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CASE OF ABDUCTION AT LIVERPOOL , [ fttbther pastictlaksJ This extraordinary case ¦ sras farther investigated at Liverpool , on Prioay ifcet : the Otirt opened at two o ' clock . The examination was taken befoae Mr . Rashton , the police magistrate . Tlia first -witness wiled was John Rogers , gate-keeper at B .-by . Recollected five persons coming to embark on tee Railway train on the 19 : h vf March . Miss Cieliin , Mrs . Clayton , SI'Gill , Jones , and Qiiek , were amongst the ncmber . iliss Crellin appealed to be intoxieaied . It was fire minutes before ten in the morning . Asked Qiick what was to do with the lady ? He said ii ~ WB 3 s fancy wsy she fead . He risked the
gentle-Tnivn Ui put them IB . & carriage by themst-lves , which he did . Miss Crfellin was assisted into the carriage by Jones and M"&HL Saw Quick the Sunday bnt one follow ing , in the evening . He came to the Roby Station to l » i > k for IaverpooL He said , "I thiak I shall ¦ wan ? yon this week . " " What for ? ' was asked " Ck / Eceining the party who went from here the other day , " 'sus the reply . He also said the parties who Were friends to Miss Crellln . * seemed to say they con-Teyed her away in the night , and he wished him to state Uis contrary . Witness said he must give him notics :, as he must put a man in his place . He said he trould send a note , and give him £ 2 for his trouble . As soon aa thii -witness ¦ was txamiaed ,
Mr . Grocott , attorney for the prisoners , addressing Mr . Ra ? hton , fcaid this was a strange mode of proceeding . The parties for the prcsrcution having finished their case on Wednesday , be Trashed to know whether he ( Mr . Rusbton ) sat there as sttsrney . magistrate , or embm prosecutor . He thought it * sras a ytrj singular proceeding . It was very -unseemly taking the pa : t of an ex-miner , and pntting leading questions to the ¦ wi tnesses . - Mr . Saowball said he appeared on behalf of the prc-Beccirix only . Ht ? had advised her as to the course she should pursue , aBd he 3 ppiehen < 1 e-i that the witnesses he had already called were sufficient to comnrit the urisonfers . There were Bome of the witnesses about to De called whom he w < u ~ d have do objection to xatnine , but there -were others that he -won ' -d object to , and be Wished to havean opportunity of cross-examining fcHo-m
Mr . Jtushlon said he -would place no obstacle in llr . Snowbol * s way as to the cross-iXiniining the witnesses He was not , sktiag there , abott to complain , or make any observations upon remarks that might be directed against him , ¦ whatever might bs his private opinions of the fairness or the spirit which dictated them ; he ¦ would not enter into any conversation on the subject . When they applied to him to close the case , and to commit the prisoners at once , there was absolutely at that t-Hie no evidence of t £ . a felony , 't he taking a ^ ray , whether for the purpose of marriage er violation . In the discharge of his duty , he thought fit to cause the present evidence to be collected , as the only way in which they could have all the evidence . Whatever course the attorney for the prosecution , or for the
prisoners , might pursue , fc ? ( Mr . Rnsbton ) shoulu perdue the coarse 'which h « thought best calculated t& investigate the truth , and he expected , in the discbarge of thzi . duty , Dot lo be met by acensations such as he had , heard that day . Whether the attorney for the prosecution should choose to pursue his dnty , that was his busiress , not his ( Air . Rushton ' s . ) He { lit . Rushton ) ¦ would take that course which -would bring the whole transac-ion before the public In this town tbtre was a public officer , called the commissioner of police , and in ali cises that officer ' s duty -wa 3 , ¦ when directed by the magistrates , to inquire into cases , gather all the evidence , and examine witnesses : he declined to discuss . It they o . jected to his proceedings , they must ± uVr >; ii such to tbe authsrity above him ; he would takfc ao notice of
fViprn-Thw case then proceeded . Cross-examine 3 by Mr . Daverport—Could swear to Jones being the man . Cross-examined by Mr . Grccott—Had known Quick some time before . He married Hedgkinson ' s daughter . 31 x . HoSgtiason resides abcuj five hundred or six hundred yards from the station . The gentleman let go of Miss Oellin . Jlstthew Eckersley , porter at Parkside station on the Manchester and Liverpool railway , remembered the train on arriving on the morning of the lS ' -h March , about S . 7 e minutes to eleven . Saw Quick , Jone 3 , Mrs Ciayton , and Miss Crellin walk down to the i \ orth
Union ititf . on . They sat covra m -witness ' s place for nearly Ji ^ lf an hour . Miss Crellin appearedts be ratbtr in a drunken state . He vras smeMug his pipe , end She asked him to fire her 3 pipe . He ssid to her , " 0 yes . by all means . " He g 3 ve her a pipe , and she smckei it for ten minutes or a quarter of an hour , and became rather faint . The man she called Jones , and the d ot ' . r -talked out -with her for a little pure air . They walked down about forty yards . The t < -a . in -was coming then , and it "was retting time for teem to go . The man they called doctor vrisaed him to Bee if theie was an empty boSy in the carriage , and the train stirted immediately . The fare was paid by Quick . Mr . Black made tb . 3 entries of their names in the
Cross-examined by Mr . Grocott—An hour elapsed before the train came up after the party arrived . . The lady seeaied to enjoy htr pipe very much . There was Tery lirrle trouble in getting Alias Crellin into tie carriage . She seemed to t * very cheerful—th . B same as dranfeen people are . Cro-s-examined by Mr . Davenport—The pirty had brandy - *~ ith them , and some cf them drank it Carnulieus Whittaker , pcrier at Parkside station , remembrr 3 the party arriving . Miss Crellin was tipsy . Jones produced drink ia 3 dark glass bottle . Tasted it , and believed it to be brandy .
its . Penelope rfichol , wife of the ag = nt at Parkside Etation . spoke to Miss Crellin coming into the house ; and , on being asked if she were going by the Birmingham train , said first yes . then no , and it did not mutter She siid Ehe should have gone to Birmingham that day , tut it aid not matter ; she could go another day . M'Gi : l came and asked for two ladies . She told them they said they were not going to Birmingham that day . They-went away by the train . Miss Crellin appeared tipsy , and very much agitated . Her face -was very much swollen .
