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- 7 MARCH 6, 1852.
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school-yard
work.hoo bl William
Mason
my arms round her and kissed togefer. The hour of
na
our reternicg tro work depends , upon the wind and
the tide: When my boat droppect anchor the police-
man and three other men came on-.board from a small
boat, and they put several quifitions to me; but I
did not know what they came On board 'for. The
policeman asked me if I had ainy;razors, and I told
him I had two. He then asked isitephere I kept them,
and I told him. He then asked me where my knife was,
and I told him in my pocket, and gave it him. These
questions led me to suppose somettdag had happened at
my cottage, but I was riot informed of what had actually
occurred until I met Mr. Solly, bAt Ido not recollect
that he called me on one side and said that something
dreadful had happened, beforel akted him if my wife
was murdered. The plan where I ras at work was in
a contrary direction to Sake% I hell to pass the osier-
bed, where the hedge stake was fours "on going to niy
from my ttage through the
-yA person
ardgat going
gate, would also pass thq,Osier bed.
said, I sin a dredgrman, and I lodged
n cob cottage,
at Tollesbury, ache time this affair
happened. I went to bed about nine o'clock on the night
before the murder, and got up about six the next morn-
ing. I and Cobb dressed ourselves, and I went to my
work, leaving Cobb behind in the 'cottage. I did not
notice what time it was exactly when I left the cottage;
but I know that I went before Cobb. The deceased and
her together. The child was
ananduospbtaetiddchilivledd, avnedrythhey"biloyth appeered very fond of
it. When I came home again, I found that my
box bad been ransacked, and eleven or twelve
shillings were taken from a 1 small till that
was in it. , I am sure ) there .were two
quite Safe tsto dap before the
half-
crowns among the money.e I ‘....; ;;_i
a...5*w nothing but the
money., My box was.
murder. A short time before:- November, the prisoner
Purchased a pair of boots frame ass....
-4F. f'r eighteen pence.
He only paid one sixpence and I hadataked him for the
pay me 'as as he could.
Ireal,iyan.adskiliorshaiiradf;4the woulddmy
mina,
4;eily ill safe when I
Went t 6 tiey'w.ork,'lid the morning . Skrisurder.
_Cross-examined--1 have'sai4 i belvoeti six and
I:11
seven when I left the cottage; but I cannot speak posi-
tively to half an hour. I cannot tell what time it was
.when I got to my work. '
Edward Pewter said—ln November last I was lodging
with Cobb at Tollesbury; but on the night before the
murder I had gone on board a smack at Woorcreek,
about a mile from Tollesbury, and went in her to Nazing,
where I was engaged in dredging and fishing until the
Wednesday following. I left my box of clothes all safe,
and when I returned I found my box opened, and all my
clothes thrown about. I had lodged some months at
Cobb'a cottesre, and during that time I never heard Cobb
and his wife have an angry word together.
By Mr. PARRY—I know nothing about a razor that
was produced before the coroner. Had never used it
myself, but I believed that Cobb used to set it.
Several other witnesses were examined, who deposed
to many of the facts before given in evidence.
Mr. Codd, the coroner for the northern division of
Essex, deposed that he took the inquisition upon the
body of the deceased. The first W 43 on the 26th of
November, and on that day the prisoner made a deposi-
tion. Before he did so, witness asked him if he wished
to ba examined as a witness, and he replied—" As you
Please, sir." Witness told him it was not as he pleased,
but as he (prisoner) pleased, as he was then in custody
on Zuspiciop. The prisoner again said, "As you please,
air-'' He then said he had no objection to be examined,
and upon this he was sworn, and his deposition was
taken down aftor he had been cautioned that he was not
bound to answer any question that tended to criminate
himself. The prisoner then made a statement to the
effect that on the morning of the murder he got up at
six o'clock, and that he afterwards lighted a fire, and
about seven o'clock he went away to Salcot, and after-
wards proceeded to Wivenhoe, to arrange about pur-
chasing a boat. He also said that when he left home he
only had three shillings in his pocket. The prisoner
further stated at his examination that he never left the
footpath as he was going to Salcot in the morning.
Inspector Cook, of the Essex constabulary, proved
that he searched the cottage where the prisoner lodged,
and found some articles of clothing on which there ap-
peared to be marks of blood.
George Archer, another constable, proved that the
prisoner said to him that he could not account for the
marks of blood that were upon one of the pairs of trow-
sers, unless they had come off the ropes on board the
boat. He also proved that Mrs. Wash took a pink hand-
kerchief clean and neatly folded up from one of the
drawers, and she handed it to him, and said that it be-
longed to the prisoner.
At this stage of the case the Court adjourned, and the
jury were taken to one of the hotels in the town in charge
of an officer.

