The National Register.
London, England, 1814-11-20 00:00:00

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On Friday morning, information was r'eccived of the concealitent
a tuan*named Cornelius Crawley,. who is charged with the murder of
George• Dixon. The Magi:trate dispatched Salmon and Cave to ap-
prehend him : they found him at a house in Pye-stret t, Westminster.
An etiamination afterwards took place before the Magistraes.•
Catherine 11311, %%hp cohabited wilt the prisoner, statcd, that on
Saturday night', the 40tli of August, hetweett ten and cleven, she met
George Dixon, whom prisoner is charged with murdering, and whom
she 4+,:td known about six years, in the Strand. He asked her to drink,
to which she agved, and wt nt to a public-house in the Strand. and to
another hi ROUtld•COUrt. She took hint to Mrs Itheine's, Vine-street,
Chtmdos-street. On their arrival prisoner was not at home. but came
in immediately after she and cite deceased had entered. Prisoner told
deceased to leave the room, and go down stairs. Deceased refused,
when prisoner struck him several blows, and knocked him down.
Deceased got hold (tithe poker, and struck prisoner several times with
it ; the poker It'd out of his hand, she picked it up and put it on the
table. Prisoner then took the poker off the table, and struck the de-
ceased once or twice on the back part of his head and neck, when the
poker feel out of his ham), told deceased went down stairs. Prisoner
remained till Mr Itheote, the landlord, came, and soon after left the
room. She did not see bbn again till following evening, when she ab-
sconded with him, and has lived with him since; in Westminster. This
witness was reaeived with very great caution. ,as she was very nearly
impliemed with the prisoner, and was contradicted in several points by
Mr. and Mrs. Mentes and others.

Mrs. Rheines stated, that she let her room to Catherine Hall, with
an understanding that poisoner cohabited with her, but with a inolittn-
trim that she was not to bring any men home with her. On the night
of the unfortunate affair, she saw Catherine' Hell and deceased come
in ; tbey passed through her front house to the hack house, where her
room was. Soon attet prisoner followed, and on getting up stairs, she
Iseard a great noise in the room, which she supposed was trom the pri-
soner beating Catherine Hall ; she heard a door burst open, and some-
thing fall down stairs : she pound deceased at the bottom of the stairs,
wilb his head bleeding from a wound on the left side about three
inches long ; the stairs were bloody ; deceased said, prisoner had cut
his head open with a Poker. She called to her husband, telling him
prisoner had inurdeeed a man ; prisoner was then coming down stair,,,
he passed her, stepped over decreased, never spoke, and appeared un-
concerned. Her husband fastened the street door of the trout house,
but he escaped over some rails in the yard ieto a court. Deceased was
removed soon attcr, senseless, to Mr. Morris's, an apotheca:v's, in
Cleindos-street ; then to 1, father's, itt Charles court, ; arid
-hour thence to St. George's Hospitel, where he died of hi- wounds in
;;!.enit a month. His father and an elderly woman related what de-
eeaed had said, when he knew he wes dying ; that prisoner 11.41 broke
the poker on hi; head. Wituets Had said he broke it on the stove, but
being asked for what purpose, she could assign none.

The prosecntion is carried on by the parish officers of St. Martin's.
A copy of the indictment found ogaitoo prisoner for 'the murder, was
produced. He vvas committed to Neu.gate for trial. Catherine Hall
Has detained to give evidence, not Lein able to procure bail for leer
appearance.

On Thursday, Thomas Balls and James Scagrim, were charged on
suspicion of being concerned in divers footpad rot.heries, having been
apprehended on NVedtiesday evening, near Islington, under buTicious
circumstances.--A Captain Partridge was rubbed a few evenings since
while returning across the Islington-fields, and part of tlit property
taken from him was round in Sea rim's possession. They vrete com•
witted tor further examination.