The National Register.
London, England, 1818-10-25 00:00:00

M URI)F,II.

In our Monday's Edition of Tire NATIONAL BEMs.
TER, which contains the latest news, both Foreign-and
Domestic, together with the Price of Stocks, and the
State of the Markets, it was our painful duty to give
a brief account of
ANOTHER BARBAROUS MURDER which WB3 commit-
ted late on Friday evening, in the Kent Road, on the
person of Mary Hulbert, an interesting little girl tour
years and a half old. A man, named Robert Dean, was
in the habit of occasionally visiting the parents of the
child, who was much attached to him, and of whom ho
had always appeared remarkably fond. He took the
child out to buy some apples at a neighbouring shop ;
and not returning immediately Mrs. Williams, the mo-
ther of Mrs Halbert, went out to look for the child, and
observing her in Dean's arms with an apple in her
hand, she was about to return, when Dean requested her
to go to a shop a few doors off and purchase some arts.
des fur him. She did as he had reque.sted, but had
not been in the shop more than two minut,s when she
heard a cry of murder, and saw a great number of
persons run towards her daughter's house. Sher made
all possible haste to the same place, and upon arriving
there saw the child being supported by her father, and
the blood streamini, from a dreadful wound in the

throat. The unfortunate infant languished about half
an hour and expired. In the mean time, Dean had
absconded. Many reports were in circulation iu the
neighbourhood—of his having been seen in the Regency
Park, at Poplar, and other places ; but all without the
slightest foundation, as appears from the following full
particulars of this horrible transaction.
SURRENDER OF THE MURDERER.

Aboat five o'clock on Tuesday morning, a young man ac-
costed Joseph Myatt, constable and watcn•laouse keeper of
St. Andrews, Hollsorn, stating that he was a murderer, and
was desirous of surrendering himself into the hands of justice ;
the constable was astonished at the application, and fur a
few moments hesitated how to act. He requested the 'pith-
cant to be more explicit; the young man then said, that on
Friday evening he 'murdered a child at Newington. Your
name is Dean, said the watchman ; lent that unfortunate men
he replied. He was thee taken into the watch-house and
properly sechred. Daring his continuance there he was
asked by Myatt, whether at the time of the murder being coin.
mitted he was in a state of intoxication, to which he answered
he was never more sober in his life. At seven he was taken
to Giltspur.street,Compter, and information of his surrender
was sent to May, the officer, who had been particularly active
In his endeavours to apprehend him. May waited upon the
Lord Mayor about II o'clock, and received direction irons his
Lordship to take the prisoner to Union Hall, in order that
the prisoner might be investigated by the Magistrates of the
district. C. Jeminett, Esq. the Coroner and Jury, lied
in the mean time assembled at the Rockingham Arms, New-
ington, to take an inquisition on the body of the dered
child, and the Sitting Magistrate being informed that the
prisoner did not deny having committed the murder. coast.
dered that the most expeditious and satisfactory mode of pro.
needing would be to send him immediately before the Coroner
in order that he might be committed fur trial upon the eve.
deuce adduced to that gentleman and the jury. It was also
thought that the public mind would be more speedily tran-
quilized, sad the crowd of persons would disperse, and the
parties retire peaceably to their respective homes, when it
was known that his final commillueut had taken place. At
noon the coach arrived at Union Hall office (where as ins-
ineuse crowd bad assembled, under Use expectation of seeing
the prisoner, and the public road was so excessively thronged
in front that many lives were hazarded by the attempts of•
drivers of coaches mid carts to force a passage for the vehi.
aeles,) contaiuing May, the prisoner Deau, and Myatt the con.
stable, who, receiving the ostler of the Magistrates as above
stated, proceeded, with the addition to the party of Hall the
officer, lathe Rockingham Arms, hallowed by about 2000 per-
sous. It was not otaserved by the officers that the uuhappy
parent of the murdered child was standing at the door of the
Rockinghstin Antes whets the prisoner descended from the
coach, but lie soon became known ; the moment his eyes
were fixed upon the person of she prisoner, his countenance
grew pale with rage. Isis eyes Hashed fury, with the rapidity
W lightning be darted upon the culprit, and but fur the timely
interference of the officers WOlitil have avenged on the spot
the immolation of his child. Ode hand of the prisoner was
fastened toMay's, and wit► the other he covered his eyes, our
once dared to meet the glance of the orett•tied father.
The following is the evidence tidiest before the Coroner,
Charles Jemmett, Esq.
Mrs. Mary Halbert. wife of Edmund Halbert, and mother
of the deceased, being sworn, stated, after a great deal of
icrelevaut evidence, that her another scut into the street, and
SAW the deceased in arms at the top of the court in
Thones.street ; Dean asked wituestes mother, if she would
go to a chandler's shop, and purchase I ' souse tobacco,
Which she consented to do ; and while she was gone on the
errand, something impelled witness to rise from the chair
she (rite kind of• Wei sal alarm, and she without any motive,
ran lute the court, and met the d • . d near the house dour;
she reeled tuwasds her, and appeared to have a red handket-
chief round her neck. Witness took the deceased into Iter
anus, and the blood gushed fruin her throat ..11 over het
clothes; the deceased pot out her anus and then dropped
.down as if she had expired or fainted; witness awoke het
husband, and said" Our child is dears'!" the slush:awl
replied, •• You are maid surely." He look hold of Site ale
ceased, and seeing that ►he was dying rail into the court and
said" Who did ate" Witness wk.! hes Misused that Dee,.
had clouts if, she was sure ," and slit then ittiorined I • het
Dean came in is Lale he was asleep, end went out with tut
professed intention of buying her an apple. A surge..is was
sent for, who came and attended the deceased stills she was
quite dead.
(At this period the murderer arrived froas Union Hatt
Polece-olht•e SeStaal thou•auds of persons had cutlet:teal
round the house w here the just y e ere sitting, and *old,' Mao e
torn the delisiqueut to pirec., anti huh list span, d assist ventle,a
of Use Police. 'l'hcabuse watinw ran to the wu.uew O. till

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