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wore, to the best of ray belief. The rent-book produced is in I Mary Hazlewood, examined by Mr. WADDINGTON—I am
my own hand-writing. barmaid at the Spotted Dog. On the 7th of April the pri-
Cross-examined—l have seen all those articles before at my soner booked some goods there, to be left till called for. He
examination at l4ow-street. People called Jane Tones Mrs. did not remain long, but returned about ten o'clock with a
Jones. I cannot say that she ever told me that her name was ; thee went into the coffee-room, and left together,
Jane Jones. I can swear her name wan Jones. I cannot taking the things with them.
swear that it was Jane. I was called on first on the 7th of Thomas Sales examined by Mr. WADDINGTON—I am waiter
April to give evidence in this matter. The police came to me. at the Spotted Dog. On the 7th of April prisoner came to
Re-examined--When the things were shown to me at Bow- I the house with a woman ; they came into the tap-roam ; he
street, I had no doubt that they were the things which Jane had a b:ef-steak in his hand, and he asked me to cook it for
Jones wore when she left my house on Sunday. him. I told him that the fire was very bad ; he said he was
Sarah Yosolg, examined by Mr. WADDINGTON—I am a not in a hurry, but he was very hungry, as he had been travel-
widow.
I knew a woman called Mrs. Good, she lodged ling all night by railway. He said he did not know what
with Mr. Brown. On Sunday evening, 3d April, she called railway, but he had come from Bristol. The female and
on me ; she asked me if I would take her little boy for one the prisoner sat down together, and seemed very deep
night ; I consented, and about half-past twelve in the afternoon, in conversation, and I heart:the prisoner say, " That b—h
the little boy came to my house and slept there that night ; he won't trouble you no more." He seemed uneasy, and kept
did not sleep any more at my house. I have not seen Mrs. going in and out of the house all the time the steak was
Good since that Sunday. cooking. I should think he went out as many as eight times
Lavender Layton, examined by Mr. WA DDINGTON —I am a in the course of half an hour.
confectioner living at Putney. I know the prisoner ; I saw George Bland, examined by Mr. Anoeritus—l drive acab.
him on Sunday 3d April. I saw him about a quarter to four On the 17th April I drove the prisoner from the Spotted Dog to
in the afternoon in the Hammersmith Bridge-road ; he had a Flower and Dean-street, Spitalfields. He had a bed, a box,
female with him ; they were walking tngether ; they were iand one or two bundles with bin. Molly Good was with
walking towards Mr. Shiells'. Good introduced the female to l him. I put them down at No. 4, Flower and Dean-street.
me as his sister, saying "my sister, Mr. Leyton." William P. Biddle, examined by the ATTORNEY- GENERAL—
John Blown, examined by Mr. Wanet Nceroe —I keep lam an assistant to Mr. Soames, pawnbroker. On the 17th
a house, called the Coach and Horses, at Putney. On 3d April the prisoner broeght sonic things to our shop, but I ob-
April prisoner and a female, whom he said was his sister, anti jected to take them in. Lie then went and fetched Mrs. Good,
a Welchinan, came to my house, and had two glasses of gin whom he knew, and she said, " It's all right, Mr. Soames ;
and water. The prisoner said she was a dairy-maid, and I it's nay husband just came from sea." I said that did away
observed that many gentlemen were partial to Welchwomea with my objection, and he went away and returned in about an
for dairy-maids. The woman had a bottle with her, which she hour, with a large trunk and other things. We lent him 21. 103.
said contained cream. upon them. He said he wanted to go into the country; he had
By the COURT—I observed no part of the female's dress just some from sea, and the goods were the property of
except her gloves, and they were whitey brown cotton. a person who had died on the passage home from India. He
Fanny Hester, examined by Mr. WADDING-rote—l am the afterwards brought some female's wearing apparel, consisting
wife of Wm. Hester, who lives at New York, in America; of two mantillas, &e., and some odd china, which we took in.
I live at ?riest•bridge. I have known the prisoner three The police have most of this property, which 1 gave to In-
years. 1 remember his coining to my house with a female at Spector Pearce ; the rest I produce myself.
half-past four o'clock on Sunday, 3d April. The female wore Stephen Lidlow examined by Mr. WADDINGTON—I am a
a mazarine blue bannete a dark cotton gown, a black shawl, special constable at Tunbridge. On the 16th April last, from
with large flowers, and black boots, laced at the side. Prisoner information which I received, I apprehended the prisoner,
said the gardener was not agreeable to have a fire in the har- and found a watch and a jaconet muslin apron upon him.
ness-room, so he had brought his sister-in-law to see me. He Humphries took him into custody. He was dressed as a brick.-