March 5.
The trial was resumed this morning at nine o'clock,
before Mr. Baron Parke.
• James Pudney, a labourer, deposed that about a fort-
night before the murder he saw the- prisoner at Col-
chester, and they walked home tog her. As they
were going along the prisoner asked tem if he bad got
any money, end he told him he had nothind the prisoner
replied, " No more have I," and ht red, " I want
tome, and I must" it. -li " t/Imm en him where
ha meant to get it, and whether he intended to steal, and
be said, " No, ; but I know where there is some, and I
don't sleep far from it when I am at home, and I mean
to hare it.

By Mr. PARRY—Witness knew of the inquest being
held, but he did not offer to give his testimony before
the coroner. Ho hoard that Harrington was suspected
a few days after the murder was committed. He had
his evidence taken down last Tuesday, but ho had not
received any money. He expected to be paid for his
loss of time.
John Wash, the husband of the prisoner's sister, was
then called, and the razor that was found on the
" woolve" was shown to him, and he was asked if it was
not the one that belonged to him, and which had been
lost from his cottage? He looked on it for some time,
and then, in answer to a question put by Mr. Bodkin,
he said he did not think it was the razor, and he added,
that he thought his razor was straighter in the back than
the one now produced.
By Mr. PARRY.—IIa purchased the razor in America
several years ago. Upon the blade of it there were ,
ori-
ginally the words " Whoever buys me will not repent.'
These words were worked into the blade by means of
some acid.

By Mr BODKIN.—He had not seen his own razor since
it was first missed from his cottage. Mr. Baron PARKE.—I cannot say
whether the
razor is mine or not. The handle and the case are like
mine, but I do not think the blade is the same.
Baron PARKE—What is your belief upon the subject?
know. Witness, hesitat-
gheern. I told Mr. Cobb so, and that do You believe this is not
hesitat-
ing—" s—egrleeizu)cpr.
my razor
n wasyour
il noytsrayo.ath, you
My
razor WAS an extraordinary
yours? Witness—l cannot say. I thought the blade
of
is the reason I could not swear that before the coroner.
Baron PARKE.—How long is it since you have seen
the inscription you have mentioned upon the razor?
Baron E—
longer.
Witness.—Eight or nine years.
James Digby said, that about a twelvemonth ago he
lodged at Cobb's cottage, and used to be shaved by Cobb.
i
was
in the habit of
wasng us
He such a razor as the one
but he
now produced, unable to form an opinion
whether it was the same razor or not.
James Coates, one of the former witnesses, who lodged
in Wash's house, said he had often used his razor, and
he stated that the one produced was his razor. He
particularly noticed a dent in the case, and he was sure
it was the same that used to be in wash'si cottage.
ll
Cobb was re-sailed.—lie
James said he had been in
the habit of using Wash's razor, and setting it for two
years, and to the best of his belief, the razor and case
now produced were the same he had been in the habit
of so using.
By Mr. Baron PARKE.—He never observed any par-
ticular mark upon the razor or the case.
Dr. Taylor was then examined. He deposed that be
had examined the articles delivered
, to him by Superin-
tendent Cook.
The first article subjected to examina-
tion was a pair of fustian. trywsere, and on them he ob-
served, on al
the right leg, front, several spots or stains
recently of blood, and also several marks of a darker co
appeared to have
lour, and the latterred marks like
blood under them. He examined all these marks with a
very powerful microscope, and
the result he decided was
that the red marks were blood, and that they were co-
vered with ink thickly laid on and rubbed afterwards.
Higher up the trovisers he al so discovered red spots,
which were also blood. These spots appeared to have
been rubbed. One of these spots was Close to the right
hand pocket of the trousers. There was also a separate
patch of blood on the back of the right thigh correspond-
ing with the marks of blood in front. All the spots of
blood that were covered with ink appeared to be larger
and more conspicuous than the others. upon
examining
the jacket worn by the prisoner on the a
„ may of the mur-
der he found a smear of blood on the ailing of the pocket.
In the pocket of the pair of trowsers found at the prison-
er's house he also discovered a very
distinct large stain of
blood. There was also a very distinct stain of blood in
the pocket of another jacket belonging to the prisoner,
and neither of the Instmentioned marks
appeared
to have been rubbed or disguised :in any manner. He
was unable to say whether the blood Was that of a hu-
man being or of any domestic animal, such as a pig; and
he could not form any judgment as to the period the
stains had been upon the clothes. Upon examining the
razor that was found in the " 'MOM - he observed a
thick stain of blood upon both sides, near the neck of
the razor, and it was such a stain as would be occasioned
by any cut which was followed by a large flow ot blood;
and the blade appeared to have been wiped, as though
it had been drawn through a throat. About the middle
of the edge of the blade he also discovered, by the aid of
a very powerful microscope, some minute fibres of cot-
ton; there was no trace of any letters upon the blade,
bat it had evidently been ground more than once. Blood
was also upon both sides of the handle inside, as though
the razor had been shut up while it Was wet. There
was no blood on the outside of the handle. Such an
inscription us the one mentioned by the witness Wash,
being of a very superficial kind, Would be likely
to be altogether removed by grinding. Dr. Taylor
added, that he had heard the description given
of the wound in the throat of the deceased
by the medical witnesses, and he was of opinion, that it ,
might certainly have been infliete4 by such au instru-

