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.

Date:
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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    THE BERMONDSEY MURDER Os the south side of the Thames, in the region of tan-pits and suburban gardens known as Bermondsey, there stands a new range of small houses, known as Minver-place. Here, in one of these houses. No. 3, dwelt with his wife, fora short time antecedent to the 9th of August, aman nameu Frederick George Manning. Manning's father was a sergeant in the Somerset militia, and resided a long time in Taunton, where he was for many years the lessee of the market tolls, and of several turnpikes in the town and neighbourhood and other parts of Somersetshire. He also for some years kept the Bear public-house, Taunton, and was much respected in every relation of life. He died about four or five years ago, leaving his widow and Frederick George Manning, his favourite surviving son, his representatives. The father left a larger portion of his property to the subject of this sketch than to any of his other children, and a, share expectant on the death of the mother, which shortly afterwards occurred. Manning’s first connexion with his wife is involved in some obscurity. He was formerly in the service of the Great Western Railway Company, as guard, and there is no doubt was implicated in the extensive robberies which were committed on that line. It will be re- collected, that, in the short space of a twelvemonth, bullion, in boxe.s, to the amount of £4000, was stolen from the train of which Manning was guard. He was discharged from the company’s service, and -was not again heard of until the mail robbery took place, in January last; and, as no clue could be found to the plunder from the up-mail, suspicion immediately alighted upon Manning and his wife. Here it should be observed, that Manning had some months before become landlord of the White Hart Inn, at Taunton, where for the first time Mrs. Manning appeared. They were both taken into custody, and after undergoing an examination were dismissed, in consequence of no property being found in their posses- sion , at the same time it was quite clear that the prisoners were connected with the robbery, and pai-ticipated in the plunder. In fact. Nightingale, Poole’s confederate, whilst string at Exeter, assumed the name of Manning. The rumours circulated at Taunton with respect to the Mannings’ connexion with Poole and Nightingale (who were subsequently convicted before Lord Denman, at the spring assizes at Exeter, and sentenced to fifteen years’ transportation), proved so detrimental to the White Hart, and they were looked upon with such suspicion, that it was found necessary to KO. 3, IIINVBU-PLAOF., TUB SCBBE OF TIIF. MTJRDER.