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      CASE OF ABDUCTION AT LIVERPOOL . [ PCHTHER P-IBTICUIAKS ] This extraordinary case -was farther investigated at IdTerpool . on Friday -weefe : the Cmri opened at two o ' clocV . The examination "was t 2 _ -tn befoa _ Mr . Bu __ iton . the police magistrate . The first vntness called was John Rogers , gate-keeper at Boby- Recollected five persons coming to umjbark on the Bail way train on tha 19 th ef March . Miss Crellin , Mrs . Clayton , M'Gill , Jones , and Quick , jrere amongst the nnmber-. ilisa Crellin appealed to Ije intoxicaied . It was five minutes before ten In the morning . Asked Quick what was to do with the lady ? He said it was a fuauy way eh * had . He asked the gentle-¦ ¦

      man to put them in a carriage by teems-lves , which he did . Miss Crellin -was assisted into the carriage by Jones and M'CffiL Saw Quick the Sunday but one following , in the evening . J 3 e earn , to the Boby Station to boot for Liverpool . He said , " I think I shall was yea this weeX . " " What for ? " was asked . " " Concerning the party who went from here the other day , " was the reply . He also said the parties ¦ wh o were friends to Miss CreEin , seemed to _ ay they conveyed her away in the night , and be wished him to state ths contrary . Witness said be must gi-ra him notice , as he nrart put a man in his place . -He said he would send a note 7 and give him £ 2 fcT his trouble . As soon 2 . 3 this witness was examined .

      Jlr . Grocot-, attorney for the prisoners , addressing Mr . Ra-hton , said this was a strange mode of proceeding . The parties for the prosecution having { husked their case on Wednesday , he -wished to know whether lie ( Mr . Rushtoc ) sit there as attorney , magistrate , or embryo prosecutor . He thoutnt it wn 3 a very singular proceeding . It -ros Tery unseemly taking tee-part of an examiner , and putting le _ ..-L _ - £ question * to the witnesses . Mr . Snowball said be appeared oa behalf of the prosecntrix only . He b * 6 . advised her aa to the course * she should pursue , and ho apprehended teat the witnesses ha bad already ca ^ l ^ were sufficient to cemmi t the prisoners . There were some of the witnesses abont to De called whom he would have no objection to examine , but there were others that he would o ' rj ? ct _ to , and ie -wislieti to hare an opportunity of CTOs 5-e __ i-rnning ihem .

      Mr . Rnshton said he would place no obstacle in Mr . Suowba . 1 ' s way as to the eross-txiaiimiig the witnesses . He vraa rot . Bitting there , -boat to complain , orm .= ke any observations upon remarks that might be directed against him , wbattTcr migLt be las private opinions if Hie fatmtss or the spirit -whicb dictated tCtni ; lie ¦^ OUivi _ f > t 6 nt _? into e ~ > J con-rtr-i-ioii on ti » subject . When they applied to him to close the caso , and to commit the prisoners at once , there was absolutely si that time no . rid-noe of the felony , the taking away , whether for the pnrp-se of marriage or violation . In the discharge of his " uuty , be thought fit to caure the pr ~ s ~ ni evidence to be c-lkcted , as the only way in which thty eoald __» t = ; all the evidence . TrT—ateTer course the attoixey for the prosecution , or for the prisoners , mi ; ht pursue , fee ( Mr . Rushton ! should pur ? u ?

      the course which . b <« thought b-= st calculated to mvesngate the truti , and he expected , in the disch ; : rse of " that duty , no : to be nitt by accusations such as bs ha = i heard that day . Wbctber th _ attorney for the prcsscution should choose to pursue his dnty , tbat was his business , net his ( Mr- Su-fcton ' s . ) He ( Mr . Rusntors ) ¦ would take that eoune which ¦ sroaM br-ngthe v-fiole transaction btfore the public In this town there ' was a pnblic officer , called tbe commissioner of poi . ee , and In ali esses that officer ' s duty was , when directed by the magistrates , to inquire into c _* ss , gather all the evidence End examine wittess-s - ie declined to discuss It they o- jecfeed to his preceediegs . they must submit » ueb to the authority above him ; he would take bo notice of them . The cass teen proceeded .

      Cress-examine-1 cy Mr . Davenport—Could suear to Jaces being tho man . Grass-fczamised by Mr . Grrceort—Had fajGTTO Q _ : CJsome time before . He marrieU Hedgkinson ' s daruinvr . ill . Hodgkicson resides abou : fire hundred or six hundred yards from tbe sJatijE . The gentleman let go of 2 di _ 3 Creliin . Matthew ? Estersley , porter at P _ rk _ ida station on tbe Manchester arul LiT-erpL-ol railway , rtmtinoered ths train on £ rriTii : g ca the morning of the isitt Ma . rcQ , about Sre njisates to eleven . Saw Qaick , J-jncs , ilrs C . ajton , and Hiss CreJiin waik d- >^ n to the North Union ttition . Thev sat down in w : tnei > s ' a vlacc ft-i

      nearly half an hear . Mi& 3 Crellin appoartiii iibe rstbtr in a draEfen & : aie . Ha wa 3 Bac . kiDg his p . pe ,-a : id she a = ked bia to sirs her a i- -: r > e- Ha siid to her . o yes , ty all mta-is . " He Et : Ts her a pipe , and £ " ne smoked it for ten minutes vr a quarter if an heur , 2 nd became rather fiint . The min sfce called Joues , and the doctor walked out with her for 2 little * pure air . They walked down abon : J .-riy yards . The train was coming theii , and it was jetting time for them to go . The man they called doctor wished him to see if there -was an empty bo « y It tbe Cirriage , and the train started i ^ usfrSi ^ jti ^ . Tae fare was paid by Quick . Mr . Blsck maas the entries of their names in " the book .

      Crass-examined by Mr . Grocott—An bour elapseQ before the train came up after tfce pirty arriTt-d . The lady seemed to esjoy her pipe very muck . There was Tery little trouble in getting Miss Creilic into the carriage . Sise Errtraed to be tetj cheerful—ihe ame aa drunken people are , Cros 5-fcxamin = ; d by jit . Davtnport—The party had brandy with them , and same cf tbem draak it . Corneliens Whittaker , porter at P ^ rkside station , remembers the party arriving . Mks Crellin was tipsy . Jonea produced drink in a dark glass bottle . Tasted it , ¦ ana b&lieved it to be brandy .

      Mia . Penelope Kichol , wife of the agent at Parkside station , 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 mnitsr . She said she should have gone to Birmingham that day , but it did not matter ; she could go another day . 51 'Gill came and asked for two ladies . She told them they Baid 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 Bsines , ce&ciimaji of tie Korth Briton , which runs from Lancaster to Shap , toA a party tritb him or the ISth of March . They were Quick . M / Gill , Jones , Mrs . Clayton , and Miss Crellin . Qu ck took tbe places in the name of Thompson . He paid for three inside and two out to Carlisle . Jones , Mrs . Clayton , and Miss " CreHIa rode inside . They dined at the King ' s ArnTs ¦ where they went from tbe Biilway . At the coach office iliss Crellin "was swearing and mating a great noise , and Quick said to M'Gill , " G = t inside and quieten the old b—h- " M'Gill then went inside and rode to Coroforih . The doctor weiit into the bouse , and the waiter brought some brandy to those in the coseb . They went on . to Bnxton , where they had" glasses again . M'Gill then got outside . Lookedinto the coach and saw Miss CreiTm ' a head on Jones ' s shoulder . She appeared to be asleep . Heard no names given to any of the -parties . Had three glasses of ale wiih them and

      some brandy . The doctor said to M'Gul " Erin ? out tbe bottle aud let us all have a drink . " M'Gill said Miss Crdlin had drunk it alL Asked the doctor if they were taking the lady to a lunatic asylum ? " ^ T'J , " ESld the doctor , " You wonli not think tb ^ old laay ¦ was worth ^ 60 , 000 . ' This was at Barrougb ' s Grten . Qaiek said they were doctors in the army , and vrere on leave of absence ; they had cueb over to Liverpool to e ^ e the steeple chase . The doctor called and paid for all on the road ex ^ pt once . ili = s C rtl in and 1-u rs-Clayton got out at a place called Huck . seven milrs from Shap . Assisted her ou' . She appeared to he very tlpsj-j and couid no ^ "mlk herself . Jones assistca ht ; r out of tbtf coach . Her izes rrza much blotcbei sr . d swollen . He a ssisted her into the coach ; she had to walk between . ttrj . L < = it tbe coach at Shap . Drink was sect for . The doctor wanted a pint of brandy , but tha Iand 3 a-jv said there was not time to wait .