James Baines , coachman of the North Briton , which runs from Lancaster to Shap , took a party with him on the lS--b of March . They were Quick , M'Gill , Jones , Mrs . Clayton , and Mis 3 Crellin . Quick took the places in the narne of Thompson . He paid for three inside and two out to Carlisle . Jones , Mrs . Clayton , and Miss GreTiin rode inside . They dined at the King ' s Ann's where fchay went from the Railway . At the coach office Mis 3 Crellin was siresriDg and making a great noise , and Quick said to M'Gill , " Gst inside and quieten the old b—h . " M'Giil then went inside and rode to Cornforth . The doctor -went into the bouse , and the waiter brought some brandy to those ia the coach . They -went on to Buxura , where they had glasses again . M'Gill then got outside . Looked into the coach and saw Miss Crellin ' s bead on Jones ' s Bhonlder . She appeared to be asleep . Heard no names given to any of tbe parties . Had three glasses of ale wiih them and
Borne brandy . The doctor said to M'Gill " Bring out the bottle and let us all have a drink . " M'Gill- said Miss Crellin had drunk it alL Asked tbe doctor if they were taking the lady to a lunatic asylum ? " 2 \ o , " said tbe doctor , "Ton would Dot think the old lady tm -worth £ 60 , 000 . " This -was at Borrough ' s Greenr Quick said they -were doctors in the army , and wtrfe on leave of absence ; they had come over to Liverpool to see the steeple chase . Ths doctor called and paid for all on the road except ocee . Miss Crekin and Mrs . Clayton got out at a place called Huck , seven miles from Sbap , Assisted her cut . She appeared to be very tipsy , and could not walk herself . Jones assisted her out of the coach . Her face vras nmcb blotched and swollen- He assisted hex into tbe coach ; she had to walk between two . Left the coach afe Shap . Drink was sent for . The doctor wanted a pint of brandy s but the'landiady said there was Dot time to wait
Cross-examined by Mr . Grccott : Tae lady called at Lancaster for the doctor . She had two glasses at ¦ Eucks ,-one up stairs and the other belo-w , the doctor ordered them . John Wilson , -who drove the coach on to Carlisle , took the co&ch when last witctS 3 ! = f t it . Had a party of five on tbe coach—four inside , and Quick rode on the Vox with him . Saw Jones at Carlisle . There "Were two ladies and two gentlemen inside , and one gen'Jdoan cu ^ ade . Palled up first at Ackthrope , trhtre they changed horses . The doctor gave him a glass , and handed glasses into the coach ; he believ < =-i they were glasses of brandy . There was a noise inside the ci- < h . Saw all in a room at Carlisle , but could not speak ta than . Saw them next day and recognised the doctor . They started in a double seated carriage from the Bmh .
Joseph Hodgson , -waiter at the Bush Inn , Carlisle , remenibexed th 9 passengers by tbe North Briton coach stopping at tae house on tbe 28 th of March . He recognised the five before named . TSey arrived at eleven . Miss Crellin appeared insensible . He thonght they were going to take her to an asylum . Formed that opinion from her manner aud conversation . They had tea for ftur , and the doctor , during the time , had a glass of brandy . They slept at the Bush . The doctor ordered two glasses of brandy , one of -which be gr , va to the lady . He took the other himself . The ladys conduct was not quiet . She seemed to hate Jones and M'Gill , acd appeared to scold them . After that the men took three glasses of ale before going to bed . They -were miking a noise : one of the other
waiters went in , and said , " They could not allow , that noise so late . " M'G : 11 shoved him out of the room . Qaick told witness that the old lady had plenty of money ; that they -were only servants , and he was traTellinr ¦ with her . They wera going to Annan . Waited opon them in the morning ; they had only breakfast for three . The ladies had none ; they were in a different room . Mrs . Clayton came down to the doctor , and asked for a glass of brandy for Miss Crellin . The doctor refused it , saying Bhe would only kick up another row . The doctor asked for a glass of brandy and two Of ale . The night before , the lady asked - where she was ? and the doctor sa ' d five miles from Warrington , and they would go there in the morning , after Bleeping in that hous 3 all night They left the . Bush at half-past eleven on Saturday morning in a two-seated carriage . / ' ¦ . -. ¦ - ExamineS . t > jr-M > > Davenport—51 'GKD and the fioctor tailed at the heusa on Sunday night for & glass of
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brandy eact . Did not tea auy brandy given t ? Miss Crellin , and never hsDrl her ask how far it was to Qretna Green ? . T . Brownrigg , post- ' boj at the Bush Inn , Carlisle , was employed to drive the party on Saturday , the 19 th nit The doctor rode outside . Did not see Mlsa Crellln s faee . Tbe -waiter ordered the coach , and told him to drive to the Metal Bridge , six and » hilt miles on the GJasfow road . Stopped when they got two and a half miles from Carlisle . One of the gentlemen inside called to the doctor to stop at the first public house they cime to . The doctor said Baid they were a lot cf d ^ d drunken devils inside ; they thonght of nothing but drinking . Told tbe doctor theTB was a beer shop close at hand , and a public house a mile further on .
The doctor said he -was to drive ts the public house . The doctor , when they got there , ordered four glasses 0 ! ale , and the landlady only brought three . The doctor took one , and handed the ether two inside . He ordered another , but the landlady brought two . Witness drank o :-e , and the doctor wanted him to take the other , but he would not As they were going through the toll bar , the doctor said " Have you any weddings jaow ? " Witness Baid , "K » , they are -very scarce . " He then asked how they paid ? and was told there -were various prices , just according to circumstances . He then told them that when he was married in Liverpool , he gave the post-boy half-a-guinea . He asked what
they got married for , and was told they had various prices , from a gill of -whiskey to £ 100 . The doctor talked of stopping at the Metal Bridge , and asked if they bad any posting conveyance ? He was told they hu . d not . Quick then said he would leave the reit Of the party at tbe Mttri Bridge , and walk on to Gretna , as he merely -wished to see ike place . He complained of tae hire of the coach ; and then the boy told him that as he had been charged so much ( 15 s . ) for the coach , he -would not mind driving him a short distance over tbe bridge , which he did . When they had got a fe-w hundred yards over , the doctor asked what was the first place at which they married people ? Teld him Sark Bar . He said fee wonld have a lark with them
there , and witness told him he might get the lines there by going in and getting a glass of whiskey . Pulled up about two miles from the Sark Bar . Looked into the carriage , and saw that Jones had a glass bottle in his hand . Mrs . Clayton had a wine glass . All alor . g tfie road the party kept " skirking" out with fits " of laughter , the ladies more particularly . Quick paid for the coach hire . Cross-examined by Mr . Grocott : The old lidy , as they called her , looked down when she came cut of the car , took hold of M'Gill ! s arm , and walked on with kim . Could sec Gretna Hall , were tbe party were let down . They were let down between two and three mi ' es from Gretna Hall , where John Lin ton lived . Watched the party a few hundred yards ; the doctor begsn tJ play about on the road . The doctor paid him for driving .
Cross-examined by Mr . Divenpoit : Thought in his own mind there was something like a -wedding going on . "Mr . Rushton here hit-mated that there were witnesses who Eaw them on their " return ; but he did not think it necessary for the administration of justice to caU them . Mr . Grocott hoped they wonld call the parson . Mr . Dowling said he had not sneceeded in getting him . He did not feel authorised to give the sum he wanted . , Mr . Snowball said he wanted £ 20 for himself , and £ 10 for his daughter . Mr . Rushton said that all recoverable expences wonld have been p » id , but there was no doubt be would be brought before a proper tribunal .
Mr . George M'Gill , of Dublin , said he knew the prisoner M'&ilL He wa 3 the son of 5 Mr . M'Gill , a tailor , -who lived in South Frederick-street , Dublin . His father was never a saldier . He kept his carriage , and horses , and livery servants in Dublin . Cross-examined by Mr . Grocott—Was no relation to prisoner , whose father Itf c a handsome fortune behind him , and M'Gill got a shaie of it . Never knew M'Gill's father to be a ColoneL Enzibtth Armstrong , chambermaid * f the Crown and Mitre Inn , Carlisle , recollected seeing the party at tbeir house on the SOth of March . Saw Mrs . Clayton first , who went to bed about balf-past nine . She leut her one of her nightcaps , and Mrs . Clayton wished her to go down to the other lady , Miss Crellin , and get her
to bed , for she was very tipsy . M'Gill wished to be sLcwn Mr& Claj ton ' s bed room . He was shown where she was , aud en ilra . Clayton being asked to go down to supper , she said she would not ; she had had enough of him , aud she was going off at six in the morning . He said it would be two guineas out of his pocket if she went at six o ' clock . Mrs . Clayton said that would be nothing in his way if he were a gentleman , as he pretended to be . When Mrs . Clayton would not go down , witness was told to go out of the room first She did so , expecting he was following her ; but soon alter this , pfcihaps in about ten minutes after , & ! W
M'Gill coming out of her room . Saw Alias Crellm g » to bed . She was very tipsy . She could not undress herself . Witness undressed her , and lent her one of her own night dresses and caps . M'Gill shortly after that wished to ba shown to Miss Crellin ' s bed room . She told him to go in thinking Miss Crellin might be awake . She carried the candle and put it on the dressing taMe . Miss Cretin was asleep , and M'Gill said , " She is asleep . " Witness answered , " Yes , she is iasi asleep . ** sue then came out of the room , and left them there . He said , " Dont waken her . " Tbe night before the back of her dress was all open and her hair hanging down .
