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    CASE OF ABDUCTION AT L 1 YEKPOUL . { further pa . kticula . ss ] This extraordinary case vras further investigated at Liverpool , on Friday ¦ week : taa C-Jurt opened at two o ' clock . The examination was taien before Mr . RoshtoE . the police magistrate . Ths first 'witness c iiled was John Eogers , gate-keeper at Roby . Recollected five persons coming to embark on the Railtray train on tha 19 th . "f March . Miss Crellin , iln Clayton , M'Gill , Jones , and Quiet , -were amongst the nnmber . ilisa Creliin appeared to be intoxicated . It was five minutes before ten in tha moraing . Asked Quick -wbat vrasto do with the lady ? He said it "was & fnnny -way sh « kad . He asked the

    gentle-Tnan io pnt iliem in a carriage by tneroselves , -srllich ne did . iliss Grelltn was assisted into the carriage by Jonss scd M'Gill . Satr Quick the Sunday but ona following , in the evening . He earns to the Roby Station to book for Liverpool . He said , "I think I Ehall ¦ want you this ¦ week . " " What for ? " -was asked . " Concerning the party who "went from here the other day , " Tis the reply . He also said the parties who ¦ were friends to Miss CrelliiL , seemed to say they con-Teyed her away in the nijjht , and he mshed him to state the contrary . Witness said he mnst give him notice , as he mart pnt a msn in his place . He said he ¦ would send a note , and give him £ 2 for his trouble . As Eoon r . s this witness was examined ,

    Mr . G-rocot :, attorney for the prisoners , addressing Mr . Rashton , said this -was a strange moZe of proceeding . The parties for the proSf ^ mtion having finished their case on Wednesday , he -sriihed to know vrhether he | Mr . Rashton ) sat there as attorney , magistrate , or embrvo prosecutor . He thontht it wa 3 a very slngnlar proceed : *^ . It vrra vary nssecmly takin ? the part of so " essminsr , ana putting Je 3 ai 2 £ questions to the ¦ w itcessis . Mr . Snowball faid he appeared on behalf of the pro-Becntrix csly . He had aivisL-d her as to the cenrse she should pursue , and he apprehen-ied tbat the witnesses hn had already ca ;] vd -were fufficieci to commit the prisoners . There were soms of ihe ¦ witnesses cbont to De cailad v ? hom Le ironld have no objection to examine , fcat there -were others that tie -would object to , and lie ¦ wished to have £ H opportunity ol cross-exsxiining ihem . in

    Mr . R ^ i'hton said he -would place no obstacle Mr . Sno-sbil ' 8 iray as to the cross-exixining \ be -witnesses . Be Taa sot . sitting there , abost to csmplain , or muks any ohsrivations upon remarks that might be directed against him , -wnatexei- xnislit be nia private opinions uf ihB fairness or the spirit -which d'Ctated teem : lie ¦ would no : enter into any conTtroticn on the snbjecr . When they applied to him fc > close the case , and to ttramtit the ; prisoners at once , there was sbsoictilv at " that time no eTidfcDce of the felony , ths taking away , ¦ whether for the purpose of m . irriage w violation . In the discharge of " " duty , he thought fit to cause the present evideuce to be c- Jl ^ cied , as the od ] 7 -sfjt in ¦ W hich thi-y eould have all the evidence . . Wbs"ev « course the attorcey for the prosecution , or for the prisoners , niisbt pursne , he ( Mr . Rushton ) Ehould psTj-a ^ te

    tae cooks which L * thonsht b ^ st caleulatt-d icvesti- ; gate the tfu * Ji , r . nd he expectsi , in the disefc ' ^ nre of j that duty , not to be ind by accusations such as he ha : beard that day . Whether th = attorney lor ibe pressed- ; tion thoaid choose to purs-ia hU duty , that -was his ; business , n . t his ( Mr . Ru .-ht- > n * & ) He |> lr . Rashton ) ¦ would take tbat coarse "which -won ; i bring the "who ! * j transaction btfore the public In this town there "was j a public officer , called the commissiontr of poi : ce . " asd j in all cases that officer's dut j "was , -when directed by the ; nsa ^ ist- 'ates , to inquire int :- Cis ^ s , gather all the evidence , ; Eiid esntnine witiiSssts : lie declined to discuss . If j tjjoy oVjected to his proceedings , tht-y must inbmit such to ths authority above hini ; he "wouli taks no notice-of ; them . The case then proceeded . i ! i i i I ! j i j : : i

    Cross-examine- ! by Mr . DiTenpDit—Could STrear to Jones being the man . Cro 33-ex 3 jziiz& 3 . by Mr . Grecott—Had fcnOTm Qa : cS SOIHC tinia bef-.: r = j . ±± e aa . ' . -: e . i Hixigkinsoa ' s daUiD . cr . Mr . Eocgkinsca resits abtat £ re hundred or six . oaadred yards from the statics . Tee gentleman iet go oi Siis 3 Crelan . Siatthew Eckerslsy , porier at ParksiJe station on the Jlancbester an-. l laverpuol railway , remembered the train on crrivicg eii the morning of the lS ; h Maich , aixjiit S ~ e TEtnutes to eleven . Sa"w QiicjC , JjQcS , ilrs Glayu-n , and ilis 3 Crelliu -srs ; k d ^ . w-n to tbe Nurtb Union , atition . Xhev sat down in vritr . cfcs ' a place fc-i

    nearly half in hour . Miss Crellin appeared t : > be rather in a dnmktn sta '^ s . H >; " w ^ s smi-king his pips » a -d she a ^ ked him to rivs her a p :::- - -. He said J v 3 ht-r , ' 11 0 yes , ly nil mfa ^ s . " He ga ~ = b = r a oipe , and sbe j smoked it for ten niiEutes or u . quattcr « . * an hour , ami ; became rather fiist . Tha m-Tn ste called Jones , and . the doctor -crelked out -tvita her for a little pure air . ; They -walked down r . bout f . r ; y yards . The train was [ comiDg then , aud it was c £ * . ting time for them to go . ; The nna they calivd cc-c : or v / ished him io see if there < was an empty bo ^ y : n the carriage , and -the train j rtirted iis : £ = > . ia . ttlv . The fare "wa ? paid by Q , aiek . ilr . Blick made the entriv : i of their namt 3 in the book . i I j : i

    CrosE-examin % d by Mr . GroccU—A \ i honr riapsta before the train coma up aftci the p ^ Tty arrived . Tbe lady ssasied to enjoy h = r pipe Tery tu ^ cq . There "was rery little troabie in gc : ting iliss Creiiin into the cai-Tiage . She Ertniei to be " ? = ry cheerful—ilie aame as drunken people are . Crosa-txsmined by ilr . Davtaport—The party had bfendy "with them , and some of tc- ^ ra draak it . Cornelieus Whittaipr , porter at Pjrtside station , remembers the party arriving , ilka Crellin ¦ was tipsy . Jones produced driiil : ia a dark giass iHJJtle . Tasted it , and believed it to be brandy .

    Mrs . Penelop-e >* ichol , -wife of the agent r . t Parkside station , spoke to Miss Crellin coming into the house ; and , on being asked if she Tvere going by the Birmingham train , said first yes , then no , and it did not nptter . She aaid she should have gono to Birmingham that day , but it did not matter ; she could go another day . 3 I'GiU came and asfeed for fn-o ladies . She told them they said thsy v ? ere not goinjj to Birmingham tbat d 3 y . They went away by the train . Miss Crellin appeared tipsy , and very much agitated . Her face was very much swollen .

