The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-01 00:00:00

THIRD DAY-11-tIDAY, JUKE 30.

5.177nd Davey stood indicted for murdering Sarah
Davey, h!'s wife, and Henry Davey, his infant child,
on the nth instant, at his house in Skinner-street,
Somers iowif.
The particula'..-s of ails horrid scene are already be-
fore our headers.--The: unfortunate man haa -long
been in a state of insanity, and was twice confined
in St. Luke's Hospital 9.lthat account', and; ac-
cording to the evidence itdduced, it appeared that he
had not slept for seven nights previous to that on
which he perpetrated the dreatiftAdeeds.
The Jury acquit 62 :the Prisoner, on the gfound
of his insanity. He, was oidtkted to be detained in
custody till his Maje&iy's pk:asure be known re-
speting his future dispcsal. •
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Jathes Ayres
,and Robins , two: lads,
the one 17; and the other tg years of age; Were in-
dided for the wilful murder of .o(Aluer, on
Sunday, the 4111 of June. _

It appeared in evidence that the Prisoner had re-
peatedly insulted the deceased, who at length pro-
voked by continual ill-usage, agreed to fight Ayres
on the 4th of June, in a field near Shoreditch.
They accordingly met, when after ten rounds, the
Prisoner' struck the deceased a blow behind the ear,
in consequence of which he fell, and expired in five
Minutes.

The Prisoner Robinson ailed on this occasion as a
second or bottle-holder, and encouraged Ayres
throughout to persevere in the fight, giving him in-
struaions how to strike.

The Jury, after a short consideration, returned a
verdiet of--Guilty of Illanstaughier.
William Jones, alias Sinclair, alias Sell, was in-
clieled for feloniously uttering as true a certain draft,
purporting to be the draft of one William Morgan,
for 471. as. 6d. upon John aro Alexander Anderson
and Co. Bankers, No. 17, Philpot-lane, London,
on the 9th day of .May, lie well knowing the same
to be fhrged and counterfeited, with intent to de-
fraud Thomas Fairfax, or the said tankers, of the
same.

ThComet Yairfak; a Publican, in Stretton Grounds,
Westminster, stated, that the Prisoner lodged in his
house, and went in debt with him to the amount of
sixteen shillings, but ndt wishing to trust him far-
ther, he requested him to discharge the account,
which the Prisoner promked to do on the ensuing
day, On the gth of May the PriSoner came to the
Witness, and tendered him a draft fur 471. 3s. (id.
as specified in the indi6tment, saying at the same
time Le, the Witness, need not have feared his abi-
lity to discharge his debt. The Witness said he had
not the foil change, as he had that day paid his
brewer. The Prisoner replied, he only wanted se-
ven or eight pounds, and if he would let him have
that sum, he would return in the morning, and go
with him to receive the amount of the check at the
Bankers. Witness said he had but a few shillings,
and at the Prisoner's desire lent him thirteen, he
leaving the draft in Witness's hands, and promising
to call on the next morning to accompany him to
get the cash fin' it. The Prisoner, however, did not
return According to promise, and Witness went to
the houie of Andersen and Co. to ascertain whether
the draft was a good one, when he was informed it
was a forgery s- in consequence of this information,
he sought for and apprehended the Prisoner.
The forgery being proved, the Prisoner in his
iiefenee stated; that he had found the check near
Hation Garden ; thlt he could not, from the small-
ness Of the sem received, be supposed criminal i
and that he merely wished to leave the check in
the hands of Fairfax until its value was ascertained.
i The Jury found a verdia of .Guilty—Decith.
The Prisoner, although shabby in his appearance,
had evidently receivkl an education superior to men
in his apparent station.

Alton tssEx. SE”!ON.-Yesterday Honk
was tried upon a charge of an assault) with hytent
to commit a disgusting otlence.—Found Guilty upon
the dearest evidence.

When the verdia, was pronounced, Mr. MAIN-
WARING stated to the Jury, that, this was not the
first time that the Defendant was before the Court
on the very same species of charge. But as the
principal Witness, who is a respectable young trades-
man in the neighbourhood of Oxford-street, stated
in his evidence, that a man who praaises as an At-
torney at the Sessions had offered him a bribe to
save the Defendant from convi6lion ; he hoped that
if such a person really was au Attorney ot. any
Court, it should be made known to such Court, as
such a man was no longer fit to annoy society, or
disgrace an honourable profession.

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The Prisoner was then sentenced to six months
imprisonment in the House of CorteCtion, and dur-
ing that time to stand in the pillory.

