Star. — London, England, 1824-01-07 00:00:00

M. • .~ HERTFORD ASSIZES. (Br iIDJOURAMILV T.) TRIAL OF THURTELL AND HUNT. • (Continued from the Sr.sa of yesterday.) In the STAR of yesterday_we inserted the most ample tincrthe most accirrateßeportOfthe procetdings ford, up to the moment Of Or going to press; and we afterwards added, in .a part of our impression, farther details, received by two gspressei, which brought the proceedings up to three o'clock. We pow resume,such part of the trial as-did pot app•ear in our first Impreision• GurrneY then accurately proceeded to trate the girlies through other. parts of the transaction, till their floing to town, and Tburtell and Hunt's return to the Cottage on -Monday night, when- Hunt engaged Mrs. 'Prob•ert m conversation whilst PrObert and'Thin tell re . muted The body, from PrObert's" pond in a g ig, in which • 'Martell had travelled 'down, to some better place of concealment. They did not return until the middle of the night, and , then. the,appeurance of the gig, covered . with mud and hlood,proved how it was employed. These appearance;, and the report of a pistol having-been fired ..)ate.attritglit, and being afterwards fiiiind,.together with -a knife,in a. bloody state. in Gill's-hill-line, excited 'the- suspicions of the:thlagistrates. It was suspected fiat urn murder had I).!eu conirnitted, but there was no LIF-o9f). ora body hadi Ikee.a.foani4,.and it Was Mot uutit the. -:r.e.osiession nfl flunt.gasided.lbern to the pond nean Elstrer - • fbat the body•was found. l This-was strong proof of Hanes •lciueledge of the murder, and. his atternpts subsequently ~tor his appearance, by straying his whiskers, swere corroborating circumstances to psove that Itched - (been guilty of some offence; but sabring thin proof still more. home to hip ,_there .wput4 beilie evidence of Pio e ;Jur y wol,ild look to this' evidenCe gr eat fAsuipitismsoa.bein the evidence of anaccomplice ;but Ire ;hop& he should be able to fence it round witit-euehcir . eninlitantial eviiience as would place it beyond stispicism;' , die 4euld.Miewl'hortell in possession of r pocket-knife bekkagi'og to Weare,he '.wpold ,shew, also, . the back =mon board„.the , double-barrelled gun, and other ar- Ateleir, the property of.Weare, in his possession—he would shew that a red shawl, Which had previously been seen in Thurtell,'s hand, was found wrapt round the body of the de•ceased. TheLearifed Counsel proceeded to state other corroborative circumstance's, which.he contended could `itot•falf to establish a Clain of evidenie as must convince 411:e . ..fury of the guilt of the parties; and ifthey were con acientionsl y.convinrc d,lie had no doubt they would dis- Charge their duty to their country, and the demands of 'kistite,' - by•finding a verdict of guilty; EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES. • The first witness called, was John-Beeslen..Eramined .by. Mr. BOLLAND.—.l“ort tut& 'of Watferd. On the .oth of October, witness went with Hunt -to. the neigbbeinrhood of 'Elstree, there,in a pad, 4.l4covered the 1164 of a man, •cOn-. • coaled-in a. wick ; the sack came as low as the knees, ~ thd was fastened retina the-body with a rope ; •the body • Ix•taken•to•the Aiticholce ; witness acid not see it taken out of the ssck; limn pointed the body out. • Cross-examined by • Mr. ANbunws. , --Tlie 'witness derwentu hing, examination as to thestateandboariniii 01 the' road In the neighbourhood ior . ,Proberes - cottage, -the object of which was to, prove *iliac .the roads about Elstree;Redcress,Metborne, and tillftatill;ieere narrovi, and intricate, arid . , intersecting each other' ih various parts ; a stranger might easily lose his way; and they-were also so heavy that even iii•tbe day they' most be ravelled with care. . By 'Mr. Tu &situ En.—The pta.ce where th e body wa fnund, is about two miles .frOM Cettage.: After the spot wa pointed out to witness,' he and those • who Were with hini were t,wo or three minules in find. ing it. By . Mr..Aznazws..:4lt was not impossible to have placed the body.in the plate in whi,cb .it was found, Willnint the two herons doing it going .into the water! • . • and -loud above their knees tw.ostien might have situng - ir in. The body was about five yard, in the water:E. 'llly AMi:, — Bot.t.ann.•—The 'body might have been' dragged in bpilie tope and the Amiss about it. . 13y ale Jootut.--Ilte pond is about the size of the_ •Coort ;' the tope wai , zwisted round the body in a care- •teternanter ; the hauut.tithief tied to the body was all= , of stoner. - . .1144iiit' Peel, examined dry..hir.,ll'actisrticx.-Is3and: .