The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-25 00:00:00

EXECUTION.

• (From the Bury Gazette.)
The execution of John Mann, for highway rob"
bery, was appointed to take place on Wednesday, at twelfet..,
o'clock, at Bury. About two o'clock, on the morning of tha
day, the following order was delivered to the gaoler, by
messenger, who had left London on the preceding afternoon
Whitehall, 15th August, 1825'd
Silt—l am to acquaint you that the accompanying respitel."„.
been granted to John Mann, only with a view to give time
Mr. Secretary Peel's consideration of his case, and that the p 1.1:
sutler must not he led to expect a further suspension of the lag
I aM, Sir, your most obedient humble servant;
H. HOBIiOUSr.'
To the Keeper of the Gaol, Bury' St. Edmund's. •
This respite, it appears, was granted in consequence .of a •e--
tition having been transmitted from Hadleigh to the Home •
cretary, after the announcement of the unsuccessful issue X,
the application to the Lord Chief Justice by the Rev. J 7 v •
Smith.

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In conformity with the little hope held out by the above le '
ter, 31r. Orridge, the gaoler, anxiously impressed upon ,
prisoner's mind that there was scarcely a possibility of
Peel advising his Majesty to grant a pardon, when made a,5
quainted with the merits of the case. The unfortunate 10
hopes were, in consequence, by no means sanguine, and t,.
tendon to his religious duties continued as strict as betbre• Un
the morning of Friday, however, he watched arixiouslY fir;
the window of his cell, to discover if the coffin, according 'le
custom, was that morning carried into the chapel: He
that it was, and the faint ember of hope died within him. k
The following are the particulars of a confession w"
te
Mann, some days previous to his execution, made of die_rejo
bery of which he was convicted, and which he attested be
J. Benja&ld, Esq., a magistrate for the county. It he ;
tp
consequence of a discrepancy between tlik confession so"
evidence of the prosecutor on the trial, that the petition to..he
Home Secretary was grounded. Granting, however, thattii'se ,
statement given by the deceased be correct, it will be seen, he
it does not in the slightest degree lessen the criminality?,
act for which he suffered death :
we'r`cOdnrintteinilgthwoitfhlitteercphrolsasect,ithtoer,,w
jit.hßTa
3.mGhraiminsjeaytatitiled
Head, in Hadleigh, from about five o'clock till the time o' Let,
robbery; he tossed with Raynham for beer, and observed to_,
he had got some money, and then said to Grimsey, `.Old
ham has got some money, and I'll have it.' When Bar' isid
left the house he followed him, and on going; out, Grimsey
to him, 4 Teli my Lurcher (meaning Sarah Barnes) to ge„
Raynham's money.' Sarah Barnes was standing outside or
King's Head, and he told her that Raynhain had got 5° jt ,
money, and Tom Grintsey had sent him to tell her to get it..,„j•,,
was then agreed that Sal Barnes should follow Raynharn, 1-5 e
try to get his money, and that he should be near, in easfiked
met with any resistance. Raynham and Sal Barnes wit
together
together till they came near to Topsail-bridge then went
.here
a stack-yard belonging to flullbeck's-park. After being 4bert
a few, minutes, Barnes called out, 4 You old rogue, Y°dopeci,
me so, I'll call my husband.' He went up to them arid c
were
Halloo, what are you doing to my wife ?' PleY hi'.
struggling on the ground; he then struck Raynham witht the
fist, anti Sal Barnes knocked him (the .prosecutor) 2141:01S
head with her Patten; both Sal and himself put their - the
into Raynham's pocket, and he took out the purse film*
pocket, and Sal and him returned into the street, and tvet.,,e got
Grimsey, and lie called out, • Come along, Toni, we have
old Raynham's money.' They all went up the stre''''corY
parted the money by a light from the window of the .01t.,
public-house. There was only one red note, eight sioxed ,
crowns, 3s. fid., and some odd halfpence. They. the
14s. lid. each, and Tom Grimsey put some stones trii,""bicil
purse and sunk it in a pulk of water near the Cock, after
titre
titrg
they went to 'the Lion tap, where they remained for some or,
drinking." Mann also confessed having been e4og.e4 '
wards of 40 other robberies.

ACQUITTALf KKEF'FE and 130001'

