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re usual_ that he had made a rule not to ,
:dui AA MURDER OF MR. WEARE. any matter that had been there
rr. when
---,.......-- Mr. Torsseogn said that tl
id. kb. affidavit, and he now requested
rid welh HERTFORDSHIRE WINTER ASSIZES. to it in Crum.
ety, had Mr. Justice PARS said that
thin lied
lIERTIOR/1, TITERDAY, JAN. 6. non could not be grunted after
in of theenot the deposition iron, to at b
and hear Mr. Justice Park arrived iii town last evening, for th`. 111 r. TNEssioda said that 1
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iiged hie purpose of resuming the Assizes, which had been specially that of the prisoner Joseph Hu
IRK hie
adjourned for the trial of John Thuriell and Joseph HAW, permit him to be sworn to it it
, Esq. of for the murder of William Weare. Mined. As to the objection of
last, by From the earliestdawn, every avenue to the Court, and pin plaided, he was fortified
It Ashunt as to the propriety of s
'Awaits ' indeed ever( street in the town, was crowded to excess. 1, by the authority of his Lordshil
ng taints! a similar application, an
cross 1 would stem as though Hertfordshire and the surrounding
tr soon- . counties had poured in their respective populations on the been made until-after plea ciao
itch ks 4 Mr. Justice PARK on
morning of this ulna interesting trial. Public excitement, . . , being
't safet, of one of the prisoners, who cool
with tie which had somewhat partially subsided, renppeared in a
and at the emendation of hi
I i reel ion, 'tenfold augmented degree. should be sworn to and read.
•:tivards, II The confusion and disorder that prevailed at the several The affidavit waa &melding,:
but still doors of admission to the Court cannot be contained within Joseph Hunt, and his signature
.„ions u,
lig in C.,1 the limits of any description. Much of the extreme irre-
_.'l..t wasH
_1 te ohmherder.--.Joseph i.r o
4: need
itnb rya tzhe e
-Thehetthe
stunned •snlarity was attributable to the remissness of the police.
iii. Ms At the door et which we entered, and which was beset by lhallanur:',
saute, t Hunt,the
re
and all ''' • undreds of expectant, for admission, we only saw two old ()cow, last, he was taken int,
;hie mace, '• . tables, who seemed to appeal to their staves of office street, Golden-square, by Huth'
e has len
• - for their own protection, than with any view or 1.14 conveyed by them, first to I
atal Albs.
.fireljerl . of protecting others. Their utter helplessness served
when al, ells ,c 7. Inl a.liertne L.
create and augment the confusion and eithiWeinn which ;;;;;;,'' "1,..1.''' sa,,..±_ttle_late latter Pi.
could not prevent. In the crowd we noticed Lord Au. twel7ree=tueemoLueee• Riam
• • , and if his Lordship bad been habituated to such ban secentlyermenitted fa that
be mid not have worked his way with more per- smith, that during the journey d
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into conversation, and frequent,
eying and boisterous activity. as to Iris knowledge of the supp
nodose., The some within the Court was not much more orderly his arrival at Watford, he was e
nee', how- •an that without. The constables on duty were obliged before-mentioned magistrates et
seit and .• strike several persons who pressed forward, and their Mr. Noel, addressing this dept
fine rims
ter, with • yea were broken on the heads of the anxious throng, in you know of this murder, for I
e enforcement of their duty. It was with the greatest these Magistrates, and Of all el
trirley, of king evience. And this de;
the mine • &silty that•the Magistrates could obtain admission, and Ise invo
lvedod in difficulty, if he n
. Is. to 2s. • e Solicitors of the prisoners were fur a considerable time wised indemnity, he declined
7 (latter . . eluded by the multitudes that choked up every avenue lodgment on the vague promise
ate are at
• • • • ; to the Court. Such has been the anxiety and cu- Non and the Magistrates that
r supplint Whereat Mr. Noel said, •It
is an red. . ' 'cos* created by this most interesting trial. pon
fully set. . Mrs. Probert arrived in a post-chaise, aloe with two au•lds bcitTeumhunurdwerluelldud,weesatt
ale persons. She was dressed in a blue peg b
r straw as this deponent still denied all It
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boonet ornatnceited with a wreath of flowers, and wore a theMwtsersees, Mr.Clutterbeel
, n veil. She appeared much agitated ; but this might you bed better retireand consida
'.O 21 6 maiden.' And
to 11 14s • ye arisen from her being, from some cause or other, kept yourlserilaus situation
to 21 44 long time at the door before she could gain admission. ellcir urn illlmenr mNlouel•••ther wee tun
to 24 he it Noyes was also in attendance. Thomas Thurtell ar- inteeregar"l him. most minutely,
'vet last night in the custody of Bishop, the Bow-street contagion ; but not suafeedine
portunity,
r the fours , both he and the off y
to those At a few minute, after seven o'clock the prisoners arrived Poona, for the sake of his w
the gaol. Thurtell, as before, mat in the chaise with malitisiostaa disclosure;To Ind.M. Mr.