      Cross-examined by Mr . Grocott : The lady called at La&easUj for tbe doctor . She had two glasses at ^¦ uoks , erne tip stairs aid tha other b&Ioir , ii& doctor ortltred the a . Johu Wilson , who drove tfce coach on to Carlisle , took the coacn when last -witness left it- Had a port / of five on the co > . ch—f' -nr inside , and Quick rode en the > ox with him . Saw Jones at Cirlisle . Taere wera two ladies acd two gentlemen inside , and one gentleman outside . Pailed up first at Acktbrcp ? , where they c ? : aa ? Hd horses . The doctor gave him a glass , and handed j ! lsS 3 e 3 into the ccach ; he believed they were glosses of brandy . There was a noise-inside tfce coach . Saw all in a room at Carlisle , hnt could not speak to them . 83 ^ 7 tnem next day and iec .-gnised the d > ctor . They stirtcJ in a double seated carriage from the Bush .

      Joseph Eo ? gs-m , -waiter at . tae Busn Irjj , Carlisle , remembered th « piissezg&rs by tbe Xorth Briton coach stopping at tie Louse on the ISr-h of Mareh . He r&ccgnised the five before n ^ atd . They arrived at eleven . Miss Creilia appeared insensible . He tb " -nght they were going to take her to an asylum . Formed that opinion from her maimer and conversation . ' " They hod t * a f jr f-sur , ana Uie doctor , daring the time . , aad a glass of brandy . They > -lept at tbs Hush . The doctor ordered two glasses of brandy , one of whicli he srsve to tbe lady . Hz to-.-k the othsr himself . The laly ' s conduct was not quiet She seemed to Bate J . jiies and M'Gill , and appeared to scold tiitm . After that tbe men took three glasses of aie before going to btd . They were making a noise ; one of the other

      Traitcrs wect in , and said , " They ccnld do * allow that noise so lite . " * M'Gill shoved him out of the room . Qaick told witness that the old lady hid plenty of mousy - , that they were only a&tvanis , and ha was travelling with her . They were going to Annac . Waited upon them in tbe morning ; they had enly breakfast for three . The ladies had none ; they were in a differ eat room . Mrs . Clayton came down to tbe doctor , and c ^ ked f » a glass of brandy for Miss Crellin . The doctor refused it , saying abe wonJd onij tick up another ro-s ? - . Tr . a doctor asked for a glaas of brandy and two of ale . Toe night before , the lady asked sphere slie was ? and tLs d ..-cior said five miles from Warriagtoa , atfi tiiey wonld go there in the mornin ? , after slficpinf in that house all iaght They lef d the Bush at half-pait eleven on Saturday morning in a two-se&ttd carriage . Bxanunsd by Mr . Bsvenport—il'Gill and the doctor called » t the fc ^ ase oa -Sunday night for a glass cf

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      brandy eacb . Did not see any brandy Kiven t » Miss CrelHn . bb 5 r : 7 er hisrl her ask how far it was io Gretna Green ? T . Browrweg , post-boy at tbe Bush Inn , Carlisle , was employed to drive the p&rsy on Saturday , rhej 19 th ult . The doctor rode outside . Did not see Miss Crellin ' s face . Tfce waiter ordered the coach , and told him to drive to the Metal Bridge , six and a bilf miles on the Glasgow road . Stopped when they gut two and a half mile * from Carlisle . One of the gentlemen iruide called to the doctor to atop at tha fi * st public house they came to . The doctor said said they wera & lot of d d drunken ceviJa inside ; they thought of nothing but drinking . Told the doctor there was a beer shop close rr . icd , and a public house a mile further on .

      T ^ . tt or iaM he was to "rive t * the public house Th ; . ' . octor , wben they e : . . ^ re , ordered four glasses of i-u , and tLs lan . iiady only brought tliree . The doctor took one , and handed thts 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 toil bar , the doctor said " Have you any weddings now ? " Witness said , "Ne , they are very scares . " He then asked how they paid ? and was t . jld there were various prices , just acccrdiBg to circumstances . He then tol ' . l them that vfhan be was married in Liverpool , he gave the post-boy haU-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 had any posting conveyance ? He was told they had not . Qaick tben said he would leave t ! ie rest of the party at tbe Mttal Bridge , and walk on to Gretaa . as he merely wished to see Vfte place . He complained of the hire of ihe eoach ; and then the boy toid him that aa Be bad been charged so much ( 15 s . ) for the coach , ho would not mind driving him a akort distance oytr the bridge , which he did . Whan they had got a few hundred T-jjd-, over , the doctor ^ asked % ^ bat was tho first place a ' , which they married psopiu ? T « M him Sark Bar . He said he would have a lark ¦ cith them

      ibfere , and witness told him he might get the lines there by going in and getting a jj-ass of whiskey . Pulled up ateout two miles fromi tbe Ssrk Bar . LooLed into the carriage , end saw thai Jones cad a glass bottle ia his hand . Mrs . Clayton had a wina class . All alone ; the roid tha party ktpt " shirking" out with fits of lEUgh ' . er , the ladk-s more particularly . Qaick paid for the coach hire . Cross-examined by Mr . Grocott : The old Kdy , as they c ? Hed her , looked down when she wnie out of tbe ¦ tar , to ^ -fe hold of il-G . il ' 8 " ar-.-i , and waifeed . on -= ritii kim . Could s = * G-ivtria Hail , ^ ere the party wero let do . * n . Tuty were lot down between two and three

      miles fr \> ni Gretna Hall , where Jebn L ; nton lived . Wh . tcbev ' i the party a few hundred yards ; tbe doctor began t ~> play about on the road . Tiie doctor paid him for driving . Gros ? -iXiminei 1 by Mr . Djvtnport : Tiii-u ^ bt in bis own jjiuid there -was someihios I fce a weddicg going 03 . Mr . R . i 5 hton hers iDtlmated that there were witnesses -who sa-vr them on thur it turn ; lut he did not th : r : k it riecaEs . iry for the adniin : stratk-n of justice to c ~ . il them . Mr . G- - vott hoped they would call the parson .

      > Ir . D ^ wling eaiJ haJ no t succ ^ ded in getting him . He did r . ot ftel authorised to give t&e bum h « wauled . Mr . Snowball said he wanted £ 20 for himself , aud £ 10 for liia dtugbtf-r . Mr . Rushton said : bat all recoverable expenees would have been paid , but there was no doubt be would be brought bxlure a proptr tribni-al Mr . George M'Gill , of Dub : in , said be k »« w tbe prisoner M'GilJ . He was : he sou of a Z-lr . M'G : 11 , a ^ aiJor , -srho lived in Scuth Fredcrick-ttrttt , Dublin . His father -vrm never a ssluler . He kept hia carriage , asd horses , arid livery strv . ints in Dublin . Cross-feSamined by ilr . Crrocott—^ as no re ! at m to WisODLr . Vtho ^ lather h £ c a fcatnisorae fortuue Ofuill ' . l i . iai , ar . i M'G : 1 got a shite of it . » , tVtr knowM'Uili ' 5 father tu be a CuloseL