—_ ..lec,i irf the A nicbgke ; was Cali.. 41" -the • paty at •14ie . tostud;snd• saw the body drawn ... 6" .kftt was obveted , Siitts'a sack, fastened' by a cord tuff .SlOund tlke heck, - t4ti ' ' ' • ' ..! ' bo'dy, grief feet, .2nd a handke . • ), e. - e s i Cu tNsf stones wall r••••• -- -,,, • 'fastened .to the feet. Viols was the same 4ody which was•Zfierwards shewn to I . lr. Richard Weare4tud 44i: .),... t ltetwor tify. . ..._ • s .Tohn Ihrdon. an officer of Bow-street, esaaitned by'lllr.'Boxistro.,] —Was'atlVatford on the SSftli add 30th if October, during tit,, .'etahrinatidn of witnesses; had unb converiation with Thartell after • 'tile body was found; went to search itirlhe body ; when they gat • 10 the pond . pointed out they first searched with a rake and "pttelt -fork 6ovwithout strccess ; tls::y got a ladder from a man named. lleFstbn, who•was at 'wort near the spot. The body, when found, • 'wet eehiveyed to the .Irtichoke. . . •Wllliam itexWorthy examined by Mr. Bannaree.—Keeps a bil- Ward tilde at Spring Gardens ; - knew Mr. W rare ; saw the body • •it die Artichoke on the 30th 4- Ozttob;:r ; is positive it was- rile drolly of Mr. Weare. 'Cross-examined by Mr. ANintrns.—There was a mark of a pis ol khot on one side of the head, but had no doubt it was Mr. . `'Veeire's bridy ; was as positive of that fact when formerly eia- MtneekVbe was now. - - Itiehard •Weare, eau:Aped hr3ln. llot.r.avo.—Saw a body at the Artichoke Sin the . 30th vi October; is iertriu it was thelarnly - of his ... 'deceased brother, Willimi'Weare. ' Thermas Cole Ward, examined b/ Mr. Pentreicr.—Witnss is a - .eni.geOp, - resisling at Wateird; examined a dead bosky lying. at the - lArtichbke, at Dame ; there wear: sevend marks of riolence on the • left tentrple, apparently occasioned by 4 sontrbiant histruinent oi pis • • trilWas predated, and the marks cnreespondL4 wi:h the transits: nth. 'Phe marks bad penetrated the skull, and several portions 'of • the 'Mahe Were broken off. The blows with the pistol wolfs' . .are pm -Welted these' wends without the . pltrot heir f: tired ;- theirvonmis - 'divert'iniiickint to have-occasioned death, and that Trial/ ; there' Vas al:WHO:on the right eheek,spparorilly' octisioned hy-signn'or rifialsslnSt, but tliarwomul 'dent would mit have occasioned-death ; 'elitkrelOsrsksn a lacerated wound on each side tin? neck ; these Were &Noe the left side ; these wciurids were •giveti witiv'aarkarp in- IliPthiritst; a knife would have dimwit ; the-jugular rein with( left stfilW wirdirided. Cross-examined by Mr. PLATT.-111initi a portion of 'the-bone • 'was driven into thetraitthr the instrotherit, which must, therefore, illbrefirretrited•the head. It Is .poisihie than a larger• instrument Oaqi,b iistni might have.prodire.4.the wound. It was a large . gona d, into 'wtiteb witoesb.coutd have ititrotkoced his two fii I:* Tbc - kviriars 'a vab liout'air 'lrti . :l-iOng and seven-eyfith's wide. ' .' • 411 witness here prptiuced the prec..s b: knelt iir6 a a tifbt'lltiyq ' . .101101111 1 df tltie3ttsblarnti the Oft tide was stgititiLlet to prudereeAvatt4 - _ ...1 , wo...svalimiss'co tbew'sh.ts - thrwoooos bad belo4o4Leted bu ir .kin. .perssio-r-atty might ManeManehaen inth4:il after death,... After a' • . ' 1 1 •MOMeitilifthe Writer direr Or fob, days; it is inaprsoble to say -4%40 nodal have been initietell ' b e fore- rir after death! 'lite beatilliteltis :Woe uoirtquite.(ol46l-.4itidy-trav)pg lain isi the'water this Or four day* the features will be Zilch altetet‘ but in the pre. 4 r: - - hY _' I _ . were stains of blood ; he had also a black-coat on. *MO beat stained on /he cuffs and right shoulder with blood ; hli•likt - Wai also stained with blood. On the same day he appriebeitdia72 tt at No. 19, King-street, Golden.tquare. Here be found a Anublo, barrelled gun, maker's name Manton, and underkhe bed lie' Coed& a sponge ;he also fbund a carpet-beg; aitimoting - jaiket,isivielpidi • of bents, two waistcoats, three shirts, two of flume Sittsak.d.•tmuna W. W. No. 1, the other W.—a powder Bask, and various miler articles, all of which had since been. in *itness's possession. Cross-examined by Mr. Currxr.