The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-12-05 00:00:00

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•iadow of Um setottel door mill At** it op. Re wits alma;
' lag at the door of ►is lodgiap immediately opposite. Thera I
was a light is the room, but be Aid not see any other Versos I
there. Thayer then pat ore foot out allot whitlow, three feet
in height, then the other, and held by his hands half a mi-
nute,kicking with his feet ; which, on eross•gnestioning, it
was proved would have broke the wiadows of the first floor,
which was nut the case. He saw him drop, and be fell back-
wards. He saw two men i■ the passage of the house, and
Mrs. Haggerty, who keeps it, seat one of them fur a watch.
man before murder was called. Witness first swore Hag.
gerty, who keeps the heave, was one of the men in the pas-
sage, and afterwards that be did not know him. He went
on to state that the other man west out before he (the wit-
new) saw Thayer, and that he afterwards went into Hag-
gerty's parlour.
Must of Ibis sweariag was coutradieled by the witness on
cross-examination, and the whole of the latter part of his
story was proved to be false by other winnows.
Mr. Maitioariog expressed his horror and disgust at the
abandoned falsehoods sworn to, aril he ordered the man
Riley so be detained fur perjury, • woman (Price) having
been similarly detained tin the former day.
As there were others lament, the accused were all remanded
till Friday, and the Magistrate said be world probe the case
to the last.
HATTON-GARDEN.
On Monday W. Read, jun. brought into the Office Joke
Crookes, a shoemaker, residieg is Totuill-street, Leather.
lane, fur attempting to murder his wife.
The unfortunate woman was carried into the Justice-
mom by three or four females, aid such was her dangerous
slate, that, for the ends of justice, she was sustautly swore,
when the following evideuce was delivered by her:—.he
slated having hero married to the Prisoner shunt twelve
years ago, sod that she was his seventh wife; that they had
parted about Nor or five years, leaving her two children
tinder his care; that she went that stunting to see the chil-
dren, ■od to remonstrate with the Prisoner on hts not send-
ing them to sc,ltool. Words ensiled, when o►e taxed him
with having two of his funnel wives still alter, and that she
would prosecute him for bigamy ; upon which lie look op a
kuife used in his trade, and gave tier two desperate nomads
in the abdomen, each of which was an inch deep.
It appeared that the Prisoner's daughter, by one of his
former wives, tried to save the Complainant 'rum the fury of
her husband, and that in so doing she bail four fingers of
her left bated nearly cat off. The Prisoner's daughter did
nut appear during the examination of he► father and step-
mother: but Thomas Lee, • shoemaker, living iu the ante
house with the Prisoner, and who took the knife out of his
hand, proved the uturderousdattsek made epee tbs Com-
plainant; and that, after the two wounds were inflicted on
her, the Prisoner exclaimed, * What am Ito do! What
em Ito do!" Such was the reluctant testimony of this wit-
ness, that the Magistrates not only admosiished him, but
threatened to commit him.

Mr. Skinner, surgeon. of Haltou•garden, alienate' the
Complainant, and gave it as his opinion that the wound? in-
flicted on her endangered her life, from the knife having en-
tered the intestines; and that in the event of inflammation,
her death might be looked upon as certain in even a few
Dunn.

The attention and humanity of the worthy Magistrates
were moat conspicuous during the examination, and upon
the evidence of the Complainant being concluded, they di-
rected Bead to have her conveyed in a coach to St. Bartholo-
mew'. hospital, where she was instantly received, and every
possible attention paid to her.
Crooke. was committed fur further examination on Satur-
day next.