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    CASE OF ABDUCTION AT LIVERPOOL . fFTHlTHKB PAHXICULABSQ This extraordinary ease was further investigated at [ nverpool , on Friday week : the Court opened at two o ' clock . The examination was tafasn befoie Mr . Rushtoa . the police magistrate . The first ¦ witness called was John Rogers , gate-keeper at Roby . Recollected five persona coming to embark on tut Railway train on lbs 19 th « f March . ATLss CieUia , Mis . Clayton , H'Gilj , Jones , and Quick , were amosgst the number . Miss Crellin appeared to be intoxica ' . ed . It was five minutes before ten in the morning . Askad Q , i \ ck what was to do with the lady ? He said it was a funny way she had . He asked the

    gentleman tu pat them in s carriage by themselves , which he did . iiiss Crellin was assisted into the carriage by Jones and M'GilL Saw Qaick the Snnday bnt one folio sing , in the evening . He eaine to the Roby Station to book for Liverpool . He said , I thinfc I Bn&U want yon this week / ' " What for V' was asked " Concerning the party who went from here the other day , " "was the reply . He also said the parties who were friends to Mis 3 Crellin , seemed to say they con-Yeye < i her away in the night , and he wished Mm to staW ih 6 contrary . "Witaess s&id he must gnre him notice , aa be must pnt a man in his place . He said he trould tend a note , and give him £ 2 for his trouble . As soon as this witness was examined /

    Mr . Grocott , attorney for the prisoners , addressing Mr . K- ' . shton , said this was a strange mode of proceeding . The parties for the prosecution baring finished their c-iss on Wednesday , he wished to know -whether he ( Mr . Rushton ) Eat there as attorney , magistrate , or embrvi- prosecutor . He thought it was a Tery singular proc ? W :: ag . It was vsry nnseemly taking the put of an ex " , miner , and putting leading questions to the ¦ WitE&fKS . Mr Snowball said he appeared on behalf of the prcsectr . rix only . He had advised her as to the course she . should pursue , and he apprehended that the Witnesses he >>^ f > already cailed -were sufficient to commit th e ¦ prisoners . " There were some of the witnesses abont to ce called whom he wi n ' . d have no objection to

    exarciris , bnt there were others that he would object to , and Lr wished to have an opportunity of crosE-examining them . Mr . Jinshton said he would place no obstacle in . Mr . Sno-wbal " a way as to the cross-tXiinining the witnesses . He -sras not , sitting there , about to complain , or make any observations npon remarks that might be directed against him , whatever might be his private opinions of the fairness or the spirit which dictated them , ¦ be TToui 1 not enter into any conversation on the subject . "When they applied to him to close the case , and to commit the prisoners at once , there was absolntsly at that time no evidence of the felony , the taking away , whether tor the purpose of marriage &t violation . In the discharge of his duty , he thought fit to cause the present evidence to be csllected , as the only way in which they , could Jhave all the evidence . Whatever

    course the attorney for ' . he prosecution , or for the prisoner ? , might pursue , ho ( Mr . Rash ton i should pursue the course which he thought best calculated te investigate tits troth , and he expected , in the discharge of that duty , not to be met by accusations such as he had heard that day . Whether the attorney for the prosecu tion stould choose to vutsus Mb duty , that waa his business , not his ( Mr . Ru > hton * s . ) He ( Mr . Rushton ) wcilJ take that course which would bring the whole irans-tclion before the public . In this town there was a public officer , called the comniisaionfcs of police , and in al c&ses that officer ' s duty was , when directed by the magistrates , to inquire into cases , gather all the evidence , and examine witnesses : he declined to discuss . If they v jected to his proceedings , they must submit such to the iuthtrity above him ; he would take bo noticc ' of them . . ' . Tk i ease then proceeded .

    Ciois-examinei by Mr . Davenport—Could swear to Jonas LeLcg the man , Cr-v- ? -examkied by Mr . Grocott—Had known Quick some time before . He married Hsdgkinson ' s daughter . Mr . Bod § kinson resides abous fire hundred or six fenndred yards from the station . The gentleman let go of Miss Grellin . Slatthew Eckersley , porker at Parkside station on the Msnrhfcster and Liverpool railway , remembered the train --n arriving on the morning of the lS ' -h March , abou ; five minutes to eleven . Saw Quick , Jones , Mrs Ciajwn , and iliss Creliin -wait down to the ? forth TJnir-T . ttiUon . They sat down in witness ' s place for

    nsarij half an hour . Mis 3 Crellin appeared ta be rather in a 'irunken state . He was smeking his pipe , and BbBa-kedhim to give her a pipe . He said to her , " O yoa . by all means . " He gave her a pipe , and she Emoi ^ -1 it for ten minutes or a quarter rf ^ n hour , and becau e rather faint . Tfce man she called Joaes , and the <\ ctoi walked oa : -with her for a iittie pure air . They "walked down about forty yards . The train was coming then , and it was getting time for them to jo . The man they called doctor wished him to see if there was an empty bogy in ths carriage , and the train Etirtcd immediately . The fare was paid by Quick . Mr . Black made the entries of their names in the book .

    CrasE-examined by Mr . Grocott—An honr elapsed before the train came up after the party arrived . The lady ? cemed to enjoy her pipe very much . There was Tery " . tele trouble in getting Miss Crellin into the carriage . She seemed to be yoj cheerful—the same as drunken people are . Cru ^ a-exainined by Mr .-Davenport—The party had branf-y with them , and some cf them dranfe it . C-irnelieus WMltaker . porlcr at P-irkside station , remenitit-ra the party arriving . Miss Crellin was tipsy . Jones prodnced drink in a dark glas 3 bottle . Tasted it , and believed it to be brandy .

    Mrs Penelope Xichol , wife of the agent at Parkside Etation , spoke to Mi 33 Crellin coming into the house ; and , c-a being asked if she were going by the Birmingham train , ssid first yes , then no , and it did not matter . She said she should baTe gone to Birmingham that day , but it did not matter ; she could go another day . 3 J .-G 11 came and asked for two ladies .. She told them they said they were not going to Birmingham that day . They went away by the train . Miss Crellin appeared tipsy , and Tery much agitated . Her face was very mndi swollen .

