The trial of James Mullane was resumed yesterday, when Mr.
Best opened the defence. Witnesses were called ; principally relatives of the prisoner. His daughter stated that the pencil-ease was the property of her brother who is at sea. Thomas and John Mullens, sons of the prisoner, deposed to his presence at his house at Chelsea at the time the murder is suggested to have been committed ; the prisoner was in bed by nine o'clock. James Stephen- son, a builder of Old Ford, deposed to meeting a man in Grove Road, ap- parently from No. 9, with paper-hangings under his arm; it was about half-past nine on the 13th. That man was Rowland, one of the witnesses ; he was much excited when witness met him. Rowland was again put into the box; he denied that he met Stephenson, whom he knew as a person subject to delusions: "he was not right in his head." The Lord Chief Baron commenced his charge at half-past two o'clock, and concluded at twelve minutes past five. The Jury retired and returned at twenty minutes past six with the verdict of "Guilty." Mullens reiterated his innocence, but be thanked the Court and Jury for a patient trial. The Lord Chief Baron passed sentence of death in the usual form.
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