The Sun. — 1842-05-14 (London, England)

WADDINGTON—I am a special constable. !at Tunlsridge. On the 16th April last, from information whic h I received, I apprehended the prisoner, and found a vat ch and a jaconet muslin apron upon him. Humphries took Isirn into custody. He was dressed as a brick.  wound must have been enormous ; - she !vas a plump woman, in good health, and the flow of blocd must have been great indeed. Was the murder committed in the harness-room or in the stable ? Where was the evidence ?  Would they not have expected to have foundTsonle vestige of the blood? But there was none ; in the stable, where the trunk was found, one policeman saw, what he thought to be, a small quantity of blood. If the murder were not committed there, where did it take place, and who was the go,ilty party? His Learned Friend the Attorney-General, who opened the case to them, did not feel at all justified in directing their attention to any motive which the prisoner at the bar could have for the committal of this deed. Alen did not all of a sudden take up a knife and deprive another being of life without a motive. \Vas there any suggestion which had occurred to them which could make them think would induce them to do it ? They had heard of murders having been committed out of revenge, for a desire of gain, passion, and sudden quarrel, but they did not hoar of cases like these. There was no inducement proved. Could it be owing to his connexion with Susan Butcher ? Why, he had known her for two years; there was nothing to be gained either to him or her by getting rid of Jane Good ; he visited hPr, and she visited him, without the  slightest reference to Jane Good living in South-street. Did a case suggest itself to their minds arising out of this, why th© prisoner should commit the deed ? Or if not, what other case could suggest itself to them. He should think none. After they had heard the manner in which he lived with Jane Good • that, as one of the witnesses said, his manner was always kind to her, and he treated her with the utmost kindness, so much so that witness thought he was very fond of her, He should hardly think when they recollected that, and the length of time he had lived with  ler, and paid for her lodgings, they would think hat he would murder her for the sake of her clothes. He  could have left the connection with Jane Good whenever he  chose. She could gain her own living without him, and all he i:ad to do was to cease going from Putney all the way to South-street. But might not the eviden,e of Fanny 'fester, and the policeman who followed her, assist them in coming to a right judgment ? Might not the deceased, influenced by the remarks of Fanny Hester relative to the connection of Susan  Butcher anis the prisoner, being stung with feelings o jealousy, have committed suicide? After some further' remarks on the evidence of the witnesses, he concluded by saying that if they took this view of the case they would see it surrounded with so many difficulties and so many doubts as to be unable to bring their minds to say that he Was guilty. Lord DENsfas then summed up, and said the prisoner, Daniel Good, stood charged before them with the wilful murder of Jane Good, otherwise Jane Jones, and that murder was charged to have been committed with an axe or a knife, or in some other way as described in the different counts of the indictment. After cautioning the Jury, for the purimse of removing from their minds all prejudices raised by this atrocious deed, he proceeded to state the manner in which the occur rence of ht to be presented their minds. The unfortunate woman, respecting whose death they were called upon to judge, was last seen alive between seven and nine o'clock on  the 3d of April, in company µ•ith the prisoner. Since that time she had been seen alive by no human being.' On the night of the 6th of April, the policemen and others . .  going to the place where the prisoner was carrying on his ordinary business, with a view to some other inquiry, found the prisoner most anxious to go and meet that charge, and leave the stable. The Learned Judge then recounted the circumstances, as stated by the witnesses respecting the finding of the body, the giving of the clothes to Susan Butcher, and the escape of the prisoner from the harness-room, when he locked the doer on the constable  Mr. DOANK asked the Attorney-General whether he intended to proceed upon that count in the indictment which charged the prisoner r with poisoning the deceased? Lord DENMA N A lid that it was quite clear that that count could not be enterex t upon, as the evidence did not touch that question at all. The first two counts were those on which they must proceed. This was the c sae fir the prosecution. The Court II iest ajourned for a few minutes to take refreshment.  . and others engaged in making a search for the sup:iosed stolen property. It had been argued that the deceased had committed suicide, and it would therefore be the duty of the Jury, on looking at the probability of the case, whether they could believe she had committed sudden violence on herself. The prisoner would not have been alarmed ; and was it possible that he could have seen such an act committed without endeavouring to obtain assistance? And was it possible to suppose that while the inquiry was going on—if such were the fact—that he would not have thrown out some hint as to the probability that such might have been the way in which she had met hutdeath. Looking, however, at the facts as they stood, he thought, they must possess a very great share of credibility, if they believed the unfortunate deceased had committed this act herself. His Lord,hip then went over the wi,012 of the evidence in detail, ant concluded by sayine : " You must now consider upon this evidence whether there is enough proved to warrant you in finding the prisoner guilty. If you have any doubt, you must give the benefit of that doubt to theprisoner ; but mind, not that passing doubt w }licit may attach to any occasion where there is the least mystery, but such a doubt as remains on your mind after due deliberation ant • reflection upon the evidence which has been adduced. I now leave the case in your hands." The Jury retired, and after an abstA ,e of kalf an hour, on their return  The Clerk of the Arraigns said, " Gen.l.-men of the Jury, are you agreed?" The Foreman said, " We find the prisoner