    James B&ines , coachman of the Korth Briton , which runs from Xancaster to Shap , took a party with him od the ISth of March . They were Quick , M Gill , Jones , Mrs . Clayton , and Mi > s Crellin . Quick took the places in the name of Thompson . He paid for three inside and two out to Garlisla Jones , Mrs . Clayton , and Miss Creliin rode in » iriB . They dined at the King ' s Arm ' s where they went from the Railway . At the coach ofice Miss Crellin was swearing and making a great noise , and Quick said to M'Gill , " Get innde- . and quieten the old b—h . " M'Gill then went inside and rode to Corafsrtb . The doctor went into the house , and the -waiter brought some brandy to those in the coach . They went on to Burton , where they had glasses acain . iii&ill then got outside . tooted into , the coach and saw Miss Crellin ' s head on Jones ' s shoulder . She appeared to be asleep . Heard no names given to any of the parties .. Had three glasses of ale with them and

    Bome brandy . The doctor said to M'Gill " Bring out the bottle aud let us all have a drink . " M'Gill said iliss Grellin had drunk it alL Asked the doctor if they trere taking the lady to a lunatic asylnm ? " » , " said the doctor , " Ton would not think the old lady was -worth £ 60 , 000 . " This was at Burrough ' s Green . Quick said they were doctors in the army , and were on leave of absence ; they had corns over to Liverpool to sse the steeple chase . The doctor called and paid for all on the road except onc& Miss Creliin and Mrs . Clayton got out at a place called Huck . seven miles from Shap . Assisted her cu ^ Shs appeared to be very tipsy , Slid COUld not walk herself . Jones assisted her out of the coach . Her face was much blotched and swollen . He assisted her into the coach ,- she had to walk between two . Left the coach at Shap . ' Drink was sent for . The doetor wanted a pint of brandy , but the landlady said there was not time to wait

    -Cross-examined by Mr . Grocott : The lady called at Lancaster for the doctor . She had two glasses at Bniks , one up Etairs and the other below , the doctor ordered them . John "Wilson , who drove the coich on to Carlisle , took the coach when b . st ¦ witness ltft it . Had a party of five oa the coach—four inside , and Quick rtfde on the Vox with him . Siw Jones at Carlisle . There were ivro ladies and i ^ o gentlemen inside , and on 8 gent-irman outside . Pulled up first at Ackthropa , "VfktTe they cbangfed horses . The doctor gave him . a glass , and handed " glasses into the coach ; he believed they were glasses of brandy . There Was a noise inside the coach- Saw all in a rouin at Carlisle , but could not speik ts them . Saw them next day and lecognised the doctor . They started in a double seated carriage from the Bush .

    Joseph Hodgson , waiter at the Bush Inn , Carlisle , remembered the passengers by tbe K " orth Briton coach stopping at tie house on tie IStb of March . He recognised the fire before named . They arrived at eleven . Miss Crellin appeared insensible . He thought they were going to take her to an asylum . Formed ttat opinion from her manner and conversation . They had tea for feur , and the doctor , during the time , had a gjas 3 of brandy . They fclept at the Bush . - The doctor ordered two glasses of brandy , one of which he gs-re to the lady . He took the other himself . The lady ' s conduct -sras not quiet . She seemed to Bate Joces and M'Gill , and appeared to scold them . After that the men took three glasses of ale before going to bed . They were making a noise ; one of the other waiters went ia , and said , " Theyconld not allow that

    noise so late . " M'Gill shoved him out of tbe room . Quick told witness that the old lady had plenty of money ; that they were only servants , and he waa travelling -srith . her . They -were going to Annan . Wailed Tipon them in the morning ; they had enly breakfast for three . The ladies had none ; thty were in a different room . Sirs . Clayton came down to the doctor , asd asked for a glass cf brandy for MissCrellin . _ Ifas doctor refused it , saying she would only kick up another » w . The doctor asked for a glass of brandy and two of ale . The night before , the lady asked where she was ? and-the doctor said five mile 3 from Warrington , and they : wonld go there in the morning , after Bleeping in that , house all night . They lefc the Bush at haK-pazt dstea on Sstaxosy morning in a two-seated caadaga ; -. Examined by . Mr . Davenport—M'Gill and the doctor called at ths h&use on Sunday night for a glass of

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    brandy eacb . Did not see any brindy given ti Miss CrelUn , and never hasrd her ask bow far it was to Gretna Green ? T- BrowmiK , post-boy at the Bash Inn , Carlisle , was employed to driv * the party on Saturday , the 19 th n ] t The doctor rode outside . Did not see Miss Crellin ' B face . The waiter ordered the coach , and told him to drive to the Metal Bridge , six and a hilf miles on the Glasgow road . Stopped when they got two and a half miles from Carlisle . One of the gentlemen inside called to the doctor to stop at the first public bouse they came to . The doctor said said they were a lot cf d——d drunken devils inside ; they thought of nothing but drinking . Told the doctor there was » beet shop close at hand , and a public house & mile further on .

    The doctor said he wa * to drive ts the public housa The doctor , when they got there , ordered four glasses of ale , and the landlady only brought three . The doctor took one , and handed the ether two inside . He ordered another , but the landlady brought two . Witness drank o : e , and tbe doctor wanted him to take the other , but be would cot As they were going through the toll bar , the doctor said " Have yon any weddings now ? " Witness said , "Ne , they are very scarce . " He then asked how they paid ? and was fcjld there were various prices , just according to circumstances . He then told them that when he was married in Liverpool . he cave the post-boy half-a-guinea . He asked what

    they got married for , and was told they had various prices , from a gill of whiskey to £ 100 . The doctor talked of stopping at the Metal Bridge , and asked if they had any posting conveyance ? He was told they had not . Quick then said he would leave the rest Of the party at the Mttil Bridge , and walk on to Gretna , as he merely wished to Bee the place . He complained of tae hire of the coach ; and then the boy told him that as he had been charged so much ( 15 s . ) for the coach , he would not mind driving him a short distance over tbe bridge , which he did . When they bad got a few hundred yards over , the doctor asked what was the first place at which they married people ? Teld him Saj-k Bar . He aaid he would have a lark with them

    there , and witness told him he might get the lines there by going in and getting a glass of whiskey . Pulled up about two miles from the Sark Bar . LooLed into the carriage , and saw that Jones had a glass bottle in his hand . Mrs . Clayton had a wine glass . All along the road the party kept skirting " . ' out with fits of laughter , the ladies more particularly . Quick paid for the coach hire . Cross-examined by Mr . Grocott : The old lady , as they called her , looked down when she came cut of the car , took hold of M'GUI ' s arm , and walked on witk him . Could see Gretna HaU , were the party were let down . They were let down between two and three mi ^ es fn ; m Gretna Hall , where Jehn Linton lived . Watched thB party a few hundred yards ; the doctor began to play about on the road . Tbe doctor paid him for driving . Cross-examined by Mr . Davenport : Thought in his own mind there was something like a wedding going

    on . Mr . Rushton here intimated that there were witnesses who saw them on their rttarn ; but he did not think it necessary for the administration of justice to call them . Mr . Grocott hoped they would call the parson . Mr . Dowling said he had not succeeded in getting him . He did not feel authorised to give the sum he wanted . ilr . Snowball said he wanted £ 20 for himself , and £ 10 for his daughter .. Mr . Rushton said that all recoverable expences would have been paid , but there was no doubt be would be brought before a proper tribunal . Mr . George M'Gill , of Dublin , said he knew the prisoner M'GilL He was' the son of a ilr . ii-Gill , a tailor , who lived in South Frederick-street , Dublin . His father was never a saldier . He kept his carriage , and horses , and livery servants in Dublin .

