The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-02-14 00:00:00

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Tlik town was hi tie greatest bootie the whole of yester-
day, soil severs! of the lialiceullicers from every Alit In
horn were on elsej het ; but we umleisiond as ye.t there is
not the smallest irises nf the noierderers,-and that all is but
sispousition. The moats who was dinerribeetha Mee
of Mapping, to the ouflieero of the Thames Police, it sperm', •
is the 114114 t. person described by Ile. Doran. is his evideace
loefiwe the Coroner's Jury,. and who was afterwards trend
by and Mewl', offices" of Shodwell, to lA-niobium,
where they prAhemled bin, and brought bins lorf.ry some
Of else counts of Bent Maeistrolextwere who aittisez it the
White Hai I,6rceigivich, n herr Le senelerweest a lung exaniina-
iion, when the sercumkt which lie gave of himself proving
satisfactory, he woo discharged; but in ronsequence of the
eleseriPt hoe given of him in she public papers, he again sae.
ermined bison If up yesterday ruing at the Polices ee,
Worship-street, in order to satisfy the public that he was
not conceeneel in the mounters. feunt his use account, it
appears that be was ou Saturday night ies cumpany wilb
Julio Embenion a jourieynnen linker in the employ of Mr.
Smith, PA.-OW-street, Storrelitelt, at a benefit society, at
Unittes.street, Shereditch, where he remained tell dm o'clock
the next morning. ThEy afterwards went to the San and
Sword, .Ratcliffe-ernes, when he fell asleep. He, next
proceeded to a house of ill.fatne with some loose women,
when he washes. by eittilly, who Made bite bleed at the .
nom and cut his hand. Ws lithely now be custody.
Yesterday, at four o'clock, the Coroner's Jury asemahled •
third time, at the White Hart, before J. Cartes, Esq. Corm
nen for the County of Kent. After he had optima the Court
in the usual form, he proceeded to call the following ni-
dence
Mary Harris sworn—" 1 am wife of James Harris; he.
!seem six NIA eleven o'clock on Saturday eveineeg I saw three
men standing in Lonelomstresi, near the deceased's house,
one of them wore a light great; sty eon went to a slop up.
posite, and he saw cue of the men. I should kuuw any of
theta again."
. Ur. Jelin Christopher Westin. of Bereoroadney—" About
Iwelnereheek ow Sunday last, as I was retuning home from
church, I met a man near the Swan turnpike, covered with
blued; he was shout thirty yards from the turnpike ending
from the Blue Alichrer; 'observed that his fingers were cot
across; I also observed that hie nose was cot across; his
coat-tail, ou the right ride, was covered with blood ; his
pocket appeared to be filled with eoresething, from which
blood continued to issue; there were sputa of blood on his
breeches; his breeches were drab-coloured, with worsted
Nothings."
John Lynch-44 I live in Artlides.row, Bermondsey ; be-
tween twelve and one o'clock on Sunday loot I was on the
road from Deptford to Lueekolo; I saw a Sian conipleiely
&ruched in blood, he appeared to have a bunk-green cost,
Hatted with whitening, or something to change its colour,
Meek gaiter', boot so muddy that it was difficult to discover
their colour, sad they were stained with blood. 1 remarked
to him if he hail a house that be shoeld go there; be made
no answer.. 'The lap of his coat was teeming with blood,
as well as the whole front of it ; be had on drab-coloured
breethes,in4 wore whiskers. I should know him again if he
was not completely changed. I was coming from Bermoode
my-street, and he from Greenwich."
EliesbethOldridge—" I am a single woman ; about eight
o'clock on Semday morning l was walking on the other side
the Black 'Hone Midge, and observed several drupe of blood
on the road, which I traced from St. Helena to the Ron
turnpike-gate; a little before I mese to the gale 1 ssw •
man come out df the field gate, be walked a few pseesosed
went back again; be bad ou a green coat, light corded
breeches, wonted stockisga, and long quartered shoes, tied
with old stiller ; be was very bloody on the right side of his
clothes leis right band coat pocket had something in it,
from whence the blood dropped ; his countenance was very
swarthy ; I thisik he wore • black beaver hat, with either
powder or dower use it ; his baud. were very bloody; he
was .t little in liquor, or appeared so, but walked very
straight ; I did not speak to him."
Metcalf. of Queries Healopeare, said—" I ant a water-
man ; about half past scree o'clock os mousy morning, I
brought • man over irons the London side of the water, he
was bloody, nerd had lost the fingers of his sight hand; he
held his baud in his pocket all the time, hut once be pulled
it met, and said he had ben ill nerd in St. Catherine's lane; '
he looked like a baker, and I thick he 04,00 • blue nod sod
gaiters; the two lagers were not fresh cut off, it appeared
to he an old cut; he seemed Ito be meek in liquor. I took
him on board at Execution Durk, and lauded hint at this
side at Elephant stairs; he hid his nose bruke sod two black
eyes, I did mot takenotice if his gaiters were muddy, but
model swear to the man."
Julio Armstrong sworn.—" laman of beirrogial to
Worshipotreet Perlin office. les curisequeuce of lillbrida-
lion received, I and my sou went to the Vuieoree, Shore.
ditch, kept by a Mr. North; we went into the back room,
and Mr. North presented me a newspaper. A man of the
name of 3law.fichl, who was in the tap-room, said be was
the man who was supposed to be mentioned in that paper,
and he wished to give himself up for the purpose 'of eg.
planation. PM Magistrate being it. the office at the lima,
I took bun before Mr. Dyer, at his house, mad gavil
account of himself. He said he lived ha Peering-place, ,
Clty.rosel; he has lost two fingers, moil Is bruised on the '
nose. I searched his house, and famed nothing mesptkilies;
but his clothes hod beeu.walibed He said be was in liquor
the preceding might, its St. Catherine's, where be had been
very ill need; bat how be crusted the water be nut tell '
He is wow in safe custody, and will be brought seen' es-
aminatieso les-morrow (this flay), at eleven o'clock:"
Here the Coroner remarked to the Joey,' that, at this mum
was in the custody of the Police, it war issmentuary to
nowise the officer farther. Iris greatly to be lamented,
after the 'Asian task and laboristas iavestigatios yew have
had, thanes little light has as yet been threw. on the mast-
, ger how theme safeness*, persons came by their death.
The meaner, there ma he no ehnibt shout, thong's there
has no light as yet been throwa on the peepefratues rf
this inhume murder. If 'no should think it areeMary t
have the mss lontught before you, I shall aeljoens the
Jury; bet I Aka this unnecessary, as the Place will, in
that pert, du their ditty. Now, Gentlemen strangers, I beg
you will clear the room, ne order that the Joey awry con.
sidle their verdict; every person conformed to this pow.
pout, sad the Jury, after a ideation, tetanal a Mare
of— ffiffitl. Murder against some person er prune un-
bosom
Thee* were upwards et ISO greatness in the Jury...room •
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avenues, whom we noticed Mr. Klima giaeratesof the
Theme, Police, Mr. Sion h, Colonel, alleandlomplowl of
the most respectable geutlenseu of the
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