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<lb/>tember, between a quarter to one and one, I saw her come home; she was not sober; she bid us good-night at the corner—about five minutes after she had gone in I heard screaming and a crash, and the prisoner came running down the steps; he put his foot on one step, and turned back to the house—he said something in his own language, and ran up the street—I went in and saw Jones sitting in a chair upstairs—the police were then there.</p>
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<hi rend="italic">H</hi> 373). I was called to the house early in the morning, and in the second floor front room I found the prosecutrix lying on the ground in a pool of blood; she was in a semi-conscious state—I bathed her head; she rallied, and I assisted her to the Police-station—Angelo afterwards handed me this chopper; there was blood on the head of it.</p>
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<hi rend="italic">H</hi> 291). At one in the morning of 20th September the prisoner came to Leman Street Station, and said, "I wish to give myself into custody for murdering a woman in St. George's; I don't know whether she is dead or not"—the inspector took charge of him.</p>
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<p>the injuries I received, but I suppose it was caused by some man who wanted me to go home with him, and I refused because he had no money. I know the man by sight; he is a tall fellow. I left home at ten, and I believe I stayed there till the house closed; I had several glasses of mild-and-bitter."</p>
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<hi rend="italic">The Prisoner, in his statement before the Magistrate, and in his defence, said that he teas drinking with four or five men in the public-house, and then sat down, and remembered nothing else till he was in the Police-station.</hi> </p>
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<hi rend="italic">H</hi> 373). I was called to the house early in the morning, and in the second floor front room I found the prosecutrix lying on the ground in a pool of blood; she was in a semi-conscious state—I bathed her head; she rallied, and I assisted her to the Police-station—Angelo afterwards handed me this chopper; there was blood on the head of it.</p>
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<hi rend="italic">The Prisoner, in his statement before the Magistrate, and in his defence, said that he teas drinking with four or five men in the public-house, and then sat down, and remembered nothing else till he was in the Police-station.</hi> </p>
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