—Thodoor of-tlierOOneitisWhlcli. he apprehended ' Thurtell - was net -locked ; -it -was-open, - and one might have gone in ; the things were in a beg, but not lock up, and any one -might have taiik4d In and aeen.altern; witn apprehended him about seven in the morning; thire . seas atto t the person in bed in the room ; there was no resistance ; the biocide the collar of the shirt might have been caused by a cut in'shiving. Henry Simmons, Constable of 'Watford, examined by Sir. 13aos roarceProduced 4 piatol, which be received from Nichol; then • was blood on it at the time, and a piece of towlir the muzzle. lit also produced a knife and a red shawl handkerthia, whielr he re.. ceived from Dr.. Pidcock, the younger, and a gold curb wate 'chain, in a little box, front. Mrs. Probert, on the Isth of Nevem her. Witn e ss also received a sack from Peel, the landlotd 'ef t Artichoke, and another sack from Bulmer ' . on the 9th of Novena her, and two other srcks from Mr. Peel. • On the 51st of Oetobe he received a remnant of a shirt, which be now produced, float Thomas hates. Witness also received parts,of .a coat and hat the 13th November. . • • . 1 ' EXA IIINATI ON ' OF • PROtERT. William Probert examine& by.3lr. Gtramer.—Witness ossupleil •a costageln Gill's-hill-ltne,aix months_ previous . to. October WO .11is.famdy consisted of Mrs. Probert, and "three etf her sioent 4 oerecitt,-and a-boy. In October, there was. only one, Miss ISIOYCII s he had also at that time some of T. Thurtell's children withhinx knew John Thurtell, who . had been: down at the cottage . .tften -sporting.; he well knew all 'the roads to the cottaee ; the roa stalled-Giles-bill-lane turned out of the. high toad Al lieeliff,•andi watt *boat a quarter of a mile from the high road; . that was tilt direct road to the cottage, though there wrs a nearer way ; (Ml's.; hill Cottage is fourteen miles from .Tyburn Turnpike. In Oc- 1 toter last, Thuttell and his brother lodged at •lettpall:s, at. She Coach and Horses, in Conduit-street; on the ' 24th Oc tober witness dined at the Coach and Florio; with Thomas Thurtell, Noyes, and John Thurtell; witness having spree or four slays before borrowed £lO of John Thurtell, which he watt to pay . ; k On the Thursday,-Thurtell, on the Thursday, asked him fur it, _brit witness told hint he had not collected any then ;•Thurtell ~ said " Let me have it to-morrow, and it ;vitt answer time sante loarpose ; accorgly .witness, on . the Friday. borriawed £5 of Tetsall, :and paid - that over to him in part. • When witness:paid hint, Thu'rtell said, " I think I shall come down 'to your 'cottage to-night ; you can drive Ifunt down, can't you?" Witness replied, • yes. . Thurtell said, I expect a friend to meet: toe, and-, I will drive him down. I mean to do hint if I'have an opportunity, for - he has , sheeted me of- hundreds ; he added, I shall.want Hunt to meet me a mile and a half beyond Elstree. .lle desired - ivitnefatqgiee Hunt' a_pound, which witnesedid • .arid Thurtell said to ITittit,, whot had just come in, ". Joe, you know wlifre to svat,api Mi.''' . .. 1 Thurtell then left the Coach attlilforses iti`lti4.ofliie. ' He tik Me i sea little after 'five o'clock. Witness ifOrviards st'ifff'in hisi wn gig, taking Moot 'wAth Wm:774 — , o ey *eig 714 - U vi .ingale i &. of Oxfurd r etreet, litoit.gotbut . 4f41c1 end "pnitliased 'ilein . of perk. : When Alry.got -to the ei4. of t st.street, Ifitit ;SW,. " This is the place where Jack' kk io ,cakeivp:Whiebbolf. 'BVhen .a key hid proceeded about four Miles/Hunt laid:" Here:they rare ; as ee t.utpass them, and tote no u ... . ' There 'vas snineti . 4 . yWith 1 us. the gig, andWianess p . !clot wiihout tiflOg.en.Y..noiice. .• y proceeded •as far as the • •1- faced 'Stag, two ilidei ''shokt If E4gware i where they wept, -*about -A ()maker • before -open s o'clock; as they 'passed Tlyariell, Hutt said-",t i. is ,alI tight': Witness asked what his name was, but Hunt said,'" Toil do' not know his name ;.you her,; saw him, indire not to know him." When they arrtveld at their:laid-faced - Stag, Hunt sild lie would set iiiii;beeensiEe hatriitietithroed' the "Atitie:ClOlli ; ile•Weetil • on, and lie'ilid so Atcordingly, and ? the 'witne'ss "did not overtake I bins for' nearly a mile aria - - -- -- gdewire. and had stainetiquor;'fbey ' said; " I wonder where Thirtell " I have not been' out of the road! • at' Els tree, where they stopt, a' -Sig fur some thine; they had fI , Thhrtell till they heard the sound ten drove ` . forivard till they carne V „HOC got out of Use gig; thil was; wittiescdrotte forward, leafing Hunt, ar. - *Atkin a few bur fired yards of ~-;iwbo asked svhtn'e Runt wit, an thiocrWait- Thurtell. Th, - I have log for Mtn, „ out _ done the trick without 'Thor tell replied. " I have _____ ._ _...s ridden , • coon 'try of a villain, who has totted me." The evltiiess tard,' " I ,hope you have not idled the M: age " lie said, ."Iclever 'ytkt Mind, you don't know him, or an'ythir.g kbouttim." 'Witness said,." Think Gon, I hid, nothing to do with it."'llurtell said,'"• Where the Devil is Hunt? 