said she was from London, and would return home that evening.
During tea-time I said that the gardener had said something
disrespectful respecting Susan Butcher sleeping at the stable.
The female appeared very much agitated when she heard that,
and the prisoner said it was time to go. When they were
goin; 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 I did as he wished me. The boy slept at my
house all that night, and want away the next morning.
Cress-examined—The female heard all that the prisoner
said about being his .sitter-iti-law, &c.
Robert Paling, V 245, examined by Mr. WADDINGTON
About half-past six o'clock, on Sunday evening, 3d April, I
saw the prisoner with a female near Priest-bridge ; they were
walking arm-in-arm, and were conversing in loud tones, as if
quarreling. The female had a blue bonnet on.
Cross-examined—The female was talking loudly to the pri-
soner. - .

George Royal examined by Mr. WahniscroN—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 haur at my house.
Cross-examined—l was not in their company all the time that
they were at my house. The female did not appear dejected ;
the prisoner appeared as if ho had been drinking.
Sarah Greenwood examined by Mr. GURNEY—I was
cook at Mr. Shiells' on the 3d of April last ; the prisoner 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 oa
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
the house a few minutes. 1 saw him next at half-past nine ; he
was qui'e correct—l mean sober. I saw him no more that
night. I saw him at breakfast, next roo-ning, and in the even-
ing of the next day. On Monday night I saw the little boy at
the house; the prisoner brought him to the house. On Tuesday
morning when the prisoner came to breakfast he appeared very
dirty, I said to him " Daniel, you're very dirty, yon're not fit to
sit down with us ; you're like a sweep." He said he was going
to wash and shave himself. He said he had been cleaning
the harness. His face and hands were dirty. I know
the harness-room and the stable ; they were always kept locked.
I never was in the harness-room.
Cross-examined—When the prisoner came in at half-past
seven, he came into the kitchen, and asked about the dinner.
He then went to speak to his master, and I did riot see hint
leave the house. .

layer.
Mr. DOANE asked the Attorney-General whether he in-
tended to proceed upon that count in the indictment which
charged the prisoner with pi,isoning the deceased?
Lord DENMAN said that it was quite clear that that count
cluld not be entered upon, as the evidnace did not touch that
question at all. The first two counts were those on which they
must proceed.
This was the case for the prosecution. .4
The Court then adjourned for a few minutes to take re.
freshment.
Mr. DOA NE then addressed the Jury for the defence. He
said it now became his duty to address a few observations to
them on behalf of the unfortunate man at the bar, and he must
say that he was deeply impressed with the great responsibility
under which he laboured. There were circumstances connected
with this transaction about whi;.th he must engage their most se-
rious attention, and those were certain statements which had
been put forth, and had led a considerable portion of the public

to entertain the most exaggerated notions with respect to the
share the prisoner had in this transaction ; and gentlemen of the
Jury must have been aware, long before they guessed that. they
were to be called on to take part in this inquiry, that a large
portion of the public press had given publicity to statements
the most exaggerated, and which tended to injure the case of
the prisoner at the bar. He had been denounced through-
out as the murderer ; his name had been coupled with that
dreadful 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
on the part of the prosecution. His Learned Friend had con-
tented himself with a calm, dispassionate statement of the
facts, unaccompanied by any comments, in acknowledgment cf
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 ease as his Learned Friend had done, 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, one and all, that they
had 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
of 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