    JameB Baines , coachman of tbe Is orth Bnlon , "which runs from Lancaster ro Simp , to ^» k a pariy "srith him bi > tbe ISth of March . Xhey -were Quick . il'Gill , Jones , Mrs . Clayton , and Miss CrelliiL Q . U'ck took the places in tbeTiMne of Thompson . He paid for three inside and two ont to Carlisle . Jones , Mrs . Clayton , and Miss Crellin rode inside . They din&d aS the King's Arm " B ¦ where they went from tbe Railway . At . the coaeh office Mies Crellin "was swearing and making a great noise , and Quick said to M'Cfill , " G = t insida and |

    quieten the ol-i b—h . " JI'Giil then "went inade and { lode to Cornfarth . Tha doctor "srect : n ^> the house , and the waiter brought some brandy to these in the coach . Tfapy west on to Bnxton , where they had glasses ] again . M'Gill then got outside . Looked into the coach j and saw Miss Creilin ' g head on Jones ' s shoulder- Sbe j appeared to be asleep . Heard no names given to any of j the pirties . Had three glasses of ale -wiih them and j Eome brandy . The doctor said to M'Gill " Bane ont ; the bottle sud 1 st n 3 all have a drink . * M'Gill said ) . I j I j r i

    Miss CrelUa haS aronk it all . Askea the doctor if they "were taking the lady to a lunatic asylum ? " Xo , " said tb < = doctor , You would not think tLe old iady was -worth i 6 o , 000 . '" This was at Barrcagh ' s Giten . i Quick said tfcey "were doctors i-j . the srtny , ariii wure ou leave of absence : they had c . ina ov ^ j to Livcrpoo ; to : ses the steeple cbase . The doctor caiied anu paid for all on the road exjept once . ^ Iiss CrtUIn a ^ U . Mrs . Clayton got out at s place called Knck . ssvta mih * from Shap . Assisted her cu . She appeared to be v ^ iv tipsy , and could no : -tvaik herself . Jones asaisLe-1 htr ont of tfae coses . Her fare "n-as inuch bro . cfce-i ZT , <\' £ Wcl 3 = a . He ss ^ Uted her icto the coach ; sfce hail Ui vaik between tvru . Left tbe coach as Shsp . Drick was sent for . The doctor wanted a pint of brar . dy , 'bur the lanfi ' aJy said there vras not time to wait . j Cross-examined by Mr . Grocott : Tae lady called 1 at Lancaster for the doo : or . She had two glasses ntj ihucks . cr . e ud sioirs srsd tbe otaer below , the doctor '

    ordered thc-d . John Wilson , who drove the coach on to Carlisle , took the coach -when Is si -witness itf c it- Had a paity of Sve on toe cosch—f > nr iDside , and Qaick rode on tbe > ox with him . Srw Jones at Cirliale . Ti ; ere ¦ were two ladies and two gentlemen inside , ami one gec'Ieman ouuide- Pulled up first Rt Ackthrops , ¦ where they c . ' s- 'insrti horsea . The doctor gave him a j > la 33 , and handed glasses into the coach ; he . believed thty were glas ; =: 3 o : brandy . There "was a noise ? inside tbe ' eoaah . S ~ ~ v all in a room at Carlisle , wit could not speak to them . Saw tuem nest day and iec-.-gaised * Lc Aoctor . Tiit-y surtca in a double gested carriage from theBuik . tae

    Jssech H ^ ss ^ o - at Irm , Carlisle , i remeubsred the pisssr . gers by t ^ e North Briton- coach i stopping at tbe house on tee 18 th of March . He rcccgrised the five beforo iariid . Taey arrived at i eleven . Miss Creiliu appeare ^ l iusfcnsible . He tfc-aght ' tbey were going to take her to . an asylum . Pornied tbat ooinion from her manner and c > nveisatior . Tbsy : had tia f ; r fr > ur , ana the doctor , tiuring the time , nad a glass of brandy- They * lept at the Bnsh . Tae i doctor ordered two glas ; c 3 of brandy , one of which i ha gave to tbe lady . He to . k the oibcr himself . The \ lady ' s conduct -sras not qnier . SiK EeP . mect to Sate j Jones andM'Giii . exl& appear = J to scoid tbc-m . After j Ibat tbe men took three glasses of aie before going to \ btd . They were making a noise ; one of th 9 other ]

    ¦ waittrs went in , and said , " They could no : allow that noise so late . " AT GUI shoved him out of the room Qaick told -witness that the old lady had plenty oi money ; that they -were only servants , and ha was tra-reiiing -with her . Thsy were going to Armor Waited npon tbea In the morning ; they had only br&aifest for three . The ladies had none ; they were in a diffs e ; . t room . Mrs . Clayton came down to the doctor , and ^ Sfcd for a glass cf brandy for Mis $ Crellii ) . The dottjr related it , Baying she would only kick up another rotr . TLe doctor asked for a glass of bniudy and two of ale . The night before , tbe lady asked where siib -sras ? ar . d tbe " doctor said fire miles from 'Warricgton > . Wid they -Wirald so thfc >© in ihe morning , aftf-r Eleepin ? in that bousa all night . They left t' -. e Bush aS half-part eleven on Saturday morning in a two-seated carriage . Examined by Mr . Davenport—SI'Giil and the « 2 oct--r called at the house on Sunday night for a glass oi

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    brandy t-a-eK Did mt see any brandy given t * Miss Crelfe , sn ' . rersr heard her ask bow far it was to Gretna Green ? T Brownj-jg ? , post-boy at the Bush Inn , Carlisle , was emploje'l to drive the parly on Saturday , tha IS ta ult Tho doctor rode outside . Did not » ee Miss Crellin ' B fAoa . The -wadlei ordered the coach , and told him to drive to the iletal Bridge , six and a hiif miles on tbe Glasgow road . Stopped when they got two and a half mile * frosi Carlisle . One of the gentlemen inaide called to the doctor to rtop at the first public house they came to . The doctor said said they were a lot at d d drunken rievlis inside ; they thought of nothing but drinkirr . Told the doctor there waa a beer ahop close ?' - ; .. i ; id , and a public house a mile further on . Ti .- . ^ . tor t =. iil be was to -Mve te the public bouse .

    T ^ .: cc ^ or , when tney p ~ : i .-jre , ordered four glasses of i-I-j , an ! the bn . llauy only brought three . The doctor took one , and handed the ether two inside . He ordered anetbyr , but the landlady brought two . Witness drank o « , and the doctor wanted him to take the other , bat he would nut As they were going through the toll bar , the doctor &iid " Have you any weddings now ? " Witness said , "Us , they are very scarce . " He then asked how they paid ? and was t- > ld there were various pricea , just according to cirenmstances . He then toM them that when he was married in Liverpool , he gave the posfc-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 slopping at tiie Metal Bridge , and asked if they bail any posting conveyance ? He was told they had not . Quick tben said he would leave the rert of the party at the Mefcil Bridge , and walk on to Gretna , as be merely vrished t-j see tke place . He complained of the hire of the coach ; and then the boy toid him that as he ba * l been charged so much llos . ) for the coach , lid would not mind driving him a skort uiaiunea ovtr the bridge , which he did . When they had got a few hundred y . ird- over , the doctor asked vrbat waa the first place at which they married people ? Tel « l Mm Sark Bat . He said fee would have a lark with them

    there , and witness told him he might get the lines there by goiag in and getting a g : as 3 of whiskey . j Palled np about t « M miles from tie Saric Bar . Looted i into the Cirrisoe . tad saw thai Jones had a glass bottle I in his hand . Mrs . Clayton bad a wineglass . Ali along the road the party kept . " Bkirking" out -with fits of laughter , the latiiM more particularly . Quick paid for I the coach hire . I Crois-fcxamined by Mr . Grocott : The old lady , as j they cail ^ a t < sr , locked oovra -wfaeu sfce cams oat of the I car , to"k hold of M-cJiii ' B ana , ami walked on witk I

    j kiin . Cuuid see Grvtna Hall , were tee party were iet J down . Tht-y -wtaa 1 st down between two and three ) mi . es fruni Gretna H ; J 1 , v ; here John Linton lived . 1 Watched tha party a fcx himdred yards ; the doctor j began t ^ play about on ihe Toad . Tae doctor paid him j for driving . ) Cross-cxainiEed i > y Mr . Duvenport : Tbousht in bl 8 ! own niina i ! i = i \> vaa some-Jiing i fee a ¦ wefliiing gning I oa .