gl en him • positive a
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gaoler, and Hunt upon the dickey. Breakfast was pre- to inform this deponent that if 1
quality b
. i for them in the Civil Court-house, at the table at he found, his life should be epee
and Hoes high Counsel usually sit at Assizes. The cheerfulness Upseo thee said, • Henn, you he
di Se. per hieh Thurtell evinced at the last trial did not display ak ' Yaal babel' ' gaga wife
portion of tself now; he partook of a very slender breakfast, as did He, then latkil ' Do Thm,Mira/7e!
ore. Mut. leo Hunt, whoa ppeared as if be were paralysed with fear. f2suadss
t,Libie drub, but eyt
nit off ee hurter& Cowart had been with him for about half an yes y, Problem or tie other
n oar-
. our: Thurtell seeing no person come to Hunt, said, " Has too late, and nothing eau nave
r supplied
e best qua. • person been with that poor fellow ?" This is the only that this mention of his family 1
thee. this deponent s •
butchers. • . • of pity or sympathy which has for some time obunlierceiviligadma end women, di
to as 04 . * his lips towards this unfortunate man. you have now &cheeses • for lei
to de 1•1 During breakfast Thurtell leaned for a time upon the In. wily, avid yoummilot the oils
in the Court-home. On being requested by Mr. Wil- am aatlimiesd le say
that the 1
2101.
. to sit down, he said, that it matured little now whit- a„,__wit_r_b_Lle de bays, but lt,i
he stood or at. He leaked attentively at Hunt, bat r r,„,,...„lll°°°l2°Lyd°ll4:
ht
phi ,1 not interchange any cauvereation with him. Probate -4i-biTi eats,.
Oil net breakfast with the other prisoners. Tering en
'A• • qsartee after eight o'clock Mr. Justice Pala Z2liiitinaibes a witness for 1
'arcane). the Court. He requested that all persons (the esaliambn. Mr. No
to is 111
rt being 'emotively crowded), who could sit down, riLargr ro -6. d.p..
, to is mid
. . .do so; otherwise the butt would be insupportable. same dueler* erborespon 11
eA. ' willdo.o were then opened, aniline vandalise Is- table, ad moshimed, . That.'
EL. Mee the Castre-bows.. tor-diehmett, aid, ' I am Irby e
to
to 110 s
0o apt
,
i bad after eight eels& Thintell and Hunt entered am aog saved year own life.:
1:1
Ault. Tag, both hewed lo the Court at mamma 210 1,1 Wigs vies Yeti hew: A
to 41% odd
.., .elt chairs was Abided to them ; and cip;. rh,17,,,,t °nisi" lass the "2,7
•se se • a dab had beds erected, ou which was you Mr. Nan is to all y•
I to 121 In - a handle of papers, to which, in the course of the already !shad dot yea
6 to us IGO ,he made frequent reference. it may be meta obi
sto 101 101 -' • • did Pot accompany the other prisoners into b:Zbuidres=ll:hieseab:loll
wink. • bat, at the order of the Judge, he was subsequently knew, sad die he „mad 1,, ~,„
o lel fie. MHe stood behind Hunt and Thurta who ags, sag gloom* sges.Mitas
---- front of the dock. Thurtell wore a bottle:green with ohs Msilstsstss. .=:6
•. t and white tinwares. His dna, as also that of an AM ht' Ant es
5s to Vlb undwhidt was black,) was very neat, and put on with ithidlls", blebee be millesee.
