she called
on me ; she asked me if I would take her little boy for one
night ; I consented, and about half past twelve in the afternoon,
the little boy came to my house and slept there that night ; he
did not sleep any more at my house. I have not seen Mrs.
Good since that Sunday.
Lavender Layton, examined by Mr. Wanorrsarosr—l am a
confectioner living at Putney. I know the prisoner ;. I saw
him on Sunday 3d April. I saw him about a quarter to four
in the afternoon in the Hammersmith Bridge-road; he had• a
female with him ; they were walking tngether ; they were
walking towards Mr. Shells'. Good introduced the female to
me as his sister, saying " my sister, Mr. Leyton."
John Brown, examined by Mr. WADDINGTON--I keep
a house, called the Coach and Horses, at Putney. en 3d
April prisoner and a female, whom he said was his sister, and
a Welehman, came to my house, and had two glasses of gin
and water. 'the prisoner said she was a dairy-maid, and I
observed that many gentlemen were partial to Welchwoinen
for dairy-maids. The woman had a bottle with her, which she
said contained cream.

fly the COURT—I observed no part of the female's dres;
prisoner three
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except her gloves, and they were whitey brown cotton.
Fanny Hester, examined by Mr. IVAnnINGTO,_I am the
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half-past four o'clock on Sunday, 3d April. The female wore
a mazarine blue bonnet, a dark cotton gown, a black shawl;
with large flowers, and black boots, laced at the side. Prisoner
said the gardener was not agreeable to have a tire in the har-
ness-room, so he had brought his sister-in-law to see me. lie
said she was from London, and would return home that evening.
During tea-time I said that the gardener had said something
dis espeettul respecting Susan Butcher sleeping L
at toe stable..
The female appeared very much agitated when she heard that,
and the prisoner said it was time to go. When they were
going away, I asked the female to bring the little boy to come
and see me. The prisoner brought the little boy to me on
Tuesday morning, and asked me to take charge of him for a
little time, and 1 did as he Wished me. The !my slept at my
house all that night, and went away the next morning.
Cross-examined—The female hoard all that the prisoner
said about being his siater.in.law,
Robert Paling, V 248, examined by Mr. WAnntscToti
About half-past six o'clock, on Sunday evening, 3d April, 1
saw the prisoner with a female near Priest-bridge; they were
walking arm-in-arm, and were conversing in loud tones, as if
quarrelling. The female had a blue bonnet on,
Cross-examined—The female was talking loudly to the i -
soner.

Georp Royal examined by Mr. WAPniNcToti—l keep the
King's Head at Roehampton, which is about I mile from
Priest-bridge, and three-quarters of a mile from Mr. Shiells'
I know the prisoner. On the 3d April. at 7 o'clock, when he
was at my house, he had a female with him, I never saw
her before. She had a light bonnet on. They had two glasses
of gin and water at my house. The prisoner pressed her to
drink, and she seemed to drink with reluctance. They staid
about an hour at my house.
Cross-examined—l was nut in their company all the time that
they were at my house. The female did not appear dejected ;
the prisoner appeared as if he had been (kinkily,.
Sarah Greenwood examined by Mr. GURNEY—I w.ts
cook at Mr. Shiells' on the 3d of April last ; the pi isoner was
also in Mr Shiells' service; he slept in the house, on the same
floor that we all slept. I saw the prisoner about ten o'clock on
Sunday, when he said he was going to town to dine with a few
friends, He returned at half-past seven, but only stopped in