      H . -2 . V tta Armstrong , cliambcrmaia ef tbe Crown nn-. l J-jitre Inn . Cariisie , recollected St-eirg the party at ta > . ir x . cuso en the LOth of Aisrch . Saw ~ X . iS . Cldytort tirst , -who went to bed about fca : f-pa = t ninu . Sho Icct " ber OTio of her nightcaps , and Mrs . Ciaytor : wished her to go i-OTrn to the otber lady , Miss Crellin , ;» nd gv- ; ter to bed , for she v ^ s very tipsy . 3 i'G : ii wished to ba shown Mrs Cl » jt :-iji bed rucm . He was shown where she was , 3 nd t , n iirs . Clayton being arkid to eo down 10 supper , she said she would not ; sbi had bad enough of h ; m , aud she was g / ing off at six in the n-. oruing . He said it -srould be fsro gnineas out ol his packet if ihe v :--nt -t six o ' elotk . : Ur ? . Clayton said ttut would be netting in his uay ii be -wars a geiitiemaa , as h » ¦ preteDde *! to b& . Wken Mrs . Clapton wouiu not go

      ao » a , witness xas t .-id to go out of the room first . Sae did so , txp-icting be w ; is following-ber ; butsoou aU ^ r this , ptrb ^ p 3 in about ten minutes -f . tr , sr . w ii'GUi c ^ 'iniag out vi t = r room . Saw Miss C : ellin g » to tted . She -wa 3-tery tipsy . Sbo COUld not undrESS herself . Wirr-iss nt ; dres » td Ler , raid lent her one of her own night dresses and caps , hi Q \ ll shortly aiter that wisiitd to bo shown to ilits Crellin ' s bed room . She told him to go in thinking Miss Creliin might be awais . She carried tbe ca :-dit ; aud pat it on the dressing tabie . AIi £ 3 Cre . lin was asleep , and 31 'Gill saiii , ' She is asleep . " 'Wii ^ . fs answered , " Tes , si : e is fast aslttp . " She tb ^ n c- . ™ out . of the room , and left them there . He said , " D ^ n't waken her . " Tco night before tbe back of her dre ^ s was all open and hti hair hanging down .

      - Cross-examined—MiBS Crtllin and M'Gill ware in the sitting room together . She did not send down staira fur M'Gill . She walked by herself , but was very tipsy . Did not recollect Miss Crellin Baying she -would net go to bsd if M'Gill did cot corns too . John Macfarlane , waiter at the Crewn and Mitre , Carlisle , recollected an omnibus on the 20 th Ma : ch driving up to their house from Gretna-hall , at five in ibe sfcernoon . The marriage party were in if . The doctor was outsida Miss Crellin was lying with her head on one of ths gentlemen ' s knees . Thought it wna M'Gill , but was not quite Eure . She seemed to be

      asieep . Assisted tha party out of tbe omnibus . Tho gentleman on whose knee sbe wua lying awakf-ned bar , told her she was at Carlisle , and said , " Get Up . " When she got ont of the omnibus , she appeared stupid . either from th 8 tffecta of sleep or drink . Oue side of feer bonnet was very much crushed , and her clothes open behind . She went up stairs stagger ing a little She was shown into a sitting room , anu had a glass of brandy . She bad at least six or ee ^ en glasses of brandy that evening , and oue glass the morning Bho ltft

      Cross-examined by Mr . Grocott—Miss CrelHn 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 ¦ waiU-. r if ha bad ev * r seen sach a ram Jot in the house before ? Sh » then said she had got married , and would i : avs ad 1 \ good spree . This was half on hour before tae went to bed . Saa appeared very muub pleaded . She offesea to treat witness . He declined drinking with h-.-r , and she offered him a shilling to get a glass Ivt hirasoir . ZIts . C » ayton biid , " Take it , Bhe is worth plenty ; " and he took it to please her . Miss Creliin appeared to be vtry mtrry . Re-examined by Mr . Snowball—She appeared to be VciV drunk .

      John Hawkes , waiter of the Kike ' s Arms , Kci :-Jal—RicJacCteJ the party coming to t ' - . f iuu on the 21 st < 'C March , a little before two o ' cl-.-ck in me afUu-aoon . They dined ; bera Miss Crtllin appeared iu n Etate bordtricg on siupefaction . Her face wujs Vv' . y rtii au < bwateil . S ^ e partook with the rest , but ata li-. ^ ie . She tocfe sonift sherry . They left by the Gi .-. sgow maiL Cro £ ; -exatiiined by Mr . Divenpoit—Th ^ re - ^ ere four glasses cf tram-j and a . pint of shtTry tikeu into tbe room . They aii seamed to be e . joying themselves , with the trXticptiun of Miss Creliin , Mr . Rnsbron said he was in hopes to have finished tl ; i 3 night , out be f jucd the case ait : b *> a ^ ain iem ^ sdeG . Ht ; tLcn examined the following parties : —

      iJ-cxj- Bcaiter , watch-maker , in OiKhall-strctt , said he resided in Egremont , and in going ever on the Is : of Msrch , siw Rogerson in tbe packtt Rogerson had s bif . l ? with him . Xext day siW Rogerson at his 8 hov < He ciine running in and sai « l , " I want a wedding Tiny . " He gor one and went off , not being a minute there . Left a bot'de with him . Il was a quart bottle , with t . label , " C > guac i-r ^ ndy , " on it . Emptied tbe brandy in the street one day , as he wanted to m&k « us .- cf tbe bottle . John Evans , driver of his own car , remembered a young man having a car to go 19 Roscoe-street Roieoe lane , on St . Patrick ' s day . Ha wa 3 then told t-j go to Xo . 9 , Mrs . Clayton ' s house , and iounii Mr . and Mrt . Jocts and . Mrs . Cia > ton . DroTc down Koscoe-Jane and

      along Berry-str = &t . Stopped at the Aiieiphi , snd : > lxe Cb&tiiley cam ^ into the car . She t < jM him to arivo to Richrjo ! -d-Tow , and when he got theie he wa 3 taken to St . Anne ' s Ccfi " -. u-house and discharged . VVas eD ? a ? ed on tbe Tuesday nfttr wards to go to Sander 3 office , -Geich-sm- 'et . Es to .-k Miss Crei . m , Mrs . Rogewon , Quick . aL ' d M'Gill . He waited there two hours , and then ' Rugerson came . He then took Quick , M'Gill , Miss Crellin , and Mrs . Rogerson to an office on the rigbt hand . « ide of Castle-street . Rn ^ ereon came there also aud be th-. n drove the parly tj Boundary-street . Mrs . Rogersou then went to Mrs . Chaiulsy ' s and took her up to R-jaersoa ' s . Next day he took th « parties to Armisttjad ' s office , and afterwards drove them to Leigh ' s vffice , Leigh street . Rogerson came to the office , and they went in the csaoh asain to Fiuch-stre&t .

      Frederick Busby , who drove Miss Crellin , Mrs . Clayton , and Jones from St Ann ' s Coffee House , stated that b . 8 took them to No . 9 , R-jsco © Lane . A f qu 3 bole arose " about paying the fare , when Miss Crellin handed her pocket to Mrs . Clayton , wh « took the money cut of it and paid for the car . James Msguire , car-driver and owner , said he drove two ladies and a jrent . 'emau to a public-house in Oidhamstreet , on St Patrick ' s Day . Mrs . Clayton , Jones , and Miss Crellin were the parties . Mr . Rusiiton then remanded the prisoners till the following day . '

      Saturday . —This case came on again this morning , in the Crown Court , before Sir . Rushton . The anxiety ef the public to hear further particulars of this extraordinary aSaii was maintained with unabated interest . Eleven o ' clock was the time fixed for tbe magistrate to take his seat ; but for sems time previous to that £ t * ar , , r - . ) ,

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      great cumbers of persona wero waiting outside the doors to gain admission , and , as soon they were opened , a rush took place into the Coart Room , and the space both wilMn and without the bai was speedily filled . - The disposal of the ordinary police business having occupied the magistrate , at the Police Court , longer than wan expected , it was a quarter-past twelve before he took bis seat Miss Crellin and her friend , Mrs . Chamley , came into court about half-past eleven , and took tkeir seats in th » bexea to the rigkt of tbe bench . The first business of the court wao to take ball 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 bat Uttie from what has already appeared in the papers respecting the part Mr- Donievy has had in the matter . On the conclusion of the reading of the pap «" , Mr . Rushton asked Mr . DonJevy if he cad anything further to state ? He said he bad . That Miss Crellin . had been introunced to him bj M'Gill as his future wife , and it was on the presumption that she had assented to the marriage that he bad accompanied her to the church . Mr . Doulevy then entered into his own recognisances for . £ 2 ot , and each of his sureties £ 100 each . The Mauiatrate then ordered him to be discharged . The voluntary depositions of the Rev . J . H . Stafford weTe read by Mr . Ellis . The document consisted of a repetition of the reverend gentleman ' s previous evidence before Mr . Rusbton . The reverend gentleman was bound over to prosecnto .