to Ma. AM tile 4opt
Is are sal and studial &Banton. Very little altar- zesty sands! 1, moos 80,
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b. •. has takes place in the personal appearance of the haled awe of his mind ankh
r. 21 lid • • • ; and such alteration appears only to be the result withal kis kossistife ishidsli 01
•• after a long confinement, to persons who had been hie nineties was eeseiradott, be
121 b. • accustomed to habits of indolence and 1. •••I III• 18•1•111, amid be he
p Lasure.
• 7•1 OA outman. dila to point out the
: erten, though still of a fine manly and athletic frame Am( this arum puma with,
7es ga
Me fd not tithe so robust and stout as he appeared at the' mewed ue=ggetter midnigl
ed nisi. His countenance is more pale, and is marked previously gnat an i met
. fie od 'th an expression of thoughtfulness, as if his mind had atultuig Is asstiss ass drosz
habituated to subjects of serious and anxious re- r =lll2 *bill°
..—......--- bent Is Mos. A
Hall.
-• , The same determination, however-the same i„, movie, lb, gags ad ji-i
10s. Ode • the same attention to the proceedings, body was anpookoil lad kno
Y• - . • his deportment and manner, as on the for- itheusaties aim* Ihet the es
um 7d. to Ile• day of trial. Scarcely any, /Iteration has taken place Plum gather smith. dila his we
• die appearance of Hunt; belied quite a fear-stricken `'''rata, 7_,•••,_th•tikuus•lnninilla 4
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• • -- , and he looked quite feverish and exhausted. .e.r• '''-""' ''' ...* were
. sepenent added to hi
61 to in 64 ' ' la poi, he expressed an anxiety and hope that his was on thils=oa mid, that i
- -41 •4 • • oe in Court would produce a favourable impres- night he had most 1 e
.......-...------ ' . His features are certainly regular and expressive, wads "collect, gcrebb:lbli tealbly, under other circumstances, and in a leas 11/1/.°"` lli /1/••••• it in aII
and it ahosid be imaroediettelye
4 Del fortation, he would pant for a man of becoming gam ebeetigns thoe
..._................... • gentlemanlike appearance. l'robert seemed the seam iMs eseiseasign,tidimilate:ll
• • • ng-looking person that he did before: he was hi. Ana this derma
!rid to 23d
al to 234 - .as at the former trial, and did not appear an ob- trees .mast,,__atadlY, Is,
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- of any interest to the crowded Court, which had all wart°l74embeensk°t• A....biller. own !Ia to 2041
!ta ID 224 - fixed with attentive gase on Thurtell and Hunt.
[aid to lind ea the May ef the
The prisoners were distitcumbered of their irons pre- pet wziesapro="lll.l
Esl to 22i4 • • to their entrance into Court.
