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Cooper's espeCially since the minder, she had miss( d
Cooper's poker.--
Collingbourne, an officer from town, searched the.
house again on-the 11th of May, on which occasion
he found a frock, which had then been lately,
washed, and -about the sleeves were Stains'of blood.
This, the old woman said, was probably occasion-
ed by her son's having cut his kg ; but the son after-
wards denied that any blood Nit as upon it. Upon
thesit.. circumstances the prisoners were fully cotn-
mitted ; and then it -was that the old woman made
a confession to several witnesses ; but as it was not
made in the presence of her son, it could not'be re-
ceived in evideuc,.; as far as :it Went to affea
She described it to-have been done between three
and. four O'clock in the morning ; that the, person
who did it (her son) was lay bent upon it. She
was asked by the witness (El. Hart)
why she did
not make it known.? Sbe,said she could not do it;
tbit be went in a smock frock; without shirt-or
breeches; and that it Made a considerable noise,
particularly when the old Man fell against the
wainscot. She added; that there was rci) occasion
to 'Murder the old man, for they could have got
into the house arty hour of the day or nisht f but

the person wasAtitly; bent upon doinr, it. The old
,woman, . however, always added, that she was
never out of her room, and only looked out at the
window,
Several contradictory itaterneAts of. the prisoners
I.,being. given in evidence, they were called upon for
I their-defence. The man said he was innocent, and
the old 'woruan,,that she had no hand in the.mUrder.
i The Learned JUDGE observed to the Jury, that
this .was .a cage re/inning their most. serious atten-
tion, that they might arrive at a safe conclusion,
from all the circumstances which they had heard
detailed. They would firs(consider, whether the
-murder Vas perpetrated by the Prisoner alone (if at
all by,. him) or with any other, and whether -that
other was .the old woman ? For although stye might
know of the murder, and afterwards endeavour to

screen the murderer, yet that Would make. her only
an accessary after the kid, and not.a principal. His
Lordship then minutely pointed out the evidence,
and its beatings on this point. It appeared,
served; by her own confession, she was looking ouf
at the window. If she did that with a view of ap-
prizing the murderer of the approach of anyone,
she was as much a principal as though she had ac-
tual)y inflicted a vound on. the deceased. He ad-
%iSed the Jury, therefore, seriously to consider,.
whatmas the just inference from the circumstances
proved.
The JOry withdrew for some time, and at even
o'clock returned a verdid of Guilty against the son,
and Not Guilty for the mother.
was indicted for the Wilful murder of
Win. Turner, by shooting him on the King's high-
way, near Farnham, in this county, on the 18th of
May last. This was. a most aggravated case. The
Prisoner was a soldier in the 52d,regiment, from
which he
.deSerted at. Winchester, . accompanied
by two females of the names o El. Roper and Mary
Fisher.—As he was on the road, he declared to-them,
that he must have Spiale man's clothes, to prevent
his being taken as a deserter, and he would shoot
some one, to get • them. As they went along they
were joined by the deceased, and after some conver-
sation about a bed, he told them they should have
some straw, in his brother's barn, -at Farnham. The
deceased was walking a few yards before with Eli-
zabeth Roper, when the prisoner Fired at hint with
his musket, and the ball entered his back; he had,
however, strength enough to.run to Farnham, when
he re/ached the house-of a Mr. Butt, a Surgeon 3. he
lived :wo days, and then expired. A party 'of sol-
diers were sent out in pursuit of the Prisoner, and
he was apprehended. The deceased saw him,. and
identified his person, • before he died.. After he had
shot , the deceased, one of the, trig 'fainted, and he
and the other took her into an adjoining clover held.
-Here he declared he was sure that the .hall must have
entered the man's body, and he could not have run
aboVe 20 yards, 'and he wished he had•goue•back to-
have his 'money and clothes. -
The, Jury found him Guilty.

tie Ot)-

The Learned .11.PGE, ini:4'ecliately after the con-
viction of the above murderers, sentenced theta to
be hatted on Wednesday morning, and their bo-
dies to be dissected and anatomised.

The Assizes have finished, which. concludes the
Home

LAW REPORT. •

COURT OF. CHANCERY.

SELWYN AND OTHERS V. BRIDGMAN AND OTHERS.

An erroneous report having appeared respecting
the above cause, we give the tbllowing as-a correct
statement of the judgment : •

The LORD elf AN\CELLOR began by observing, that
the ,proceedmg,s were perfe6tly regular and correct,
and that in applying to this Court the PlaintifTh had
followed a proper course ; and his Lordship con-
cluded nearly as follows,.viz. "'There certainly is suf-
ficient,ev!tleuce to 'gO before a Jury. I may publish
a work as Lord'Eldor,'s worl:, but I cannot in so
`doing take parts of Viper's,. Bacon's, or any other
abridgment (supposing the copyright therein to ,
con-
tinue), and, by consolidating those works with nide, •
print them as my own; It •.1 were so to do, I cer-
tatuly should be guilty of a' piracy. Part of Mr_
liridgmm's work is certainly taken from Mr.
'rep's : I therefore see ,no reason to induce me to
dissolve the'injunotionl had betoreissued for restrain-
ing-the sale of the nefendant.'s work. Mr. SelwYn
ho certainly rendered an important service to the
prolession,-in his publication ; it is a work of very,
great merit, as are some of the produations of 'the De-
fendant, With a view, therefore, to do justice to
both parties, the sale of the work may bepertnitted
to continue, if the Defendant will gobefore the Mas-
ter, and give security to the 'Plaintiffs tor a faithful
account of the'produCe arising from the of the
'work, and to pay such further sum as this. Court
may think a compensation for the injury the Plain-
tiffs may sustain by such publieetion :''the Plaintiffs
in the 'moan time must bring their a&ion, to which
the Defendants' shoUld plead forthwith, so as to have
the trial next term ; and the manuscripts of the De-
fendant must be foithwith depOSited with the Clerk
m Cow t for the inspection of the Plaintiffs."
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