    Cross-examined by Mr . Grocott—Was no relation to prisoner , whose father ltf t a handsome fortune behind him , and M'Gill got a share of it . Never knew M'Gill ' s father to be a ColoneL B .: z-vbtth Armstrong , chambermaid ef the Crown ana Mitre Inu , Carlisle , recollected seeing the party at tboir house on the iOth of March . Saw Mrs . Clayton first , who went to bed abont half-past nine . She lent her one of her nightcaps , and Mrs . Clayton wished her to go down to the other lady , Miss Crellin , and get her to bed , for she was very tipsy . il'GUl wished to be shown Mrs . Clajton ' S bed room . He was sho-wn -where she was , and en Mrs . Clayton being asked to go down to supper , she said she would not ; she had had enough of bifu , and she was going off at six in the morning . He said it would be two guineas out of his pocket if she went at six o ' clock . Mrs . Clayton said that would

    be nothing in his way if he were a gentleman , as be pretended to be . When Mr * . Clayton would not go down , -witness was told to go out of the room first . She did so , txpectinghe was following her ; but soon after this , perhaps in about ten minutes afier , aaw M'Gill coming out of her room . Saw Mias Crellin g » to bed . She was very tipsy . She could not undress herself . Witness undressed her , and lent her one of her own night dresses and caps , il-GUI shortly after that wished to b « shown to MiiB Crfellin's bed room . She told him to go in Vhinking Miss Crellin might be awake . She carried tbe candle and put it on the dressing table . Miss Crellin was asleep , and M'Gill isaid , " She is asleep . " Witness answered , " Yes , she ia fast asleep . " She then came out of tbe room , and left them there . He said , " Dont waken her . " The night before the back of her dress was all open and her hair hanging down .

    Cross-examined—Miss Crellin and M'Gill were in tbe sitting room together . She did not send down stairs for M'Gill . She walked by herself , bnt was very tipsy . Did not recollect Miss Crellin saying she would net go to bed if M'Gdl did not come too . John Macfarlane , waiter at the Crewn and Mitre , Carlisle , recollected an omnibus on the 20 th March driving up to their house from Grctna-hall , _ at five in the sfternoon . The marriage party were in it . The doctor was outside . Miss Crellin was lying with her head on one of the gentlemen ' s knees . Thought it was

    M'Gill , but was not quite sure . She seemed to be asleep . Assisted tbe party ont of tbe omnibus . The gentleman on whose knee she waa lying awakened her , told her she was at Carlisle , and said , " Get up . " When she got out of the omnibus , she appeared stupid , either from the effects of sleep or drink . One side of Jaer bonnet was very much crushed , and her clothes open behind . She went up stairs staggering a little . She was shown into a sitting room , and had a glass of brandy . She had at least six or seven glasses of brandy that evening , and one glass the morning she left

    Cross-examined by Mr . Grocott—Miss Crellin ordered the brandy . Cross-examined by Mr . Davenport—She pressed Janes to have a glass of brandy , and he would not She got up then , and asked the waiter if he had ever seen such a rum lot in tbe bouse before ? She then said she had got married , and would have a d d good spree . This was half an hour before she went to bed . She appeared very much pleased . She offered to treat witness . - He declined drinking with her , and she offered him a shilling to get a glass for himself . Mrs . Clayton said , " Take it , she is worth plenty ; " and he took it to please her . Miss Crellin appeared to be very merry . Be-ex 3 mined by Sir . Snowball—Sbe appeared to be very drunk .

    John Hawkes , waiter of the Hiag ' a Arms , Kendal—Recollected the party coining to the inn on the 21 st of March , a little before two o'clock in the afternoon . The ; dined there . Miss Crellin appeared in a state bordering on stupefaction . Her face was Tery red and bleated . She partook -frith the rest , but ate little . She took some shewy . They left by the Glasgow maiL - Cross-examined by Mr . Davenport—There were four glasses of brandy and » pint of sherry taken into the room . Tfiey a ) l seemed to be enjoying themselves , with the exception of Miss Crellin . Mr . Rushton said he -was in hopes to have finished this night , but be f jtmd the case must be again remanded . He then examined the following parties : —

    Henry Boulter , wateh-maker , in OidhaH-street , said he resided in Egremont , and in going ever on the 1 st of March , saw Rogereon in the packtt . Rogersdn had a bottle with him . Next day saw Bogerson at his shop . He came ruling in and said , " I want a wedding ring . " He got one and went off , not being a minute there . Left a bottle with him . It was a quart bottle , with a label , " Cognac brandy , " on it . . Emptied the brandy in the Btreet one day , as he wanted to make ess of the bottle . John Evans , driver of hia own car , remembered a young man having a car to go to Roscoe-street . Roscoelane , on St . Patrick ' s day . Ha was then told to go to No . 9 , Mrs . Clayton ' s house , and found Mr . and Mrs . Jones and Mrs . Clayton . Drove down Roscoe-lane and

    along Berry-atreet . Stopped at the Adelphi , and Mrs . Cflamley came into the car . She told him to drive to Richmond-row , and when he got there he was taken to St . Anne ' s Coffee-house and discharged . Was tDga ? ed on the Tuesday afterwards to go to Sander s offise , Leigh-street . He took MUs Crellin , Mis . Rogerson , Quick , and M'GilL He waited there two hours , and then Rogersdn came . He then took Quick , M'Gill , Miss Crellin , and Mrs . Bogerson to an office on the r ight hand side of Castle-street . Rogerson came there also and he then drove the party to Boundary-street . Mrs . Rogerson then went to Mrs . Cbauiley ' s and took her np t © Rogerson ' s . Next day he took the parties to ArmiEtead's office , and afterwards drove them to Leigh ' s office , Leigh street . Rogerson came to the office , and they went in the csach again to Finch-street .

    Frederick Busby , who drove Miss Crellin , Mrs . Clayton , and Jones from St . Ann's Coffee House , stated that he took them to No . 9 , Rsscoe Lane . A sqnabble arose about paying the fare , when Miss Crellin handed her pocket to Mrs . Clayton , wbe took the money out of it and paid for the car . James Moguire , car-driver and owner , said he drove two ladies and a gentleman to a public-house in Oldhamstreet , on St . Patrick's Day . Mrs . Clayton , Jones , and Miss Crellin were the parties . Mr . Rushton then remanded the prisoners till the following day .

    Saturday—This case came on again this morning , in the Grown Court , before Mr . Bosh ton . The anxiety ef the public to hear farther particulars of this extraordinary affair was maint-tined with unabated interest Eleven o ' clock was the time fixed for the magistrate to take his seat ; but for semo time previous to that hour ,

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    great numbers of perBons were waitjng outside the doors to gain admission , and , as Boon they were opened , a rush took place into the Comt Room , and tbe space both within and without tbe bar waa speedily filled . The disposal cf the ordinary police busfnew having occupied the magistrate , at the Police Court , longer than was expected , it was a quarter-past twelve before fee took his seat Miss Creltin and her friend , Mrs . Cbamley , came into court about half-past eleven , and took tbeir seata in the boxes to the right of the bench . The first business of the court waa to take bail for Mr . Donlevy . Two respectable persons were offered and accepted by the magistrate .

