The National Register.
London, England, 1821-08-20 00:00:00

A pills, . swallowed .
are. Ina very short time after she was in bed,she awoke
in grievous pain hi her stomach. The pain at length be-
calming insupportable, she could not lie in bed. She got
up and sent her sister to a public-house to get some spirits.
Half a quartern of gin was brought her, but finding no
relief from it, she said to her sister, " Take those phials
and pill-box. and hide them, fur why should Emery be
hanged I—Eatery will be hanged—they will hang Emery,"
or words to that effect. Her sister, frightened at her
alarming Male, went out again to get something to relieve
her, bet when she returned in about ten manatee she found
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, the unhappy girl a cot pse !
.! The above attester' was fully proved by several
.1 witnesses. 1
• This was the ease for the prosecution.
'4, The primmer being called upon for his defence. said—
.," I have nothing to say. lam quite innocent. I did not
do it." He had no witnesses.
, • Mr../estice Burrough then recapitulated all the evidence
2 in detail, and left the Jury to decide, whether the deceased
bad lost her life by means of the poison administered by
, the prissier; for if she had, the prisoner was guilty of
16,,Wiffel bleeder.
"r! Tbe Jury Innne6ftePi feundike prisoner Guilty.
The learned Judge Ommt preswereed the sentence of
:Abe kw in the visual reins, sad .dosed the prisoner to be
executed en Monday.
The prisoner appeared resigned to his fate, hat was
little erected by the dreadful situation in which he was
placed.
MURDER BY STRANGULATION.
William Akers was indicted fur the wilful murder of
Patience Ellis, a single woman, on the 19th of Juno, at
Wickham Bishops, in this county.
After the weal preliminary forms had been gone through
the Learned Counsel for the prosecution stated the case to
the Jury, to the following effect, which was afterwards
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father. Thomson's nano was painted on the Cart. and in
this earl they conveyed some furniture fur the cottage from
her husband's house. The neighbours became so indignant,
that the prisoner and Thomson were driven with riot from
their cottage. The husband received lieragaiii. but Thomson
was obliged to leave her society. It would be proved that
she refused to call in a nmedical man. and said on the night
of list 11th that her husband would be dead before the
Oftwimig. The medical man who opened the body would
billy peeve that the deceased had died by poison taken into
lisslaweels, amid the evidence which world be laid before
then woad leave me doubt that the poison had been adail-
' ninesed by the Oman at the bar.
Thanes Picini reined an extract from the register
of marriage, to peens the 'marriage of the deceased and the
prisoaer.
Mr. Justice Habisd summed up the evidence with great
pates. mid explaimed the various points of law connected with
1 with the ease.
The Jury retired ter II minutes, and found a verdict of
Guilty.
Clerk....Aue Berber, what have you to say a by sentence
of dumb imam ggegggioggeg s according to law I
' 11111• o ntatialitea very sum 1 sb..lddhe found guilty liz.
tri be
. W liblieeirrardsitip bad covered his head, and was pro-
eget** bpass sentence. she shrieked and dropped down...-
WIWI raisN, she caught fast bold of the iron bar before her,
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Inisked towards his Lordship with a countenance etc..
distorted with horror at her fide and kept making
empowes within parentheses' the colour of her cheeks
peaks as his Lordship proceeded,till it became blood red.
lir. Justice ildiroyd.—Ana Barber, you have been fined
guilty oldie dreadful crime of murder, and a murder of a
very aggravated nature, inassmach as it was the murder of
four husband, whom by your marriage vow, you were bound
o love sod cherish. (4 St is oil false swearing.") You
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defendant are brothers, as well as the principal *item...-
parties reside ut near Axminster, and the
• of complaint was an aie:tuit coeintittrd by the deter
under the following circumstances t— The plaietir
placed his cart in the halter or bridle way of the do.
readapt; and upon his being desired In remove it a quarrel .
and the cart,to prevent a dispute was referred by the
brother. This interference, however, had mot the
'red effect, for soon after the defendant's toe paid a visit
the plaintiff's breech, the effect of which was, &testate(
.4 one of the witoemes, to deprive the plaintiff of bis" Wee-
lag," be having subsequently become deaf. la oddities io •
that, the defendant palled from the hedge a blackthorn stick, .
with which he threatened to belabour the sides .1 the plans. Alt
sir, which the latter dared hint to de by saying" •
you, wallop away as long as you like, you skull pay refit.'
