The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-06-20 00:00:00

ItIURDEIt.

John Donnott, labourer, aged ISt, waw pnt to the bar, and
indicted for the nlawldeliberatemordwoflave,therife
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of Thomas Rogers, on the 21st of May last, in the house of
the latter.

The Prisoner pleaded Not Cafifty.
Thus. Rogers exaaaineil—Lives iu Westi-own Green ; was
the husband ofiane Rogers, the deceased ; had been mimed
to her the 341 of May last. Recollects the morning of the
*lst of May, left his house that anorniug at via o'cliwk to go
to work, in • place adjacent. His wife wait sick and in bed;
lucked the outer dour, mid threw the key in, through a
broken window, so far that no person float the outside could
reach It In au boar after was alarmed, and returned home;
found his wife titan io the garden in front of their house,
her hands Were her, and covered with blood; loom' a hill.
hook lying on the Boor in the house, aids a little blood 11., it,
but there was a great deal of blood beside it on the fo Ir.
The bill.lonik slid nut belong to him, nor was it in the house
when he went oat; boils his wire to the hospital where she
died shortly after. There was a cot in her neck and several
on her bead. Shortly after saw Wm. WAIN who hi 1 •
razor with souse Wood and hair on it near tlw house.

Joseph realty saw the Prisoner enter the premises of
Rogers On the maiming hid in the inilictiMlll) Selwyn six
and stern o'clock ; saw him go up to the dour, and stand
there shout a minute did not see him enter; went to his
work; in about there minutes after beard a noise, *Celt
sounded like the screams of a woman; took 1111 orifice of it
the first time, Lot on its bring reptaird a ,aeolid and thud
time, ran up to Itugers'a house, where he saw the drerasrd
stagger nut of the door, wintiolid and bloody, Pali tiA the
ground, rise again, and prat herself in the garden.
IVra, Wells, who was at work its Paddington, near nutters's
house, corrolmouted Ike tewtistiony of the two I..raner wit-
nesses as to the cries, the appearance of the woman, nod
his finding the razor. _

Gnoilchilil was in a public bonne in Paibb,i tun on
the morning of die 11.1 May last, olds Court ;al t
half-past seven the Prisoner ramp iii, and asked theist to
driiik some gin; hrotight diem out to the garden yard, and
tuld thim vciy dslitwratcly he had that morning murder-
ell Jam., the woman he had lived with before she was
monied to Rugs n ; he said be had Work her on the head
a iih a bill hook, and rut her thiunt with a razor, mid had
put his Auger into the hole to discover whether he hail cut
Ile wisolpiim, mid found he hail. He feared he haul out
cif. tied his purpose; if he had, lie shonld reckon that the
most fortnissie day of its life. They II gist he was tet in
rattiest; hot COllll /41010 y •ftrr went to his (the Pri ttttt r'w)
house, where he learned Jane Rogers had a little before been
arid then lln y took the Prisomr into custody.
Court deposed to the facts alleged by the tart 'A duets.
The Ind-book soil vas ir were produced mid hkut Med.
Jewels Cimino, surgeon of St. Georges Hospital, examin-
ed the deceased when hemorlit in. She had a large tut, and
fire small, r ins, io Inc tuck, mid ten wounds in her load—
the wounds hr her 16t not alone were sufficient to canoe her
death. She died the sixteenth day nitre being to-might in.

The hisioisel being NAM tur his datum, said, iu a sstaist-
ateriug ritailutT, be mould !rave it all to the Jury and to
God.

Mr. Justice PARK charred the Jury, ournmine up null
eumuseuttigt nu the e‘aticsire, which, he übsel %cal, e.aa car.
cunislattliol ; hut that it wes array Oleo the ouly species of
prim( shirt, the erinse with wharla the Primmer stood charg-
ed, admit...l—awl sorry frrseently as satisfactory to ills. uniuil
■s the nsaa,t

The July, afire a f. w titiontes eon•ideration, and u ithout
kavine tlw lo.x, found the hummer Gui/Ote.
The IttCOUDER, Afire en uetarsrivr oddreot to the Psi-
-011 Ihr tout wily and au...eating contst SKI I, of
the c. Woe or which hr 11.4,1 bvett cuuvtrtrd, p.,,ssnullr,Ylthe
sentrtme of the Los, dist the Pt a.oner t.hotdd be met tiled uu
Nlstnday, and his body given fur dt•seetiou.

The tinfortu wile P, isuner maisift lard suds .Irentiful
lion at the 1%3 1111 l lenc.utrut III• hint, thAs is wmt all..weol
tu sit at the Lir. He 1.. Id him hand helm •• Li. fair astrilic
the Kreider pat! a the trnii, :uni It. siablcal thivughuut tt
hula brad to fa.t.