The South Staffordshire Examiner. — 1874-10-03 (Wednesbury, West Midlands, England)

THE SUPPOSED MURDER AT CAMBERWELL.  Lt the Lambeth Police Court, on Monday. before Mr. Chance, John Amos, engine fitter, was brought up on remand charged on suspicion of having caused the death of his wife ity pushing her into. the Surrey canal. Mr. Oily appeared for the prisoner, who, on the last occasion, was admitted to bail.—The Clerk, on the prisoner's surrendering asked if there was any farther evidence,—The inspector said very little beyond that of the doctor. —Thomas Edward Mill, 26, Commercial road. Peckham, surgeon, said he made a post-mortem examination of the body of deceased, on the 12th ot September, and found it, as a, whole, in a perfectly healthy condition. There were no marks of vielenee, ind he bellowed that death was caused by asphyxia from drowning.— Mr. Chants Could you judge how the woman came into the water ?—witnese No, it would be the same if she had fallen into the eanal.—if she had committed suicide—Mary Jane M'liay said 80. tweet two and three o'clock in the marling of the 9th September she was in bed, find he rd piercing shrieks of "police." On go4rtg to the window with her lamp she saw a splash in the water. She saw foam on the water, and heard afterwards the repeated cry of " police " two or three times. The sounds seemed to come from under the bridge.— Mr. Chance : Were the cries from the person in he water, do you think P—Witness Yea—Mr. Chance: How far is your house from the canal ? Witness: About two or three yards.— Mr. Chance How many times did you hear cries of" Police" before you heard the splashing.—Witness Twenty at least —Mr. Chance: Were there any other cries but that of police r—Witness None ot her.—Croesexamined by Mr. Ody: Did you see the prisoner there on the spot ? Witness: No.—Mr. Ody : As. ueual, the police were not there at the time they were wanted.—Mr. Chance, That seems like a charge against the police; but if the police had been there something might . have been happening at some other place ?—tdr. Ody: Yes; I don't want to makesany charge against the police, but screams for police were heard to the ertent of thirty or forty times before she got into the water, according to the present evidence,—This being the whae of the evidence, Mr. Ody submitted that under all the circumstances his worship could come to no other conclusion than that the wOMFLII Wag what was railed a "gay woman." She had a key to let herself in at any I time of the night, and might have made the acquaintance of other men besides the prisoner. 'There was also a proved tendency on the part of the deceased to commit suicide, as far as threats were concerned. Ile (Mr. Ody) submittal there was not a scintilla of evidence against the prisoner, and asked for a discharge. The Chairman said he did not hesitate to say he had great difficulty in dealing with this case. It WM his duty to say whether there was a sufficiently strong case against the defendant to commit him for trial. Weighing I the whole of the eircurnstanoes, and Kiang no ' proof of a straggle from which death conld result, he thought he should better perform his duty by ' not sending the man for trial, but to order him to be liberated on his own recognisance in .£lOO, and two sureties for £5O, 'to come up when further milled upon.  A