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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 19.

MANSION.HOUSE.

Mr. Alderman STURGE In the chair.

The examination of Mr. Fussell concluded.—At the
meeting on the night of the 4th, after I had watched
the back of Pickford's van, I returned to the corner of
Moor-street, when a person in the employ of the Rail-
way Company informed me that a party of the London
police had arrived, and was being conveyed to the
Public Office in omnibusses. He said he believed they
were come for the purpose of dispersing the Bull-ring
meetings. I immediately communicated this informa-
tion to the friends about me, when we agreed that it
would be most prudent to advise the meeting imme-
diately to disperse. Whilst the person addressing the
meeting was advising them to disperse as quickly as
possible, the London police turned the corner of Moor-
street, three or four a-breast, and at a very quick pace,
with Dr. Booth and the Mayor, on horseback, at their
head. They made for the monument ; they had their
staves in their hands. The people appeared paralysed ;
they did not hiss, 'or groan, or shout, or use any
menace. When the police approached the great
majority ran in all directions. No portion of the meet-
ing made any stand at the monument, but all retreated.
The police began violently to beat the people with their
staves. I went by the side of the police, as they were
approaching the meeting, and I saw this distinctly.
I was not at the time more than half-a-dozen yards
from the meeting. There was no order given to the
people to disperse, and no attempt made to arrest any
one before the police commenced beating the people.
Had the Mayor or Dr. Booth given any orders of this
kind, I think I must have heard them. The police
followed the people as they were retreating, striking all
with whom they came in contact. I saw several women
felled to the ground by blows from the police. I saw
the police take some of the flags. The blows of
the police in some instances felled to the ground
those
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flags, and a fight ensued. The people armed themselves
with pieces of the flag staffs broken in the struggle, but
they were not otherwise armed. Whilst this scuffle
was taking place, I was borne along and put in the
Spread Eagle Yard, for safety. As soon as I got into
the yard I saw, through the bars of the gate, a police-
man wrestling with a man who was bearing away a flag.
Other persons came to the assistance of the man, and
the policeman was several times felled to the ground
by blows from the flag staff, which was broken to pieces.
I immediately left the Spread Eagle Yard, and went up
Spiceal-street, when I saw a policeman knock down
a woman about sixty years of age , she had a
basket on her arm. I then went to the Red
Lion, in the Bud-ring, where I saw Dr. Taylor
and two friends from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. I in-
formed him of what was taking place, and requested
hint to assist me in endeavouring to appease the people,
and prevent their being led away into any partial out-
break, expressing my conviction that it was the object of
the Magistrates to excite the people into an outbreak,
by the introduction of the London police, rather than
to protect the peace of the town. Whilst thus speak-
ing to Dr. Taylor in the house, I heard a cry of
" murder," and, upon looking out of the window, I saw
several persons lying upon the ground, a little above the
Red Lion ; and I should think forty of the police com-
ing from the direction in which they were lying. My
attention was, however, more particularly directed to a
policeman without his hat, and who was reeling, as if from
a blow from some one of several persons who were
about him, and who were striking him with pieces of
flan. staffs. This happened within a few yards of the spot
where the persons I have already described were lying.
It was from this policeman that the cry of murder is-
sued. I and Dr. Taylor immediately went to his as-
sistance, and in doing which we received several blows
which were intended for him. We took him to the
Red Lion, and a surgeon, who happened to be present,
dressed his wounds. Whilst this was doing, we again
heard the cry of murder, and, upon going out of the
house, saw a policeman running in the direction from St.
Martin's-lane to Park-street, followed by several men
who had pieces of wood in their hands, which seemed
to be parts of crates used for pecking- Dr. Taylor
ran along Park-street after the policeman ; I also fol-
lowed, and found the policeman in a public-house in
Park-street ; he was injured, I think stabbed, and was
insensible. I left him in care of the people of the house,
and returned to the Red Lion. I had not been in long
before I saw, from the window, the rifle brigade coming
up L)igbeth towards the Bull-ring, and then heard that
the Riot Act had been just read. I did not myself hear
it read. I then left and went home with my two friends
from Newcastle. On the next day Mr. Fussell saw,
like other witnesses, a number of persons struck by the
police; some of them were severely wounded. The
people who were so treated were, generally speaking,
men with fustian jackets, such as are worn by carpen-
ters and other artizans.

