RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, REEFTON.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1281, 6 September 1872, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, REEFTON.

i: Wednesday, September 4. '.'.' (Before, Charles • Broad, Esq., R.M.) THE SUSPECTED MURDER OF COSTELIO. Charles ' Sibree alias Yankee Charley and ..George Barton alias Yorkey' were brought up, charged with feloniously, killing and slaying one Thomas Costello, ; at Boatman's Creek, in August last. , ; Mr Home appeared for the, defence. , ' Martin Mullins, on being sworn, said' : I am a laborer, residing at ..Larry's Creek. I know ihe prisoner Yorkey, now before the Court, andl have seen the, -other man < nc9 before., ,1 was in> the company of . Yorkey during, the last month, on Wednesday, the 14th of August, on the night he told me about this matter. We were at, J phnsou's accommodation houses Larry's Creek, about LI o'clock that night. I and Yorkey Jq-y down .together- on a shake-down on Johnson's floor, and were talking about' outting th.c approaches to the end of the landing. After this conversation, he (Yorkey) put his hand under my neck, and I asked him what he meant by that. He replied that he wished' I would v die along- with him. I told him 1 was not ready for dying, on

which he said that he should very soon die, and on my asking what for; he said for pjil- .. ting Torn Costello away r ip asked', hini \f he had anyone along -said- " Yes; he had Yankee Charley." He told me that they put the body into Boatman's Creek. On this I jumped up telling mm at the same iitne that I {W 4 an t tedjtpflea,Ve'his|pl^ce, and that that man Yorkey' and Yankee Charley had JRB?iLe£edJMteto when ieaving that he might be Borry for what he had 'saidj" arid went over to my own tent, telling t Yprkey noj; ta come ■after 'me* till ''l left, j at'ilie sajoje time threatening tpjshoot hini if he did soi He came over in the I ' morning as my niates : were* going! to ."vifotKi : I hSd' previously^ told my. mates,- whose names were Siuym,' Harrington, and Larkins, of what; the .prisoner Yorkey. had ;fcmd nic/ a,ndi 1 toid 'them' directly' I got to my tent. When Yorkey came" over the ; next morning he asked me if I knew anything, about L 2, and ? l' referred him 'io >' J6h'tis'6n| as he Had given it to Bachelor and Johnspn's party. ; A's he 1 was going awhy he said " "^C>u need ; not make such a bloody noise about that affair,? meaning v I Wd, him that I. ; had told f too many to keep it a secret now,' arid' tliat he must get out of it the best, way; he : ,cquld. Costello had been missing several days before, and people had been making enquiries for hirn.^.Dan.M'Ginlay was, searching 1 all the time. I did not know Costello, but. had s,een him once or twice; a -'ft ''„.,'„' v Cross-exammed by'^Mr Horned I had^ beenathdmeiiiiny tent all the 14th of . Augu.st, r and, >had ; -.been . dijiaking with Yprkey jthaJjTaay^ '.. ■ Fh^ii ". , l; went; to ; b?p3 v ,with;Y9rkey,;'l .had liquor in, but wai ;npjt : drunk,,, and could account, for everything that occurred. ' Yorkey was the worse 1 6Miqubr ! and had the sign of liquor on,7though Jie -was .dble to account for 4iiinself.JA..conveFsation46ok«^laoe»abotit t twenty mimitya^before Yorkey told me. I left him at once'on his telling me. Hia/ expression was that he ..and Yankee €harldynad ! putCpst^Jlo ! a\fay. ; ] Sergeant 1 M'Ardle asked fora remand for pight.! days, as the police had not Had sufficient 'opportunity to make, several necessary inquiries; *'^- r 'v MAuA'-fM : Jiir, Mr Home r asked in that case that Yorkey should be allowed bail. :\, ;..«,■■ ;, The Magistrate said, that hie was per-;« fectly aware that bail could, i>e granted in cases , of murder, ..but ;it ')vas ; a ; pri.viiege that was never exercised, and he refused the request, and at the same time.granted a remand tUI, Wednesday, ihe lith ins't.