The Sun. — 1847-05-12 (London, England)

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. THE LATE DAGENHAM MURDER OLD COURT. ILPORD, SATURDAY EVENING.—It having been rumoured (T's,., 0-1,. pEr.,-...t.E.T. ~,,i k,oprr•an 'Tr mtr:qk Huoings.) that liimpt‘in, one of the coosta',l,--q -,1,-, :t *.-ill be rr, 1l', 1., -s-..--T,..,., 1 r, ,L.:..1., 1..41::,:a Spriipted (a catsman), and lectezi, 6,0, e tame testic,,ol:y- be ore C. C. Lewis, I:sq., cuioner Duckett (a printer), were charged, the former with stealing a ;for Essex, at an inquest on the body of G. Clarke, the brooch from the person of Elizabeth Hearn, and the other police constable of the K division, who was so brutally murwith receiving the same, dered at Dagenham, in the month of June last, would he From the evidence, it appeared that the prosecutrix hay • brought before the magistrates at the Angel Inn, Ilford, for ing left the Surrey Theatre on the night of the alleged rob- the purpose of being admitted to bail, the room in which the of the neighbourhood, for the purpose of hearing the bery, went into a public-house in the neighbourhood (the sessions are held was crowded by the respectable inhabitants ceedings. Equestrian public-house). Both prisoners were there at the protime, and a squabble ensued, during which Sprignell snatched the brooch in question from the bosom of the prose- At the last assizes for the county of Essex a true bill was cutrix and then ran away, pursued by the prosecutrix, and found against Sergeant Parsons and Constables Kimpton followed by the other prisoner, who overtook and threw her and Hickton, for conspiracy and perjury. The only one who down. Both prisoners were subsequently captured and appeared was Kimpton, and on the conclusion of the assizes, taken to the station-house, but the property was not found, not being prepared with sureties, he was committed to Ilford The RECORDER having summed up, the jury found a ver- Gaol until the summer assizes. During the past week an diet of Guilty against both prisoners. application was made to Mr. Maule, the solicitor of the Treasury-, to allow bail to be put in. Mr. Maule expressed his It appeared that Duckett had been convicted before of a felony. readiness to advise Government to receive bail, provided the The RECORDER sentenced both prisoners to ten years' sureties offered were good. transportation. In consequence of this, Thomas Kimpton was placed at the Several prisoners pleade bar. He appeared very pale and emaciated, his imprisond guilty to felony, and were son tenced to imprisonment for short periods. ment having had considerable effect upon a once robust frame. His bail also took their places by his side. Mr. George Thorpe, of Cambridge-road, Mile-end, builder, and Mr. John Kimpton, of Finchlev, harness-maker, entered into the required securities, and Police-constable Kimpton was liberated, the recognizances being that he shall appear at the next assizes to take his trial. With reference to the murdered man, the inhabitants of Dagenham, assisted by the constables of the K division, have entered into a subscription for the purpose of placing a monument to his remains in Dagenham Churchyard. The mother of Clarke has recently visited the town, and has detailed the particulars of a dream which she had. In recounting the dream she states that she was sitting on her son's grave when it opened, and she saw him lying in his coffin. She asked him who had done it, and he replied a person who is not in custody. This by the lovers of the wonderful is looked upon as proof positive, and that party is now as freely made the murderer as Parsons was a short time since.