The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-05 00:00:00

ASSIZES.

A LADY 1:111';11TENF:n TO DEATII.
Teieaee Lateilin, aNI otfing beggar, was indicted fee the
wilful murder of Alm Eilat Stackpoole, the late wife of a gentle-
man in this county, by having, by threats and violence, frightened
her to death, on the frith day of arch hot.
Hr. IVottr.re, ftr the roscration, arid, that before he went
into the evidence, he was itit'ore,l to trruble the Court with t few
observations, because the ca.(' ant nit Teri novel Nome. :llrs.
Ellen Stackpoole, the decea,,..d lady, tr,..s's person of delicate frame
and of very nervous atie,:tions--,lie was pa: icululy apprehensive
of fever—and he was instri-7.:0 tat cay ti.:l! the prisoner at the bar,
knowing her apprehen,i7l. !carttd di seesi tion, tool: ad v:in
of the Miser" of Mr. tforte!t:,o,le, Ill? husband, and suddenly alai
violently rushed into her im•serre tirmanding money. .lira.
Stackpoole ix-calve v:aroled, atternpull to run tip
stairs, the pesorter porited tor. it!le then rau out of her hors',
the -prisoner followed her, I, 7 by the Lir.tl, and sn'd tl:a:
he had not ti.e fever f.iit ti, 'ha ragN had
belonged to a man a h•i ili,st Of .Lfor, r, and he (the prkur,:) •;:ot
them out or the house in •hai 1,:.r,0a had dial. The g•:.ar

and disorderly appearar.,e of the prisot.rr—the violerre of his con-
duct, and the nature of hi, v•otht have atiCet,:d a t,•oniart
of a much stronger frau c finird than that o!' the ; upon
her, unfortunately, it had the tork.l la!nl etf•et ; she i:Ani,nat.ty
took to her bed, and in twtive Mures after she was a enive. The
Learned thlentlenun enrchil,d by saying., that he would trtn,s
the murder, but lie thol.;:',t it a &ear r.v,e of inanslatigh!::r.
Mary D'Arry—Ki. n-s the pris.w.r. saw him on tic 41111 of
March last, at the house of her mas•cr, Mr. :11a.hi'ts
pcole. Witness knew ti dice When the prisoner cr.t.a,d
the house there was no odit:t r.rnno 0.11..7'. but wimes.ard

Witness saw the prisoner attsmpt to lay hold cf hrr. ‘Vitness
interfered, but the prisoner put her away. The deceased went
three or four steps out of the kitchen. She than ran in•o a field.
The prisoner follows., her, laid hold of lite, and eltreard.d money.
A man at the time hatirstied to be prosirg. the do-ea-11 ca 11,•,1 tint
for his assistanca. The (I 'seed was tet-riticd ; she attempted, in
her terror, to run throtii:li a wall. The yrisoner called to her. and
said that he had net the fever. but titer ts ha had on lee bed gut at
. a house where the fever had bars. Sta.:4w+% was greatly
alarmad. Witness hvoers that it we. well and rcnerally under-
stood is the neighbourhood, that Mrs. tztackpoulc was particulaly
fearful of the fever. li'hen the man came to the assistance of the
deceived the prisoner went away. The deceased said to witness,
that she felt her heart breakinr, within her, that life was about it
drop from her. •411 C sat down treat-Oiling by the fire. SU titok
to her bed and died the rime rirht. Hafore that titr.e she IC4S nut
ill, she wart about the house as usual.
The next wan. sit was a woman who had nursed the deceased.
She said she left Mrs. Stackpoole the morning of the 25tli of
March last, at her own house; when she left her she a-as s aria:
sound. In the evening she was sent for. and the deceased lel I w i•-
ness how she was frightened by the prisoner; she said that ha it is
the cause of her death. She added, that she was aware she was
dying. In the middle of the night she became very agitat^d Rad
oppressed; she said her death WAS approaching. She died about
three o'ciock in the morning of the 2&h. Shortly before her dea:h
she said to witness that the prisoner had broken her heart. Mrs.
stackpoolc was of a delicate frame and mind ; she was particularly
apprehensive of fever ; that was known to every person about the
Icountry in her neighbourhood.
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Thoma' s Cross was passing the house of the husband of derea.-4
on the 25th of March last ; the deceased WAS in a ficld opposite the
house; she called for his assktnnee; she attempted to run through
a wall t when wheels came up the prisoner walked smarty at ay.
Mere the case closed fur the Crown.

The prisoner being called on for his defence. addressed the Court
lin the Irish language,tind in a manner the most vehen.ert. declared
e: that he nes irtended to injure the lady, and that he merely atkcd
for charity.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guillp.
The prisoner appeared to be a Mtn of about fifty years of age;
his body was but imperfectly covered with wretched rugs ; his conn-
tenance had a degree of wild expression; his-whole split:seance
was extremely grotesque. The vehement manner of his address,
the force of his language, the impressive appropriate action of his
!mods, and the vaned tones of a strong, deep, and mellow voice,
gave a very favourable specimen of rustic eloquence.