The Sun. — 1847-12-17 (London, England)

YESTERDAY.) MURDER OF MR. BELLCRAMBERS.—George Masi, • wine cooper, Thomas Doyle, labourer, Thomas Sale, cooper, aril Thomas Davis, tinman, were indicted for the wilful murder of John Bel'chambers, on the 11th of October last, in Westminster. There was another indictment for the same murder, but omitting the name of Thomas Doyle, and including that of John Lloyd, modeller, instead, with the three other prisoners. They are all young men, the eldest 25, the youngest 17. No counsel was engaged to conduct the prosecution, but Mr. Clarkson, at the request of the Court, examined the withesses from the depositions. Davis, Sale, and Doyle were defended by Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Charnock, and Mr. Parry; and 3`Coy and Lloyd were undefended. The several witnesses who appearu'd before the magistrate, and whose evidence has been at:.eadY reported at great length in The Sun, repeated their .te!stimn °147h3 and the confession of M'Coy, which appearea Sun about ten days since, was put in and read. The Learned CotiNsEL for the prisoners Sale an, Doyle addressed the jury, and argued that the evidence' was quite insufficient to convict them of the offence alleged against them, and it was particularly impressed upon the jury that whatever weight they might attach to the letter written by M'Coy, with regard to his owns share in the transaction, that it was no evidence against any of the other prisoners, and ought not in. , any way to affect the decision of the jury with regard to them.  Mr. PARRY was about to address the jury for the prisoner Davis, when Mr. Justice WIGBTMAN said that he and his Learned Brother considered it was unnecessary for him to do so; as they thought there was not sufficient evidence against him to go to the jury; and they were also of the same opinion with regard to Lloyd. M'Coy, on being called upon for his defence, said that he could say nothing more than that everything he wrote in the letter was true.  Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN summed up the evidence against the remaining prisoners. The jury, at the suggestion of the Learned Judge, before they retired, acquitted the prisoners Lloyd and Davis, and then proceeded to deliberate with regard ter the others. They were absent for nearly an hour and a half, when they returned into court and inquired of the Learned Judge whether, supposing three persons agreed to commit a felony, and, after it was committed, a blow was struck which caused death, whether they would be all guilty of murder in the eye of the law ? Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN said that would depend whe' ther they should be of opinion that they all resolved beforehand to commit the robbery at all hazard. The jury deliberated for a short time, when they re• turned a verdict of Guilty against Sale and M'Coy, and Acquitted Doyle. The prisoners were called up for judgment, and The Learned JUDGE, after observing that there could be no doubt that they had committed the murder imputed to them for the most base object, that of acquiring the property of the deceased, and that he certainly coneurred with them in the verdict, sentenced them to be executed, and did not hold out any hope of a commute• tion of the sentence.  The prisoners heard the sentence with perfect indifference, and Sale said he considered he had not had a fair trial. M'Coy also left the bar declaring ths be was innocent.