The National Register. — London, England, 1821-04-02 00:00:00

The 1, id Chief Baron—" Prisoner, I'll do all in m; power to save your life." Peisoner—u Bo if you please, my Lon'," Tln• prisoner was then token 40111 the bar. Several per sons in the (run d muttered " What, is not he to be hanged then ?" STAFFORDSHIRE. THE RING V. JOHN WRIGHT. This was a very Mil-ming case. The prisoner was in dicted for the •der of his own son, an infant only five years of age, by throwing him into the Birmingham canal, ou the dth of September last, whereby the unhappy child was ilriea tied. 5.,, alt Lees.—i live at Wolverhampton—know the pH fUllt.r. Ia the 111(111111 or September last he lodged at my Louse. lie had a wit . ., bet she did no; live olth him, Nod a little boy five y eat sof age. His wife was in service —she came home with her husband on a Sunday, the 3d of September. 'fliey all thought she intended to stop.— I ;lame about 7 o'clock, and found her in the lesitse. Site remained that night, and she and the prisoner appeared to be very comfortable; they slept together. In the morn ing the prisoner got up before his wife, and went to fetch what was necessary fur breakfast ; lee then called his wife, and they breakfasted together. After breakfast the pri soner's wife asked hiiii if lie was going to work ; he said he was, 141111 added, 1. Well. write),, you'll get my dinner r e ady," and she said she Thu I , l'lllotier was ex tremely cheerful and happy. Ilk w if e weld aWay as soon as he was gone, and never refill lied since. The ot is soner came home to dinner about one; lie said, " What, hasn't my wife gut me any ditmet ?" I said, " No; she's gone out." He stamped his toot, and said, " I ant sure she's guile off again." lie remained at 111/11112 some little time, and looked very wild. Ile went oat in an 1111170111• 11111/II Way; 1911111 1 said, " Where are you going Wright, or what ate you going to do?" lie said he was collie to look for her. I was afraid that he would make away with himself Isom 1614 agitated amid wild appearance,, I had fell 111/111114 of that curl before. I tried to persuade him to come hark, limit lie would not. %Viten lie came home his clothes were very wet, and I accused him with having attempted to drown himself; lie looked very stern at me, and denied it, and begged me to say nothing at all to him about it. lie remained in his clothes as they were, soil would 'lot have them dried. lit the afternoon the prisoner went to fetch his little boy from school; this was nut his habit. He pressed the little boy to his bosom and said, "Ali! thy naughty mother has lest tis again ; and when he looked at the child seemed to heroine - e tender,alt hough very good at all times; was partictilaily kind to the child the whole of the evening. The prisoner lived very poor in general, his earnings being very sin ill: at times, when there would be bin little bread in the house, I'd say, " Wright, has im a pint of beer, and a bit of In ead, it wiil be better than notliiiig; and he said, " No, I will keep it for little Jew—be can't do without." 'flits oc tarred frequently during the time he was with me. If they were short of food, lie always kept some for the child, and was partimilar iti having the child washed, and bearing it say its prayers. I have offered him money, and he said " Keep it to buy milk for Jem." On the Monday in questi )))) , he asked me to put the child to bed, which I did. The prisoner and the child always slept together ; they slept together that night. Alice the prisoner went t o Sea, I fetched his clothes dawn to dry t he would keep his wet shirt oil. The prisoner had nothing to eat that night, but had two half pints of ale which I and a neigh- I hour gave him. He got up the next /nothing a little after seven, and called the child. Hearing him call the child, I got up also. When I came dawn stairs lie was smoking; very 1111011 afterwards lie meat out with the child ; neither of them had al,' food. I thought the pri soner was rather calmer than the evening before. 