      Mr . Eden , solicitor , examined : Miss Crellin came to his orBoa on the 23 rd March , along with Mr . Armistead She told' witntiiS that tie had been married against her will . M'Gili ; - . nd Quick came in . Told Miss Crellin that lie did not like to interfere . It was thought advisfcahletbat M'Gill and Miss Cic-ilin should have an interview , to sea if they could come to some arrangement . Witneis , on passing from odo office to tha other , saw t'TO women , but uid r . ot know theis . Mis 9 Creuiii and M'Gili could not agree , and all the parties left the office . Mr . SnovT ' ea'l said he -wibhetl the prisoners to be remanded , as he had an important witness to pro-. iuce . Mr . Ruihton—Then bring him . I cannot consent to a further remanding of the prisoners . It would cause too much , iucoii ^ tniencft to thts public busiue&s .

      Jo-hua Edw ^ rtia . iespector of police , exintined by Mr . Rushton—T : Id Mr . Superintendent Brown about Miss Cn . iiin' 3 case about six weeks or two niontbs bao . Hisfurtiiercvit ! fcn <; s was to the efiFect that he told him Mrs , Jones had informed him 1 witness ) ao ^ nt , Martin gclting £ 2 bO from Mian CreJiia . Went with Jirowa to M i » s Button " s bouse , in Seymour-street , to ace Miss Crellin . Miss Creliin came into the room . Remembered seeing Mrs . Jones in the house . Copeland was in custody at that timu . Ho was in custody ou a charge of taking £ 20 fn > m Mrs . Clayton . Miss Crellin ? aid the was not willing to ayp- ar against him . Had seen Mrs . Jo-, n b before . Mis . Jones told -witness tU ? . wo Dicn bad i' -e-sn muca in tho h ; ibit of nnnojiiip Miss Creiiin , and ticked hia interference . Had called at Mrs . JoDes ' s to kiio ^'¦ where Miss Cre Hn liijed .

      By >! r . Davenport—Had bein only once at Mrs . Jones ' s . She told witness that Miss Cr ; -ilin bad given Copelaud £ . ' 2 ^ 0 . She uppeared confused at tha time . Misbt h ^ vc said tliat Aiiss Creliin -was a drunken old woman . Had sei ; n her drunk . AVhen witness taw her iliunk , she was in a public-house in company with Copeland . That was at Hebblethwaito s spirit vaults , in Chsrch-sirtj .-t . There was a young man with Copel-ii ' . l at th « time . Witness assisted Miss Crellin to walk out . Copeland went with hen A car was called , but they did not i ; o in . Miss Crellin walked up Boldstreet , between thu women ; tout was bbtween twelve and one o ' clock in the day , and about a week before witless wtnt to Jouts ' s house . Mr . Rushton said ho wou ' . d now propose that the depositions of the witnesses be read over , an < V if any <>; htr v » itntss . 3 wex- brought iorw : a ' u , th « y would be teiii-d nferw ^ rds . Tais having otea ( tone ,

      Mr . Uu'htva sivd it wjs h > s intention to commit tbo prisoners for f ! or . . > , and then there would be a further charge for c-j / ispiracy ai ; ai ) . ist thsru all . Mr . Kusliti-n taiti to Mrs . Chyton that if she had any th ; a < to 3 d . ! to her voluntary statement , that m ? the time . 65 ? it- replied that she had not . JoLn Orr M'Giii iva-j then informed by Mr . Rushton tbst if be ba : i ; .: jyth :: ! j : to say , that was tbe time ; and . " 'IGiil rtyliert he had nothins ! ti ) say . Quick , Iloperson , and Jones , and Mrs . Jor . cs n : id Mrs . Clayton uiade the same unsvrtrs . Duval said tlw same . Upon Cove ' . and being asked if he had uuything to say , then ¦ w : i 3 the time ; the prisoner Fnid he bad nothing to say . The maci ^ traUi then said , tha * an tbe charge against him was for conspiracy , be would take baii , Lims . ifm £ 100 , and two suittits in ; £ 50 eacb . Mr . Grocott ho ; je 1 tbe niagistrato would allow bail to be taken for Mr . R -eetsoa .

      Mr . RushU-n : Xo ; he is guilty of felony like tbe re&L . Tlity Sre ft !! , with th « exception r > t Ccp < - ; anci , guilty of ft-l'iny , and the charge against him 13 for getting money uniitr fiili-. b pretences . Mr . Snowi « aH fat < t it was pos&iule Mr . Cupe ' and might have the £ 250 upon bi 3 person . In tbut c ^ e he might deposit tho £ 100 f < sr Limself , and the two fifties for his su ; tt ts , and make off with tbe remainder . Air . Rushton said be vrottW take care of th ? . t . If Mr . Cupe-and had bad ini ; nty about him , tbe bri . ; ewv . iikc . per would have taken it . It was , however , tbe usual way never to demand excessive bail . All Ibc witnesses were thtn bound over to prosecute at the EfXt assiajb' . Mr . Saowball recommended that Miss Crellin be bound ovtr to prosecute .

      : s : r . Rushton said he sLouM follow the practice of his respected predecessor , Mr . ' Hp . H , and insist that tl 16 CMinmifsioner of police . Mr . Dawling , be bound over to prosecnte ; and that if he hud any further application to make , he must apply to a higher authority . Mr . Davenport applied to the magistrates to allow cf bail for Mrs . Jones . Mr . Rushton said he was sorry he could net comply with the request . The prisoners were then removed from the bar , and tbs Court broke r . p r . t twenty minutes past six o'clock . The Court contirued crowded till the termination of the prOCbe . iin ^ S , ailti amongst tha spectators were many ladies .

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      HORRIBLE . MURDER AND MUTILAT . rON OF A FEMALE AT ROE HAM PON ,

      SURREY . From an early hour on Thursday morning last , a feeling of mart intense interest and excitement . was occasioned iu the viUj ^ es cf lioehampwv , Putney , aud the surrounding ini ^ hbourhood of Surrey , in conseqaeuce of tlie iiiscovery of a murder ol' a most frighnul and appdiiiatr uature , and which iu the annals of" crime has yaJy been equailed ia atrocity , by that-of Hanuati firnwii , by tho miscreant Gr > 5 uiiacre , and that of Mr . Paus , at Leicester . The scene of the melancholy traj ^ uy id * itua ; ed on Putney Heath , in the hainlet-of Kochamptoii , on tho premises of Qutiaz Shie ) l , £ q ., Grans-rd-lodg ^ , Roohampton-lano , or oth ^ rwint . Pinney fark-lano ., a bye Toa . d , ruuuiui ; out t . 1 ' thu road from Pinn-y to R « ehampt ' on , ' and about a mile and a-half from the former village .

      Who the unfortunate fV-Uiale i . « , who has been the victim of th' murderer , is tit present , unknown , iim the individual who is suspecr . cclfi'haviai ; . p-. r ^ ctrated t . ' : e horrid deed is a man u : w :. ed L'uuiol Good , who , f ' f ' r upwar-i ? of thelast two year .- - , has iii . 'cfl the s » tation 01 coachman 1 a Mr . ShiellV . t ^ flb ' . ijhniLDt , t . rai who , we refirt t ti state , has ; or th »; present evaded the course o ! " justice by absconding-. 'J ! hv 'Jisc'ivtirv was firt-t made between ten and fleven o ' ciook on Wednesday nieht . Fri ; r . i i : iquiii < -3 ma '' e o i the spot , and particulars obtained froui tbe police authorities , it 'appears that : J > uut hall-pist eiabt o ' clock on WedntbUjy cvming ,

