The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-06-11 00:00:00

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gin's party win mg party durisfg,'
this time were conveying the tab. up to th, carls..
The twits notarised hollsods sad brandy. Webster
jobs about with coals, and his cirt was employed.
West, Beer. and Lawrence, said they had got aft
the tubs they expected. _ They returned to Helve
and dispersed, some going one way and some so-
other. Wear. two days after, told him there were
65 tubs worked out of 51 that they expected.
Webster said he brought his 23 tubs into Canter-
bury. Witness asked him how lie ventured to
bring them at dry-light in the morning, land he
said no one officer should have taken him. Witness
commanicated all this to Mr. Stride, a Custom-
house officer, before anyone was taken into custody.
Cross-examined.—lie told Mr. Stride two or
three weeks before they went that they sere going.
He fired seven or eight times. To Its knowledge
be did not tell his brother-in-law that lie fired ten
or eleven times, Ile saw his first wife mitre than
eleven years ago in Deal, far the last time. Ile
conk' not tell how long he bad been married to his
prevent wife. About ihree weeks or a mouth ego
•he had some 5/. noses in his possession. He was in
cu►tody for ►oitering forged notes; but he had told
of this transaction to the Solicitor to the Admiralty
before lie was in custody for the note,. He would
not answer when it was he !parsed the lie 4 note said
to have been forged. He had been three times in
prisau before this. Tlie night of the 24th of April
was opus& mnoillight uight. He had been once
in proem, and once a-nt to silt fur smuggling. Ile
could lIIIt read nor write ; did not even know the
alphabet; but knows a I/. note from a SI. Ile
recollected being one other time in custody about
some oil; but he only went to s►e it measured.
By the COURT—IIe 'sever fired at any one. for
he bit the hulls off the cartridges.
J. Smith, another IS the party of smugglers,
corroborated the evidence of the last witness.
James Homan, another accomplice, deposed to
the same effect.

A surgeon was culled to prove the death of Mr.
Snow, and his dying declaration as to the mode of
attack, but he said hothing to affect the Prisoners.
Other witne►sts were called to corroborate minor
points of the testimony of the accomplices.
William Sal one of the principal officers of
Bow-street, produced some muskets which be
f•us.d ut the hou►e of the Richardson'. Some of
them appeared to have been recently diochartird.
Griffiths saw these arms as soon as they were taken.

THE DEFENCE.
West, on being called upon, said he was inno-
nocenr. Beer made u similar declaration, and they
bush explained some circumstances stated in evi-
dence. The two Hichardsons and Williams con-
tented theinrelves with a genend declaration of in-
nocence. Wehster said he •as at home, sitting up
with his father-1...1aw, who died on the very night
of the affair at (Irene Bay.
William Silieller, brother-in-law to CA& hs,
said lie saw him on Tuesday morning after the
affray, and asked him how he got on the night be-
fore, and he said, •• Pretty well ; if I take a job in
had 1 always get through it sell, don't 1?' " He
told the witness he had tired I I rounds of bull
cartridge.