1 asked Mtn where he was going to take the boy; and he saiml,"to the workhouse." Nothing more passed. lie teturtied about half past ten ; lie was alone. I asked him if lie bad left Ike boy at the workhouse? lie said lie had. I ob served that I thought it was a very good job that he was taken into the workhouse. 1 added, " Sass, Wright, yon must pluck up your spit its, amid midi-avour to forget her, 14 she has forgotten you." lie tried, and shook his bead, and said, " Alt, mistiess!" and trembled very badly. tie asked me if I would go and fetch his uncle Jem, and I said, " I will just now." lie lull the. lonise, saying he would go Waist If. When lie value limit the a ork house, as 1 thought, lie looked very iii Mitred, and trembled. thought his ft:chugs a ere hurt at being obliged to leave the child in the am Lio o nise. I did not observe his clothes. After the prisoner had left the house I went to lime yew klionse, iu commequence of something I heard from his tatele',. wife. 1 did not Mid the child there. I then returned home. Some time after the plisotter cater iii with his uncle, Samuel WI ight. When lie came in, I sail, " Wright, %%hat have y ou done with the child—whet eis yam- Jem ?" He replied, " lie is dead, !Min When lie said this lie sues eryllle Sadly. 1 ,114 nothing noire lint the priAtineri 'mule bald, Ile has drowned the child iu time luck.' The prisoner said bothing. The pmisonei, on being asked by Mr. Baron (Jarrow whether he had any toestimor to put to the witness, /I.lli, " None at all." dlasy Anderson.-11 live in the Hampton 1.11 k. On the morning of the :oh of September l nail mole toll!.` said aa- returoieg I had go: to get over a gate. Oil evitiaz over I saw a mon ',lauding in it bred, w ills his bat k to sue nod faring Ilie amt. A child lay 1111111 e eral. by Ole side of the 111411. I math up to limo and a•keit hew hint if he Ivo) tbe child in the cot The child was dre-sed, and eel. ▪ " Ay." I aid it WaS a gond job that lie hail got it out again. The prisoner was that Milli. I afterwards saw the child carried by my house dead 1/11 the saute day about tow o'clock. Other w sdepo-ed that they had seen the plisoner ith the he) in a %111,11:11 . manner. Wiight-1 live at Wolverhampton. I a n node the pi r. Out the sth of Slitemlier 1:1,1 the p.iboaer • to me a b out h a ir-past tea, and said he named to speak 111 me. I *vent out ath hint, and towards the cheat-toad he said I. me, " Uncle, I it.: • e drawl:ea the lad." 1 sold, " I hoped it was hot isms." Ile " II was too trio," and nailed," lis tsh to WI my ica le S. .l." I went aiii,lar preomer to look for his We met Mtn close rt,d Li"ii-. .W hru u r met halm, S unmet said," Johii, a hot is i lie matter a Ito von? Istve something very. horiMle ho your count. mince " I tali my brother %%hat hid p ; 00000 mer look•II very a rent lied; be ails Sell of a tremble. My blot b-r snot, " Wll.l shall I do non 1" 1 1114 ilia bear I Ile 111 t.wer maws any reply. I told 'us brother I would Ikk.• him down the aunt give lion it drop of di wk mu revise him. I did sea. took part of one piiit of ale with Min, ausl my brother sent TILE NATIONAL REGISTER tyfor me. I left the prisoner nt the George, while I went to my brother. My brother afterwards went for the prisoner In the George, and ne weal in sear ch of the tiny by desire of the prisoner, ss hu 54 . 141, " l ii go and •11.1 W you :slim lock I puthi m pri s oner seemed v•lry mite li eoiltiped I):: . 9re he could that the luck nuts Ile :sent to two lurks I before he found tlw right 1 he is n 4 very melancholy. The third hick he came to he we :it nod I 'WO i(1`11 at a particular ii ice and " This is the lock I put the el1":1:1 Thor lock an. iu Iluslihury parish, in this county. I asked how if he was sure ; he told me it was. I stripped mysi If and weiii in in se ,rek o f the boy. I foun• the boy ah.mt or I I yords below the lurk gale, ill the pnnud. After Ito ik booy from the water, I laid it on the bank side: the pri‘iiner sat beside my brut her. J a .