Cross-examined—Miss Crellin and M'Gill wore in the sitting room together . She did not send down stairs for il'GUL She -walied by herself , but ra very tipsy . Did not recollect Miss Crellin saying she would net go to bed if M'Gill did not come too . John Macfarlane , waiter at the Crewn and Mitre , Carlisle , recollected an omnibus on the 20 th March driving up to their house from Grttua-hall , at five in tbe ifa ' rnoon . The marriage party were in it . The doctor was outside . Miss Crellin was lying with her head on one of the gentlemen ' s knees . Thought it was
M * CH 11 , but was not quite sure . She seemed to be asleep . Assisted the party out of the omnibus . The gentleman on whose tnee sfce was lying awakened her , told her she was at Carlisle , and said , " Get up . " When she got out of the omnibus , she appeared stupid , either from the effects of sleep or drink . One side of her bonnet was very much crushed , and her clothes open behind . She went up stairs staggering a little . She -was shown into a sitting room , and had a glass Of brandy . She had at least six oz seven glasses of brandy that evening , aud one glass the morning she Itft .
Cross-examined by Mr . Grocott—Miss Crellin ordered the brandy . Cross-examined by Mr . Davenport—She pressed Jenes to have a glass of brandy , and he would not She got up then , and asked the waiter if he had ever seen snob a ram lot in the house before ? She then said she had gob married , and would have a d d good spree . This was half an hour before she went to bed She appeared very mush pleased . She offered to treat witness . He declined drinking with her , and she offered him a shilling to get a glass for himself . Mrs Cayton said , " Take it , she is worth plenty ; " and he took it to please her . Miss Crellin appeared to be very marry . Re-examined by Mi . Snowball—She appeared to be very
drunk-John Hawkes , waiter of the King ' s Arms , Kendal—Recollected the party coming to tbe inn on the 21 st of March , a little before two o ' clock in the afternoon . They dined there . Miss Crellin appeared in a state bordering on stupefaction . Her face was very red and bleated . She partook with tbe rest , but ate little . She took some sherry . They left by the Glasgow mail . Cross-examined by Mr . Davenport—There were four glasses of brandy and a pint of sherry taken into the room . They ail seamed to be enjoying themselves , with the txeeption of Miss Crellin , Mr . Rushton said he was in hopes to have finished this night , but he f jund the case must be again remanded . He then examined the following parties : —
Henry Bonlter , wateh-maier , in Oiahali-street , said he resided in Egremont , and in going ever on the 1 st of March , saw Rogereon fn the packet Rogerson had a bottle with Mm . Jfext day saw Rogerson at his shop . He came running in and said , " I want a wedding ring . " He got one and went off , not being a minute there . Left a bottle with him . It was a quart bottle , with a label , " Cognac brandy , " on it- Emptied tbe brandy in the street one day , as he wanted to make ess of the bottle . John Evans , driver of his own car , remembered a young man having a car to go to R- > scoe-skreet , Roscoelane , on St Patrick ' s day . Ha was then told to go to No . 9 , Mrs . Clayton's house , and found Mr . and Mrs . Jones and Mrs . Clayton . Drove down Roscoe-lane and
along Berry-street . Stopped at the Adelphi , and Mra Chamley came into the car . She told him to drive to Richmond-row , and when he got there he was taken to SU Anne ' s Coffee-honse and discharged . Was engaged on the Tuesday afterwards to go to Sanders offise , . Leigh-street . He took Mifes Crellin , Mrs . Rogerson , Quick , and M'Giil . He waited there two hours , and then Rogersen came . He then took Quick , M'Gill , Miss Crellin , and Mrs . Rogerson to an office on the light hand side of Castle-stxttt . Hogerson came there al 30 and ha then drovs the party to Boundary-street Mrs . Rjgersou then went to Mrs . Chamley ' saud took her up to Rogerson's . Next day he took the parties to Annistes . d ' 8 office , and afterwards drove them to Leigh ' s office , Leigh street . Rogerson came to tbe office , and they went in the ceach again to Finch-street
Frederick Busby , who drove Miss Crellin , Mrs . Clayton , and Jones from St Ann ' s Coffee House , stated that he took them to No . 9 , Roscoe Lane . A Eq . U . abbl 8 arose about paying tbe fare , when Miss Crellm handed her pocket to Mrs . Clayton , wh © took the money out of it and paid tor the car . James Maguire , car-driver and owner , said he drove two ladies and a gentleman to a public-house in Oldhamstreet , on St Patrick's Day . Mrs . Clayton , Jones , and Miss Crellin were the parties . Mr . RoeMou then remanded the prisoners till the following day .
Satukdat . —This case came on again this morning in the Crown Couit , before Mr . Ruahton . The anxiety ef the public to hear further particulars of this extraordinary affair was maintained with unabated interest Eleven o ' clock was the time fixed for the magistrate to take his Beat ; tut for seme time previous to that beur
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gTeat numbers of persons were 'Waiting outside the doors to gain admission , and , as soon they were opened , a rush took place into the Conrt Room , and the space both within and without the bar was speedily filled . ' .- . '¦ ¦ -: ¦ . . ' . ' . The disposal of the ordinary police bnsineta having occupied the magistrate , at the Police Court , longer than was expected , it was a quarter-past twelve before he took his seat Miss Crellin and her friend , Mrs . Chamley , came into court about half-past eleven , and took tkeir seata in the bexes to tbe rigkt of the bench . The flrrt business of the court was to take bail for Mr . Donlevy . Two respectable persons were offered and accepted . by the magistrate . . !
The voluntary depositions of Mr . Donlevy were then read by Mr . Eilis . The statements differed but littie from what has already appeared in the papers respecting the part Mr . Donlevy has had in the matter . On the conclusion of the reading of the paper , Mr . Rushton asked Mr . Donlevy if he had anything further to state ? He said he had . That Miss Crellin had been introduced to him by M'Gill as his future wife , an * it was on the presumption that she had assented to the marriage that he had accompanied her to the church . Mr . Donlevy then entered into his own recognisances for £ 201 , and each of his sureties £ 100 each . The Magistrate then ordered him to be discharged . The voluntary depositions of the Rev . J . H . Staff > rd were read by Mr . Ellis . The document consisted of a repetition of the reverend , gentleman ' s previous evidence before Mr . Knshton . The reverend gentleman was bound over to prosecute .