That there is no intention on the part of the
French and Dutch Governments to relax in
.the ex-
ecution of their severe commercial decrees, even at
the present critical moment, which might suggest
moderation and forbearance, is shewn by the follow-
ing answer, which was recently given in
to a petition fur leave Id discharge some American
ships
The Dire&or of Public Concerns on the River,
informs Mr. —, that, in conformity with his Ma-
jesty's orders, his petition touching American ships,
cannot be complied with. Thai, although it afliiels
his Majesty to be under the necessity of obstructing
commerce, in order to avoid greater inconveniences,
he cannot revoke the existing Orders. All Ameri-
can ships laden with goods which art allowed to be
imported, will be admitted; but should their cargoes
consist of colonial produce, though they should even
come from Dutch colonies, they must be deposited
in the King's warehouses tintil peace takes place, or
wait the event of more favourable circumstances or
times.—Juue £O."

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On Wednesday morning a genteel dressed man
went down the area steps of the Marquis of TAVl-
rrocit's house in Grosvenor-square, and entered the
servants' hall, the servants at that moment being
absent. He took three of their great coats, and
was proceeding up the area step; with them, when
the porter perceived him, and asked hiai what he
was at. He instantly threw the coats down the
area, and ran off. They pursued him, halloing out,
stop thief. He was stopped in Ldw,.r Grosvenar-
str-ut, and •taken to Marlhorough-stret, where he
will this day undergo an examination,

Z.Zl4%r REPORZ

~.i •,.a~^:r

COURT OF KING'S BENCH',
ZITTLIIcS BEFolt I LQRsvitLE4BattOgicia IN wx:w-

MINSTLK HALL.

NEALE V. COriAti:.
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Mr. Pilau opened the case for the Plaintiff, who
brought his action for false imi)risonment, against the
Defendant, a most respeaabie Magistiate.of the: lio,
lice Office, at Marlborough-street. He itated; that
the Plaintiff was a respectable Money Lender, 'atia
who resides at No. 3, Lower john-street; Golden-
square;. had afforded a protection in his house to a
young wthnan of the name of Davis; for whom he
had beCome security; and who, falling into distress,
he kept. concealed in bis house to prevent her fronx
being arrested. This young woman being addicted
to liquor, was at times in a State of mental distrac-r
tion, and alarmed the neighbotlrtiood with ill
cries of Murder ; and one night, on 11)0 sth of ocio-
her, i sob, pad made a noise at the witidow (she be-
ing left atone in the house), and alarmed the neigh-.
bourhood, in consequence of which, the watchman
and constable got admission to the houses and the
young woman was taken to the work-house, Mr.
Neale, was afterwards; on the next morning, taken
before Mr. Conant, without a warrant, and there, a).
though no one appeared against him, and though it
would be shewn that be had befriended this young
woman very much, he was detained in custody an
hour, and compelled to find bail io appear to answer
for an assault and tale imprisonment of Eliza Davis;
although she had never charged' him with any as-
sault, and no evidence was given of say offence
committed by Mr. Neale. For this injury the
Plaintiffsought a reparation in damages.
A person of the name of Crispe, who had been a
clerk to Mr. Neale in I 806, proved the fats of Mr.
Neale, being taken by Gregory, a constable, and
Petherick, to the Office in Marlborough-street, and
that there was no examination bad in his presence,
and that Mr. Neale was obliged to find bail.
Upon his doss-examination by Mr. GARROW, be
said that he was only at the office of Mr. Neale in
the day time; that he sometime heard Miss Davis
scream out on the landing place, but that victuals
w ere regularly sent up to her at meals. He was never
in her room, but understood it was properly furnish,-
ed. There was an old nurse used to come to attetid
her, and a medical gentleman, a Mr. Bacon, who
, also attended her.

Anne Osburne lived servant with Mr. Neale. She
said Miss Davis was well treated, she had every
Lhing that she could wish. She was hired to attend
the family in the house. There was also an Irish-
woman who attended on her, but she did not sleep
there. About ten days before this happened, she had
fi quarrel with Miss Davis upon family affairs, and
with Mr. and Mrs. Neale.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH. Family affairs, then mean
with you, a quarrel with all the family._