Mr. Beck, the landlord of the Dr. Johnson Tavern,
Fleet-street, applied to the Lord Mayor to know whether
he was of opinion that all publicans—that all who were
licensed to sell spirits and wine, were compelled under the
New Police Act, to clear and shut their houses at twelve
o'clock on Saturday night.
The Lone MAYOR thought the question a most un-
necessary one, as he had repeatedly stated his opinion
and had acted upon it. Not only there, but at almost every
Police office in London, the Magistrates had decided that
every person selling exciseable liquor must himself clear
and shut up his house at twelve o'clock. If there
wa; any disturbance raised in consequence of it, then land-
lords would. receive the assistance and protection of
the police. He was determined that the law should be
respected in the City.
Mr. Beck said he hoped so. He was one of those who
had determined to comply wish the law, but as things went
on now, be and those who acted in a similar spirit, only
put money into the pockets of others who set the law at
defiance. He had a company consisting of from SO to 90
gentlemen, but he got them all out, and his house closed
within two minutes after twelve. He then went round the
parish, and found several of the large hotels open, and
some small ones. Now, that was unfair.

The LORD MAYOR—I will make the police answerable
for that. Who is the Inspector in the Fleet-street districts?
A policeman—Mr. Lloyd.
Mr. Beck did not appear there as an informer, but those
who obeyed the law ought to be protected. He saw many
of the large hotels open long after twelve o'clock, and the
police saw three or four gentlemen come out' of one
considerably after the hour, while he was standing at the
door.

The LORD MAYOR—TeII me the number of the police-
man, he must be made answerable fur this. Mr. Beck
No. 242.

The LORD MAYOR—Let the Inspector of the district, as
well as 242, wait upon me to-morrow. I am determined
that none shall profit at the expense of those who obey
lie law.

Mr. Beck thanked his Lordship and withdrew.
A roar old man who was scarcely able to crawl was
charged with stealing I llbs. of bacon, the property of Mr.
Betts, a grocer, in Bishopsgate-street. He said that he
had been driven to commit the offence by deep distress.
Four-pence-h,lfpenny was found upon him.
The LORD MAYOR did not know what to do with him—
he was not in such deep distress with that money about
him—if he sent him to Bridewell it would kill bim.

The wife of the prisoner pleaded strongly for him, and—
Mr. Booker, the overseer, being present, undertook that
he should be received into the workhouse.

lie was discharged upon that understanding.
A case came on a few days ago, which was postponed
to, and decided upon, yesterday.
A literary and scientific Institution which was established
about two years ago, held its meetings at the theatre
in Milton-street (formerly Grub-street). Amongst the
Committee were some of the most respectable names in
the city of London. Some how or other it did not flourish
at all, in proportion to its merits, and the members who
still continued to visit the library, upon going to the pre-
mises one evening found them locked up, and saw a notice
affixed to the doors, stating that the Institution was closed
for the present. Irritated at this extraordivary mode of
proceeding upon the part of some individual, who assumed
to himself so offensive an authority, the disappointed mem-
bers chose to apply to the Lord Mayor, rather than to
force the doors and disturb the peace of the neighbourhood.
Mor. A. R. Saw, engineer, of Finsbury-street, who with
some other members waited upon the Lord Mayor,
stated that a few nights ago, upon going to the Milton
Institution, of which he was a member, he found that the
gas had been cut off, and next night he found that the
door was closed against him, and that a notice was posted
up, stating that the institution was closed for the present.
Upon making further inquiry, he learned that the valuable
books of the library were removed. As he was a regular
subscriber, he considered that the exclusion was a gross
violation of his rights and privileges as a member, and be
determined not to submit without appealing to the Chief
Magistrate.
The LORD MAYOR—By whose authority were the books
removed, and the Institution closed ?_ _

Mr. Shaw—By the authority, as I have been given to
understand, of the Rev. Alexander Fletcher, who was one
of the Committee of Management, and the proprietor of
the house.
The LORD MAYOR—Did he seize the books under a dis-
tress warrant ?

