THE ALLANTON TRAGEDY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 29

THE ALLANTON TRAGEDY.

SWEEXEY COMMITTED FOR TRIAL,

At the City Police Court on Friday, before Mr C. C. Graham, S.M., Hugh. Sweeney was charged that he had, on March 26, 1902, at Allajiton, murdered Annie Sinnott by stabbing her with a carving fork. The particulars will be fresh in the public mind, and it will be remembered that the remains of the unfortunate woman were discovered beneath the debris of a burned cottage at Allanton. When the case was called, Mr i\ Mallard, J.P., took a seat on the bench. Mr J. F. M. Fraser appeared for the Crown and Mr Hanlon for the prisoner, who was then placed in the dock. Mr Fraser said he would proceed to lead the evidence. It was not necessary to open on the facts, as they had so recently been befoie the j magistrate. Mr Mallard said he would like to hear the case opened up. Was Mr Fraser not going to open on the facts? Mr Fraser said it was not necessary to open ■with an address from the Crown in this case in the lower court. The case had all been published, and Mr Mallard could ha.ye an idea, from the publications, of the nature of the case. Mr Mallard • I know absolutely nothing about it. I do not read these accounts, and I come here with my mind absolutely free of any opinion whatever on the subject. Mr Fraser again pointed out that as that was the court in which he had only to prove a prima facie case, it was. beside the point to comment on it at that stage. Mr Mallard . Do I understand then that you refuse to open the case because I am here. I feel it very keenly that you refuse, and I ask you to give be an outline of the case. Mr Fraser I point out that it is not necesfeary for the Crown in a case of this nature to open up the charge. Mr Mallard : I must a«k the Crown Prosecutor to open up the case. Mr -Fraser then consented to give a brief opening, and in opening he said the deceased iiad been a widow, and had lived in a small tworoomed, cottage on the Main road at Allanton. The evidence would disclose the fact that the accused had been cohabitating with her for some time. On the date of the death the accused had been living in a small hut on tl.e opposite side of the road. A greiit deal of evidence would be led, and it would be shown that there had been quarrelling just before the ■fire between the deceased and the pecused. Several witnesses would state that on the night of the fire, between G and 7 o'clock, the accused was seen to try to get into the cottage, and ultimately to go in. The accused had strenuously denied, as would be proved, having gone there, and he gave the lie direct to these witnesses. If he had been there and was innocent, there was no reason why he should deny it. He had been seen to and" fro on the road in the vicinity on the date in question, both before and after the fire. The evidence in this case, as in all these cases, was circumstantial. What he (Mr Fraser) had said would enable Mr Mallard to appreciate the evidence. All he (Mr JTraser) had to do was to prove a puma facie j case. He had been rather reluctant to ofiVr an opening in that court, as it might give a wrong impression. He had only now to state that the ■woman had been found with a fork sticking into her heart. He trusted he had now done his duty. Mr Mallard: Can' you open anything about a ■motive. Hitherto the Crown Prosecutor has always opened fully in the lower court as to the facts. Mr Fraser and Mr Hanlon Xo 1 That is not 80. Mr Fraser It might almost be an injustice to an accused person to comment on evidence in the lower court, as this is only a small community, and jurors are, of course, drawn from ihe community, and they would have read the newspapers. Therefore it is necessary that only the evidence should be adduced that the jurors might come into court with their minds free of opinion on the case. Mr Mallard • Yes. I thank you very much, but you did not refer to the motive. I should like to hear something about that. Mr Graham- The motive will appear later on, Mr Mallard, as we go on with the evidence. Mr Mallard: Yes, but J should like to hear the case opened with some suggestion as to motive. Does the Crown Prosecutor intend to explain a motive, or are we to gather that ? Mr Fraser • I do not know that it is part of your duty to gather motive. I shall leave it tc the evidence. I don't submit myself to crossexamination by the bench. Mr Mallard Ido not want to do anything of the sort. I want to follow the ordinary course, and I dwell on this particular fact. Do j you opeu with motive or do you not 9 Mr Fraser. Pardon me. I cannot allow my self to be questioned