    ¦ \ ! ! i Mr . Rushton here intimated th . it there were wit-I nesses vho saw tbi-iu on their iitprn ; tut he did not think it necessity for ; he administration uf justice io c . ll tb = m . jlr . Gr ^ -ott hoped they -would call the parson . 2 nr . DjWliEg i ^ id be Lju : not succeeded ia getting him . He did Lot ktl &uib . on = ed to give tae fcuiu he wautfcd . Mt . Snowball said he wanted £ 20 for himstlf , and £ lv for L : j Jsu ^ Ltcr . Mr . Rushion stud that ail recoveraole expences would have been paid , but there vras no doubt be yrould ba brought beiure a proper tribunal Mr . GnvTse 2 U'G : li , of Dab . 'in , * aid Le ka « w the prisoner M'G : ii . He was tbe son of a llv . M * Gr ; ll , a tailor , who lived in Suuth Prederick-strect , Dablin . His fathLr -w . is naver a saMier . He kept his carriage , and horses , » r . 'J liverv s-rvsnts in Dahlm .

    Crcss-esamined by jlr . Grocott—Was no relat ' -m to prisoiiti , whase iUier i <_ f ; a hsaiilsouxe furtuut ; behind V .: n , tn . - M'G ; : 1 got a share of it . >; cver knew M-GiU ' a faiber to be a CuioncL E .: zi 'rtii Ar ; :: strocg , chambvTtna- 'i of the Crowu and X ' iire Inr .. Ca-riisle , recoil vend st ^ -i ^ g the party at tutir i . euse on tuc 10 th of . March . Saw ; 4 r 3 . Clayton dr » t , "trbo "tteut to bed about half-past nine . She lent ber one of her nightcaps , and Jirs . Clayton wished her to go uQ-J ~ n to the other lady , ili&s Creliin , acd gei ter to bed , for ihs vna vtry tipsy . Ivl'Giil wished to be sLown Mrs . Cbj t-.-n a bed room . He was shown where sha was , and ^ a Airs . Ciiytoa being asfctd to go down io supper , she said she froulvl not ; she hadliad enough of him , and she was g-.-ing off at six in the morning . He said it would l-e i \< o guineas outot hia pyskfct if the vr < _ nt ^ t six o ' clock . Mrs . Clayton said ths . t would be notiiing in ius --ay if lie -were a genUemau , as he prelesdtni to tA . WLen ilrf . Clayton vonlu not go a own , witntss was tjid to zo out of the room nv » t .

    she diti . so , tii ^ cting he vi ; v 3 follovjiiig her ; but soon after this , perhaps in about tea minutes „ ' , b ; vw il-Gill cjmiiig cut < -f her room . Saw Miss Crellin £ to brd . Ste "was very tipsy . She could not undress hei * eif . Wi : JHS £ n :. jTe » aed btr , and Itut her one of htr L ' -ivc night ' . ' -resses and caps . 31 Gil ; shortly aitsr that wi ^ Ltil to bo sho-s-n to AIus Creliin ' s bed room . I She toW him to go in tbiEkirg Miss Crellin might be f awake . She carried the ca _ die and pat it on the dressing I taVle . Miss Cre . lin wr . s asleep , a !} d M'Gill Baiil , I ' ¦ Sbe is asleep . " ^ yit :... gs answered , " Yes , she is | fasS asleep . " She then came out of the room , end left ttfem there . He said , " Dcn't "vraken her . " The night j before the back of her die ^ s was all open aud hfcr hair j hanging down . i Crofi 3-cxamined—Miss Crellin and il'Giil were in j the sitting room together . She did not eend down ; Btairs for M'QHl . She -walked by haiialf , but was j-very tipsy . Did not recollect Miss Cre ' . Hn aaying sbe I would net go to bed if M'Gill didnot come too .

    | John Alacfarlane , "waiter at the ; Crown and Mitre , j Carlisle , recollected an cninlbus on tbe 20 th Maich i driving up to their house from Gretna-hall , at five in I the afternoon . The marriage party were in ir . The doctor was outside . Miss Creliin was lying with her j head on one or the gentlemen's knees . Tbonght it waa J M'GUl , but was not qnite sure . She seemed to be i aBleep . Assisted tbe party out of the omnibus . The [^ gentleman on whose knee sbe was lying awakened her , j told her she was at Carlisle , and said , " Get up . "

    \ When she got out of the omnibus , she appeared stupid . j either from the effects of sleep or drink . One Bide of ! t ^ r bonnet was very much crushed , and her clothes open behind . She went up stairs staggering a little . i Sae -was shown into a Bitting room , ana had a glass of i brandy . She had at least six or se ^ en glasses of j brandy that evening , aud one glass the morning sho ; Uffc .

    j j j i Cross-examined by Ht . Grocott—Miss Crellin ordered S the brandy . j Cross-examined by Mr . Davenport—Sha pressed Jr ^ ces io liave a glass of brandy , and ho would not . She got up then , and asked the waiter if he had ever seen such a ruai lot in tne house before ? She then said she had got married , and would have a d d good spree . This was half an hour before she vent to bed . Sae appeared very much pleased . She offerei to treat witness . He declined drinking with her , ant ! she rofivrexi him a shilling to get a glass fur himself , lira . Ciayton said , * ' Take it . she is "worth i ; kQty ; ' * and he took it i > please , her . Miss Crellin appeaitd to be -very j merry . I Re-examined by Jlr . Snowball—Sbe appi ^ red to bs ! veiv

    drunkiJav . H-i-skes , wait&r of tbeK ^ Pg ' s Anns , Kfci ; dai—Recollected the party coming to the inn on tLe 2 l 3 t ^> i Msrcb , a littla before two o ' clock in the afmuovn . "Et . r-j dined - . hcra Miss Crellin appeared ia a f . tate boruerlug on stupefaction . Her f ; ice was very rtii :: ii » J bi-ate « l . She partook with the rest , but ate h-. V . e Sbe t-xk couio fiherry . Tcey ltft by the Gl .-sgo auisil-CroiS-fcXamintd by Mr . Davenport—Tbere were ) four glisses cf brandy and a . pint of sbtjry taken into the tvczu . Tiiey ail seaaied to be t-. Joying themselves , with the txs-. puun of Miss Crellin , Mr . RusLto :: said he was in hopfc 3 to have finished thii night , tut be found the case mu » t t > a again remaudec . He then exaniiDed the following parlies ;—

    Ueiyy Boaiter , watch-maker , in Oi&nall-slrtfct , said he resiued in Kgrernont , and in going fever on the Is : of March , S'iw Rogerson in the packtt Rogerson had a l »' -t . i-3 -s-ith him . Next day sjw Rogerson at his shop . H-j c . me running in and sa ' , " I want a wedding ring . " j ? s got one and went off , not being a minute there . Left a bottle with him . Ii was a quart bottle , ¦ with a iabel , " Cognac Vr-mdy , " on it . Emptied the brandy in the street ona day , as Le wanted to make c « j r , f its boltle . Jobn Evans , driver of his own car , remembered a young rjan having a car to po to Roscoe-strefet . Roscoe lane , on St . Patrick ' s day . Ha was thtn told ti g > to Xj . B , Mrs . Clayton ' s house , sn . i found Mr . and Mrs . J . jues aca i \ lrs . Cl 3 > ton . Drove down Rascot-laue and

    aiong Berry-street . Stopptd at the AGeiphi , and Mis . Goamlcy came ; into the car . Sbe told him to drive to Xichmur . a-iow , and whtn he got theve he was taken to Si . Aur . a ' s CoS ' iv =-liouse and dischaiged . Was enlaced on the Tuesday -f ^ t ^ rards to go to Sitsders offi -e , i ^ icii-street . He took Miss Ctelhn , Mrs . Rogerson , Quick , ana M'Gill . He waited there two hours , and then Rjgerssn came . He tben took Quick , ii- Gill , Miss Crtllin , and ilrs . Rogerson to an office on the right hand ride of Castle-street . R- ^ erson came there also I . nd he then drove the party t : > Boundary-street . Mrs . Kherson xben we ^ t to Mrs . Charaley ' 5 and took her up t * Kherson's . Next rtay he took the parties to Armistead a office , and afterwards drove theai to Leigh ' s office , Leigh street . Rt > gt . rson cime to tbe office , and they went in the ceach asain to Pinch-street .

    1 ' rederick Busby , who drove . Miss Crellin , Mrs . Clayton , and Jones from St Acn ' a Coffee House , rtited thai he took them to 2 io . 9 , Roscoe lane . A i quibble arose about paying the fare , whan ilka Crellin handed her pocket to Mrs . Clayton , wha took the moaey out of it and paid for the car . James Maguire , car-driver and owner , said he drove two ladies and a nentiem » n to a public-house in Oldhamstreet , on St . Patrick's Day . lira . Clayton , Jones , and Miss Crellin were the parties . Mr . Ruaiiton then remanded the prisoners till the following day .

