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The Sun. — 1863-07-30 (London, England)

BUTLER. The infamy of doing that belongs exclusively, as we all know, to the Federals. The Southern President has never issued, under the authority of his own name, signed with his own hand, promulgated as the deliberate utterance of his own Government, a document such as the Northern PRESIDENT has issued, signed, and promulgated, declaring a contingent penal abolition of slavery, and, in the act of so doing, unfurling, as an atrocious signal or incentive to the negroes in the South, the black banner of a Servile War! Richmond has never yet been the arena for execrable riots, during which, for several days in succession, Murder has stalked scatheless through the streets, as it has recently been doing through the streets of New York, in the form of a lawless rabble, armed with fire and Sword, bent upon outrage and destruction, and hunting to the death those very negroes whose freedom the leaders of this Northern mob affect, for their own semah ends, to have so much at heart. Turning from this momentary contemplation of the reallystartling contrast presented to view throughout this dreadful conflict by the belligerents themselves —we would now apply the second of the two popular axioms quoted at the outset of these present remarks of ours, not to the combatants, but simply to their critics, to the co Bo far mrnentators upon the Records of the war ecords as it has yet gone, to the commentators upon those records here, in this country, to the speakers 7r:lions platforms, and to the writers upon th who have watched either various public newspapers. Referring to those have watched or, still better, to those who both, we ask upon which aid® the anger, the ill blood, the passion has been , the • +Airy, we ask confidently which of the two, between these dis. putants, has argued the more equably in tone and in temper the vindicator of the North or of the South, of the Federals ur of the Confederates t Why, at the nosiest and most nu:nerously attended meeting that has anywhere as yet been convened in this country since first this lamentable war commenced,  at the great assembly which took place last autumn  (of all plaees in London, at Exeter Hall! the champions, that is to say, the oratorica  champions of the North, of tie Federals, of Pus'  dent LINCOLN, and General BUTLER, and the like  had it, in a manner, all to themselves. Yet, such was  their passionate and infuriated condition, that some  one, rashly venturing to utter a few sentences in  vindication of the Confederates, was first of a  brutally hustled out of Exeter-hall, and then sti  more brutally hounded along the Strand, as though he had been a mad dog, until  the unfortunate Wight found shelter, as he  did eventually, in a shop not far from our office. Quite consonantly with the wrath evidenced more  than once by the acts of [the Northern army, or its leaders, out in the actual seat of war, and with the words, whether spoken or written, which have already emanated in this country from the lips or from the pens of the impassioned sympathisers with
The Sun. — 1863-12-16 (London, England)

THE WATERLOO-ROAD MURDER.  Samuel Wright, bricklayer, was this morning placed in the dock to plead to an indictment, charging him with the wilful murder of a female named Maria Green. _ _  The prisoner, on making his appearance, seemed quite overpowerec by the horrible nature of the crime with which he was charged. Immediately he took his position in front of the dock, he took hold of the upper part of it with both hands, and during the time he was before the learned judge kept swinging himself backwards and forwards. The Clerk of the Arraigns said—Samuel Wright, you stand indicted for killing and slaying, with malice afore thought, Maria Green. How say you, are you guilty or not guilty ? Prisoner (in a very faint voice)—Guilty. The Recorder asked him if he knew the nature of hiS plea of guilty ? Prisoner—Yea; I'm guilty. The prisoner was then removed. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) . .  Immediately Mr. Justice Blackburn took his seat on the bench, The prisoner was again placed in the dock, when The Clerk of the Arraigns said the prisoner Samuel Wright was indicted for the wilful murder of Maria Green, to which indictment he pleaded guilty. Mr. Justice Blackburn asked the prisoner if he clearly understood the effect of pleading to an indictment for wilful murder. He wished him to consider well his plea, and although ke by no means wished to persuade him to plead not guilty, yet he wished him to weigh well his determination.  