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The Express. — 1866-02-01 (London, England)

ALLEGED MURDER OP • POLICEMAN IN DIRIY-LANE.—Yastarday afternom, Mr. Bedford, the Westminster coroner, resumed an inquiry at the King's College Hospital, into the circumstances attending the death of W. Fitzgerald, a member of the metropolitan police force, who, it was alleged, had been murdered while on duty in Drury-lane. George Floyd, 19 F, deposed that at half-past one o'clock on the morning of the 21st Jan., he saw the deceased and a man named Robert Daly going down Lag-acre from Drury-lace. Daly was in the custody of the deemed, and whilst !mein along Daly said, " I'll give you a good shake-up before you get me to the station." Daly was drunk. Witless followed the deceased and Daly to Broad-omit, and saw two men named Cahill and Curtis there. When the deceased ;had got about 20 yards down the oonrt, whom' saw him lying on the ground, and went to lift him up. There was no one there at the time except the deceased, as they had all run away. Deceased said, " Loog Bob (Daly) knocked me down and kicked me is the arm." Witness and another timetable then conveyed the deceased to the hospital. While Daly was being conveyed to the poliocetation, the deceased had to push him along. After some other evidence confirmatory of the above, Police-Inspector James Brennel deposed he was on duty at Bow-street police station about half-past 1 o'clock on the morning of the 21st Jau. The deceased was brought into the station by two constables, and witness shortly aftergave an order for the apprebensiou of John Daly, alias " Long Bob." About a quarter to 2 o'clock Daly was brought to the station, and one of the constables, in his presence, said, "This is the man who broke Fitzgerald's arm." Daly replied, " I did throw him down, fall on him and kick him, and run away. So I would again. I told him to leave go my collar, but he would not." Previous to the charge of drunkenness, disorderly conduct and violently assaulting Fitzgerald being entered against Daly, the letter said, " If I thought I was to be locked up, I would have done more ; I'm if I would not, although his arm was broken." Daly was drunk, but not very drunk, and he was a little excited. Thomas Hill, 5 F, stated be was on duty in the station when Curtis was brought in charged with being coat-rnad in the death of Fitzgerald. Curtis made a statement, which wee taken down in writing. (The statement of Curtis was read, and is it be averred he had not seen Daly until after his conflict will the deceased.) The coroner said the evidence did not seem to show that Cahill or Curtis had been concerned in the fall of the deceased. With regard to Daly, the jury should consider whether he had thrown the deceased down with any settled purpose or wilful intention to do an injury. I. that cam the verdict would be one of murder. If they were of opinion that Daly, in endeavourlog to get away, caused the injuries to the deceased, they would return a verdict of manslaughter. If it could be inferred that the deceased and Daly accidentally fell together, they should acquit Daly. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of manslaughter against Daly.
The Express. — 1866-04-17 (London, England)

THE MURDER IN CANNON-STREET.  Up to 10 o'clock last night the murderer of the woman Million had not been apprehended, and the matter remains as much a mystery as at first, baffling all attempts to solve it by the City police at present. From the beginning they have had nothing tangible on which to act, and have been driven to vague conjecture. On one thing they appearto be agreed— namely ,that robbery was not the motive; but beyond that all is uncertain. It appears to admit of question that the first husbandof therleceased is really dead, whatever bearing that may have upon the matter. Her maiden name was Perry, and in INI3, when she was married to the second husband, Nilson (now dead), it wax in the name of Swan, and she was described am widow. Since the murder a brother of the deceased, residing out of London, has stated that he did not even know, until now, that she was married, she all along hadhavin invariabl used ber maiden name whenever she occasion to write yto him. The man improeed to be her first husband is believed to have gone to America some years ago, and before her marriage with Milleon ; but whether be is living or dead is not now exactly known. It is beyond a doubt that she was married to Malvin, for a properly authenticated certificate of the marriage register was twoduced at the inquest on Friday last, and she may, before contracting the second marriage, have known or had reason to believe that her first husband was dead. The police have more than one theory as to the murder, and these they are now engaged in testing by inquiries and by degrees ; but it is a tedious procern, there being literally nothing beyond conjecture to work upon. Some of the moat acute and experienced of the city detective force are engaged in the investigation, and they are pursuing it with the greatest zeal and caution, determined, if possible, to find out by whose hand this foul crime has been perpetrated, and to maintain their own reputation, which on these occasions is always more or lesa put upon its trial. That robbery was not the motive for the deed is shown by the fact that the key of an iron safe, with which the deceased was intrusted by her masters at nighta, was found upon her after the murder, with ITh. in silver, and nothing appears to have been disturbed in the counting-house or warehouses.  A notice of motion has been given by the Rey. William Denton, M.A., for the next meeting of the Seciety for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, in relation to the bishopric of Victoria, Hong Kong, which has been vacant score] months. It is said that the bishopric has been offered to several gentlemen, but refused in ecesequence of the unsatisfactory state of the °olnniat ei impale. Mr. Denton's motion is es follows :—" That the attention of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury be Ily called to the deplorable rate of the bishopric I.:fag:l:Kong, and that his grace be requested to tare such steps as in his judgment may seem desirable to pro, vide bishop for the relent diocese."
