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London, England, 1818-01-17 00:00:00

1')oe Pnvotiers severally pleaded Not Guilty.

Mr. Justice P.sitlL said, that as there were no
Counsel employed for the prosecution, he would
detain the Jury for a few moments until he read the
depositions. Ile al.ortly after called the witnesses
for liar prosecution ; the first was
IVilliam Adants.—lle said that lie resided near
Chalk Farm. On Monday morning last his kitten-
t was attracted, a little after nine o'clock, by
the report of fire-anus, so close together, that lie
apprehended ts persons were lighting a duel.
Ue was then indisposed in bed ; he gut up and saw
four Gentlemen in a field opposite, shout .500 yards
from his house, two of them at stationary distances,
about 12 or 13 yards apart, and the two others
together. Ile dressed himself as fast as lie could.
and just as lie got over the gate into the field,
he heard the report of two other pistols, mild
saw one of the Cieutlemen making a kind of turn
us if bat ; the three other gentlemen imarrdiately
rail to him, and he took 161,1i1 of two air their um mo—
an(' till lour then oily:loved towards IVrtisess. Ills
intention in going was to stop the duel, if lie could.
The now iiiii g was not very clear. I the 011141 blew
rather high. Wino Witness met the pirties, the
!lees-lased, Lieut. Edmund Bailey, hid his waist-
co.at and trowsers unbuttoned, anal *AS bleeding
pro.'horly at the right side. ulp..erved to
the ',utiles that it appeared to be an unfortunate
off.or, and the parties said, 's Yes, it is ; the quar-
rel w,is ;sot urigiusilly outs—we are all friends, and
were to lister been see Is to others yestt rdsy iiiii mar-
tug." Some of the gentlemen aitsiouslt impaired for
a lico-e to an they could take the 4144:eased ;
wooer., othred them Iris, to ah,eii tiny came. Th. y
also anxiously inquittil if surgit assistance could
be umr,eitortrfy t •Idl !It ft,
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emit at once to I Imiipttrad for Alr. the
surgeon. los the thean tone the swindled gentle..
luau was taken tutu his i il-our, on the
sofa. Ili about half sit hour .It. I:talit armed,
mill extracted a bail lii a Lietot. Usury's left piste.
As stint as the beaten:not was phociod on the ul* lie
ea:led Alr. o.e. de,irt,l 101:1 take his tight hand.
s 111(11 it I.ex,ed to be ui CUlisiliershle Italie, and desired
111111 10 silaLC 10111111 1011 hull, SOVII.g. lie freely l'ot-
gave loin, and that every thing It.: been t•in.il..et-
esi in the mots himintra:ile way. He asked Alr.
O'Callaghan if lie would tom- dime the same had
it been lila Cabe; the reply of Mr. O'Ciiikvhall was.
" I wish I loud heels wounded instead eel you. I
felt your best ball at my legs, 1 wish it lild taken
effect, for that would have put u stup to it. I wish
I hail been wounded." Both of the legs of
Alr. O'Callaghan's !masers were cut tliroug4,
one of loss hoots rvieleiiCy by a ball. Alt. O'Cal-
lioglian then went to Hampstead to procure a coach,
which lie brought ; he utter Wards went to Chalk
Farm with Alr. Newbolt, in order to Wm:tire lodg-
ings for Lieuteinnot Bailey. 11 hen M.. Itiooid came
atoll funnel the Lieutenant in a ilaiiger"us state, lie
advised hits, if hr had
any thing to Ciollllllll.lratei
to do so to his friend; all present then le it the won;
except Mr. Ilred.too, who staid with his friend ulmeit
ten minutes, and afterwards went to town to execute
some commissions. He quickly returned : Lien-
truant Bailey was at this time dying, and the Sur-
geon said he could mot survive long. %Vinton,
at this time asked the gentlemen at the bar, whe-
ther they meant to inert the thing ? 'Flory replied,
" Must certainly ;" vied wrote their names and ad-
dresses voluntarily. IViteseela sent fur a peace-of-
beer, to whom they all surrendered. About two
hours after Lieutenant Batley had list shaken
hands with Mr. O'Callaghan ; he called him again,
desired he would hold his hand iu a particular po-
sumo, which gave him ease; both Mr. O'Cal-
laghan and Mr. Newbolt did so. They all om-
peared much affected, sloe.' teals, and sheered every
possible kineltoess and attention towards the de-
, ceased. The latter lived between three and four hours
after he was woutided. 111 the course of the morn-
ing the deceased said, " God bless you all, I thank
you fur your attention." Witliesso did nut see the
!lauds that tired the first shots, nor indeed those
that hired the second—he merely saw some smoke
in the air. Before he quitted his bed-room, lie saw
a pistol tired over the hedge, at a distance from the
spot where the Prisoners aloud, but lie could nut
see the mom who tired it. As he entered the held,
he saw two Gentlemen retiring from the uppercut
Instants, just before he heard the report of the
second pistol.— (Witness here produced two pistol.,
a powder-flask, and a bullet-mould, *lnds he fount!
• lying on his table.)