Prisoner (faintly)—l'm guilty. Mr. Sleigh said he had been instructed to prosecute in the case, and having read the depositions, he saw no ground for asking for a postponement of the trial. The Learned Judge said he also had read the depositions, and saw no grounds for not proceeding with the trial. The chief usher made the usual proclamation for silence whilst the sentence of death was being passed.  While this was being done Mr. Justice Blackburn put on the black cap, which, being seen by the prisoner, he dropped his head upon his hands in the most despairing manner, and during the remainder of the awful proceeding, he, with difficulty, seemed to keep a standing position, owing to excessive trembling. _ . .  The Learned Judge, in passing the dreadful sentence of the law, implored the prisoner to make the best use of the short space of time left to him on earth, as he could hold out no hope of mercy being extended to him. The learned judge then, during the most profound silence, sentenced the prisoner to be hung by the neck until death, adding, "May Almighty God have mercy upon your soul." The Ordinary of Newgate, Mr. Davis, who was on the bench, then pronounced the word " Amen," and The condemned murderer was removed from the dock by the warders of the prison. The sentence will be carried into effect at Horsemongerlane gaol on Monday, the 4th of January.  -
The Sun. — 1863-11-30 (London, England)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.  A WIFE STABBED BY HER HUSBAND.—Charles Henry Thornton, an engineer, living at 8, Market-street, Fitzroymarket, was charged before Mr, Knox with feloniously cutting and wounding his wife, Caroline Thornton, with intent to her some grievous bodily harm. Inspector Garforth, of the E division, attended to watch the case.  The prosecutrix, whose head was enveloped in surgical bandages, said—l am the wife of the prisoner. A little before 11 on Saturday night I had a quarrel with my husband and to)lc up a knife, and he took it from me and cut his finger. There was a little girl in the room, but I do not know what occurred. I went down stairs with my head bleeding and was taken to the hospital. Mr. Kuox—Had you been drinking ? Prosecntrix—We had.  Isabella Thornton, about 11 years of age, and the daughter of the parties, said—l was in the room with toy parents, hut I don't know whether' they had been drinking. They had a few words, and my mather up a knife as that' my father should not, and he then took it from my mother. My mother called " murder" out of window, and my father hit her with his fist first and then the light went out, being knocked down, and my father then hit my mother with the  knife. Mr. Knox—How do you know ? Witness—Because there is a light opposite. Mr. Knox—Where did he hit your mother with the knife P Witness—On the head.  Mr. Knox—Did your mother fall? Witness—Father pushed her over, but did not strike her again with the knife, but he did with his fist when she called "murder." Mother then went downstairs, and I went for a policeman. Charles Frost, 163 E, said—l was called by the last witness to the house at half-past 12 on Saturday night, and found the prosecutrix sitting on the door-step, bleeding very much. At first I thought it was from her throat, bat I feund it was from the head. A constable who was there took the prosecutrix to the hospital, and I went upstairs to the prisoner, and on telling him that his wife was taken to the hospital, he said "It is as much her fault as mine." I found a knife on the table, and a cloth, with which it had evidently been wiped, there being marks of blood upon it. Mr. Knox—Was the prisoner drunk? Frost—He was.  Robert Pitt, 171 E, deposed—l was called to the house, and, finding the prosEcutrix smothered with blood, I, with the assistance of some costermongers, took the prosecutrix on a barrow to the University College Hospital, where the doctor stated the prosecutrix had received a severe wound on her head, which he believed had been inflicted with some blunt instrument.  Mr. K aox—l shall remand the prisoner for a week, and the surgeon at the hospital can then be in attendance. It appears that the parties lead a very quarrelsome life.