      Daawi Good urew up w ; tb a f'JUr-Wheele '' . pony chaise belonging to bis master , at the door of Mr . Columbine , a pawnbroker , Ti . 3 iiiin # in High-s'rett , WanrtowoTih , and asked to look : tS a pair of block fenee breeches , which lie itatcd he wanted to purcbas ,-. After .-xiniin . ia £ j thfc < n , and bar ^ jiaine as to the price with Mr . Golummne , ba a ^ reod to purchase thtm ,. and being knov . u to Mr . Columbine , he departed wiih ta > . in without p . iyinij for t ! i' ; iii . As ho quitt- 'd tho shop , : i Lid who is ia Mr . C iumbirie ' s employ , oV ' -i-rved him a . s he l < -ft tafce up off the counter a p ^ T of Mack trousf-rs . aud pat ihem under the flaps ef h s p . r > at coat , aji ' i ua rtsiCL , i ^ £ c the ciuvisa place thdin with tha hrrt—hPR un .-it-r ihe cushions of the seat . The k-1 mi .

      uieJit't-. ly coniniunicat «» ' the circumstance to Mr . Columbii . c , who instantly ran to the door , r » - ) il in a delicu ' . 'i I . r < iuc-r uiktd Qooil if he bad not made a mietake and lu .: > v - - : i )>; iir ^ - bi :-. tk trousers up 'xiUi the bbek bretcLi ? p . s r . urt jn » t purchased . G-iud repiicu that hp b 3 d Ji"t ; ; .-n ^ in .-tantly ( Jrove off bef . » w Mr Coluianiiie i-. ' . u'rt suuicii tho chaise , or give th »> ; . ;] inquent intc custody . Mr . Columbine then lost no ; une in acquaiiiii . a thft pOice on duty rf th 9 robbery , uj-. d poiict-cousianie T 7 iu ~ . c . niiner , T 279 , accompanieii by Mr . Columbine ' s J ; i 4 , and a young man named Hubert Speed , in thu employ » f Mr . C-joper , a grocer , residing next door to Mr . Colmubine , immediately proceeded tu Boehamptou-lane , tu the resilience cf Mr . Shiell , 'fut the purpose of apprehend ir ? 2 GK » od .

      The policeman Gardiner btates , that on reaching Roe haiupton-lane , tbey lir ^ t went to the 4 welh ' ng-house o-Mr . Shiell ; which is quite distinct and nearly a quarterf of a mile dwta . ut from the farm waere the stables are situated , when they inquired if the eo&chman i meaning G-ood , bad come home , and were told by the footman , who answered the ring , that he did not know , but they could ascertain by goin « to the stables . On reaching the gate of the fir ; u , Gardiner thought it prudent to keep in the back ground , and allow Speed to ring tbe bell , sot wishing to alarm Good , should be answer the

      ring , which , as it happened , was the case . Oa Gtood opening the gate , Speed inquired if tao coachman had come home , wben Gi «> d replied , " I am the coacliaian . " Gardiner , the policeman , then immediately went foxward , and told him that ho had directions to take him iato custody on a charge of stealing a pair of black trowsers from the shop of Mr . ColumMae , at Wan'isworth- Good , with the utmost apparent coolness , said , " Indeed , —why yts , I bought a p _\ r of breeches from Mr . Columbine , but I have not paid him for them . " Gardiner told faim that was & question he was not

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      authorized to enter into , as : the charge upon which he apprehended . hiin was of a felonious nature . Gii&dtheri said , V' Very well , I will then go with you to Wands , worth , and settle with Mr . Columbine ; " but Gardiner told him he must firafc search the chaise with which he bad been to ^ > lr . Columbine's shop , and the stabling , to see if he could find tbe stolen trowsers . Cfood offered no objection to taat , and he accompanied Gardiner , ' with- 'Spted Md ..-Mr / CoIdm . WniB s ; ;^/ tt ' . theb : . iBearoh through one of : the coach-booses and a stable on the north and north-west sides of the square , forming the stable-yard , but without Hading the object of their search Gardiner then went towards a stable on the south-east side , when Good immediately stood with hia back against the door . Gardiner told him he waa determined to

      B « arch that stable aUo , upon which Good Baid , "Oh , bo , we hftd better go at once to Wandsworth , and get the matter settled . " At that juncture Mr . Qu ^ 'faton , Mr . ShieH ' B bailiff , and gardener , whose residence dosely adjoins tho stables , hearing a loud talking , came out of his house , and walked up to the spot , and inquired what was the matter . Gardiner told him that he had taken Good into custody upon a charge of felony , at Which Mr . Oughtdin appeared very much surprised , and insisted on Gardiner searching tbe stable in question . They all then went in , namely , Good , Mr . Ougbton , Gardiner , Speed , and Mr . Coluittbine ' s lad , arid on entering Gnrdiuer desired Speed and the lad to sUud by Good for the purpo 8 » of beeping him in charge , while he ( Gardiner ) prosecuted bis search . After ha

      had searched two of the stalls and the hay-racks , Gardiner tixaniintd the corn-bins , and while doing so , Good exhibited grtat uneasiness , ami pressed most urgently that he should at once be taken ta Wandaworth , that he might settle the matter . Gardiner , however , declared that he would not leave until he Lad made a diligent examination of the place ; and , missing the third stall , in which two ponies were placed , proeeeded t-j search tbe 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 thew was a quantity of loose hay underneath , and when ha had

      removed that he tliscovered somethiiig wiiioh appeared to him to be ftAteal y » ig . He immediately exclaimed , ' My God , ¦ ' what ' s , this ? " and . at the same instant Good rushed out of thy stable , shutting the door after hiui ; and before Gardiner or his companions coald colJwfc themselves sufficiently to prevent him , G-Jcd hiicceedtd in lochuig them in on the outside , find tnking out the key which was subsequently fi umV in a shrubbery near th « spot , and effected his «» iapa . Speed immudiatfily took a two-pronged ji . tchfork and widecvoured to break open the . dop r > in which hu was assisted by Gardintr , &c . ; but experiencing greit dittlculty in doing bo , they all proceeded to tho stall to examine what it Was tbat Gardiner had

      found secreted . While they were all Btanding over it , Mr . Columbine ' s lad exclaimed , "Oh , my God , it is a human being-, " and on . ; v more close examination it was fo \ m < i to V . e the trunk ot a human body , which had been ( Iive 8 t ? d of its 'head * arms , and ie ? s . ; It was lying with the back upwards , and when turned over by Speed was riiscov ^ ieii to be the trunk of a female , and th « iibdomeii was fMund to have been cut open , and the entrails , &c . rXtrHcied ; The feelings of tho party at the dri adful ( iiscovery may be bttter conceived than fieacribed , and renewed efforts were immediately * made to break open the staMe door , in which they were

      shortly successful . Ganiiner then instantly despatched the lad to acquaint the police on duty In the neighbourhood , witb tho finding of the body , and the escape : of Qooti , with a view to his recapture , ami in a short space of t-. tue police constable Hayter , T 192 , followed soon afterwards by Tye . V 199 , came tohis assistance , and while Hayter proceeded with other constables to scour tbe neighbourhood in search of Good , Tye galloped on one cf Mr . Shieil's ponies to the station-hoiise at Wandswortb , 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 . Biukneii and Mr . Busain at the stabka . the fomii . r sent the latter to Putney to request the attendance of Mr . Suillito , surgeon , of the Highstreet , v . 'Jio is tha divisional aurgeon to the police . Mr . Shilhto- being from home , Mr . A . Alien , bis assistant , returned with JBusain , aaci on examining the body , found that the head had been taktnl off at about the third or fourth cervical vertebra , apparently after death had beeu caused , and not in the commission of the foul act . The right arm had also been taken off above the huinerus , or shoulder joint , and the left arm , near the head of the bumorus , under the shoulder joint Through the chest was ail incision froni . rather aS > ove tne sternum , extending down nearly to the pubts , and uiiothcr incision , right and left , extending to the osillium . The lugs had likewise been taken off just below the head ot tUa femur , or thigh bbue . The whole of the cuts through- the flosh had been evidently made by

      a very sharp instrument , the edges being remarkably clean , while the bones had , on the contrary , been divided by being hacked or-chopped with some blunt instrument , tha edges being much jagged . The stomach , as well 03 tho whole of the intestines , the liver , uterus , &c , tv . ui all beui removed , and were , like the head , arms and legs , nowhere to be found . In the opinion of Mr . A'leh , which was confirmed by Mr . Suillito , on bis seeing tho body , the injury by which death was caused must have been inflicted on tne-head of the victim , there being not the slightest mark t . r wound on H 30 back or front of tLe body . In the opinion of the surgeons , the . body is that of a fiiisiile from about treaty-four to twenty-six years of age , anci , from the appeararjce of tho body , it is considered the unfor ; unato woman had never been a mother , but whether or n * -t she was enceinte at the time of her death could not be determined , the uterus , &c , bsing

