will you take for the other 5s. ?" and he said, "A ring." I showed him one, and he took it. The box produced is of the same kind as that I put the chain in. I sent a letter the same afternoon to the police, and subsequently accompanied Inspector Kerrissey to New York.

Cross-examined. The prisoner saw me weighing a chain. Only a show-case parted us. I had never seen the prisoner in the shop to my knowledge.

Mrs. Blythe.—I am the wife of George Blythe, and reside at 16, Park-terrace, Old Ford-road. I know the prisoner at the bar. He lodged with us for about seven weeks. Those seven weeks ended on the 14th of July. He occupied the firstfloor back, and took his meals with us. His occupation was that of a tailor. He was in the habit of leaving our house at half-past seven. I remember the morning of Saturday, the 9th of July. I saw the prisoner that morning. He went out that morning, and I had no reason to expect him home at any particular hour. I sat up till eleven o'clock. He had not then come home.-Had you any reason for sitting up for him? No.-Had he a latch-key? Yes.-Did you hear him come in? No.-Did your husband go to bed at that time also? Yes.What time the next morning did you see the prisoner? Between eight and nine. He breakfasted with us.-Did he stop at home that day? Yes. In the evening did he go out with you and your husband? Yes. And came back? Yes.-He spent the day with you on Sunday? Yes.-On Monday morning at what time did you see him? In the morning. He breakfasted with us, and left the house about eight o'clock.-At what time did you see him again that day? Between eight and nine in the evening.-Had you any conversation with him on the Monday evening? Not any thing particular.—Did he spend any time in your house with you? Yes. Did he show you any thing? A gold Albert chain.-Is that the chain he showed you [producing a chain]? It was similar to that.-Did he say any thing about the chain? No.-Did he remain any time with you after that? Till Thursday morning.-When he came to live with you did he bring any thing with him? A hat-box. That is the hat-box; the name is Walker, and the address is on it.—Did you find that hat-box in the prisoner's room after he left? Yes. And did you deliver it to one of the police-constables? Yes. Cross-examined.-He passed the Sunday as usual, and there was nothing particularly different in his manner on that day. Though he lodged with us only seven weeks I have known him twelve months. We have always known him as a quiet, well-behaved, inoffensive young man. He always took his meals with us.-Did the prisoner wear the same dress on the Sunday that he wore on Saturday? Yes. Did he wear the same dress on Monday when he went out that he wore on the Saturday and Sunday? I cannot recollect whether he wore his light or dark trowsers.-Did he wear the same coat? Yes. You have seen it; it is in the possession of Tanner? Yes. I don't know in whose possession it is.-A coat has been produced which you recognize as the one he wore? Yes. Is that the coat he had on on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday? I believe so.-You are not sure as to the trowsers ? No.-Are you sure of the trowsers on the Sunday? Yes. They were the same as he wore on Saturday? Yes.-Are you aware the prisoner was lame? Yes.-Which foot was it he was lame of? I believe the left foot.-Did he wear a slipper on Saturday? Yes.-Have you given it to the police? Yes. (The slipper was produced, and identified as being the one he wore.)—That is the right foot, is it not? Yes.--Your impression is that it was the left foot? Yes.-Whether left or right, are you quite sure he was lame, and went out with a slipper on? Yes. Did you give that slipper up to Mr. Tanner? To Mr. Superintendent Tiddy. That is the slipper that was left at my

house. He had been lame from the Thursday.-I believe you knew pretty well about all the affairs of this young man. He was confidential with you, was he not? Yes. I did not know whether he was going on Monday to the docks. I knew of his intention to go to America a fortnight previous to the 14th of July.—When he left did he tell you in what vessel he was going? Yes, the “Victoria.”—Did he give you any address in New York? No.-You knew he was going to New York? Yes. We produce a letter from the pilot. Is that the letter you received from him? Yes. Have you the envelope there?