meat as the razor that had been produced. He also said
that if a person were insensible from receiving a violent
blow upon the head, the cat might have been inflicted
upon the throat with very great rapidity; and he was of
opinion that the injury might have been inflicted in the
way thin was supposed to have been, without the person
indicting it receiving any blond at all either upon the
hand oi any part of the person. Where there was no
violence such a wound might have been inflicted in from
five to ten seconds, and although the carotid artery
would he divided, the hand using the weapon would
petit it before it received any of the blood. In his
opinion the' injury upon the temple of the deceased
might have been occasioned by the hammer, but certainly
not by the hedge stake that hal been produced; and it
appeared to him that the latter instrument had been
brukee by a wrench, and that the fracture was not the
result of any violent blow. The two handkerchiefs that
had been produced were nearly identical in character to
each other, except that one appeared to have been more
washed than the other.
By Mr. PARRY—He should have been enabled to form
a much better opinion upon many of these mutters if he
had had an opportunity of personally examining the de-
ceased. and it would, of course, be much safer to act upon
such an examination than from any description that was
given of the nature of the injuries. After a week or ten
days had elapsed it was impossible to come to any posi-
tive conclusion as to the period a stain of blood had
existed. These articles were not shown to him until the
14th of February. He was aware of ono instance where
a clot of blood after ten days did not change its appear-
since for five years. The microscopic test with regard
to blood he considered was, infallible, and he had not
the slightest doubt in the present instance that the marks
he saw were marks of blood. The sulphate of iron that
was used in ink could not, by any possibility, be mis-
taken for blood. Some eminent chemists were of opinion
that the sulpho-cionate of iron was colouring matter of
the human blood, but that was a totally different sub-
stance to the sulphate of iron.
Re-examined—ln this case he had not the slightest
doubt that the marks were blood.
Mr. Baron PARRWtiskeirDr.Titylorldw he accounted
for the marks of the blood being ou the trowsers, and the
other parts of the dress that had been produced, when he
appeared to be of opinion that the injury on the throat
might have been occasioned without the hand that caused
it receiving any blood?—Dr. Taylor said he could not
not account_for the mode in which the stains came upon
the clothes.

Cobb, the husband of the deceased, was mailed, and
he said that his wife wore a cotton nightcap on the night
of the murder.

Fox, the constable, was also recalled, and ho stated
that he found the hedge stake in the osier-bed on the
Saturday after the murder, and at that time it was
broken in the middle, bat the two parts were not com-
pletely separated. The stake corresponded with a hedge
that was at the bottom of Cobb's gerdee, and he said
that a stake appeared to have been recently taken from
that hedge.
Mrs. Wash was likewise recalled, and in answer to
questions pat by the Learned Judge she said that on the
morning of the murder she saw a drop of blood on the
chest belonging to Mason, and she also saw a similar
drop on the floor at the foot of the bed, and another on
the stairs. She also said it was her opinion that the
razor that had been produced was not at all like her
husband's; and she said that his razor had a much larger
and heavier blade than the one produced. The case
of the razor, she also said, was not like her husband's
case.

