The Express. — 1863-12-23 (London, England)

MURDER BY ♦ POL/01 OPTICNI.  Lake Charles, iaisia; oifice; uTITe onnetabulary force, was on Monday indicted for the wilful murder of his wife, Mary Charles, by drowning her in the Manchester and Bolton Osnal, near Pendlebtay. in February last. Mr. Monk, Q.C., Mr. Hipp, and Mr. Larenabe were for the prosecution; and Mr. Raker and Mr. Pope for the defence.  The following are the leading ciroumataser of this OW, as stated by Mr. Book. The prisoner sad the decreed hid been married about nine years. They were monied at Colbridge, Kildare, the prisoner at that time being is the Irish restabolary. Subsequently, however, Charles joined the Kalish rhos, and in August, 1862, the deceased quitted Celbridge, where she had been living for seine time with her friers, to join him. For about twelve months they lived together at the hones of • Kra. lamb Parrish, it widow, who resided at Tenter's Fold, is Baty, but they did not appear Ogres been very happy, sad Weed, as it suregamily reasoned, Cherie, instead of being true to bin wife, had aranally been visit'ag and in conesporentie with another year woman, Ellen Ford by same, who lived at Emo, in Queen's County, and whom he bed poetised to marry. This wee the circumstance relied on by the prosecution as showing the motive for the murder. The do ceased bad a enter, Julia Dana, liviag at Peadleten, user Manchester, 'and on the 13th of February last, at five in the drama, Charles sad his wife left their lodging. at Mrs Porrith's I. reply to the querWoe, " Where were they grog r Mrs. Charles said they were going to see her mister, and that they would be back about nine o'clock the same erring. About nine Charles (the prisoner) did retsro,but alone. Hie. Charles did net toter°, but on the 14th February a body, afterwards identified u hers, though not until it had been buried, was fogad, and the clothes preserved. After the prisoner returned to his lodging. in Bury, he remained at home for • week, and wee visited by the surgeon to the force. When asked about his wife, he laid the wee in Ireland with her moth.. It would be prowl by Jolla Dan jibe defeertcri rater) that oa the night of the 13th of February neither the deceased nor her husband were at her house, though on the llse the prisoner was there, and told her that .• he must be rich hack," as be had told Mary (the deceived) to toll the doctor, if he called, that he was gone out for • walk. Oa the 12th March the prisoner wrote to Jae Dean, requesting Ire to ware a visit to them at Bin ya" Sara Sunday," r him wife was sot at hoar. Thin was the gad intimation Julia Duna received of her eiater's dieappearserd it reeds her so thover eir that she west to and raw the rinser at his !rims. They had some angry oonvereation about the demur, and Julia Dunn said, " I wish my sister had never known you." The primer said hie wife was sot at home with her mother, but either with Nome friends County Wicklow or in Dublin. So matter went on tar June, no tidier in -the meantime brag heard of the deemed, whose friends now began to be very uneasy. On the 13th of Jane, 1863, the prisoner wrote to Julia Damn, fulling her that he had received a latter from her sister, who was quite well, and is reply to further querns Do rid the was he England, but that be (primmer) was not to ten where. This only aggravated the sucrose and fears the relatives. Julia Dunn made • sternest to Mr. Milan the superintendent of polio. at Bury, and the result of this and other inquiries was the exandastion of the bellyband to the anal, cad its ideotity ea that ad the primmer's wife. la the reaatinie the prisoner bad bear is leached sad had renewed 1 his overtures Ito Mary Ford ; and though the priest do °lined to marry them without • Netlie** Ford :Nursed with Charles to Bury, and lodged at the lama house with him for some little time, after which she west to some friends in Westroorelead, it .being rouged that they should be married as soon as the purser "could settle his affair" On the discovery, however, of the feet that the drowsed woman was Mrs. Crone, the prisoner was at coos arrested. The learned counsel explained that the are rested sorely upon circumstantial evidence, but he contended the combination of testa and circumstances led irrertibly to the coochoir of the prisoner's guilt. Evidence wee the. adduced is support of this opening. Os Tuesday morning the case for the prostration was armed by the evidence of Id r . Superintsiodest Milos Mr. Halter having addressed the jury for the deleace, BY lordship summed up, earefelly asap* the riders, and commenting upon various points where the Joey no cored light or direction. Be said the fad that the clothes were fraud detached from the deesesed's body wee most impotent, bemuse the crinoline would hav derdeney to busy the body up. The jury therefore mull whether the clothe' were more likely to have been reenerd by • pros contemplating suicide or • perm contemplating murder.  The fury having retired to aorkler their verdict, Maraud ia about half an boar with a verdict of Guiky. The judge thee seemed the bleak cap, and waned newteats of death upon the primmer. At the close of the sentence the • who had maul, fasted a calm, firm, and respectful demascorr, quietly bowed his head, and we restarted below.