by Mr Mallard. With all due deference to the bench — and I always have deferred to the bench, — I cannot allow tny=elf to be cross-examined. Mr Mallard Then you don't open with a motive ? Mr Fraser- You must not say so. You have no right at all to say so. I consider I have said enough to Ipave you to gather motive. J Mr Graham said the court had better proceed to business. Mr Fraser It is a case of great importance. It is a charge of the highest crime in law. Mr Mallard- I am quite aware of that, hut I insist on knowing whether you leave the bench to find the motive as the case proceeds, or do you decline to open with reference to motive 9 Mr Fraser I decline to be inteirogated , put it in that way. Mr Mallard Then I must diaw my own inferencc-s. Mr Fraser You have no n>;ht to draw any inference from me. Draw it f'-om the evidence if you want to, but I don't think you have a right to draw an inference at all. Dr Blomfield was then called, and Mi Fia«n T>roc-ce-led to U-ad thp evidence [j.\ pn ill the inque-it. Mr Mallard That wc.'t d (J , V.) F'«<-or I certainly won't allow that. You cannot load the evidence given at the coionci's ii.quiry Mark you, \cu may think 1 am takin-r an extraordinary course, but I am ri«ht. Metaphorically speaking, the lope m alieadv rcipitl t!.i accused's neck. Mr Fr?ser I always thoup'it jp acri, = (-cl person wa-s assumed to be mnocfiit in til pro.cd guilty. It seems that is altered urns Mr MaJ'ard Tie l^ heie, charged with thehighest chai<?e known tc the Cioun and t'.c evidence mu^t be taken n a piopcr, lrgil way. Mr Graham said it was oi.h put ■»■• l.itpii' gatory. Mr Hanlon : I am con=e-nting to th<> leading of the evidence. It will expedite matter^. 1 object to this waste of time. Dr E. Biomfield, Duheclin, repeated lus evdence given at the inquest, stating that he had r-iammed the remains, which were tiio=e of a fpmale. Parts of the skull had been missinp, and part of the face was burned away. The heart had been shrivelled by the fpe, ar.d ir t was embedded oik prong of a twe-pronged fork, the other piong being broken. The ]nns, prong had entfrcl at the upper part of th" right ventricle, pierced th =, at.d tlu r r ' - l ' laC ;'' 3 3>tared flea* the a^ei pi Uie left veiilucle. The

death would probably be a quick one, but m some cases victims of a. wound in the heart might survive an horn-. The handle of the fork was pointing towards the collarbone. The portion of the fork which bad been embedded in the heart measured 2J inches. The brain had been very much shrivelled, and the liver was present as a. large dried mass. The head had been much retracted, and portion of the lower jaw and tongue remained. The remains had consisted of a trunk, with the front walls burned away, and both legs burned off. He had also examined the scene of the fire, and had there found some little pieces of bone, a mass of burned paper a.nd sundry articles of ordinary household utility. He had also discovered there part of a thigh bone, portion of a. leg bone, and a piece of the skull bone. Dr Cattan had extracted the instrument from the heart, and at the place of entry of the prong there had been a clean hole, sharply defined. If the fork had been inserted after burning, during the course of the removal of the trunk it would probably have made a more jagged hole, and probably would have had the effect of tearing the heart from its attachments. Mr Hanlon said he would not cross-examine. Mr Mallard Would it be possible to insert the fork after death 9 The Witness considered it would have been impossible to insert the fork, after death, as it had been found. Dr Cattan, of Outram, said he agieed with the previous witness as to the description of the remains. He had extracted the fork from the heart. It had been firmly embedded, and had required a considerable pull to extract it. The appearances he noticed about the heart were consistent with the theory that the woman had been stubbed during life, and that death had resulted therefrom John Currie, storekeeper at Allanton, described the situation of the- deceased's residence, which was near his store. The deceased had been of rather intemperate habits. He had last seen her alive about 10 p.m. on the clay preceding the fire. The cieceased had resided in the cottage for about four years, and occasionally the accused had resided v.',th her. On the day of the fire witness had arrived home about 8 o'clock, and had noticed a bright light m the direction of Mrs Sinnott's house, and had called out that the house was on fire. Two men named Thomas Christie and Henry Hasler had been on thp verandah of witness's store, and they had