The defendant complied with this brotherly adviee,.and
the operation broke the crab stick. At the close the plain. .
lilt said," You have endeavoured to du we all the injury in
your power, and I will be d—d if you shall not pay for all." '
The assault being too clearly preyed, Mr. Sergeant Ptli foe
the defesdauloaddreseed himself only to the reduction of
doesn't. and to the license which the plaintiff had give. to •
the deteodeat to " wallop" hiss. Bet as it seemed to be
tbeipielon of the learned Judge, that the licence was bad is
Onvii bet that the " walloping" was good is law, the gees- ,1
Oen eves left to the jury, epee the simple point Drawbar:os,
ind they returned a verdict for Ave analogs.
LINCOLNSHIRE.
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moan sa OP • WI PIie—JSOPPS agedlik sate -
of W haplode, labourer, was eadieted for the wilful murder 1
et
Mary his wife, at ilrisaptude, as the 2311 of Muth last,.
the indictment charged that he. wilfallYs fel"kmmile
of malice afore-thought did secretly Amin and mingle
Ith milk, Suter, and vulgar, certain deadly poises,
line drachm of amide, which he, knowing it to be whoa..
did give to his wife on the 19th of March, intending that she
.Sabe..dritili. and swallow it, whereof ate died an the
, and that be thereby wilfully and of rialice agoretbought •
did weeder her. A reeved cogent charged tbas:be, at the
place aforesaid, on the 99d of March, did violently sake an
emelt no the said Mary Cawthoree and with his Weds did
press, squeeae, and gripe the necks:it threat of his said wife,
whereby be, feloniously sod of malice aforethought, did
choke and strangle her.
Mr. Frnsklio, for the prisooer, leek an elijectlee
iedienneet, and maintained that the counsel for the prem-
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t-- SIN* guttlligente. " haaelltb" H. Shell*** sigeed to the order. The mosey sad had bees ennui In to look war some property at
'lVairatir the prisoaer. Messrs. Greeowood, Cox, aid kites, la this ementrs and the come of somploiet was a lam ..,•
to honour the order ea the grssad of forgery.— eoetalaed in • letter written by the defendant, a hooded pr 0....
MURDER BY POISON. was apprehended le , when he confessed Oster in that parish, reflecting alma the plaiatif 'delmasoater '
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Cititimeielth, AU4l.lo.—James Effeesursaild *MATS 111,allte"..rery The primmer was acquitted open the ladieta The latter asses follows t...
maw, shoat $1 loam of age, was for Inn meat, because the Gaol letter is the sipature appeared to be " sta,—l understand that • pease, by name Hawes,
wasese af &ode King... the Mire 1114,101; ad ;Need not n, as charged I. the indictesesta has been to apply to you to show him something that yea
White Neltley, in this meaty, by efiednietetteg to bee a: parry TILSAIOn Mtn MOILDZI• rest ; I am iuformed be wishes a tonskey's shallots, bet it
Ohms *Ltd arsenic, of she *elk Ammer 10.—This trial excited moth interest, and the requires security. which I fear he will tot be able to shade,
This casSonchnd Ilmelllnt•llirdneddtr_w al* the aernel,...ti Court was excessively crowded is every% part long before sinless Mr. Turner will be booed for his good behaviour.—
tlf Its ebestinsteseat""dblrffs, sc Off ildbd_leffrptlevian Mr. Justice Hoiroyd took his Sella ow the beach. The ladies a your bitable mead, "J. H. MOORE."
bed bens Induced and bOnnfininnPon.__ by We ._ ..._. . formed a large majority of the spectators. "(Torn over.) .