sty that he was deeply impressed with the great responsibility
taster uhich he laboured. There were circumstances connected
vial this transaction about which he must engage their most se-
.ous attention, and those were certain statements which had
seen put forth, and had leti a considerable portion of the public
o entertain the most exaggerated notions with respect to the
hare the prisoner had in this transaction ; and gentlemen of the
Jury must have been aware, long before they guessed that they
.vere to be called on to take part in this inquiry, that a large
sortion of the public press had given publicity to statements
the most exaggerated, and which tended to injure the case of
he prisoner at the bar. He had been denounced through-
eit as the murderer ; his name had been coupled with that
lreadful crime from one end of the kingdom to the other. It
was no doubt in allusion to these statements that her Ma-
jesty's Attorney-General came down to that Court, and in the
execution of his duty called upon them to dismiss from their
minds all they might have heard relative to the case. He had
nothing to complain of on behalf of the unfortunate man, as
to the manner in which the proceedings had been conducted
the pail of the prosecution. His Learned Friend had con-
tented himself with a calm, dispassionate statement of the
;acts, unaccompanied by any comments, in acknowledgment of
which he (Mr. Doane), on the part of the prisoner, begged to
offer his most humble thanks. He would now call upon the
Jury to look upon this case as his Learned Friend had dose, to
swerve not to the right or to the left, to listen• to no
suggestions which they might have heard, but calmly, patiently,
and quietly to attend only to the evidence, and carefully to
weigh the evidence before they came to a conclusion. And
he hoped at their hands, as an impartial jury, that they would
pause -a long time before they would say, ene and all, that they
sad no doubt whatever that the prisoner at the bar was guilty
of the crime imputed to him. The charge was endeavoured to
be made out by circumstantial evidence ; that was to say, there
was no direct testimony as to the act which caused the decease
if the person whose body bad been found ; he would put it
therefore to the Jury whether the circumstances attendant upon
this transaction where such as to lead them to the inference that
the prisoner at the bar had caused the death of the deceased.
They would see bow important it was to have every link in the•
ehain of evidence unbroken, and that the inference to be drawn
must necessarily be none other than that the pri-
soner committed the deed. True it was that a part
of the circumstantial evidence did at first press, and that
most heavily, against the prisoner at the bar ; all the
ramifications of the matter which had been inquired into
seemed, up to a certain point, to centre on the prisoner ; but
there had been many cases in the history of the jurisprudence
of this and of other countries, in which circumstantial evi-
dence of a more convincing kind than had been adduced to-day
had been brought forward, and acting on which the Jury had
found the prisoner guilty, and had, after all, condemned the
iunocent. He mentioned this in the outset, to impress upon
them that they were not to come to a hasty conclusion, because
the circumstances seemed to press against the prisoner. He
quite agreed with the Attorney-General, that the most torpor •
taut part of their inquiry would be, not so much who was the
murderer, but was there anybody murdered at. all—was any-
body murdered? That was the question. Because, if they
were not satisfied of that there would be an end of the case as
regarded the prisoner at the bar. If there were no murder at
all committed, then they would be relieved from pursuing their
inquiry. Was there evidence before them to satisfy them, and
each of them, unerringly', that a female came to her death
by murder ? That was to say—Did any one deprive her of life ?
Then the inquiry would come, how was she deprived of life ?
That the trunk of a dead female was found on.the prem'ses of
Mr. Shiells there could be no doubt, and he would at once
concede that the female who was seen to leave South-street
on Sunday, the 3d of April, named Jane Good, was the female
that was afterwards seen in company with Good. ivy found
them together between seven and eight o'clock that night.
Where did they go to then? They were never seen together
in the stable, or on the premises of Mr. Shiells. The prisoner
was with his master at half-past seven that evening, and they
had no evidence that he ever left the house after. Just before
the prisoner went to his master's at half-pa-t seven, the de-
ceased was seen alive and well ; where she went to then they
did not-know; At half-past seven the cook saw the prisoner go
to his master; at half-past nine he was taking his supper in
the servants' hall, where the cook left him, and went to bed.
Was it to be surmised that he left the house after that ? If he
had left the house, there must have been some fastening left
unsecured, which must have been discovered by a 'servant
in the morning. But no such thing; no fastenings
were observed unsecured, no door was observed open,
but everything was right, and the prisoner went
to his breakfast as - usual. The case _on the part
of the prosecution would seem to imply that the
female came to her death on Sunday night after she was
seen in company with Good. There was, however, no ether
evidence to connect Good with the female during her lifetime
than what he had mentioned. They had Good afterwards,
when charged as the murderer, making his escape, and they
were called on to draw the inference, who 30 likely to have mur-
dered the woman as he who was last seen with her? • But
might not an innocent man have this charge brought against
him, and might he not. act then as the prisoner had done ? Sup-
pose somebody else had murdered the woman, and the body of
the deceased were:.-conveyed into the premises of another
person, it would be an awkward position for him to be placed
in, yet the body might be surreptitiously brought into his
premises, and it would be hard for him to prove his innocence.
Had Good been proved to have done anything more with that
body than an innocent man might have done with it ? He,
being an innocent man, bight not have had nerve enough to
have conic forward and -published the affair;. he might have
thought that the circumstantial evidence against him might be
so strong as to endanger him if he came forward. The
truth was not always most seasonable • nor, as was said in a
neighbouring county, was the truth always most probable.
Would it not be a likely thin,' for an innocent man to do, to
dispose of the remains, in order to get rid of the accusations
which might br made against him ? Me thought after the evi-
dence they had heard from the medical gentlemen, that it would
be absurd to suppose that this females death had occurred in
any other way except by the rupture of some large blood
vessel, which must have caused the blood to have dis-
appeared from the body in the manner which had been
described by the medical witnesses. It was to be assumed
then that a body being found in a stable, of which Good had
the key, he had with some instrument inflicted such a wound as
would cause such a flowing of blood. With respect to the
subsequent part of the inquiry, he need not say anything, be.
cause many a man under the fear of being charged with mur-
der, would act just as the prisoner did. He made a variety of
ridiculous statements, and so might any man, but did that ne-
cessarily infer guilt ? They would recollect that the
quantity of blood which must have flowed from the