The Express. — 1866-01-19 (London, England)

SOUTH WA RK. The Hoo. Herbert Bagge, of King's Lynn, Norfolk, attended to support two charges against a cab•driver (No. 13,86) for refusing to accept a hiring by time, and neglecting to give him aticket when required. Mr. Bagge maid he was staying with a friend in Paperbuildings Temple, and on Tuesday afternoon, the 11th, he was at a gentleman's house in Lower Stamford-street. Requiring a cab to take them to several places, be went out to fetch one, and met the defendant with his horse and cab crossing the Blackfriars.road. He hailed him, and after jumping into his vehicle required him to drive to No. 3, Lower Starr.ford-street. He alighted there, and a minute or so after that, himself, another gentleman, and a lady got into the cab, when witness told the defendant he should hire him by time. The defendant said, " If you hire me by time I must charge you double." Witness told him be should do nothing of the kind, and requested him to drive to the Westminster police-court. They proceeded there, and after seeing the magistrate, they were recommended to come to this court.  The defendant denied saying that be must charge dcuble fare for time. He drove to the Westminster police-court, and told the gentleman that he could not drive him any distance or by time, u one of the shoes was off the bores. The gentleman detained him at the Westminster policecourt more than three hours. _ _  John Clew, 313 B, said be saw the cabman waiting with his horse and cab at the Westminster policocourt more than three hours. He inquired what the defendant was waiting for, and on being told he perceived that one of the shoes was off his horse.  The Magistrate told the complainant that that portion of the charge must be dismissed, uiumnch as he did not hire the defendant by time when he first engaged him. Nothing WAS said about that until after the three persona got in in Stamford-street.  The complainant then proceeded with the second charge, and said that when he asked defendant for his ticket he said he had none.  The defendant said that was true. He had given them all away. . . . . .  The Magistrate told him he was bound to have tickets, and to give one to every hirer at the time of the hiring without being asked for it. He fined him 6e. and coats. George Crane, an omnibus tout at London.bridge, was brought before Mr. Bonham for final examination, charged with the wilful murder of Ann Carr, a woman with whom be had for some time cohabited, at 33, George•etreet, Kent. street.  The particulars of the can have already been given in our report of the inquest. For the &ammo the prisoner stated that the injuries the deceased had sustained were the result of a fall, and not of any violence he had used towards her. He wu fully cons. witted for trial on the charge of wilful murder.
