The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-05-28 00:00:00

MANSLAUGHTER.

, Henry S•e/strove, aged 18, Samuel Dighton. seed
es, Thomas Bushmaster, aged 19. Joseph Sittig.
aged 24, and Francis Boyd, aged 21, were indicted
for felonioualy kdlir g and slaying %Vinton Pratt.
is youth 0119 year. or age,
The Pritioner Siie!grime and the detested fouviit
• pitched battle on Bow Common on the 2z .I
April, It appeared is evidence that the fight was
what is commonly thimi4lit a lair lig ii, of several
rounds, ia which the advantage. was sometimes on
one side and sometime', on tnt• other, and its the end
boils parties were carried gr.uoid, Soelerove.
in the opioion of some of she witnesses, having the
worst of it. The other parties were present at the
fight, and assisted in raising the combatants sod
placing them in order of battle. Two days titer
the fight the deceased died. An apothecary, who
opened the deceased. depow,d that he tittd from the
effects of a quantity of extrarasated blood on the
brain. The injury appeared to him to have been
occasioned by • fall rather than a blow.
The Prisoner in his defence said the deceased
challenged him to light.
The RE'CORDER charged the Jery, who found
Suelgrove (iailty, cud acquitted the others.

8%,e T. DSPIMAN, EAT. Common Serjeont,' mui
a I ondon Jury.
THE NAMELESS MAN.

Mr. Callile's showman, so lung designated the
" Unknown," or the " Nameless Man." was pot
to the bar. The indictment charging hint with dis-
affection to his (Nejelit}'s Government, and blas-
phemy, having been read, the Prisoner pleaded
1% of
The Clerk of the Arraigns was then proceeding
to swear Jury, when the Defendant sod.
" Stop I wish to know if any of the getiiktur.•
who are of the preiwilt Jury wpre prrinrist as Juty.
men at the trial of Holmes and Vsinphlin ?"
Mr. COMMON SSIIJEANT inquired, and it ep.
peered there were not.
Mr. ADOLPHUS then addressed the Jury in a
long speech. in which he detsilcil the particulars of
the libel, which is already liefore the public in Car-
ideo, winks, entitled " The neptiblielitt," and " A
Atte Year's Address to the iteformers of Great
Brit its."

The case having been proved—
The Prisoner was called on for his defence, when
he reads lopgpaptr full of reflections upon Go-
vernment, and 111 attack upon the Bible.
The ConmoitStuusauT iwter►uptiog
The Prisoner said lie hoped to be allowed to de-
fend himself us own way, and proceeded to read
certain passive from the Bible, which he described
w obscene."

Mr. /toot-rims here moved that all females and
boys should leave the Court--
This being complied with, the Defendant went
on arraigning the Bridge.st►eet Association as be-
ing the tools of corroplion, end cautioning the
Jury not to he entrapped by any of the wily tricks
of the members of this club.

The COIIIIIOII SILIZAMIT—" Do you call aoy
witneaser ?"
Dcrendant—" No."

The COMIIOII SIMIAN? then proceeded to
sum op and explain the haw of libel at greet length.
The Jury having consulted for a short time, re.
turned at verdict of Gritty.
The COMMON SgRJBANT theta passed the follow-
ing tentrusce That the Defendant be imprt-
aimed eigiityrn months io Cold Bath•field'a prism,
and to enter into sureties, himself in loOt and two
others in t5l. tech, to be of good behaviour for
five years.

On Saturday the following prisoners were capi.
tally contracted Thompson, aged 19, for
steals.% a gelding, value 101. the property or Jooeph
Mercer; and Susan foster, aged 38, for steallog
ae•erul sheets. curtains, &c. value 40s. in the duel-
ling-house of William Gladill.

POLICE.
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•OW-ITLEET.
MURDER OF MR.S. DONATTY.

Although the public have not lately heard of any pnrsuit
orthe murderer of Mrs. Domitty, yet Mr. Taylor, the Vestry
Clerk, and a Gentleman well gestalt:el, have been indefatiga-
ble io their exertions, and uo expense bas been spared to
detect the wretch. They have at length got a m•s and ou-
tman is custody, who are strongly suspected of being con.
tweed is the murder. They underwent • long private exa-
mination yeste►day before Sir Richard Birnie, iu the pre-
sence of the above Gentlemen, the particulars of which were
not suffered to transpire, ma its publication at this particular
juncture might pcerrut the detection of the actual perpe-
trator of the crime.

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