MR. C. MATnEws.—ln the Insolvent Debtors'
Court, yesterday, application was made on the part of Mr.
Charles Mathews, late Manager of Covent Garden Theatre, to
put in bail for 5,000/. It appeared the judgment debts
amounted to 9,19.6/., and creditors to the amount of 5,1421.
had given consent. The Commissioner at once granted, the
application, and bail was accepted.

Elizabeth Christie examined by Mr.W.annt NnToN—I live at
No. 18, South-street, Manchester-square. This bonnet be-
longed to Mrs. Good. I altered it for her nine months ago,
aniEl am sure it was her's ; the dress,:shawl, and guard pro-
duced were all hers; and the key is the key of the entrance-
door. The prisoner used to come to visit the female sometimes
three or four times a week. I saw bins at the house on
Tuesday. 1 said, " Who is there ?" He said "Me." I said,
" Who is me?" He said " Good." I went down stairs, and there
was a little boy holding a light for him. I said " Is that your
little boy, Mr. Good?" He said " No, my little boy is in the
country with his mother." I saw the boy afterwards, and I saw
that it was not Good's little boy. I have observed a small
mole on the right side of Mrs. Good's neck.
Cross-examined—Whenever I have seen the prisoner and
the female together, his conduct towards her has always been
very affectionate ; he always said—" Good bye, my dear," &c.
I thought lie was very fond of her.
Daniel Good, jun., was then called, and the prisoner applied
his handkerchief to his eyes ;_ there was a universal buzz in the
Court, and it was determined not to examine him.
George Jaques examined by Mr. GURNEY—I drive a hack-
ney cab. On the 6th of April, at half-past eleven at night, the
prisoner hired my •cab, in Grosvenor-place. I drove him to
the Bedford Arms, in South-street. Prisoner had a bundle
with him.
Richard Salmon examined by Mr. GURNEY—I am a pot-
man at the Bedford Arms. On the night of the 16th of April,
the prisoner came to our house and asked my mistress to lend
him a screw-driver, as he had left Lis key. behind him, arid
wanted to get into his apartments. She lent bins a screw-driver,
and I went with him and opened the kitchen-door for him. Mr.
Brown opened the street-door.
John Brown examined by Mr. GURNEY—I live at No. 18,
South-street, Manchester-square, and am a green-grocer. On
the night of the 6th of April prisoner came to soy house, and
he stayed there all night, till live o'clock next morning, when I
heard a cab go away.
lienry Littleboy examined by Mr. GURNEY—I drive a hack
cab. On the morning of the 7th of April I was on the
stand at Paddington-street. Good hired rise, and I went to 18,
South-street, and put a large box, a small bsx, and a bed in
the cab ; he came tua, and f drove to Shepherd's livery-stables
Whitcombe-street.
James Oborn examined byMr. WADDINGTON—I drive a hack
cab. At a quarter to six in the morning some one told me to
drive to Whitcembe-street. I did so, and I saw the prisoner
with a large box, a small box, a bed, and a bundle. I put them
in he cab, and he told me to drive to tie Spotted Horse. I said
I did not know such a place as the Spotted Horse. I knew the
Spotted Do, He said It was all the same. 1 drove him to
the Spotted Dog, and he got Out there.
Mary flazlewood, examined by Mr. WAODINGTON—I am
barmaid at the Spotted Dog. On the 7th of April the pri-
soner booked some goods there, to be left till called for, lie
did not remain long, but returned about ten o'clock with a
female ; they went into the coffee-room, and left together,
taking the things with them.
Thomas Sales examined by Mr. WADDINGTON—Iam waiter
at the Spotted Dog. On the 7th of April prisoner came to
the house with a woman ; they came into the tap-room ; lie
had a beef-steak in his hand, and he asked me to cook it for
him. I told him that the tire was very bad ; he said lie was
not in a hurry, but he was very hungry, as he had been travel-
ling all night by railway. He said he did not know what
railway, but he had come from Bristol. The female and
the prisoner sat down together, and seemed very deep
in conversation, and I heard the prisoner say, " That b—h
won't trouble you no more." He seemed uneasy, and kept
going in and out of the house all the time the steak was
cooking. I should think he went out as many as eight times
in the course of half an hour.
George Bland, examined by Mr. Anormius—l drive a cab.
On the 17th April I drove the prisoner from the Spotted Dog to
Flower and Dean-street, Spitalfields. He had a bed, a box,
and one or two bundles with him. Molly Good was with
him. I put them down at N 0.4, Flower and Dean-street.
William P. Biddle, examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERA r.—
I am an assistant to Mr. Soames, pawnbroker. On the 17th
April the prisoner brought some things to our shop, but I ob-
jected to take them in. He then went and fetched Mrs. Good,
whom he knew, anti shie said, " It's all right, Mr. Soames ;
it's my husband just c' ,me from sea." I said that did away
with my objection, and he went away and returned in about an
hour, with a large trunk and other things. We lent him •2/. 10s.
upon them. lie said lac wanted to go into the country; he had
just come from sea, and the goods were the property of
a person who had di,rd on the passage home front India. He
afterwards brought. some female's wearing apparel, consisting
of two mantillas, &is., and some odd china, which we took in.
The police have w.ost of this property, which I gave to In-
spector Pearce ; th e rest I produce myself.
Stephen Lidlos examined by Mr. WADDINGTON—I am a
special constable. !at Tunlsridge. On the 16th April last, from
information whic h I received, I apprehended the prisoner,
and found a vat ch and a jaconet muslin apron upon him.
Humphries took Isirn into custody. He was dressed as a brick.