'where could I, pass WA? and desired the 'liithess to chive back and take him up. As they' went hack, lie said, "This :is the place *here we ought to have done it." • IVittless desired 'to know who" it was that Thurtell 'meant; Mat' Thlittefl, said, he, witness, dfd not' know tim , and never saw - Ifitn. W.nne ' time after they meellunt who asked ' 'Blurted whitiaboute . 'he could - i lliassed hien'? bona said, " - Never "nictid v — itlfeTgirTeir you, .1 have done the trick Without you." Ile added,' "'Why' the de44ll'did you let Prabert stop at his d—d purge -hones, *hen' Yiru :WV/What was tea be dope." Hunt replied, I.litialiil4 you -were behidifirs." Whim th ey arHved at the cottage, Witness - ttlok the. pork into the kikte li. and afterwards introduced I Lunt,' illuhati never been there '`before,' to 'Mrs. *Pri•hert. : Soot{ • ifter 'Tlitittell said to witness," nejv I'll take you down to where ha lies," atri . they went out,ttiiing Mrs. Probert they were going to Mr. Nichols 4. They went into the ykrd and got a so* and a tope, and they we out. Therteil said to Hunt, " I thought you would nut ha come '-" to which 'Hunt replied,'" I should have been in time, hit -1 made sure you were behind." 'They then. proceeded-we i tittii Way, the witness carrying a lanttorn, and John :fittingly said- it was just round the second turning. On coming to the ant, Thar., tell acid, " s lbis is the plate," and began tokitk the leaves. about , to look, aste said, for a pistol and knife, but he could not fludr,hent, —he then went through the hedge, and ' sbewedthem the ivaily. the, head was virapt in a red shawl, like that novf...PF9likwieki! .11tuteil. proceeded to search the pockets,. and found a pocket.heok .estn mining three five pound notes. Thurtell said "la this all 'I hive; got by killing him?" they then put the body into the sack, which be had brougiat wtth him, apd left himin the field. As they' weil,- returning home,. Thurtll said, when he first shot him, he jumpsid out of the gig, and rap like a Devil, and sung oat, he would gite, 'him up all he had won of bitn, if he would spare his life. That Ile (Thurtell) then jumped ouctilso, and ran after hint, and got hiiii t down, and attempted to cut his throat about the jugular vein, in .;Lop biz singing. lie then struck tire pistol into his head, and he knew be had done for hins. Then asklp , 3llll klYa, 4 ht'•!iltitC la you should have been with atie,.a I toms ak at one time he would have got the better of inc.!' Ljunt obsly.N.4; I gOV,dbi Stmt. pisteht *mild have killed any ono. TbectlkosretXntsl Lurie, anoi supped. In the course of the evening, wit's* , saw 4se. l 4 ' ivPN' a very handsome one, and a-gold cbdin. - Tuurteli -bacY)kra , ihn and in the course of the evening, he g dm. Alsain 19 *S- lite. bert, and put the Watch loco his own tit, IlierU W. -matte hed hi the house, and Mrs. Erobat yr oposed.to Hunt arukTkpmell to go to hed; they said they ware elphgeskto her, hut they .would' st; i up, or sleep on the sofa.. -Meer itapy.er, Hunt sang .tirQ or, ;Mr songs. After supper. Mr's. Pre tere went to bed i and Thatl4l ll then proceeded to divide thtay jontained in the pogket.took. 11c .lave to.wltness-and to H tnans unt S 4 and a sovereign each, and kept a .51. "te to hiittleif retiilliiiit ritetearne - tine; "That tryour share."— There were several articles et, *caging apparel in t h e e r upts bag, witch Were taken out of it, :Acre was also a set of baCkgAntruon Iniarlis, konteitiltig dire aoil cards, and 'also a donble - barrellid Tun. ' . iliiiieltete taken 40iyilie neiedii , Sy Tbeitell illd tffnlit-At T klie rgig.. After caliper, Ittjeteil said, 51 I mean to.have latter Beau mont and Woods." Won* is ii youit roan who:keeps goritpany with Mrs. Probeit's4ister. Some other prwpia i 0; ha wrn? . tibritcl:biit livittieis.dfcl' not ircAleet. After‘i'aiiis" 'Khurtelrsil4l4` !Nu,'" Ste, We fault now go'aYtirikolle•bedy.iirt il l atkan . tb ' pond." Tliev ils nos ;said, , "ndr • Ilk - the pondlbs y iginloss• i • would be swr Betio.' TI ancil Aid. 64 . It:144 1 'wit beeo.loiu - lis illipj:. P:lie o( Illon;• - 01. 4 :4 1 0 2 **.lodiedit bigt. ii. l the tr*Er , 1 915) 1 • t'h'eta life `1 - 5 41'e -bat to 1 0 04(iii;164 s9 4 lirs4 2 1 U lt V , WIFy iteati s iteit4me to - Meet' Muir - in Witt'tite. .•. 1 . Aiburtell and Mint Wilk 'mit, anal - VISe illfilit'ilistfle lIFI% -boor k whew • eliflt - lit flu i d; thprialk - tbe tidy. atsis sill Ilotklti,i tTi:y coal not Move it, and Thin tell said, 4 Probert, you must go with. we, and I will take toy horse: and brio& it." Witness went to • 11 'Nu./ A l f • • . „ . g - • 7 wessm. • •tli;•:. i 01110" • rte- - dialk (: -DES Y xG w..i*Vri44#9 1.1150 it For tint/J*01464 bk. cOulti not I rrll Adietrultiliss togo and imilst 'in looking _ hem, end Thur for then). They ac: find tl Ontilltielf tiTOl,-IlltrirTuiess.did-noteirws, sweat...ere.