    The voluntary depositions of Mr . Donlevy were then read by Sir . Ertis . The statements differed but : Iittie from what has already appeared in the papers respecting the part Mr . Donlevy has bad in the matter . On- the conclusion of ths reading of the paper , Mr . Rushton asked Mr . Donlevy if he had anything further to state ? He said he had .. That Miss Creliin had been introduced to him by M'Gill as bis future wife , and it was on the presumption that she had assented to tbe marriage that he had accompanied her to the church . , Mr . Donlevy then entered into his own recognisances for £ 200 , and each of his sureties £ 100 each . The Magistrate then ordered him to be discharged . The voluntary depositions of the Rev . J . H . Staff jd were read by Mr . Ellis . The document consisted of a repetition of tbe reverend gentleman ' s previous evidence before Mr . Rushton . The reverend gentleman was bound , over to prosecute . . .

    Mr . Eden , solicitor , examined : Mlsa Crellin came to his office on the 23 rd March , along with Mr . Armistead . She toli witness that she bad been married against her wilL M'Gill and Quick came in . Told Miss Crellin that he did not like to interfere . It was thought adviseable that M'Gill and Miss Crellin should have an interview , to see if they could come to some arrangement . Witness , on passing from one office to the other , saw two women , but did not know them . Miss Crellin and M'Gill could not agree , and all the parties left the office . Mr . Snowball said he wished tbe prisoners to be remanded , as he bad an important witness to produce . Mr . Rushton—Then bring him , I cannot consent to a further remanding cf the prisoners . It would cause too much inconvenience to the public business .

    Joshua Edwards , inspector of police , examined by Mr . Rusbton—Told Mr . Superintendent Brown about Miss Crellin ' s case about six weeks or two months a ^ o . His farther evidence was to the effect that he told him Mre . Jones had informed him ( witness ) about Martin getting £ 250 from Miss Crellin . Went with Brown to Miss Sutten ' s house , in Seymour-street , to see Miss Crellin . Miss Crellin came into tbe room . Remembered seeing Mrs . Jones in the house . Copeland was in custody at that time . He waa in custody on a charge of taking £ 20 from Mrs . Clayton . Miss Crellin said she was not willing to appear against him . Had seen Mrs . Jones before . Mrs . Jones told witness that two men had been much in the habit of annoying Miss Crellin , and begged his interference . Had called at Mrs . Jones ' s to know where Miss Crellin lived .

    By Mr . Davenport—Had been only once at Mrs . Jones ' s . She told witness that Miss Crellin hid given Copeland £ 250 . She appeared confused at the time . Might have said that Miss Crellin was a drunken old woman . Had seen her drunk . When witness saw hei diunk , she was in a public-house in company with Copeland . That was at Hebblethwaiteo spirit vaults , in Chnrch-atrett There was a young man with Copehnd at the time . Witness assisted Miss Crellin to walk out . Copeland went with her . A car was called , bnt they did not go in . Miss Crellin walked up Boldstreet between the women ; that was between , twelve and one o ' clock in the day , and about a week before witness went to Jones ' s hous 8 . Mr . Bushton said he wouJd now propose that the depositions of the witnesses be read over , and if any other witnesses were brought forward , they would be heard afterwards . This having been done ,

    Mr . Rushton said it was his intention to commit the prisoners for felony , and then tbere would be a further charge for conspiracy against them all . Mr . Rushton said to Mrs . Clayton that if she had any thing to add to her voluntary statement , that was the time . She replied that she had not . John Orr M'Gill was then informed by Mr . Rushton that if he had anything to say , that was tbe time ; and M'Gill rtplied he had nothing to say . Quick , Rogerson , and Jones , and Mrs . Jones and Mrs . Clayton made the same answers . Duval said the same . Upon Copeland being asked if he had anything to say , then was the time ; the prisoner said he had nothing to say . The magistrate then said , that as the charge against him was for conspiracy , he would take bail , himself in £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 50 eacb . Mr . Grocott hoped the magistrate would allow bail to be taken for Mr . Rogerson .

    Mr . Rushton ; No ; he is guilty of felony like the rest They are all , with the exception of Copeland , guilty of felony , and the charge against him is for getting money under false pretences . Mr . snowball said It was possible Mr . Copeland might have the £ 250 upon his person . In that case he might deposit the £ 100 for himself , and the two fifties for Mb sureties , and make off with the remainder . Mr . Rushton said he would take care of that If Mr Copeland had had money about him , the bridewellkeeper would have taken it It was , however , the usual way never to demand excessive bail . All tbe witnesses were then bound over to prosecute at the next assiies . Mr . Snowball recommended that Miss Crellin be bound over te prosecute .

    Mr . Rusbton said he should follow the practice of bis respected predecessor , Mr . Hall , and insist that the commissioner of police , Mr . Dowling , be bound over to prosecute ; and that if he had any further application to make , be must apply to a higher authority . ¦ Mr . Davenport applied to the magistrates to allow of bail for Mrs . Jones . Mr . Rushton said he was Borry he could not comply with the request . The prisoners were then removed from the bar , and the Court broke up at twenty minutes past six o ' clock . The Comt continued crowded till the termination of the proceedings , and amongst the spectators were many ladies . >

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    HORRIBLE MURDER AND MUTILATION OF A FEMALE AT ROEHAMPGN

    SURREY . From an early hour on Thursday morning last , a feeling of moit intense interest and excitement was occasioned in the villages of Roehampton , Putney , and the surrounding neighbourhood of Surrey , in consequence of the discovery of a murder of a most frighttul and appalling nature , and which in the annals of crime has only been equalled in atrocity , by that of Hannah Brown , by the miscreant Greenacre , and that of Mi . Paas , at Leicester . TheBcene of the melancholy tragedy is situated on Putney Heath , in the hamlet of Roehampton , on the premises of Quelaz Shiell , E ? q ., Granard-lodge , Roehampton-lane , or otherwise Putney Park-lane , a bye road , running out of the road from Putney to Roehampton , and about a mile and a-half from the former village .

    Who the unfortunate female is , who has been the victim of the murderer , is at present unknown , but tbe individual who is suspected of having perpetrated the horrid deed is a mau named Daniel Good , who , for upwards of the last two years , has filled the sitution of coachman ia Mr . Shiell's establishment , and who , we regret to state , has for the present evaded the course of justice by absconding . The discovery was first made between ten and eleven o ' clock on Wednesday night . From inquiries made on the spot , and particulars obtained from tbe police authorities , it appears that about half-past eight o ' clock on Wednesday evening , Daniel Good drew np with a four-wheeled pony chaise belonging to his master , at the door of Mr . Columbine ,

    a pawnbroker , residing in High-street , Wandsworth , and asked to look at a pair of black knee breeches , which he stated he wanted to purchase . After examining them , and bargaining as to tne price with , Mr : Columbine , he agreed to purchase them , and being known to Mr . Columbine , he departed with them without paying for them . As he quitted the shop , a lad who is in Mr . Columbine ' s employ , observed him as he left take up off the counter a pair of black trousers , and put them under tbe flips ef bis great coat , and on reaching the chaise place them with the breeches under the cushions of the seat . The lad immediately communicated the circumstance to Mr .