The Sun. — 1863-11-30 (London, England)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A WIFE STABBED BY HER HUSBAND.— Charles Henry Thornton, an engineer, living at 8, Market-street, Fitzroymarket, was charged before Mr. Knox with feloniously cutting and wounding his wife, Caroline Thornton, with intent to her some grievous bodily harm. Inspector Garforth, of the E division, attended to watch the case.  The prosecutrix, whose head was enveloped in surgical bandages, said—l am the wife of the prisoner. A little before 11 on Saturday night I had a quarrel with my husband and to 1r up a knife, and he took it from me and cut his finger. There was a little girl in the room, but I do not know what occurred. I went down stairs with my head bleeding and was taken to the hospital. Mr. Knox—Had you been drinking? Prosecutrix—We had.  Isabella Thornton, about 11 years of age, and the daughter of the parties, said—l was in the room with my parents, but I don't know whether they had been drinking. They had a few words, and my mother up a knife as that my father should not, and he then took it from my mother. My mother called " murder" out of window, and my father hit her with his fist first and then the light went out, being knocked down, and toy father then hit my mother with the  • knife. Mr. Knox—Hoy do you know ? Witness—Because ther, is a light opposite. Mr. Knox—Where aid he hit your mother with the knife ?  Witness—On the head. Mr. Knox—Did your mother fall ? Witness—Father pushed her over, but dial not strike her again with the knife, but he did with his fist when she called "murder." Mother then went downstairs, and I went for a policeman. Charles Frost, 163 E, said—l was called by the last witness to the house at half-past 12 on Saturday night, and found the prosecutrix sitting on the door-step, bleeding very much. At first I thought it was from her throat, but I feund it was from the heed. A constable who was there took the pr,,ecuLtrix to the hospital, and I went upstairs to the prisoner, and on telling him that his wife was taken to the hospital, he said "Itis as mach her fault as mine." I found a knife on the table, and a cloth, with which it had e ei :ently been wiped, there being marks of blood upon it. Mt. Knox—Was the prisoner drunk? Frost—He was.  Robert Pitt, 171 E, deposed—l was called to the house, and, finding the prosecutrix smothered with blood, I, with the assistance of some costermbngers, took the prosecutrix on a barrow to the University College Hospital, where the doctor stated the prosecutrix had received a severe wound on her head, which he believed had been inflicted withsome blunt instrument.  Mr. Knox—l shall remand the prisoner for a week, and the surgeon at the hospital can then be in attendance. It appears that the parties lead a very quarrelsome life.
The Sun. — 1863-04-13 (London, England)

LATEST PARTICULARS. After the dose of the inquest on Saturday evening, there was considerable disappointment felt that the coroner,having  the two young women present, a 8 also the other servant girl, Mulind, in attendance, did not examine them to complete the chain of evidence so far it goes, of her who first discovered the body after the murder, and of the two females who were in the adjoining room at the time, and remained there some time after the deceased and her murderer were admitted. The point would then have been ascertained as to whether, when Mulind went up to the room, she found the hasp which the witness Curley had turned had been removed, or if the door was still fastened on the outside. There is also a padlock on the door which the police state when they arrived they found fastened. It has not transpired whether the man and woman who were coming out when the victim and her murderer were admitted, and who called the servant, are known, and have been traced. It must have been broad daylight at the time, and they may be enabled to give a much more minute description of the supposed murderer than the half-sleepy girl who had just risen from her bed, from which, in all probability, kho had been dragged some half-dozen or dozen times during the night in this disgraceful den. Their evidence would be of paramount importance; and it is to be hoped in such a case as this no false delicacy will prevent them coming forward if they can give the faintest description of the paramour of the murdered woman.  The medical man called in expressed an opinion that when he saw the body deceased had been dead some five or six hours. In that case the murder must have been perpetrated about mid-day; if so, it is astonishing that nothing should have been heard, and that if the murderer had dropped from the window into the back yard he should not have been seen by some one.  SUNDAY NIGHT, Eleven o'Clock.  In consequence of information which reached the police, to the effect that a man who was known to be acquainted with Emma Jackson had been seen on Wednesday about the neighbourhood where she resided, Sergeant Thomson, of the Detective Police, and Sergeant Lambert, of the E division, proceeded to• day to Aldershot, and brought to town with them a private of the 18th Hussars, named Langdel], who, it appears, on being questioned, admitted that he was acquainted with the deceased, but said that although he had come to London on the evening prior to the murder without leave he had returned the same night at nine o'clock. On being taken to the George-street policestation last night, and the persons who had seen the deceased and a man on the morning of the murder, being sent for, they were not able to identify him as the man they had seen, and he was liberated by Inspector Garforth. The police are making the most diligent search for the murderer.  Naval and Military Intelligence.