This closed the case for the prosecution.
Mr. PARRY then made a most earnest and eloquent
address to the jury on babelt of the prisoner.
Mr. Baron PARKE summed up the case with great
care and minuteness. He went carefully through the
whole of the evidence, calling the attention of the jury
to all the important points as he proceeded. The sum-
ming up occupied nearly three hours.
At twenty minutes to seven o'clock the jury retired
to deliberate. They returned into court at a quarter past
nine with a verdict of Not Guilty.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.— Winchester, March 4.

CROWN COURT.—( Before Mr. Justice TaLeonan..
CHARGE OF MURDER AT Roxsee.---John Kemish, 33,
and John Eyres, 31, were indicted for the wilful murder
of John Sale, at Rumsey, on the 13th of November last.
Mr. Saunders and Mr. Cooke for the prosecution; Mr.
Sewell and Mr. Prideaux for the prisoners.
The facts of the case, as given in the evidence, were
as follows:—The deceased was a small farmer and shop-
keeper living at a place called Minstead, near Ronisey,
and was in the frequent habit of attending that town fur
business purposes, more especially on market days. On
the 13th of November, it being market day, he attended,
as usual, with his horse and cart, and was proved to
have called at the Town Mill in the morning, about
eleven o'clock, where ho left some corn to be ground,
promising to call for it in the afternoon. He did so,
and taking the flour away in his cart, paid the miller
his charge, and it was then noticed that he had both
gold and silver money in his purse, a large red canvas
bag. The deceased was next proved to have been in
Hog-lane, where ho was seen in conversation with a
woman named Sims, whom he agreed to treat with drink;
and he, Sims, and another female, named Leach, went
together to a beer-house in Middle Bridge-street for the
said purpose. While there eating and drinking the
two prisoners entered the house, and Eyres, who seemed
to know the deceased, claimed some money of him for a
former service. The deceased then paid for another
quart of beer, of which the whole party partook. At
length they all left, the woman Sims and the deoeased
having agreed to go out together, and it was arranged
that Leach should take Sims's child and hold it for her,
and for which service the deceased gave her a shilling.
The deceased and Sims, after leaving the house, called
at another public-house, called the Bridge Tavern, and
the deceased got out of the cart and went in. The two
prisoners having followed them to this house, they also
went in, and the four had more drink togetner, which
was paid for by the deceased. When he left, and the
woman Sims with him, the landlord told the prisoner
Eyres to take back the horse and cart to the beorhouse,
where they had before been stopping, which he did, and
returned, when he and Kemish also left, The de-
ceased and Sims had gone down a causeway by the
side of the river Test, in the direction of the meadows,
and, according to her testimony, the prisoner Eyres
came running after them, and coming up in a violent
manner, he swore he would have the deceased's money,
pushed her down, and at once proceeded to rifle the
deceased's pockets, which he succeeded in doing,
taking out what appeared to be a parse and a paper of
copper money. He continued to roughly use the de-
ceased, and knocked her down again on her interfering,
and having dragged the deceased towards a meadow
called "Pearce's Meadow," he whistled, when the pri-
soner Kemish appeared on the spot, and he seized one
arm of the deceased, and also searched in his pockets.
When they had both dragged him a little past the gate
of the meadow, one of them, she believed Kemish, said,
" Lay hold of the old —, and throw him in the river;"
on which Eyres seized the deceased under his arms, and
at that time she heard the splash of a fall in the water.
One of the prisoners said, " Throw her in too," when
she screamed loudly, and ran away as fast as she could,
and saw no more of them that night. The deceased was
missed on the following morning, but his body was not
found until the next Sunday (Nov. 16), when it was dis-
covered in the bed of the river, about 30 yards above the mill.
The two prisoners, and also the women, Sims and Leach,
were apprehended and committed on the charge of
murder, and had not mentioned anything of their know-
ledge of the affair until Sunday last, when they confessed
the story in the prison, and were then admitted as wit-
nesses against the men. In addition to the evidence of
these women, there were various witnesses examined.
who deposed to sundry expressions used by the two male
prisoners on the night of the murder, and at a late hour.

