The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-02-21 00:00:00

EXECUTIONS.

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Three men, of the sauce! of Darldana; Wood, and Harris, are
ordered to be hinged to-mwrow warning, for crimes attended with
circumatancoa of more than crdinary delintprency..
Durham is a young man, of abort 9e. tears ot age; he rectified
a decent education at Westminster, and irom intended for the
counting house ; his tither was a master talltr of respectability.
residing near Charing-cross, and his uhhappy mother is a widow,
living in street, strand, and supports her family by keeping a
family hotel, in great credit. About three years ago, tier untie*
tunate son, who awaits the awful sentence of the law, was sent oM
to one of the West India islands, and svas employed as a kind*
overseer op an estate. From S circuins ante, svliirh it is unneces.
awry to mention, he was sent to E'nglarid, and about four month'
ago as far ee our recollection serves u•. lie was bought before the-
Magisnate at 31.0ilborougli-street Office, har!ng been found in the
area of a geutletnen's house, in 4RusiTll-street, Bloomsbury, at-
tempting to break, into the premiats. On his person a dark lat.
tern and house-breaking implerrents were timid. Ile was attired
ins very different manner to a hat burglars usually are his clothe,
were extremely fashionable, ar.d his manners prepossessing. The
Magistrate convicted him under the Statute as a rogue and Vaga-
bond, and sentenced him to three months, hard labour in the Home
of Correction. From m'staken feelinks of humanity. his relatives
inarested themselves in his favour, and thrortgh.the influence of
friends a earilaa was obi tined, on condition of his being sent to one
of the British Colonies. He was discharged from prison, and put
on board reship destined for the West Indies ; but, before it sails
he contrived to induce the Capt tin to refund the money paid ft.:
his passage, and he came on shore, ind joined an old. acquaintance,
Limot, and a Jew, named Abrahams. in robbing the bbuse of Mr.
['rarer. in Norfolk-iitreet, Strand, .and they cut off the held of
Mr. F.'s dog. Abrahami was caught in the area of the Mute.
Fur this offence A brahampiras convicted the Session before lass.
and, in consequence of his impeaching Durham and „Lintot, they
were put en their trials fast Session. Durham was einsided, It
Lintut, whose parents reside in St. Clement's.lane, in the Strand.
was acquitted. The present liession Lint:it has been convidel
committing a burglary, with Durham, on the premises of .31t. IL.
Lane, tailor, in Burlington-street.
Harris, commonly called Kiddy Harris, ,ts the brother of a rig'.
list of that name, and for some time he has ne: sustained the most
reputable character. He was convicted three Sessions ago, pf rob.
Bing and maltreating the servant girl of:a Mr. Bale, a silk hie
chant, in Stepney-fields. The evidencg as to the identity ot the
prisoner rested entirely on the girl's teistiniony, and she snore in
the moat positive terms to his person. The facts of his ode wall
extremely singular, and flart#4 from the
.moment of his apprehen-
awn, has persisted that she is mistaken, and he al innocent. The
facts against him Oil the trial were shortly these :—M r. Hales' house
was rubbed, and the servant giekinfonned the officers ot Worship.
street, that about the time of the robbery slte satr a !bah lurking
about the front of the housy. The officers took the girl to the yard
of a public-house in Spitalfielde, Where men were playing at
skittles ; the prisoner was there playing, and pointed out to the 4iri
twice, and she said "he is cot the man." On the Sunday bil-
lowing she went to church, and on corning out in the afternoon,
about five o'clock, she saw the man she had described to the offi-
cers, standing by the church-V'ard railing, and, according to their
previous directions, she followed him till he got into a remote part
of Stepney-fields, where there is a pit 4 water about a quarter of a
mile from the Cat and Mutton public-house. The man then cane
up to her, and was joined by Harris and another mar, and she
knew Harris to be the person she twice had seen in the yard of tn.
public.twuse. They dragged het to the pit, and Harris, she said;
took out a rope and propo'sed to strangle live, anal i-he wet throw,)
into the water, Harris having_ previously taken her money out ot
her pocket. Only her mouth wsi above water ; and after she haw
been in some time, Harris said, ^ Curse her, she is done fur t" ant
the men went away. For the defence, three of Harris's chit.
dren, and several neighbours, were called, and they swore he ass
at home at the time the outrage was committed; but, in consequence
of sonic contradictions in the evidence. the Jury discredited It,
and found him guilty. The Executive bete taken a good deal of
pains to investigate the case wince the trial, and he was not reported
before last week, owing to the anxiety on the part of Mr. Peel Ana
the Privy Council to PST( the man if he were really innocent. Pe-
titions we're presented in his favour, and the girl was examined.
we understand,
.at the Home Office, but nothing could shake he:
confidence. Hattie is between 40 afil 50 years of age.
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Corvrrius Word was convicted of tubbing and twitting Mazy
Eyre, spinster, on the 7th December last.