The Sun. — 1860-10-03 (London, England)

THE STEPNEY MURDER.  A portion of the following appeared in our impression 0 yesterday :  James Mullins, aged 50, who stands charged with the wilful murder of Mrs. Mary Emsley, a widow lady at No. 9, Grove-road, Mile-end-road, was brought before Mr. Selfe, at the Thames Police Court, this afternoon, at one o'clock, upon remand. Mr. Herbert Wood, solicitor, again attended for the prisoner, who, on being arraigned, appeared very collected, and in better health and spirits than he was on Wednesday last, upon his third examination at this court. Mr. Wontner, for the prosecution, said the course he in • tended to pursue was to complete the evidence against the prisoner on the charge of murdering Mrs. Emsley. The witnesses to be called to-day speak to the prisoner being in the neighbourhood of the Grove-road on the night of the murder, and the only gap in evidence was the time at which the murder was committed, which could not be accounted for, and that the prisoner would have satisfactorily to account for. In addition to that there would be one or two pieces of evidence of a miscellaneous description, such as the finding of the boot wkich had some human hair upon it, but he did not attach any very great importance to that circumstance, as the prisoner was a plasterer, and that being so the hair would easily be accounted for. In his opinion it would be too violent a thing to assume that the• hair so found was that of the deceased Mrs. Emsley. He should also call witnesses to prove that Emms could not have been in the house when the murder was committed. In the evidence he should offer to-day he should ask for the committal of the prisoner for murder. The following witnesses were then examined : James Clark—l am 15 years of age. I live with my father at 10, Temple-terrace, Bethnal-green. I know the prisoner by sight. I last saw him on Monday, the 13th of August, at my father's house. He was at work there. He began at two and left off at four. The job was finished then. Cross-examined—l am a cooper. I work at home. I was not at work all that day—not in the afternoon. I was at home the whole of the time from two to four o'clock. Isaac Tyrrell—l live at 1, Temple-terrace, and am a shoemaker. The prisoner Mullins worked at my house on Monday, the 13th (the day of the murder.) He left at about six o'clock. He was engaged in knocking down 6, portion of the ceiling. He used a chisel-pointed hammer, such as plasterers used. Exactly like the one now produced.s It seemed sharper on the edge then than it is now. He was using mortar. He went out to get some hair to mix with it. He did not finish the job that night. He came again on Wednesday. I expected him to finish on the Tuesday, the next day, but he did not come. Mr. Wood declined to ask the witness any questions. James Raymond—l live at 12, Hexton-square. I am' tailor by trade. I know Grove-road, Stepney, tcertain reoigetr in that. H and was there on Monday, the 13th of August. I was at publichousea eveninag. at thel sawto p ot fh ethe prisonerroad there, a ttenminutes am of od . thele went round the corner as if going toh e t Go v h have not seen him since the 13th until this morning. There were several persons in the room. I picked him out from among them.  John Mitchell—l live at 3, Eden-place, Iloaton, a seaman, but I occasionally work at the docks. I worked in the dock on the 14th and 15th of August. I had to pass through Stepney-green to go to my work. There can be no mistake about the prisoner being the man I saw in an agitated state at about 10 minutes past 5 on Tuesday morning, the 14th. It was close to the Baptist Chapel, Garden-street, Stepneygreen. Mullins was going towards the Mile •end-road, when he met me. His eye balls seemed to be coming out of his head —him Tfholo frame trenakled and hiN Woo knocked under