The Express. — 1866-01-29 (London, England)

VIZ MURDER IN 811ROPSHIAL-ARREST OP  TH UNCLE.  CLEOBURY MORTIMER, JAIL 27.  Mr. John Meredith, the uncle of the deceased young man, Edward Edwards, ii now in the lock-up In this town, charged on suspicion with being the murderer of his nephew. There was • desire on the part of the Shropshire police to arrest Mr. Meredith • week ago, but the magistracy, through the chief unstable having sent to Sir Richard Mayne for • &dentine, determined to postpone this step till such an officer had been upon the spot. The evidence upon which the arrest his taken place, and upon which the accused will be examined, is each as to make it far otherwise than certain that it can be shown that Mr. Meredith is the murderer. It was shown at the isqueet that Mr. Meredith bad made complaints of the deceased's neglect of his duty at the mill even on the Friday before the Sunday on which the murder was perpetrated, and that that complaint led to • dispute between them on that afternoon. And Mr. Meredith. in his evidence at the first acting of the moues jury, deposed that the day-book which the deceased kept at the mill was not made up as Bought to have been to the close of the week preceding the murder, and that be put in one or more omitted entries himself on the day after the murder. Idr. hieredithshows thathe was at the mill on the morning of the murder ; and blood, it was also shown at the inquest, was found upon his trousers and upon an overcoat belonging to him. Whilst the officer was examining the overcoat, the evidence is that Mr. Meredith said, You surely can't detect blood after being washed." This *oat, it was added, appeared to have been sponged. At one time it was stated that Mr. Meredith wore this °oat when he went to the mill in the morning ; but this is not now stated. The blood upon the trousers Is conspicuous, and the opinion of the surgeon given at the last sitting of the jury was that it was not likely that blood could have fallen from the body as it was being taken upstairs, upon which occasion Mr. Meredith assisted by holding one corner of the sheet upon which the deceased was being moved. The garments are still in the possession of Dr. Taylor, the eminent chemist of London. Dr. Taylor has not yet completed his examination of the clothes in respect to the quantity of the blood upon them, but the examination has proceeded sufficiently far to enable him to my that there is human blood upon the sleeve of the overcoat and upon the trowels. Against the supposition that Mr. Meredith is guilty of the fearful crime upon which he has been arrested is the fact, which is well knows in the district in which he lives, that he is of a kind, hospitable, and charitable disposition • ever ready in puree and person to prove a good Samaritan'to his needy neighbours. Re was, it is said, extremely fond ad the deceased, and had cherished him from the ago of 6, since which time be bad been to him as his ; and we are assured that, in the spirit of that affection, Mr. Meredith, who is a man of considerable property, bas in his will left to his nephew the mill in which he was so cruelly murdered.
The Express. — 1866-01-25 (London, England)

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1866.  LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms of judges had held that this question was -KA telt year the National Lifeboat institution, by its Wen, subject to review—that a court of error portterm different wrecks onther means, monurtriocesbnted ts.to'gee TilitlltZolrater el- might determine whether the judge had exercised vended £21,374 in the lame period on its lifeboat establishments. Inaddition to granting f. 4.950 for rewards for saving We aa, his discretion properly. In this the Court of exerc eisicommitteeng the lifeboa th o ts. Institution earnestly APPEAL to the Queen's Bench refused to follow the opinion of Thf e public for AS4ISTANCE, to enable them to meet the continued their Irish brethren. They hold that the question Mary demands on the Institution's 124 Lifeboat BtationS. Contributions are received by the London and Country as to whether the jury ought to be discharged is Bankers and by the secretary .1/chard Lewis, 119., at the In- a question which the judge saltation, 14, John street, Adelpna, L2ndon. who presides at the trial is alone competent to decide. It is of course quite possible that a judge, through corrupt motives, might discharge a jury before it became necessary to do so. But the judge is responsible, not only to the public, but to Parliament, and therefore the danger of pursuing such a course is too remote to excite anxiety. Nor can it be doubted that convenience pleads in favour of the judge being permitted to exercise the discretion in question. Few men are so incompetent as to be unfit to be entrusted with the duty of determining whether twelve men are likely to come to an agreement ; nor is it desirable to multiply chances of acquittal by subjecting each step in a trial to be reviewed by a court of appeal. Such a case as that of CHARLOTTE WINSOR places in the strongest light the exacting spirit of mercy which pervades English criminal law. We do not regret that the unhappy woman should have been permitted to exercise her privilege of having the point of law suggested by her counsel fully and ingeniously discussed. But we may congratulate ourselves that in this instance at least there is no painful contrast between law and common sense. It is not the law of England that a professional murderer should be allowed to escape soot free the penalty of her crimes because the first twelve men empanelled to try her could not be got to agree in the guilt of her accomplice.  JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD CHAINS by troy weight, at realisable value, and the workmanship at wholesale manufacturers' prices. TheeVeidk the &alas gusMre ahood, sad -purchased at the price " HMV & ihe note, How much your chain weighs to the utmost carat The fineness of the gold, and charge for fashion. SHAZZYWAIL Manufactory, N 0.16, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, W.C., 100(1011. AMP made of chains and Jewelry for ls. each. N.H. This establishment is closed ate in the evening. and on Saturdays at 1 o clock.