    Columbine , who instantly ran to the door , and in ; a delicate manner asked Good if he bad not made a mistake and had put a pair of black trousers up with the black breeches he had just purchased . Good replied that he had not , and instantly drove off before Mr . Columbine could search the chaise , or give the delinquent into custody . Mr . Columbine then lost no time in acquainting the police on duty of the robbery , and police-constable Wm . Gardiner , V 279 , accompanied by Mr . Columbine ' s lad , and a young man named Robert Speed , in the employ of Mr . Cooper , a grocer , residing next door to Mr . Columbine , immediately proceeded to Roehampton-lane , to tbe residence of Mr . Shiell , for the purpose of apprehending Good .

    The policeman Gardiner states , that on Teaching Roe bampton-lane , they first 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 if the eoachman , meaning Good , had come name , and ¦ were told by the footman , who answered tie ring , that he did not know , bnt they could ascertain by going to the stables . On reaching the gate of tbe firm , Gardiner thought it prudent to keep in the back ground , and allow Speed to ring the bell , not wishing to alarm Gjod , should be answer the

    ring , which , as it happened , was the case . On Good opening the gate , Speed inquired if the coachman had come home , when Good replied , " I ara the coachman /' Girdiner , the policeman , then immediately went forward , and told him that he had directions to take him into cu ^ tJdy on a charge of stealing a pair of black trowsers from the Bhopof Mr . ColmnUne , at Wandaworth .. Good , with the utmost apparent coolness , said , " Indeed , —why yes , I bought a pair of breeches from , Mr . Columbine , but I have not paid him for them . " Gardiner told him that was a question he waa not

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    authorized to enter into , as the charge upon which he apprehended him wag of & felonious nature . QaadtheSa said , " Very well , I will then go with you to Wandsworth ; and settle with Mr . Columbine ;¦ ' but Gardiner told him he must first search the chaise witli which he had been to Mr . Columbine ' s shop , and the stabling , to see if he could find the stolen trowsers . Good offered no objection to that , and he accompanied Gardiner , with Speed , 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 , but without finding the object of their search . Gardiner then went towards a stable on the south-east ; Bide , when Good immediately etood with hia back against the door . Gardiner told him he was determined to

    search that stable also , upon which Good said , "Oh , no ; we had better go it once to Wandsworth , and get the matter settled . " At that juncture Mr . Oughton , Mr . Shiell s bailiff , and ; gardener , whose residence closely adjoins the 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 felonyi at which Mr . Oughton appeared very much surprised , and insisted on Gardiner searching the stable in question . They all then , went in , namely , Good , Mr . Oughton , Gardiner , Speed , and Mr . Columbine ' s lad , and on entering Gardiner desired Speed and the lad to stand by Good for the purpose of keeping him in charge , while he ( Gardiner ) prosecuted hia searoh . After be

    had searched two of the stalls and the hay-racks , Gardiner examined the corn-bins , and while doing so , Good exhibited great uneasiness , and pressed most urgently that he should at once be taken t > Wandsworth , that he might settle the matter . Gardiner , however , declared that he would not leave until he had made a diligent examination of the place ; and , missing the third &tall , in which two ponies were placed , proceeded tc > search ' the fourth a tail , which was at the further extremity of the stable , and very dark , and appeared to be filled with a number of trusses of bay . On removing two of the trusses , he found there was a quantity of loose hay underneath , and when he had removed that he discovered something whicb . appeared to him to be a dead pig . He immediately exclaimed ,

    " My God , wbat ' fl this ¦? ' * ¦ and at tbe same instant Good , rushed out of the stable , abutting the door after him ; and before Gardiner or his companions could collect themselves sufficiently to prevent him , Good succeeded in locking them in on the outside , and taking out the key which was subsequently found in a shrubbery near the spot , and effected his escape . Speed immediately took a two-pronged pitchfork and endeavoured to break open the door , in whick he was assisted by Gardiner , &C ; but experiencing great difficulty in doing so , tbey all proceeded to the stall to examine what it was that Gardiner had found secreted . While they were all standing over it , Mr . Columbine ' s lad exclaimed , "Oh , my God , it is a human being ; " and on a more close examination it was found to be the trunk of a human body , which had been divested of its head , arms , and lees . It was lying with the back upwards , and when turned over by

    Speed was discovered to be the trunk of a female , and the abdomen was found to have been cut open , and the entrails , &c . extracted . The feelings of the party at the dreadful discovery may be better conceived than described , and renewed efforts were immediately made to break open the stable door ; in which ' they were shortly successful . Gardiner then instantly despatched the lad to acquaint the police on duty in the neighbourhood , with the finding of the body ; and the escape of Good , with a view to his recapture , and In a short space of time police constable Hayter , V 192 , followed soon afterwards by Tye , Yl 99 , came tohis assistance , arid while Hayter proceeded with other constables to scour the neighbourhood in search of Good , Tye galloped 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 whom instantly hastened to the

    spot-On the arrival of Mr . Bicknell aud Mr . Bus&in at the stables , the former sent the latter to Putney to request the attendance of Mr . Shillito , surgeon , of the Highstreet ,, who is the divisional surgeon to the police . Mr . Shillito being from home , Mr . A . Allen , his assistant , returned with Busain ; and on examining the body , found that the bead had been taken off at about the third or fourth cervical vertebrae , apparently after death had been caused , and not in the commission of the foul act The right arm bad also been taken off above the hunierus , or shoulder joint , and the left arm , near the head of the humerus , under the shoulder joint Through the chest was an incision from rather above the sternum , extending down nearly to the pubea , and another incision , right and left , extending to the osillium . The legs had likewise been taken off juat below the head of the femur , or thighbone . Tne Whole Of ths cuts through the fl « sb bad been evidently made by

    a very sharp instrument , the edges being : remarkably clean , while tho bones 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 , ftrms and legs , nowhere to be found . In the opinion of Mr . Allen , which was confirmed by Mr . Shillito , on his seeing : the body ,, the injury by which death was caused must have been icfltcted on the head of the 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 female from about twenty-four to twenty-six years ... of age , and , from the appearance of tiie body , it is considered the unfortunate woman had never been a mother , but whether or not she was enceinte at the time of her death could not be determined , the uterus , &c ., being removed .

    During the time occupied by the examination of the body , Sergeant Palmer , V 6 , was attracted by a strong ami very disagreeable smell , to the harness-room , which adjoined the stible in which the body bad been found . The door was found to be locked , and upon its being opened , the stench was most overpowering , and , to use Palmer's words , " nearly threw him on his back . " Observing a pile of wood in the fireplace , where there was no stove , he found that the pile had been laid ready for ignition , and had been formedas follows : ^ - ! wo blocks of wood formed the base , 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 ashes , chiefly wood-asbes , and in examining them be discovered amongst them a number of fragments ef human bones , in a highly cAlciaed state , which accounted for the . uspleasant odour above mentioned , and on their being shown to Mr . Shillito and Mr . Allen , they at once declared them to be portions of the skull , arm , and thighbones , and bones of the fingers , &o . of a human beinp . ; . -. ' ; ' .- .. . ¦ ¦ : ¦ . ¦ . ¦ -- ¦ . " . .. .- ¦ .. ¦ .

