The Sun. — 1848-03-18 (London, England)

MARCH.  placed within a yard with several other prisoners and some police officers, and were then shown to the deceased, who picked out the three prisoners as the persons who had attacked him. On the 30th of January the medical man went to see him, and the deceased was then so much worse that Mr. Pollard, one of the magistrates at Bradford, was sent for, to whom he made a d) ing declaration concerning the robbery, which was put into writing, and which, however, merely corroborated that which ho had deposed to before the magistrates. He was, however, positive in his (1) ing declaration, as in the depositions, that the prisoners, whom he had known, and seen only a fortnight before, were tho perpetrators of the deed. As far as the evidence of the deceased went, it was equally positive and strong as against all the prisoners at the bar; but the other evidence in the case varied as against*them With regard to the prisoner, Thomas Hodgson, there was hardly any more evidence against him than that of the deceased. As against George Calvert it was perfectly clear that he was one at the commission of the robbery, for on Saturday, the 26th of December, Calvert (who had been taken into custody on the 20th, together with another man, named Waller), accosted the officer in whose custody he was, and said, " I've wanted to see you. I can't bide to see this man (meaning Waller) in the lock-up for me. He's as clear as you are. It was me and Mellor, Hodgson, and Newell that did it." After the night of the robbery the police went to the house of the deceased, where they found four bludgeons which had,been used in the attack. O❑ the 26th of December Calvert asked if they had found the sticks. and desired to look at them; and on their being shown to him, be picked out one and said, "This is the one I used that night." On the 25th of February, when in York Castle, he desired to see the gevernor, and having been cautioned in the usual way, he gave a detailed account of the whole of the robbery, which left no doubt as to his being one of the parties implicated. As regarded James Mellor, in addition to the evidence of the deceased, the police, on reaching the field where the struggle took place, found a cap which was shown to him. At first he denied that it was his, but on a subsequent occasion, when an uncle of his came to see him, he said that the cap was his, but that he was never in the house—that he was outside. On a subsequent day, when the prisoners were in the area of,the Court-house, at Bradford, seeing their friends, a police-officer was tying up the sticks which had been found, Calvert, who was standing within a yard of Mellor looked at the sticks, and pointing to one, said, loud enough to be heard by Mellor,," That's Mellor's stick;" to which Mellor made no remark. A fire-rake was found in the house of the unfortunate deceased with spots of blood upon it, and the smocks which the prisoners Mellor and Culvert wore had likewise blood upon them. Mr. MATTHEWS addressed the jury for the prisoners. His LORDSHIP then summed up the evidence, pointing out how it affected the prisoners individually. The jury then retired to consider their verdict, but returned in about half an hour with a verdict of Wilful Murder against George Calvert and James Mellor, and Acquitted Thomas Hodgson. His LORDSHIP put on the black cap, and in a most impressive manner pronounced the last sentence of the law, urging the wretched men to make the most of the short time that yet remained to them, assuring them that he could not hold out the slightest hope of mercy in this world.