Mr. Shaw—No ; we have been told that Mr. Mackenzie,
an agent of the Rev. Mr. Fletcher's, removed them by the
direction of the Reverend Gentleman, and we consider!it
to be a moat unwarrantable course of proceeding.
On a subsequent day in consequence of a request from
the Lord Mayor the Rev. Mr. Fletcher and Mr. Mac,
kenzie attended, and Mr. Shaw and other members of the
Institution, having stated the grounds of complaint, it was
mentioned on the part of the Rev. Gentlemen that he having
himself founded the institution, and provided the house in
which to carry on the proceedings, had incurred a large
expense, and was authorised by the Committee to take
the books as security for the payment of the debt to
him, as well as to prevent the members from seizing
them—a course which they had already adopted to a very
considerable extent.

One of the officers of the institution stated that the
Rev. Mr. Fletcher authorised him to secure the books, in
consequence of a pecuniary claim of large amount, and that
he had cut away the gas, because he had already paid
451. 103. for that article, and could not obtain restitution.
He found, too, that several valuable books, which had been
presented to the institution, had been taken away by some
of the members, and upon hearing of the latter fact, Mr.
Flo:cher ordered that the door should be closed.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 20.

Mr. Alderman STURGE in the Chair.

Sarah Wharton, widow, of Dingley's Buildings, Cre-
goe-street, examined—On the 16th of July last I re-
sided at 14 Court, 8 House, Allison-street. About
ten o'clock on that morning, I was coming along Park-
street, with the intention of going to Broad-street upon
business. Just before I got to the end of Park-street,
seeing about twenty pehons, most of them women,
running towards me, with the London police behind
them, I turned again, and tried to get into the George-
yard for safety. Just as I was turning into the yard, a
policeman struck me on the side of the head with a staff
and pushed me down upon the ground. The blow
upon my head stunned me, and I felt the effects of it
for a fortnight afterwards. I was under the care of
Mr. Hill, House-Surgeon of the Infirmary, for six
weeks, in consequence of an injury I received in my
arm from the fall. The policeman did not. speak to
me before he struck me, and he left me upon the
ground.
Joseph James Landen, of Inge-street, tailor—On
the night of the loth of July, I was corning from
Dale-end, down High-street, into the Bull-ring. I do
not know the time, but it must have been about nine
o'clock ; the gas lamps were lighted. I saw a mob of
about 200, among which were many youths, come out
of Moor-street; At this time no damage had been
done in the Bull-ring. I stood by the churchyard
gates in the Bull-ring. I heard the mob say, " They'd
go to work," and immediately they began to break the
shutters of Messrs. Bournes' shop, with pieces of pal-
ing they had in their hands. Some of them afterwards
brought pieces of iron palisades, with which they bat-
tered the shutters, and at length the shutters and glass
were broken, the mob crying out, " Go on, go on.
The police dare not come out." A number of boys got
into the shop, through the broken windows. I
should think none of them were more than fifteen
years of age. They threw the things out of the
shop into the street. I did not see any one take the
things away, when so thrown into the street. The loaf
sugar was used by the mob in breaking the upper win-
dows of Bournes' house. Soon after this, they broke
the windows of other houses near. Some of the mob,
with iron palisades, and one or two with manure forks,
got up the paving stones, near to where 1 was standing',
and threw them at the windows. There was no resist-
ance from any person in the houses, nor did we see any
of the inhabitants at the windows. Some linen, bed-
ticking, feathers, and other articles were brought out
from Leggett's house. A number of boys picked them
up, and carried them to the middle of the Bull-ring, below
Nelson's monument, and heaped them up, and I shortly
after saw theni in a blaze,but where they obtained the light
from Ido not know. They brought shutters, and other
things, and heaped upon the fire. I saw one little boy, with-
out shoe or stocking, and very ragged, not more than nine
or ten years of age, take some lighted paper from the
bonfire to Bournes' shop, and apply it to something just
inside the shop window in High-street, next to Moor-
street. There were many little boys in the shop at
the time, but I did not see a man in the shop at all,
from first to the last. The fire in the shop speedily
blazed up, and the boys inside then carne out. Other
boys, and some young men took fife from the Bull-ring
to the other houses, and they were speedily in a blaze.
I should think the mob, who took part in the breaking
and burning, did not exceed two hundred, and more
than half of these were boys. I left, and went home,
whilst the fire was yet confined to the lower part of
Bournes' house, and before the police or soldiers came.
I saw nothing of the fire engines.