Me• KM MAW She am gm do Ponlonlden•a _ 5. lOW Asa Barber, aged 45, the wife of James Barber, was
month a binlste tbe'llninnoon non* IS me bon" ate ' charged by the coroners formed with the wilful murder of " The vagabond says he shall receive a pines a day ;he
'wetting, had held a eatIVIIIIIKeet with the deemed, which Jas. Barber, her 'whim, by giving him white arsenic ionic deserves a ll—ter: de give the fellow a glass of grog, and
her sister, Mary Klimb omit/sank The deasiiied said to and c, 0. die loch of much last. el which be died neat be will do what you wish, if it is a fair thing, nut .etherwise."
the primmer, a Emery. lam with child hyyea." He then nmenimm It appeared that the defendant had shown this letter about
said, "Is there say man you like better Man me, because liciii,', used, and Hardy conducted the prweistion. to several people as a place of foil, god boasted that the
there las VIM allty swear the child to him." She replied, Mr. Jones defended the prisoner, but lansested that he law could not touch him, as be had put the name Pinner and
" I have mem bona with any other man bat yell, and to had not bees applied to, or received his brief, till this more. not ffterase. mod had emitted vowels lo the words vagabond •
RN alone I will swear the ebild." After this it would he log as he was coming into court. and halter.
itre that the pelmeee was busily ntaking inquiries about -Mr. Maude stated the following case 'which was AO. Mr. Ceeherd, foe the defending, admitted the hand.writhwr •
the neighbourhood as to the mode of producing mister- wards fully proved.—The deceased had a small property but contended that It was a eon in which the smallest de-
Nage, and one of the witnesses who would be called very of his own at Rhodes-green, la the parish of Bothwell. He triages would race, as the whole appeared to be a joke, .
refused to give bins any information upon the had married the prisoner in 1803. They had lived very bap- and as re prowl had been given that the plaintiff's character
eat. It would then be shelve that the prisoner came pity till a young nom of the Dime of William Thomson had been in the slightest degree Injured—Verdict for the
to elassford mad went to a horso.doctor, and told him came to live with them at Martinmas last. They had two plaintiff—Damages 405., costs 40r.
that his hoses wen very much infested with rats and mice, children, the younger Sor 10 years of age. The mother of /10011 e. 1001.
and he wanted siosnothing to destroy them. The prisoner. the prisoner lived very near, and was there sit the time of his This was a complete "brotherly" quarrel. The plaintiff
it would be observed, was not a housekeeper. The man decease. Her brother had Cane with another man and and defendant are brothers, as well as the principal witness.-
=he could get what lie wanted at a chemist's shop. prayed with the deceased on the evening before his death.— The parties reside at Up-Lyme, uenr A animater, and the
the articles proper for the purpose were woe The prisoner would be proved to have bought n pennyworth ramie of complaint was an aroault committed b 7 the defer
Nand itaanic, and at his request the man went to a of arsenic at Wakefield, on Friday, the 16th of March, and dant, under the following circemstancest— The plaintiff
Mshop is the town, and purchased half an ounce to have given it to her husband that evening in ale and had placed his cart in the halter or bridle way of the dr
The chemist very properly put a label on the sugar. The motive had been a criminal attachment to fesidunts and spoil his being desired In remove it a quarrel
' with the words "Arsenic—poison," which he did Thomson with whom she had left her house ou the 56th of arose, and the eery° prevent a dispute was removed by the
n ance of the requisition of a late Act of Parka- December, and lived for a week with him, in a cottage with third brother. This interference, however. had mot the
poesa.:
* nine. It would appear that when tho unhappy girl went one room, which she had taken for the purpose, at Pittoreos, desired effect, for soots after the defendant's toe paid a visit
to bed in the evening she took the greatest pert of the box four miles distant from her husband's house. A hone and to the plaintiff's breech, the effect of which was. aceardieg
' of pills, there being eleven, and she had swallowed all but cart had been bought by money left her as a legacy by her to one of the whistlers to deprive the plaintiff of bis" hoer.
- Iva. Ina very short lime after she was hi bed,she awoke father. Thoramm's name was painted oo th.s tart, and in log," he having subsequently become deaf. la oddities to •

z7,17,,,„,;;;,...----. -----. --- ---- -- have been convicted ea what has appeared to one rhe'cleareet cation was boned to make kis solectioa of the cowlon .
