The Sun. — 1829-05-29 (London, England)

BIRNIE—Was it a plain gold pin, or had it a stone set in it ? Witness—l really cannot say. Birmingham was in the habit of wearing different pins in his shirt. It is now fourteen months since I ' was in the habit of seeing him often. Colonel BIRD, a county magistrate,--llaving seen, the young man wear pins, can you not say whether the colour of any of them was red or white, black or blue ? Witness—l cannot say ; I never took sufficient notice.  Mr. STIRLING suggested that the pin ought not to be produced unless some witness could previously describe it.  The Magistrates agreed in the suggestion, and declined examining the witness any further upon the point. Sergeant-Major Gifford was husband to the last witness, and knew Birmingham. He was servant to Lieutenant Ives, and came from Ireland with witness about two years ago. Witness had seen him wear different pins in the breast of his shirt. The last time he saw Birmingham was about a month ago. John t'Harding, sergeant in the 15th Hussars, knew the prisoner Birmingham; had been examined at the Coroner's Inquest, and never saw Birmingham with any pin resembling that which was produced on that occasion.  Taunton stated that the young woman, Susan Bennet, who deposed before the Coroner that she lay with Birmingham on the night of the murder, had made a false statement with respect to the place where she said she was at the time living. He (Taunton) had been to the house, but the persons there knew nothing of her. She also stated that Birmingham was in bed with her from half-past eleven o'clock on the night of the murder, until five the following morning, when she left the barracks. This statement she now denied.  Mr. STIRLING observed that the jury did not deem her testimony worthy of the slightest credit. John Waller, one of the turnkeys of the New Prison, Clerkenwell, deposed to the fact of his having been at the Holland arms, Kensington, at the time the inquest was holding, but he was not examined as a witness. He heard the girl, Susan Bennett, declare, after she came down from the  jury-room, that she had not spoken the truth in giving her evidence before the Coroner. She said that Birmingham took her over the wall of the barracks about half-past eleven o'clock on the night of  the murder, and That he afterwards left her, and did net return again until five in the morning. Witness asked her if' Birmingham had carried a knife with him, and she replied that he took a knife from off a table in the room as he was going out. Witness asked her if that knife was the same produced to her by the Coroner, upon which she exclaimed. " Oh ! for God's sake ask me no questions about any knife." She appeared very much agitated and confused when this exclamation had escaped from her. Witness then asked her if any person had promised to give her money if she got Birmingham off, and she replied that such an offer had been made to her by two persons, whom, however, she did not name.  Sir R. BIRNIE expressed a desire to see Susan Bennett, if she were in attendance. The girl was here introduced, and Waller was told by the Magistrates to repeat the evidence which he had just given. Sir R.