      remo . vea . During the time 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 stable in . which the body had been found . The door was found to be locked , and upon its being opened , the stench was most everpowering , and , to use Palmer ' s yrords , " nearly threw hia 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 hud been formed as follows : —f wo blocks of wood formed the base , about a foot and a-half apart ; across these blocks were two bars of iron , ' transversely

      jthceri : ; t either end ; and upon that other wood had Deun pluuea , -with coal ; the object of thus forming it bting evidently to secure a quick vent , similar to that < , f a furnace . Having carefully removed tbe material of the pile , Palmer discovered a quantity of ashes , chiefly wood-ashes , and in txamining them he discovered nmongat them a number of fragments of human bones , in a highly calcined atate , which ucoounted for the uup ! e : isaut O ( i * 5 ur above mentioned , and on their being shown to AJr . Sbillito and Mr . Allen , they at once declared them to be portions of the skull , arm , and thit , h bones , and bonea of the fingers , &o . of a human being . 1

      The horrible occurrence , a « may be easily supposed , has thrown tho family of Mr . Shiell into a state of the most painful distress Mr . and Mrs . Shiell are , it is uuderstooil , euchaged persons , and y ?« re on the eve of removing from Granard Lodge , which has been disposed of , for Ciarpe ^ ton-strect , Piccadilly . Mr , Shiell , who is st . vtod to be ; vn Eiiat Imliim merchant , is ut present froni br . mt . Gtunar . L Lodge was formerly Urn reaidonco of Sir T . -Fur ' quuar . Bait .

      FURTHER I'AKTIGULAUS . Daniel Good , tho person already alluded-to , is a native of lroiaml , and wvis hora in the county of Cork . He is , its * nearly as can lie conjectured , full-fifty years of aw , spuaks with a strong Irish accent , and in manner aud education is quite uncultivated , being almost-unable to read or write . Of ins t ; : itly years very little js known , but it has l > e < r . » cac « itiincii that about thirteen years ago be waa in thu service , as £ ; room , of a gentleman named Nottrti-e , n magistrate : cf Surrey , resident in the neighbouriVo »( i of Wands w'oilh , from wjios ; establishment he vras disrtii'sca under tbo foiiosvirig circumstarices : —One dny , durine ; his Blaster ' s absence from iiorne , Good took the liberty of ruiingoff on a favourite horst of his master ' s to London ,.-in order to fulfil an

      eng ^ gGUient with , a female his acquaiutauce , aud being detained by her later thaa he antioiputed , he galloped on his way home , \ vh--n , by some accident , the botae w . is killed . From that tirne little 13 known of him until within about the last three ytars ; but it ia believed that be acted « uriuji .-a cousiotrable portion of that spnee of time as an occsisional helpat at aoivo of the livery sta ' . iits at the wtstreml of the lovvn . About three yeava ago , -. it which time lie was acting a-s a brickinyer ' a labourer ht some of tha woikb then in progress in the neighbourhood of Belgravt ; - * qtiape , he took a front kitchen at the house of Mr . Bri > wn , a reap ^ ctablo fiuiturtr ' and greeugroccr , No . 18 , on tlianorth sidu of South ' street , Manchester ' -squnre , and three -d ' ucrj from Mannhtater-street . He tbero ropresenteii hinisclf as a

      married man ,-ami introduced ' .. as hi 3 wifo thu female whom tlie ' rt ; is every reason to . believe has since- become hia victim ; sue was a native of Wales , but hue name , from prudential motives at the pri-sent stage of the inquiry , wo abstain from making public . He also brought with him there a boy , whom he stated to be his son , wao has been spoken of iu-the . evidence of tha witneii ^ es examined before the jury . Goort , as may be supposed , is a Catholic , and has been , at tuaesiti tbe habit of frequenting'th © different Catholic . chapels i « and round tbe metropolis ; at several of which he is known , ' .-yhile ' his reputed wife , who is stated to be between thirty and forty- yeara of age , was a Protestant , nut was never , while residing in South-street , knoVn to goto a , placa of worship ., VVhile he was residingat home with her , they were generally considered by the inmates of the house as living happily together ; but ibout two yeard and four mohtha since , work being

      Slack ,. lie obtaiuad , on the recommendation of a gentioman named Pnjb , with whom ha formerly livod , the situation of ecaebman to Mr . Sheill , which he had retained until the moment of the present discovery , and where he passed as a single man . After be had entered upon his situation , he purchased a mangle , by the uae of which tha female in question assisted in maintaining berself . About twelve nioiitiis since , ahe complairiad at the station-house of the D divisioa of police in Marj-JeboDe-lane , that during her absence froih homo a variety of articles , including all her clothes , had been stolen , but on a poiicoman , adma hoars afterwards , going to the house to obtain a list - p i the stolen articles , Good waa there , who treated the matter so lightly , that an opinion was engendered tliat ha was privy to the removal 01 the things , and nothing further waa done in it During the time Good WIS ia Mr . Sheill ' s 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 his master ' s ponies ( i roan and light grey ) to Seuth-street , and call at the lodgings , in which neighbourhood his person , as well as the ponies , are well known . On the afternoon of Sunday last , the reputed Mrs . Good was bbserved by Mrs . Brown to leave the house alone , and not , aa haa been stated , accompanied by Good . She waa dressed in & lightish bliw > Uk bonnet , dartc shawl , and reddish print gown , and although G # od did not fetch her from tbe house , there is no doubt he met her » hortly afterwards , as they were seen together by several persons who knew Good , oil the Surrey-Bide of Hammersmith snspension 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 baa also been traced that he was on the same afternoon with the same female in several public-houses in the neighbourhood of Koehampton , at whicli they drank a good deal of beer and gin-arid-water . On the following evening ( Monday last ) Good called at Mr . Brown ' s and said he hid come to pay the rent , and to take tbo boy away With him , adding that he did not intend to give up renting the kitchen for a few ! daya , as it wouid require that period to dispose of the mangle and other things . Mrs . 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 thwii going to take his wife to live with him at his situation ; upon whict

      he said , "She is already down there , and will not comeback here again , '' ¦ which Mrs . Bl \> --vii thought correct , aa he had before spoken of getting ii-r a situatien . When he left that night lie took , in addition to the boy , some of the aitides of furniture with him in the chaise , saying that he was able to do so , aa the family were out at a pariy . After "' that he waa not soon at South-street until after the discovery of the murder . Oa tbe Wednesday and Thursday previous , he had been seen about the neighbourhood of Roehampton in company with a female named Susan Butcher , servant at the R ose a-id Crown public-house , kept by Mr . 8 ouston , at Wimbledon , who , it appears , bad I ^ . avo , in accordance with her own request , on Easter Sunday , to go and see

      her mother at Woolwich , whom she reyrwenfced to be very darigerously ill . She did not , howev-. c , return to her situation until the- 'f ollowing * Wednesday , wb . « rt shs made an excuse for her absence that she -had-found hwr mother much worse than she anticipated . Mr . Spaston , however , was .: very angry , and upbraided hStfOT n ' 0 t having written to iufoirm him of -the-reason , arid eventually he told her he had engaged another servant .- : ' aud " paying her her wages , dismissed her . Ou tho afterlioon of that . day ( Thursday ) she was in Gooii ' scompany at the Spotted Horse publicrhoUsei drinking-. gin and water , and persons who were in tho . same room ; declare they appeared to be " courting . " Gosd w . » s endeavouring fc <> get off a ring froni her fingtu-, bn-t she resisted , and said she would only part with is with her

      life . Some conversation also passed between them relative to her going home to her mother at Woolwich , on the following day . On Friday , accord in : iy Good took her to the Six Bells , at Putney Bri .:- . < u , where they waited the arrival of the Lightning , London ateam boat , 011 board of which be put her , with har lupga ^ e , requesting the captain , on bia arrival : at tha BwiiHstaiw , London Bridge , to put hor on board of one of the Woolwich steamers . Whether he again , saw her between that day ( Friday ) and Wednesday last is not known , lut on the latter day it . bas-been traced that he wont to the residence of Butcher's . '¦ '¦' mothor , ' No . 13 , Charlotte-place , Woolwich , t 6 see her , and it was on hia return from that place to Roehampton in tb « evening , that he called at the shop of Mr . Cullumbine , at Wandsworth , as b » fore described .