-- _ ~ labourers ateae,thiespot._,,Tharsfit and punt Aeon, after went el f tp town 4, bui terWidd itilliellMitly. 'Hunt 'brollght it bundle vin 4ksitiet ieititiken I- herWaritrfillirt y'VelienChe Oldie inillturvAnt up itAkondelbitatalk fedstialdfithis,ltellth inter* ahnnsfikee ; In the i ' course of the day Hunt sajd theclqpies had belonged to the d ie J exceed. "Pr-OMNI leltiit4 , 4lPinif MO Role, , ifirerealristdMien. T.ri tint brought/461e** ilevi spade, which he said he bad brought to dig se bole •t obur y • else •bedriti. -Afteo-they •-h a d -been there- a- little while, witness and Thur&ll went into the garden, and Thurtell asked if the body had risen ? Witness said it had' not, and Thurtell said he had been told it would keep down fur a month; Thurtell and.witness after Wards went to Mr. Nichols, and had couversation with him, and told Thurtell 'what had passed respecting Mr. oNi chols having heard the pistol fired in the lane, and c keessiu; an opinion that it Was sense of his (l'robett's) friends e tong each other. Thurtell 'then said—" Then I ant biked." ithess oh. served, he was afraid it was, all known, and expreseed hie . sorrow for What hsd passid, sayleg;lie 7 reart i d it Wbuid behis ruin ; to which Thurtell replied," Never Aida, the'y'eah i donellting to you to which witness replied, " What! not if a is found In My pond ?" "JohnThurtell then dbaerVed, the after till the finely wereln bed he and Joe would tike the body 'out of the pseld,and bury it Where 'no one else could Dud It : and ,Hein added, Preliert, they can do nothing to either you or nu if it was fouud _our 'for neither of us Were present at the time or the:Mutder. Tiurtell and Hunt sat up all night. Thomas Thurtell and I•roies *tent to - bed, as did Wt.:- tem. Next morning they told svitnesenebat had passed, namely, that the dogs - had been bilking all ilight:sio'ttinck that tlty could. nut 'go near the pond; but, he added, they 'would come down ac'elaht and take the body away altogether., There:4=d Hunt went aw..y :that day, but re:turned in the evenibg, and witness and he went oat to the stable. Thurtell said, " Now,, .we wiil.go And get the bedy - up, for fleet is amusing Mrs.-Probert, 'and she teSttiot suspect 'what We ate about:" They eeenidingly . went and drote it up, cut the clothes off, left the body naked on the grass, atid retuetbd to the parlour, telling limit that the horse andsig were ready; they then all went our, and taking a new sack put the body into it, and all three carried it out at the garden.gate : they took the horse and gig to the garden-gate, where Hunt and Thurtell put the body in the gig, the winless refusing to help them, and they went away all together, and witness saw no more of them. The clothes witness cut into small pieces, and some were buret and the otheredestroyed. The day after witness was taken into custody. • Crosi-examined by Mr. ANDREWS.- - Did not express any-desire to become a witness when first =ken into custody • did not tepee's a desire to become a witness immediately after ;lent had (+Merril to do , so. "8.00 in the•Newspepers vihat Heist's cohfession was; did not express any - desire to be a wititesemitil'after Me:Wilson brought hint information that the Court bad made an - order for him to be admitted a Winless ;'bad vdt sought-to 2 beCettne S , witness ; did not know he was to be a witness till told by Alr. Wilson; had unseen Mrs. l'robert since:he was-in custody, • even fer • a Winton ; did snow that ste was to be a witness, but 'could not tell Who it was that told' him so. He hid thetnisfortune to haveldr.:Noel fOr his Solicitor in October last ; hall riot bad him' before that time; 'did not know mischief was intended to any person when at Tetsall's; did not believe that Thuttell 'bid timidered a man till be saw the body; slid believe it then, but still hoeheered - the murderer to lit at his table, and in company with his wife, but does not believe he sbouhl have done so if he had been sober ; was sober next morning but slid nut kick him out then ; Mrs. Prob ert did not know anything - about it; he told idra. Probert that Martell bad brought desert -some netting ; •Nrs.'Preibett pot the chain 'eoUncrber neck herself ;, thinks that Mrs. Prsiberr dist . exprest anxiety at what *tie hed•sieen, but witness did not tell her anything he knew ; did not think she - knew of the tack and rope being in the' stable; had been in difficul ties,,bet never in ;uch a scrape as this before; was once charged *eh - &lan *money front