The National Register.
London, England, 1820-01-30 00:00:00

ADMIRALTY SESSIONS.

Ou Friday these Sessions commenced before Sir
beott, Mr. Justice I'trk, and Mr. Justice

)3,w.
IViHim Lilly and Aleiander AVood were
,snit to the bar and tried fir plundering a ship thut
had been. wrecked on the Ciodwin Sands. Tnev

♦were ti►und guilty on the clearest evidence.
Sunuel Baker was indicted for the wilful munkr
of Etuanuel Bryant—the Jury acquitted the itri-

•sower,
James Pater war next put to the bar and charged
midi the wilful murder of John Pater, on the l4th

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of Novetnlwr, on board the Aurora.
Churehili Meadows was a seaman on board the
Aurora. On the morning of the 16th November,
vituess and John Pater went on board a smuggling

vessel. and gut smnegin. The prisoner also teitt on
hewn the smuggler with the little boy. After
dinner, witness, the prisoner, and the deceased, ull
drank liquor. The prisoner began to talk abnut
the smuggler, and to say that he would not be taken
by any officer. Witness said, " James, what would
you have done?" Immediateiy the prisoner gut up
.to strike winless, but the latter avoided the blow,
mid ran upon select. The pri-oner !Mowed, anti
.beat Min very much about the head and b,:dy. The
prisoiter then went to drinking again with two corn.
panions, and remained fur three hours. When the
two companions had gone, the prisoner and the
<lncased began fighting, and the prisoner sung out
for his enemies. Witness was all this time in his
own birth. He heard the deceased cry out, "Don't,
uiy brother, don't." This was on deck. Presently
witness saw John Pater fall down the companion
into the cabin. Prisoner .allowed him down. The
deceased was bleeding very much at the time. The
°prisoner then took the bellows, and beat his brother
;until the bel:ows were broken to pieces, crying,
" Yuu I'll kill you; 1 11 be hung for you."
deceased continued to say, " Don't, my dear
brother; don't, my dear brother." The prisoner
then looked under his cabin bed, and brought out an
iron maul, with a wooden handle about a yard in
length. the prisoner tout, it ia both his hands, and
laid upon his brother as hard as he could up am his
head and body. The pnsuner then (t hen his bro-
ther was speechless) lay along the cabin dour, and
laid his head upon his Way. There was a light in
the cabin all this time, and witness saw every thing
that passed. Witness was in his birth, and could see
plainly all that passed. When he saw the prisoner
lying along, he went softly upon deck, and the
prisoner Imaging hint, fullowed him. Witness ran up
the rig!.inLz-, mitt the prisoner sang out for his mus-
4ts and btunderbusscs. The prisoner went away,
at:(1 witriss came down and said, For God's sake
co shier my wife and famiiy ;' the prisoner replied,
't I du ut care a d— l.nr your wits and tinnily ;
be hung tint you all." Witness then hid himself
urider the b .wsprit, and pulled off his boots, intend-
cg to jlotip overboard it the prisoner came to bins.
i':es.Aitly the dale cabin boy came oa deck, and the
Fri:aints follows 1, anti sai.4 to the boy, Go and
get a bundle of straw,. and make a tire.'' The boy
scid, " Father, (he wus the prisoner's !um in law),
there is none." The prisoner said, "You lie; you
lie ; if I get the bundle, I'll tic you up in it, and
set it on tire.'' The little boy then came forward,
and seeing witness under the bowsprit, said, " My
dear Churrhill, hither is going to throw me over-
board." The prisoner licar.oir wit;lenS'S name,
came forward and got hold aids neckcloth. lie had
nearly been choked, butatipped his head out of the
handkerchief. At length. :Ina a struggle, he got
the prisoner under bim, and he made tom promise
to be quiet They both gut up, and the prisoner
went into the cabin, and asked, " What's tins lying
here,' alluding to the corpe of his brother. %Vining'
" You have murdered your brother.' The
prisoner immediately struck bins in the face, and
isintriulicted him. Presently the prisoner asked for
some liver; it was given to him, and he washed
his brother's face with it. Sown after witness
showed prisoner the maul, and said, " Here is the
maul you killed your brother with." There was
Litxxi and hair upon it. Tits prisoner immediately
heaved it overboard, and said, " It s:Jall never kill
any body else."
The above evidence was confirmed by the testi-
mony of William breezy, cabin boy on board the
Aurora.
Mr. Elstead, a surgeon, residing in Dover, rectalected seeing the body of the deceased on Tuesday,
16th November. He observed a wound on the
forehead, twa inches huig, and one-four di ulan inch.
deep, laying the bone bare. Behind the ear there
was u fracture, expi•..:,,g the cavity ut the bead.—
He scarcely ever saw a worse fractute. Ile. had no
tioubt that it occasioned his &ant. It was such a
blow as could nut Lace been occasioned by a all
The prisoner in his defence sail, that he was not
in his senses when he committed the crime.
Tl.o Jury found a verdict—Guilty.