• .
(From the Cork- Reporter.) g Ptre:
While the Jury were in consultation, emaio'.'
did not betray, the least symptom of apprehension.
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tamed the same composure he had evinced during theme? air'.
and ahnost the same position—his head leaning on lit dodo
which rested on an iron brace that projected beyond the
The other prisoner, Bourke, seetned greatly agitatede,4tible
When the Jury came out an intense interest %S'
When -get
in the countenance probably of every one. in Court w",,unee",f,"
—he merely stood up, anti when the Foreman Prnh"-ectfa:
vereliceef Not Guilty for both prisoners, he very resP A bun
made an inclination of his head in acknowledgmentl,ortsia;
of approbation'ran through the Court, and Keetre, 'stl,, to
ing his position, begged leave to address a few
Lordship, to which request the Learned Judge very.or. ow
i
of Lords, and the Judge of
assented. Keeffe then spoke in the following words.--tbe Dot_t,
• "My Lord—ln the presence of the King of Kings-that 14
as innocent of the charge made upon me this day as vishill*
Ito . the
unborn. As well might they have arraigned your, re, in .„.
or the Bishop of Cork, at this bar as me; and 1 tlecjia, rbt-Pel',o
presence of God, that I would search out and .Pun's ,an in 1".
ileraa
petrators of that horrid murder as soon as any gen- that
deed country." , ,I Wit'''.
Baron PENNEFATIIMI—" Well, I am -o`. I (
a. 0 t'
you sa . so. Discharge those men." an re'
Keeffe then bowed most respectffilly to the Court, coot
galleries ; many gentlemen in differ.mt parts of the
. . fOf
turned his salutation. . ' tsicle- ° e 0
Judges, .1 acknowledge ibe do
On the verdict being pronounced, the huzzas oil,: olice of
friends of the late prisoner; were tremendous. TH,el:e 014/10
deavoured to keep off the crowd, but all in vain: .risoov-dof
people broke through the guard, and embraced the P,.,„. iaT,,ie
the most affecting manner. While this was oceMpg re pt:
part of the court-yard, in another direction some ;wn dillAist
relations were in hysterics. Keeffe was tnllowed do__, otl'',ee
Irade by a great crowd, cheering him as he went i,lorligop va, 0 .
length he was obliged to run into an apothecary:b sAfice °° t 0
Parade for medical assistance. He called at this Y.es'otrice
I early hour yesterday morning, and procured two e.°l7olve.°
I report of his own trial. We, understand his friends .
carried him home in triumph. i 5
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er;C3)l °I
The Sabbath, in Boston! (Noah Affi 6,7,___,,0s
labout to be rigidly enforced. 'The United States of Pro)°,
the 22d July states, that " the Councils of the e,.lToressool
are about permitting societies to extend an iron eheiTlorniolto4oo
streets, near their churches, during a part of the
cod
evening services on. Sunday." Another ordera 200 e be. uhf
Councils directs that " no person shall drive
..iipeo on
a walk or common foot pace, through the '"
Sabbath." • ~......"../
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BIRTHS. LatlY vonce
On the 22d inst., at Silverlands, in Surrey,
flotham, of a son. • 1011 °t
On the 20th inst., at Little Hampton, the
est.
Hampden Gledstanes, Esq., of a daughter. , Reg re.
On Wednesday, the 24th inst., at York-terraeestill here
park, the lady of Capt. H. A. Eliot, of a daughter'
o'er
MA RR It; D. ~ , webb•
el&
On the 22d inst., at Lee, Kent, Mr. J• ." . ifs.
Hotel, Piccadilly, to Mrs. Davies,
On Wednesday, the 24th inst., at St. John 9 cut's' 'Pa Or'
Cieln a 3
ney, Mr. George Christopherson, of St. ,eeon,vr, ,a,
grandson of the late Rev. George Hall, to Marpitoebe to., 't,
ter of the late Charles Ross, Esq., ship-buil° 'rural' r, J.
Schild, of Greek-street, Soho. Hanovefl-t Jof 'III 4
On the 20th inst, at St. George's, cs
of bee-eott,achorcht, sotcl"h
itt PI
Weldon, of Bond-street, to Maria, only daug
legate; *.-1..
On the 21st inst., at St. Giles's, CriPP
Lipscomb, to Miss Mary Ann Eastwood. sat'
DIED •'.
I. ller, • e
. .Vscl
Black
~,,A, 17.14-
On• the 20th inst., aged 78, Septtmus
geon, of 'Weybridge. e, . c,
On Saturday, the 21st inst. at at Apslel-
beth, wife of Mr..lohn Shelton. m. lit, the ifile° „
On the 15th inst., at Haniburgh, ----t_roice, .` '6O,
''
daughter of Mr. Wiliam K of itarhe' ' the
crap,
4 in
road, London. Forhe-'
On the 23d inst., at Camberwell, Mrs. ssq.d,
ltovin.'l3,leo
year of her age. . e 11'043( of 1 • C
On the 15th inst., John Willcock. of I`'Oo` • - • ()-
wig
the 90th year of his age, many years an /-- • e.,...5t'
AtorYie P:d.
and a respectable merchant there. her age', in t dre"
On the 21st inst., in the 54th year ofGeorge age's in An
Mr. Joseph Stanley, Prince's-square, Rih°. ti;t
On the 24th inst., Sarah, the wifi of n."' - vllen'i,
of Kingsland. ells, re, ' filo
Ag 0 ..:C.
On Wednesday morning, at Tunbritigiestock.sq of ~
wile of George 'F. Lambert, Esq., of 'ray rt, sci.' e r °II'
0.
don, and youngest daughter of John Pea
VOcl'' t 0
Yorkshire. o
Fientingi rir
On Monday, the 22d inst., James
osefluaeittlfith
der's-end, in the 81st year of his age. in 6/, ork e "
•atono (fie . th
On Monday, the 22d inst., at Bra broken, e
la
serious accident, in which his thigh .071 rv.sela3r '
tus Nash, Esq., of Cornhill and Finsi'll '
~.. Stle
boos litlic°
001;gtio,
year of his age.
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