By the Coeur —The 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. I
told him he was in liquor, and ho then went to the parlour.
He said he was going t the Green Man with a friend o' 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 live 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 rep.y. 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 tire in the kitchen, as
his people were gone to a ball. I asked him where and now
Mrs. Good was? He said he did not know, as lie had not seen
her these two days.
Cross-examined--I was not examined before the Magistrate.
Wm. Jones examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL--I 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 things 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 ArTORNEY-
GELERAL.-I live at Woolwich 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-
lane. I have staid there all night. I remember him coming
to my father's house about a fortnight before the discovery of
the female's body. From the time 112 st slept in the harness-
room, I did nut 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
1 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 dill not leave them.
These things remained in my house till Thursday evening, when
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 ma ymasinsgteler
s
got out at the half-way house, and I went on to New Cross.
hilst going along, the prisoner
said
and other things he had for me, and I was to go to London on
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 I 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-
' may, and when I was there the gardener saw me.
James Parry, police sergeant, 8 K, examined by Mr.
A notestus—On the 7th of April I received some things from
the last witness, consisting of a blue bonnet and other articles.
Hubert 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. 't his 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 1 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 band 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.
Elizabeth Christie examined by Mr.Watartisswroei—l live at
No. 18, South-street, Manchester-square. This bonnet be-
longed to Mrs. Good. I altered it for her nine months ago,
and I 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 him at the house on
Tuesday. I 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. said "Is that your
H
little boy, Mr. Good?"e 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 he was very fund of her.
Daniel Good, jun., was then called, and the prisoner applied
bundle
with 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
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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 lie had left his key behind him, and
wanted to get into his apartments. She lent him 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 my house, and
he stayed there all night, till five o'clock next morning, when I
heard a cab go away.
henry Littleboy examined by Mr. GsmueaNll
hex,eY —ladurd a bediveah in
cab. On the morning of the 7th of April I was on the
sstoauntdha-sttr le'eat, ddaind putngtori-satreet.
large Good hired
hired me, and I went to 18,
the cab ; lie came too, and fdrove 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 sonic one told me to
drive to Whitcombe-street. I did so, and I saw the prisoner
with a large bee, a small box, a bed, and a bundle. I put them
in the cab, and he told me to drive to the Spotted Horse. I said
did not know such a place as the Spotted Horse, I knew the
Spotted Dog. He said it was all the same. 1 drove him to
the Spotted Dog, and be,; ot) cu.'

the prisoner at the bar had caused the death of the oeceased.
They would see how important it was to have every link in the
chain of evidence unbroken, and that the inference to be drawn
mast 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
innocent. 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 impor •
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 nut 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 premises 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. They 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 set m 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-pat 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 ore Sunday night after she was
seen in company with Good. There was, however, no other
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 so 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, might not have had nerve enough to
have come 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 thing for an innocent man to do, to
dispose of the remains, in order to get rid of the accusations
which might be made against him ? He thought after the evi-
dence they had heard from the medical gentlemen, that it would
ba absurd to suppose that this female's 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
sabsequent part of the inquiry, he need not say anything, be-
cause many a man sunder the fear of being charged with mar-
, 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
wound must have been enormous ; she was a plump
woman, in geed health, and the flow of bloat must
have been great indeed. Was the murder eommitted in the
harness-room or in the stable ? Where was the evidence ?
Would they not have expected to have found some vestige of
the blood? But there was none ; in the stable, where the
truuk was found, one policeman saw, what he thought to be, a
small quantity of blood. If the murder were nut committed
there, where did it take place, and who was the guilty pay ?
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. Men did not all of a sud-
den take up a knife and deprive another being of life without a
motive. Was 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.suslden quarrel, but
they did not hear of cases like these. .here 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 her, 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 the 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
her, and • paid for her lodgings, they would think
that 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
bad to do was to cease going from Putney all the way to
Seuth- street. But might not the evidence of Fanny Hester,
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 and the prisoner, being stung wilt feelings o
jealousy, have committed suicide? After some further re-
marks on the evidence of the witnesses, he concledrd 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 DENMAI4 then summed up, and said the prisoner,
Daniel Good, stood charged before them with the wilful mur-
Cer of Jane Gocd, 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 purpose of re-
moving from their minds all prejudices raised by this atrocious
deed, he proceeded to state the manner in which the occur-
rence ought 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 with 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