Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1865-05-12 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE ROAD MITRDEI )MMITTAL OF MISS KENT. •  ----- Constance Emily Kent was taken before the magistrates at Trowbridge on, Thursday last, and, after an ezamination of witnesses, which continued the hours, s'n: was committed for trial. The witnesses were those chiefly whose evidence was given on former examinations five years ago, including Elizabeth Gough, the nurse ; Thomas Berger, farmer ; Mr Parsons, surgeon ; Sarah Rogers, housemaid ; Martha Nutt, washerwoman ; Juts. Watts, policeman ; and Inspector Witcher. The evidence of these witnesses differed very little from what NVIVI formerly adduced. The clergyman from Brighton and the Lady Superioreas of the religious house were the only two witnesses whose evidence was new. Catherine Ann Gream (the lady superior), sworn. She said : I live at St. Mary's Hospital, 2, Queen's-square, Brighton. I fulfil the office of lady superior. The witness here said : I wish to say that since Miss Kent, from the first time she Caine, ever since she has been there she awl I have been like mother and daughter, and I do not want to be asked any more questions than absolutely necessary, as what we have said together was as between mother and daughter. The Clerk of the Court : You will only be asked such questiens as are necessary and usual in a court of justice, and these you will have to answer. Wit Fess : I think Constance Kent came to me on the Ist of August, 1861 I had not known her previously to this. She came to me in the name of Emily Kent. She never said anything to inc about the Road murder kirestens to her expressing a wish to give herself up to justice. I spoke to her first about the murder. I hail known previously that she hail spoken of it. I toll her that I knew of it; but I said nothing to induce her to sty anything about it. Chairman : Are you quite certain that previously to that you never said anything to induce her to make the Statement. Witness Quite certain. The Clerk of the Court: What aid she first say? Witness : I cannot remember what she said. I said to her that I hail heard about it and was sorry for it, tonl I asked her if she fully realised what it involved. Then there was a conversation previously ?---No, there was no conversation previously. What did you refer to by 'it ?"—The Road murder. Neither she nor I referred to it by name. Please give its the exact word that passed.—The entire words were upon a religious subject. , What reply ilia she make when you told her that you knew of it, and asked her if she fully realised what it hvolved? --I think she said she did know what it in, ,Oved. rhe Chairman : What did you make her understand I then if you had not spoken to her upon the subject before! Witness : I think I told her that Mr Wagner had told me about it. The Clerk of the Court: When was the next conversation on the subject? Witness : The next week ; and then she spoke more fully on the subject. Tell us the exact words she used.---T had her up first of all to speak upon religious subjects. Soinething in conversation made her tell me that she carried the child dmu stairs sleeping ; that she left the house by the drawing-room window ; and that she had used a razor to cut its throat. She said nothing else about the actual deed. She said she obtained the razor from her father's dressing-case. She spoke afterwards of the night-dress that was lost. I think she said that she had taken it mit of the basket again. Ido not think she told me anything else. I 110 not recollect that she did. The Clerk of the Court: Did any other conversation _ .  pass ? Witness : The day I brought her to town nothing was said. Did she assign any motive! think the told me it was her dislike to the child, and that it was for revenge on her stepmother. Chairnian : When did she say this to you? Witness The third time I saw her, when she told me the other. lam not quite cure about her dislike to the chit&