Mr. Avery (the clerk).—The envelope is addressed to Mr. Blythe, 16, Parkterrace, Old Ford-road, London. The letter is dated, "On the sea, July 16, in the morning." It then proceeds :-" Dear friends, I am glad to confess I cannot have a better chance than I have. If the sun shines nice and the wind blows fair, as it is at the present moment, every thing will go well. I cannot write any more; only I have no postage. You will be so kind to take the letter in." Sergeant Parry.-Where was the letter posted?

Mr. Avery. It has the postmark Worthing, July 16, and the London postmark, July 16.

Sergeant Parry, to witness.-Do you know the prisoner's age i

e? Twenty-three or twenty-four. Did you wash for him? Not till the last week.-What did you wash for him the last week? Six new shirts.

Re-examined by the Solicitor-General.-I was walking with him from six to nine o'clock on the Sunday morning.

Mr. Baron Martin.-Was it a pair of slippers that he wore? Yes. He went out with one of them? Yes, the one he wore on his bad foot.-Was it from six to nine or seven to nine you walked out on Sunday? From six to nine.

George Blythe, sworn, examined by Mr. Giffard.-I knew the prisoner, who lodged at my house, and usually we went from home together, sometimes at half-past seven, and sometimes at a quarter to eight.—Did you leave home together from the 7th to the 14th of July? No; I left him at home every morning, and went to town at my ordinary time.-We have heard that on Sunday, the 10th, he took a walk with you and your wife to Victoria Park? -Yes; to Victoria Park.-Did he come back with you? Yes.-On the Monday evening did you see the prisoner when he came back from town? No; he came home after me.-Did he and a man named Haffa come in together? Yes.-Did you notice the chain he had? I noticed that he had a new chain. Had you noticed whether he had been wearing a chain for some time before? No; he had not. But before that, two or three weeks previously, had you seen him wearing a chain? Yes.-Is that, the chain that he used to wear on the previous two or three weeks, the same chain he wore on Monday evening, or a different one? A different one.

Cross-examined.-He wore a slipper on the Sunday morning.-Were you walking all the time when you went to Victoria Park, or did you sit down in the park? We were walking all the time.-You saw him on the Saturday and Sunday. Was his dress the same or different? It was the same. Did you see him on Monday? No; I went to my work.-Do you know this coat? This is like the one he wore. -What character did he bear? That of a quiet inoffensive young man.—And of a humane disposition? Yes. When he left he told me he was going by the "Victoria" to New York, and that the vessel was lying in the London Docks. He told me he was going to America a fortnight before he went. It was publicly known to his friends that he was going.