a till in •Me King's •Beneb,• but at the time flie-titan owed him seteu; lie was sentenced to the house iof .Correctian..for ads months; was never charged with stealing isheep or la.nabt4 tbe charge respected some skins; had only been io•elae skiesseb-ior delte,- and in Hersemonger-lane, and in this jalLat •Ilertittni, On the . present ..charge; had been -ventanded latethe Oeinnilesibetre of •Riukrupts, but that was to the King's latish. He had *ever .been a. bankrupt but- once, that Was :f0r44 1 / 2 0001. bad not obtained his certificate, or paid any dividend. Theshcirse utesillfy 'rhurten was a dark grey horse; was certain, as the horse wits •. in •his stable.a month. The but time-. Hunt was doVvini witness thinks he was deessed•ia black; and wore a blank has. '.Had oftenlieard of mischief intended to .Mr.;Birber•Beilie, -Moot,- yet he did xmi think him.an.inaproper acquaintance forellill4 sleet, or an invproper -peraoretnaddreas . his wile"*.sieeer.• Did eitintioain Bilullbeitel fisausnontaf.themischiefahreateeed teihisni! 'be drought it IR blietwadre.and. did not-believe John Tlaustell resat*' ,knyttlig bue.tilk. 'Did hear threats.against that Gentleman atter. the merder cif tar. Witavii, but yet he did. not give him or Alt. Wuode any htfeerntitton: 'that.recollect any card playing, either on Ftid.iy, Sattuday, or 'Sunday. ds.certain Mrel...Prohert did not cell fur them. Never sem' her +lay 'cards in .hislite,,. .airsver beard -airy one.= y That tbe.playlisg of cards wasa•badeemmple to rite ehli th*ti. Will:tioit *Wear tbat Noel was not•his Salicitur on theiliWe nflOcrober rait. • • • sly Mr. Tatiffselent—llad dined with• Ihmt eevesal.timembeleine Ite seent:to Gitra• Hill. I/introduced Meat to Thstetell *km - seise metbales :Ogre - it-the Onck • might-have given him anitatitedeinib teriewa acteintid it. (hack; Thereon requested- he wtssOd did* I. • Lititd.ctiett•-iceour II lls , heilid not -express • serprise Warta itais tiding, he beibenfik no vet if? •Airs.•Prohert,- or Aid be monies- that ise-bed-eto•epttrobed. ' :runt purchased and paid for the pork its 13sifemidaitesieit. WitAtiss did npt pay him again ' nor did he apply so -Mint fur the repayment of the cos. which be had lent him.- e -I)on't recollect that he Odd anything when hunt desired • him ndt to tektrsaiiii no:ice of Tburtell and Weare, as they passed them on the rohd. • iltlnipaidlor the greater part Of the beernLy-awd•wster iheiliiiitai they Csiint Atown. is -NW, - 1141. Illsewiteiess did, ort oneenetastou, burn a It' ont of* handkerchief oneday. Mt - say . to Mi.'•Ptaiffifteilitilithieelf and Hunt were innocent of the murder, tat - Ali"(retiqatrThe words he used : . would llgt say that he did neetiEll Mr. Flt Tin flint neither lie nor Hunt "knew anything of elittlfcrer. - - grilitiliave said so, but would not swear it. • PI the '.l4s&Mre. Probert said to Witness, on his going ty VO3 ' Witt :# Neve yeti been dOing, all of - you? you tratie'bedu coottillg Oferdee,..hurping papers t and 'dragging a substance veryt:ivy' thoOt e " , - 7itness replied, John Thuitell had broght seine %egillg,doWleanth joins. IT e i;eigadJ u tdge here intimated that the etAtili• - •.• . - . aution of..this wit ss having concluded, the Jury might . Isow r iti they desired it, retire, aad take some refreshment. 'Wire Learned Judge also Observidnie h%lf in the itiloih-. .ing comtnitted anlindivfiltiallot ;raj-single 4%0i - bailee •• t h e C ourt; -.1,:—' .. • • in but he had been 0;4(0 tb -40 , 50, itOTteterVe •decdeurn. Hoging' this efample .- Wn'tildl4re the' ifilkired - Atet, he . ' • 'itolild noiv s tirder that . perslin ' to' bedifclfargict ; but it ~- 1 4. 4 -disturitance occurred again, the offender would net be treated with so much lenity. Mrs. Pi °bell was first called on the re-entrance of the Jury.—Her name is Ann l'robert ; she remembered the night of the 24th of October, when John Thurtell and Haut cai»e down to her cottage; she heard, about eight o'clock, the sound of a gig pasi. - g the cottage; nearly an hour after these was a ring at the bell; no one carne in immediately after; at nearly ten o'clock her husband csme home; she came down and found Probert, John 'lhurtell, and a stranger, in the parlour, whom her hus band iimoduced by the name of Hunt; J. Thurtell pro-! •dtreecl, that•night, avid - watch, and a gold chain,like' that . shewir to bsr ; iffr.Thuttell gave the 'chain -to heir. , . atter sotne refusal ; he put it over her; she gaveit opt! 4 constable when Site was taken up.; John Titurtell and. 