The Sun. — 1863-04-13 (London, England)

LATEST PARTICULARS. After the close of the inquest on Saturday evening, there was considerable disappointment felt that the coroner,having  the two young women present, as also the other servant girl, Mulind, in attendance, did not examine them to complete the chain of evidence so far it goes, of her who first discovered the body after the murder, and of the two females who were in the adjoining room at the time, and remained there some time after the deceased and her murderer were admitted. The point would then have been ascertained as to whether, when Mulind went up to the room, she found the hasp which the witness Curley had turned had been removed, or if the door was still fastened on the outside. There is also a padlock on the door which the police state when they arrived they found fastened. It has not transpired whether the man and woman who were coining out when the victim and her murderer were admitted, and who called the servant, are known, and have been traced. It must have been broad daylight at the time, and they may be enabled to give a much more minute description of the supposed murderer than the half-sleepy girl who had just risen from her bed, from which, in all probability, she had been dragged some half-•dozen or dozen times during the night in this disgraceful den. Their evidence would be of paramount importance; and it is to be hoped in such a case as this no false delicacy will prevent them coming forward if they can give the faintest description of the paramour of the murdered woman.  The medical man called in expressed an opinion that when he saw the body deceased had been dead some five or six hours. In that case the murder must have been perpetrated about mid-day; if so, it is astonishing that nothing should hare been heard, and that if the murderer had dropped from the window into the back yard he should not have been seen by some one.  SITIIDAY NIGHT, Eleven o'Clock.  In consequence of information which reached the police, to the effect that a man who was known to be acquainted with Emma Jackson had been seen on Wednesday about the neighbourhood where she resided, Sergeant Thomson, of the Detective Police, and Sergeant Lambert, of the E division, proceeded to• day to Aldershot, and brought to town with them a private of the 18th Hussars, named Langdell, who, it appears, on being questioned, admitted that he was acquainted with the deceased, but said that although he had come to London on the evening prior to the murder without leave he had returned the same night at nine o'clock. On being taken to the George-street police• station last night, and the persons who had seen the deceased and a man on the morning of the murder, being sent for, they were not able to identify him as the man they had seen, and he was liberated by Inspector Garforth. The police are making the most diligent search for the murderer.  Naval and Military Intelligence.