..-,i‘e"deaseeed was a woman of s 5, living with her ete. evidence. (" No, Sir.") No remotestbie creature ease haw • which he would proceed, and toted! evidence to that coast
"dm • she was a perfect cripple, and very little capable of • doubt of your guilt from the clearness of the proof. (" i pa,.
*MT ieing:::::1012. The prisoner had long lodged in am very sorry.") Tour defence has been conducted very After some deemed°, of the polot•betweenMr. Reader
.: llbe mate in which also there was one other lodger. ably. and all the ottiections in point of law which could be (for the prosecution). Mr. Franklin, tad the Judge, his
..ea the Hpth of Jose, the day of the uttatateoloo of the id. made were urged by your enamel. It has been represented Lordship decided that it was enespensasee the prosecutor to
leged offence, tits deceased and the prisoner, about two i• the evidosee, as if your husband had got rid of bison* call evidences* both chargesoned that after the steidettee bad'
.teelock, were left abut; shortly after which he charged hum pain aid anxiety arising from your conduct. Bet eater bees gum into. be mould mate me selection of the cows on
I grand-daughter of the deceased's mother, who also lived eircumstauces show completely that the poison was tidal.. which he would have to go the Jury.. Mr. Reader sham-
la the bonne, sot to disturb the deceased, and left the metered by yourself (" No",) and ou the very day on which dusted the second count, and proceeded we the charge of.
house. After some interval the grand-daughter went into you bought if. (" I never was la that slap in my life, my psoisenine only.
the deceased's room and found her dead. She gave an Lord.") so determined were you ea his destroctlea. Heat Wituewes having bees examioed, the het of pobounag his-
alarm, mem which the primmer and the rat came to and you said it was not necessary goateed for a medical man, for wife was brought home to the prisoner.
examined the body, which exhibited various marks of that he would be dyad before morning. This effect you Mr. Justice Park, in kb charge to the Jury, observed that,
violence, whit* were then thought to be the effecu of
expected floe the deadly poison you had given him.— this case, like all tuber cases of murder, and ['ensuing in
mortificatioa. The prisoner soon oiler west into the vit. " No, my Lord, ao.") ft is deplorable, and I lament to wticelar, was supported by circumstamial evidencouely..
lige, and commaalcated the death of the deceased, and, my that the obduracy of your heart continnedeven when H's Loriadp then recapitulated that evidence, and impres-
although not requested so to do, bespoke a coffin for her, you saw your husband in agony ander the pain of the aed ea the Jury the awful importance of the duty they bad
giving the 4111 Si it, and desirbellbsst en one should Mel- Pelson yea gave. you are a dreadful example of the con- to perform. fie culled upon them, if they bad the least
sure or examine the body. At his request the eorpse was sequences of giving way to dissolute inclinations. It was doubt, in God's name to acquit the prisaser ; but if, epos •
Tea dissolute inclinatioos that brought you into the wises deliberate and serious consideration of the ',ideate, they-
two days afterwards inclosed, and the coin screwed 1
down. Shortly after reports of a disagreeable nature cable and ignontiaious situation in which you now stand.— should perceive the forget of God pointing at the primmer no-
becoming prevalent, the body was opened by a surgeon, It is impossible, is consulate, with the security of se- Me murderer of his wife. as planet, uif they had seen
who was of opinion that she lad • died by violence, and may. er with the laws of Qed aad man, that mercy can be the crime committed with their mortal we, thee they
that she was eight Mentin gene with child. A coroner's sottended to ye*. The very short time that reausins for would discharge their duly and their oaths, and couviet the
it is necessary that you employ iu the meat complete prisoner.
Inquest was samillillid; floe primate saying he should Fr
like to been the Jury He afterwards declared that the repentance. (Here the prisoner cried and wept in the After retiring for a few minutes, the jury returned a
deceased had hang herself; that be bad found her sus- Whereat manner.)—Humble yourself before sod, that you verdict of guilty.
