The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-19 00:00:00

THE ROEHAMPTON MURDER,

Yesterday, Daniel Good was brought up at Bow-street,
before Mr. Hall, charged with the late horrible murder at
Roehampton. The court was densely crowded, and the
anxiety to catch a glimpse of the wretched miscreant was
intense. The prisoner was introduced into court very quietly
at precisely half-past ten o'clock, and no manifestation on
the part of the auditory marked his presence. He was dressed
in a dirty fustian labourer
sjacket and trousers, and wore a
blue and white spotted cotton neckerchief. In his hand he
had a brown stuff cap without a peak. In appearance he is
a man apparently about 45, of swarthy complexion and dark
visage, the under part of which projects, and if a dog had such
a nether jaw he would be called " undershod." His forehead
is of moderate size, much wrinkled ; his hair and whiskers jet
black. Altogether he is small of size, and by no means mus-
cular. When placed at the bar, he appeared perfectly calm
and collected ; and his first gestures were to stroke his chin
with his left hand, and to pass it over the crown of his head,
rubbing the hair forwards over the crown, which was bald.
He remained generally in one position, resting his cheek
upon his left hand. Whenever any noise appeared in court
he looked in the dire.ction, and.then his sunken small black
eye appeared exceedin.gly piercing.
His wife, who was in a cell near the court, kept weeping
and wailing so loudly that the prisoner could plainly hear her
where he stood : her loud complaints did not appear to move
him.
Mr. Barnaby, the C.lerk, asked the prisoner what was his
name, to which he immediately replied, in a firm tone,
" DEavnidieelneGeowoda.s"then
given of the circumstance which took
of the murdered woman was first dis-
place when the bo4s'
covered, all of which have already minutely been reported
in our columns.
Lydia Susannah Butcher produced a gown, a shawl, a pair
of boots, and gloves and bonnet, which the prisoner gave to
her on the 6th instant, stating at the time that thay belonged
to Mrs. Good,
who died. some years ago.
Mrs. Elizabeth Christie identified the bonnet and shawl
as having belonged to Jane Jones, or Good, who went, she
said, by both names.. The last time witness saw Jane Good
alive was on the 3d inst., when she had on the bonnet and
shawl produced.
The prisoner refused to ask the witnesses any questions,
and said he had no application to make.
At several periods of the examination the prisoner's wife
indulged in bursts of grief and audible lamentations. The
prisoner looked coolly round towards the spot from whence
the cries proceeded, and then resumed his former position.
He was then remanded until Thursday next, at 10 o'clock.'
After the examination had concluded, and the prisoner
had been removed to the waitiug-room, be observed " Thank
God, it is over for to-day. A man can die but once, and all I
wish is that my body
may not be given up for dissection, and
all I hope is that they will not do so." One of the constables
observed that that was not likely, for if he were found guilty,
he would be interred inside the walls of Newgate, and would
have slack lime thrown over his body.
The prisoner then laughingly remarked, " An sure that'll
burn the guts out o'