SUPREME COURT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 196, 19 August 1874, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.

[Before his Honor Mr. Jtjstics Richmond.] CRIMINAL SITTINGS. THIS DAY. Wilful Murder. Newman Boseley was charged with the wilful murder of his wife, Charlotte Boseley, and William Millyard with being an accessory after the fact. The following names were calif d on tho jury:— J. Holding, C. Kidson (challen«ied), E. Cresswell, F. Fanzelow, J. E. Sherwood (chillenged), F. Nieman ('challenged), G. Saunders, W. V. Salter (challenged), F. Freeman, A. T. Robertson, J. Christian, H. Parkerj' C Webb (challenged), J. Cockram, B. Condell, J. Butt, A. Robertson (foreman). Mr H. Adams and Mr Pitt appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Conoily and Mr Fell for the prisoners. Mr Adams having opened the case for tbe Crown, called William Lightfoof, who produced plans of the Bay View Hotel, the scene of the alleged murder. Ia cross-examination, witness said that he had known Bosely and his wife for many years, having come out from England with them, and tbat they had been so far as he knew an industrious hard-working couple, and that they got on well together. Ann Fuller : I reside at Wakapuaka. I know prisoners. I knew Mra Boseley. At a quarter to five on the morning of the 18th July, Millyard came to my bouse, which is close to tbe Bay View, and called me. I went to j Boaeley's and saw him. He said, "My | wife's dead, Mrs Fuller, ond Pm sorry for it." In reply to my question, he told me sbß was in another room, aud he led the way into it. I saw her there lying dead on. the sofa, which was on the right haod side of the room. A blanket was thrown over the body. Boseley tamed the blanket down, and I touched her face, which was cold and stiff. The face was bruised all over. There was no blood. Boseley asked me what I was going to do. I said-} could do nothing tijl tbe Coroner came. He said, " What do you want of a Coroner ?" 1 replied because it wag a sudden death, and besides, I eoul4 do nothing by myself, but i*e rmjsfc gor*-* for Mra Batchelor. fife then .a j Millyard for her, aud hq a>- . sent to town to iet tbo »n** -o sent bitn Boseley was a lit*' .aorities know, drinking whil* " ..e drank. He was saying «M- - I was there. He'kept for it" x *y wife is dead and Pm sorry fr . He also kept on complaining -at she had been the ruin of him. He was sober enough to know what he waa | saying aod doiog. Mrs Batchelor arrived about six. The body was then to the some state as when I arrived. Cross-examined,: I have known the Boseleys for thirteen or fourteen years. 1 used at time to be frequently in and out. Sometimes they were on good terms and sometimes not/ I have sometimes seen Mrs Boseley the worse tor dnok, occasionally for days together, I have aeon her fell down, She used to get drunk and that would set him on. When drank, sfie would always, igfUe

got a chance, get up a row with her husband. J r r 7- '■■- Re exaraited : Tbe quarrels ot Boseley and his wife were not confined to words. There were generally blows as well. Whichever got most exasperated struck first. They would strike each other with anything tbat came to hand. Carolina Batchelor: [The principal portion of the evidence of tbis witness has already been published.] In describing the state of the room iv which the body Jay, she said : " I noticed three caodlesticks, two brass ones, end a plated on?. The latter bad in it a piece of a candle, the upper part of which had been broken off. Caroline Godbaz repeated the evidence giren at the Coroner's inquest. Thomas Dedson : J am au innkeeper at Wakapuaka. I know the prisoners. I called at the Bay View on the morning of- Friday, the 17th July. I saw Millyard sitting on a ladder under the front window. He was drunk. He sorved me with a glass of ale. I did not see Boseley or his wife. I weut into the baV. I heard voices io the parlor; one I know was Boaeley's. I heard him say, "You* drunken .b— *- -." The other voice was very low, more of a moan or grumble, I called again io the evening on my coming back from town. Millyard was behind the bar in about the same condition. I heard no noise then. Cross-examined: I knew the Boseleys before they took to drinking. Prior to their starting a public house they lived very comfortably together. Thomas PI am mer: I am a printer residing in Nelson. On Friday afternoon, July 17, I called at the Bay View with Cummins. I saw Millyard lying on a seat in front of the bar. He was the worse for drink, and appeared to be asleep. He got us a bottle of porter. In about ten minutes I heard Boaeley's voice io the parlor. I heard him say " You drunken b , you've been tbe ruin of me," and then a groan and a sort of mumbling speech, as of a drunken person trying to speak, and not being able to do so. Two or three minutes after Boseley opened the door and looked into the bar, and then went back again. Shortly after he came into the bar, and said to me *' You see I'm oo the loose," I said " Yes, I see you are." He ssid "That b-—---woman has been the ruin of me, and driven me to it." He was iv his shirt sleeves. I told him he was to blame as the more she drank the more he ought to keep sober, as there ought to be one clear head out of the two. He said it waa very easy for me to talk, but I had never been troubled witb such a b -. He asked me what he ought to do, and I told him to sell or let the house and go into private life, or clear out of Nelson altogether. He then showed me his arm that had been broken some time before, saying his wif9 had been the cause of it. He asked he to go to the parlor and look at the drunken beast, but I refused. There was a little blood on his right hand. Ie was very light and trifliog. Wadraan then came in. I don't think Boseley knew what he was about. He was very excited, and cried when he spoke about his wife. He could walk about. The Court was still sitting when .we went to press.