    " . Satbhbat . —This case came on again this morning , in the Crown Court , before Mr . Rushton . The anxiety tf . the public to hear further partieoiara cf this extraordinary afiair was maintained with unabated interest Eleven o ' clock was the time fixed for the magistrate to take bis Beat ; but for terns time previous to that hsur ,

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    great numbers of persons "wera waiting outside the doors to gain admission , and , as soon they were opened , a rnih took place iDto tbe Court Boom , and the soace both vrithin and without the bar waa speedily filled ! The disposal of the ordinary police bUstaeu having ocenpied tha 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 seats in the taxes to the rigkt of tbe bench . The fint business of the court wa » to take bail for Mr . Donlevy . Two respectable persons were offered and accepted by the magistrate .

    The voluntary depositions of Mr . Bonleyy were then read by Mr . Eilis . The statements differed but Httie from what has already appeared in tbe papers respecting the part Mr . Donlevy has had ia the matter . On the conclusion of the reading of the paper , Mr . RuBhton asked Mr . Donlevy if he had anything further to state ? He said he bad . That Miss Crellin had been introduced to him by M'Gill as his future wife , ani it was on the presumption that she had assented to the marriage that he bad accompanied her to the church . Mr . l > on : evy then entered into his own recognisances for £ 20 » . and each of his sureties £ 100 each . The Magistrate then ordered him to be discharged . Tbe voluntary depositions of the Rev . J . H . Stafford were read by Mr . Ellis . The document consisted of a repetition of the reverend gentleman ' s previous evidence before Mr . Rushton . Tbe reverend gentleman waa bound over to prosecute .

    Mr . Eden , solicitor , examined : Mis 3 Crellin came to his office on the 23 rd March , 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 lie < M not like to interfere . It was thought adviseable that M'Qill and Miss Crdlin ehouid have an interview , to see if they could come to some arrangewent . Witness , on passing from one office to the other , saw two women , but did not know them . . Misa Crellin and M'Gill could not agree , and all ttw 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 bun . I cannot consent to a further remanding ef the prisoners . It would cause too much inconvenience to the public busiaess .

    Joshua Edwania , inspector of police , examined by Mr . Rushton—Tt 3 d Mr . Superintendent Brown about Miss Crtlliii ' s ease about sixwis pr two months & ? O . His farther evidence was to tiie effect that he told him Mrf . Jones had informed him iwitncss ) abc ^ it Martin getting £ 250 from Miss Creliiu . Went with Brown to Miss Suttfin ' s house , in Ssymour-strcet , to see . Miss Crellin . Miss Crellin came into the room . Rememberert Besing Mrs . Jones in t ! i « house . Copeland was in custody at tbat time . He was in . custody on a charge of taking . £ 20 from Mrs . Clayton . ' Miss Crellin paid hhe was not willing to ayp > a . e u ^ dnst him . H ^ i steu Mrs . Jv ; i » -8 before . Mr .=. Junes tdd witness-that two mea bad been much in tbe h » bit-of nnuoyioB Miss Crellin , and brcsed his interfersnee . Hr . d caiied at Mvs . Jonea ' sto kr . ow where Miss Cre lin lived .

    By Mr . Davenport—Had been only once at Mrs . Jones ' - " - She told witness tbat Miss Orc-Hin hid given Copeland £ 250 . Sha appeared confused at tha time . Might have , said that Miss Crollin was . 1 drunken old woman . Had seen her drunk . When witness . saw her lirunk , Bhe was in a public-house in company with Copeland . That was at Hebblethwaite ' s spirit vaults , in Caurch-stK * t There was a young man with Copelii , d at the time . Witness assisted Miss Crellin to walkout . Copeland went with her . A car '¦ was called , but they did not go in . Miss Crellin walked up Boldstreet between tho women ; that was between twelve and one o ' clock in the day , and about a week , before witr . tss went to Jones's house . Mr . Ru 8 hton said he would now propose that the depositions of the vritnesses be read over , and if any other vsitn&BSoa wer * brought forward , they would be heard afterwards . This having been done ,

    Mr . RusTntcn s . Vil it was bis intention to commit the prisoners for f-louy , : > nd then there would be a further ch . irge for c- 'nspirae . ' agan . st them all . Mr . Ktwhten said to Mrs . Chiyton that if she had any thing to add to her voluntary statement , that wa 3 the time . She replied that she had not JoliC Orr M'Gill "•• a ^ then informed by Mr .. Rushton that if he ha- l Mjyth'ncr to say , that wm the time ; and M'Gill rtplied he bad nothing to say . Quick , Rogerson , and Jones , and Mrs . Jonts and Mrs . Clayton made the same wiswtrs . Duval said the same . Upon Copeland being asked if he bad anything to say , then w . ts the time ; the prisoner . " -aid he had nothing to say . The mac ' tstrate tbeu said , thai uh tbe charge against him -was for connpiracy , be -would take bail , bimsclf m £ 100 , and two suttties in £ 50

    eacn . Mr . Grocott hoped the inagistrate would allow bail to bs laken fur Mr . Itcgeison . ?> lr . Rushtcn : No ; he is guilty of felony like tho rest . They are all , with the exception of Ccp .-iaud , SU )" : ty of felory , and the charge against him ia for getting money undtr fake pretences . Mr . Snowhall paid it was possible Mr . Cope : » nd might hive the £ 250 upon his person . In that . cise be might deposit the £ 100 for himself , and the two fiuies for his suieties , ami make off with the reniiki'idev . Mr . Rushtoa said he -woul'J take care uf th ^ t . If > IT . Ci-pe . and had had money about him , the bri . ' ewcllkctper would have taken it . It was , however , the usual way never to demand excessive bai ] . All tke witnesses were tben bound over to prosecute at tbe next assi *_ -s . Mr . Suotvball rexsommended tbat Miss Creilin be bound over ts prosecute .

    Mr . Rusbton Baid he BhouM follow the practice of bis resptcted predecessor , Mr . Hall , and insist that the cemmiB-sioner of police . Mr . Dowling , be bound ovtr to prosecute ; and that if he hud any further application to make , he mnst apply to a higher authority . Mr . Davenport applied to the magistrates to allow of bail for Mrs . Jons-s . Mr . Kusbton said he -was sorry ho could not comply with the request . Tbe prisoners were then removed from the bar , and the Court broke up at twenty minutes past six o '

    clock-The Cou : t contiEUbtl crowded till the termination of the proceedings , and amongst the spectators were many ladies .

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    HORHIBLE MURDER AI * D MUTILATION OF A FEMALE AT ROEHAMPON , SURREY . From an early hour on Thursday rnoriivug last , a feeling of most intent e interest and excitement was occasioned in the villages ci" Koehampton , Putney , and tho surrounding neighbourhood of Surrey , in constquence of the discovery of a laurdor oi' amo ^ t frighttul and appalliiiu nature , and which in the . annals of crimo ha ^ uiily been equalled in atrocity , by that of Hannah Brown , by thu miscreant Greuuacre , and that of Mr . Paas , at Leicester . The scene of the melancholy tragedy id situated on Putney Hea ; h , in the hamlet of Kaehamptpii , oa the preaiises of Quelaz Shiell , E q ., Graiic-: rd-lodge , Roehampton-iano , or othtrwi-e Putney P . irk-la . uo , a bye road , runnint ; out of tho road from Putney to Rouhampton , and about a mile and a-half from the former village .

