The National Register.
London, England, 1823-04-13 00:00:00

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degree of delusive and credalltathat appeared SO Weal .
to the "els *rely believed that these dts were the wait=
loge emote mellgneet spirit npon her daughter ; and in
iaerfeedp counteract 'dr brook t're spell, sloe applied for
advice to a reputed mercerise or conjorer, named Baker,
residing, and exercising absolute away, in a remote part
ef birinibee. This fellow advisee, her tint her slaughter
was hmettebed by s particular person in their neighbour-
eel tie• to diasipate the charm rfree!nally. it was
nceessary to draw blood front the witch I The prosecn-
trix was immediately fixed npnn as the witch, and as such
peldisbell throughout the enlightened town of %Vieth*.
irotaise,•by the elder prisoner, who positively declared
that her daughter had been bewitched by her for we
than It months I The prosecutrix, alarmed at the gene-
✓al whirls appeared in be raised against her,
went on the night of the 20th of November to the limier
sof the elder prisoner, whom she met tri the dark passage
of her home, and seld;Jrt a very simple manner, that site
is trite to know the foundetiop of the reports which had
been mreidated respecting her. The prisoner viewed the
visit sa a providential one for execrating her purpose of
drawing Mood. end wills horrittle imprecations seised the
, add womita. The two daughters. noon bearing the wise,
rushed ()Mend instantly Well upon the prosecuti ix, who
tom stragged.to the boor, asioberte of. them letelied .a nail
es the drat thing in the way, and began to I to the
old wouteses arm in du HUM ferocious manner, whilst the
other two held lair.
Tliesisplirentide to Mr. North, mimeos at Wiveliscombe,
aleirosed, that ow the night in question the priptecutrlS
same to him to dreasher arm, which be foetid dreadfully
Lacerated. There were 15 or 16 incisions upon it, of
abate ri quarter eras Melt deep, end others an eighth of
an loch. They were from two to three and 31 inch,*
Hong. the bled very severely. Witness dressed her arm,
and as she was very healthy, it got well fast. She was ill
or inure times a moiAlriu consequence of the souk. Hoe
asps was still bottom' lip.
Tim Jury.then furred all the prisoners guilty.
Mr. in4tice Barrronstr then addressed the prisoners 41.
the liar, and said—" There is little doubt thaVif sMeepest
bad_been at the moment within your rime', yogi • would
Savi'acted upon your notion to the extent of eonosnitting
satirdersipon the poor old vowel), fur you called out ist
your rage `for a knife to cot off the dash front the old
witch's boars.' As it was, yen and every tone of you stood
is peril of your lives for the offence you Mee committed,
lag that t eurisideleil It not to have come within the ete.•
lent ..f the act of.Parliansent. Ibis my doing that you
are prosecuted WC this asaault, instead of being tried fur
Tear lives, bat you cannot be Mowed to escape
some pemslinsespb, Yon hose been guilty of a great,. •
Fees, Sad very shoesimible crime, and thungh, In foram
qestnee of else certainty that your milli was at the time'
labouring ender theistaistilv I shall act Ina most lenient
assreser lower& you, compared wish the sentence I
. should otherwise bate paled ; yet it is necessary to visit
Tea with ienishmeet that will
to resaeaslier, that it lest the peril of punishment,
If they eel sipon mark -ignorance and folly. The sentence'
es hie% I feel itemy defy to pass upon you is, that you be
eagle further bropthrorrod it the eisitety gaol for km eaten-
tise asentbrit • ,
George Clerk, She coachman of a Bristol and Bath
sreacdt,•wm triad anderthe new act of Purliamentr for mar
stangligerd In having forimislyitheit a enacts an that-it wee
41,1“ir •orson named „lemma Handl* killed.
Thisfaskedsammeseliest wweMr. Imen.iMtio Mama gat
so Ike ereniagefthe lath of Februai y last hr Martell from
Bristol to go to Bath In the cowls of which the prisoner
was driver.. Tint "vsitisesa described the manner in which
the ',fleeter daimon the I parts of the road when
the deceased anal his orpirew got sap, The prisoner ap-
peared to be in lignor., and as thry went cm he whipped
eisaltnroes, fatimitaly, At he 'hove through the turnpike,
pate gear Bristol, he nearly ran against the gate. The
p: de of the, deceased tol.l the prisoner he had-
" "biased It near." One of the passengers told Win if
by shove so fast be would upset the coach; bat the peril.
saner tpyt introsaitag his vielowes ON the horse*: He Ito
creased the pored for (be coach was going at
.such avute, Motto Inc the speed a great deal was
importable. Aller.they bad crossed the bridge which
gore ogee the Arms, about 100 yards, the NAM,
by thitirions driving. The reach was not upset, in wit+ •
SIM'S opinion, by running against any thing.. It um rim.'
ens susight when it was upset. Aft were throne off the
t 0:... Witness saw the deceased, and thought his skull
was (roomed. The prisoner requested assistance in
getting the coach to rights, but witness pure no assistance.
—He wee too much bruised himself. lite deceased was
carried to.bleili., The cowls was going at the rate of
shout f..orteesi stiles an hour when it was upset.
Tie Jury immediately found 11. e ',Owner guilty.
Jlr.Jastlee Iliscrungb, sentenced the prisoner to be
imprisoned for 12 anontlnkin the comity gaol, and during
that tilue to hr kept to Mid labour at the treadmill. These
were many /Aar m ConrS,. amongst wham the conviction
and insistence appeared to cliche a strong sensation. am,
GLOCF.STZR.
THE KIM M MARBY,
SATURDAY, APRIL 6.—The defendant, a gentienia• largely
concerned in the iron works of Staffordshire, stood charged,'
on two intik:sweets, with *titian anima's in that hreneh of
trade to leave the kingdom for Fiance. These indietmeata
were removed by certioari tete the Como, were sent down for
trial in this county, on a suggestion that impartial trials could,
out be had in Stafferdelthe, where the maser of complaint
were said to have arisen.
The trot indictment beiag called on for trial, a fall special
jury appeared, }rid a verdict, of guilty was recorded.
A similar verdict was takes on the issue upon the osier
charge.
It was, eats believe, understood that the defendant would sot
be brought' inp for imigesema
FRIDAY, APRIL 4.—J. 11111, a remarkably stoat ead•
man, and $1.1...0u a lad of'lS, were indicted. fOr a
bighWav ~a ir:&s Pm. Another indictment charged
tt;ern with a similar offence committed on Thema, Liddington.
Hill stood charged an another indictment, with burglary.
When the prisoners were arraigned for the robbery of Pitt,
Hill pleaded guilty, and persisted in that plea notwithstanding
the remonstrances of Mr. Sergeant Bunneast, who presided
as Judge. Sherborne pleaded •• Nut guilty; To the mosend
indictment fur the robbery on Liddingtun, at guilty," and
this, therefore, was made she 'abides of inquiry.
The Jury.yeterned a verdict of guilty against halt f. 3
savers.
The learned Set gent intimated to Mr. Pitt, who conducted
the proseeetions, that it would be unnecessary to proceed s&
tic other clauses. The prisoners were thee removed.