Mr . Eden , solicitor , examined : Miss Crellin came to his office , on the 23 rd MaTcb , along with Mr . Armistead . She told witness that she bad been married against her wilL M'Gill and Quick came in . Told Miss Crellin that he did not like te interfere . It was thought adviseable that M'Gill and Miss Crellin should have an interview , to see if they could come to some arrangement . Witness , on passiog from one office to the other , saw two women , but did not know them . Miss Crellin and M'Gill could not agree , and all the parties left the office . Mr . Snowball said he wished the prisoners to be remanded , as he had an important witness to produce . Mr . Rushton—Then bring him . I cannot consent to & further remanding of the prisoners . It would cause too much inconvenience to the public businesF .
Josbua Edwards , inspector of police , examined by Mr . Rushton—Told Mr . Superintendent Brown about Miss Crellin ' s case about six weeks or two months a « o . His further evidence was to the effect that he told him Mrs . Jones had informed him ( witness ) about Martin getting £ 250 from Miss Crellin . Went with Brown to Miss Sutten ' s house , in Seymour-street , to see Miss Crellin . Miss Crellin came into the room . Remembered seeing Mrs . Jones in tho house . Copeland was in custody at that time . He was in custody on a cbaTgo of taking £ 28 from Mrs . Clayton . Miss Crellin said she was not willing to appi-ar against him . Had seen Mrs . Jones before . Mrs . Jones told witness that two men had been much in the habit of annoying Miss Crellin , and begged his interference . Had called at Mrs . Jones ' s to know where Miss Creilin lived .
By Mr . Davenport—Had been only once at Mrs . Jones ' s . She told witness that Miss Crellin had given Copeland £ 250 . She appeared confused at the time . Might have said that Miss Crellin was a drunken old woman . Had seen her drunk . When witness saw her drunk , she was in a public-house in company with Copeland . That was at Hebblethwaite ' s spirit vaults , in Church-strett There was a young man with Copehnd at the time . Witness assisted Miss Crellin to walk out . Copeland went with her . A car was called , but they did not go in . Miss Crellin walked up Boldstreet between the women ; that was between twelve and one o ' clock in the day , and about a week before witness went to Jones ' s house . Mr . Rushton said he would now propose that the depositions cf the witnesses be read over , and if any otheT witnesses were brought forward , they would be heard afterwards . This having been done ,
Mr . Rushton . said it was bis intention to commit the prisoners for felony , and then there would be a further charg « jpr conspiracy against them all . Mr . Rushton said to Mrs . Clayton that if she had any thing to add to her voluntary statement , that was the tima She replied that she had not . John Orr M'Gill was then informed by Mr . Rushton that if he bad anything to say , that was the time ; and M'Gill replied he bad nothing to say . Quick , Rogerson , and Jones , and Mrs . Jones and Mrs . Clayton made the same answers . Duval said tha same . Upon Copeland being asked if he had anything to say , then was the time ; the prisoner said he had nothing to say . The magistrate then said , that as tbe charge against him was for conipiracy , he would take bail ; himself is £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 50 each . Mr . Grocott hoped tbe magistrate would allow bail to be taken for Mr . Rogerson .
Sir . Rushton : No ; he is guilty of felony like the rest . They are all , with tbe exception of Copeland , guilty of felony , and the charge against him is for getting money under false pretences ; Mr . Snowball said it was possible Mr . Copeland might have the £ 250 upon his person . In that case he might deposit the £ 100 far himself , and the two fifties for his sureties , aud make off with the remainder . Mr . Rush ton said he would take care of that . If Mr . Copeland had had money about him , the briaewellketper would have taken it It was , however , the usual way never to demand excessive bail . All the witnesses were then bound over to prosecute at the next assiaes ., Mr . Saowball recommended that Miss Crellin be bonnd over to prosecute .
Mr , Rushton said he should follow the practice of his respected predecessor , Mr . HaU , and insist that tho commissioner of police , Mr . Dowling , be bound over to prosecute ; and that if he had any further application to make , he must apply to a higher authority . Mr . Davenport applied to the magistrates to allow of bail for Mrs . Jonts . Mr . Ru ? hton said he was sorry he could not comply with the request . The prisoners were then removed from the bar , and the Court broke up at twenty minutes past six o ' clock .
The Court continued crowded till the termination of the proceedings , and amongst the spectators were many ladita .
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HOKRIBLE MURDER AND MUTILATION OF A FEMALE AT ROEHAMPON , SURREY . From an early hour on Thursday morning last , a feeling of most intense interest and excitement was occasioned in the villages of * Roehampton , Putney , and the surrounding neighbourhood of Surrey , in consequence of the discovery of a murder of a most frightful and appalling nature , and which in the annals of crime has only been equalled in atrocity , by that of Hannah Brown , by the miscreant Greenacre , and that of Mr . Pass , at Leicester . The scene of the melancholy tragedy is situated on Putney Heath , in the hamlet of Koehampton , on the premises of Q , uelaz Shiell , Erq ., Granard-lodge , Roehampton-lane , or otherwise Putney Park-lane , a bye road , running out of the road from Putney . to . Roehampton , and about a mile and a-half from the former village .
Who the unfortunate female is , who has been the victim of the murderer , is at present unknown , but the individual who is suspected of having perpetrated the horrid deed is a man named Daniel Good , who , for upwards of thelast two years , has filled thesitution of coachman is . Mr . Shieli ' s establishment , and who , we regret to state , has for the present evaded the course of justice by absconding . The discovery was firfct made between ten and eleveu o ' clock ou Wednesday night . From inquiries mavle on the spot , and particulars obtained from tbe police authorities , it appears that about half-paat eight o ' clock on Wednesday evening , Daniel Good drew up with a four-wheeled pony chaise belonging to hia master , at the door of Mr . Columbine ,
a pawnbroker , residing in High-street , Wands worth , and asfeed to look at a pair ot black knee breeches , which he stated he wanted to purchase . After examining them , and bargaining as to the price with Air . Columbine , be agreed to purchase them , and being known to Mr . Columbine , he departed with them without paying for them . As he quitted the shop , a lad who is in Mr . Cjlumbine ' s employ , observed him as he left take up off the counter a pair of black trousers , and put them under tbe flips tf his great coat , and on reaching the chaise place them with the breeches under the cushions of the seat . The lad immediately communicated the circumstance to Mr .
Columbire , who instantly ran ta the door , and in a delicate manner asked Good if he had not made a mistake and had put a pair of black trousers up with the black breeches . he had just purchased . Good replied that he had not , and instantly drove off before Mr . Columbine could search the chaise , or give the delinquent into custody . Mr . Columbine then lost no time in acquainting the police on duty of the robbery , and police-constable Wm . Gardiner , V 279 , accompanied by Mr . Columbine ' s lad , and a young man named Robert Speed , in the employ of Mr . Cooper , a grocer , residing next door to Mr . Columbine , immediately proceededto Roehampton-lane , to the residence of Mr . Shiell , for the purpose of apprehending Good .