Mrs. Repsch, sworn, examined by the Solicitor-General.-You are the wife of

Mr. Repsch, a tailor? Yes. Are you English ?-English, born of German parents. When did you first know the prisoner? Nearly two years ago.-He worked as a tailor for Mr. Hodgkinson, did he not? Yes, to the end of July.-And after that time was he in any employment? No.-Did he come to your house from time to time? Yes.-Were you intimate? On friendly terms.-Do you recollect whether he had a watch and chain of his own? Yes.-When was it you saw the watch and chain last on him? I don't recollect when he had it. I believe he had it when he was working for Mr. Hodgkinson. He told me afterwards that he had pledged the watch and chain. I believe that they were pledged separately, and he had not got them out by the 9th of July.-Was Müller at your house that Saturday? Yes, from eleven or twelve till evening.-And how long did he remain? Till about seven o'clock. He wore a slipper that day, but I don't recollect whether he came in it. He was in the habit of taking off his boots and wearing slippers.Do you recollect whether he left with a slipper on? I did not see him leave. There was a left slipper remaining after he left, not the right slipper. I saw the boots where he changed them and put on his slippers. When he left both the boots had gone. He had taken both boots and one slipper.-Do you recollect his changing his clothes? Yes; he had green and black trowsers that day, and he changed them for an older working pair. He changed again when he left the house, and left behind him the working pair.-When did you see him next? On Monday morning, between ten and eleven. When he returned on Monday morn ing had he the same pair of trowsers? He had a light pair on.-Had he a pair of dark ones on when he left? Yes. On Monday morning he came in both boots.-Did he show you a chain that morning? He did.-You had better look at chain No. 2 [produced]. Is that the description of chain? I believe it to be the same.-Did he say any thing about it? He said he had paid 31. 15s. for it in the docks that morning. He also had a plain gold ring, which he said he had paid 7s. 6d. for at the same place at which he had bought the chain. My husband saw him as well as myself.-Did you on that Monday morning observe any thing with respect to his hat? I observed that he had a new hat on his head which I had never seen before. Did you say any thing about it to him? I said he was very extravagant in having a new hat, and he said his old one was smashed and thrown into the dust-hole.--Do you remember your husband asking him any thing? He asked him what he gave for it, and he replied that he gave 14s. 6d., and my husband said it looked more like a guinea hat. Had you observed before that what sort of a hat Müller wore? Yes; a plain black hat with a merino rim, and it had a striped lining.—What kind of stripe? A broad blue stripe, edged with black and white.-What drew your attention to the lining? Its being peculiar. I never saw such a lining before. -How came you to notice it? Because of its being a particular lining. Do you know whether he was in the habit of putting any thing behind the lining? I have seen him put letters there. I gave a description of the hat to the police. (The hat was produced and handed to the witness.) Look at that hat.--To the best of my belief that is the hat; both the rim and lining are the same. They correspond with what I have seen.-Have you ever heard him say any thing about the hat? Yes, he said that Mr. Matthews, the cabman, made him a present of it. When did he tell you that? Either in November or December the previous year.-Had you noticed Müller wear any other hat beside that? Never.-Did you ever see it in a hat-box? I did. He brought it in a hat-box to my house. (The hat-box was produced and identified.)—How long did they remain there? He took them away again after showing them to me.-On Saturday, the 9th of July,

what coat had Müller on? Well, sir, to the best of my belief it was the old one. Do you recollect whether Müller had a coat with a velvet collar? Yes, an overcoat.-Do you recollect whether he had that coat on on the 9th of July? He had not. (The two pairs of trowsers being handed to the witness, she identified the light pair as the pair Müller had on on Monday morning, and the dark pair as the pair that he used to wear when he came there.)

Cross-examined.-Müller left about half-past seven on the Saturday evening. He left with a person of the name of Haffa.-Had he a slipper on on the whole of Saturday? Yes.-You don't know whether he left with a slipper or not? No.You produce a slipper? Yes, one left at my house on Saturday. He had taken the right slipper away? Yes.-But whether he had it on or not you cannot say? No. -You understood he had been lame on the right foot since Thursday? Yes.-Is he rather a vain and boastful man? Well, he was rather fond of finery.--And of showing things that he had? Yes.-Used he to romance a little, as it is called, now and then? I cannot say.-Did he tell you that Mr. Hodgkinson was sending him out to New York? He told me he had told Mrs. Blythe that, but we knew different. And that he was to have 150l. a year? He did not tell me that, but that he told Mrs. Blythe .—You seem to have been constantly looking into his hat, and having it in your hand. How was that? I often moved it out of my way, and then I looked at it.—But how came you to have it so often in your hand? I don't know. I only had it in my hand when he put it in my way.-My friend asked you to describe it. Did you not see it at the Police Court and before the coroner? Yes I did.-You had seen it twice before, then? Yes. Do you know a man named Haffa? I do.-How long have you known him? twelve months and more? Yes. Has he been in the habit of coming to your house? He has been in the habit of working for Mr. Hodgkinson.-How long had you known Müller? Nearly two years.-Do you know Haffa? Yes. Is he in the habit of constantly coming to your house ?-Yes. What is the colour of the lining of his hat? I don't know.-Have you other male friends coming there? Yes.-What is the colour of the lining of their hats? I cannot say.-You seem to have been only looking into Müller's hat? Well, the thing struck my fancy. I may have looked into it thirty or forty times.—Do you know a cabman named John Matthews? Yes.-How long have you known him? About six years ago first met him.-Does your husband know him? Yes. How long after you heard of this murder did you see Matthews ? Not till after he came from New York. Were you in the habit of visiting Matthews, and did the families visit ? I think I went there about twice, not more.-Did you know that the prisoner a month or two before bought some new clothes? Yes; a pair of trowsers.-Do you remember about that time asking the prisoner to lend you 5s.? Yes, he did.-Did he not say that he could not do so because he was going to buy a new hat? I do not remember.-You are sure of that, are you? Yes; he did lend the money. Did you not say just now that you did not remember? And did you not say, "Pooh, pooh, you can buy a hat next week ?" I do not remember. I think you said he had the same dress on on Monday except the trowsers? I cannot say whether he had a velvet collar coat on or no.

