The Sun. — 1848-12-23 (London, England)

THAMES. John Barley, a coal porter and carman, in the employ of Mr. Green, a coal merchant in the City-road, was brought up on remand, charged with the wilful murder of Lewis Caustatt, a dock labourer, better known by the name of Lewis Lewis. The occurrence which led to the death of the unfortunate man took place in Nightingale-lane, a narrow street, bounded on each side by the walls of the St. Katherine's and London Dock, and leading from Upper East Smithfield to Wapping. The west side of this lane is rendered nearly impassable every morning by the number of labourers who congregate there, waiting for employment in the St. Katherine's Dock.  Robert Welch, a labourer, said that on Sunday morning last, between the hours of seven or eight o'clock, as he was in Nightingale-lane, advancing towards letter D warehouse of the St. Katherine Dock, he saw the prisoner, who was driving a waggon laden with coals, and drawn by three horses, on its way from Wapping to East Smithfield. The team was close on the body of men waiting for employment outside F warehouse, and the prisoner shouted after them, and told them to get out of the way. An altercation took place between the prisoner and the dockmen, and the prisoner threatened to knock down some of them, and threw his whip and coat on the ground, and challenged one of them to fight. Previous to doing so, the prisoner stopped his waggon and horses. A fight took place between the prisoner and one or two of the dockmen. The prisoner was twice knocked down, and when he recovered from his second fall he took up his whip and coat, said he had had enough of it, and drove on towards the warehouse, where another body of labourers were assembled. Witness was on the footpath outside the warehouse on the near side of the waggon, and as the team approached close to the body of men, he distinctly saw the prisoner throw his whip across the neck of the wheel horse, which immediately moved inwards towards the men. He feared that some one would be killed, and rushed forward, when he saw the deceased lying in the road, about six or seven feet from the footpath, with his head crushed, and the blood oozing from his person. He was quite sure the team would have cleared the body of labourers with several feet to spare, if the ant h recklessly guided hpiossehdpor John Butler de that cnldose to th that be was waiting for employ at nantdthehorses g a t es, oa thee prisonerb drove his wags erweardds ntboetmw.ilfully and igng there, that some ot themefwotbedreye onfenrl y labourers run waitnv e men pitched A scuffle ensued, and two into the prisoner, and gave him actotell: rectly after the fight and the prisonerraheahtdi tnhrgee'sduornpc dockgate, the charge of his team, there was a call gate, which induced witness and others to prisoner, towards it. He was about a yard behind the and beard him say, " I will give it to the --s the dock-gate if they don't get out of my wayat ?, Witness told him be deserved all he met with. He went in advance of the prisoner to the dock-gate, and WAS standing about two yards from the deceased, who was on tiptoe, looking Mr. Hunter, who was calling the names over, in the face. He had not been at the d)ck-gate more than a minute when the horses and  waggon were driven close up to the body of labourers, out of its proper course, and the deceased was struck by the fore part; of the waggon and thrown down. I he near fore wheel went over his head and body. He was so horrorstruck, that he turned his head aside, and did not see the SE cond wheel go over the deceased, who was immediately afterwards pi( ked up in a dying state, and conveyed to the hospital. Other witnesses gave similar evidence relating to t' e threat used by the prisoner, and to his throwing