Tbe policeman Gardiner states , that on reaching Roe hampton-lane , they first went to the dwelling-house 0-Mr . Sbiell , which is quite distinct and nearly a quarterf of a mile distant from the farm where the stables are situated , when they inquired if the eoachman , meaning Good , bad come home , and were told by the footman , who answered the ring , that he did not know , but they could ascertain by going to the stablea . On reaching the gate of the firm , Gardiner thought it prudent to keep in the back grouad , and allow Speed to ring the bell , not wishing to alarm Good , should he answer the
ring , which , as it happened , was the case . On Good opening the gate , Speed inquired if the coachman had come home , when Good replied , * ' I am the coachman . " Girdiner , the policeman , then immediately went forward , and told him that he had directions to take him into custody on a charge of stealing a pair of black trowsers from the shop of Mr . Columbine , at Wandsworth . Good , with the utmost apparent coolness , said , ' Indeed , —why yes , I bought a pair of breeches from Mr . Columbine , but I have not paid him for them . " Gardiner told him that was a question he was not
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authorized to enter into , aa the charge upon which ha apprehended him was of a felonious nature . < jdcdthen said , " Very well , I vrill then go with you to Wandsworth , and settle with Mr . Columbine •> ' but Gardiner told him he must first search the chaise witk whioK he had be « n to Mr . columbine ' s shop , and the stabling , to see it he could find tho Btolqn trowsers . Good offered no objection to that , and he accompanied Gardiner , with Speed , and Mr . Columbine * lad , in their search through one of the coach-houses and a stable on the north and north-west sides of the square , forming the stabie-yard , but without finding the object of their search . Gardiner then went towards a stible on the south-eass side , when Good immediately stood with hifl back against the door . Gardiner told him he was determined to
search tout stable also , upon which Good said , "Oh , no , we had better go at once to Wandsworth , and get the matter settled ; " At that Juncture Mr . Oughton , Mr . Shieil' s bailiff , and gardener , whose residence closely adjoins the stables , hearing a loud talking , came out of his house , and walked up to the Bpot , and inquired what was the matter . Gardiner told him that he had taken Good into custody upon a charge of felony , at which Mr . Oughton Bppe * red very much surprised , and insisted on Gardinei- searching the stable in question . They all then went in , namely , Good , Mr . Oughton , Gardiner , Speed , and Mr . Columbine ' s lad , and on entering Gardiner desired Speed and the lad to bUnd by Good for the purposo of keeping him in charge , while ho I Gardiner ) prosecuted bis search- After he
had searched two or the stalls and the hay-racks , Gardiner examined the coin-bins , and whilet doing so , Goad exhibited great uneasiness , and pressed most urgently that be should at once be taken to Wandsworth , that he might settle the matter . Gardiner , however , declared that he . would . n < jt leave until he bad made a diligent examination of the place ; and , missing the third stall , in which two ponies Were placed , prooeeded to search the fourth stall , which was at the further extremity of the stable , and very dark , and appeared to bo filled with a number of trusses of hay-On removing two of the trusses , he found there . waa a quantity of loose hay underneath , and when he had removed that he discovered somethibg which appeared to him to be a dead pig . He immediately exclaimed ,
" My God , what ' s thia ? " aud at the same instant Good rustied out of the stable , shutting the door after him ; and before Gardiner or his companions couid collect themselves sufficiently to prevent him , Good succeeded in lpcking them in on the outside , and Ufcing . out : the key which was subsequently fuuud in a shrubbery near the spot , and effected bia escape . Speed immediately took a two-pronged pitchfork and endeavoured to break open the door , in which ho was assisted by Gardiner , ike .: ; but experiencing great difficulty in doing so , they all proceeded to the stall to examine what it waa teat Gardiner had fi > und secreted / While they were all standing over it , Mr , Columbine ' s lad exclaimed , " Oh , iny God , it is a human being ; " and on a more close examination it was found to be the triiuk of a human body , which had been divested of its head , arms , and legs . It was lying with the back upwards , and when turned over by
Speed was discovered to be the'trunk of . a female , and th « abdomen was found to have been cut open , and the entrails , &c . extracted . The feelings of . the party at the dreadful discovery niay be better conceived than described , and renewed efforts were immediately made to break open the stable door , in which they were shortly successful . Gardiner then instantly despatched the lad to acquaint the police on ; duty in the neighbourhood , with the finiiing of the body ,: and the escape of Good , with a view to his recapture , and in a short space of time police constable Haytev , V 192 , followed soonaf terwards by Tye . V 199 , came to his assistance ,- and whilo Hayter proceeded with other constables to scour the neighbouvhopd in search of Good , Tye galloped on one of Mr . Shiell'a ponies to the station-house at Wandsworth , to give information of the murder to Mr . Superintendent Bicknell and inspector Busain , both of whom instantly hastened to the spot .
On the arrival of Mr . Bicknell arid Mr . Busain at the stables , the former sent tiie latter to Putney to request the attendance of Mr . ShUlito , surgeon , of the Highstreet , who is the divisional surgeon to the police . Mr . Shill . to being from home , Mr . A . Allen , bis assistant , returned with ( Busain , and on examining the body , found that the head had beon taken off at about the third or fourth cervical vertebrai , apparently after death had been caused ; and not in the commission of the foul act . The right arm bad also been taken off above the hnmerua , or sboulder ; joiut , and the left arm , near the head of the humerus , under the shoulder joint . Through the chest was an incision from rather above the sternum , extending down nearly to the pubus , and another incision , right and left , extending to the osil-Hum . The legs had likewise been / taken off just below the head of the femur , or tbigh bone . The whole of the cuts through the £ esh had been evidently made by
a very sharp instrument , the edges being remarkably clean , white tho boneB had , on the contrary , been divided by being hacked or chopped with some blunt instrument , the edges being much jagged ; The stomach , as well as the whole of the intestines , tbe liver , uterus , dec , bad all been removed , and were , like the head , arms and legs , nowhere to be found . In the opinion of Mr . Alien , which was confirmed by Mr . Sbillito , on his seeing tho body , the injury by which death was caused must have been irflicted on the head of the victim , thtve being not the slightest mark , or wound on the back or front of tLe body . In the opinion of the surgeons , the body is that of a female from about twenty-four to twenty-six years of age , and , from tbe appearance of the body , it is considered the unfortunate woman bad never been a mother , but whether or net she was enceinte at the time of her death could not be'dttsrHiined , tbe uterus , to , being removed .
During the lime occupied by the examination of the body , Sergeant Palmer , V 6 , was attracted by a strong and very disagreeable smell , to the harness ^ room ,- which adjoined the stsble in which the body had been found . The door was found to be locked , and upon its being opened , the stench was most avcrpowering , and ; to use Palmer ' s words , ' * nearly threw him on his bacK . " . Observing a pile of wood in the fireplace , where there was no stove , he found that the pile had been laid ready for ignition , and had been formedasfollows : —Two blocks of wood formed the base , about afoot and a-half apart ; across these blocks were two bars of iron , transversely
placed at either end ; and upon that other wood had been placed ,. with coal ; the object of thus forming it being evidently to secure a quick : vent ,, similar to that of a furnace . Having carefully removed the material of the pile , Palmer discovered a quantity of aBbes , chiefly wood-ashes , and in examining them he discovered amongst them a number of fragineats of human bones , in a highly calcined st % te , which accounted for the uupleasaut odour above mentioned , and on their being shown to Mr . Sbillito and Mr . Allen , they at once declared them to be portions of the skull , arm , and thighbones , and bones of the lingers , &c . of a human being .
The horrible occurrence , as may be easily supposed , has thrown the family of Mr . Shiell into a state of the most painful distress . Mr . and Mrs . Shiell are , it is understood , each aged persons , and were on the eve of removing from Granard Lodge , which has been disposed of , for Clargeston-street , Piccadilly . Mr . Shiell , who is stated to be an East Indian merchant , is at present from home . Granard lodge was formerly the reaidence of Sir T . Farquhar . Bart .