A further poeponernent took place, and yesterday Mr.
Troughton, the solicitor to the Rev. Mr. Fletcher, at-
tended, and stated that a very large debt having been con-
tracted with his client, whose eff-Jrts to obtain payment
were all ineffectual, and some of the members having acted
as if they thought they had a right to divide the books
amongst them, the proper means were taken to prevent
so unjust an appropriation. He requested to be informed
whether any distinct charge was meant to be brought
against the Rev. Gentleman.
Mr. Shaw said that he simply applied to the Lord
Mayor in the singular emergency in which they were
placed, in the hope that there would be no further infringe-
ment of the rights of the members.
Mr. Troughton said that the former Institution had
died a natural death, that Mr. 31'Kenzie had acted pro-
perly in preventing the abstraction of the books, and if a
specific charge was made, or an action was brought, Mr.
Fletcher was prepared in either case.
Tile Librarian of the institution most positively denied,
as did several of the members, that any of the subscribers
had improperly taken away any of the books. He, as
librarian, regularly entered the loan of books to the mem-
bers. The society was not, he stated, dissolved. The
accounts had never been closed, and there was money due
to him from the institution.

A SON MURDERED BY HIS FATIIER.--On
Thursday night, one of the most horrid murders it has
been our lot to record, was committed at Light Hazels,
near Ripponden, by a pig butcher, named Lumb. who re-
sides there. The circumstances under which the awful
deed was done, we understand are these :—Lumb. who is
a drunken character, went home in one of his mad fits, and
ordered his wife out of doors. She refused to go; but he
put her out. The son, who was in bed, hearing what
passed, got up to let his mother into the house again ; and
the father swore if he did he. would stick him, which threat
he immediately carried into execution. He stabbed the
young man, and then absconded ; and although every ex-
ertion was used to save him, the young man expired
the following morning. We have not heard
whether the police, who arc after Lumb, have succeeded
in apprehending him, but we trust he will not be long able
to evade them.—Halifax Express.
NARROW ESCAPE.—On Saturday morning,
between twelve and one o'clock, a range of shopping.
which had been run up during the week on the premises
of Mr. Foi dham, sandpaper manufacturer, who resides
next door to Hatton-Garden Police Court, fell down
with a tremendous crash. The whole of the workmen had
gone away to dinner a quarter of an hour before, and no one
sustained injury.

Mr. M'Kenzie requested to know whether it was the in-
tention of any member to bring a charge against bim. He
was ready to meet any charge and to justify the part he bad
taken in the transaction.

No person answered.

ThC Librarian assured the Lord Mayor that although
he was the person who was considered responsible for the
safe custody of the books, they had been moved without
his knowledge, concurrence, or authority.
After a great deal of irregular conversation the porter to
the Institution was questioned by the Loan MAYOR, and
he admitted that he had removed the books by the direc-
tion of Mr. !VPKenzie, in consequence of an order from the
Rev. Mr. Fletcher, to the house of Mr. Troughton, the
solicitor.

Mr. Troughton—Does any one charge this man with
any offence ? Nobody answered.
The Lean MAloa then said he should bind the porter
over to answer any charge that might be made against him.
Mr. Shaw said that he was perfectly satisfied at the re.
suit of the investigation, and that he did not mean to pur-
sue it further.

In all probability the matter will be submitted to a Court
of law, as both parties consider themselves justified.

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Mr. Clarkson—As you appear to be the prosecutor,
you must have been examined before a Magistrate on a
former occasion ? Witness—l received the information
from my shopmates, but I was not before a Magistrate on
any former occasion respecting the circumstance.
Mr. Clarkson—Did you ask Mr. Edton on Saturday
night for drink ? Witness—l did not, nor do I thiLk
any of my companions did. I inn the prosecutor on this
occasion, and I was so ill after the beating I received,
that I cannot say if I went to work on the next
Mr. Clarkson—Did you strike many blows on This oc-
casion? Witness—Oh yes, but not a great many—per-
haps a dozen, but I recollect striking the prisoner over
the eye.
Mr. Clarkson—You say you went for a walk to
your Society? Witness—On my return, with four or
five others, I cut a little stick to lean on, as I was afflicted
with the gout.
Mr. Clarkson—What became of the stick ? Witness
—The deceased took it out of my hand to protect himself.
Mr. Clarkson—Did ycu see the deceased use it ?
Witness—l stood between them, and could not see what
he did.