'Hunt sat. up that night.; when she add Miss Noyes went .;up stairs, they left John Thuetell, Hunt, and PLO.' in • tbe room below; slie.and Miss Noyes came on the. mania; sad listened to What wlts .going on below; she tislist heard, in the parlour, whispering, hod she thought . ither.weme trying on clothes.; she heard, in a whisper, , " Unit will fit you ;" •she also heard a rustling •as of 'capers, 'on Utz-LUNA; 4410 Ills° betted' two, something like ipapers'throwwintia the . thye; .she•sifterwards went to het toed-room ; saw something ralurptate - Aat - nlght oast of doors; the saw two gentlemen with a light go to the .. A.. Ai A'A A 4 • V 4 = &I stable, arid they then proceeded to take a horse cut of i ; they then went out .at the yard gate; after that, s'le heard something very heavy dragged from the stabl?, a las she thought; into the garden.; she had a view of it 'when they dragged it out on the ; it seemed very large and heavy ; it was in a sack; this was berme the vasssliag -of the, papers ; lv;9. : were-ttraggiug .the,sac.k, h sKeditinCit see the *third . ; the lout.--lqie-arstaut* half war • down the walk, and there she hid a gaud tie* of it; 4ieZirarairriird* a ialinid 7 as • ihrow into a pit ; :site hevdrfiunt stay •" - F,Bet us take a 51. note cad); '•af.tepw'Arcls she ireerd a voice say," We must !Ittrtirat tilere WaSta hare•thrown on the ettalliee-whitli 'some titie, itttante us apreseut of i" . she :thch,head on o . jtber say;,!' lietter . he of in tositiiy:Totir nr.fire In the • morning " she could tio(tell who said this and 'then she thought she heardiolinThurtell SAY, -81 had better not go before eight br_iririe;' and . then 'be " next;;" Unlit said, fits - Holding any moneY?"andThnifeltreplied, ti It i: not money, but _revenge r ! want.- .It is Holding . tlitit li is ruined my friend here." 'She' tlarkOnt that Itiendwas Trobert ; she could not Say thirtforilinelia 4 dany slime in her. husband's_ hanktuptcy ; Prphert came to bed at neaily two o'Clock ; ;lifer lie taint tip Pie lia t isChie c-o::- veration with Ellin. the' was rated what' it was? but not' readily answering, 1;r: Gurney told ',tier her h • aid had been acquitted. She excjaiMed, with ettren:e pathos, 0, • ? if:ls he? -Men .1:0. answer all. thng ; but has he been atstinitteer [The agitation of ;he witness f o r some time. yeas so excessive, that she seas unable to attend to them . neStions. iShe.ejacvlattel at times a few . unconnectedsurds ; in a low subhitiz tone.] bur% this scene, Hunt tutored round to the persons standing byi4oviu gie dock, and smiled, as if is incredulity Sirs.' Prolagresappeatince of f eeling. Tfoittell did not ell'ange his et+iintenante,lAt:bent draws a Int le, and took snuff, drawiug. up aii ,brckws, and VlCtling 'fit; lijo firmly, with the expression or t". i ce jiabituat to him. . . . M r.. Goat si Ey repeated his tinestion, and sheanswe.-ed Yc,, slot did't I 1 lierlaishandoll she had seen and heard; fluetesano Thuttelflift - nest morning, and on die'Sun day and the Monday night they both came again; they staid supper, and went away soon after. • Cross - examined by Mr. I'Larrt- 7 Slie was not before thearrietadinry when her husband was there. 'She did not tecollect arty one telling•her that he was to be. ac quitted for giving his testinraily there. She wottkinot swear that she was not told 'tint she heard dui 'he was admitted-evidence, and that it would sarehts'lift. There were two garden gates to her cotiage, and when they got lower down the later hey came•to-alte stable •gate. The latter is.part pf a high fence, •which-setra rates the stable•lXed.from the garden; but, it was pos sible to see over the fence into the stable-yard, biat 'very little, and not•tke stable doorexactly,.. She eculd see over the fence the hoese in the yard. She rather thong; t it was Hunt•Whbc-as.dragging the -Wady ; she did not know the other. !there was a great deal . tif which she 'did not hear. Iler.-htisband yrnisptreil so low that she did not hear him. Just WPM he was ap .prebended, he did not , gire •her !t11,5, or •any money, nor had be told her what, to say sif iinybody came. Ske. did nOtildnit'lliat John Thut tell 'knew' ncr did she know that -Holding had talseWher husband's .property ftram him. About •twelee •o'clock, she'and Miss Nirres-wenrupsiairs, and aafew minutes after,:she saw the horse brought out. They :got the light to ( ' !I so from the pilot's - , A short Man 'and another we:: out with•the light. Slit heard too noise in•thtttabk. •People.mightiratte : gone vat bf • •the house '..before thi!, but she )tested nts - rate go nut.' •She heardthobse-go to `bed befogs thii. Thernad a store ''of ptitaitiet 14 the • den. A hole-hod -been -maim ;far -oaerny--and-shey were covered offr. .81tee obstried'netithiritri r