The Sun. — 1857-04-15 (London, England)

CLERKENWELL.—Yesterday having been appointed for the re-examination of Robert Robinson Tripp, who stands charged with the wilful murder of Mr. James Scott, the court was crowded to excess low: before the hour fixed.  Mr. E. Silence gave evidence that haa already appeared.  Police-constable B. Hill, 159 N, said—On the morning of the 7th I went to the house of the prisoner. I saw the prisoner in the front 'room of the second floor. When I knocked at the door the prisoner said; " Who is there ?" I replied " Police;" when he said, " Open the door, it is not locked." When I went in the prisoner was smoking his pipe, and I saw the cutlas and knife produced. I asked what dis:urbanee had taken place between him and Mr. Scott ; when the prisoner said, "He is my landlord. I told him that I owed him some rent,. that it was an unreisonab'e hour, and that if he would come on Saturday I would pay. I persuaded him to go out, but he refus-d, and then I s'a..bbed him." I asked him what he had stabbed Scott with, and he slid, " The cutlass, and I hope I have given him his death-Wound. If it had not been Mr. Silence I would have cut his head off." The prisoner then asked me what I was going to de with him. I told hint that I wanted him to go with me to see Mr. Scott, awl also told him Scott wasnot dead but that ho was hurt very much. He then said, " I am sorry for that—l am sorry I did not give him his death-wound." This he repeated several times.  Mr. Corrie—Did the prisoner seem 9.3 if he had been drinking ? W it ness--No. Witness colitinued—The prisoner asked me if he was in my custody, and I said no, until I had taken the knife and cutlass, and then I told him he was. On our way to the station the pri=oner said, " I hope I have given him his death-wound." On examining the sword I found marks of blood, and also on the stairs.  Crosi-examined—l saw Scott and the prisoner in the Caledonian-read. They were then wrangling together, but I did not hear any threats used. At 2 o'clock I met Scott, and he then called the prisoner an old vagabond, said he would wait there all night, and then put the brokers in for the rent lie did not make any compla►nt then that the prisoner at that time had made any threat. Mr. H. Sillifaut, a surgeon, of 1., Thornhillsquare, proved that clecea9e I died from the effects of the wound.  Sergeant Berkly,l2N—Theprisoner was brouht to the station about 4in tt.e morning. The prisoner, upon beiug told the nature of the charge, • said, "I did it." I told him it was my duty to eaution him, when he again said, "If it had uot been for the lodger interfering., I, would have given him a right one and a left one, which would have saved the trouble of taking him to the hospit I was justified in doing it, as Mr. Scott had no right to come thete at that nos: asonable hour for his rent." At that moment Silence came in, when the prisoner "If it bad not been for your intPrference, I would have soon finished him." (sensation.) I then asked the nature of the wound, and was to;d that it was an inch and a quarter, when he said, "I wish it had been six inches." To Mr. Robinson—The prisoner, I should say, was not drunk. He might have had something to drink, but not much. He waA a sober man. Pt m. over--We had both ~oraething to drink. This 'is what I expected after I had had the gio and water. Mr. Inspector Judge, of the N division,said that he had taken an inv ntory of the go iris for the poipose of ha Al, g them to the ptisolier's fri,.nris, found iu a box a s ull and several bones, which the saigiou stated were the bones of a female. I ala) found six bags 01' shot and a powder flask. e e