The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1867-11-01 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE BLOOMSBURY MURDER FURTHER EXAMINATION OF GROVES.  Wednesday being the day fixed for the further ex• amination of Groves on the charge of shooting the bandsman M'Donnell, he was again brought up to the court in the prison van at an early hour. A considerable crowd had assembled in the street, but there was no exhibition of feeling, except on the part of one frantic individual in a tattered coat, and beard almost as ragged, who, on hearing that the van was coming, rushed off to meet it, turned round and followed it to the door of the court, where he arrived panting and breathless, splattering out, "1 thried, bedad, I thried, but I couldn't get near enough, bedad I" . _ _  For some time before the hour appointed (one o'clock) the approaches to the court were crowded with persons anxious to be present at the examination, so that the passages were blocked to the obstruction of access even for officials.  A little before one, that small portion of the wouldbe spectators, to whom the miserably limited space of the court give uncomfortable standing-room, were admitted, and were allowed a few minutes to congratulate themselves upon the commodiousness, which, according to certain recent publications, distinguishes this police-court from others in the metropolis, and to wonder what the others must be like.  As on the former occasion,!the prosecution was conducted by Mr. Poland, instructed by the Treasury solicitor; and the defence by Mr. Warner Sleigh, instructed by Messrs.. Lewis and Lewis. . _ _  Mr. Warner Sleigh asked that Groves might be allowed to sit down during the examination, which was at once sanctioned by the Court.  Groves appeared -mach altered, being thin, and paler than before, and having a careworn, anxious look, which he had Oct exhibited hitherto. He was also much more nervous and tremulous than on former occasions.  Mr. Poland said that since the last examination a very full inquiry had been made into the antecedents of the woman Jenman, who had also been examined at the inquest on Tuesday. From the result of the inquiries and examination, not on account merely of character, but from knowledge of facts, those who instructed him felt they could not call on the magistrate to commit the prisoner for trial on the charge of murder.  Air. Vaughan, concurring iu the course taken by the learned counsel, discharged the prisoner from the charge of the wilful murder of Edward M'Donnell, and the charge of assaulting John Buzer was proceeded with. The prisoner pleaded not guilty, and reserved his defence.  Mr. Vaughan fixed the bail at two snreties of £lOO stab. and the prisoner's own recognisanees at .2200.  Samuel Muggeridge, a storekeeper to a co-operative society, gave himself up to the police on Thursday night as the man who shot M`Donnell. He declared that he did not intend to kill the guardsman. It is stated that Muggeridge was sane and sober when be made this selfaccusation, and, further, that he resembles Groves very much.  On Friday, at the examination before Mr. Vaughan' at the Bow-street Police-court, it was proved beyond doubt that there was no truth in Muggeridge's statement with respect to his having committed the murder. It appeared that he had been drinking very hard, and was suffering from an hallucination. He was consequently discharged. Mr. Vaughan called upon the prisoner's friends kr his own protection and that of the nubile to place him under proper supervision.