The Sun.
London, England, 1807-02-10 00:00:00

UP.V.ER, OF A111,..t5T,4L.

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T'- T 11 A'7 Joh n Piollowaya94 Owen-Hagerty,
V7l`r: • publicly examined at the :Police Office, in
-0.."-,,....hip-szteet, for the first .tine, though this. was.
.I‘:e third examination, on the' charge of murdering
Steel, on the tint c,f Nqvernber,
Tiwre was a great body of evidynce adduced), none
Al 3 ich tended materially to criminate t Prisoners,
c..--opt that 'of Benjamin Roptfield,.who Was mirticeps
and .who, under the promise-of paklon, had
•,•d King's-evidence, He stated, that the Prisoner
;n,‘,.way, about the month of-06.tobpr, 1t;02, came
I, :Inn; and asked him -if he had apy inclination
oarn a little money in a manner that would
< him very little trouble. -He told him, he
of a- man who constantly passed. Ili4unsr
Heath. every evening, with a considerable
v.i.tutity of money.. about him ; and if he (Han,
would. come with him and his .companion
4=42,01-ty,. he: had. no doubt of making it worth
h Hanfield having urv•obje4tion, he ap7
!,isqted.:a meeting at the Black Horse public-house,
a Fivourite. 'rendezvous for. this 'sort of, gentrY,.: in
ott-street, St. Giles's, where they settled matters
to.,;ether for the accomplishment of theirobjeel. They
vt,cordingly. agreed, to carry their:'plan,into elle& on.
the Saturday evening following, whet} „Mr.. Steel
hbould be returning home from his house at Feltham
-London. They set outonSaturpy -morning:. early,
a::d proceeded to Hounslow, whey& they . waited..in
• ambush until the time Mr. S.-usually departed for
'town. It., was about eight o'clock, -the moon shone ,
tery brightly, when- Holloway cried out, "Here is
man," and desired Hanfield to demand .Mr,
money : witness .accordingly went. up. to Mr.
:;:eel, and demanded his money, which he gave,
.;-.,1(1' begged the prisoners would not" treat him ill,
i-ut gutter him to depart. The, money he 0-ave not
.satisfyini, tile prisOners, Haggerty swore with a, tre- ,
ft-ndotis oath, that if he did notimmediately deliver
up his pocket-book, heshould suffer the consequences
of refusal, and, at the same-; moment, witness saw
Jr. Steel knocked down by a blow: from behind, '
which he believes came from Holloway. The sound
et eirriage wheels at that time so much alarmed wit,
c.ns,. that he ran away towards London, and left the
vrisoners to complete lheie bloody intentions. Ile
tonrd repeated cries of " murder," and several ars
groans, as he fled from his companions. About
MI hour after, the prisoners overtook him on his'way
to London, and upbraided him with being " a
Ti.,ice-livered coward," and that he. Must not exped

te participate in the spoils, as he did not share in-the
,;,eiger: The prisoner. Holloway, said he had done
L;s business." They then parted for the night, and On
i;e morrow they met again n. PyOtt-Lstreet, • when
vianess observed that fiolloway had, a strange hat
..e.t boots ou.
.Up-on examining the hat he
i.ed the name ofSteelin. the lining; upon which
he advised Itoiloway to. make away with it, as it
!i•ight lead to a discovery,. and they would be all
:::en up. Holloway accordingly filled the hat with
,:ties, and threw it., into the Themes..
. Christopher Jones, foreman to the late Mr.-Steel,
lid, that on the 6thof November Mr. Steel- left his
house at Feitham a little before eight o'clock, dressed.
a drab grai coat and boots,- .both which Were
eow produced, and which he proved to be those
worn by Mr. Sted on *the above night..
Hughes, the Officenidentified the coat; whichhe
took from Steel'S body ; be foUnd, it 'Concealed:
rider a mound otlearth, amongst a clump of trees,;
near the Packhorse public-house, on the fleath. Part
of the coat .wasexposed .above -ground; end. neat- the'
body was an old soldier's hat,..which Hanfield said
hay' been worn that day hy-Holloway; ' -
John Smith, wisd, .an. the• night in question,
clrop.c the GOspott .coach-past the Heath, stated, drat
about eight O'CloCk-he distivaly beard two: deep.
groans, seemingly. those df some person -dying, at a.,
short distance behind him ; but he drove on, ..as he
lind frequently heard sithilar noises upon: the, Heath
at nh • • •
Alice Foot, who residts sat-Felthatni- and seas -
re-
turning home, an insiile passenger in ;the coach,-
p nved that she also heard the groans. •
TinfothY Lane, a watchman of St.• Giles's parish,
said he had-known the prisoner Holloway for several
years, and frequently saw-him and Haggerty in com-
pany together at different public-housesm St.:qes.s,
where they lived with two prostitutes. -
George Holmes, Serjeant of the sth Tiattaii6n of
Marines, said he had known Haggerty eilght or nine
years, rincrbad enlisted hint as a soldier about a year
-and a half since:
A number of other witnesses, plaistercrs, brick-
Lifters, cow-keepers, gardeners, &c 4 proved their hav,
ing employed Haggerty; at different tithes, as'a la
bouring Man, but:could:say nothing of. his charker."
It appeared that he 'Was employed in the of
'Hounslow for fibine ddys prolong_ to-the tut!rd,.'r.
Mr. Britten, a slionakey, who used. to
!cteel's shoes and boots, being shewn a pair of worn
but dirty sillies, 'which were found upon'the feet,of
Steel, when hiS botlye,was di-tkilVered, Saidthey
were not of his make; and ,that they seemed-much
too large for *Mr; Steel ;-. and. Han field ',swore! these
Were the shoes of Holloway; e -
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A number of other-witnesses Were examined, who
proved no eirctirnStances dire&ly beating on the faCt;
It appeared that Hanfiekl,e considerable time sub-
s.eqdent to- ,the 'Murder/ was convi&edat 'the Old
Bailey of grand larceny; and sentenced to seven years
esoort a ;ion He .Vas convexed on boatel a hulk at
Woolwich, to a:.vait„,his conveya-hce to New. South
'Wales; and having been suddenly taken with a severe
in•his mind by the recolleetion of_
the murder, about' which he contintinify raved, he'
widied to Make ti discovery before be died.
A tLessage- was sent' tO 'the-Police M agist rates' tocom—
ninnicate the eirentristance, -and an Officer-was sent.
to bring- him before them. Tiler:sent in the'
custody, of the 'Officer,. to Hounslow' Heath, When'
he pointed out fic'e lataVspot where thel.murder was
iwrpetratO, and 'related all the circumstances winch
he alledpd'tO_liive attended. it. • •
The Prison-611`ii.e in -their defence, •still positively
persisted in ctenyln. all-knov,ledge ot the tratisaaiOn.
*They adduced no evidence.
Mr. MosEiz, after doiiberating wiilf his Brother
Magistrates•upon the •whole, evidence,, fully 'coin-
* teitted the .Prisoners to Newgate; to ..take their Trials
.4t. the next Oh hai:ey

