The Sun. — 1846-08-18 (London, England)

THE LATE MURDER AT THE  GUILDHALL COFFEE-HOUSE.  MANSION-HOUSE.—(THIS DAY.) John Vincent Smith, late cook at the Guildhall Coffeehouse, was this morning brought up before the Lord Mayor for re-examination, charged with the murder of Susan Tolloday, his fellow-servant. The Court was crowded, and hundreds of persons who could not obtain admittance were constrained (however impatiently) to remain outside, in the expectation of seeing the unfortunate criminal as he would arrive at the Mansion-house. The Lord Msyor took his seat at ten minutes before prone dr i stohni retry one o'clock. mr t _mv efidN ae t yearsely dd sae et mt ehde fully b r. He looked lovrasthii sensible of the awful position in which he stood. The girl, Fanny Wetenhall, was first examined by Mr. Goodman, chief clerk—She resided in Halfmoon-alley, and had been employed in the Guildhall Coffee-house for the last eight weeks. She knew the prisoner at the bar, who had been cook, and also the deceased, Susan, who acted as kitchenmaid She heard some quarrelling between prisoner and deceased on Friday last. She did not know what it was about, but it continued almost all day. She saw no blows given. Witness got there on Saturday: at nine o'clock in the morning, and after that time was principally employed in the kitchen, up to twelve o'clock. The prisoner and deceased were quarrelling on that morning, but she did not know what it was about. She thought they were quarrelling about Mrs. Riley, the charwoman. Mrs. Riley was there. He said that Mrs. Riley had got some things that she had never paid for. Susan took Mrs. Riley's part. She said "the cook was not acting like a man for grumbling at the poor woman." She could not tell what hour it was, but it might be half' an hour before " this affair took place." Mrs. Riley was sent away, and atter she bad gone, witness heard no more quarrelling between the prisoner and deceased. Susan was then sitting down, cutting beans. She had been doing so about half an hour. She was then sitting at the kitchen table. Prisoner was picking ducks at the other corner of the table. lie was picking them with a knife in his hand. He was using the knife to pick the feathers off. They were thus engaged when she (witness) was sent out of the kitchen. She was sent by the cook, about half-pest twelve, to the bar to Miss Green, to get some lard and egg-, but she said that he was to come himself, as she was busy. Witness then went back and delivered the message to cook. The prisoner and Susan were in the same place that she had left them in. The prisoner had by that time trussed the ducks, and they were lying on the table. The table was six or seven feet beteg. They were not quite the length of the table separated from each other. She did not hear any conversation between them. The prisoner then gave witness a bacon. He brought it from near the larder, and said she was to get some milk and eggs. She was not sure that he had the knife in his hand, at that time. Witness went back again to the bar and saw Miss Green again. Miss Green gave her the milk and eggs. The kitchen cannot be all seen from the bar, and it is distant about ten or twelve feet from the bar. She had been absent about five minutes while she fetched the milk. On returning, she met the deceased coming towards the bar, on the stairs. She saw her throat was cut, and she fell at the foot of the stairs. Aliss Green began to "holloa" and cry out. She heard Susan say nothing. Shelled a small white-h-andled knife (the one she was cutting the beans with) in her hand. She (witness) did not see the prisoner at the time that Susan fell, nor till she saw the policeman take him away afterwards. While she stood at the bar she heard no noise as of quarrelling in the kitchen. Witness afterwards went home. In answer to questions from Mr. Goodman, the witness added that deceased said, when she and the cook were quarrelling about /Web that " lie was not acting like a