wound must have been enormous ; - she !vas a plump
woman, in good health, and the flow of blocd must
have been great indeed. Was the murder committed in the
harness-room or in the stable ? Where was the evidence ?

Would they not have expected to have foundTsonle vestige of
the blood? But there was none ; in the stable, where the
trunk was found, one policeman saw, what he thought to be, a
small quantity of blood. If the murder were not committed
there, where did it take place, and who was the go,ilty party?
His Learned Friend the Attorney-General, who opened the
case to them, did not feel at all justified in directing their at-
tention to any motive which the prisoner at the bar could
have for the committal of this deed. Alen did not all of a sud-
den take up a knife and deprive another being of life without a
motive. \Vas there any suggestion which had occurred to
them which could make them think would induce them to do
it ? They had heard of murders having been committed out of
revenge, for a desire of gain, passion, and sudden quarrel, but
they did not hoar of cases like these. There was no induce-
ment proved. Could it be owing to his connexion with Susan
Butcher ? Why, he had known her for two years; there was
nothing to be gained either to him or her by getting rid of Jane
Good ; he visited hPr, and she visited him, without the

slightest reference to Jane Good living in South-street. Did
a case suggest itself to their minds arising out of this,
why th© prisoner should commit the deed ? Or if not, what
other case could suggest itself to them. He should think
none. After they had heard the manner in which he lived
with Jane Good • that, as one of the witnesses said, his man-
ner was always kind to her, and he treated her with the ut-
most kindness, so much so that witness thought he was very
fond of her, He should hardly think when they recollected
that, and the length of time he had lived with

ler, and paid for her lodgings, they would think
hat he would murder her for the sake of her clothes. He

could have left the connection with Jane Good whenever he

chose. She could gain her own living without him, and all he
i:ad to do was to cease going from Putney all the way to
South-street. But might not the eviden,e of Fanny 'fester,
and the policeman who followed her, assist them in coming to a
right judgment ? Might not the deceased, influenced by the
remarks of Fanny Hester relative to the connection of Susan

