Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1888-08-25 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE CONFESSION OF THE HOXTON  MURDER.  A SCENE IN COURT.  Thomas Wright, 36, living in Roden-street, Holloway, acd described as a chair maker, was brought up on remand at Worship-street Pollee Court on Wednesday charged, on his own coniession,with having,on July lb, 1872,felonionsly murdered Sarah Squires and Christiana Squires with a crowbar at Hyde-road, Hoxton.—Deteetive-Inspecter Peel, ti Division, attended for the police, end on the prisoner, whose appearance is that of a nervous person in low physical condition, being put into the dock, said there was no evi. denee to carry on the case against the prisoner. Every enquiry had been made as to the prisoner and hs statement, with the only result that it showed his " confession " to be wrong. The prisoner was at work at the tune, and could not have committed the warden—Mr Sanaders (the Magistrate) asked the prisoner what he ' had to say about the matter.—The prisoner said,l "I use in drink at the time, sir, and didn't know what I was doing."—Mr Saunders: You seem to have given everybody a great deal of trouble for nothing by charging yourself with ' murder. I remember a case in which s young woman who confessed to having murdered her , child, although there was no other evidence than ' her own confession against her, was seutenced to , be hanged. It is a very disgraceful thing then a , man should stir up all this bother by charging himself with murder, and then offer as :an excuse that he was in drink. You ought to be sent to prison, and I am sorry I have ' not the power to sentence you. I hope one of these diys the law will be altered, and people who charge themselves with murder will be liable to punishment—The brother of the pri! sonar stepned forward and said he knew his brother ha been drinking.—Mr Saunders said it ' had nothing to do with it. The prisoner deserved to be sent to a term of imprisonment for the trouble he had caused about nothing.—A woman here rose from the witnesses place snd exclaimed excitedly, "He knew all the particulars of what happened alt those years ago. If he didn't do the murder I do not know who did."— Mr Saunders repeated that he was sorry In had not power to send the prisoner to gaol, and then ordered him to be diseharsed.—The woman (who was said to be a relative of the murdered people) again Interrupted, and called out, "He ought to be horsewhipped." She rias ordered to leave the court, and, following the prisoner out, she I abused him all the way to the street.  A Paomisiso Pala.—A *singular phase of "Young Ruffianism in London" was illustrated on Wednesday at Marvlebone Police Court, when two named William Parlets and George Sidney Poke, were charged with throwing stones to the common danger and breaking two panes of plateOen at the residence of Mr John tif'Kinley. at Stanhope-place, Hyde Park. The stones were thrown while Mr M•Kinley was sitting at dinner with his family. A number of stones were pro,:uced which had been found in localities where valuable windows had been smashed. Mr de lin tzen said he never heard of mere scandalous and mischievous conduct, and ordered the defendants to pay a fine of ss, with ! £4 108 the dainape, or in default ten days imprisonment.