tre titc site did net•go near it. She *could not tell whether it was so shallow-as &it The bottom could 'be 'seen all through it. She did not get to thepOrtd:on'the Sunday. OneoTtbe walks was•called a 'dark:walk. It. was tllat ' immediately on entering the girden, and was the fit st part on corning.in.froni the stable-yard. It was there where she heard the sound of loinething dragging, be: she heard a dragging before •it canoe to the gardee. That path weneirouri4 tireganden,and she ilibught_part • :of it led /amt.' eie =brit* 'bf tbetioniL she atem-see 'er frotb3nit: t in'-the''Or6lebtli4r bight. m • Cross-exalue4 hi . , Mr. Turiassiatyt,,—Slie "n 4 .r.rt : expected her nuarbatid•home that -night ; :end •theiefette she'Svas rioriSitptted:fer any friendi" , u Vs:An • hie 'Mills taring with ,bii,ll*. 1-14 'husbandleftoh Aft Monday, morpiag . lastore. She had 4ev : er , sees Vent befOre,.siOrlud. hew& her -husba4d say he waseogood rrgtr, or that /te west Gentleman Of whiith **lnd ofteivifeattlaittrsjittic. sap two ktotirt *ifin'tt•e Yriday night, but not at her huriand i sAcesi, but at Mr. J . , , Tritsattell's. •No one sang, lust Heist sad. the Oht•presised lijitt Heist, ad no cards dtd not atterimat . .tltreture Thuitell the chats arter whit she bassi •seeri •ih . 04Ar. dea.- I'here were eariii , o4 the Sunday . night ProVErt was gone, hetAlle" neither itatendwletittbetwner Plated. She vfottidir#eiti. .that 'l'attsifialiti did trt pl4lr rether-,titoUght he . was. riot therwervat,phy. • Obellid not liear.jOhn Thurtell'er•- ject to‘thecards, as irwai a bad -vitarnple ter •theell,:- 'attn. She did tiat - shew brother, , old chain that John thurt4l had - grien liler.. ' Thomas'iltirtell wits then oalled..—.LlWlrat , at 're!' airs en 'Friday, the-sii*th of Oetblazr. Mug and Juba ditted'thett. fluent left 'Ake' thiner, !nit ite tntped again, biiogliit a sack, as he tilhiikltt, .He rather thought be brought aTig with ikq. :(11g did bat recollect sthatr. Hunt staid anything -tatt his-retstr.. Theikoisr g , rtybeethat was in thetikt.liffbr ,- - thaftvetiratiby it; Aunt and Probertafteretydfareg away•in the-lattot's -gig. *-Iti the eour.e of tliAtternou.t he heard Hunt say •to Piebert .something oboist tea large pistols which Were on the - table. Witness one of tlaelb what they were:golneto do with them?— He thought be heard 'Hunt sly to:Preibert, /on be in it ?" Nest day witness saw aunt, who *lei hint if he wanted any Inor.ey; and said he eould•give him change for a largestitn--wittiess thought 20/. Ile! was surprised to see' Hunt with so much money, arai said solo him. Heat- aid, they bad been drawing, et netting game. • •'• • Jtistide - PARK here admonished the witness to rt. member that his examination before the Itlagisreater 'would be broughtsgainst bins. • Hunt said something about '; We Turpie lads (ie boys) can do the 'trick."' Something was said about s ,bag. Otto said he had been killing .game;:said Pt& bent hoWiag•the bag. The word murder was-used by Float in Juke. He said•he had been-conimisting murder. to be sure. This wits hi answer tta witness asking hits . whaj he had _been doing ? . His brOther, .and and /bait, went down to-Prebert's-lwasie:ein Sun&y. a gig ; there was anew spade...in the gig, svlrich'Hul 'told-tvitness fo beer "the t irtiEhseate: Witness said, you had better take it farther, and 'aunt replia, • • ~' • 0 . %. 71 , -• . • -`?" Mtt." sent'case, if witness tilid known deelafted in hisitfe. 'le is of:Opinion rho al Abe akeratioa was nokaogarat bet he•wodid•bayikn ' a wn htne when e4nt :Mon out ottheirater. . took . Taktarditutheen, attolacei btlitief-sweet, Apprehended Thar- body tell al:Teeth's, otithe sath October, on sag him he foetid - to on; (s person, the pistaalj knife; and key lasiongin4 to an-air gun now wilt# O%Am-ed. He also produced a nnestirr haadkerchief marked with Atli; blood ; there was also a shirt, marked with blood about the collar, (thin, and he-bad on a black veaistcoat,.-isithiosida the pOcketi of which ;thou _ _ . . . . ailsl huml kook le and a-half ; they nest ifeipt at Ede ' they 'again proceeded, and • Hunt said tell is, he ;Cannot have liaised, as I ad; they ptocseded to the Artichoke •al , about half-past eight, and - iat in the. gi flveglasses bf liquor, and waited for Thl nd of the wheels of a gig : • they then'! near Mr. Pkittlrnore's itidge,ivhere lin) ksrabbot half-pi ht &elfin • ,witnevel 7 :, as he said,* o for . Ilfilep 4 raf Gtlrs- Edit age he . lifte Thortrelf, I I, and . w itneat shake had leftlitn behind• Thurtell said," Vdon't want - hint now, `I t him." Witness teked what he meant?' re killed my friend, and ridded the- ~:~, I