Butcher anis the prisoner, being stung with feelings o
jealousy, have committed suicide? After some further' re-
marks on the evidence of the witnesses, he concluded by say-
ing that if they took this view of the case they would see it
surrounded with so many difficulties and so many doubts as to
be unable to bring their minds to say that he Was guilty.
Lord DENsfas then summed up, and said the prisoner,
Daniel Good, stood charged before them with the wilful mur-
der of Jane Good, otherwise Jane Jones, and that murder was
charged to have been committed with an axe or a knife, or in
some other way as described in the different counts of the in-
dictment. After cautioning the Jury, for the purimse of re-
moving from their minds all prejudices raised by this atrocious
deed, he proceeded to state the manner in which the occur-

rence of ht to be presented their minds. The unfortunate
woman, respecting whose death they were called upon to
judge, was last seen alive between seven and nine o'clock on

the 3d of April, in company µ•ith the prisoner. Since that
time she had been seen alive by no human being.' On the
night of the 6th of April, the policemen and others
. .

going to the place where the prisoner was carrying on
his ordinary business, with a view to some other
inquiry, found the prisoner most anxious to go and
meet that charge, and leave the stable. The Learned
Judge then recounted the circumstances, as stated by the
witnesses respecting the finding of the body, the giving of the
clothes to Susan Butcher, and the escape of the prisoner from
the harness-room, when he locked the doer on the constable

Mr. DOANK asked the Attorney-General whether he in-
tended to proceed upon that count in the indictment which
charged the prisoner r with poisoning the deceased?
Lord DENMA N A lid that it was quite clear that that count
could not be enterex t upon, as the evidence did not touch that
question at all. The first two counts were those on which they
must proceed.
This was the c sae fir the prosecution.
The Court II iest ajourned for a few minutes to take re-
freshment.

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and others engaged in making a search for the sup:iosed stolen
property. It had been argued that the deceased had committed
suicide, and it would therefore be the duty of the Jury, on look-
ing at the probability of the case, whether they could believe
she had committed sudden violence on herself. The prisoner
would not have been alarmed ; and was it possible that he
could have seen such an act committed without endeavouring
to obtain assistance? And was it possible to suppose that
while the inquiry was going on—if such were the fact—that he
would not have thrown out some hint as to the probability
that such might have been the way in which she had met hut-
death. Looking, however, at the facts as they stood, he
thought, they must possess a very great share of credibility, if
they believed the unfortunate deceased had committed this act
herself. His Lord,hip then went over the wi,012 of
the evidence in detail, ant concluded by sayine :
" You must now consider upon this evidence whether there is
enough proved to warrant you in finding the prisoner guilty.
If you have any doubt, you must give the benefit of that doubt
to theprisoner ; but mind, not that passing doubt w }licit may
attach to any occasion where there is the least mystery, but
such a doubt as remains on your mind after due deliberation ant •
reflection upon the evidence which has been adduced. I now
leave the case in your hands."
The Jury retired, and after an abstA ,e of kalf an hour, on
their return

The Clerk of the Arraigns said, " Gen.l.-men of the Jury,
are you agreed?"
The Foreman said, " We find the prisoner GUILTY."
The prisoner, while the names were called over became ex-
ceedingly pale, and much agitated.

Air. DOA NE then addressed the Jury for the defence. He
said it now be, sine his duty to address a few observations to
!hem on behal of the unfortunate man at the bar, and he must