liki to wa Probert took snuff in considerable quantities during the ranted ass Ceiba WI IMINMiI
:Id to 2/ „a
'..h.1 to 110.1 bagman proceedings. Corsair although he Wait this
Such was the pressure in the gallery, that several per- Intim4flllgoopporothese.mbohe ahem" hiltlllem
inti to Big
15e1 to lid ' ware taken out of Court in a fainting state. also toeC whiehstatalthet he he
Ilia to lid Before the commencement of business, the Judge found murder; that sevisal whams
Ita to gm
---- necessary to remark, that Mr. Fenton, the attorney for the issameletensin erk_diezia«,
of the prisoners, could not get through the crowd. ...,„„cl" tnd::::nevesdaw...`,7, —.1;.,.;
me., . r. Jay was admitted by the dock to the hod of the where the wee
wee.--- --
T- he- cot w see 31. : •t, and after a few momenta Mr. Fenton succeeded in was sought, was that the Mae
to 41a 11d- ' in by a side-door. the Court at the trial, to becons
e Earl of Essex, the FAH of Errol, Lord Verulam, a nee pardon, provided he ha
say of Mojor•
i other persons of distinction were in Court. The High of the murder. This overture
*IF was, as usual, seated on the right of the Judge. by the sanction and direction
further a
, the lady of Many of the articles to be produced on the trial were Hunt did di dded '
sc that in
vet whenThe;lug
iged at the Salisbury Arms. The knife with which the his firm belief, that if such in
J./-c/maul the rust of Mr. Weare was cut was there; the pistols found frivoller Hunt, the body of
, batty of the ar the scene of murder are also there, as are the (lice and "Kind.
. legamition board, which the deensal was taking with Mr. OVIINET said that he i
the facts sated in the
time
ore egoe
iitt,,,pare, tbs trite the cottage. They were all locked up, the key i of t.
u in the keeping of some of the officers. The sack in Lordship teemed it expedient.
WV. ' 1141 NUN of • the body was tied, when thrown into the pond near Clutterbuck and Mr. 'lissom I
stria, and the spade which it had been stated was pur- Coroner who attended at the in
editihieereprinacicpuiLlsatallbere
of &MA In_, toed when the parties were leaving town, for the purpose
!"den, LOP, "i tieonntereds in
I digging the grave of the intended victim, are in the name of tinware, in custody
Lone, that.'{ 11e le of a constable who assisted in apprehending the pri- constable was sworn to the f
if John Thumpr
en, and in the subsequent search. The coat, supposed isoner for the prosent to the -
lien belonged to Mr. Weare which was discovered after Tee deposition of the Magi
by Mean. Clem-Muck and ei
,tan, if Mork t other snicks above-mentioned, is in the care of a Ma- deponents were Magistrates o
1, rurgaon. Elr• trate of the county.
murder
eurdperreseue in that capacity s
I,g-lane The Mlle Counsel appeared in Court as ore the former of Mr. Weare on the
Atom, kJ+. '
.011 v' •
.;$1 , iz..-For the prosecution, Mr. Gurney, Mr. noses were there examined, I
..-------.---- lid,, and Mr. Broderick. For the prisoner 'neaten, occasion a:t-ti:e Pirin't'l Ili'
Rat. broths-l 0• r• afolrews, Mr. Platt, and Mr. Utility ; for the prisoner vendeel.lrory hist 'Jwohnfu'll'7l.""l.'
.... Mr. Theaiger i and for l'robert, Mr. C. F. Williams William agaProbert and Josilph 1
Nagbson, sr' fir. t harks Phillips. The Sallie Solicitors were also that, towards the close of the
:.fined. of the verdict, It was snips.
olmbery-stittr' Hunt should be admitted as el
iilatArd linghl' MOTION ON BEHALF OF HUNT. vision that he had not been co
Nr. Tee tsetse' Nee to make mapplication for the postpone. the murder. The deposition c
:eit bury.
J
Jahas Zlostf"• of the mat. part the fact of hating in any
'IT' Justice PARS (the Court being at this time very crowded, promise, to Hunt, as to the ill
Elisabeth, sib)* . ' Ll:Jury-boo thronged with strangers) requested that they who Terence to • free pardon. The
I.
uurazstthhie;i7utuoiddlitleharge
4101:14.• consider
.0 there
to ';'lhroe mall elonwinitibsseion of .the nthmart
,of jaw wpjler. 'lncsienee to tlimeetdings, or that such as remained would confession of all that he knee
'Niel. In to Mr. Thersiger, he inquired if the 11. Magistrates) would lay such c
too 5,,, Y_ . PP
wwwwits ' on any ground that existed at the previous suing Assizes, and state to the
fIN•IttITTXIII I•ncatierm If so, he would not entertain it, as he had signified it had been nude. They ahem
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