    Who the unfortunate ft-nia ! o '> . ? , who has been the victim of the murderer , is a . t present--unknown , bus the individual who ia suspected cf liavinj : psrpptraced r ! : s horrid deed is a man na : ;; e . i Daniel Good , v . ho , iVr upwards oi' the last two jcar :-, has fiUed-ih ' ositation oi coachman in Mr . ShiellV cstubii ^ mt-iit , and -who , we regrit to state , haaiortho pr ? Sint cy ; u ! ert the course oi' justice by abscond ;] £ . Tim ( iiiovery was first made between tea and eleven o ' clock on Wednesday Bight . Fn . m ir . quirie . s ma' ! e on the spot , and particulnrs obtaii . cd from tbe police authoritifes , It -appears that : ;'>^ ul half-past eight o ' clock on Wednttntiiy tv , cinr , Da&iel Good drew up with a four-wheelfc i pony chaise belonging to his master , at the door of Mr . Cuhunbine ,

    a pawnbroker , residing in Higa-stretl , V \ . andBworih , and asked to look at a pair of black k : icc breecbes , which ua stated he wanted to purcba *;\ Af : e-r txauiin * inc thfciu , and ba ^ jiniua « s to the prite with Mr . Golumbiue , he agreed to purchase thi-in . end being knu ^ n to Mr . Col umbine , he departed wilh thtui without p . ijing for them . As he quitt-id tha shop , a hvl who ia in Mr . C ilnmniuo ' a employ , i ; . =. rved him as hb left t ; ike up off the counter a pair of Mack trousers , and pat them under the flaps ef h : s Kant coat , tin ;! oa reic ; . i"tc the chaise place them with tha br-jf-t-Lies uB' -tr the cushions of the seat . 'J'be 1-id amiueo : at ^ iy co : ! . municate < l the circumstance to Mr .

    Coiuinbir ; C , v / bo 'instantly xan to the door , ami in a delic ;/ . c iuH !; n' r Hiked Gjo . 1 if he had not mad' ; a misbike and b ^< : ;¦ -: -i pair ; . f blnk trousers up - -vith the b : a ; k iretclifis h ? . muI jiut purchased . Good replied that he had not , an- ' , instantly drove off btfjve Mr . Columbine coiiut st ^ rcfi the chaise , or give tho r-alvnqaent into custody . . Or . Columbiiie then lost no ci : i-e i :: acquainting thy police on duty of tho robbery , and polic ( .-3 Or . hlabla Win . G -. rainer , V 279 , accompanied by Mr . Columbine ' s li » . d , and a young man named Robert Speed , in the employ vt Mr . Cooper , a grocer , resitting ntxt door to Mr . Coluujbine . inimediately proceeded to Roehamptori-lane , U > tlic rfesivlence of Mr . Shield fov th ^ purpose of apprehendic ? Good .

    The policeniau Gardiner states , that on reaching Roe haaipton-lauo , tbey nrst . went to the dwelling-house o-Mr . Shiell , which is quite distinct and nearly a quarterf of a mile distant from the farm where the stables are situated , when they inquired : f the eoaebman , meaning Good , had come borne , and were told by the footman , who answered the ring , that h « did not know , but they could ascertain by goinn to the stalles . On . reaching the gate of the firm . Gardiner thought it prudent to keep in the back ground , ami allow Speed to ring the bell , not wishing to ularoi Good , should he answer the

    riug , which , as it happened , was the caae . On Good opening the gate , Speed inquired if the coachman had come home , when Good reylied , " 1 am the coachaian . " Gardiner , the policemau , then iaimediataly went forward , and told him that he had dirsctions to take him into custody on a charge of stealing a pair of black trowsers from the shop of Mr . Celjmfeiue , at Wandaworth . Good , with tha utmost apparent coolness , said , " Indeed , —wbyyts , I bought a p . ir of breeches from Mr . Columbine , but I have net paid him for them . " Gardiner told him that was a question ce was not

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    authorized to enter into , as the charge upon which he apprehended him was of a felonious nature . Gacdthen said , ¦ - ¦ » Very well , I will thengo with you to VVands worth , and settle with Mr . Columbirie ; " but Gardiner told him he must flrut search the chaise with which he had been to Mr . Columbine's Bhop , and the stabling , to see if be could find tbo stolen trowser 3 . Good offered no objeo ^ on io teat , and be accompanied Gardiner , with ' "Hpeed , and Mr . Columbine ' s 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 stable-yard , bat without finding the object of their search . Gardiner then west to wards a stable on the south-east side , when Good immediately stood -with hia back against the door . Gardiner told him he wab determined to

    search that stable also , upon which Good said , "Oh , bo , we had better go at once to Wandsworthi and get the matter settled . " At that juncture WtrJ Oughton , Mr . Sbiell ' B bailiff , and gardener , whose residence closely adjoins the stables ; hearing a loud talking , came out 9 f his house , and walked up to the spoti and inquired what was the matter . Gardiner told him thit be had taken Good into . custody upon a chargo of felony , at which Mr . Ougbton appewed very much surprised , and insisted on Gardiner searching the stable in question . They all then went in , namely , Good , tip Ougbton , GarJiner ; Speed , and Mr . Columbine ' s lad , and on entering Gardiner desired Speed and the lad to sUnd by Good for tbe purpos » of keeping him iu charge , while he- ( Chirdiaer ") prosecuted bis search . After hs

    had searched two of tbe stalls and the hay-racks , Gardiner examined the corn-bins , and while doing so , Good exhibited great uneasiness , ' and : pressed most urgenily that he should at once- be taken ta Wandsworth , that he might settle the . '¦ matter . Gardiner , however , declared that be would not leove until he had made a diligent exainination of the place j and , missing the third stall , in which two ponies were placed , proeoeded t >> search tbe fourth stall , "which was at the further extremity of the stablei and very dark ,, and appeared to bo filled with a number of trusses of hay . Qii re . movii / g two of the trusses , he found there Was a quantity of loose hay underneath , and-when he had removed that he di . ^ coverad sometbing which appeared to him to be » d « vl pig . " H ' e'ihnnediately-ckclai . med ,

    " My God , ghat ' s this , ? " and at the same iasutnt Goo'i rushed out of the stable , shutting tba . door after him ; and before Gardiner or his companions cuuld collect themselve * sufficiently to prevent him , G-. 'od succeeded ' , ia locking them in obi the outside , and tikiiisj out the key . which was subsequently fi uiic in a shrubbery near the spot , and effected his efcuipe . Spued JmuitdiateJy took a two-pronged pitchfork iind t ; n < le ; ' . voured to break open the door , in which he was assisted by Gardiner , &c . ; but experiencing great difficuHy in doing so , they all proceeded to the stall to bxaniine what it was that Gardiner had found secreted . While they wer 9 all standing over it , Mr . Columbine ' s \ te excliiinied , "Oil , my God . % is a human being ; " anil on a more close examination it was found to bo the -trunk .-of fi human body , which bad . been divested of its-head , arms , ; and . lejrs . It was iying with the back upwards , and when turned over by

    Spm ' . d was ciiscnvvfed to be the trunk of a female , and th > i ;; bflotiiea was fmnd to have been cut opent and thB entrails , &c . cxtracttd . The feeliuijs of the party at the dreadful <| iscovery may be btt . er conceived than fltscribei ! , a . uil' rene w « s < l efforts weia immediately made to break . opon the sUble door , in which tbey were shortly succeaaful . . Gftniinvr then instantly despatched the lad to acquaint the police on duty in the neigbboxirbood , with the finding of the body , and the eacape of Good , with a viuw to . 'his recapture , ana in a short apac < fo £ time police constable Hiyter , T 192 , followed soonnfUirwards byTye . V 199 , came tohiB assistance , and wbilo Hajt * r proceeded with other constables to scour the neighbourhood in search of Q-boA , Tyo gal } oped on one of Mr . Shiell's ponies-, to the station-house at Wandsworth , to give information of the murder to Mr . Superintendent Bicknell and inspector Busain , both of whorii instantly hastened to the spot .

