The Potteries Examiner : — 1879-07-19 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

POLICEMAN  AT DERBY.  At the Derby Borough Police Court, on Monday, be. fore Mr. Bailey .1 a full bench of magistrates, Gerald Mainwaring was charged with the wilfui murder of Joseph Moss, police.eonstable of the borough. Mr. flextall appeared to watch the case for the prisoner, a young man of gAttkinanly bearing, said to be 23 years of Age. The only witnesses examined were Lieutenant:ol.o Delacombe, the Chief Constable, and Inspector ipibey, the head of the detective department. —The former said : On Saturday, at half.past four in the after. aeon, I received a report that an assault had been committed in the lock-up upon two constables. I imme• diately proceeded there, and found the police•constables had been removed to the Infirmary. (visit. 'the prisoners, j oho were then in the cells. and found that they were I hoth in a state of intoxication. I went immedies sly to i th. Infirmary, and there foiled one of the constables, Moss, watts • very precarious state, and in the presence , a justice of the peace (Dr Taylor) the depositions of Moss were taken. I then returned to the lock-up, and found the prisoner still unfit to be charged. I remained there until eleven o'clock at night, and at that time the , prisoner was reported to me as being sober. I Mune. diately charged hint that he did felouiously and with intent to murder shoot one Joseph Moss and one William i Price, of this borough, police.co.tables, while in the execution of their duty as sn. constables. The prisoner replied, " No, I have not, have I 1 They at.' not killed, : are they r I said," No; they are not dead." He then I said, "I cannot help it I don't kuow what I did. Is it serious?" I said," Yes; I fear it is most serious with one of theta." The prisoner then said, "No ; don't tell me it is serious. Don't say so." I then said, "It is with one of them." The prisoner then, in a very de. pressed tone of voice, said, well, thank you, I cannot help it." I then left him for the night. I went to the Infirmary yesterday morning, the 131 h inst., and there found Moss in a dying condition. I remained with him Itutil be died. Yesterday, at 213 p.m., 1 charged the prisoner with having, between the hours of four ant five o'clock on the previous day, shot and wilfully murdered 'lnc Joseph Moss, police.constable of the borough of Derby, while in the execution of his duty. The prisoner made no reply, but afterwards, when I asked him if he had any instructions, and if there was anything I could do for his comfort, lie asked me whether the man was married. I told him he was not; and then I believe he remarked, "Thank Gad for that. ' _ .. . . .  On Wednesday, Gerald Slainwaring, twenty-four rears of age, was again brought before this Derby I borough magistrates, charged with the murder of Joseph I Moss, a police-officer in the borough. The only freak facts brought out in evidence wore given by a man named Garrison, who stated that on the afternoon of Saturday lact lie saw the prisoner enter a house of ill-fame with a girl named Green. lie beds trap at the door, and en the keeper of the house refusing to allow the young woman to V 3 out with him again, he loaded his revolver, and said he would shoot any one who tried to prevent the girl from going with him. The magistrates committed the prisoner for trial at the assi,es, on the charge of wilally murdering Police-constable Mona, and of maliciously shooting Constable Price, with intent to murder. Prisoner said nothing, but his solicitor said that his defence would be reserved. The court was crowded, and the excitement was intense. Large crowds gathered round the lock•np to witness prisoner's depar. ture to the gaol. hot he WAS taken another way, and quietly pat into a cab to e.copi- observation.