FURTHER PARTICULARS . Daniel Good , the person already alluded to , is a native of Ireland , and was born in the county of . Cork . He is , as nearly as can be conjectured , full fifty years of age , speaks with a strong Irish accent ^ and in mann er and education is quite uncultivated , being almost : unable to read or write . Of his early years very little is known , but it has been asceitiined that about thirteen years ago he was in the service , as groom , of a gentleman named Nottage , a magistrate of Surrey , resident in the neighbourhood of Wandsworth , from whose establishment he was dismissed under the followiug circumstances : —One day , during his master's absence from home , Good took the liberty of riding off on a favourite horse of his master ' s to Loudon , in order to fulfil an
engagement with a female of hia acquaintance , and being detained by her later than he anticipated , he galloped on his way home , when , by some accident , the hoise was killed . From that time little is known of him until within about the last .-three years ; but it is believed that he acted during a considerable portion of that space of time as an occasional helper at some of the livery stables at the west-end of the town . About three years ago , at which time he was acting as a bricklayer ' s labourer at some of , the : works-then in progress in the neighbourhood of Belgrave-square , he toolc a front kitchen at the house of Mr . Brown , a respsctable fruiterer and greengrocer , No . 18 ,. on tbehorth side of Southstreet , Manchester-square , aud three doors from Manchester-street He there represented himself as a
married man , and introduced as bis wife the female whom there is every reason to believe has since become his victim ; she was a native of Wales , but her name , from prudential motives at the present stage of the inquiry , we abstain from making public . lie also brought with him there a boy , whom be stated to be his son , who has been spoken of in the evidence of the witnesses examined before the jury / Good , as may be supposed , is a Catholic , and has been at times in the habit of frequenting / the different Catholic chapels in and round the metropolis , at several of which , he is known , while his reputed wife , who is stated to be between thirty and forty yeafj of age , was a Protestant , but was never , while residing in South-street , known to go to a place of worship , While he was residiisg at home with her , they were generally ^ considered by the inmates of the honse as living happily together ; but about two years and four months since , work being
slack , he obtained , on the recoromentfatiOB . of a gentleman named Pagb , with whom he formerly lived , the situation of coachman to Mr . Sheill , which he had retained until the moment of the present discovery , and where he passed as a single inan . After he had entered upon his situation , he purchased a mangle , by the use of which the female In question assisted in ; maintaining herself . About twelve months since , she complained at the station-house of the D . / division ; pf police in Marylebone-lane , that during her absence from home a variety of articles , including all her clothes , had beau stolen , but on a policeman , some hoars afterwards , going to the house to obtain a list of the stolen articles , Good was there , who treated the matter so : lightly , that an opinion was engendered that he was privy to the removal of the things , and nothing further was done in it During the time Good was in ; Mr . SheiU ' s service , he slept at that gentleman ' s house , and not at
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the stables , but frequently , when he brought members of the family to town , be would drive his master'a ponies ( a roan and light grey ) to South-street , and cill at the lodgings , in which neighbourhood his person , aa well as the poniea , are well known . ., - ' ¦ " : 6 n the afternoon of Sunday ' . last ) the reputed Mr ? . Good was observed by Mrs . Brown to leave the house alone , and not , as has been stated , accompanied by Good . She was dressed in a lightish blue silk bonnet , dark shawl , and reddish print gown , and although Good didnot fetch herI from / the house , there is no doubt he met her shortly afterwardfl , as they Wero seen together by several persons who knew Gooff , on the Surrey-side of Hammersmith suspension bridge One person , who is connected with the establishment
of a Royal Duke , spoke to him , when he represented the female with him as hia sister . It has also been traced that he was on the same afternoon with the same female in several public-houses in the neighbourhood of Roehampton ,: at which they drank a good deal of beer and gin-aud-water . On the following evening ( Monday last ) Good called at Mr . Brown ' s and said be had come to pay the rent , and to tafce tbe boy away with him ; adding that he did not intend to . give ap renting the kitchen for a few days , as it would require that period to dispose of the mangle and other things , airs . Brown ; who was not then aware that the female whom she had seen leave on the Sunday had not yet returned , asked him if he was tb « n going to take his wife to live with him at his situation : upoa which
he said , " She ia already down there , and will not coma back here again , " which Mrs . Brown thought correct , as hehad before spoken of getting her a situatieii . When he left that night he took , in addition to the boy , Borne of the articles of furniture with him in the chaise , saying that he was able to do so , as the family were out at a party . After that he was not se ^ n at South-street until after the discovery of the murder . On the Wednesday and Thursday previous , he had been seen about the neighbourhood of Roehampton in company with a female named Susan Butcher , servant at the Rose and Crown public-house , kept by Mr . Souston , at Wimbledon , who , it appears , hadleave , in accordance with her own request , ou Easter Sunday , to go and see
her mother at Woolwich , whom she represented to be very dangerously ill . Sh 8 did not , however , return t 9 her situation until the following Wednesday , " when she made an excuse for her absence that she had found . her mother much worse than she anticipated . Mr . Souston , however , was very angry , and upbraided her for net having written to inform him of the reason , and eventually he told her he had engaged another servant , aud payinjy her her wages , dismissed her . On the afternoon of that day ( Thursday ) she was in Good'sGompany at the Spotted Horse public-house , drinking gin and Water , ' and persons : who were in the same room declare they appeared to be '' courting . " Qo ? d was endeavouring to get off a ring from her finger , but she resisted , and said she would only part with it with her
life . Some conversation also passed between them relative to her going home to her mother at Woolwich , on the follewing day . On Friday , accordingly Good took her to the Six Bells , » fc Putney Bridge , where they waited the arrival of the Lightning , London steam boat , on board of which he put her , with her luggage , requesting the captain , oh his arrival at the Swasir stairs , London Bridge , to put heron board of one of the Woolwich stearnsrs . Whether he again saw her between that day ( Friday ) and Wednesday last is not known , I ut pa the latter day it baa been traced that he went to the residence of Butcher ' s mother , No . 13 , Charlptte-plftce , Woolwich , to see her , aud it was on his return from that place to Boehampton in ! the evening , that he called at tbe shop of Mr . Cpllumbine , at Wandaworth , as before described .