The Express. — 1866-11-08 (London, England)

CARE. The prisoner was then charged with stealing a roll of elastic intliarubber. Three rolls of the material was sent by Messrs. Barron, of Ablerinanbury, by the Great Eastern Itailway. addressed to Samuels, of Rotterdam rid Harwich. The roll of indiarubher produced was found by Inspector Standage, of the K division, in the prisoner's shop. The prisoner was remanded on this charge. Mr. Ward offered no objection. The female prisoner, Caroline Buckle, was then placed at the bar with her husband, charged with stealing and receiving two ostrich feathers, which Kid been forwarded by Messrs. Pavilion, of St. Paul's Churchyard, to Mr. Arnold, of Syr:4lllam. ey were statd to have been packed in a box and sent by the Great Easteni Railway, through Sutton's agency, on the :10th July, and the box was broken open and the feathers taken. Mr. Beard said these proceedings against the female were cruel, and reflected but little credit on the part of the Great Eastern Railway Company. The law protected a married woman in cases of this discriptionJand he was inclined to think there was no evidence against the poor woman, who really had been persecuted, and had been taken into custody for a purpose. She had only been married to the male prisoner ten months, and had an excellect character. Mr. King said in her case he might be disposed to take  bail. Mr. Metcalfe said this system had been going on for some time. The prisoners were next charged with receiving a syphon enema, sent by Mr. Bailey, of Oxford-street, to Mr. Dunger, of Swaffham. The prisoners were remanded. There is also another charge against the male prisoner of inciting an engine-driver to commit a felony, but which was not gone into to-day.  " The doubts," says the Pays, " which we have expressed as to the reality of the attempt at Prague on the Emperor of Austria's life are confirmed by letters from that city. They state that the inquiry instituted has resulted in establishing that nothing of the kind bad occurred." The first public monument in England to the memory of the late Rev. John Keble was erected last week at Otterbourne, in Hampshire. The monument consisted of a granite cross. The author of " The Christian Year" was for thirty years rector of Otterbourne. On the 4th inst. Rebecca, relict of the late Mr. James Brook, Carisbrook, Isle of Wight, died at the age of 86, leaving 7 children, :18 grandchildren, and 53 great grandchildren--or nearly 100 descendants. A lovers' quarrel has ended in the county Longford in the very savage murder of a young farmer named Newtry, by, it is supposed, a neighbouring schoolmaster. A committee has been formed to promote a consolidation of the various railways in Wales, so as to overcome the difficulties in which some sections of them have been involved by the failure of contractors. The total mileage of the separate undertakings proposed to be united into one system will be nearly 800 miles.