Mr. Clarkson—Then it became a general fight between
twelve or fourteen persons? Witness—l can't say whe-
ther it was or was not.

Mr. Clarkson—Did the police come up? Witness—
Yes ; Constable Perrot, No. 100, came up, and upon my
desiring him to take the party, particularly the prisoner,
into custody, he refused, as he did not sce the assault
committed. I was lying on the curb-stone at the time.
Mr. Clarkson—Did the police desire you to go home?
'Witness—Yes ; and I did not refuse.

Mr. Clarkson—Did you not remain swearing in the
street? Witness-10, T went home directly, and took
the deceased with me:

John Denson, a tabinet-maker, of Hayne's-court, St.
Clement's-lane, recollected being in company with the
last witness on the night in question, and being challenged
in King-street to fight by the tallest of the opposite party,
whom he believed to be the prisoner. A scuffle ensued,
and the deceased receiving a blow, he snatched the stick
out of the hand of the last witness, and struck his assailant.
Witness then ran for the police, and on his return he saw
the deceased on the ground, and a tall man kneeling on
his chest. The deceased cried out that he was biting him,
and after being placed on a stone, he complained of his
chest, and was subs,,quently conveyed to the hospital.
In answer to Mr. Clarkson, the witness said that the
street was torn up, and was full of loose stones, and be
only saw the tall man knock down the deceased. He re-
sembled the prisoner at the bar, but he could not say that.
On his going for the police, he could not find them, and
on his return they were trying to separate the parties.
John Munday, carpenter, 11, Sheffield-street, came up
at the time of the fight.

Mr. HALL—h there any person present who was fight-
ing with your friends when you joined them ? Witness—
The prisoner was fighting with the deceased, and having
knocked him down, he knelt upon him.
Mr. HALL—Did you see him strike many blows? Wit..
riess— was struck several times, and consequently could
not observe ; but I heard the prisoner challenge the whole
party.

• Mr. Clarkson—Did you strike any blurs? Witness--
I did several times in my own defence, and I saw the wit-
ness Pope strike the prisoner.
Mr. HALL—Was there an ostler with you ? Wit-
ness—l did not see any person of the kind.
Mr. Clarkson—Have you heard anything of money
being supplied to the widow •f the deceased? Witness
—I have heard so, and mentioned the circumstance to
one of the witnesses.

John Fitzpatrick, a carpenter, 21, Holles.street, Clare
Market, proved that his friends were in advance of him
when he saw the commencement of the row. He saw the
prisoner very much excited, and striking indiscriminately,
and he was getting to the other side of the street, fighting
with another inati ; when the deceased fell there was a
person on him, but it was not the prisoner, as he was a
smaller man. Witness received a blow when he rose up,
and the deceased appeared to have fallen upon the kirb-
stone, and another was endeavouring to pull the man from
him. When witness tried to raise up the deceased, he
put his hands to his side, and said he was very much hurt
in that part.
Mr. HALL—Did you see the prisoner leaning over any
of your party ? Witness—J did not, but he came down
the street at the time, hollowing out "give it him." He
(deceased) died nine or ten days after. This happened
:liter the deceased rose, and then the police came up.
Mr. John Proctor was in his room, going to bed, and.
bearing an altercation in the street he threw up the win.
dow, when he saw a small man fall under a larger mar ,
and the former cry out to his friends that his antagonist
was biting him. He could not say who the large rule
was, and on going down, as the party moved on, he
heard the police try to disperse them, but witness was
strongly impressed with the belief that it was the prisoner
who refused, and his nose was bleeding from the effects of
a fall he had received.

