23 JULY 1881, Page 2

The Magistrates of Cuckfield have committed Mapleton, alias Lefroy, for

trial at the next Sasses Sessions, on the charge of murdering Mr. Gold. There was little added to the evidence, except proof that Lefroy had a pistol ; bat pending the defence, which is reserved, the total body of testimony was overwhelm- ing. No hint has been given of any line of defence to be adopted, though the prisoner's lawyer pressed questions intended to prove that it was possible for a passenger to have jumped out of an express train and have got off alive, or to have moved from carriage to carriage along the footway. The questions point, of course, to an intention to adhere to Lefroy's original statement.