New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-18
FROM LONDON.
The Trial aud Condemnation Of Muller.

The Trial aud Condemnation OF Muller.
CorresJordonc, OF The y. I. Tribune.
LONDON, Nov. Q, 1864.
] was one Of the few who were able, ont of
the tens Of thousands who desired TO hear and witness
from first 70 last, the trial Of Franz Miller for the muir
Ter Of Mr.. Briggs There were four doors whore one
had 10 the gauntlet Of policemen and undeT'sheris
Cegberus. the Dragon. Argus, and all other waichGl
beings hand, and lad 10 bear in his hand a
very powerful sop Of authority 10 be enabled to pass
into that dark little court Of the Old Bailey which
20 many remarkable criminals have had reason to
regard as at least in close proximity 10 Iades What
typical old courtroom it s All others that ever raw
seemed 20 have been developed out Of il Darwnieay.
A b IN old throne with faded gliding AID red velvet
grown dark with age, with tie drawn sword above the
seat and the arms o. England above is IN the center Of
the Bench. Opposite is ile prisoners dock, with glass
Sides and above the dock far up, gallery for about
ffy spectators, ike tie topmost gallery of a small
teater close against tie roof Some forty reporters
arc side Of the floor the jury the other In
tie center sixty or seventy barrsters In black
gowns and white wigs, that made think that the
Igdras had Just cast IFS blossoms then and there
How drol these avyers-sone Of them briehess boys
DO look in the gowns and wigs They have long ceased
20 be impressive even here, and there q general
/ ciggle as the. entered.
one time IN usher wishing 10 attract the attention o;
blutor reached several people AID touched bis
wig with his forefnger The barrister was OF course,
entirely nsensble 10 any such touch and many who
n got into such IN explosive gigge that it required
eral steutorian sisc,s " from the baiiG beallo, OF
whatever his t.tle may be- to restore order There wns
something. however, quite impressive. though Just as
ant .ue WHOM preceded by Tie mace and scepter came
tie Chief Baron Pollock and Baron Martin who were
70 NY tie case in long black gowns, red scarfs over
.iclr shoulders and wigs much better made than the
barrsters but whiter-and with them the Lord Mayor
in purple velvet robes with gold trimming and the
train u robcd Aldermen. Win them, TOO, cGmc Gen.
Peel ". F. (Sir Roberts broihel). fine, flank and
s,rouc-lclded man, with Tory inscribed and Mr. Roc.
buck WHO is very ugly but has certain kind OF crrde
intelligence ahont him. There no other unofficial
nooiciy present, unless may mention NissAdah aacs
Menken, who Sat IN the gallery during the trial own
was not impressed by their Lordship, on the Bencl.
Chief Baron was very stupid, and bis summing up
WIS only q Iecapitulaton Of what the proceeding A.
tornev Mr. Collier had said The other Baron Lad Il
very conventional and unmprcssye manner and tone
with him. which was fafeAstiy dsaR1eeable when he
passed the sentence Of death Tie sentence uttered
a. was direction 10 his butler and the "Godhavo
mercy on your soul" sounded TO ne almost bitter and
irreverent as an oath. The Queens Solicitor was
commonlooking man, with rasping voice, who did
not hesitate 10 produce laugh ind then 10y affect
ing droll phrases-as that abb clock, &c.
Dir. Sergeant Parry the prisoners chief counsel,
grandlookng man. and lad great power; but it was
felt that he was robbed Of much Of his force, uncon
sciousy. by lurking non.beief Of his clients limo
Oh IN
hundred to that the prisoner is guilty. yet am con
yinoed that such case would have had a fir more
thororgh investigation in America. Whether it was
that nsensbly the feeling had got possession Of all
minds that tie safety Of railway travelling demanded
that somebody should be executed for the murder can
not say but the whole tal seemed 20 me 10 have been
disposed Of with almost ieyty For example the jury
were absent only about FIVE minatcs Now, there CIR
family some mysteries in the case and il is imposs
bic not 10 suppose that the minds Of the majority OF
Jurors were made up beforehand The question whether
he had already formed al opinion was asked OF no
Juror when he sworn in. Again. NJ Lee deposed
that he had seen two men in the carriage with Mr.
Briggs after II had stopped OF Bow, and not peer Of
them moted a. if % ed or, ana his memory did not
point TO Muller either. one thck.set mau with
wbiSsers
Now this evidence va Meercl oyef-pOt inroldaed
-simpy because Lee gave utierance to some Offensive
sentiments Of general kind, that he did not tel the
police because he haled TIE bother Of appearing Now
also, II began 70 be seen that both Matthew tine
cabman and Miller had hats alike; the murder must
have hccn done by boh--a Ia, Of that pattern
and peculiar lining having been found Both had their
hats made 10 oIder both were fasidous about the Ill.,
The hat was in the courtroom in good preservation. IL
1t not odd that no proposition 20 have the halter Try the
hat upon the two men the court 10 see which head It
fitted vas adei Is il not strange that no inquiry was
naae whether Mathew who is low thick set man
@. the kind ~ Lee testified 10 seeing, beside being
ten times g. brutal in appearance as Muller had or had
not wlskers up to the time Of the murder These are
only NV things Of the many which thorough and re-
leouo invest cation could mot have passed over but
which were passed over.
There was nothing progressing in tie prisoner He
is Young man Of some ~ "A year,; with wldo
mouth and thin lips more Ike slit in piece OF wood
than mouths small. pointed nose, with its basal line
inelning upward-a indicating morbid seli-con-
cert and mental weakness; brow without prominence
oyer small eyes almost eorcesled by being deep set