- teriiirds asked leove to pot it on the cabin U bli towoids Wolverhampton. As the buy la) on the cabiii,.the ;iris 11111,r lumped to him, threw hiinself on the body, kissed it, and sand •• Poor Jem!" The prisoner was very melancholy, and hardly knew what to do a i m himself. _ _ Samuel Might, the brother of the last witness, stated that his brother had informed I • of the drowiiiiig of the boy. The prisoner proposed to deliver himself up to justice. Ile said his wilt leaving him and his extreme poverty had driven him to madness. lie said, " I made for the Wednestield C. 11141, and there threw the child into the water; seeing the child struggling, I relented, — jumped in; and took the child nut of the water." (Here the wittie.ss was greatly affected.) I then said, " Where did you go after this:" and lie said, " I inaile to a cot tit•e in order to dry the child's clothes, and iiihe it home. 'file woman of the lioti•e refrisen my request, and I was ashamed to lake it home in that condition, hod resolved rigarti to effect my purpose of throwing it into the water." I urrw said to hint, If it lie tine that you have been in the la Ayr this morning, your clothes must be wet." I felt them, and they were so. I then said, " What did tile child say to you alter it had recovered loom its fitst throw ing iota the water ?" and lie said the child vtid to me— " Frillier, what di you !Mow me in Kit? do um Ihrow me ill again, and I will lint et); soy mine.' 1 could say no inure at that time; but at li.ttgth askcil liim, " BY what is., he carne from Ille IYrduc,fiel l Canal to where we then were." The witness corroborated what was stated by iris brother about flailing the child. Witues•es w ere salted to prove the disordered state of mind oil the port of the prisoner; and the evidence of • Mr. illakeuell, a medical gentleman, who was present Oil the trial, WWI admitted. He gave his opinion that the diow • of the boy uai a (.01111/!eir act of insanity. 1141011 6,11T0W drelivered 4 very feelitig and discri minwitig charge; and the jury, atter el few minutes consideration, returned a verdict "'that the prisoner was Nut necann , he had committed the act imputed to him %hull ill a state of insaniiy." YO I.K. W. "I'llonipiati was indicted for mal . cionsly killing his wile. Set LTA witnesst.s w.re cubed, to whom the prisoner had given different accounts of his wile's death. To one he had ..rated that she cut her throat herself.— 'Fite most remarkable was the hillowiliz:— P.Thorpe, a labourer at Appleton, about 8 o'clock on Monday moritilla, was summoned to G. D.ittson's, where he fouiitl the prisoner ott his knees hit the ItA, praying fur God to have mercy on him, as he was a :treat shiner. Withess was left alone about two hours; dur ing the whole of the time, he kep , praying for mercy. He asked th.• witness if he recollected a pa-sage of the Scripture which said, there was no mercy for a mur-' derer ? witness replied, No. About five o'clock the pi isimer fell asleep; at eight he fell out of the bed on the floor; he _would not go to bed again, but walked backward and forward in his shirt; lie soon aqer left him with G. Dobson. Next night, at 10 o'clock, he was sent for to T. Field's house; continued all the night with him, and the prisoner called Min from the die other two to go up to hint. lie said, " I murdered my wee with a razor." Witness not wishing to hear more left him, and sent nue of the outer men to him.— •I ue prisoner again called the is noun. Ile repeated his assertions, and witness Will sonic people thought he had dune it when she was asleep, aid some thought when she was awake; lie immediately replied site was awake; that there was a little diVrence between them about a lost parcel. Site said site hail something to communicate to him, which he would not be surprised at—that she was far gone whit child. He turned upon her, and said it was not by him ; she declared it was.