    The horrible occurrence , as may be easily supposed , has thrown the family of Mr . Shiell into a state of the most painful distress . Mr . and Mrs . Shiell are , it is understood , each aged persons , and were on the eve of removing from Granard Lodge , which has been disposed of , for ^ largeston-street , Piccadilly . Mr . Shiell , who is stated to be an East Indian merchant , is at present from home . Granard Lodge was formerly thet residence of Sir T . Farquhar . Bart ..

    FURTHER PARTICULARS . Daniel Good , the person already alluded to , is a native of Ireland , and was born in the county of Cork . He is , as nearly as can be conjectured , full fifty years of age , speaks with a strong Irish accent , and in manner and education is quite uncultivated , being almost unable to read or write . Of his early yeiars very little is known , but it has been ascertained that about thirteen years ago he was in the flerviee , as groom , of a gentleman named Npttage , a magistrate of Surrey , resident in the neighbourhood of Wandsworth , from whose establishment he was dismissed under the following circumstances : <—One day , during hia master's absence from home , Good took the liberty of riding off on a favourite horse of his master ' s to London , in order to fulfil an

    engagement with a female of his acquaintance , and being detained by her later , thaii he anticipated , he galloped on his way home , when , by some accident , the horse was killed . From that time little is known of him until within about the last three ytaTS ; but it is believed that he acted during a considerable portion of that space of time as . in occasional helper at some of the livery stables at . the westfend of the town . About three years ago , at which time he was acting as a bricklayer ' s labourer at some of tbe works then in progress in the neighbourhood of Belgrare-iquare , he took a front kitchen at the house of Mr . Brown , a respectable fruiterer and greengrocer , No , 18 , on the north side of Southstreet , Manchester-square , and three doora from Manchester-street He there represented himself as a

    married man , and introduced as his wife the female whom there is , every reason to believe has since become his victim ; she waa a native of Wales , but hemame , from prudential motives at the present stage of the inquiry , we abstain from making public . He also brought with him there a boy , L whom he stated to be his son ; who has been spoken of in the evidence of the witnesses examjned before the jury . Good , as may be supposed , is a Catholic , and has been at times iu the habit of frequenting the different Catholic chapels in and round the metropolis , at several of which he is known , while his reputed wife , who is stated to be between thirty and forty years of age ; was a Protestant , but was never , while residing in Soutb-streeti known to go to a place of worsliip . While he was residing at home with her , they ^ were generally : considered bj the inmates of the house as living liappily together ; but about two yeara and four months since , work being

    slack , he obtained , on the rBcommendation of a gentleman named Pugh , wHh whom he formerly lived , the situation of coachman to Mr . Sheill , which he had retained until the moment of the present discovery , and where he passed as a single man ; After he fead entered upon his situation , he puKhased a mangle , by the use of which the female in question assisted in maintaining herself . About twelve monthB since , she complained at the station house of the D division of police in Mary-i lebone-lane , that during her absence from home a variety of articles , including all her clothes , had been stolen , but on a ppliceman , some hoars afterwards , going to the house to obtain a list of the stolen articles . Good was there , who treated the matter bo lightly , that an opinion , was engendered that he ; was priyy to the removal of the things , and nothing- further was done in it During the time Good was in Mr . Sheill's service , he slept at that gentleman ' s house , and not at

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    the stables , but frequently , When he brought members of the family to town , he would drive his master's ponies ( a roan and light grey ) to South-street , and call at the lodgings , in which neighbourhood his person , as w « llas the ponies ; are well known . V ^ ; On the afternoon of Sunday last , tbe reputed Air ? . Good was observed by Mr ? . Brown to leave tbe house alone , and not , as has been Btated , accompanied by Good . Sha was dressed in a lightish blue silk bonnet , dark shawl , and reddish print gown , and although Geod did not fetch her from the house , there is no doubt he met her shortly afterwards , as they were seen together by several persons who knew Good , on the Surrey-side of Hammersmith suspension bridge . One person , who is connected with the establishment

    of a Royal Date , 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 neighbour hood 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 . Crown ' s and said he had come to pay the rent , and to take the boy away witti 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 the Sunday had not yet returned , asked him if he was th ^ n going to tak « his Wife to live With him at hia situation ; upon which

    he said , " She is already down there , and will not come back here ^ again , " -which Mrs . Biown thought correct , as he had before spoken of getting her a sitliatien . When he left that night he took , in addition to the boy , some of the articles of furniture with him in the chaise , saying that he was able to do so , as the family were put at a parfy . After that he waa not seen at South-street until after the discovery of VtUft tnutdeTi Oa the Wednesday and Thursday previous , he had been seen about the neighbourhood of Roehampton * in company with a female ; named Susan Buteher , servant at the \ Rose and Crown public-house , kept by . Mr . Souston , at Wimbledon , who , it appears , had Isave ,. in accordance with her own request , on Easter Sunday , to go and see

    her mother at Woolwich , whom she represented to be very daugetously ill . She did not , however , return to her situation until the following Wednesday , when she made an excuse for her absence that she had found her mother much , worse than she anticipated . Mr . Souston , however , was very angry , and upbraided her for not having written to inform him of the reason , and eventual ly he told her he had engaged another servant , and paying her . her wages , dismissed her . On the afternoon of that , day ( Thursday ) she was in Good ' scompany at the Spotted Horse public-house , drinking gin and Water , and persons who were in the same room declare they appeared to be " courting . " Gosd wasi endeavouriDg to get off a ring from her finger , bat she resisted , and said she would only part with it with her

    life . Some conversation also passed between them relative to her going borne to her mother at Woolwich , on the following day . On" Friday , accordingly Good took her to the Six Bells , at Putney Bridge , where they waited the arrival of the Lightning , London steam boat , on board of which he put her , with her luggage , requesting the captain , on his arrival at the Swanstairs , London Bridge , to put her on board of one of the Woolwich steamers . Whether ; he again saw her between that day ( Friday ) and WednesdayJast is not known , Int on the latter day it has been traced that he went to the residence of Butcher ' s mother , No . 13 , Charlotte-place , Woolwich , to see . her , and it was on bis return from that place to Roehampton in the evening , that he called at the shop of Mr . Cullumbine , at Wandsworth . as btfore described . :

    After the : discovery of the trunk of the murdered woman , on Wednesday evening , and Good ' s absconding from Putney , it has been traced that he once more ventured to his old lodgings in South-street , which ha reached about half-past 12 o ' clock on Thursday morniug He found all the inmates ef the house had retired to reft He , however , knocked at the door , and was at last answered at the thop door by Mr . Brown , who asked , " Who ' s there ? " He replied " Good . " Mr . Brown was very angry with him for disturbing his rest at that hour , and refused to open the door . He , however , went round and opened the private door , when Good excused himself for being so late by saying that the family were again in town at a party , and he wished to take a few more things away Good then rtquested

