The Sun.
London, England, 1807-07-25 00:00:00

YORK ASSIZES, JULY f 22.

Jelin Robinson, of Mickleby, near Whitby, far-
mer, who was eXectited hereon the New Drop on
Monday, was committed to. the Castle,. on the Ist
of April last, charged' with the Wilful murder of
Susannah Wilson-,•who had lived with him as a
servant, but left ,his service abont a fortnight before
Martinmas; in consequence of her pregnancy, and
went to reSide'with a relation at Pnisbrough. • .
Some time previous tb: the 17th of
,February,
Robinson had seen the deceased, and appointed to
meet 'her on the .evening- of that day ; she ac-
cordingly'set off about six in the morning, saying
she was going to see her master, who had
,promised
to render her sortie assistance in Izer present situn-
tion ; but observed (to use her own language) " chid
* fear. had come over her that morning, and she .
thought he intended her acme harm ; however, lei
the consequence be what it might,-she Nt'ai resolved
to meet hint; and that it any ill should befal her, ;
they must look tq Robinson.'.'SoMe weeks having
elapsed without her returning, or being heard of,
it was, conjectured she had been
.murdered ; and as.
she left Goisbrough to proceed towards Mickleby (a
distance of Id miles) for the avowed porPose of
meeting Robinson, suspicion naturally fell upon him.
This mysterious afFair beingmuch talked of, seve-
ral country people, on Good Friday„ deiermlued to
search strialy for the body. ' Atier searching all the
peat pits on the moors in: vain,
they, proceeded tn.
RObiusotes _grounds, and on
.coming, to anew sledge i
road whiCh he had made about teo days before, 'they
thrust down a stick, and twisting it round, when
drawn up-it brought along with it part of dm. poor
girl's clothes. They then removed a slight covering
of sods, ,earth, and whirls, and thUs.discavered the
body, which they immediately eonyeyed on a sledge.
to the house of Mrs. Long, who resided about a qaar-
,t'er of a •mile from .the spot.
• On Easter Sunday the Coroner's Inquest was
taken.,---Robinsotes- servant then gave his deposi-
tion, and fully confirmed it upon- trial, notwith-
standing his master had wrote to him about eight
or ten days before, through the medium of his Wife,
direding him what. to say, 'in.confirmation of the
brief drawn up, adding, that if be could get hies
over the road making, by saying, that he also assist-
edin making the read, 4e had nothing to fear; but
the mall was firm to his .integrity, and: declared he
had nothing to do with it, and gave evidence 3i foi,
lows::-7',That about five o"clock. in the altos noon- of
the t7th.al,February, his master came into the barn
whew he.wasthrashing, and told him he was going
to StraithS (about four miles diStant) to-receivepey
fora mare he had soldi: and. that he shouhinot.,re-
turn that night ; it then Tinned, and tiwaervatit ad-
vised him nut to go; but hesaid, " I unist:to, for
I want money to pay my resit." He arrived at.
Straiths about half pasVnine r o'clock, aid dept i here
that night ; so' that in. the interval from' five till half--
past nine 'he had committed :the murder.
About seven o'cloek the next morning he left
Straiths, and proceeded to his field,called Quarry Hill
Field,:and was seen by a inbie-catcher with a hatchet
in.his hand, and .a pair of hedging mittens iicrois his
arm. It is supposed that he had Alegi been cutting.:
whips for the-purpose of concealin the body,
The titu-geon, depAted, that, oo examining the
body, lie dischlAT a.large wo..Tavi on the: posterior
of tile head, which had occasioned a violent. depres-
sion of the brain, and several, smaller wOonda'on
varioas parts of it, and which had doubtless been
the came of her •death., On -ionizer examination,,
there: appeared a cut on the thick part Of the tight
tlti h, shout tour inches long, which li:iia:.betmgf•
• fected by a shprp hatchet, anti had penetrated icithe
bone. One of her eyes Sias entirelygone, slip-
posed to have •been eat out .by vermin., then
oPtitiO kttechitd,y , anertook away the fotoas of a case
fetnalechild, nearly at full growth.
Llobitls9noyai 23 years' of age,and has left a wife
,and four children. • lie seemed unconcerned derity
the trial, and tWo witneazes werecalled, to his
raper,. who, spoke favourably of him, ilowever, toe,
Judge 4ununed, up the whole evidence with 'oreat

•preciSion, and'in about b.df an It )ar the Jury .c.'-
tUrned their verdict---Guilty.
'Atitr sentence of death Was passed upon .him,
hE declared his innocence, and said be had no
doubt Nut in• a little tune the real murderer
would be discovered ; however, about seven o'clock
oti Monday morning, he confessed to two men who
sat up with him during the night, that he had
perpetrated the horrid deed.- He met the unfor-
tunate woman according to
,*appointment in his
own grounds on the night -above mentioned—Mier
walking:about for near an hour . they sat down at
eight o'clock in the. Quarry Hill -Field; although'
bent upon committing the murder, yet his heart fre-
quently trtise,oave him ; at length perceiving
.that She
was leaning her cheek upon her hand,' lamenting the
Unfortunate situation she had been brought into by
hit», he stepped back aid made a blow on the back
part of her head with an axe, and she-died instatata-
neously ; lte•also struck her upon other parts of the
body. He then. took the deceased, put her into the
hole where she waaS found; and covered her up with
whiny. Before his executio he received the-sacra-
ment, and appeared to be'a'sincere'penitent..

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