The Express. — 1866-12-06 (London, England)

OXFORD CIRCUIT.--EITAITOItD, Dso. 5. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) Mary Brown, 22, no occupation, was indicted for the wilful murder of her female child, in Wolverhampton. Mr. Motterany, with whom was ldr. Young, prosecuted; Mr. Harrington defended. The evidence against the prisoner was at most entirely circumstantial, and was to the effect that on the 21st et August last she was admitted into the Wolverks femalempten union, where she was confined the sense day of • child. The prisoner remained in the union until the 3rd of September, when she left, taking with her her child, which was dressed in clothing damned with the workhouse mark, and carrying also a beaket containing a piece of muslin, a number of pawn tickets, and a card of battens. At six o'clock in the evening of the same day she was observed by two men in Lear.Lne, • thoroughfare near to • field just out of Wolverhamptoby one of the men to be standing near • heap of bricks, and by the other to be sitting on them. On the following day she was taken into custody on a charge of felony,.and she had not got her child with her then. A magisterial: inquiry resulted in the prisoner being sent to gaol for six weeks, and she was therefore taken to Stafford to serve her term of imprisonment In her basket were found several articles of child's clothing, marked with the union stamp ; bed, as the police had received no intimation of • dead child having been found, no suspicion was aroused. On the 25th of September, however, two men proceeding early to their work, passed through Lear-lane, and their attention was attracted to some rap protruding from a little mound of bricks on one side of the road. Upon removing the bricks they discovered the partially decomposed body of • female child, aged apparently about a fortnight, covered with the piece of muslin before referred to. The skull was fractured, and that injury seemed to have been the cause of death. The prisoner was subsequently charged with murdering the child, but she made no reply. After being examined before the magistrates in Wolverhampton, she was asked by a female searcher there why she had murdered her child. She replied, I did do it. I don't deny it. The devil tempted me." She afterwards admitted her guilt to • fellow prisoner, adding that she did not kill the child by fracturing its skull, but that she strangled it whilst it lay on her knee. (Sensation.) When before the coroner, she said, pointing to the last witness, who had been relating her confession to the jury, " that she had nothing more to say than what she told  hiru.'i Mr. Harrington having addressed the jury, Ms lordship summed up at considerable length ; after  which and at The jury retired, the lapee of about five minutes, returned a verdict of GusUy, but recommended the prisoner to mercy. [ Sentence of death was passed in the usual form.
The Express. — 1866-07-30 (London, England)

THE MURDER NEAR GUILDFORD.-011 Saturday afternoon James Longhurst. aged 19, was charged on remand before Mr. J. Mettle Molyneux with the wilful murder of Jane Saxe. The following deposition of the child, taken by Mr. J Macdonald at the hospital on Wednesday morning, wasput in and read "On the same day I was brought to this hospital I met the prisoner in • footpath which leads from Shere to Gomshall. The prisoner was holding open a gate, and as soon as I pawed through he took hold of me and squeezed me, and laid me down in the footpath, and laid on the top of me for • little while. He then picked me up and took me into • wheat field amongst the wheat, and threw me down and pat his hand up my clothes. I cried out, and prisoner tried to choke me. When be was holding open the gate I saw • knife in hie hand. Whilst I was in the wheat field he cut me with the knife and I ran away, and I called out to David Edger, and he came. The prisoner is the boy. I am quite sure he is the boy who did it." David Edser said, at a few minutes after 7 o'clock in the evening of the 28th June he was on his way to Slime, from Gomahall, &CMS the fields, and hearing a faint cry he looked and saw a child on a bank in a wheat field, with her face and neck covered with blood. He asked her who had done it, and she said " that boy." He then looked round and saw the prisoner running away about 100 yards off. He called out to him, but he took no notice, aad he ran after him and brought him back to the girl. He then asked her, "Is this the ' boy," and she said " Yes." He carried the child to Shere to Dr. Capron, and then gave information to the police, and the accused was taken into custody. Dr. Capron and other medical witnesses proved the nature of the wounds in the child's throat ; one was quite sufficient to cause death. Four knives were found on the prisoner, and one, which was such a one as might have inflicted the wounds, bad blood upon it. The medical men also expressed an opinion that although dying, • person with such injuries as deceased had would. be of sound mind so as to speak to individual identity. Police-constable Lambert proved when he charged the prisoner with attempting to murder Jane Saxe, and took him into custody, he made no reply, but licked blood off his left hand with his tongue, and wiped it off. When confronted with the girl at Mr. Capron's surgery the girl said he was the boy, to which he then replied, " I did not do it." When witness first took the four knives from his pocket the one produced had a good deal of blood on it. The prisoner, being advised to reserve his defence, aid nothing in reply to the charge, and was fully committed for trial for the murder.