The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-14 00:00:00

THE ROEHAMPTON
MURDER.

TRIAL OF GOOD AT THE OLD
BAILEY.

The morbid feeling of sympathy whieh the ladies and gentle-
men of England entertain towards the perpetrators of horrid
crimes, and which increases in proportion to the magnitude of
the offence, was manisfested yesterday in a most especial and
striking manner, by the appearance which the Court, the hall,
aid the precincts of the Old Bailey presented. Admission to
the body of the Court was only to be obtained by tickets from
the Sheriffs, and to the gallery by the payment of half a
guinea, yet was the Court crowded to excess, every hole, every
corner, was occupied, from the Ushers' three-cornered seats to
the places on the bench, usually occupied 1)7 the Judges. At
eight o'clock the doors were thrown open, and almost Mame-.
diately afterwards tile Cunt was filled with visitors, all of
whom appeared to be of the middle or upper classes of life.
'Chore were a great many ladies in the Court—young ladies,
creatures of such delicate mould, that we are sure the sight of
a spider would frighten them into tits, and a frog would be
positive death ; yet would they find pleasure in listening
to the details of a most barbarous murder, and in
looking at a man who has been already con-
victed in the public mind as being guilty of a crime the
most revolting to human nature, and the mere recital of which
is enough, to chill the
.warm blood fl swing in our veins. We
never saw; a Court so full of barristers, or at any rate of per-
sons beating the appearance of barristers—who they were it is
hard to tell—but we are given to understand that wigs and
gowns mere in great requisition at Obbard's, Blake's, and the
various other emporia of fancy dresses. So much for the in-
terior •of the Court; the exterior presented a scene of great
animat ion ; the street in which the Old Bailey is situate was a
perfecls sea of human beings. A foreigner not conscious of the
oceasioan which called them together, would imagine that the
Peopl e were celebrating some Saint's day, or grand gala.
At ten o'clock, Lord Denman, with Mr. Baron Alderson
and Mr. Justice Coltman, took their seats on the bench, and
by lie side of their Lordships we observed his Royal Highness
the Duke of Sussex, the Chevalier Bunsen, Aldermen Sir 31.
otri, T. Wood, Gibbs, Lucas, Copeland, J. Dennistoun,
E sq., 31. Y., the Recorder, Sc,.!.
THE HIGEII3URY MURDER. _ . .

' Thomas Cooper was first. placed at the bar, charged with the
Jul murder of Timothy Daley. Cooper appeared very faint,
ar id was accommodaed with a seat.
Mr. HOLLAX, on behalf of the prisoner, made application
that the trial should be delayed until next ses•iou, on the
ground that there would not be sufficient time during the pre-
sent session to collect the materials for the prisoner's defence.
If a little time were granted the friends of the prisoner hoped
that they should be able to lay snch a series of facts before the
Court as would altogether alter the present aspect of the pri-
soner's offence.

Mr. BODKIN, on ;he part of the prosecution, offered no op-
pwition to the application, and the trial was accordingly post•
pon.ed till next session.
THE ROEHAMPTON MURDER.

Daniel Good and Molly Good were then placed at the bar.
'Daniel was dressed in the prison dress, and Molly was very
~leatly attired, with a clean white cap, shawl, &e. Both pri-
•ouers leaked fresh and well, and walked to the dock with a
ri,ln precise step. Daniel looked a little thinner, but on the
whole we think appeared to be in a better and more healthy con
dition than when he was brought up at Bow-street.
'The Attorney-General, Mr. Adolphus, Mr. Waddington,
anti Mr. R. Gurney conducted the prosecution on the part of
the Crown, and Mr. Doane appeared for the prisoners.
The indictment, which contained thirty-two counts-, having
been read, the question, Are you guilty or not guilty," was
put to the prisoners, to which they both answered, in a firm
tone of voice, •' Not Guilty."
Mr. DOA Se, who appeared on behalf of Daniel Gaod, ap-
plied to the Court that he might be tried separately.
The ArroaNEv-GFNERAL, on the part of the Crown, had