      After the discovery of the trunk of the murdorcd woman , on Wednesday evening , and Good's alsscmuing from Putney , it baa been traced that he once more ventured to his old lodgings in South-street , vhiob . h 9 reached about half-past 12 o ' clock on Thursday nioruing Ho found aJl the inmates ef the house had retired to rest . He , however , knocked at the door , and v . aa at last answered at tho bbop door by Mr . Bfow ., who asked , "Who's there ? " He replied "Goort . " Mr . Brown was very angry with him for distuibiug his rmst at that hour , and refused to open the door . He , idwevtr , ¦ went round and opened ttio private door , v , Iien Good excused himself for being so Lite by saying ihat the family were again in town at a party , and he wisiied to take a few more things aw » y ; Good then rtq- 'esied

      Mr . Brown to give him a light , but the latter , who is said , to be a very quiet s steady , and . ineffcnaive tiUa , told him it was too bad to disturb him , and reTusstf to do so . Good accordingly went to the Bedford Arms public bouse , kept by Mrs . Kerridge , at the corner of North-street , about five doors distant from Mr , Brown ' s where be ai » ked for a glass of ale , with which be was served , but he appeared so agitated , and his hand shook so ; that lie wa 3 unable to drink it , and gave it to a man having the appearance of a cab- ' drjver , by whom lie was accompanied , who drank it . It' is certain that Good remained in the kitchen from the time of his return to Mr . Brown ' s house until half-past five o ' clock in the morning , when be was se ? n to call a cab off the stand in G ? eat Marylebone-street , into which , on its drawing up in South-street , he put a box and large p 3 ck : ige , and , getting in himself , was driven to Xittie Dorset-pliice , at the bottom of

      Wbitcombstreet , Qharing-crosa , where . he alighted opposite Shepb / rd ' s livery stables , A few minutes afterwards he spoka to police-constable John Warren , C 56 , who was on duty In the street , and asked him at what time Shepherd ' s livery stables generally opened ? to which the policeman answered be did not know , a » d proceeded round bis beat . The policeman states Good had then with him a deal box , a bundle , a bed tied up , and three or four lots of-bruBhes fastened to it On the policeman having made the circuit of his beat , he saw Good walking away , and it Itas been ascertained that he went round ta Shepherd' ^ Livery Stables in the Hay market , and from tbenco to the Princess Charlotte public-liouse , two doors off , at the corner of Charles-street , where be bad something to drink , after which he returned to i ) or 8 et-place , and 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 ascaitained , 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 bands of the police . Ii is so wretched a scrawl as to bs most difficult to decipher . The contents have been , kept most secret , but it has transpired that , in that lettefi Good declares himself to be . 1 widowar , and states thai his wifehad been dead five years last February ; that Susan Butcher , with whom he became acquainted only on last Easter Monday , " has been the cause of all his misfortunes . " Ha also therein entreats of Mr . Sheill to be a friend to , and take charge of , his boy , for whom be resigns ail claims upon the property he has left behind , and upon tke seven pounds ten shillings wages due to him .

      On Friday morning , Sergeant Held , Y 10 , went to the post-omce receiving-house in Tooley-street , to make inquiries respecting the letter , when the postmaster told him he recollected the circumstance of the letter being broughti thera to be forwarded to Roenampton , in consequence of his remarking to the person who brought it . that he thought " tha devil himself could not understand or decipher the direction . " Tbe man said it was to go to Roehampton , aiid 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 on Thursday evening Sergeant Pany , R iliviswn , stationed at Woolwich , visited the reaidence of Susan Butcher ' s mother , in Cnarlptteatreet , and in tbe course , of his inquiries ascertained 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 years-Those articles are now in the possession of Mr . Superintendent Bic kn . Gll , who this morning showed them to Mrs . Brown , at her residence in South-street . When she immediatcJy identified tbem as thfl fiarae worn by the reputed wife of Cfood on her leaving there on Sunday last . . - ;• . , ¦ -. ¦

      Immediately after the adjournmant of the inquest , a more close examination of the trunk was made by Mr . Shillito and two other medical geatlemen ; after which it was taken possession of by Mr . Tee , the constable and summoning officer at Roehampton , by whom it was subst ' quently removed from Mr . Sheill ' s stables to Mr Tee's residence , but it has been stated that it had- b'jen taken back , tho neighbours objecting to its close can - tiguity to their residences . A bunch of twelve keys has also been found by Mr . Toe , on the top of a corn-bin in the opposite stable to that in which the murder is supposed to have been committed ; and on the biy , who happened to be preseut , seeint ; Mr . Tee take them up , he immediately exclaimed , " Those ar& my mother's keys , " and he snatched them from Mr . Tee , who had great difficulty in getting them ; from him . The boy ia at present under the care of Mr . Tee , and will remain ao untii after the inquest .

      It is a singular coincidence that , in the only two cases of murder in Which the circumstances are somewhat alike , which have occurred of late ytars—namely , that of Hannah Brown , by Greemtcre , and the present case , both victims were females , earniDg ( in some msasure ) their livelihood by mangling , and residing , in ths sanie parish , St . Marylebone , Hahuah Brown having lived in Union-street , Middlesex Hospital , and the unfortunate female whose dreadful fate how occupies so much of public attention having lived in South-street ; and , what ia more remarkable , ia the ; fact that the latter residence is the same house at which , before it was turned into a shop , the present King of Belgium , when Prince Leopold , on his first visit to tbia country , ocoapicd the first floor .

      Throughout Saturday large numbers of persons visited Putney Park Lane for the purpose of obtaining a sight of the preniises on which th e mmrder was committed and the United feeling b ( all was an earnest dwrire that the apprehension of the murderer might speedily take place .

      INQUEST . Qn Friday week , at twelve o ' clook , Mr . Carter , the coroner for the eastern division of Surrey , aud a jury of seventeen inhabitants of the parish of Putuey , assembled at the Angel Inn , Roehampton , to investigate . the ciroumstaucs . s onnected with the death of a feinale unknown , wh ? se trunk and mutilated remains were discovered in tho s : able adjoining the

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      mansion , and belonging to ftqelez Shiell , feq ., Of Putney Park-lane . V ; The mo 3 t inteaao interest prevailed , during the proceedings , and the jory 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 . On searching the haraesB room , however , it was quite clear that the remainder of tbo body had been burned , for a portion Of a jawbone , and the aehea of hamaa bones , was found amongst the cinders of the fireVplatfe . Oa Ihe return of the jury , the evidence was entered into as follows : Wiliiam Gardiner , police-conatable 279 V , was first sworn . He said on Wednesday night , the 6 U » of April , about a aaaxter to nine o ' clock , I was on

      duty in High-street , Wandsworth , vvhen , from information I received from Mr . Columbine , of Hi /? h-Btyeet , pawnbroker , I ^^ went vfith two lads to ihe hou ' ae of tyr . Quelez 5 hiell , Putney Park-lanej in the parish of Putney . The names of the iads were Robert Speed and Samuel Smith Dagnall . On arriving there I rang the bell , and the footman answered it . I inquired of the footman , if the coachman had come home f He said no ; but directed me down to the stables , saying he might be there . The Btable * are about two hundred yards from the house . 1 d » - sired the lad Speed to ring the boll . He did so , and the coachman came to the gate . The lad asked if

      the coachman had come home , and the person said "I am the coachman , '' I then went up to the man , and told him I had come to take him into custody on a . charge of stealing a pair of black troasers , whieh Was my only object in going there . The man said , " ! Yes , I bought a pair 0 ^! breeches from Mr . Columbine , and I did not pay him for them . " He pulled oathis puraaand wished me to take back themouey for the breeches . I told him I would not tako the money ; the breeches had nothing to do with the < 5 h ' arge of stealing the trousers . He said , " Oh , very well ; I will go to Waudaworth , and settle with Mr . Columbine . " I asked if he would allow me to look