    On tka ariival . cf Mr . Biuknell and Jlr . Busain at the st : ibltH , tJie former sent t } jo latter to Putney to request the attendance of Mr . Shillito , surgeon , of the Highstreet , who is tiis divisional surgeon to the police . Mr . ShiJlito being fromhome , Mr . A . Allen , his assistant , returned with Busuin , and oh examining the body , found that the head had been taken oft" at about the third or , tourth cervical vertebra , apparently after death had been caused , and not in the commission of the foul act . The right arm had also been taken off above the humerus , or Bhoulder . joint , and the . left arm , Hear the head oi the huinerus , under tho shoulder joint . Through the chest was an incision from rather a ' j oye the sberauni , extending down nearly to the pubes , and another incision , right and lhft , extending id the psillium . The legs bad likewise been taken off just below the head of the femur , or thigh boue . The whole of tho cuts through the flesh had been evidently made by

    a very sharp instrument , the edges being remarkably clean , while the bonea 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 , the liver , uterus , &c , bad all been removed , . .. and were , like the head , arms anil legs , nowhere to be found . In the opinion of Mr . AUen , which was confirmed by Mr . Sbillito , on his seeing the body , the injury by which death was caused must have ' . b ' etn luflictedon tne head of tho victim , there being not the slightest mark or wound on the back or front of the body , In the opinion of the surgeons , the body is that of a fliuale from about twenty-four to twenty-s ; k years of a"o , and , from the appearar . ee of the body , it isconsU dered the unforiunate woman bad never been a mother , but whether or n > t she was enceinte iat the time of her death could not ibe determined , the uterus , iSto ., being removed . .- ' ¦ ¦¦

    -During tho time occupied by the examination of the body . Sergeant Palmer , V 6 , was attracted by a strong and very disagreeable smell , to theharness-room , which adjoined tbe stablo in which the body had been found . The door was found to be locked , and upon its boing opened , . the stench waa most overpowering , and ; to use Palmer ' s words , " nearly threw hi » 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 , " arid nad been formed as follows : —Two blocks of wood formed the buse , about a foot 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 ashesV chiefly wood-ashes , and in examining them be discovered nmongst them a number of fragment 1 . ! ef human bones , in a highly calcined tt ^ te , which accounted for the uuple : want 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 thUh bones , and bones of the nugers , ha , 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 . und Mrs . Shiell are , it is understood , each aged persons , and were on the eve of removing from Granard todge , which has been disposed , of , for Ciiir ^ eston-struet , Picciidilly . Mr . Shiell , who is stated tA be an E . ist inaijui merchant , is at present from home . Granar . l Lodge was formerly tke residtnee of Sir T . Furquhar . Buit .

    FURTHER PA-KTICUL'AltS . Daniel Good , the person already alluded to , is a native of Ireland , and was bora 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 niunnor and education-is , quite uu ' euitivated , beingalmosc unable to read or , write . Of his curly years very little is known , but it has l > eoa aac ; itaineil that about thirteen years ago he was in .. tbe sor-vioe , as ^ room , of a gentleman named No ' ttocrc , a niagi-striat ' e of Surrey , resident in the Heigbbourflo *>( J of Wandsyporthi from whoso establisbment he was dismissed under . the . following circumstances : —One day , during his master ' s absence from home , Good took the liberty of riding off on a favourite bor ^ e of hia master ' s to London , in order to fulfil an

    engiceuieat WVtu $ . lem&le ' of bla acqua \ iatance , aw \ being detained ' -by her later than hs-anticipated , he galloped on Ui sway home , whtn , by some accident , the horse waa killed- From that time little is known of him until within about the Ihsb throe yiars ; but it is believed t ' Sat he acted ( luring a consuierablo portion of tbnt space of time as . in occ :: bional helper lit some of the livery stables at the west-end of tbe town . About three years ago , at which time he was acting as a bricklayer's labourer at aome Of the works then in progress in the neighbourhood of Belgrave-sqnare , ho took a front kitchen , at the . house of Mr . Brown , a respectable fiuitercr and greeugroccr , No . 18 , oft tVe north side of Suutustreot , Slanciieator-sqiuire , and thrte doors fi-oni . Manchester-street . He there represented . ' hiiuscif as a

    married man , and introi ' . aceA as his -. Xvifij the feuiaie whom there is every reason to believe haa since become his victim ; sbe wiis a native of - ' WaFeS , but her iwnie , from prudential motives atthe prtsent stage of the iuquiry , we abstain from making public . He also brought with him there a boy , whom he stated to be his sou , who lias been spoken , of in tho evidence of the witnesses examined before the jury . Good , ii 3 niay bo supposed , ifi a Catholic , and has bsen at times in the habit of frequenting tho different Catholic chtipeis in anil round the metropolis , at several of which he is kiiovrn , while his reputed . ' wife , ' . ifhQ is Stated to be Lctweaa thirty an * , f . aty years of age , was aProteatant , Dut WiiB nave . f , while residing in South-street , known to goto a place of worship . VThile he was residing at home with her , they wore generally considered by the inmates of the houne as living happily together ; but about two years aud four .-months Bince , work being

    slack , be obtained , on . the recommendation of . a . gentleman named Pu ^ ' u , with whom he formerly lived , the situation of coacuman to Mr . Shrill , which he had retained until the moment of tbe present discovery , and where he passed as a single man . After he had entered upon his situation , he purchased a mangle , by the use of which the female in question assisted in maintaiuing herself . About twelve mouths since , she complained at the station-houseof the 13 division of police in . ' , Mar > - lebone-lahe , taat during her absence from borne a variety of articles , jnclu'iing all her clothes , had boen stolen , but on a policeman , some hoars afterwards , going to the house to obtain a list of the atolen articles , Good was there , Who treated the matter so lightly , that an opinion waa . engendered tbat he was piiyy to the removal of the thiug 3 , arid nothing further waa done in it Duiiux the time Good was in Mr . Sheills service , be 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 , -he would drive bis master ' s ponies ( a roan and Ught grey ) to Senth-street , and call at tho lodgings , in which neighbourhood his person , as well as the ponies , are well known . ; V Oa the afternoon of Sunday last , the Teputed Mt 3 . Good was observed by MifB . Brown to leave the honse alone , and not , as bai been stated , accompanied by Good . She was dressed in a lightish Wm silk bonnet , dark shawl , and reddish print gown , and although G « od did not fetch her from the house , there is no doubt he met her shortly afterwards , ; aa they ^ ere seen together by several persona who knew Good , on the Surrey-aide of Hammersnuthsnepemion bridga One person , who ia connected with the eatablishmeat

    of a Royal Duke , spoke to him , when he represented the female with him as his 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-and-water . On the following evening ( Monday last ) Good called at Mr . Browa ' s and said he had . comeio pay the rent , and totake ^ tho ; b 0 y away with him , adding that he did not intend to give up renting the kitchen for a few days , as it would require that period to dispose of the mangle and other things . Mr ? . Brown , who was not then aware that the female whom she had ; seen leave on tbe Sunday had not yet returned , asked hiiri if he was than going to take his wife to live with him at hia situation ; npon whicb

    he said , " She is already down there , and will riot coma back here again , '' which Alra . lli > > vyn thought correct , aa he had before spoken of getting h : r a situatien . When he left that night he took , in adftitioh to the boy ; some of the articles of farniture with him in the chaise , saying that he was able to do so , as the faniijy were out at a party . After that he waa not seen at South-street until after the discovery ot the murder . On tbe Wednesday and Thursday previous , he had been eeen about the neighbourhood of Roehampton in company with a female named Susan Butcher , servant at the Ruse and Grown public-house , - kept by Mr , Souston ,. at Wintbledon , who , it appeara , faai < t leave , in accordance with her orvn request , on Easter Sunday , to go and see

    her nipther at Woolwich , whom she ' . represented' tobe very dangerously ill . She did uot ^ how < 3 v . r , return tu her situation until the following Wednesday t . when she made an excuse for her absence that she . ha ^ fduivd her mother much worse than she anticipated . Mr .. Souston . however ; was very angry , and upbraided her for r . at having written to inform , him of the reason , and eventually he told her he had engaged another servant , and paying he ? her wages , dismissed her . On the afternoon of that day ( Thursday ) the was in . Gooii ' seompany at the Spotted Horse public-house , drinking gin and water , and persons who were in the same room declare they appeared to be " courting . " G 0 ® d Vus endeavouring to get off a ring from her finger , but she resisted , and said she would only part with it with , bar

    life . Some conversation also passed . between ' , them relative to her going home to her mother at Woolwich , on the fullewing day . Oa Friday , accord-in ? iy Good took her to the Six Bells , St Putney BriO >\ where they waited the arrival of the Lightning , London steam boat , on board of which he put her , with bar iugsrage , requt-sting the captain , on bis arrival at the Swanstairs , London Bridge , to put boron board of one of the Woolwich steamers . Whether he again saw her between that day ( Friday ) and Wednesday iaso is not known , lut on the latter day it has been traced that be went to the residence -of Butcher's . mother-, No . 13 . Charlotte-place , Woolwich , to ete her , and it was on his-retur . il . from that place to Roehamptou iutli ^ evening , that he called at the shop of Mr . Callumbine , at Wandsworta ,: as before described .