    Mr . Brown to give him a light , but the latter , who is said to be a very quiet , steady , and inoffensive man , told him it was too bad to disturb him , and refused , to do so . Good accordingly went to the Bedford Arms public house , kept by Mrs . Kerridge , at the corner of North-street , about flva doors distant from Mr . Brown ' s where he atked for a glass of ale , with which be was served , but be appeared so agitated , and his hand shook so , that he was unable to drink it , and gave it to a man having the appearance of a cab-driver , by whom he 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 he was sewn to call a cab off the stand in Great Marylebone-street , into whieb , on Its drawing up in South-street , he put a box ; and large package , and , getting in himself , was driven to Little Dorset-place , at the bottom of

    Whitcombstreet , Charing-cross , where he alighted opposite Shepherd's livery stables , A few minutes afterwards he spoke to police-constable John Warren , C 55 , who was on duty in the Btreet , and asked him at what time Shepherd ' s livery stebles generally opened ? to which the policeman answered he did not know , and proceeded round his beat The policeman states Good had then with him a deal box , a bundle , a bed tied up , and three or four lots of brushes fastened to it On the policeman having made the circuit of his beat , he saw Good walking away , and it has been ascertained that he went round ts Shepherd ' s Uvery Stables in the Haymarket , and from thence to the Princess Charlotte public-bouse , two doors off , at the corner of Charles-street , where he had something to drink , after which he returned to Dorset-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 . ascertained , but a letter was received on Thursday last , at the residence of Mr . Shiell , bearing the Tooley-street post-mark , and directed to that gentleman , purporting to come from Good , which is now in the hands of the police . It is so wretched a scrawl as to bs most difficult to deeipher . The contents have been kept moat secret , bnt it has transpired that , in that letter , Good declares himself to be a widower , and states that his wife had been dead five years last February ; that Susan Butcher , with whom he became acquainted only on last Easter Monday , " baa been the cause of all his misfortunes . " He also therein entreats of Mt . Sheill to be a friend to , and take charge of , his boy , for whom he resigns all claims upon the property he has left behind , and upon tke seven pounds ten shillings wages due to him . \

    On Friday movung , Sergeant Reid , V 10 , went to the post-office receiving-house in Tooley-street , to make inquiries respecting the letter , when the postmaster told him he recollected the circumstance of the letter being brought thero to be forwarded to Roehampton , in consequence of his remarking to the person who brought it , that he thought " the devil himself coutd not understand or decipher the direction . " The man said it was to go to Roehampton , and drew a pen through that word and re-wrote it in a bold legible handwriting . It is , therefore , alinsst certain that Good was riot the man whopostedit . \ ¦' " . '¦ ¦ . [

    It has since transpired that on Thursday evening Sergeant Pany , R diviaian , stationed at Woolwich , visited the residence of Susan Butcher ' s mother , in Charlottestreet and in the course of his inquiries ascertaihed that on Good's . visit tp 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 Bicknell , who this morning showed them to Mrs . Brown , at her residence in South-street , when she immediately identified tbem as the same worn by the reputed wife of Good on ; h « r leaving there on Sunday last . ¦'¦ ¦ - - . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " . . . ¦ . ¦¦ ¦• ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ . ; - ¦ . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ .. - . ' ' : ¦ -

    Immediately after the adjournment of the inquest , a more close examination of the trunk wasmade by Mr . Shillito and two other medical gentlemen ; after which it was taken possession of b y Mr . Tee , the constable and summoning officer at Roehampton , by whom it was subsequently removed from Mr . bheill ' a atables to Mr Tee ' s residence , but it has been stated that it had been taken back , the neighbours objecting to its close contiguity to their residences . A bunch of twelve keys has als& been found by Mr . Tee , on the top of a corn-bin in the opposite stable to that in which the murder is supposed to have been committed j and on the boy , who happened to be preseut , seeing Mr . Tee take them up , he immediately exclaimed , " Those are my mother's keya , " and he snatched them from Mr ; Tee , who had 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 the circumstances are somewhat alike , which have ' occurred of late years---n » inely that of Hannah Brown , by Greenacre , and the present case , both victims were females , earning ( in some measure ) their livelihood by mangling , and residing in the same parish , St . Marylebone , ¦ Hanuah Brown . having lived In Union-street , MidUltaex Hospital , and tile urifortunate female whose dreadful fate now occupies so much of public attention haying lived in South-street ; and , what is more remarkable , is the fact that the latter residence is the same house at which , before it was turned Into a . shop ; tbe present King of Belgium , when Prin < w Leopold , on his arst Visit to thia country , oceapied the flrstfloor . " . ¦ ' .- ' ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ • .. ; "¦ : ¦ - ^ - ' v '¦ ¦'¦ . •• . ¦ ¦

    ThroiighsutSaturdiy large numbers of persons visited Putney Park Lane for the purpose of obtaining a sight of the premises on which the murder was committed , and the united feeling of all was an earnest dseire that the apprehension of lie murderer might speedily take place . ' . . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : / . ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .- . , :: "¦ '¦ ; : . '¦ " . - .. ' ;

    - : ¦ . /¦ ; -, v- ,. - iNqcEST . - . ¦ ¦ . , ' . ¦ ¦ ;¦ On Friday week , at twelve o ' clock , Mr . Carter , the coroner for the eastern .-division of Surrey , and a jury of sevehteen inhabitanis of the parish of Putney assembled at the Angel Inn , Roehampton , to investigate the circumstances connected with , the death of a female unknown , whose trunk and mutilatod temaihs wore discovered in the stable adjoiainff tbja

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    mansion , and belonging to Qaelez Shiell , Esq .. of Putney Pa ? k-lane . , r The xqtpat intense interest prevailed during the proceeding , and the jury having been sworn , pro ^ tseedfld to view the remains of the body . It was the mere trunk , divested of arms , legs , and head , neither of which conld be found . On searcniDg the harness ' room , however , it was quite clear that the remainder of the body had been burned , for a portion of a jawbone , and the ashes of human bones , was found amongst the cinders of the fire-place . On the return of the jury , the evidence was entered into as follows : VWiliiam Gardiner , police-constable 279 V , was first sworn . He eaid on Wednesday night , the 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 the house of Mr . Queiez Shieil , Putney Park-lane , in the parish of Patney . The names of the lads 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 I He said no j but directed me down to the stables , saying he might be there . The stables are abont two hundred yards from the house . 1 desired the lad Speed to ring the bell . 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 tbe man .

