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London, England, 1807-02-21 00:00:00

HenfielJ S yews, aid Holloway a year and a half t'
about 4 years age, he had seen them r,; en toge-
ther, at the Turk's Head, when he conversed with
Haggerty, and observed to bun he had been lately
in a good thing, as his dress WdS much improved ;.
the prisoner said, he had left it all off now, as be)
was serving a plaisterer, near Hounslow. He was
dressed in a rem velveteen jacket and small-
clothes.
A hat was then produced in Court, which had
been the property of the decease :, by wham it was
given to a servant man, who had since worn it al.
most to rags. The hat had been very much widened
in the wearing, and when placed on Holloway's head,
appeared rather to, big fur him.
L', r. Robinson. hatter to the deceased, stated, that
the hat must hare been en: aged by wearing, as lie
had Mr. Steel's measure in 1802, and could an-
swer for it, that the deceased's hat must nearly fit
the Prisoner Holloway, as their heads were near the
same size.
—Y,retttN, shoe-maker,tnew well the deceased's
measure, and thought his beets would fit the Pri
sotto' Haggerty. The shoes produced in Court,
he said he had tried on the i',t,oner, and found
them rather too large ; but added, that it was plain
from the manner the hind di am ter of the shoe had
tallen inwards, that they acre too large for their
original wearer.
Here the prosecut:nn closed, and tie Defendants
wete called on to make their defence. Haggetty
protested he was completely innocent of the charge,
was totally ignorr.nt of the Prosecutor Ilantield.
denied ever being at Hounslow, and endeavoured
to mint out some inconsistencies in the evidence
which had been adduced by the approver Han-
I
Holloway declared he was equally innocent of
the charge ; but admitted lie had been at Houns-
low more than once, might have been in the com-
pany of the Prisoner Haggerty and slant:rid, but
was not acquainted with either of them.
The Prisoners' Counsel then produced as a witness
for the Prisoners, one of the gaolers, in whose cus-
tody the approver, Hanfield, had been for some
time. He then proceeded to ask some questions
tending to invalidate ilanfield's evidence; but as
the Witness could state nothing from his own know-
ledge, he was not permitted to be further examined.
After a most able and humane summing up of
the evidence by Sir Samoa Ls BLANC, in which he
recommended to the Jury to divest themselves of
every feeling but that of stria justice; and to compare
with preci.ion the circumstantial evidence (which
was the only evidence we could arrtive at in most
cases of murder, on account of its usual secrecy)
with the dired and positive testimony of the ap-
prover, lie admitted that such testimony should
he received with caution, yet such strong collateral
evidence must have its due weight and influence on
their verdift. _ _

The Jury retired for about a quarter of an hour,
and returned with a verdift of Godly against both
the Prr,antrs.
the lace 14 0 111 immediately passed sentence upon
them, and they were ordered for execution on Mon-
day.
The Trisoner Holloway is a man apparently - f
great muscular strength, tall, and of a savage coun-
tenance, resentl.ling that of • negro, with large
thick lips, depressed nose, and high check hones.
The Prisoner Haggerty is of a feeble and diminu-
tive statute. The Approver is a tall, and rather
handsome man ; he seems to pos,ets a greater de-
gree both of education and natural sagacity, than
usually falls to the share of men in his sphere of
life.

Elisabeth 17.4;ezi was charged with wilfully mur-
dering Rich.ird fisinte, on the 9.5:h of December
lat,t.

Emily Blistett, a young woman with whom he
had co-habited for a considerable time, stared, that
on the evening of the 25th, as the deceased and she
were sitting at tea, she beard a noise at the door ;
he mos.., and went nut in the dark to the stair-'lead,
and could not perceive any one there: he returned,
and In..tting the same noise again, went out.—He
qu Idy returned, exclaiming, " lam a dead man i"
and drew, from a wound beneath his eye, a large
penknite, and flung it on the ground, in an agony
of pain. She then ran out on the stairs, where she
perceived the Prisoner, who lodged in the next
room to her, and asked her, 6' How could she he
so malicious as to use a fellow•creature so cruelly ?"
'the Prisoner replied, " Serve him right."
The next Witness called, was one Scott, who was
the owner of the house in St. Giles's, where the mur-
der pas committed.—He stated, that the house WAS
let to different worn-n of the town, and that both
the Prisoner and the Prosecutor, rdisstt, were of
that description. II: recollects h.ong called up
when the murder was committed, and heard the
Prisoner say, " serve him right, he deserves it."
The deceased and the Prisoner had, on the day be•
fore, quarrelled, and he had cut her arm, and lode;:-.1
her in the watch-house, which he supposed WAS
the reason of her thus executing her revenge.
The Burgeon of Mt sltilee.st -Hospital was also
called, who proved that the deceased died of We
wound she had irfliftt'd.

The Pawner pleaded provocation. and said. that
when the deceased went out on the stairs be struck
her first, which. added to his former cruelty. in-
flamed her so. that she snatched up a small knife,
which lay open on the table of her own r 4 'com, the
door of winch was open, and struck him with it in
the fete.

Thalarb after a short charge, brought in a ver.
dia—Gwili,.
SIN the► seeeived sentence of death, and was or-
dered for execution 04 Nlontsy.
The Prisoner was a good looking woman, about
26 years of age.

A letter from Ramsgate. dated Feb. 19, rays-
4. The Lord Ilnivklidary hob of this place, is on
shore on the Hope, with 17 other vessels."
The Stivfonnh, Hrrlosois, from Cork for GuetoseY,
is put ii,tu Weymouth in distress, and must unload
to repair.
Toe .ictrata, Capt. Gusts, did nor, es was first
stated, run into Kuenos Ayres in mistake. Three
Spanish Officers, who were passengers on board her
from the Cape, on her arrival in the Rio de la Plata,
stabbed the Captain, and ran Ia on shore. She had
property on board to the value of 4u,W41. ut which
only a quarter could be saved.