Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1864-11-04 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

TRIAL OF MULLER  FOR THE  AMMER OF MR BRIGGS.  This celebrated trial, which ha l monopoliied.public  ,e interest tnore than auy other, probably, during the pre d 14eht century, commenced on Thursday at, and was finished on SAturday, at the Central Criminal Court,  immlon. The result has been satisfactory to the -0 public, who from the first entertained no douht of the w guilt of the accused. The evid.oice was very closely A and connectedly tst forth, and the defence a perfect failure. 'Y At ten o'clock the Lord Chief Baron Pollock and  Mt:- Baron Martin took their seats upon the bench, a_ where also sat the L trd Mayor, Alderman Sir limes ve Duke. Mr Alderman Phillips, Alderman C. R. Carden, et Mr Aldermon James L iwrence, Mr Abiermaio and a; Sheriff Dakin Mr Alderma and Sheriff Besley, Mr he Aleerman \V Alderman and Sir Georve Bowyer, Messrs. at Davidson and Do Jersoy, the under sheriffs. Franz Midler was placed in the doek, and formally charged with the wi;ful murder of Mr Thomas Briggs, in a railway carriage, on the North London Railway, is. on Saturday, the 9th duly lost of The prisoner, who appeared as unconcerned as he has hitherto done, walked firmly into the box, and when called on to plead, answered, in a respectful but firm tone, Not Guilty. an The Solicitor-General (Sir R. P. Collier), Mr Sergt. ice Ballantine, Mr Hannen, Mr Gifford, and Mr Beasley it- appeared for the prosecution on behalf of the Crown, the instructed by Mr Greenwood, Q.C., Solicitor to the  T,?. Treasury. to Mr Sergeant Parry, Mr Metcalfe, and Mr Ilesley, Ind ins,racted by Mr TiIOIIIIAS Beard, appeared for the defe.ice.  ittrOn the prisoner being informed he was entitled to be veil tried a ?nixed jury of foreigners and Engiishinen, i the Mr Sergeant Parry said, with the full concurrence, •ave and at • prisoner's own desire, he had eleeted to be wed tried by a jury of 12 Englishmen Ile then applied any that the whole of the jurymen on the panel should be placed in the box instead of 14, as is the usual practice. A most directly after the Solicitor- General hat finished his address to the jury, Muller, who had previously jp- sat down, crossed his legs and began writing, and °ma. px- sionally handed Mr Beard, hi-, solicitor, scraps of paper, last, and then conversed with him. was David Buchan, of Nelson-square, Peckham, said— ieeu Mr Brigzs was 69 years of age. He dined with me en lick the 9,h dilly last. He had a black bag with him and a ';ere stick. I saw him into an omnibus in the Old Kent'"a„,..B road which would take him to King William-street: 'Pun Ile Used to wear a watch and chain, the chain attached was to the button-hole of his waistcoat, and the watch in  and rreis his waistcoat pocket. He had a seat and two keys on dims his chain. I know he had his watch that night, as he Is to referred to it. The next morninc I went to his house •meu between ten and eleven o'clock. lie was alive, but unbeen conscious. I left before he died. leers T. Fishborne said.-- I am ticket collector at Fenchurch t4'lC station. On Saturday, the 9th of July. I saw Mr 'e" Briggs at the station at it quArter to ten o'clock. He •irrie for the 9.45 traiu. He spoke to me. and I  fot: was in time for the _ • mild marked his ticket. I heard of his death at about four ,men o'clock the next day. I went to his house and re30ist cognised him. and Cross-examined by Mr Sergeant Parry.—l only nip gear the tickets of persons who pass from Feuchurch-street I two by the North London Railway. if the Harry Verney, examined by Mr Giffard.—l am a rwa clerk at the bank of Messre. Roberts and Co. On Saturday, the oth of July, I went to the station at Hackney, on the North London Railway, at about 10 o'clock in the evening. I was in company wuh Mr Jones, a fellow clerk of mine. I took a first-class ticket for Highbury. On the arrival of the train from Fenchurch-street I went to a firat-clasa carriage.  were e the l was was fallen