•
It was proved that they had visited different public-
houses, in an apparently half-drunken state, and that
thoy had been heard to say, " Therhad done away with
the old - ;",‘ that they had plenty of money, fur they
had done the trick ;" and other such suspicious obser-
vations. When asked to explain, Eyres said it would be
known in tho morning. The woman Leach, in her tes-
timony, also stated that Eyres saw her soon after the
murder, and told her that he had done for her old fancy

- after all.
Mr. SE WELL addressed the jury for the defence in an
eloquent speech of two hours' duration, in which he
pointed out the non-agreement of the female witnesses to
considerable extent as to the time when the crime was
committed, compared with the time at which it was
stated by others that the cries of alarm were heard to
proceed from the meadows. He also dwelt on the fact
of the women having remained in gaol three months,
charged with a participation in the murder, and urged
that the story they had told at the last moment was ad-
vanced for the purpose of saving themselves. ll° su
mitted that no credible evidence was offered as to theb
guilt of the prisoners.
The Learned JUDGE having summed up
The jury, after a few minutes'
a verdict of Guilty against both the prisoners.
innocent
consultation,
'returned
The prisoners both declared themselves
ram, Kemish adding that he knew nothing about the
murder, and that both the women had committed
perjury.
His LORDSHIP passed sentence of death in the usual
form, amidst the most profound silence of a crowded
court.

OXFORD CIRCUIT. Ox
—ford, March 3.
THE BANBURY MURDER.
_Gulielino Giovanni Bazetti
figure
Kalabergo, a
young Italian of
slight
sc of
o'clock this morning, charg
able appearance, was p the and respect-
laced at bar at eiht
ed with the wilful murder
Giovanni Maria Ferdinand° Kalabergo at Williamot
Mr. Keating, Q.C., and Mr. Crippi conducted
on the part of the Crown, and the prisoner eras thC cso
defended
by Mr. Pigott and Mr. iluddlestone.
Mr. Maggiono was sworn, and acted as interpretsr
during the proceedings.
It appeared from the statement of the counsel for the
prosecution and the evidence adduced in auPPort of it that
the deceased,
Who was well known by the name of John
Kalabergo, was uncle to the prisoner,
and had lived for
many years at Banbury. HewmatsriaannaLtive
of Italy, from
the town of Chiavanna, in A
left his country in early life to escape orninbarey, and
from i he tyran-
nical conscriptions of the Emperor Napoleon. o was by
trade a jeweller and silyersuaitb, and had H
commenced At

