The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1849-04-24 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

WILSON, THE ALLEGED MURDERER.—AIthough an , stupid fellow, this wretched man is fully awake nstance which may present itself in his favour. membered that, at the examination before , when a witness stated that he saw the pri- r-ttal day with one of the legs of his trousers he top of a Wellington boot, he (on being 3w his boots) jumped upon a seat within  its toot upon the bridewell-keeper's he did riot tear Wellingtons, but re was then no evidence that any id been in 1  witness said that the boots shown were what he called Wellingtons, though they were short. Since then the truth has transpired. A woman, to whom Wilson (or Gleeson) gave a pair of Wellington boots, offered them in pawn at the very shop where he exchanged his trousers, and they am now in possession of the police. Mr. Dowling, our head constable, has addressed a letter to. the Journal, dated 20th instant, in which he states that Mr. Featherstone, a magistrate, who resides near Limerick, had called upon him that day, stating that he knew the whole family of the Gleesons, and could identify the prisoner if desired ; that that gentleman was sent to Kirkdale ; and the moment he entered the yard, where the prisoner was, the latter approaching him, cap in hand, said, " I'm glad to see your honour," and burst into tears ; and that he then stated he had sent a tette' to his honour, to be delivered to his father, which. ever, Mr. Featherstone had not received, as he had been absent in London—hut he told prisoner that he was about to proceed to Ireland, and would attend to it. At the end of this interview, which clearly establishes the prisoner's identity, " Gleeson (says Mr. Dowling) made a bow, and seemed bursting with anguish." It is added that. during this conversation with the prisoner. mithina  was said relative to the crime with which he is charged. Mr. Featherstone, before leaving the gaol, told the governor that there could be no mistake as to the prisoner's identity, for that five years ago he was brought before him, on a charge of having robbed a man of £7, but was discharged, the evidence not being sufficient. Shortly after, Gleeson left Ireland, and Mr. Featherstone only learned where he was by the recent accounts in the newspapers. Mr. Dowling had previously discovered that the real name of the prisoner is Maurice Gleeson, son of David Gleeson, a blacksmith, of Bruree, nine miles from Limerick ; that the whole family was noted for idleness and vice; that the prisoner, who worked a little for his father, left home two or three years ago, and that one of his sisters (Honorah) had since ben., ported. The following further particulars were also ascertained :—The prisoner went from Ireland to Plymouth, where he worked for a few months in a founds y as striker. From Plymouth he went to London, and lived for some time in Limehouse. About ten months ago he came to Liverpool, and took lodgings at the house in Sparling-street, kept by his present wife, whom, as we before stated, he married at the end of last year. Since be came to Liverpool he has never been known to do a day's work.—lt will be seen by our shipping news that the Duncan, Captain Henrichson, did not arrive at Calcutta until the 25th February. She is now probably on her passage home.