After tho discovery of the trunk of tfce murdered woman , ou Wednesday evening , and Good's absconding from Putney , it has been traced thut ho once more ventured to his old lodgings in South-street , which ha reached about half-past 12 o ' clock on Thursday morning He found all the inmates ef the house had retired to reft . He , howeverV knocked at the door , and was at last answered at the bhop door by Mr . Brown > who asked , " Who ' s there ? " He replied " Good . " Mr . Brown was very angry with him for disturbing his rest at that hour , and refused to open the door . He , however , went found and opened the private door , when Good excused himself for being so late by saying that the family were again in town at a party , and he wished to take a few ; more things \ a « ray ; G-ood then requested
Mr . Brown to giva him a light , buc the latter , who is said to be a very quiet , steady , and inoffensive man , told him it was too bad to disturb him , and refused to do so . Good accordingly went to the Bedford Arms public house , kept by Mrs . Kemdge , at the cprner of North street , about five doors distant from Mrv Brown ' s where he asked for a glass of ale , with which be ; was served , but he appeared so agitated , and his hand shook so , that he was uuable to drink it , and gave it to a man having the appeoraucn of a cab-driver , by whom he was accompanied , who drahk J 6 . It is certain that Good femainwd in the kitchen from the time of his return to Mr . Brown ' s house until half-past five o'clock in the morning , when he was sersn to call a cab off the stand in . Great Marylebpne-stiiBet , into whiph . On its drawing up in South-street , he put a box and large package , and ; getting in himself , was driven to Little Dorsei-place , at the bottom of
Whitcouibntreet , Cbaring-cross , where he alighted opposite Sheph * rd ' s livery stables , A few minutes afterwards he spoke to police-constable John Warren , C 55 , who was on duty in the street , and asked him at what time Shepherd's livery stables generally opened ? to ¦' : which tbe policeman answered he did not know , a . » d proceeded round his beat . The policeman states Good had then with him a deal box , a bundle , a bed tied up , and three or four lots of brushes fastened to it On the policeman having made the circuit of his beat , he saw Good walking away , and it has been ascertained that he went round ts Shepherd ' s Livery Stables in the Haymarketj and from thence to the Princess Charlotte public-house , two doors off , at the corner of Charles-street , where he bad something to drink , after which he returned to Dorset-place , ami just as the policeman returned a third time he saw Good get into a cab and drive away towards Charing-cross . :
Since that time no direct clue to his retreat has been ascertained , but a letter was received on Thursday last , at the residence of Mr . Shiell , bearing the Tooley-street post-mark , and directed to that gentleman , purporting to come from Good , which is now in the hands of the police . JCt is s / o wretched a scrawl as to bs most difficult to detlpher . The contents have been kept moat secret , but it has transpired that , in that letter , Good declares himself to he a widower , and states that his wife had been dead five years last February , that Susan Butcher , with whom be became acquainted only on last Easter Monday , /•* has been the cause of all his misfortuneg . " Ha also therein entreats of Mr . Sheill to be a frierid to , and take charge of , his boy , for whom hs resigns all claims upon the property he has left behind , and upon tbe seven pounds ten shillings wages due to him .
On Friday morning , Sergeant Reid , V 10 , went to the post-office receiving-house in Tooley-strcet , to make inquiries respecting the letter , when the postmaster told him he recollected the circumstance of the letter being brought there to be forwarded to Roebampton , in consequence of his remarking to the person who brought it . that he thought" the devil himself eoiild not under - stand or decipher the direction . " The man said it was to go to Roehampton , and drew a pen through that word and re-wrote it in a bold legible handwriting . It is , therefore , almost certain that Good was not the man who posted it .
It has since transpired that pn Thursday evening Sergeant Pany , R divisian , stationed at Woolwich , visited the residence of Susan Butcher ' s mother , in Charlottestrefct , and in the course of his inquiries ascertaiiied that on . Good's visit to her on Wednesday last , he left in her care certain articles of dress , saying that they were his late wife ' s , who had been dead five year 3 . Those articles are now in the possession of Mr . Super * intendenfc Bicknell , who this morning showed them to Mrs . Brown , at her residence In South-street , when she immediately identified them as the same worn by the reputed wife of Good on hir leaving-there on Sunday last . ¦ ¦ - - ' - ¦ ' ¦ " ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' . ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ . '¦ - ,. ¦ - . :
Immediately after the a jouram < erit of the inquest , a more close examination of the trunk was made by Mr Shillito and two other medical gentlejrien ; afcer which it was taken possession of by Mr . Tee , the constable and summoning officer at Roehamptbri , by whom it was subsequently removed from Mr . riheill ' s stables to Mr Tee ' s Tesidence , but it has been stated that it had been taken back , the neighbours objecting to its close contiguity tp their residences . A bunch of twelve keys has also been found by Mr . Tee , on the top of a corn-bin iu the opposite stable to that in which the murder is supposod to have been committed ; and on the boy , who happened to be preseut , seeing Mr . Tee fake them up , he immediately exclaimed , " Those are my mother's keys , " and he snatched them from Mr . Tee , who had great difficulty in getting therafrom him . The boy is at present under the care of Mr . Tee , and will remain so until after the inquest ..
It is a singular coiucidence that , iu the only two cases of murder in which the circuui stances ar& soniewhai alike , which have occurred of late years- —namely that of Hannah Brown , by Greenacre , and the present case , both victims were females , earning ( in some measure ) their livelihood by mangling , aad residing in the same parish , St . Marylebone , Hariuah Brown having lived in UDion-street , Middlesex Hospital , and tlie unfortuHate femile whose dreadful fate -now occupies so much of public attention having livbd in South-street ; and * what is more remarkable , is the fact that the latter residonceisthesamehouseat which , before it waa turned into a shop , the present King of Bslgiura , when Prince Leopold , on his first visit to thia country , oceupied the flratflbor . ¦
ThrougQiut Saturdiiy large numbers of persona visited Putney Park Lane for the purpose of obtaining a sight cf : the premises : oa : which the ; murder was committed , an < i tbe united feeling of all was an earnest deeire Uiattha apprehension of the murderer might speedily tak « place . ¦
INQUESX . On Friday week , at twelve o'clock , Mr . Carter , the coroner for the eastern division of Surrey , and a jury of seventeen inhabitants of the parish of Putney , assembled at the Angel Inu , JRoehampSoii , to investigate the circumstances connected with the death of a female unknown , whose trunk aud mutilated remains were discovered iu the arable adjoining th . e
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mansion . and belonging to Quelez Shiell , Esq ; , of Putney Park-lane . ; . .. The most intense interest prevailed during the proceedings , and the jury having beea sworn , proceeded to view the remains of the body . It waa the mere trunk , divested of arms , legs , and head , neither of which could be found . On searching the harness room , however , it was quite clear that the remainder of the body had been burned , for a portion of a jawbone , and the ashes of human bones , was found amongst the cinders of the fire-place . On the return of the jury , the evidence was entered into as follows J William Gardiriery police-constable 279 V , was fir ^ t sworn . He said on Wednesday night , the 6 th of Aoril . about a quarter to nine o ' clock , I was on
duty in High-street , Wandsworth , when , from information I received frcm Mr . Columbine , of Highstreet , pawnbroker , I went with two lads to the house of Mr . Quelez Shiell , Putney Park-lane , in the parish of Patney . The names of the Jads were RobertSpeed and Samuel Snaiih Dagnall . OnanriTing there I rang the bell , and the footman answered it .: Ijnqmred of the footman if the coachman had come home ? He said no ; but directed mo dowato the stablesj saying he might be there . The stables are about two hundred yards from the house . 1 desired the lad Speed to riug the belli He did so ; and the coachman came to the gate . The lad asked , if the coasninan had com © home , and the person said lt I am tho coachinan . " I then went up tb tho man .
