The Sun.
London, England, 1801-02-21 00:00:00

GREEN V. ARIS.

THIS was an Adion by the Plaintiff for
money had and received by the Defendant for the
Plaintiff's - use. The Plaintiff was a person who
came under the care of, the Defendant, as his
prisoner, in the Cold Bath:Fields Prison, for a
misdemeanour, of which Prison .the `Defendant is
Keeper, and he had, by -his authorised Agent,
recetvtd of the. Plaintiff; from February limit
August, a Guitiea week for part of • the
Half a Guinea for the other part, for acorn:
modation shewn to the Plaintiff in allowing him
• a room and a bed• to himself.—This Adion was
brought to recover back that mon,ty, under the
allegation, that -this conduet on the part of the
-Defendant, Aris, was contrary to Law, and that
therefore
,the money ought to be returned
again ; but

Lord KENYON was clearly of opinion that the
Defendant was, in*this case, authorised by the
order of Justices, as made at the Quarter. Se-
ssions, under the authority of the An of Parlia-
ment for regulating this Prison, and therefore
the Plaintiff was-non.suited. •

OLD BAILEY.

THIRD DAY.--FRIDAY, FEB. 20.

CnARGE OF MURDER. '

Catherine Sheehan was charged with the wil-
foi inurder of Elizabeth Griffiths, by giving her
on the t zth of 06.tober lasr, two mortal wounds
with a certain' knife, on the neck, of which she
died, &c.

. This affair at the time of its taking place,
attracted a considerable degree of attention.---
The murder was alledged to have been coal:nit.
ted in Angel-court in the Strand.
The Deceased was a .lodger in the house o f
the Prisoner. By the evidence of Griffiths,' a very
old man, and an occasional hostler at one of the
adjacent Inns, who co-habited with the deceased,
it, appeared that' she and the Prisoner hacUtteen
fighting on -the night the affair happened. He
described' them licith to havedikeen in. liquor, and
pulling each Others caps, &e. He parted their!, he
said with difficulty. He then went up stairs to
his own apartment, and the deceased followed
him in a few minutes. They had a 'few words.
qn thesubje6l of the 'recent quarrel, t nothing
, more. in a few minutes after, the prisoner
horst- open the door, rushed into. their room,
seized the deceased by the head with her left
hand, and struck her two or three times on the,
neck with her right. He obser.ved. no. weapon-of
; any kind in the Prisoner's hand he instantly ,
got up from off the bed and ran to them ; at that
moment the deceased sunk upon the floor, and the
Prisoner was endeavouring to hold her up. He
immediately gave the alarm, and several persons
%•ery soon' came into the room ; a bloody knife
which.he knew the deceased had been shortly
using before, lay on the ground ; it, was very:
bloody. On the people coining intothe•roomr
the Priwner, he said, got away.
The next Witness, a woman .wholodged
media:ely under the room of the deccaied, stated,,,
that the two women .had been drinking together
nearly the whole of. the day, anti wrangling ;:
they were .both very drunk. -Between eleven
and twelve o'clock that night,: they were very
quarrelsoniev. She heard Griffiths and the de-
ceased go up to their,ronm, and :.portly after,
she heard a great noise between them : in about
five minutes the Prisoner went up stairs to
Grifliih!s apartments,: and apparently .with the
intention' of parting them. She was nearly un..
dressed at the time :—.-the noise continued after
her going up, -and very shortly, she--heard
Griffiths; cry out MurdeG. W The Witness then
went up herself—on going towards the door,
she met Griffiths cowing out, rather hasti-
ly, wits a bundle, under his atm. ;the Prisoner
was.then in the aft.ofassisting the deceased,: who
bled very mach.
_She was so intich airgied at
the sight, that, she fainted away. . 7

The Prisoner's (Venice was confided to • her
Counsel, and was otfered thiough•the mcdiuin of

a. striti anti able,Crosp-exarninatiOn of -the Wit-
nesse& for the Prtistetrtion-, which he seem- i
satiffied bad .produced an, otieridate Derenee for
the Prisoner, and, therefore, declined troubling
the Court with Witnesses which he had ready. to
.
give testimony to that.effen.

. Mr. Baron 110Ttr.od surninc..Sup the Evidence,
n a very clear and impartial ►manner.

After some and corn_
nomitvtiori %dili the Coott, 'Upon 'partieplar
points -in. the Case, retired for Amur half all
hour, ‘c hen they returned,, and pronounced' Ole
Prisoner " irMigisThll.thitr."*"
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