    and told him I had come to take mm into custody on a charge of stealing a pair of black troijsers , which was my only object in going there . The man said , "Yes , I bought a pair of breeches from Mr . Columbine , and I did not pay him for them . " He pulled out his purse and wished me to take baok the money ' for the breeches . I told him I would not take the money ; the breeches had nothing to do with : the charge of stealing the trousers . He said , " Oh , very well ; twill go t > Wandsworth , and settle with Mr . Cwlirmbine . "^ "•¦ I asked ifhe would allow me tolook over the chaise and stables . He made no objeotion , but said Yes . " 1 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 the chaise which wa 3 outside , then the chaise house , and from there I went to the harness room adjoining the stable , and from thence to the stable . When I was about entering the stable the coachman said" No , no ; let U 9 go to Wandsworth and ; make it all righf . " I replied , "No , I will not until I have searched the stable , " aa I had not then found the trowsers . Before I got into the stable , a pferapn came up , whom I under-Stood to Mr . Oughton , Mr . Shiell ' s gardener . He asked mo what waa the matter ! and I told him the object of my visit . I then went into the stable , accompanied by the two lads and Mr . Oughton , the coachman , and a child about ten or eleven 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 search . I searched the first and second stall from tho door , and then proceeded to the corn binns on the left of the doorway . I had searched two of the binns , when the coachman said , " Let us go to Wandsworth and have it settled , " and appeared very anxious . I again said I would not until I had made a diligent search . After this conversation , I searched one more binn , and while searching that , the coathman went to the lower stall—the fourth in the row—in which there was a quantity of hay . I went after him , and saw him move some hay from one side of the stall to the other . atxi under the window . I made a remaik , that I did not want his assistance , and the lad

    Dagnall was holding my lamp whilst ; I began to move a portion ; of the hay that I ; bad 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 Ijia ^ under it , and I moved thehay with my hand , and said to the lad , Dagnall , "What is this 1- ^ here ' s a . goose \ " Dagnalj drew close towards it , and the lad Speed also , and the same moment that Speed came towards ns , the coachman rushed out of the stable door , pulled it after him , and locked it on the outside . I said " nowwe are done , ' meaning he had escaped from being my priaoner for stealing the trousers . " We all raa to the door , and the lad Speed and myself took up a hay fork , and commenced prizing the door . I 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 of us pa = sad some remarks as to what it was , and the lad Dagnall exclaimed , "Wh y it ' s a human being , " Speed said " Oh , nonsense /' and -stooped down and turned it over , and then W 0 saw that it was tbeportion of a body or trunk of a female . We returned to the door and succeeded ia getting it open : with the fork aboutaquarter of an hour after the escape of the coachman , i told the lad Dagnall to run down the lane towards Wandsworth , and tell every policeman what had happened , and give the coachman ' s description , and also to do so at Wandsworth statiou-house , and he left for that purpose ,. whilst I and the others remained where we were at the stable . I remained about twenty

    minutes , when constable 192 V came up , and I immediately dispatched him to Putney , to give information . About half an hour after , Police Constable Tighe , 199 , arrived , and I despatched him to Wandsworth . to give iDformation to Superintendent Bicknell , with a full description of the coachman ' s dress . The superintendent , Mr . Inspector Busain , and a medical man , arrived in about half an hour . After we had found the body , Mr . Oughton ' sEon came down to the stable . We gave him information that something atrange had been found , and he appeared much alarmed , and said he would not stay in the bouse . I

    do not thick he knew the body was concealed there . He went to see it in the stall , and exclaimed , "What a wretch he must be to do such a deed 1 " meaning the coachman . The trunk was lying oh ite front when the boy Speed turned it over . I then knew it to be a woman by its breasts . The arms were cut off close to the sockets . The legs were severed at the hips , the head at the Jower part of the neck , and the entrails had been taken out , the stomach being' cut open . I searched , but could not discover the other parts of the body , but I have since seen that which is described to have been a portion of thebody . ' . - . - . . :... ¦ . '¦ ¦¦•• • • ¦ ¦ •' ; . ; : ; : ¦ ' . . - - ; . ¦ " - -: '' ¦¦ . : ¦ *

    By the Coroner—Mr . Oughton ' s son said : it was dangerous to sleep in the house . He might be murdered . We believe that the conduct Of the COachman in running away and locking us itt in the manner he did , showed that he was the murderer , arid 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 stolen trousers ; but in the third stall , which I had not previously searched , we found a mattress under some trusses of straw * with two blankets rolled up

    inside of it . There were some etiins on the mattress , but I cannot say if it wias . blood . " It looked more like urinal stains . The bodyj as it has been viewe ' d ' tbisVday by the 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 6 traw under the body which Was Stained with blood , but not to any great extant . By a Juror—I saw the coachman ' s clothes hanging up in the harness room , but I did not minutely examiae them . The coachman made no observation when he rushed out of the stable .

    Robert Speed examined- — I am shopman to a grocer in High-street , Wandsworth . About halfpast eight o ' clock Mr . Columbine ^ the pawnbroker , came and asked me to go with his boy in search Of a man at the house of Mr . Shiell in Putney Park-lane , who had taken a pair of trowsers that did not belong to him . I went to Mr . Shiell ' s premises . We first saw a female , and then a boy , who told us where to go to find the coachman . : we rang the bell , arid a female came to the gate , accompanied by the Coachman we were in Bearoh of .- —The witness here described what passed , and the discovery of the remains of the murdered woman . —Aftsr the examination of several other witnesses , the inquest was adjourned till Tuesday ; ; "

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    EXECCTIOS OP THE McKbjEBEBS , NiXL AND TaTL 0 B at York ;—On Saturday , the extreme sentence of the law was carried into efifect oa the bodies of Robert Nail aiid Jonathan / Taylor , convicted at the last York Assizes , before Mr . Baron Rolfe , of the murder ' of their wives . Since ; their condemnation the demeanour of the malefactors has been calm and collected . About half-past five o ' clock in : the morning they were removed from the condemned cell to a room adjoining the Assiza Court . Nail walked across the Castle yard with a firm elastic step , and meeting the schoolmaster of the gaol on his way , h © slapped him on the shoulder and said , "In six hour how will it be with me ? " It was also apparent that lorhad not

    ray- suffered much through mental anguish ; Sion after ten o ' clock the Reverend chaplain again visited the prisoners , and remained in prayer with them until half-past eleven . He then administered the sacrament to them , and shortly afterwards they were pinioned . At twelve o'clock the Under-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 execatioD . Tkey walked to the Scaffold with a firm unfliaehing 3 t 6 p , arid did not appear to be in the slightest degree agitajed . The usual service of the church was then gone through b y the chaplain . Nail seemed to enter with much spirit into thia / -part of the- serrice , and when , the Lord ' s prayer was repeated he audibly joined . He also em ployed the interval befcwp . « n th «

    adjustment of the knot and the drawing of tbe fatal bolt ,. m fervent ejaculatory prayer . Taylor did net display the samedegree of feeling , and with the exception of a slight motion of the lips when iheLord'a prayer was repeated , he was perfectly passive . At the conclusion of the devotional service , the reverend chaplain shook hands with the convicts . They bade him farewell with much fervour , and appeared to be deeply sensible of the important benefits which he had rendered them . The fatal bolt was drawn , and the , wretched men were launched into eternity . JNeitner of them appeared to suffer much , and Taylor evidently died without a struggle ; The melaacaolyrspectacle seemed to excite cousiderable interest , and at the time the execution took place there oould not have been less than from ten to twelve thottsaadl persoas present .

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 16, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct750/page/6/