in) objection to the adoption of that course.
Molly Good was then removed from the bar, and the trial
of Damel Good proceeded—all the witnesses for the prosecu.
tien . except the medical gentlemen, being ordereciput of Court.
The Arroae EY -GEN F.lt Al. then proceeded to address the
Jury on behalf of the prosecution. It. was his duty to state to
hem the circumstances under which the prisoner at the bar
was charged with the crime of murder. Before entering into
a short detail of these events, which had given rise to the pre-
sent charge, he felt. that it would be almost unnecessary for
bias to beg of the Jury to dismiss altogether front
their minds, as tar as they could, every thing which
they might have heard out of Court with respect to
the transactions which were the subject of inquiry
now before them. Whatever they might have heard stated or
have read elsewhere, with respect to the facts or to any op:nions
expressedon the subject, it was their duty to dismis3 from their
:Muds; to proceed only upon the evidence that would be brought
before them in the course of the inquiry, and to receive the law
from the Learned fudge who preoded. On the 6th of April
last, on a Wednesday, a person of the name of Collingborne
directed a policeman of the name of Gardiner to go, he be-
lieved, to Wandswo.th, and apprehend the prisoner on a charge
of stealing some articles of wearing apparel. The policeman
went to the family house, where the prisoner had lived as
coachman for upwards of two years. Mr. Shiel, the master of '
the prisoner, occupied premises of great respectability at.
Putney, and there the policeman went expecting to meet with
the prisoner. Ac expected, the prisoner at the bar presented
himself, and :on inquiry being made, and when he was toll
of the accusation that had been made against him by Mr. Col-
lingborne, he willingly at once offered to go to Wandsworth,
where Mr. Collingborne lived. This the policeman objected
to, and insisted upon searching the premises. He searched the
coach-house and other places, but not finding the articles missed
there, lie proceeded to search the stable. Upon his attempting
to do so there appeared some reluctance on the part of the pri-
soner to permit it. The policeman, however, insisted upo
discharging his duty ; the prisoner offering to go to Wandsworth
and pay for the articles, but this the policeman refused to ac-
cede to. The premises in question were at some distance from
the house—about 300 yards. Putney Park-lane was not a
great distance from Wandsworth, and the house of Mr. Shieils
occupied a considerable space of ground, and as he had before
stated, the stables were about 300 yards from the house.
There was a back gate, by which any one might pass to
the gardener's house and to the stables, and there was a larger
pate, which was a public entrance. While the policeman was
continuing his search in the stables, he observed the prisoner
at the bar go to one of the stalls and move some hay. The po-
liceman immediately proceeded to the stall and told the prisoner
that he did not require his assistance in making the search.
The policeman turned the straw over to see if he could find the
article which had been stolen. The prisoner went towards the
dour, and, upon an examination being made of the appearance of
something, and before it could be ascertained what it was,
the prisoner rushed out, closed the door behind him,
and locked it on the outside. There were at this time
three or four persons in the stable. At first there was an at-
tempt made to open the dour, but finding it to be ineffectual
they returned to the stall, and upon close examination they
found the trunk of a human being, with the head and part of
the neck cut off, the arms and legs also cut off, the aline cut
off at the shoulder and the legs at the thigh ; and upon further
inspection it was found to be the mutilated remains of a female,
all the intestines having been extracted. The rest of the
premises were then searched, and in the harness-room a register
stove was discovered with a considerable quantity of fuel,
ready prepared for lighting a fire, and in the ashes of the grate
were found the remains of a human skull, which had been ex-
posed to considerable heat. An axe was also found, with marks
f blood upon the handle ; and in a drawer a knife, which, ac-
cording to the description of one of the witnesses, was almost
saturated with blood. Now it was a most important circum-
stance in the present case that the Jury should be made ac-
quainted with the fact, that the stable in which the mutilated
remains were found was kept locket by the prisoner at the bar,
as well as the harness-room ; he and lie alone, had the sole
control of the premises in which the body was found. The
persons locked in the stable by the prisoner, after same diffi-
culty, succeeded in opening the dour. The prisoner at the
bar, however, bad fled in the mean time, and the search after
him proved unsuccessful. Upon the facts and circumstances
,v:nich had now been stated, and as to the truth in
proof of which there could be no doubt, very
grave and serious questions would arise as to how far
they affected the prisoner at the bar. The first question
would be whether the remains of the unfortunate person
were the remains of the individual who had been murdered.
Another question of great importance would be, who was the
person murdered? The third question would be, by whom was
the crime committed—whether or not it was committed by the
prisoner at the bar? And the fourth question would be, by what
means the crime ram committed ? He would now call the at-