ran to the tire, while witness ran for water. When he had reached the scene the flames were bursting out from the front. The sash of the bedroom window was then slightly open. He had discovered the body, and had recognised clothing found under the body as some ho had sold to Mrs Sinnott. Mrs Sinnott had received an income of £2 a month through the Perpetual Trustees, and witness had drawn it for her for the past four years. He had seen. Sweeney on the night of the fire about five minutes before the fire broke out coming up the road from the hotel. The accused was accompanied by a Soy, and they were then proceeding in the direction ot Mrs Sinnott's residence Sweeney had been at the fire, and seemed then under the influence cf liquor. He had said in witness's hearing, " Try and get the old girl out of the fire." Afterwards the accused had charged a man named Finnic with setting fire to the place. Mr Hanlon did not cross-examine, but MiMallard asked the witness about how far it was that he had seen the accused from, the fire' The Witness said he could not judge the distance. Mr Mallard Then I will put it to you in another way. How long would it take him to come from the cottage to where you saw him 7 The Witness It would depend how he weut. Mr Mallard Well, supposing he ran? The Witness Perhaps about five mintttes. Mr Fraser It is of no importance, anyway. Henry Hasler, baker, pt Allanton, said h.s house was next to the hou«e formerly occupied by the deceased. He hnd known the deceased, and also the accused, for about five years. Witness could not say if the accused was living with the woman prior to her death. He last saw the woman on Monday, March 24. On the night of Wednesday, March 26, he passed the house o! the deceased about 8 o'clock, on his way to Curne's store. At the store he met Mr Christie coming out, and they stopped and spoke in front of the door. A quarter of an hour later Curne came tip to them. When passing deceised's houso witness heard a voice which he took to be hers. She se;med agitated, or wild, or excited. Witness did not hear any other voice. It was Currie who drew witness's aittention to the fact that the house was on fire. That would be about 20 minutes pait 8 o'clock, but it might have been before that oi after it. When witness got up to the house he noticed that the bedroom window was open a few inches. He opened the front door but could not go in for snicke. A little lpter he l.card a dog b-trking li.side Witness faw Sweeney at the fire The body was taken out of the ruins while witne-s vv«s away for uaier On <he previous n gilt, alter witncb hsicl tfonc to bed, he hoard loud ta'kin^ in oi aboat deceased's house 'Ihere was more than one voice. David Finnic, labourer, tcs ding at Allanton, said that whei. going to the l'resbj-tei, an Church on thr night of the hie he met the accused opposite the Cathonc Chapel. The accused was going in the direction of Mrs Sinl'Ott's house. Witness °avv the accused again later in the evening. He also saw him while the house was burning, mid accused then said it was witness vvbo set rim to it W'tnc-s said hx had not done c o Antoni Velonski deposed to seeing tne accused m front of Mrs Sinnott's house about 7 p.m. on the day of the hie, calhne; to Mis Sinnott to let him m He had several ume<= cried out, Annie, let me in. ' Witness had seen lmn stagger to- the dcor subsequently, open it, and go m. Martha Vclen«ki, wile, of the previous witness, gave corroboiative testimony. Rosalia Kreit said sho aKo had soon bw.ee. ley tryn.g to luto 'Jetea-ed'- hov e on the mglil el the clime Aittr the lur thr aciiscd had mmc to witi.css'-< liou-c. Wit... si had s a '<l " That -a awful about pool Ml"- Smriott 1 huveii'i i lifi ."( some <la' - ' lie rep! id, I h.i, on't bi m ?t l'if hiiii-o -n ' c I. -' night Wil?u<-s had s.i <!. llu.^li \cn ucic She had t'lic. Saul, ' Ilu'^ii. 1 wis Men.;.' \oti. a*, the v ludow an<i door. 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The Witness said he had come to the kitchen door about 4 o'clock, and then she had not seen him again that day until after the fire. Tea had been partaken of at the hotel about 5.30, but he had not appeared then. Mr Fraser- Well, did you not see him about 7?