      over the chaise arid stables . He made no objection , bat said" Yes . " I went from the lane where I was standing , accompanied by Speed and Dagnall , and the coachman went with us and pointed me out the chaise house and stable . I searched tha chaise which was outside , then the chaise house , and froiu there I west to the harness room adjoining the stable , and froaitlieticc to the stable . When I was about : enterhigihe stable the coachman said "No no ; let US go t » Wstndswor !] i and make it all ri ^ hc" I replied , . "¦ No , ' 'I . will not until I have searched .. thestable , " as X had not then found the trowsers . Before I got ihto the stable , a person came up , whom I understood to Mr . Oughton , Mr . Shiell ' s gardener . He askedme whatwas the matter ! and I told him the

      object of my visit . I then went into the stablej accoinpahicd by the two lads and Mr . Oughtbn , the coachmaTi , and a child about ten or eleyeu years of age . The door of the stable I found open . I desired the lad Speed to stand by the coachman while I made the Bearch . I searched the first and second stall from the door , and then proceeded to the corn binfis-on the left of the doorway , f had searched twoofUne bhiD . f , when the coacJiflaan said , "Letua go to Wandsworth . and have it settled ^ ''' and ap-Pftavcd 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 thatv the coachman went to the lower stall—the fourth in the row—in which there was a

      quantity of nay . I weat after mm , and siaw him move some hay from one side of the stall to the other , and under the window . I made a remark , that I did not want his assistance , aiid the lad Dag-Hall was holding my lamp whilst J 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 lying under it , and I moved thohay with my hand , and said to the lad , Dagnall , " What is this ?^ -here ' s a goose ! " Dagnall drew close towards it , and the lad Speed also , and tho same moment that Speed : came towards us , the co achman rushed . out of the stable door , pulled it after him »¦ and locked it oa the outside . I paid" now W ©

      arcs done , " meaning he ha < i escaped from being my prisoner for stealing the trousers . We all ran to tho door , and the lad SSpeed and mysolf took up a hay fork , and commenced prizing the door . Tleft him doing so and went buck to tub stall to see what thai really was under the hay , and the two lads cf .-jne also . JEach of us 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 pav / that it was the portion , of a body or trunk of a feaiale . Wo returned to the door and succeeded in getting it opeh .. with the fork about a quarter of an hour after the escape Of the coachman , i told the lad Dagnall to run : down the lane towards .

      Wandsw < rthyand tell every pnlfceman what had happened , ami give the coachman's description * arid also to do bo at Wandsworth statiou-house , and he left for that purpose ,-whilst I and the btheH remained where We were at the atablo , ¦¦ . ; . I remained about twenty minutes , when constable 192 V came up , and I immediately dispatched him to Putney to give inforinationw A bijut h alf an hour after , Police Con stable Tighe j 199 , arrived , and I despatched him to Wandsworth to give information to Superintendent 'Bicknell , . with a full description of the coaphman's dress . Tfaa fiuperiutendeiit , Mr Inspector Busain , and a medical DKn , arrived in about half ah hour . After we had fotiid the body , Mr , Oughtoa ' s $ qn . came down to the stable . We gave him information that

      somethijjg strange had been found , and he appeared much alar uied , and said he would not stay in the house . I do not think ho knew the body was concealed ther * . Ho weiit to see it in the stall , and exclaimed , * ' What a wretch he must be to do such a deed ! ' ? meaHing . - ihe coachman . The trunk was lyiug on its front -. vhen tho boy Speed turned it over . I then knew it to Wa woman by its breasts . ' The arms were cut off close to the sockets . The legs were sevoreu at the hips , the head at -the lower part of the nee ' ,, and the entrails bad been taken OUt , thfl Stomach being cut open . I aearched , 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 thebocty .

      By the Coroner- ^ Mr . Oughfcon ' s son said it wag dangerous to sleep in the house . He might be murdered . Wo believe that the conduct of the ooachman in rwnninj ? away and locking us in in the manner he uid , showed that he was the murderer , aud had placed the body where it was found . After the superintendent came , I and Sergeant Palmer again : searched the stable , but did not find the Btolen . trousers ; but in the third stall , which I bad not previously searched , we found a mattress , under some trusses of straw , with two . blankets rolled up inside of itThere

      . were some Btains on tha mattress , but I cannot say if it waa blood . It looked more like urinal stains . The body , as it has been viewedthis d ^ y by tho jury , is iu the position we found it , with the exception of being turned over with the head part towards-ttomauger 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 1 did not minutely examine them . The cbachuian made no observation when he rushed ouc of the stable .

      Kobert Speed exsraincd— I atn shopman to a grqeer . in High-streot , Waudsworth . About hntlfpast etgh . f o ' clock Mr . Cotambine , ihs ¦ pawHbrokor , eaniG ana asked me to g' > > vith his boy in search 0 ? a man aD . the house ofMr .. viiell in Futney park-lane , who had takea a pair of irowsera thasdidiiot belong to him . I went to Mr . S ; . iell ? B prom ' nes . We first saw a female , arid then n . boy , who told us where to go to find tha coachman . We rang the bell , aud a female came to the gate , accompanied by the coachman we were in search of . w-Tha witaess hero de-Bcribed what passed , and thu discovery of the remains of the murdered woni in . —Ai ter the exaaiinationof several othor witnessttS , the inquest was adjourned tili Tuesday . ' ...

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      Execution op the Murderers , Nall and Taylor , at York . —On Saturday , thti cxiremB Bentence of the law was carried into ' effect oh tho bodies of Robert Nail and Jonathan Taylor , convicted at the last York Assizes , before Mr . Baron llolf ' e , of the murder of their wives . Since their cowdamration the demeanour of the malefactors has been calm and collected . About half-past / five o ' clock in the morning they were removed from the condemned cell to & room adjoining the Asfiizo Cor . rt . Nail walked across the Castle yard with a firm elajue Btep , and meeting the schoolmaster Of the gaol on his wyy , ha slapped mm on the shoulder and said , "In six hour how . willjt he with me ¦ ¥ ¦ ' -. It was also apparent that lnylor had not suffered much through n ^ -ti - al anguish . ; Soon after ten o ' clock the Keverend chaplain again visited tho prisoners , and remade j in grayer .. with them until half-past eleven . He thCE administered tha sacrameai to them , and shortly afterwards

      they were pinioned . Ac twelve o ' cJck the Uader-Sheriff , in the usual manner , demanded the bodies of the prisoners , and they were then delivered into his custody , and were almost immediately , removed to the place of execution , l&ey walked to the scaffold with a firm uaainciing step , - and did not appear to be in the -lightest degree agitated . The usual service of the c > urch was then goaathrough by the chaplain . Nail seemed to enter with much spirit into this part ol the servic , / and whon ^ the Lord ' s prayer Was repeated he audiblv joined . He also employed the interval between the adjustment of the knot and the drawing of the fetal boit , in fervent ejaculatory prayer . Taylor did not display thesamedegreeof feeling , and with the exception of a slight motion of the lips when ihoLord ' fl prayer was repeated , he was perfeccly passive . At tie cOTjelaswn . of the devotional service , tLe reverend chaplain shook hands with the convicts . They bade him farewell with much fervour . aiiri ann ^ J ^

      deeply sensible ottho ^ important benefits which he nad rendered them . The tatal bolt was drawn , and t&e . wretched men were launched into eternity . Neither ot ^ them appeared to suffer much , and Taylor evidently died without a eUugele . Tho meW choly spectacle seemed : to exoite considerable int » - eat , and at the - . tuns tbo execution took place there could not have been less than from ten to twelve tnousand persons present .

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      6 rHE NORTHERN STAR . : ¦ : \ . ' - ;\[ :: ¦ . . ' V ^' - ¦ ¦ ' -G ^; -Vft . ' ^ . . . ____ . -i . ' _ . . '¦ ¦ — ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ —i ¦ 1 . ¦ •_ . — " ' - •¦ ' ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ -. ¦ .- ____ __^ __«

  • 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-ncseproduct594/page/6/