and told him I had come to take him into custody on a charge of stealing a pair of black troHsers , which was my onily object in going there ; The man said , " Yes , I'bought a pair of breeches from Mr . Columbine ' , and I did not pay him for them . " He pulled outhis purse and wished me to take back the money for the breeches . I told him I would not take the money ; the breeches had nothing to do with the -chargeof stealing the trousers . He said , " Oh , ytrj well '; I will go to Wandsworth , and settle with Mr . Culiimbine . " I asked if he would allow me to look over the chaise and stables . Ho made no objebtiori , but said ** Yes . " I went from the lane where I was standiriar , acaompanied by Speed and Dagnall , and the coachman went with us and pointed ine out the
cliaise . house and stable I searched the chais * which wa 3 outside , then the chaise house , aad from there I wext to the harness room adjoining the stable , and from- thence to the stable . When I was about entering the stable the coachmaa said "No , no ; let as go to Wandsworth and make it all right . " I replied , " No , I will not until I have searched the stable , ' * as I had not then found the trowsers . Before I got into the stable , a person came up , whom I understood to Mr . OughtoQ , > Ir . ShieH ' s gardenfr . He asked me what was tho matter ? and I told him the object of my visit . I then : went into the stable , accompanied by the two lads and Mr .: Oughton , tho coachman , and a child about ten or eleven yeara of age . The door of the stable I found open . I
desired the lad Speed to stand by the coachman while I made the search . I searched the first and second staltfrom thq door ; and then , proceeded to the corn binns on the left bf the doorway . 1 bad searched two of the binhs , when the coachman said , "Let us go' to Wandsworth and have it settled , " and ap ? peared very anxious . I again said I would not until J had made a diligent search ; After this conversation , I searched one more binn , and while searching that , the coachman went to the lower Btall- ! -. thefourth iii therow—in whioh there was ' a quantity of . hay . I weat after him , and saw him move some hay from one side of the stall to the other , and under the windOWV I made a remark , that I did not want his aasistarice , and the lad
Dagnall was holding my lamp whilst I began to move a portion of the-hay that I had seen the coachman move . I moved two trusses , and under it I found some loose hay , which I moved with my foot . I then observed something lyiag under it , and I mored the hay with myhand , and said to the lad , Dagnall , " What is this 1—here ' s a goose i Dagnall drew close towards it , and the lad Speed also , and the same moment , that Spjed came towards us , the coichmau rushed out of the stable door , pulled it after him , and locked _ it on the outside . I said " now we are done , " meaning he had escaped from being my prisoner for stealing tho trousers . We all ran to the . door , and the lad Speed and myself took ap a hay fork , and commenced prizing the door . I left
him doinu so and went back to the stall to see what thai really was under the hay , and the t ^ b lads came also . Each of U 3 passed some remarks as to what it was , and the lad Dagnall exclaimed , "Why it ' s a human being . " Speed said "Oh , nonsense , " and stooped down and turned it over , and then we saw that it was the portion of a body or truuk of a female . Wo returned to the : door and succeeded in getting it open with the fork about a quarter of an hour after the escapd of the coachman . 1 told the lad Dagnall to run down the lane towards Wandsworth , and tell every policeman what had happened , and give the coachman ' s description , and also to do so at Wandsworth station-house , and he left for that purpose , whilst I and the others remained where we
were at the stable . I remained about twenty minutes , when constable 192 V came up , and I immediately dispatched him to Putney to give informatidn . Abouc half an hour after , Police Constable Tighe , 109 , arrived , and I despatched him to Wandsworth to give information to Superintendent Bicknell , wiih a full description of the coachman ' s dress . ^ The superintendent , Mr ^ Inspector Busain , and a medical man , arrived in about half an hour .. After we had found the body , Mr . Oaghton's Eon came down to the stable . . We gave him information that something strange had been found , and he appeared much , alarmed , and said he would hot stay in the house . I
do not think he knew the body was concealed there , lie went to see it in the stall i and exclaimed , " -Wh ' at a wretch he must be to do such a deed . !" meanihg tho coachman . The trunk was lying on its front when the boy Speed tamed it over . I then know it to bo a woman by its breastis . The arms were out eff close to the Bockets . The legs were severed at the hips , the head at the lower part of the neck , and the entrails had been taken out , the stomach being cut ; open . I searched , but could not discover the other parts of the body , but I have " since seen that which is described to have been a portion of thebody / . ! , ¦ V ' . : '_ ¦ : ...- ¦ ¦ ... ¦ " . ¦ ¦' .. -.
By the Coroner—Mr . Oughton ' s son said it was dangerous to sleep in the house . He might be murdered . ; We beliove that the conduct ; of the coachman in running away and locking ng in in the manner he did , showed that he was the murderer , and had placed the body where it was found . After the superintendent came , I and Sergeant Palmer again searched the stable , but did hot find the stolen trousers j but in the third stall , which I ba < T not previously searched , we found a mattress uader some trasses of straw , with two blankets rolled up inside of itThere
. were some stains on the mattress , but I cannot say if it was blood . It looked more like urinal stains . The body , as it has been viewed this day by the jury , is in the position we found it , with the exception of being turned over with the head part towards the manger of the stall . There was straw under the body which Was stained with blood ,-but not to any great extent . . By a Juror—I saw the coachman ' s clothes hanging up in the harness room , but I did ' not minutely examine them- The coachman made : no observation when he rushed out of the stable .
Robert Speed examined— I am shopman to a grocer in High-street , Wandsworth . About halfpast eight o'clock Mr . Columbine , ihe pawnbroker , came and ' asked me to go with his boy in search of a man at the house of Mr . Shiell in Putney Parkrlane , who had takeaa pair of trowser 3 that did not belong to him . , I went to Mr , Shiell ' 8 premises . We first saw a female , and then a boy , who told us where to go to find the coachman . We rang the bell , and a female came to the gate , accompanied by the coachman we were in search of . —The witness hero described what passed , and the discovery of : the remains of the murdered woman . —Aftsr the , examination of-several other witnesses , the inquest was adjourned till Tuesday . ¦¦¦ ¦¦ : . ¦ ¦ ¦
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Execution of the Murdebebs , Nall and Tatlob » at Yoai ; . —Ou Saturday , the extreme sentence ot " the law was carried into effect on the bodies of Robert ^ Nall and Jonathan Taylor , convicted at tho last York Assizes , before Mr . Baron Rolfe , of the murder of their wives . Since their condemnation , the demeanour of the malefactors has been calm and collected . About half-past fire o ' clock in the morning they were removed from the condemned cell to a room adjoining the Assize Court . Nail walked across the Castle yavd with a firm elastio step , and meeting the scnodlmaster of the gaol on his way , be slapped him on the shoulder and said , " In eix hour ^ , wiiyt be with me ^ i" It was also apparent that laylor had not suffered much through mental anguish . Soon ; after ten o ' clock the Reverend chaplam again yisitad the prisoners , and remained in
prayer with them until half-past eleven . He thea administered the sacrament to them , and shortly af terwards they were pinioned ^ At twelve O ' clock the Undor-Sheriff , in tha usual manner , demanded the bodies of the prisoners , and they were then delivered into his custody , and were almost ^ mediately removed tp ^ he , place of exeontiw . Tiaey walked to the scaffold with a firm nnflinching otep , and didnot appear to be in the slightest degree agitated . The usual service pf the church was then gone through by the chaplain . Nail seemed to enter with much spirit into this part 6 f the service , and Zt * A : ¦ -h r a ; . P * y «* . WM repeated he audibly joined He also employed the interval between the adjustment of ihe knot and the drawing of the fatal bolt m fervent ejaculatory prayer . Taylor did nofc d 18 play the same degree of feeling , and with-th'i » x-01
cepiton a slight motion of the lipa when the Lord ' s prayer was repeated , he was perfectly passive . At the conclusion of the devotional service , the reverecd hlmte ^ 0 k ^ d 3 wit ^ the conricts : They bade him farewell jwith much fervour , and appeared to be de epg sensib ^ of the ^ important benels which he had rendered them . The fatal bolt was drawn , and feiT f * L d men we ™ - «'« nohed . - into eternity . Neither of : them appeared to suffor much , and Taylor evidently died without a struggle . The melancholy spectacle seemed to excite considerable interestvand at the time the execution took place there could not ; have been lesa than from ten to twelve taousand persona preseuU
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 16, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1157/page/6/
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