The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1874-10-03 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

THE SUPPOSED MURDER AT CAMBERWELL.  At the Lambeth Police Court, on Monday, before :Sir. Chance, John Amos, engine titter, was brought up on remand charged on suspicion of having caused the death of his wife ry pushing her into the Surrey canal. Mr. Ody appeared tor the prisorer, who, on the last occasion, was admitted to bail.—The Clerk, on the prisoner'e surrendering, ssked if there was any farther evidence.—The inspec, or said very little beyond that of the doctor. —Thomas Edward Miii, 26, Commercial road, Peck hani, surgeon, said he made a post.m.rtem examination of the body of decea,ed, on the 12th of September, and found it, as a whole, in a perfectly healthy condition. There were no marks of viol, ems. nd he believed that death was caused by asphyxia from drowning.— Mr. Chance : Could you judge how the woman came into the water P—Witness : No, it would be the same if she had fallen into the canal.—if she had committed auicide.—Mary Jane M•Nay said Be. tweet two and three o'clock in the mmning of the Sth September she was in bed, and he ,rd piercing alirielca of "police." On going 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 froin under the bridge.— Mr. Chance Were the cries from the person in the water, do you think ?—Witness Yes.—Mr. Chance: How far is your house front the canal ? Wi:nets : About two or three yards.—Mr. Chance, How xdany times did you hear cries of" Police" before you heard the splashing.—Witness: 'twenty as lease—Mr. Chance: Were there any other cries but that of police ?—Witness: None cc her.—Croasexamined by Mr. Ody: Did you see the prisoner there on the spot ? Witness: No.—Mr. Ody: As usual, the police were not there at the time they were wanted.—Mr. Chance: That seems like a charge against the police; but if the poLee had been there something might have been happening at some other place ?—Mr. °ay : Yes I don't want to make any charge agfiinet the police, but screams for police were heard to the extent of thirty or forty times before she got into the water, according to the present evidence.—Thie being the who's of the evidence, Mr. Ody submitted that under all the circumstances his worship could come to no other conclusion than that the woman was what was called a "gay woman." She had a key to let herself in at any time of the night, and might have made the lacquaintance of other men besides the prisoner. There was also a prove 1 tendency on the part of the deceased to commit suicide, as far as threats were concerned. Ole (Mr. Ody) submitte t 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 difficull in defiling with this case. It was his duty to Hay ' whether there was a sufficiently strong case against the defendant to commit him for trial. Weighing the whole of the circumstances, and se,ing no proof of a struggle from which death could result, he thought be should better perform his duty by not sending the man for trial, but to order him to be liberated on his own recognisance in .000, and two sureties for £5O, to come up when further called upon.