The Sun. — 1846-02-07 (London, England)

GREENWICH.  THE MURDER AT GREENWICH.—The sensation produced by this unparalleled case of atrocity increases daily. About twelve o'clock the police van arrived from Maidstone goal, bringing the prisoners, William and Ann Maria Richard.on, who had been remanded for a week. There was a vast concourse of persons anxiously awaiting their arrival in order to get a glimpse of them. H. B. Lessom, Esq., physician and lecturer on chemistry at St. Thomas's Hospital, gave nearly similar evidence as deposed to at the coroner's inquest, and said that he had no doubt \yhatever as to the presenco of arsenic.  The male prisoner said he would ask Dr. Leesom, simply for information, what arsenic is, as he had never seen any. _ _  Mrs. Reynolds, the nurse, in addition to her former evidence, said that Mrs. Richardson fed the infant as well as herself. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson were at her house the evening prior to the death of the child. Mr. Richardson left at eight o'clock, or soon after. About nine o'clock the child was taken ill—in less than half an hour after he was gone. The child screamed all that night, until eight o'clock the next morning. She walked the room the whole night with the child in her arms the first night, and could not soothe it. Its eyes were infla,mcd, as well as mouth, &c. At eleven o'clock on Friday night Mrs. Richardson had charge of the baby, and at four o'clock next morning she called her, and said the baby was dead. Witness went in and saw the infant. Mrs. Richardson was up and dressed. Miss Richardson was undressed and in bed. Mr. Richardson came during the illness of the infant, and witness told him that its birth ought to be registered, in case of death. Richardson went out, and on his return he said he had been and got it registered. Miss Richardson asked in what name, and he said Theodore Horatio. After death, the body was placed in the coffin, and screwed, and placed in a travelling bag by Mr. Richardson. Richardson took it away ; he expressed no wish for a medical certificate, although pressed by witness as to the necessity of doing so. Witness went on Monday and obtained one from the surgeon, in the name of Theodore Horatio Richardson, behoving that the female prisoner was not married. Their conversation before the child's death was in French chiefly, but afterwards they conversed in English. Witness remarked upon this fact. to Richardson. He said they were only talking about the weather. Miss Richardson said her father did not understand French.  Mr. JEREMY said that the certificate was very imperfect, and not as required by the Act of theLegislature.The Registrar-General should be furnished with the disease accurately described by the surgeon's certificate. It was not so.  Charles Robins, of 1, Abbey street, Bermondsey, undertaker, said that, when before the coroner, he could not tell when it was that Mr. Richardson bought the coffin. He had since ascertained that it was on the evening of the 27th September. It was ordered of his man. The prisoner said it was for a still-born child, and must be strong, to go by railway into Yorkshire. Mr. Robins said his housekeeper and shopman could say more on the subject than himself. Mr. JEREMY said they must be summoned to attend. Thomas Jones, labourer, who had been examined on the coroner's inquest, and gave testimony as to digging the hole, was examined to-day, and deposed positively to doing so on the Thursday before the coffin was deposited, in which case the order to do it must have been given by Mr. Richardson before the death of the infant.  The prisoner Richardson here said that the witness was wrong ih a week. The witness Jones said he well remembered bricklayers being at work that week when he dug the hole. Turner, another witness examined on the inquest, was called, and said that when he was at work on the