    After the discovery of the trunk of tbe murder ? : ! woman , on Wednesday evening , and Good's vibs-conding from Putney , it has been traced tbat he once more venture * to his old lodgings in South-street ,, which h 9 rea-clit'd about half-past 12 o'clock oa Thursday morning He found all the inmates ef the house had retired to rest Ho , however , knocked at the door , and vios at last anuwwred at the bhop door by Mr .. 'Bfow : ' i , who asked , " Who ' s there ? " He replied " Good . " Mr . Biowii was very angry with him for disturbing hU n ' -sfc at that hour , and refused to opsn the door . Ho , ? -. owever , went round and opened the private door , tiiieh Good . excused himself for being su late by saying that tho family , were again in town at a party , and he wished to take a few more things away ; Good then req' : esied

    Mr . Brown to give him a light , buc the latter , who is said to be a very quitt , steady ; and inuftensive . nma , told him it was too bad to disturb htm , and refused to do so . Good accordingly went to thal Bedford Arms public house , kept by Mra . Ksririage , at the corner of North'Etreet , about five doors distant from Mr . Brown ' s where he asJeed for a glass of ale , with which be was served , but he appeared so agitated , siid his hand shook soy that he was unable to driukit , and gave it to a man having the appeaianc" of a cab ^ dTiver , by . whom he was accompanied , who drank it . It is ceitain that . " . Good remained in the kitchen fro . ni the time of bis return to Mr . Brown ' s house until half-past five o'clock in the morning , when be was seen to call a caboff the stand in Great Marylebone-street , into whlGh , on its drawing up in South-street , he put a box and large par-ia ^ e , aiigL , getting in himself , was driven to . liitt . ic Doraet-place , at the bottom of Whitcomb 7

    street , Channg-cross , where he alighted opposite Shepherd ' s livery stables , A few minutes afterwards he spoko to police-constable John Warren , G 55 i who was on duty in the street , and asked him at what time Shepherd ' s livery stables generally opened ? to which the policeman answered he did not know , a » d proceeded round hia beat . The policeman sfatea Good had then with him a deal box , ft bundle , a bed tied up , ami three or four lots cf 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 te Shepherd ' s Livery Stables in the Haymatket , and from thence to the Princess Charlotte public-kouse , two doors off , at the corner of Gharles-street , where he bad sometbing to drink , after which he returned to Dorset-place , and just as tne policeman returned a third time he saw Good get into a cab and drive away towards Charing-cross .

    Since that time no direct clue ta 'his retreat has been ascertained , but a letter was received on ThurBday last , at the residence of Mr . Shiell , bearing the Tooiey-street post-mark , and directed to that gentleman ; purporting to come from Good , which is now iu the hands of the police . It is so wretched a ecrawl as to ba most dinicnl ' t to decipher . The contents have been kept most secret , but it has transpired that , in that letter , Good declares himself to be a widower , and states that his wife had beeu dead five years last February ; that Susan Butcher , with whom he became acquainted only on last Easter Monday ,, " has been tbe cause of . ' all bia misfortunes . " He also therein entreats of Mr . Sheill to be a friend to , and take charge of , bis boy , for whom fie resigns ail 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 Tooiey-street , to make inquiries respecting the letter , when the postmaster told him ha recoUectsd the circumstance of the letter being broughfe ttsera to be forwarded to JBoehampton , in conr aequeuce of bis remarking to the person who brought it . that he thought •¦•' the devil himself could not understand or decipher the direction . " The man said it was to go toRoeh . irnpton , and drew a pen through that word and re-Wrote it in a bold legible handwriting . It is , therefore , almest certitin that Good was not the man who posted it .

    it has since transpired that on Thursday evening Sergeant Pany , K division ,.-stationed at VVoblwich , visited the residence of Susan Butcher's mother , in Cnarlottestreet . and in the course of h ^ s . inquiriba ascertained that on Goou ' s visit to her on Wedneaduy last , he left iu her Care certain articles of dress , saying that they were his late wife's , who had been dead five years Those articles are now in the possession of Mr . Superintendent Bickneil , who this morning showed them to Mrs . Brown , at her residence in South-street , when she immediately Identified them as tb « same worn by / tbe reputed wifeoj Croo < l on her leaving there on Sunday last .. ¦ ¦¦ - .- '¦ . ¦ ' : '¦ ¦¦''

    Immediately after the adjournment of the inquest , a more close examination of the trunk was made by Air Shillito and two other medical gentlemen ; after Which it was taken possession of by Mr . Tee , the constable and summoning officer at Roehampton , by whom it was subsequently removed from Mr . bheiU ' s stables to Mt Tee ' s residence , but it ' has been stated that it had tvjen taken back , the neighbours objecting to its closia contiguity to their residences . A bunch cf twelve keys has also been found by Mr . T-30 , pu the top of a corn-bin in the opposite stable to that itv which the niuTder is supposed to have been couvmitted ; and on the boy , who happened to be pres ? . ut . aeeing Mr . Tee take them up , he immediately fcxclaiitied , " Those are my mother's keys , " and he snatched them from Mr . Tee , who bad great difficulty in getting them from him . The boy is at present under the care of Mr . Tee , and will remain so until after the inquest .

    It is a singular coincidence that in the only two cases of murder in which tha circuuiiita , nccs are somewhat alike , which have occurred of late years—^ namely , that of Hanuah Brown , by Greenac . 'e , and the present case , both victims were females , earning ( in somotuaasdrai t ' Miv livelihood by mangling , and residing in th ? name parish , St . Maryiebone , Hannah Brown having lived in Union-street , Middlesex Hospital , and ' taeunfortunate female whose dreadful fate now occupies so much of public attention haviiig lived in South-street ; and , what is more remarkable , is the fact that the latter residence is the satue house at whichi before it : was turned into a shop , the present King of Bslgium , wh&n Pttnce Leopold , on his flrat viait to this country , occupied the first floojr .

    Throughout Saturdiy large numbers of persons Visited Putney Park Lane for the purpose oi obtaining a sight of the premises on which the m » rder was committed , and the united feeling of all was an earnest desire that the apprehenaioa of the murderer might speedily take place .

    INQUEST . Oa Friday week , at twelve o ' clock , Mr . Carter , the coroner for tho eastern division of Surrey ^ and a jury of seyenteon inhabitants of the parish of Putney , asaembkd at the Angel Inn , Roehampton , to iuvestigate the circumstances connected with the death oi a female unknown , -..- whose trunk and mutilate ^ iemains vrer ^ discovered iu the s ' . able adjoiiiiag the

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    mansion , and belonging to Quelez Shiell , Esq . ; of Putney Park-lane . ;; : The moat intense interest prevailed during th& proceedings , and the jury having . been sworn , proceeded to view the remains of the body . It was the mere trunk , divested of arms , legs ^ and head , neither of which could be found . Ottsearchinig the harHeaa room , however , it was quite clear taat the remainder of the body had been burned , for a portion of a jawbone , ancf the ashes of human bones , was found amongst the cinders of the fire-place . On the retuih if the juryvthe eYidence was entered into aa follows William , Gardiner , police-constable 279 Y , was first sworn . He Baid on Wednesday nighti th& 6 th of April , about a Quarter to nine o ' clock , I was on

    duty in High-street , Wandsworth , when , from information I received from Mr . Columbine , of Highstreet , pawnbroker , I went with two lads to tho house of Mr . Quelez Shielly Putney Park-lane , in the parish of Putney . The names of the lads were Robert Speed and Samuel Smith Dagnall . On arriTing there I rang the bell , and the footman answered it .- I inqaired of the footman if the coachman had come home ? He said no ; but directed me down to the stables , saying he might be there . The stables are about two hundred yards from the house . I dosired ihe la , i Speed to rjng the bell . He did so , and the coachman came to .: the sate . The lad asked if

