The Sun. — 1859-04-04 (London, England)

SATURDAY, APRIL 2. The trial was resumed this morning at . nine o'clock.  Mr. Morgan Lloyil naarp.mpil tlio jnry in &fano° of the prisoners, and contended that the fact relied upon by the prosecution, that Bolton's gun being loaded with No. 1 shot conclusively proved his guilt, had failed, inasmuch as the shot found in Maddocks' body was shown to be No. 3. The learned gentleman, animadverted severely on the testimony of Malkin and Lear, the approvers, who were on their own showing members of the party who killed the unfortunate man, and who, instead of being put on their trial for an offence which would have subjected them to ten years' penal servitude, had been summarily convicted by the magistrates in order that they might give evidence in the case. As to Oakes, the main pillar of the prosecution, a man continually in prison from fifteen years of age, Mr. Lloyd designated him " as a compound of human depravity, crawling along the ground, ready to betray his comrades," and strongly urged that he was utterly unworthy of belief. The learned judge summed up with great minuteness and at considerable length, and The jury, having retired, returned after an absence of 40 minutes with a verdict of guilty against both prisoners.  His lordship put on the black cap, and speaking almost inaudibly from the excitement of his feelings, said,—Richard Bolton and John Danks, after a long, pains-taking and careful trial, the jury who have considered your case have found you both guilty of wilful murder, a verdict fully warranted by the evidence in the case and leaving no doubt on my mind, nor can it leave on the minds of any one who heard it, any doubt that each of you are guilty. I do not wish to enlarge upon the enormity of the crime. Wilfully and deliberately you sent two of your fellow-creatures before their God, giving them no notice of the act you were about to perpetrate, but you shot them wilfully and knowingly murdered them both, and for the murder of one of them I have now to pass sentence upon you. Your days are numbered, andyou have now but a short time to live, the rest of your time in this world you will count by hours, and shortly by minutes. Think seriously, then, of the position you stand in : reflect that you will be speedily called on to appear before that God whom you have so grievously offended. I entreat you to indulge no hope that mercy will be extended to you in this world, and I entreat you to humble yourselves in penitence before God, to confess your sins to him, and to seek his pardon by the only atonement you can make. Attend to the instruction you will receive ere the sentence of the law shall be finally carried out. "It is now my painful duty to conclude by passing sentence on you that you be severally taken hence to— Danks at this moment fell forward with his face upon the front of the dock. The turnkeys supported him, and when he had recovered his consciousness the learned Judge passed sentence of death in the usual terms.  Dan ks was removed in a fainting state, but Bolton, who exhibited great firmness throughout the trial, walked from the dock with a composed step. In the course of the day, in sentencing a man for passing bad halfcrowns at Birkenhead, Mr. Justice Hill stated that the judges had unanimously come to the conclusion that on a second conviction for uttering false coin they would invariably inflict the punishment of penal servitude.