The /Fitness. Mr. Neale used to tell me not to
get her liquor, but she said she would tear we to
pieces if I did not, and she used to send me to pawn
her eloaths to get liquor. She had also very often
money. She was also at Marlborough-street, but
heard no charge aganst Mr. Neale. He said, ii the
Magistrate committed him he would do wrong, for
be, Neale, bad done nothing to deserve it.
On her cross-exemitiation she said, she did not
now live with Mr. Neale, nee with her father and
mother, she lived in Blacktriars Road. She had
nsver pawned her things to get food ss bile at Mr.
Neale's, nor said that he was a brute of a master and
starved her. Missy Davis had been an acquaintance
of Neale's a long time. Between eight and nine
months she lived at Neale's. She did not knce.v how
she became acquainted there; she was young and
very handsome; she was always in the house, some-
times in the one-pair and sometimes in the two-pair.
Her firs: attendance on Miss Davis was to sle-p with
her ; she was then quite intoxicated, and the wit-
ness had a great deal to do to keep her in her room.
Was obliged to get her liquor, or she would have
broke her head for her. She got to the window,
and cried out that Neale was coming with hispistele
to shoot her. On the Saturday night that the people
broke into the house she was alone in the two-pair
of stairs room. Mr. Neale discharged me on Sun-
day afternoon ; I told him how she had been be-
having on the Saturday night, and therefore I was
stationed on the Sunday night to take care of her.
I was forced to gut her spirits; Neale said, why do
you get her liquors if I desire you not to du it ? She
had that night a white wrapper- on ; she was not
stark naked at the window ; she tied the shed to the
bolt of the door, and said she would throw herself
out of the window.—(This evidence related to an-
other occasion when the neighbourhood was pre-
viously disturbed by Miss Davis). Nobody ever
came to see her; the water had been cut off the
house at that time. On the night of this affair there
was a French roll, which I understood Neale had
given her with some coffee; he had staid at the
office till two o'clock writing, and then went to his
house at the Annuity Bank at Knightsbridge. He
was fetched away by the Constable at four o'clock
in the morning. • Miss Davis was locked op in
the house at night, and I was locked up with her
when I attended her. She went twice lo a public
-
place, to Vauxhall, with Mr. Neale; she had drunk
liquor before she went. She rarely %vent out, ex-
cept to buy shoes or a bonnet.
A Mr. Hunt, an opposite neighbour, saw Neale
at the Office, he had been there three quarters of an
hour. No evidence was given against him in this
witness's presence.—He found bail in 2001.
On being cross-examined by Mr. GARROW, he
said he observed Miss Davis at the window, and had
frequently heard her cries, which were " Murder !
help ! he is going to murder me." He called the
watch. There never was so deplorable an 'object
seen as she was when taken away. He remems
bered some months before she used to visit at Mr.
Neale's. She then came in her own carriage; the
servants had green liveries; she was very young and
beautiful.
M'Kennan, a Clerk of Neale's, lately had been
in Wales, to Pembrokeshire, to Verve Miss Davis
with a subpoena; be went to her uncle's; he was in
Wales five weeks; he believed
,she was at her un-
cle's, but finding what he came about, they would
not let him see her.
Mr. GARROW made a very impressive and feeling
address to the Jury, and said that his client had. nut
only not inisconduded himself, but had so allied,
that it he had done otherwise in such a ease 40._

trz:. 3.64 ...ve deserved the severest punishment. Who
,k hit ',2,1,5:,:i).h oiA.I could now tell, or
hor• she bad become acquainted: with Neale, the
'loco protezior, who had supplied-her with every
:As it was stated, btu who, _when she. was
i:i the must distressing state of mehtal distrailion;
left her locked up alone, without food and without
Ow 'ling. She was taken away tri St. James's Wolk-
,ho'se,'where for soul t tiiue it' was thought that her
real; as well as her senses, irrecoverable. Shemas
restored to bodily health by great cate, but her mind
,•.iwrss gone. She 'Could not be called 'as a witness ;
she could the-refore make no charge against Neale.
The Magistrate had properly bound her over to ap-
pe;tr, drinking, and hoping she might recover, and
-tell , the tale of her misfortune!". &le was now not,
only out of her mind, but she had lost her sight:: As
to -the cries that she utts.'red against Neale, it was

;trot that the servant o,b,rne had not seen the pis-
...lois; bnt they were w" like the air-drawn dagger of
,Macbeth, the inray,inary creation of a tortured and
mind. He had pistols, for when the con-
stdble went to take him, he drew a pist(4l, and swore
he would shoot him.