    the coachman had come home , and the person said "I am the eoaebman , " I then went up to the man , and told him I had come to tako him into custody on a charge of stealing a pair of black irossersj which ^ was my only objact in going there . The man saidj " Yes , I bought a , pair of breeches from Mr . Colmn-, bine , and I did not pay him for themi" He pulled out his purse and wished me to take back the money for the breeches . J told him I would not take the jnoney ; the breeches had nothing to do with the q ^ arge of stealing the trousers . He said , "Oh , very well ; I will go to Waudsworth , and settle with Mr . Gulumbine . " I asked if he would allow me to look

    over the . chaise and stables . Ha made no objection , but said " Yes . ' ? I went from the lane where I was sfeauding , accompanied by Speed and Dagnall , and the opachman went with us and pointed me out the chaise house and stable . | searched the chaise whioh waa outside , then the chaise house s aad from there I west to the harness room adjoinjng the stable , and from tkence to the stable . When I was about entering the stable the coachman said" No , no ; let US go to , * Wandswt > i"h and make it all right . " I replied , " Ne , I will not uatil 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 understoloa to Mr . Oughton , Mr . Shiell ' s ^ ardentr . He asked me what was the matter } and I told him the

    object of my visit . , I then went into the stable , a < 5-ftoinuaivied by thft two . lads and Mr . Oughton , tfro coachman , and a child about ten or eleven years of age .- The door of the stable I found open . I dasired the lad Speed to stand by the coachman while I made tho search . I searched the first arid second stall from the door , and then proceeded to the corn bines on the left of the doorway . I had searched tv / o of the binns , when the coackEsan sai < l , "Letus go to Wandsworth and have it settled , " and appeaved very anxious .. I again said I would not uhtili had made a diligent search . After this converoation , I searched one rhore binnj and while searchiug that , the coachman went to the lower stall— the fourth in the row—in which there was a

    quantity of hay . I : weat after him , and saw him move some hay from one side of the stall to the ether , and under the window . I made a remark , that I . di 4 not want hi 3 assistance , and the lad pagnali was holding my lamp whilst I began to move a portion of the hay that I had seen the coachman move . I mov ed two trusses , and under , it I found some loose hay , which I moved with my foot . J tlien observed something lying under it , and I moved the hay with my haud , and said to the Iad i pagnali ; " What is this ' —here ' s a goose ! " Daguail drew close .- towards it , and the lad Speed also , and the same moment that Speed came towards us , the coachman rushed but of the stable door , pulled it after him , aud locked it on the outside .: I said " now we

    are done , '' meaning he had escaped from being my priHoner for stealing the trousers . We all ran to tho , door and the . lad Speed and myself took up a hay fork , and commenced pricing the door . 1 left him doing so and went back to the stall to see what that really was under the hay , and the 'two lads came also . Each oi' us passed some remarks as to wb . Ai it was , and the lad Dagnall exclaimed , " Why it ' s a human bein ^ . " Speed said "Oh , Bonsense , " and stooped down and turned it over , and then we pa-. v that it was the portion of a body or trunk of a femiile . We returned to the door and succeeded in getting it open with the fork about a quai-ter of an hour after the escape of the coachman . 1 told the lad Dagnall to run down the lane towards

    Waridswi-rth , and tell every policeman what had happened , and # ive the coachman ' s description , and also to do so at Wandsworth statiou-house , and he left for that purpose whilst I and the others remained where we were at tho stable . I remained about twenty minutes , when constable 192 Y came up , and I immediately dispatched him to Putuey to give information . About half an hour after , Police Constable Tighe , 199 , arrived , and I despatched him to Wandsworth to give-information to Superintendent Bickneil , with a full description of the coachman ' s dress . The s uperintendent , Mr . Inspector Busain , and a medical m : ln . arrived in . a'oout halt' an . Ij . our . After we had fohud the body , Mr . Oughton ' s son came down to the stable . We gave him information that

    someihiifg strange had been found , andvhe appeared much alarmod i and said he would not stay in the hou 3 e . I do not thiuk ho knew the body was concealed tlterr « . Ho weut to see it in the stall , and exclaimed , " What a VTretoh he must be to do ' . '"' such a deed !" mearJn g th « < 5 oachmani The trunk was lying on ita frohv-Wheh the boy Speed tarned it over . I then know it to be a woman by its breasts . The arms were cut off close to the sockets . The legs were sever ? d at- . ' the hips , the head at the lower part of the neck , and the entrails had been taken but , 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 thebofiy . ' . •' . ¦ . ¦ ' :. : . -. : ;

    By tho Coroner—Mr . Oughton's son said it was dangerous to sleep in the house . He might be murdered . Wo believe that the conduot of the coachman in running away and locking us in in the manner be 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 search-id the stable , but did hot find the Stolen trousers ; bus in the third stall , which I had not previously searched , we found a mattress liBder somb trusses of straw , with two blankets rolled up

    inside of it . There * . vere some stains on the mattress , but I cannot say if it was blood . It looked more like _ uriual stains . The body , as it has been viewed this dfly by tho jury , is in the position we found it , with the exception of being turned over with the head part towards t ^ e manger of the stall . There was straw under she body which was stained with blood , but not to any great extent . By , a Juror—I saw the coachman ' B clothes hanging up in the harness room , fcut I did not minutely examine them . The coaohuiaa made no observation when he rushed out of the stable . Robert Spaed exarainfid—l am shopman to a grocer iu High-strcy ^ WandsWorch . About halfpast eight o ' clock Mr . Columbino , the pawnbroker , tamo and asked me to g > . with his boy in search of a man at ' ? lie house of ; Mr . ohiall in Putney Park-I » no , who had taken a pair of irowsers that did not bcioDg to him . I went , to Mr . Sliiell ' a premisea . We fir > t saw . a female , and then a boy , who .-told us where to go ta find the coachman . We rang the bell , and a female came to the gate , accoinpauied by the coachman we wore iu search of . —Tno witness hero desoribed wiiat passed , and the discovery of tho remains of the murdered woni * u . —Aiter the exami * nation of seyti-al other wiinessss , the inquest was adjourned till Tuesday .

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    Execution of the Murderers , Kall and Taylor , at York . —On Saturday , the excromft sentence of the law was carried iuto effect on the bodies of Robert Nail and Jonathan Taylor , convicted at the last York Assies , before Mr . Baron Rolfe , of the murder of their wives . Sinco their condemnation the demeanour of the malefactors has been calm and collected . About half-past five o ' clock iu the morning they were removed from the condemned cell to a room ^ adjoining the A = size Cotivt . Nail walked across the Castle yard vnth a firm ekiuc etep , and meeting the schoolmaster of the gaol on his way , he slapped him on the shoulder and said , ¦ In six hour how will it be with me ? " It was also apparent thai faylor hadvnot suffered much through mental

    anguish . Soon after ten o ' clock the Roverend chaplain again visited the ; prisoners , and rema'aeu in prayer with ^ hem until hai f- past eleven . He thea admmistered tho sacramenii to them , and shortly aftervvardfi they were pinioned . Av twelve o ' cl-jck the Unaer-Shenff , in . tha usual rnannei \ demanded the bodies of _ the _ prisoners , and they were then delivered into hia custody , an d were n ) moat immediately ^ removed to the place of execution . Tfley walked to the scaffjld with a firm unflim-hina step , and did not appear to be in the lightest degree agitated . The usual service of the church wast / ien " gone through by the chaplain . Nail seemed to enter with much spirit into this part of the service and when the Lord ' s prayer was repeated he audibly jomed .- He also employed the interval between thi

    aujusttnent ot the knot and the drawing of the fatal boit . m fervent ejaculatory prayer . Taylor did not display the same degree of feeling , and with the exception of a shght motion of the Iip 3 when theLord " prayer was repeated , he was perfectly passive . At the conclusion of the deyotibnal service , the reverend chaplain shook hands with the convicts . They bade him farewell with much fervour , and appeared to be deeply ' sensible of tho important benefit which he had rendered them . The fatal bolt was drawo * and the wretched men Were launched into eternityi ^ either of them appeared to suffer much , and Taylor ' evidently died without a struggle . The meian « choly spectacle seemed to excite considerable interest , and at the tima the execution took place there coaid not have been less than ; froia ten to twelve thousand persons present .

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 16, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct426/page/6/