Northern Times. — 1857-10-06 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

PRISONER.  Oa Friday, Beale was spin examined before the magistrates at. Boniton. After the depositions had been read over, and some of Mr. Bythene's servants, and of the railway officials, examined, Elizabeth Davey, of No. 2, Apes-buildings New- eat, deposed that she knew the prisoner, and had known him for several years. On the 10. h of September, at between 11 and 12 o'clock, she saw the prisoner 'and a short female pass her, and going in the dime ion of the prison, which led towards Leigh Woods. The woman wore a dark alpaca drew. Dir. Jones, a tailor, working attar. Alpin's, Wine-street. proved that he saw the prisoner in Bristol on the night a the 7th, and again on the morning of the Bth. He then had in his pos ession a loaded pocket pistol, a very small one. He said that he was going to Bath. Mr. Lucas proved that the pistol was a likely weapon to have produced the wound on the head. The bullet txtrac-ed from the skull very nearly corresponded in weight with that taken fr ma the pistol found on the prisoner. John Hill, an intelligent youth, about 13 years of age, was then called—He dep,,sed that about half-past four o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday, the lOca of September, ha was on Leigh. Down, at the top of Nightingale Valley, in company with four other boys. He and another were in a tree, gathering berries. They saw a man and a woman there. They were coming across from the wall towards Rownhsm, and going in the direction towards the river. When he first saw them the man was standing by a tree and the woman was going on before, but the man then went after the woman and they went on together. The prisoner at the bar was the man. Wae quite sure he was the man, as he noticed him particularly. Did not take particular notice of the woman. She was a short woman, and had a dark dress on. Witness and his companions remained about the wood for nearly an hour, and in about a quarter of an hour after he had seen the man and woman pass them he heard the report of a gun or pistol The report came from the direction in which they had gone. In reply to questions by Mr. Harris, the witness said he saw the prisoner and recognised him last Sa!nrday. There was a large number of persons. Before he saw him, witness gave a description of him to Mr. Gou d, the chief of police. The prisoner, when he saw him in the wood, had on a very dark brown coat and a cap Could not say what kind of cap it was. Knew him by his features. William James Collins, a companion of the last witness, who was with him in the wool at the time,r..corroborated his statement. Witness was quite sure that the prisoner was the man. Noticsd him particularly, because* Hill said to him, " Here are two lovers." The witness also stated that he recognised the prisoner as the man on last Saturday, and ssid he was not then pointed rut to him as being in custody on a charge of murder. The magistrates inq aired of the prisoner, in the usual way, whether he had anything to say, when Mr. Harris said, acting under his advic., the prisoner would reserve his defence for another occasion. The prisoner was then fu.ly committed to take his trial for wilful murder.