The Bermondsey murder : a full report of the trial of Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning, for the murder of Patrick O'Connor, at Minver-place, Bermondsey, on the 9th of August, 1849. Including memoirs of Patrick O'Connor, Frederick George Manning, and Maria Manning. With their portraits, and several other engravings.

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1849
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Credit: The Bermondsey murder : a full report of the trial of Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning, for the murder of Patrick O'Connor, at Minver-place, Bermondsey, on the 9th of August, 1849. Including memoirs of Patrick O'Connor, Frederick George Manning, and Maria Manning. With their portraits, and several other engravings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    in the present instance, adding that there was no direct chemical process by which the pre- sence of bloud-stains could be ascertained. MR. FRANCIS WORRALL STEPHENS’S EVIDENCE. Francis Worrall Stephens, examined by Mr. Clarkson; I am a stockbroker, carrying on busines^ at No. 3, Royal Exchange. I was acquainted with the late Patrick O’Connor. I was in the habit of doing business with him. 1 delivered to him, on the 6lh of August 1 ist, ten shares in the Sambre and Meuse Railway. I had purchased them for him on the 3rd of Auo-ust. They were numbered 6460 to 6469 inclusive. I think they were ordered on the 2nd or’3rd of August. In May last I purchased for O’Connor ten shares in the Arnions and Boulogne Railway. They were ordered on or before the 11th of Mty^. I delivered them on the lUh. They were numbered 48,665 to 48,674 inclusive. I recollect Mrs. Mannitrg coming to mv office either on the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd of August—but I rather think it was t>re 1st. She introduced herself by saj'ing that she had been recommended to me by Patrick O’Corrnor, as she Wanted to invest some money. She asked what shares or stock she could buy in England that she could sell abroad. I asked where she was going to. After soma h-sitation, she said to Paris. I said, “Perhaps you had better purchase French Rentes?’’ She asked for the Foreign Railway List, and I showed it to her. She asked what shares she should buy, as she wished to sell the property again witlumt the control of her husband? She asked, if she purchased B uilogne and Amiens shares, or Sambre and Meuse, whether she could sell them without her husband’s control? She said she would call again, and went away; but I did not see her afterwards. Cross-examined by Mr. Ballantine: The Boulogne and Amiens shares came to £71 17s. 6d. They have diminished in value since I bought them for O’Connor. In August they would have been worth about £7 per share. O’Connor never mentioned Mrs. Manning’s name to me. MR. ALEXANDER LAMOND’S EVIDENCE. Alexander Lamond, examined by Mr. Clerk: I am not a broker on the Stock Exchange, but I am a stockbroker. I was acquainted with O’Connor when he was alive. In April last I purchased some shares in the Eastern Counties Railway for him. I witnessed the transfer of those snares to Mr. Patrick O’Connor. They were twenty shares, and amounted to £400 of theConmlida ed Stock of the Eastern Counties Railway. [The transfer-book of the rail- way companj’ was here produced, from which it appeared that the trinsfer was executed on the 16th May last.] The shares were paid for on the same day. On the 27th of April, I purchased for O’Connor ten sh ires in the Sambre and Meuse Railway. Thvy are scrip shares, which pass from hand to hand without registration. I do not know the numbers of those shares. I received them from Mr. George Cooper Russell. Russell’s name was on them. [ Mr. Moxhay, the superintendent of police at Edinburgh, here produced the Sambre and Meuse scrip found in Mrs. Manning’s trunk.] I recognise these as the shares which passed through our hands with reference to th^t transaction. These shares were brought to our office by Mr. Wenham Ru.sselTs clerk. They are numbered 26,523 to 26,532 inclusive. Cross—xamined by Mr. Ballantine: Mrs. Manning brought me a note of introduction from O’Connor. She asked me some questions, but she had no dealings with me. John Hayward, examined by the Attorney-General: I am a cleik in the office of the solicitor to the Treasury. I was present at the police-office when a person named John Bassett was examined. I understand that he is now dead. He produced before the magis- trate, and 1 r. ceived from him, this scrip and assignment [producing them]. They have been in my possession ever since. Mr. Gre-n examined: I am clerk of the transfers to the Eastern Counti- s Railway Com- pany. This is the original certificate of Eastern Counties Railway Company’s shares de- livered to Patrick O’Connor. The other document professes to be an assignment of those shares. _ Mr. Shillibeer examined: I know Frederick George Manning. I do not believe that the signature to this document (the assignment) is in his handwriting. It does not bear the slightest resemblance to it. [This unexpected statement from the witness excited a good deal of surprise.] Richard ll nnmond, examined by the Attorney-General: I am a clerk in the employment of Messrs. Killick and Co., sharebrokers. 1 know the male prisoner. 1 tlid not see him execute this transfer of stock, but it was brought to me wet by Mr. Bassett. At the time when Bassett brought it to me I saw the male prisoner in the office. When ho came in, wo spoke about Eastern Counties shares, and I introduced him to M’t Bussctt in the private room. He said he had been there before, but I did not know what his name was. Mr. Bas- set asked me for £110, and I gave him the money. I gave him a £100 Bank of England note, numbered 15,043, and dated the 5th of June, 1849. There was also a £5 note, num- bered 20,051, and five sovereigns. I saw him pay this money to the prisoner, Frederick George Manning. The words “Patrick O’Connor’ on the assignment weie wet when it was de- livered to me, and I put it on the blotting-paper. There was a Mr. Liutorn, a share-dealer who was in the ofiice at the time. I did not hear the name of O’Connor mentioned. 1 took