The Sun. — 1848-12-23 (London, England)

THAMES. John Barley, a coal porter and carman, in the employ of Mr. Green, a coal merchant in the City-road, was brought up on remand, charged with the wilful murder of Lewis Caustatt, a dock labourer, better known by the name of Lewis Lewis. The occurrence which led to the death of the un-fortunate man took place in Nightingale-lane, a narrow street, bounded on each side by the walls of the St. Katherine's and London Dock, and leading from Upper East Smithfield to Wapping. The west side of this lane is rendered nearly impassable every morning by the number of labourers who congregate there, waiting for employment in the St. Katherine's Dock.  Robert Welch, a labourer, said that on Sunday morning last, between the hours of seven or eight o'clock, as he was in Nightingale-lane, advancing towards letter D warehouse of the St. Katherine Dock, he saw the prisoner, who was driving a waggon laden with coals, and drawn by three horses, on its way from Wapping to East Smithfield. The team was close on the body of men waiting for employment outside F warehouse, and the prisoner shouted after them, and told them to get out of the way. An altercation took place between the prisoner and the dockmen, and the prisoner threatened to knock down some of them, and threw his whip and coat on the ground, and challenged one of them to fight. Previous to doing so, the prisoner stopped his waggon and horses. A fight took place between the prisoner and one or two of the dockmen. The prisoner was twice knocked down, and when he recovered from his second fall he took up his whip and coat, said he had had enough of it, and drove on towards the warehouse, where another body of labourers were assembled. Witness was on the footpath outside the warehouse on the near side of the waggon, and as the team approached close to the body of men, he distinctly saw the prisoner throw his whip across the neck of the wheel horse, which immediately moved inwards towards the men. He feared that some one would be killed, and rushed forward, when he saw the deceased lying in the road, about six or seven feet from the footpath, with his head crushed, and the blood oozing from his person. He was quite sure the team rectklteessly would have cleared the body of labourers with several spare,gueidifd histhe h porrisseosnteorwhaardds th noetmw.ilfully and John Butler deposedand that that he was waiting for temploy at the gate,thehe phroids3o.noefrladhroovuerehriss waitinggon and horses so close to ing there, that some of two were nearly run over. A scuffle ensued, andand tgaov and tehe of the dock men pitched him a thrashing. Di. into the prisoner, WTI soner had resumed rectly after the fight aotrell at the dockthe charge of his team, there prisoner, proceed wardh induced witness and tos it. He was about a yard behiturlsthse and heard him say, " I will give it to the the dock-gate if they don't get out of m t y a Witness told him he deserved all he met with. He went in advance of the prisoner to the dock-gate, and was standing about two yards from the deceased, who was on tiptoe, looking Mr. Hunter, who was calling the names over, in the face. He had not been at the d,:ck-gate more than a minute when the horses and waggon were driven close up to the body of labourers, out of its proper course, and the deceased was struck by the fore part of the waggon and thrown down. 'I he near fore wheel went over his head and body. He was so l orrors.ruck, that hc turned hi. head aside, 40d did nor se . 'he second (i u, div dcePased, 10‘o Was brim, diarely du-rye ar.4, pi,k,d up iii a giving tate, and conveyed to the hospital. Other witnesses gave birnilar evidence relating to e threat used by the prisoner, and to his throwing