•Nir. GARROW w.rs observing very wrongly upon.
the strange condu& and gross inhutnanitv=of Neale.,
when Lord- Elenbotough requested to -know whe-
ther he could stew that a proper warrant was

grinned.
GARROW appologized for permitting his feel-.
.ings to lead him into a wider field of observation
:than the defence ,of. his client required. He said,
.hosvever, he should;prcvide him with a strictly legal

defence,'and if he' did not, he should in‘ult an•E;ng.
to'say any thing of the atmaunt of darna-'
_coald be only nominal : for it was of
„thp firs! imnoriatire to the Police of. the Ytkropo-
lis, which Mr. Conant so honourably abd 'So ably
direeted in the distrid of Marlborough-street, that
when a person had a frantic female in his house,
permitting the neighbourhood to be disturbed, he
should be called upon to give some account of his
conduct. •

Gregory the Officer- related the circumstances of
the breaking into:the house, and taking Miss Davis
away. He was constable of the night. Being sent
for, he saw her in a frantic state, leaning out of the
two pair of stairs window, and was afraid she would
throw herself out, He knocked and bid her not
alarm herself. Finding that nobody came, he got
in through the kitchen window and found all the
rooins• in the House fastened. • He left the watch-
man with a light in- the passage and went up with a
small light himself; ln the two pair room he found
Miss D.ivies ; the door was fastened by a small hatch
on the iosikle, but that was done by going through a
closet and into another room, and then closing the
third room t.loOr from the outside. When he get in-
'to the room she was quite naked ; she rushed to-
wards him and fell from. mere weakness. Thew
was euthieg in the room but a smal barrow bed,
which was bloody ali through to the sacking, and a
crust or two of bread•by the side of it. The wit-
ness took a blanket and wrapped her in it. He
then sear, heel about for clothes but could find none.
into the closet and could find none there.
At lettgiii he get a' large flannel dressing gown, and
she was very av,•rse to having it put on, but alter--
Ward, she: wa, dressed in it, and the watchman got
a ribbon and tied it round her. She warned some
ater, and it was procured. tor her; she seemed in
great_ alarm and very weak. • He then went to
.Knightsbridge to Neale, and told him. He said he
wes very much Obliged to _the witness, and booed
he: would say nothing about it, and he' would, reward
the wiln-sstur his trouble. When he got to John-
street he took the key .out of his pocket to open the
- door, and said, :" Don't let- her see me, but .leave
the room At :d let me go to her." The witness. and
the watchman then went away. The wieless went
as early as possibli to a. Magistrate; and Mr. Conant
comic g early to the .effice, directed the witness to
go to the woikhouse, and get the over,eers to take
care Miss DaA is. The witness went to fetch her,
and told Neale that Mr. Conant wished to see him
at the office. He said Miss Davis was not there.—
Winless said she was. Neale their said that she
was tort fit to be moved, sire must have a medical
man to a; tend her. Knowing the way of the house,
the %-4 itness went up stairs, but she was not in the
same room. - He found her in the room turning out
of the closet, and believed she had beeti sitting on a
SAL She flew to the handle of the door as-he came
in. *The witness said he came not to hurt her, but
to prated her from Neale, and he should not hurt
her. 'She aaid Neale was coming to shoot her, but
O findint was the witness, she was pacified. The
witness delikered the message to Neale to come to
the office, but lie tetusecL - Miss Davis was not then
in a state to he examined. She was then taken. to
the workhou,e in a hackney coach. Her weakness
was the etfeet of disease. The witness gave informa-,
Lien upon Oath be:ere Mr. Conant,- that- Mr. Neale
cemmittedao assault and false imprisonment on.
Eliza Davis,, in the parish of St. James, and against the.
,
peace. This information was entered in 'the book,
aild then a win rant wars granted to. apprehend Neale.
,--The witness then went with Pethefick to take
Neale, and was cautioned, against his pistols. He
itid not go in with petherick. Witness was at the
office when Neale, was examined. , Mr. Conant
'asked a few questions. 'Neale said he did not come
to answer his impertinent questions; be did not come
there- to criminate hitnself. He said he should
brelg an ataion against the witness. Mr. C. said,
it.y,l3 bring an anion, bring it against we, for my
hack is ht.-ter able to bear it," Witness*- saw Nibs
Davis
.atteit'ards in The work-house,
.where. she be..
tilind- She had learnt hiserame,,and_ spoke
iinnitialy to/hint at times. ..She never. asked him
foi liquor, nor etfered herlothes topawn through
hiln for She was a Very delicate young ay°,
ei ee ;- she. was at' the work-house -three or four
tiaiattis • her friends applied for her, and she was
taken dewn to Wales in a chaise.

'Mts. Hunt (wife, of the witness of the same name)
to.seeing Miss.-Davis in her carriage, and to
11 •1 disturbilL; the neighbourhood with her shocking
cdes. She had been in the house six-months or
Another neighboar \vasesamined as to the
tiaiue citcultistAnces, and said. she was-an elegalitly
jOtitned letnalC.- When she fitst saw` her she was
painted both white and red.
he -I.4biroo of St. James's Work-house gave an
toll 'ot the illness of Miss ;Davis ; and said that

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