The Herald of Wales. — 1887-04-09 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE HOXTON MURDER. TRIAL OF THE PRISONER,.  At the Old Batley, on Thursday, Thomas' Cueroll pleaded...not Frailty to the charge of wilfully murdering Lydia Green, at Becherstreet. lioxton. Mr Poland, for the Tremury, repeated the facts of the case, lie said he would show that prisoner had made false excuses for obtaining the key of the house, on the morning of the murder; and that he had no business there. Immediately : after the firing occurred, a person wee hosed to rush to the street door. Altos Guantlett,"a widow, who occupied a room with deceased, deposed she left home about seven on the morning in question, returning at ten, when she learnt what had happened. The room PIM widisturbed. No revolver was found.—William Sinclair, a lodger, said he was not disturbed by any unusual noise on the morning of the murder.— John Day, another lodger, heard, soon after seven, a noise as of someone having fallen.— Mat Oda Day, wife of tholaet witness, confirmed this evidence.— Thomas Atril, another hulger, went out at quarter to seven. He met prisoner who said he had left a few things in the house overnight. When he visited Lydia Green and asked witness to lend him his latch.key, promising to give it to Mrs. Green, Witness lent the key. In the afternoon he learnt what had happened. Be haft not seen the key Pim*.  George Williamson, a butcher, said ozi the morning of of February 6th, he met the prisoner in Bacher•stroet, and shortly before he met him a door was elammed. Prisoner walked away h urriedly.— Mrs. Green, mother of the doceaseid, awl Edema Day gave similar evidence. The Hoxton murder trial was continued on Friday. Mrs. Martha Smith depoeed that, on the evening of the 6th of February,prisoner en. gaged a bed at her house under the name of Colo. Ho brought no luggage, and shared a mom sith another lodger. He mentioned having mine from Hoxton, and referred her to his aunt Ms. .Hearne. On the following Friday a coat belonging to a fellow lodger WM missing. A letter arrived from the prisoner stating that the money to redeem the coat and pay for his lodgings could be obtained from Mrs. Hearne. Charles Smith, husband of the last witnese confirmed her testimony. When Carrell engaged lodging, he seemed the worse for drink; prisoner pressed Smith to make enquiry concerning him. Robert Craoknell, who occupied part of the room with Carrell, said he hod a box of which the witness never sew the contains until the police examined it. He never saw a revolver nor cartridges in Currelre poseession. When Currell ht on the morning of the 4th of February, he owed witness 17s. Iweet or Pearson deposed to finding 38 revolver caAridges in prisoner's box, and was corroborated by Police-conetable Reed. The trial of William H. Currell, for the Hinton murder, was resumed at the Old Bailey, London, on Saturday. Mr. Gill, for the prisoner, in the course of an eloquent speech, remarked upon the absence of proot that prisoner ever had possessed a revolvr, and Auld the jury to disregard altogether the evidence of Thomas and Lambert. —Mr. Justice Grantham stated the evidence of those two tutu ought M have no weight with the jury.—Mr. Gill concluded by denying that there was a tittle of evidence which would jueitfy the tarnfloe of prisoner's life. Counsel for the prosemitten then addressed the jury, and the judge summed up. The jury, after a short absence, returned a verdict of guilty, and prisoner was sentenced to death.