— At that lithe slue was cleanina the house, and had oc casion to clean down a rack, 4111 which Was an old razor ; she toll( it in her hand. It then struck his naiad to take his new razor, which he did from t drawer. and hid it in his breeches pocket. He took it to ben with him. When they had got to bed the difference kept op between them. Ile used her rotighly with both hands, she said," Oh Wdliam how 11111 lin get this night over with you; if I get this over, how shall I get another) I have bevti with you all this time to bear eiery burden, and will hear this it you will cast it noon me.: He then look hold of her and pulled her to him Site c nue 0110 Ills arms as loving eo , ever alt did in her life, and threw her head back moot his si biers. Having lair oppor mitiny, he took r izor which lie bad hid, and pressed i IWO her 11110. A. Ile said it was mi..; it was a pity' he had hot i .taweriititteitt over himself. R Harr,son, a surgeon examined the body o f the d e ceased, and found a wound 111 the 111W.11 Illelle, 111116, aid 1~ deep; the windpipe was severed through; the edges of tile wound were clearly cut, and il , ffereto trout all Casts or suacnte he had ever heard of. After rest wing this vomit!, lie should trititi, site could tint .e herself a yard. The prisoner in his defence, said it ma quite a inys• tery ui hint; he w.is hot ha own than; lie coal tote 111 aU 0 ( 1111 OI 11. After a !titillate .consuliatimf, the Jury pronolinced a verdict of—Goity. [its Lordship in the must ithirres,we manner, imme diately seuu heed him to he executed oil and his itxly g veil to the surgeons fur deseccom Ali.ss &salmi, the young lady who accidentally received a pistol ball in the eye, as we have already mentioned, is expected to rvcov4..r; the eye behind wli;eh the ball lodges is entirely loz,!, at:.l ale b.O Lin never 1c txtrActed. BOXING. A nil , hrave battle was foie4ltt on Wednesday In herd's irshes, Ilurrow-road, between Isaac Mashed, ig tailor, who proved himself a invi, and Awrnii Wren, a girder. it was a bit of jealousy which brought then itte e,ettwr, as Wren had Kood re, to i.oppnse that the tailor %al fond of hie wife, and wow the yeller. They bed u turn ii, the night before. when Wren, who is the iodises lodger, sis4l him in his apartinent, and the plea was for fruit.— Hwy pat down 31. each for the merry 134 ht, which followed Out d ,iy morning. The first snood, whicii lasted nine minutes, was ts very gal:: lam nue. The tailor h•ad benefited formerly by x few les.. Ntra. front Elks, tool he was finds to the pink and breaking grauoil. His adversary met 1111113 heavily, nail it was a lee displ iy of courage. Three distinct rallies marked tan round, and both fought themselves tired, mid covered with blood and giury. hlaskell hail the best of the 21 and 31 rounds, bat them was 110 mischief done. 4th mat another most deterns'ned milling round, aril Wren's hevvy g gave him rather hest.—After hitting away kw seven minutes the tailor war dropped by a doubt.. up in the wind, and it spoiled him. Silt other rietadv were fought to the advantage of Wren, . as Maskell never recovered the blow. In the 10th round th,re wa• .Ciarl.Cly 1111 V day before them, and si heavy hit won Wren di- tight, in 55 minutes of nothing but read .11:11in,,;. But terfield seconded the winner, and T. Abbott lb. loser. - • - - E irly in the morning of Sunday last a daring attempt was mane to r o b the dwellitig-house of Lady Peat, in• Villers•street, Bishopwearmouth. An entry had been effected by displacing one of - the squares in the hack par low window, and after securing the servant girl's lodging room door, and regaling themselves %ids some bread. and ohm which they limpid in the pantry, the robbers proceeded up stairs to the bed room of her ladyship, who was fast asleep, and had left the door (spew. When awaked by the mese, she observed two own 'sicking the lock of tier desk, and she vociferated " Thieves!"--a -" Murder!"