The Sun. — 1863-01-14 (London, England)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.  COMMITTAL FOR A MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A FEMALE EY A FOREIGNER. —Theodore Vincent, a Frenchman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with the following assault on a female named Annie Williams. Prosecutrix (who had received some severe injuries about the head and face) said—l have lived with the prisoner, who is a tailor, about six years. I went out about one o'clock this morning to see whether I could find him, and on my return home to 10, Hopkins-street, about two o'clock, he followed me into the room. He was tipsy, and as he had been out from 4 o'clock the previous day, I asked where he had been. He said with a lady over the water. I asked him why he had not remained there, when he blew out the candle, and struck me with his fist on the head, but there must have been something hard in his hand, as I have got a fearful cut on my head. He threw me down, and while I was on the ground I felt the blood running over my face, and I then called " Murder." Chiet Clerk—When did he use these tongs (a pair produced) ? Prosecutrix—He struck me several times after the candle was bldwn out, but I can't say what with. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did those injuries on your face arise from any of his blows ? Prosecutrix—Yes, sir, all of them ; and it is not the first time he has assaulted me.  Mr. Tyrwhitt—You don't know what he gave you the blows on the face with, do you? Prosecutrix—No, sir. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did the blood come from the wound on the top of your head or those on your face ? Prosecutrix—lt was not from those on my face. I went down to the street door, and called " Police" and "Murder," and on two constables coming I gave the prisoner in charge. Prisoner—What did it all arise from ? Prosecutrix—Your drunkenness. _  James Weeks, 165 C, said—Hearing cries of "Police" and " Murder" this mm fling, I went to No. 10, Hopkins • street, and saw the prosecutrix standing at the door, bleeding very much from a wound on the head. She said a man upstairs had done it. On entering the room I found the tongs produced just at the door. I took the prisoner, who tried to prevent me entering the room, into custody. He said he had struck the woman with his fist and not with the tongs. The prisoner had been drinking, but the woman was sober. Prisoner—l came in late and was tipsy. She flew at me and seized my shirt front, and I gave her a blow, but did not use the tongs. Ur. Tyrwhitt—lt appears to me in cases like these where great violence has been used, and where the tongs were found lying at the room door, that it is a fit case for a jury to decide whether the tongs were used or not. Persons were net satisfied with the decisions of the magistrates in these cases, and the best thing was to send them to juries, as no one knew who were on the juries, and they could not be abused. _ _
The Sun. — 1863-01-14 (London, England)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.  COMMITTAL FOR A MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A FEMALE EY A FOREIGNER.—Theodore Vincent, a Frenchman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with the following assault on a female named Annie Williams. Prosecutrix (who had received some severe injuries about the head and face) said—l have lived with the prisoner, who is a tailor, about six years. I went out about one o'clock this morning to see whether I could find him, and on my return home to 10, Hopkins-street, about two o'clock, he followed me into the room. He was tipsy, and as he had been out from 4 o'clock the previous day, I asked where he had been. He said with a lady over the water. I asked him why he had not remained there, when he blew out the candle, and struck me with his fist on the head, but there must have been something hard in his hand, as I have got a fearful cut on my head. He threw me down, and while I was on the ground I felt the blood running over my face, and I then called " Murder."  Chief Clerk—When did he use these tongs (a pair produced) ? Prosecutrix—He struck me several times after the candle was blown out, but I can't say what with. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did those injuries on your face arise from any of his blows ? Prosecutrix—Yes, sir, all of them ; and it is not the first time he has assaulted me.  Mr. Tyrwhitt—You don't know what he gave you the blows on the face with, do you? Proeecutrix—No, sir. Mr. Ty`rwhitt—Did the blood come from the wound on the top of your head or those on your face ? Prosecutrix—lt was not from those on my face. I went down to the street door, and called " Police" and "Murder," and on two constables coming I gave the prisoner in charge. Prisoner—What did it all arise from ? Prosecutrix—you r drunkenness.  James Weeks, 155 C, said—Hearing cries of "Police" and " Murder" this moi ning, I went to No. 10, Hopkins • street, and saw the prosecutrix standing at the door, bleeding very much from a wound on the head. She said a man upstairs had done it. On entering the room I found the tongs produced just at the door. I took the prisoner, who tried to prevent me entering the room, into custody. He said he had struck the woman with his fist and not with the tongs. The prisoner had been drinking, but the woman was sober.  Prisoner—l came in late and was tipsy. She flew at me and seized my shirt front, and I gave her a blow, but did not use the tongs.  Mr. Tyrwhitt—lt appears to me in cases like these where great violence has been used, and where the tongs were found lying at the room door, that it is a fit case for a jury to decide whether the tongs were used or not. Persons were not satisfied with the decisions of the magistrates in these cases, and the best thing was to send them to juries, as no one knew who were on the juries, and they could not be abused. _ _  The prisoner, who, it is stated, has already suffered twelvemonths' imprisonment for felony, was then committed for trial.