tention of the Jury to a short account of the history of Jane
Jones, who, in the different counts of the indictment was said
to be the person on whom the violence had been committed.
Jane Good, or Jane Jones, had, fur a period of three
years, or three years and a half, lodged in South-
Street. The house at which she resided was kept by
a person named Brown. Jane Good maintained herself by.
washing ; she lived in the lower part of the premises. At first
she had both kitchens, but subsequently only one. It appeared
that the prisoner at the bar had been acquainted with her for
some time. At first she passed by the name of Jane Jones,
but afterwards she took the name of Good, and was called Jane
Good, or Mrs. Good. Shortly after this, the prisoner at the
bar brought a boy, about 7 or 8 years old, to live with her, who
called her mother; and the prisoner spoke of her as his wife.
Until within the course of the last two years, the prisoner was
was in the habit of going to Jane Good every day.
but latterly he only went once or twice a week. Jane Good
during the whole period had never been absent from home a
single night but one, and that was on Easter Sunday. She
had the care of the boy, and the prisoner paid the rent to Mrs.
,Brown. It appeared that smile time before Sunday, the 3d of
April, the Sunday before the remains were found, the prisoner
at the bar represented to Mrs. Brown that Mrs. Good was
shout to take a place in the country, and on the Sunday Jane
G.sod herself made arrangements fur the boy's sleeping else-
wh ere for the night, but it was fur the night only,
whim she requested a 'neighbour, who somewhat reluctantly
affoirded the accommodation, to permit the boy to remain there
that night. She stated that it was but for one night only, as
she would return at nine o'clock on the Monday morning. She
never did return, and she never since has been seen alive.
When she went out, she was observed by Mrs. Brown, her
dress was noticed by her, and he (the Attorney-General) be-
lieved that every part of that dress—certainly the greater
part of it—would be distinctly traced by undoubted
testimony to the possession of the prisoner at the bar.
Some parte had,been disposed of, it was hardly known how,
but the greater portion of it could be traced to his possession,
especially the bonnet, the shawl, the gown, the petticoat, and
even the laced hoots. The keys of the lodging, which Jane
Good was in the habit of carrying about with her, together
with the guard, were found either in the stable or the harness-
room. Some of these articles were given by the prisoner to a
woman of the name of Butcher, who would be called before
them. To that individual he gave the new bonnet and other
articles, giving an account of the mode in which he became
possessed
of them—which it would be better perhaps that the
Jury should hear from the witness herself. After Jane Good
left her lodgings in South-street, she some where or other met
the prisoner at the bar between the Red Lion and the Suspen-
sion-bridge at Hammersmith. At a quarter before four they
were seen by one witness, and at half-past six they were seen
by another going towards Putney Park-lane. They left the
house of a person named Roy, where they had some beer. They
were again seen between the spot and the stable of Mr. Shie!,
and from that time nothing more was seen of Jane Good until
the remains were found. On Monday it appeared that the pri-
soner at the bar went to tlke lodging, took away the boy, and
that he also hatipawned some of the articles of wearing apparel I
which Jane Good had not taken away with her. On the Tues-
day a considerable smoke and a strong smell was observed
uoming from the chimney of the harness room of Mr. Shiel
The prisoner was asked the reason ' - he was questioned as to
whether he had been; singing the horses; but the only reason
he assigned fOr• it was that he had been toasting some cheese.
On the Wednesday it would be proved that the prisoner went
out with the pones-chaise, and took with him the bonnet and
wearing apparel which he gave to the woman named Butcher,
and upon his coming back he called at Mr. Collineborne's at
Wandsworth, took away certain articles of wearing apparel
which it had since been discovered he pawned soon after he
purloined them. It would also be shown that after he locked
the policeman and other parties in the stable that he went to
the lodging occupied by Jane Good, that he got up early on
the morning of 'Thursday and went away about half-east
five o'clock, that he took several things with him 1
which he left at the Spotted Dog in the Strand,
He (the Attorney-General) believed that it could be distinetl-;
proved that he ka4 taken everything away from the lodgings of