— Witness No. Are you quite sure '■* — Yes Do you remember having a couv ersat.on w Detective Cooney " ; — Yes. Mr Fraser said the witness really seemed to know nothing about it. Her evidence seemed immaterial. Thomas Brien, labourer, Otakia, another new witness, said that on March 26 he had been going from Otskia to Allanton He had arrived at the hotel at Al'anton about 7 p.m. After he had been there about half an hour h? had seen the prisoner. The accused had not entered, but said he was looking for a dog, and asked if it was theie. Witness did not remember seeing the housemaid there that evening. He had left the hotel somewhere about 8 o'clock with his bicycle. When passing Mrs Sinnott's house he had noticed smoke, which smelled like lags burning. After riding to Hopehill, about two miles, he had looked back. It would have taken him 10 minutes to rido the distance, and when he looked back he saw flames, and he then rode back to the fire. When fii&t passing the house he had not noticed anyone about. He had been accompanied by a young man named Alexander Fleming. Ellen O'Donnell, wife of the licensee of the Allanton Hotel, said she had seen the accused the night before the fire, about 9 o'clock, when he h»d called for a bottle of whisky A man named Swit«lla had also obtained a bottle of whisky there the same night, earlier in the evening. On the night -of the fire she had seen the accused between 7 and S o'clock. He had given her 10s to put on s> horse at thp Taieri r*>ces. She thought he looked excited, but she thought :t was over the clog he wa-, lroking for. Albert Brockett, labourer, Allanton, deposed to seeing the accused on the night of the tire about ".30 o'clock, and the accused asking nbout a dog he had lost. The accused had then been under the influence of drink. About 8 o'clock he- had •'gain seen the accused, who was coming up from the hot-el and going towards the Mam load. Witness had had a conversation then with the accused about work at the mill, and the two were walking along together when witness's brother had passed on a bicycle and shouted out that Mrs Sinnott's house was on fire. Accused and witness, had ran towards the fire, but accused had fallen down and cut his face. Mr Mallard That is most importnut. Mr Fraser It is not of much importance as we never attached any importance to the blood on his face one way or another. Mr Mallard We only assumed before, but row we are certain. The Witness (continuing) said he had hraid Sweeney say, " Oh, my God, ' when he reached the scene of the fire. Arthur Ede, labouier. Allanton. gave evidence to the effect that the accused hnd gone to hia (witness's) house after the fire, and said, "It is a sad affair about the fire. ' Witness h?d asked him if he was going home, but ho had replied that he was frightened. Witness had subsequently seen him home. John Smolenski said he had known the accused and the deceased for aliout Qi> ye.iifc, and for about 15 years they had lived sometimes together and sometimes apar*. The witness gave further evidence to the effect that he had seen the accused go to Mrs Sinnott's house about 6.30 on the night of the fire. He had taken hold of the door handle and called out, " Annie, Annie, let me in." Witness had subsequently seen him peering- into the window, but had seen nothing moip, as he (witness) had gone then to_ Kreft's house. Alfred Pitfield, who had not given evidence at the inquest, deposed that he had been present at the fire, and had seen the bcd 3' drawn out by Constable Carmody with a rake. The bedy, while being drawn out, had rolled over once or twice. The constable had had to make two or three attempts before the body was moved at ill. After it h?d commenced to ivove the constable had had to make one other grab with tha rake. The body would have bf>en diavvn 4ft altogether before it was lifted. Mr Hanlon They drew it up part of the? bank with <he rake before it was lifted? — Witness Yes. Did it roll back to the drain at the back of the house 9 — The Witness said the body had relied back into the gutter, and he had placed a piece of wood against it to prevent it rolling back into the fire. Mr Mallard At that time the fork had net been discovered? — Witness No. When did you first see the foik° — 1 saw it in the body when :t wps lifted on to the bank. I first saw it, to know that it was in the heart, next morning Jacob Switalla gave evidence to the effect that he had knov< v both the accused and the deceased for many year= On the night preceding the fire witness had gone to Mrs Sinnott's house pnd had taken a bottle of whisky Sweeney had come m and had said, " Whi.t are you doing here 9 " The rest of the evening had been spent there, and drinking had been going on. About 10.3') Mrs Sinnott had gone to her bedroom and Svveenpy had followed her Witness h?d heaid a s CllmP Jn Ihe bedroom, and the deceased had °ci earned out f-li«»ht ly. Witness had gone to the dooi ai d opened it, when he saw Sweeney holding Mrs Sinnott by the arm-. Witi.e-s had sa.d, ' Leave the woman .ilo.ie, and don't go knocking her about ' or something to tha< effect. Swrfney had icplied, "You li-mp i.o - business mtcrfeiii.g lure. 