The Sun.
London, England, 1831-11-11 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

On Wednesday, in consequence of a rumour that
prevailed in the neighbourhood of the King's Bench
prison, that an aged man, named Thomas Heath, re-
siding at No. 44, Belvedere-place, had died under
circumstances which excited strong suspicion that
violence had been committed upon him by his son,
Richard Pople and Robert Curtis, two officers
belonging to Union-hall, were despatched to make
the necessary inquiries, and ascertain whether there
were any grounds for such report. The officers
having learned that the deceased's son was in the
habit of using a house called the Globe, in the
Borough-road, they went there, and having informed
the landlord of their business, he proffered his assist-
ance, and by four o'clock the accused was taken into
custody, and conveyed, without the slightest resist-
ance on his part, before the Magistrates at Union-
hall. The following evidence against the accused
young man, together with his statement, were re-
duced to writing :
Catherine Connell sworn—l live at No. 12, Gray's-
buildings, Manchester-square, and am at present out
of a situation. On Tuesday last I called on Mrs.
Godfrey, who lodges at No. 41,Belvedere•place, and
having stopped with her all day, as we were pre-
paring to go to bed, about twelve o'clock, I heard a
noise proceed from the room below that in which we
slept. The noise continuing, I ran down stairs, and
distinctly heard " Murder !" called three times, from
the room occupied by Mr. Heath and his son. Finding
the door partly open, I threw it farther so, and at the
moment saw old Mr. Heath standing near the door,
and his son at some distance from him ; they were
both dressed at the time; the old gentleman, on
seeing me, threw himself forwards towards me, and