Re-examined by the Solicitor General.-How long is it since you borrowed the 5s.? I do not know, but it was paid upon some settlement.-Did he say any thing at all about a hat? No, not at that time.-Was it at the time he bought the hat new in the bandbox? After that. Did you ever lend him money? Frequently I have lent him a trifle, and he has paid me back.-Do you recollect whether you lent him any the last week or fortnight? I don't.-You have been

asked a good deal as to the colour of the hats of other persons; now take that hat in your hand. Did you ever see in all London a hat with a lining of that colour? No, I never did.-You say he brought it to you new. Did you make any remark? I said, “What a peculiar lining!" I believe I only saw him put letters behind the lining once. I pledged the coat for him, because he said he had not money to pay his passage.-Did he ask you to pawn it for him? Yes.

The Chief Baron.-When?

Witness.-On the Wednesday after the Saturday, on the 13th July.

By the Solicitor General.—I pawned it for 6s., and gave the money to Müller. -You spoke of a new pair of trowsers-a dark pair-which he took off and put on another? Yes.-Did you see him with them on again? No.

Arthur Repsch, husband of last witness.-The prisoner Müller used to work at my shop, and worked on Saturday, the 9th of July. He had an old pair of trowsers on, in which he was accustomed to work at our shop.-Do you know whether, when he went out on Saturday evening, those trowsers remained there? They remained behind.-Do you know of a pair of trowsers of his with green spots? You knew he had another pair? Yes; a green mixture.-When did you see him with them on? I cannot say.-You remember the murder of Mr. Briggs; did you ever see those trowsers after that day. I cannot say.--He went to your shop on the Monday? Yes.-Did he say any thing? He said he had got a new hat, and he also had a chain and ring upon him, which he said he had bought in the docks.-Did he say any thing about his hat? He said he had worn it two or three times on Sundays, and had bought it about two months before.— About the chain you said he had, where did he take it from? From his waistcoat pocket. Was any thing attached to it except the ring? The ring was not attached, it was on his finger.-Did you make any observation about the value of the hat? I said it was worth a guinea; he told me the price was 14s. 6d.; that is why I said it was worth a guinea.

Cross-examined.-Have you seen him wear the trowsers and coat he had on on Monday before? Yes.-Was it not you who said, "Why, you have got a new hat?" No, I did not say so; my missus said, "Why, you have got a new hat." -Did you say, when asked to describe what he had on on Saturday, that he had on dark trowsers, grey and all colours, very old, and with brown stripes? Yes, I did. On the Saturday? Yes.-I am not speaking of the trowsers he left behind him after he had left. Do you mean he was wearing them when he went away? No, I did not see him go out.-Did he come early on Monday morning? No; between ten and eleven.-Did you not ask him to come with Haffa to help him to cut out some people's work? No.-Did you ask him to come early to fetch the neckties for Haffa? No, that was on the Tuesday morning.-You knew he was going to America? Yes.-I believe you gave him leave to work up the clothes for going out at your shop? Yes, I did. I went with him to the "Victoria."Every one who knew him knew, I suppose, that he was going to America? Certainly. Did you know John Matthews? Yes; I have known him eight or ten years.-How soon did you see him after the murder? I think the first time I saw him was at Hackney.-When was that, at the inquest? At the inquest.-Before or after he had given information to the police? After the information. Before the Saturday of which we have been speaking, I can't say that I saw Müller for a month. Two months before that I know he bought some new clothes and a hat. He never had to come to work on Sundays. I had occasionally seen him on Sundays.

Re-examined.—I had seen him on week days, but had not noticed his hat. I