Cross-examined by Mr. Noc4N.
Alt.i soon as the parties came into has housr, and
repeatedly after, the Prisoners bail they were nut
to blame; the iitunrel was slur theirs. mid the de-
ceastil us alto admitted lista to be the case, and
named the person who really was in fault, and with
wham the quarrel hail originated. The watne►s here
said, that perhaps it would not be prudent to wen-
tioiithe name ol this person.
• .

Mr. Justice PARK concurred in the propriety of
this person's name nut being mentioned.
George Koci, the Surgeon, statill, that on
Monday morning he was called in to attend a
wounded Gentleman, at Mr. Alllllllb% house. Ile
found Lieutenant Bailey sitting nn a sofa, and per-
fectly aware of the dangerous nature of his wound.
lie obstructed a ball faun his left side. After his
decease he opened lino, and found that a hall had
penetrated his intettinea in three different places,
and caused his death. While Lieut. Bailey was
dying, witness asked hint, if every thing had been
fair in the duel ? his reply was "decidedly so."
Ily witness's desire, Mr. Phelan was left with Lieut.
Bailey, to have some private conversation. The de.
ceased repeatedly said, •• God bless you all, 1 thank
you or your attention." Mr. O'Callaghan said,
" I loupe, my pot; fellow, we will shortly be walk-
mg together in Muriel-street."—“ No," said the de-
cea•ed, '• I shall be in. [leaven before that."

[This witness received every possible assistance
mid attention from the ev'entleineti at the Bar, who
the greatest anxiety on the melancholy
occasion.]

Thomas Hunt, the Constable, nterrly proved that
the Prisoners tievotnpaiiied him in enstoify.
Geori.te Neville, of the tax-rave, in Somerset.
flown., corroborated the evidence of Mr. Atkins, as
to what happened w the house.
('ruse-exarairred by 31,. Must N.

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The gentlemen all appealed deeply anxious fur
the Ede of the deceased.

The case for the Prosecution bring closed, the
Prisoners were setitrally called on for their ittlenee.
Mr. O'Callaghan *aid—" My Loud, and Gen-
tlemen of the Jar), I feel in a most painful situa-
tion at being called upon in this manner ; I stn
quite unaccustomed to !•prak, and linable to express
myself in the agitation of lily Illere Mr.
(.IC. put its a written paper to the following effect :
" I never apprehended that I should have ap-
peared in a Court of Justice to answer for a crime,
because I never hail a tlivinoition to commit one. 1

leave my-ell entirely to the hlierali.y of the Court
and the Jolly, mid st soleinidy armre von, that
no man alive, or marly connected vtitli the gallant
man now no more. 4:411 too re poignantly
that I 110 the unfortunate Lalaiinty whiLli has
brought me here to-illiy."
Mr. O'Callaghan appeared deeply alTeelrit.
The other Prisoneis said nothing.
The folios lug witnesses were cam iiiii ed as to
eliatactrr

Larutruaut-Colour) Murray sai,l that he Litew
Mr.O'Cansigliaa bitter the •ar anti attwait
h.uoal buil a (fillet "nail-It witord W4lll
C'1111:1CICF anti C

I. John O'Cinintit cotirtirred in Ibis (barmier
to Mr. trCallaitlimi.. 11. kiit•%%
ti:.n in !warn I %kill)
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