seizing me by the arm, exclaimed, " Child, lo'
murdered man." He seemed weak and infirm',
reclined his head upon my shoulder, whiles,
issued profusely from his nose and mouth. 1,4
time we were on the lobby, and when I told
gentleman that it was nothing, and that heloi
better presently, he again exclaimed " 'LI/
murdered man : my son has kicked me in the )e
near the heart." Mrs. Ward, who lodges°,
next room, now came out, and I assisted 10
Mr. Heath into her apartment. 0
In answer to a question by the Magistrstel
witness said that the prisoner was in the roo0)
time his father exclaimed that he was a lia,llrli
man, and that the former must have dietina
the expressions used on the occasion. Af
The witness, in continuation—After leariaq
Heath in Mrs. Ward's room, I went back iapll
where the prisoner was, and said to him, he
could you be such a brute as to use your grereot
father in the way you have done?" lie abillier
and said that if I did not quit his room heir!
serve me in the same manner. In reply 1956:6
if he attempted to injure me, I would give tO,
charge to a policeman. He appeared in a grelip,;,
upon my saying the words, and fearing hen
carry his threats into effect, I left the room, alif
ceeded up stairs. I did not see the prisonee4l,l
until the next morning, at which time he 141,111 f
on the bed quite dead. Upon examining I,°"he
of my gown where the deceased reclined i'lllsit
I found it stained very much from the blood s
had issued from his nose and mouth. (Theri
was here produced, and exhibited the apnealtl
scribed.) Witness saw the prisoner in Alta'afil
room in the afternoon, and heard him sAY' ve
very much distressed iu mind, and shall go to ip'
hail, as I bare heard the officers are lookingarte.r.
The witness added, that upon that ocossi°l,oo
Ward asked her to shake hands with the Pl'liti
which she did not refuse, but did not speak lA° of
By the prisoner—Did not see the decead" rip
after I assisted him into Mrs. Ward's room 115
next morning, and then he was dead. ha°
Prisoner—The greater ooition of what l'j
ness has stated is untrue. ell
The Magistrate asked the witness if she s :fli'
quainted with the prisoner ?—She never °hoe!
but once before the night in question, and:dite
on Sunday last, when he came into Mrs. `)
room to borrow a pair of scissors. b
The accused being anxious to be heard, ie)o
d Oh
gistrate, after having cautioned him, retrarkethe4i,"
he was at liberty to give any explanation he-liiki
proper relative to the serious charge upon '
rt:
was brought there. etalhsi
The prisoner then made the following st3,t te.
—" I have only to say that when I well; elegy
with my father on Tuesday night, abcPlf,,,
o'clock, I don't think he was quite sober• orei'r'
when I got up, about seven o'clock in the nif got:-
that he was as I supposed asleep. When 'plil"
I went to Dr. Coulthred's in Melton-placefitt IV
it alarming that my father could not sPearrif,,/$
doctor went home with me, and on exina'ill L'''
body he pronounced that he was dead. 3fAr'iferef,
J
thred's assistant examined the cups and as-r'slic,
things in the room, and made some obi'rac of
which I don't recollect. I afterwards cae 65',
Mr. Crawter, one of my father's trustee', v
rection of my aunt, but he was not at Wed. jai'
one of the clerks of my father's death, an a ,
scribing the event said that it was awful an )
den. Mr. Crawter paid some money Ornhoe ot
4,it.
singe into the bank for my father. It was e- 0
o'clock when I called at Mr. Crawter's oflicelq
accused here reverted again to the night of t"0(
posed murder, and said, "My father wag is i
when I got home; I laid down on the be.fi'i
when I awoke afterwards I found him 161°1
the fire, but I don't know what time it was'
quested him to come to bed, he made somes
answer, and I went to sleep again. On svelf;
,I.again,hat t
,andm e
it was.
bylthheavfiererivs;
he had no watch, nor do I believe any thifp'Y
lliinudorsit'itilbseillieti:eghe lost a"Y III( '
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missingu p andout
of
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Thisb e di.s
all
the
fatal
tion I have to give as to the death of my
added the prisoner, " and I have only to sayst
am perfectly innocent of the charge which l'a
alleged against me." • tiol
At this stage of the proceeding a professiagii
attended for the prisoner, to whom his, evo
already taken was read over, and he sull',llies'
client not to put any question to the w'ris"
there was nothing yet adduced to affect him sde be
The prisoner acquiesced with the advice, an
remanded for further examination.
T 0 IVN-HALL, SOUTH WA.l,l§l,aol,
James Perry, commonly called P,,, of
Jemmy," was brought in by Johnson, t"-51ii
charged with stealing a feather-bed from the
Mr. Smith, pawnbroker, Golden Last-court' lot'
One of Mr. Smith's shopmen stated tbe
'
bed lay upon a table near the shop door'[ 01
seen it there not two minutes before he well-bil'„
ther part of the shop, but presently turning
rot,
he missed it, and recollecting hearing a ne::1
noise, exclaimed, " My God, the bed's g,°'-ate,:,
ran out. In Counter-street he perceiveu„te
soner with the bed upon his shoulders, eitl-olitr
it down and made off, but was pursued and -6s,
High-street. The value of the bed was 2'.
sth`'
Mr. Alderman TIIORP—WeII, this 15 1.001
bold exploit of yours, Master Perry; have"
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thing to say about it ? (if
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thing but this here :—As I was going alorg
axed me to carry it for him, that's all." ~,
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of a daughter, stillborn.
MARRIED. ,
On the 10th inst. at St. George's, Ilanover-5017q.,
Esq., to Charlotte Augusta, widow of T. Ono,
ford-street, May-fair. re 1.1.(1'
On the 10th inst. at All Souls, LanghaM-P.3- 'est
worth, Esq., of Upper York-street, to Jane, younit
of the late Rev. J. Smith, of Clapton-square. rat,Jlll,
On the Sth inst. at Brighton, Commander re„
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Austin, R.N. to Ann Eliza, widow of the late n:,015'
linson, and only daughter of the late Thomas I 13"
Penang.

DIED.
On the 7th inst. at Antwerp, of apoplexy, a r, R,
illness, from which he appeared rapidly reco,
Abraham Ellerman, Esq., K.G.H., his BrinunnectoosOi
sul-General for the kingdom of Hanover, and „t
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin, and Arl iDeri,
On the 10th inst. Mr Thomas Wontner, of
Islington, aged 81 years.
I)o,`;'',o
On the 10th inst. at Clay-hill Enfield, at the fie, o'
brother-in-law, Paittield Mills, 'Esq., Sarah 011.1,"
the late James Underwood, Esq. of Potton, Peo'',lll.,lo
On the 7th inst. in Clifford-street, Lieut.-Colo.ol-'
of Brettwell House, Oxon, late his Majesty's C°''
East Friesland. nes'''
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On the 3d inst. Mr. R. Huntley, many
stationer, of Duke-street, Grosvenor-square.
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!lily of telling that story to a jury.
Jemmy was fully committed.
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