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London, England, 1819-08-03 00:00:00

BERMS ASSIZES.

TUt KING V.
Thid was an.indietonitot against the Defendant.,
wfin ii• Rector of Eiist Ilsley, in this county, for is-',
libel against Mr. Williams and Mr. Aubrey, the
overseen of•thevatnihri Ondie Defendant making
An apology* in Coatt Urtlis consent..
tug Ii a weft* 0. -Cully bsing entered against
NW, the slinve.minned gentlemen agreed oot to take
any ruttier proceedisigs.

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In the• beginging of April a Maroon, intiogir Wallas
Webb, was tried for the wilful murder of Old" Spciace, •
with whom he had beta intimate upwards of twisty ran.:
The Court-bona was croodell to fltrillf. Thiesi,is as g 0...
traiirdivary fact conneeted 4fth ibis case. It!dathre int
visor& r that has taken place since the intrushoirmstAlsllltor
',Wile to the colony, by the associatelSoieties of Lead**.
Erevisiosty to that recut, wiusders wit* tie maie-glima
ce
earl transadities,in • place Wheve jillfslust' liprioled wills
loch violence as at Sierra Leone. le' ..
The Prisoner's connexion with rektielf akin jeMcies
core originated in- the %Vest Indira, whim Az/ quarrelled
asp seated. He married a native of the Ude of Frasier;
.hr a West Indian. Diens Spence had a family • the child-
ren were groan up, and some of them Wiredds'arled, but
•he wrap still a woman of attractive appearance OA twit se-
vi•ral Attars. Aiter she death of her husban'd, WOO) re.
i.ewrdshis conoexion wit} her. It was muskiest., swish at.
veral.itsterruptions, arising from his jealous character, Inuit
the period of the euninaission of the crime. He. loft-miser
.ieakini of one Herbert Jiirristt. Thie Mau an she Seth
of Pekoes,/ breakfasted with the deceased at her farm,
which was chose to his, and no returning home saw the Pri,
stoner with' a gem In his hand, a endows by his side,'imil C
bast slang romid him, going towards the farm of the de-
reword, at about ten or eleven o'clock. Shortly after, Jarrett
!card the report of a gam, and was Minis do, tely struck with
the fear that Ike Primmer had shot Mrs. Spence, having
heard him frequently threaten to destroy her. Upon going
to her farm, he toned her in the front of the hut, lying on
her face dead. Upon her forehead there were some sliest
ptiactered, apparently made by a sharp instrument, and a
lame and deep gun shut wooed stroke the left breast, through
which the heart could be felt. Webb was not to be seen, but
had hero met monn after the shot was Geed, by two Manion
worm n, who spoke to him, hut received so reply. Jarredt
then ran off to tell the brothers of the deceased. One of
.(bed aanwil George Cummings, raw fur his gun, with
the determinati .... to shoot the murderer. He had often
remonstrated with Isis sister epos the impropriety of co-
bah;ting with %%-ebb; but she rebuked him, @aid she was
the biggest, soul would do assist pleased. Accompanied by
another binthsr of the deceased, sad two other relatives,
Cummings wrist in pursuit of Webb, whom they traced
through she euuutry to the satire town, called Fookia, mid
a. Whale River, on the way to Cape &shims. The river
hail Swelled greatly, and the pursuers were convieced, that
if the murderer's couticiewea did dot urge him to plunge.
amidst the wasea„ to get rid of life, be would nut attempt
to cross, and that they should sous meet him. The next
moment, on Meiling a corner, they met the Prisoner, and
all levelled their muskets at him at the tame mumeet. He
gave himself up, begged that his life should be spared; sod
said, in refereare to the murder, that he was-sorry fur what
he had done, but that suatethisg had come over him, and
made hiss' ale it. One of the pursuers, in addressing the
Prisoner, said, he had killed the beef (a raise fur women)
tiff', and thew theamped.
After evidence to this effeet had been gives, the confessioa
of the Prisoner, without indisceminit of promise sir threat,
Mrl4 read. It agreed will' his defence, which was, that he
had bees at • play with his sorighbours, where the de-
ceased dad Jsrrait were pretest, sad conversed together;
that next meirnisig I.e quarrelled vertiestly with her in talk-
ing en she subject, and was struck by her daughter; that us'
the slay of Mee. Spence 's death be saw her sitting at'break-
tact with Jarrett ; placed himself behind a bush, and beard
him ask her to live with him, to which she seemed to have so
uhretiosi, provided be got a large house; that after Jarrett
gime away, be (the Prisoner) went from bebird the bush
soil looked after him, and then resuming his position, level-
Ka his gee fur the purpose of frightening her, but by some
misfortuise it went off upon her starting.
The Cs ILY JUSTICE, (Edward Fitzgerald, Esq.) summed
tip the evideure.
'Die Prisoner was pronounced Grille, and hanged ou
the 18th.