Mr. Clarkson hoped that the Magistrate *mild
not come to a conclusion respecting the prisoner until the
surgeon was examined, and as he was respectably connected
he might be allowed to put in bail.
Mr. HALL said it was a remarkable fact that the wit-
nesses who had been present at tbeTheginning of the row
agreed as to the identity of the prisoner, but he would
still consider it necessary to examine the surgeon who
took the deceased under his care.
Mr. Clarkson said that at the inquest the Surgeon
proved the deceased came by his death in consequence of
a fracture in the ribs, which was followed by an itillatnma.
tin on the lungs, and was the cause of death.
... •

Mr, Hex, considered that it would be necessary to re-
mand the prisoner till a future day, in order to examine
the surgeon respecting the cause of the death of the de-
ceased, and in the mean time every facility should be
afforded to his friends and legal advisers to communicate
with him.

The prisoner was then removed from the bar.

WORSHIP-STREET.
JEALOUS:. AND ATTEMPTED MURDER. —John Miller, a
middle-aged man of very decent exterior and quiet de-
meanour, who was described as a bricklayers' labourer.
living at No. 40, Boston-street, Hackney-road, Ives
charged with having made a desperate attempt to raurder
Phoebe Miller, his wife, by stabbing her with clasp-
knife.

The case excited an unusual degree of interev t from the
peculiar circumstances connected with it. Tb a only evi.
dence touching the actual transaction was tha' of the un-
fortunate wife herself, and nothing could excr :ell the desire
manifested by the poor forgiving creatures to shield her
husband, her very eagerness to effect witici t defeated her
design. It appeared from her account of tb e matter that
a small party of friends assembled at their house on the
preceding afternoon, to celebrate the six tventh anniver-
sary of their wedding-day. The evening- was spent in
uninterrupted enjoyment until the departure of their
guests, alter which (as she alleged) she became much in—
toxicated and used very aggravating and abusive language'
to her husband. He bore it patiently for some time, buU
she at length provoked him so much that he knocked her
down with his fist, and she remembered nothing more.
On being cross-examined by the Magista Ate, she ad-
mitted that her husband after knocking her chiwn, stabbed.
her above the left shoulder with a clasp knife.

A police constable heard the prisoner and b is wife quar-
relling about three o'clock in the morning, al id on forcing
his way into the house, the prisoner exclaim ed, " I have
stabbed her with a knife and I intended to awarder her."
Mr. Chambers, surgeon, said he had examined the
wounds. One was about two inches and •the other one
inch deep, and half an inch in width. The, woman was is
considerable danger.
The prisoner did not deny the charge. ae bad long
suspected his wife of infidelity towards him an d that night
he had proof of it. He drew out his k nife and made a
stab at her guilty partner in crime as he fle, 3, but having
missed his aim, he turned the weapon agair ist his guilty wifo
Mr. GROVE committed the prisoner for the capita?
offerce.

THE KNIFE AGAIN. —Rebecca Gan de, an ill-favoured
old woman, was charged with hay ing
stabbed a man,
named Thomas Bates.

The parties, it apper.red, lived ' Andei the same roof, and
some words having r nsued bete dc..„ them, the prisoner
seized a table-knif,,, and made t, thrust at complainant's
breast, but he warded it off KAI his area, on which he re-
ceived a wowed . inch an %t an .J. a half in length.
The prisor
,cr was fully committed.