LONDON • ythlt,cti.ky,
At tlx Svs-011,

L_:l* 'RE? )Rl'.

COURT OP Kr;C'S BENCH; fErt.'7.

KI);(c.i" V. TySSEV.

Mr. GAR no,,v obtained a Ruleto spew cause-
why the bail thiscase should riot be chscharged. The •
motion bad been supported by various affidavits which
disclosed these faas: Mr:Tyssen was indebted to
the Plaintiff in the sum of iOol. for which an aelion
was commenced by the latter. Just -before the trial
was called on, at Westminster, a person of the name
of Kriight, supposed to be a common friend of
,both,_
proposed that' an accommodation should take place.
Mutual consent Was given,. and it was agreed that.
Defendant shotild give 'throe promissory notes for the
debt, at 8, 16, and 24 months ; and as a. further
security for their payment, that *Mr. Tyssen should
execute, in-favour of &tr. Kinsey,: a --Warrant of At-
torney, With a defeasance to the amount of the debt.
By these means it .was. 'stipulated that The Defend-
ant's bail-should be discharged; =lon Mr. Tyssen
Consulting his Attorney, Mr.- Anthony,; he was told
. that such would -be the • effea of. the engagement
into which he was entering. The promissory-notes-
were drawn, and what was supposed to,be a Warrant .
'of Attorney was' signed by-the -Defendant, -in the
presence ofiVir: Barnet, Plaintiff's Solicitor.. After
the Defendant had 'put his name :to the instrument, .‘
a person -of the name of Tarrant, Mr:-Barnet's clerk;
was called in; and he' witnessed its execution.. The
notes when due were not paid, and it was .diScoi,e' r-
ed by Mr. Tyssen and his bail that 'the document he
had signed was not a Warrant of Attorney, but a
- Cognovit to confess- judgment.; and as the bail were':
unable to surrender their principal, their goods were.
taken in eitecution. :Against this proceeding. -they
• now prayed, relief.'
Sir V.. Grkris-sheaved cause against the Rule, and
contended,rin the foundation of -affidavits "that he
produced, that the bail were -net-entitled to be disj.
chargedeas they were the only security lhe Plaintifr
had. The whole transaaion was condo led by a Mr.:
Hughes; on the part of the Defendant; and it. Was
agreed that the prOmissory•notes.should be given, and
that not a Warrant of Attorney, as bad beensworn to;
but a,Covovit, should be entered into.: Soortafter
this agreement had been. wade, Mr. Tyssen
and after professing hitrise'lf perfealy.'satisfied .With,
the -terms, executed the instrument, -which-was in,
dorsed on the 'back pf the
.declaration in thecairse.
Mr. Tarrant . was- tlfen-called -in; 'arid. witnessed the
signalure.. ' .•

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Mr. GARitolt- in support of the Rule; "argued' cin
fhb* iniprobability of the case, that not. onl? three
notes should be delhered,-burafter thdpersOnal secu-
ritkof the Defendant, that a CognoiPit should be given
to: render the bail still responsible. He adverted to
the impropriety of the cleric of Mr .:Barnet, who
witnessed the signature, notwithstanding he was ab
sent at the time the instrument was executed.'

The Court directed, after consideration upon the
conftiFliiig testinjony, that an issue
,hould be tried t
the-Sitting. after' Term to deCide the question. •