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had asked those present collectively when they had last seen the deceased, and obtained no I reply. Witness then asked the accused the same question, and he had replied that he had not seen her since about 8 o'clock on the previous night. About midnight witness had gone to the accused's hut, and saw him sitting on the doorsteo. As witness approached he had said "Is that you, constable 9" and then had said " Tins is a terrible affair. I can't rest. Witness replied that it was a sad case, and asked him if he could give any information ab to how the fire originated. In reply to witness's questions, the accused hart 1 said, " I did not see the old woman since 8 o'clock last night. That was the last time I saw her alive. I haven't been near the house since." He had further said that he had stayed with Mrß Smnott all Monday night and all Tuesday. She had asked for money for beer on Tuesday night, but he had replied that he would not do so. She had gone out then. The accused had also told him (witness) about the proceedings that evening when Mrs Latchfcrd and Svvitalla were there. Drinking had been going on, and he Uccused) had gone for a bottle of whisky. He had said that he and Switalla had quarrelled because Switalla had wanted to stay with Mrs Sinnott in her bedroom. Accused had replied to Swittalla that be (accused) would take good care that he (Switalla) did not stay with her, as he had a home to go to, and he had better go. Switalla had then left, and he (accused) -had left two minuti-s after. He had heard Mrs Siunott lock the door as he left. That was, he thought, about S o'clock, and he had not seen her since nor been near the place until the fire. Witness had asked him if he thought she had been drinking, and thus caused the fire. He had replied that he could not say what stato "ho had been in, as he hadn't been near the place that day. Witness had seen the accused the following morning, and asked what sort of kn.veß and forks Mrs Sinnott had had in the house. He had replied that she had some old brass ones Witness asked if she had had a carving fork and a knife, and he had replied " No." Witness had said "Are you quite sure?" and he had then replied, " Oh, yes ; there was an old carving fork, with one of the prongs broken." Some time after witness had arrested the accused and charged him with murder, the accuoed had «aid That's pretty hard, constable." Witness had cautioned him, and he had said he couldn't say any more than he had already done, as he had told the truth the night before. On the morning after the fire the fork had been in the same position as it was when he 'witness) had first seen it. Witness had found the lock of the door in the debris, and thp bolt was not shot. Detective Cooney gave evidence as to seeing the fork in the body, and to searching the debris. This closed the csse for the Crown Mr Hanlon intimated that ho did not intend to comment on the evidence. ; The customary questions wore put, and the , accused, who had throughout stood up in the dock and manifested great interest in the details of the evidence, was committed for trial at the Supreme Court. Mr Hanlon asked the magistrate to fix bail. Mr Fraser Xot in a murder charge ' | Mr Hanlon submitted that it was iea=oiiab!e I to fix bail. It was sometimes done in tnuider cases, and he submitted this was one in which, it could be done Mr Graham I cannot tako the responsibility of gianting bail. I must refuse The prisoner may, of course, appeal to the judge. Mr Mallaid In most cases now of charges of murder the judges admit to bail. I have an instance in my mind now that I will give you— that of Mrs Fra.ser, in Melbourne, charged with shooting her husband. Mr Justice Hodges then granted bail. Understand, I am going against the opinion of my brother magistrate, but Mr Justice Hodges said we have no right to consider what an accused person may do when out on bail. I am not going against the opinions of my brother magistrate at all, but in nearly all murder charges now they admit to bail. Mr Fraser was leaving the room, but he returned to say, " Then the safest crime to commit now, if you want bail, is murder. Mr Mallard If you look up your Victorian law books you will find the case I referred to. Mr Hanlon- Yes, I know the erse Mr Mallard made some further remarks, but they v;ere inaudible owing to a number of people leaving the court room. The court rose at 5.45 p.m. Sweeney wis then removed to the pol cc cells, wheie lie will awuifc his trial.