BOW-STREET.
A fashionably-dressed young man, named Thomas
Eaton, described as a law student, of Gray's-inn, was yes- HATTON- GARDEN
u
day brought up by 142 F division, and placed at the bar, Roan la
A NURSEMAID.—Ann Leech, a neatly-
charged on suspiejoK with having in the latter end of May attired. p rathery pretty-looking girl. was place d atthe
last committed a violent assault upon Wm. Crowl, a car- bar, chr is" rigel
ed with stealing three silver tea-spoons , the
pro-
penter, in King-street, Holborn, and thereby causing his party c f Robert Roberts. death. The prosecutor is a wine merchant, resid ins at Ng
It may be remembered that at the Coroner's inquisition 16, (3 Ovv
er-street, North, and the prisoner
l 1 v-edinhi
ill
the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against some semi! .ee as nursemaid. On Friday morning, a silver
person or persons unknown. ap, yin was missed, and inquiries were made •
,s'asf?icion attached
about it
Mr. Clarkson appeared for the defence,
David Cape, a carpenter, residing in Sheffield-street, tarr.r.otihige
ptihiesonesre,rvwaanhtosw,
had only
ao
, ' Rea in the pro.
Clare-market, stated, that on the "Bth of May last he at- ne.cctor's service `sith whom he had
tended at a Philanthropic Society in Somers'-town, at received a most excellent character. On Saturday
which a Mr. Hvpleton was chairman, and on returning evening, however, during the absence...
vt.hereepdristoonebreabmseisosnidnegd, andy two goer home, with several others, about twelve o'clock, he wasof the other servants
the G division, apprehend—edestwhe niOrr 2 spoons were disco-
accosted by the prisoner, who challenged him and his
gardens, Regent-park. When prix
rslienloeleiri
friends to fight. The deceased, upon his interfering, was
ncadet
emi
6n
sheDc ol
as
deniedr ee
rt i ,c o
..o
struck down, and witness caught hold of the prisoner bv
having ever lived with Mr Roger cs ,: The po'liceman then
the wrist to prevent further violence.
: examined her box and ;he eat. eavoured to secrete a
Mr. HALL—How many persons were in company riiii,
small bag, which, however, he t• mcceeded in taking from
the person at the bar? Witness—At first there were Eve,
, her, and in the bag he found r ,
but in a short tame he was joined by three others.
Mr. HALL—Were you sober at the time of the occurrence? i •thr •
Witness—Perfectly so,shopee spoons, which the prise ner, had pledged on Friday at
'pawnbroker's duplicate for
'lnc prisoner,
but the other party appeared to be. a near the Surrey Tie eatre.
intoxicated. I was beat about very much, and i distinctly
Tnandcd until tow- ho
"I‘l
saw the prisoner strike the deceased several times. I ob-
served that the prisoner had stones in his bands, and I was 1),a);, in order to secure the attradance
. nothing in her defence, wav, re-
knocked down several times by the whole party. ! of the paw* cker, It whose shop the spoons 'Jed been
Mr. Clarkson—On your oath, did the deceased not go pledged.
to his work as usual, on the day after the occurrence? . _
Witness—He did not, nor did I say so on another occasion. l IF 1E LiATE CASE OF SEDUCTION-..—W e have
Mr. HALL—When did he die, and what injuries did I-,;, ; teciliv ed the following letter from Miss Fair, i eather, which
receive ? Witness—The deceased died in about a we, j,- iwe in sem just as it came to hand :—" Liverpool, 21st
and he received a severe bruise on the chest; but I die 4."
1 Sept. , 1839. Sts—A statement having gone the round
see him again until he lay in a shell at the hospital. A not
Mr. HALL—Then the prisoner and his cam i
' Witness—Tie of tb e Papers, alleging that a medicahlsgeotutvleirmtuaen, ifuromthis
upon you and your friends, but you cannot P'PA'°ns 'en ' bra rding-school,' at Edge-bill, and then abandoned me
struck the deceased more than one blow ?
apnrdisolnlearystarutckotehetimdeecoenastehde speavveermalenttime, say that he to d( stitution, I now publicly declare, that such statement
town , had seduced me from the pat , a
ism i• 'ously false, and in direct opposition to truth, for
re,e_ivNado.vr, son the ground, a ae'c' - f which I refer you to a short statement its
cot ii,rmation o
;dfeocrl,aruet;tothrtai:tuntahteeiv, gentle
th a-t-
-"Cinlgarki:oe 1 eauti•on you how you give me answers—Was or was not the deceased at his work the next
frcun the effects of the , Standard of Friday, delivered by my own hirads, in the
pees axed a gentleman of high respectability, And, as
the
mbre.
day ? Witness—He went to where he was in the. habit of amt ,flee
ail
alluded
doefd
Imiylosweduaclseor,
working, but he was unable oak place before ever I knew him. Begging you will
Mr. 'Clarkson— _ to do anything. this publicity, through the medium of your higliky
Are you atpresent •
Witness—l should think in any employment ? •ctable Paper, I remain, Sir, your obedient servant-- •
so. justice, tiise
note,
GARET FAIRWEATLIER."—LiverpooI Albion.

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