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Lord MEN U.% II then pronounced sentence of Death in. the
following terms :—" Daniel Good, you havo been convicted
upon clear evidence, of a most foul and wicked murder—a c.ss
more abhorrent to the feelings of human stature, perhaps
never was brOught before human justice. You see a lament-
able example of the. cruelties to which an indulgoriee in a
vicious course of life.may lead. There can be nu doubt that
in indulging 'your desires for one woman alter another, when
you were tired of the unfortunate woman whom you so long
treated as your wife, and whom you were boned to treat as
such, you formed a new attachment, which could not have full
gratification, according to your view, without murdering
the unfortunate victim.. Hardly any aggravation is wanted
in this deplorable case. We see the elo est eulti-
station of gain, the most miserable attention to the
m*anest profits, and an utter disregard cif the public
feeling of humanity towards' this woman your companion, and
to whom you owed protection. Long before this act was done,
you planned the depriving her of a little property she had, and
you intended to make the new object of your affections con-
duct those concerns from which the deceased sees det iving a
livelihood. Several weeks before you committed this act you
made the promise of even the clothes she wore, sod
shortly before that you pledged yourself further to the
voting person who has appeared as a witneet against rah
There can be no doubt that ma that Sunday night when you
allured her front her lodgings in London, and introduced her
into your harness-room, you inflicted death upon her, and in-
stantly conceived the design of concealing her altogether from
the examination of man. You thought that having the entire
control of that rooin, in possession of the key, and with a fire
at command, you might easily consume this body, but you
have found that though you possessed all those advantages, un-
witnessed by no human eye, all your proceedings have been
regarded and observed, and at length brought to light,
in such a manner as to form a most powerful warning to all
other criminals, and show how the most secret deeds of
wickedness may be discovered. It is absolutely necessary that
your life should be forfeited to the laws of God and man, which
you have so grossly outraged. I can bold out co hopes of
mercy in this world. Your care will stand almost alone as the
case of a man who will leave the world without one to
pity his fate. I trust no Englishman will so
far forget himself on that day which will be so
fatal to you as to indulge in the expression of that horror and
indignation which the calmest amongst us cannot fail to feel,
but it is no small aggravation of your punishment, and it is one
which all who may contemplate the commission of such crimes
as yours ought to feel, that there is not perhaps one single
creature you leave behind who will not think a good deed
is done when your life is taken. You are now on the verge
of another world. Make the most of the short time which
now remains to you, and prepare for that more dreadful
sentence that awaits you before a inure dread judge, and, by
repentance and remorse, you may yet reconcile your Maker to
yourself. The only duty that remains for me to petform is to
pronounce the awful sentence of the law, which is, that you be
taken to the place whence you came,' thence to a place of exe-
cution, that you be then'hinged sty the-neck till you be dead,
and that your body be afterwat els buried within the precincts of
the prison, and may Almighty Gad have mercy upon your soul."
Good then clasped his hands in the attitude of
prayer, and said, " I declare before Almighty Gotl,
and you all, that I did not murder Jane— she killed herself.
When we called and took tea with Mrs. Miter, and Mrs.
Hester spoke about Susan Butcher, she (the deceased) tussled
very angry, and appeared much hurt, and she said she would
make away with herself; and I declare to Almighty God, that
Susan Butcher is the cause of that woman making assay with her-
self. I very much tegret she is gone. I got Susan Butcher a situa-
tion at the Ro,e and Crown, Wellington, and when there, she
got drunk a great many times. After that she used to come
to my master's place, and make me take her to a public•house,
and give her chops and rum and water. She used uften to get
drunk, and if I married her and hail 500/. a-year she would
ruin me. Susan Butcher slept with me in my master's stables
ever since Christmas last, and I concealed there the mattress
and blankets for her bed. It was all through her that Jane
destroyed herself. I left. Jane in the stable on Sunday even-
ing. When she threatened to make away with herself.
I said "Jane, don't do that; it is very wicked to think
of such things." She had a penknife of her own; and
when I went back I found her hanging, with her head bang-
ing down, arid her throat cut, like Lord Castlereagh. The
knife I threw over Hammersmith-bridge oa Monday morning.
The man who used to supply me with blacking came to the
stables. I told him the affair, and said I should run away.
He said, " Well I'll tell you what you will do. You will try to
conceitr the body." I told him I would give him a sovereign if
he could do so, and asked him to come on Tuesday. He came
on Tuesday morning a little after seven o'clock. He had
a bag with him. I gave him the axe and the knife. I put
two trusses of straw against the window to prevent old Houghton
looking in. I then left him. He took the head away with
him, and he came back again about half-past one. He reeore.
mended that we should make a fire, which he did, and he burnt
the legs. He destroyed the body, and not I, so help toy Al-
mighty God, and I gave him a golden sovereign for
it. He said that he would come again, and that he
would tie a fourteen pound to the body and sink it in the river.
but he never came. I never was married to Jane, but I gave
her a ring. The bonnet, cap, boots, gown, and ring I gave
to Susan Butcher, at Woolwich, and I told her what had hap-
pened. She said she was glad to bear it, and site would come
and take care of my boy and all the things. I said I would
take my buy home; but she said she would act as a mother
to him. '

The prisoner, then, putting his hand to his head, as if to
raise his hat, said, " Ladies and gentlemen, I wish you all
good night. I have got a good deal more to say, but lam so
bad." Then turning to the Jury, he said, " 1 don't say but you
have all done your duties very well."
Lord DENMAN at the conclusion of these strange state-
ments, said they only confirmed him in the opinion which he
before entertained of the correctness of the verdict which the
jury had returned.

The prisoner was then removeil. The trial did not terminate
till near nine o'clock, at which hour the street was densely
crowded, and as soon as the verdict was made knovvii, a univer-
sal and loud shout was raised by the assembled multitude.

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