Fended. sod had with his own hands cut her down. may receive that mercy hereafter which I regret is impos- Mr. Justice Perk then. in a most impressive and af-
The learned Judge then recapitulated the evidence to Bible to be shown to you here. It DOM remains that 1 pro. (elitism almoner, passed sentence of death on the prisoner. •
the Jury, with very great precise's and partiality, making *ounce upon you the sentence of death. (After sentence. Hit had been convicted, after a full and satisfactory trial.
some general observations upon it as he went along. His sloe clung to the perms who stood next her and cried— of wilful murder, and that of a most aggravated nature—
Lordship coucladed by entreating the Jury to take the 0 "ye use. save gee.") the murder of kis wife of the mother of Isis child, of her
whole ease into their especial eoasideration, and if they She was asked whether she knew any reason why ext.- who ought to be most dear to him, whose life should have
had any doubts, to iet those doubts operate in faveur of "%Hoe of the sentence should be delayed, and !answered been his peculiar care, and whom at the altar of Isistilnel •
Ike prisoner. la the negatite• he had sworn to love and cherish. He had been drawn
The Jerf instant!, Mend the prisoner Guilty, and ten- This unhappy woman has the appearance of having into the commission of this dreadful crime by a wicked
bete of Death was immediately passed upon 111111. been a sober, grave, thoughtful, and most industrious passion for another woman, and had pronounced judgment
• The pri.oner was perfectly composed daring Use whole person. Sloe was meanly clad, and looked considerably against himself in the letters which he had written to her.
Vial, which lasted from nine o'clock till half past three. older than the calendar represents. He had also been guilty of a wicked mockery, in regime
YORK ASSIZES. DEVONSHIRE. lady attending at church, in daring to appear at the altar
Annear 6.—Mr. Justice Bayly went to the Guildhall at &MM. stwouse 13.—The commission for this county of God, with these wicked actions in his life and pessaries
edam o'clock this morning, and charged the city Grand Jury. was opened._ us Saturday. which is radii r than usual, it in his heart. The Sesiptstre declared that " the earth
In the coolie of half an hour the Grand Jury returued true having """ rail" necessary from the liters or bossier to could only be cleansed from the blood that had been shed,
hills against the toll prisoners in the calendar, mud the court lengthen the aria; and 'before. as the Joidgew attended by the blood of the sheittler."— • Yon have answered fur
hastediaid) proceeded to their trial. divine service yesterday at the Cathedral. both colitis were your crime,' said his Lordship, "at au earthly le iimual,
Foliage v.—Mr. Pollock opened the case, and Mr. Sin. opened at linearly hour. Oa the croon side there were 71 and yon must 'homy answer fur it at the tribunal of your
prisoners; but their trials excite but little isiteriw, and per. Gal.'—He made these observation, that the prisoner
ciao, the Recorder of yank stated the circumstances hi the
haps never did that court create se little lineation. thi the might not apply any " flattering unction to his soul."—
JirY--Rickard Young, a private in the Inth tumors, had,
se the sth of May last, culled at the banking office of Messrs. civil side 51 causes are entered, II of which are spacial Ile made them with a Christian feeling, to induce him to
eythoe. Tweedy, and Cu.
and stow that major Shelton, juries. Mr. Baron Graham, who presided at Ittisi Preas. se initssediase and deep repentance, to apply with an
bie ine Cr, was unable to leave Sits room in
fail he sad had from his horse, and wished
en span Messrs. Greenwood, Co., mud Co. %vele undefended ;at all events the paper w cleared nu' its
rubbish. The rally trials of interest are the follow ii
Looks. hr 301. sad to be sent to him fur signature.— • rotas.
wilwites, ago the ream, nevem is cheat ',owes . The plaiatiff la Usitleme was • farmer sod dosed serve I
11114.11 disposed of. II causes, the greatest part of which. ihmetrr. earnest eentsitiou to Him with whom is ss plenums. re-
demption;" and that be might receive it his Lordship
.$ : most sincerely. prayed. lie cow-holed by ordering the .
prisoner for esserutiouoe'llsarsday f Isis body to be after-
Yuri i wards dclivercil for dlifeellis.
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