first in a very small way of business, but, being a man not
only of popular manners, but also of industrious habits,
he had increased his trade to a great extent in the
neighbourhood, and had amassed considerable worldly
substance. Some years ago he left England and
proceeded to Italy, and was absent about 20 months.
In the latter end of October, 1851, his nephew, the pri-
soner, came over from Italy to reside with his uncle,
and to assist him in his business. Mr. Kalabergo watt
in the habit of making circuits, generally about twice a
week, round the neighbourhood of Banbury, in a light
spring cart, in which his goods were pieced. On these
journeys his nephew had accompanied Pim since his ar-
rival in England. On Friday, the 9th of January in
the present year, John Kalabergo started with his ne-
phew on one of these tours. They left Banbury about
10 o'clock in the morning, and slept that night at Prior's
Marston, about 13 miles from Banbury, where they also
breakfasted and dined the next day. About half-past
three that afternoon they left Prior's Marston on their
return to Banbury, and between four and five they were
seen on the road near Chipping Warden by a person
who was well acquainted with the elder Kalabergo.
They were next traced to the Rose and Crown public-
house in Chipping
Warden, where they stopped a few
minutes, and then pursued their journey towards Ban-
bury. At a quarter-past five they passed through the
Williamscott upperturnpike-gate, and the gatewoman
remembered Mr. Kalabergo's paying the toll, and re-
ceiving a ticket from her to clear the Ban-
bury gate. At the Rose and Crown, Chipping
Warden. the deceased and his nephew were also seen
by a publican and a baker named Walker, who was tra-
velling with a companion in a covered cart. Mr. Walker
left the Rose and Crown after Kalabergo, but over-
took him near the Williamscott gate on the Banbury.'
road. At the time the baker's cart passed him the de-
ceased was walking slowly up hill, and his nephew
was by the side of the horse. Having passed on a short
distance, Mr. Walker and his companion heard the re-
port of firearms, and almost immediately afterwards a
second shot. About the time the first shot was fired a
man was see • near their horse's head, coming towards
them; from • (bury. With the exeeption of this per
they had met with no one on-the road; but who this man
was the prosecutors could not tell, although they had
made every effort to discover him. The persons in the
cart, however, thought nothing of the matter, and drove
on to Banbury, entirely unconscious of the fatal occur-
rence which had taken place. On the same evening a
carrier named Ward left Banbury with several passen-
gers and drove in the direction of Williamscott. In the
road he met a cart without a driver, which proved to be
Mr. Kalabergo's, and near the Williamscott-gate, his
passengers having got out to walk up the hill, one of
them, who was in advance of the others, discovered the
body of the deceased, which was subsequently placed in
a cart and removed to Williamscott. At the time of the
removal of the body two hats were found near it—one
belonging to the deceased, lying close to it, and another,
afterwards proved to belong to the prisoner, at a little
distance from it. Upon examining the body of the de-
ceased, it was found that a great-coat which he had worn
had not been unbuttoned, nor had his pockets been rifled
of their contents, although they contained a considerable
sum of money. The back part of his head was blackened
with gunpowder, and a comforter which he wore round
his neck was singed. Upon a post mortem exa-
mination of the body it was found that a bullet bad
entered the skull above the right ear, passed through
the brain, and lodged in the skull over the left ear,
whence it was taken by the medical man, and produced
on the trial. It was composed of a white metal, and a
similar bullet was found in the cart in which the body
had been placed when first discovered. There was also
a lacerated wound on the forehead, which, in the opinion
of the medical man, might have been caused by a bullet
or any hard substance, and there was likewise a slight
abrasion on tho left cheek, apparently caused by the
falling of the body to the ground. The boxes in the
cart, containing jewellry, &c., had not beau opened, nor
had any attempt been made to force them. At the time

the body was -discoverecinaing was seen of the pri-
soner; but in the course of the evening he Was met at a
place called the Huscot Cottages, on the Banbury-road,
by a labourer named James French. He was then with-
out his hat, and seemed to be crying very much, and to
be in great distress. He called out "Master, master!"
and pointed in the direction of Williamscott. After

this he appeared to have gene to the house of Dr.
Sandy, the Roman Catholic priest, at Banbury, where
he knocked at the door several times, exclaiming,
" Priest, priest! Uncle dead!" but could not obtain
admittance. About half-past six o'clock he came to
his uncle's house, when he was seen by a woman
named Sophia Roberts (his uncle's housekeeper), and
by two young persons, named Harriet and Louisa Egg,
wbo carried on the millinery business, and lodged in
the house. His first exclamation to Sophia Roberts was,
" Uncle dead ! Uncle dead ! Go ! Priest, priest!" He
appeared much agitated, and said something about
" three men," making motions with his arms, as though
his uncle had been beaten. Upon this Sophia Roberts
hastened to Dr. Tandy, who arrived soon afterwards,
and found the prisoner still in a state of great agitation.
Dr. Tandy asked him in Italian what was the matter.
The prisoner said that his uncle had been killed—that
three men bad jumped out upon him, and he added
something about " sticks," but Dr. Tandy could only
imperfectly understand the peculiar Italian dialect which
the prisoner spoke. It was then suggested that the po-
lice should be sent for, and Dr. Tandy proceeded with
the prisoner towards the house of the superintendent of
police at Banbury. At Banbury-bridge they met Ka-
labergo's cart, and the prisoner then asked if his uncle
was dead. Upon being answered in the affirmative, he
broke out into fresh paroxysms of grief, and sobbed wad
cried bitterly. Besides Dr. Tandy, the prisoner was vi-
sited on the same evening by Mr. Samuelson, an iron-
founder in Banbury, who also spoke Italian. To this
gentleman the prisoner stated that he and his uncle had
been attacked by three men as they'were coming down
the hill at Williamscott. A man jumped out of the
hedge, and asked them for their life or their purse. His
uncle took up the stick which he had in his hand, and
aimed a blow at a man with it, but the other man then
fired at his uncle, and he (prisoner) was pursued by a
third man across the fields. The man called out to him,
" Stop, stop," and followed him for eight or ten mi-
nutes. He also said that he had afterwards met a man
with a horse and cart, and had endeavoured to alarm
him, but the man could not understand him. On that
evening the prisoner was given into custody, and on the
following day (Sunday) he expressed a wish to write a
letter to a friend of his uncle, a Mr. Stophani, whose
address he did not know, although he believed it to be
somewhere in Red Lion-street, London. The letter was
written, and a copy of it was taken, the original being
forwarded to its destination. The following is a transla
tion of it as read at the trial:—

