Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1847-07-28 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

MURDER NE SR SHEFFIELD.-011 the 21st inst., at York, before Mr. Justice Wightman, George Bradley, (26) and James Bradley (23) were charged with the wilful murder of John Riley, at Sheffield, on the 12th of January last. The deceased, John Riley, was a man about ant years of age, a tobacconist in Waingate, Sheffield. His place of residence, however, was at Br;tom Lees, a mile front Saeffield, on the Grimesthorpe road. On the night of Monday, the II th of January, he closed his shop in Waingate abaut nine o'c'ock, and went with a friend to the Cattle Market lint, where he remained till half-past twelve, when he left to go home. Ile was perfectly saber. In going tc his atonic he had to pass a place called Burger's-gate, where Mr. Riley received certain blows which caused his death. He gat to his house about 20 minutes to two o'clock in the morning, and Mrs. Riley, who was sitting up for him, let him in. Ile was covered with blood and bruises. A large himp at one side of his head ultimatelycaused his death. His watch had been stolen, and one of his pttcketa turned inside out ; but another, which contained 255., had been oven-looked by the murdersrs. Mrs. Riley assisted him to bed, where he lay, attended by a medical practitioner, till the following Saturday, when he died. The circumstances tending to connect the prisoners with the robbery and murder are as follows :—On Thursday, January the prisoner, James Bradley, went to a pultlic-house in Sheffield, produced the watch taken from Mr. Riley, and asked a man named George Bowling to sell it for him. Bowling suggested that they alleluia go together to a man named Sales, who eventually paid 17a. for the watch. After sitting for sonic time at the Coach and Horses, Sales, Bowling, and Bradley went together to the All Nation's public-house. They there drank together, and James Bradley made the ft;llowing statement:—. You must not say anything about the watch : it came from Mr. ltiley, the tobacconist, in Waing,ate, ; I robbed him of his a nitch and 305.; I knocked him down the first blow. l heard that we missed £3 and the shop key. I heard tlytt Mr. Riley got home between two and three o'clock in the morning." He also trade s.nveral other implicatory confessions. Tire evidence against George Bradley was very slight. He Wan merely seen near the Cattle Market Inn abntut the tinie the deceased left it. Evidence in support of these facts having been adduced, inn the respective counsel for prisoners having addressed the jury, the jurige sumtneti up, and the jtiry, after a consultation of 35 minutes, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. There is another charge against the prisorers. James Bradley and George Bradley, who were acquitted on Wednesday, for the murder of Mr. Riley, at Sheffield, were then arraigned for having robbed him of a watch and sotne silver. After the case had been7concluded, the jury returned a verdict of " Guilty" against both the ! prisoners. The lea; ned judge then passed Liar severeat sentence that the law allots-a—transportation for 15 years. James Bradley n " That's nowt."  MURDERS By Po tsoN.—At Lincoln assizes Mary Ann Milner, a rather interesting young woman. aged 27. was charged with the nue-der of her mother in-law, Mary Milner, by poison. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and sentence of death was passed upon her. There was another indictment against her for the murder of Ellen Titlels.