—with all her might. One of them at tempted to silence her by beating her most severely upon the face and head with his fist, and stuffing the bed clothes into her month, while the other was very deli berately ex-sunning the identical drawer that contained her treasure. The sight of this st i 11l (dated her ladyship• to fresh exertions, and her cries reached the rrsist►ess of the adjoining house, who called up her servants to see whil was the matter. The thieves finding that the alarm was given, hastily decamped, after violently tear.. iag away her ladyship's ear ring, hot without securing any other of her valuables, which were lodged in a secret drawer at the end of that which had beets. rifled. Her la Irbi l ) flillowed in her chemise, and was in the street almost as soon as her unwelcome visisers but before she could get her neighbours on the alert, they had es- • eiped. As there was another desk in the room quite as likely as that which was attempted, it seems probable that they had some previous• intimation where the booty was. A chissel was left on the parlour table below . stairs, but it does not appear they had any offensive' weapons. They were both young men ; and though.. her ladyship declarers that oiw of them is well known • to her, e•e do not hear that any steps have been taken to • apprehend hint. CORONER'S INQUEST.—O.I Frithy an inquest was held at the Nlarquis of Granby, in Richmond, before 'l'. ienunett, Esq. Coroner for the county of Surrey, on the body of Robert Knight, who was shot by a watchman, on the morning of the 28tH inst. near Petersham. The deceased was house carpenter to Lord Derby, and ott • Wednesday night last was accompanying a•ytn n lg wn. man from London to Richmond, for the purpose of visiting her friends in that quarter ; when proceeding along the road, they met a mats in a cart driving in that• direction, and he offered them a conveyance, which the accepted of ; he drove on at a qttck pace till their air vat at Petersham-hill, about one mile ft Rich when they were eh Ilenged by the watc.onan on that beat, and ordered to stop, which the drt•er refined,. swearing at the same time, that he would be d—d if lie would. The watchman hidoweil them, rapeating his orders, and finding that no attention was paid to him, he discharged his blowlerboss at the cart. The meets. watt crammed with hails and blues, and every individaab in the cart was struck by one of them. 'rite derwastat fell in the cart after the *hat. The driver drove on, how ever, till their arrival in Richmond, where they made the ciresta.stance k:sown to the officers, who proceeded • wilt:arty to apprehend the watchnam, whose name is \\•iglry, and who, withou► hesitation acknowledged the circumstance of his having fired at the pet sans its the cart, but not with an intention to them any injury, his oliwt being merely to alarm them. He refused to he couveved to tie watehoose, and offe ed snare resistance to the officers, who %sere obliged to use force, and take htin there against his will. Tne owns rof tie cart was, struck by a slug in the shoulder, and the young WOKS-1 is. was also WOUndtql, hot not seriously. On their arneul . a• K •latoond surgical anntauce was procured, and every trio made use of to recover deceased, but he was tleirl. The watchman attempted ut j istifv 164 COMIOCI, on the ground that he was obeying instroctions which he had reerivol, to stop all persons of suspl. iii tS apia...traosM taavelliug at miseasonahle hours. the Jury sat front. ten o'clack iu the intoning soul iitur iii one afternoon; 310 after a :nog int estiainiti, alai the most mature de. liberation, returned ea-collet oi". Wilful minder against Ricland Wericy.” who is as Moue iiate'y cumitionetLair. WA at the Kitigtonis A 47.e11. FIRE.- An alarming fire broke out at Plater's farm, near Nettlebed. O.tun, the residence of Mi. Billinghtirst, on Sunday afternomm, which eon. sumed the house, a barn, containing corn of much valko., and the stable. It originated i i the brewery, but from what cause is nut known. In less than an hour the house was a pile of ruins. A poor boy of the name of Bedminster, was so much burnt in releasing the horses in the stable, that his life is d.J.4pair.:dor. The premiies were ttuias:.r.:d. , .r.~_. 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