" Dearest Friend,—By the present I let you know
that on the 9th of January instant we came at night
from Barrington, I and my uncle. We were met by
three assassins, who asked his life or his purse. He Lad
in his hand a stick, and let it fall upon one of the
assassins, and another fired at him twice, and brought
him to the ground dead, so that I, being without the
language, would have you come immediately to Banbury
on receipt of the present, I pray you warmly. lam
also in bad health through extreme fright, and I re-
main saluting you heartily and ever your friend, „
" GUGLIELMO IiALABERGO.
The circumstances of the prisoner's arrest, and the
strange story which he told, having excited the
greatest
to see
consternation in Banbury, several persons and c., nda y .
him while in custody on the Saturclayaaa "
gunmaker
Among them was a shopman to Mr. Welch,atonce recognised
of' Banbury, named Watkins, sold a double-
barrelledbshothe hofadDecember. On
the prisoner as a person to whomwl
pistol on the previous
to Mr. Welch's shop in
that occasion the prisoner
wshhoipchni ahne showed
da
took camp
to! out of the window, on
Welcha/y:4:as engraved. He agreed
the afternoon, and
which the name of " .
'd at the time e
same gave
him how to load and us© it, an.
to purchase this pistol forle
which to keep it. He also gave
insntodl, thine
him a wollen bag in
him a bnllet mould with
the
rP how it used. This
bullet, to show thelepardseonneone) the w"
bullet (which was
also, at prisonerthe took away
with him, and besame time, pur-
chased a quarter of a pound of gunpowder, which was
wrapped up in a piece of printed paper, which the shop-
man
remembered to have formed partof Banbury
a Pilot,
that is, a printed announcement of the contents of , a
Ban-
bury paper, issued on the day of pub]: •
'cation About
ts own
the 20th of December it was also h .
that the pri-
soner went to the shop of another gunmaker in Ban-
bury, and endeavoured to exchange a pistol, which the
gunmaker believed to be the ono afterwards found, for
another, but ho went away without effecting his object.
Upon the clothes of the prisoner being examined after
his arrest, a small quantity
of gunpowder was found in
his waistcoat pocket,
with the turnpike and also a copper cap, together
ticket which had been given to Mr.
fialabergo by the gatekeeper of Williamscott. It was
also shown that
on the evening of the 10th of January
e
he was asked for the key ey of his uncle's cart, and denied
having seen it, exclaiming, " Me no key—uncle got the
key," After this he was observed to go into a yard
attached to the house, in the direction of the privy, and
Was Been within
a very short distance of it. On the
following Monday the privy was searched, and a key
found
lying
on the top of the soil, which proved to be
the key of the cart. Mr. Kalabergo's premises were
subsequeetly:strictly examined, and a bullet-mould, which
was identified by Mr. Weleh'a shopman as the one sold
to the prisoner on the 15th of December, was found
concealed in a stable rack. On further search being
made, between an old chimney-board and the rafters of
the stable were found a woollen pistol-bag, six whole
bullets of white metal, an unfinished one of the same
material, together with a leaden bullet and seven bullet
shanks, or tops cut off after the bullets had been taken
from the mould. These bullets fitted the mould which
had been previously discovered. Two parcels of gun-
powder were found in the same place, one of which was
enclosed in a piece of the Banbury Pilot, already spoken
of. In the deceased's house a piece of white metal, of
the same material as that of which the six bullets were
cast, was discovered in a box in the passage. It further
appeared that the bullet which had been taken from the
head of the deceased was made of the same white
metal, and, like the other six found in the stable,
was very clumsily cast. After the prisoner bad been
taken into custody he was conveyed to Wrelten and
locked up with two constables in the same room.
Notwithstanding this precaution, he managed to jump