The Sun.
London, England, 1809-04-04 00:00:00

YOli& AS3IZES

.. Aaathan Graham., of
.F.letnere, in the township
oflatist.Wnton, in the Noah Riding of this woo-
.ytattrusn, stood indicted tor unlawfully,
tnaliciousiy, and feloniously shooting at
_William
Jeff, near his dwelling-honse,. at Eletnere tooresaid,
and wounding him in the body, Zni the i lal uf Fe-
bruary last, whereby his life was in great d.inger.
Mr. WitAtssis opened the case on behalf of the
prosecution; and Mr. RAlltifl, in addressing himself
.16 the Jury; stated, that the Prisoner at the bar
stood chatged with a capital offence, and he claim-
ecitheir patticular attention, for, if he etas rightly
instrnaed, he had to bring forward such a chain of

cireutnstani hi evidence, its very rarely came before

a Court otJustice, He trusted that it he made out

his case, as stated to him, it would be as satisfactory

.
Co the Jury 03 a ease m where there is an eye-ental
to the fad, or written evidence of it ;
,the evidence

of One witness might be suborned, and written evi-
dence might be fabricated, hut the chain of evidence
which he had to lay before them was strong and
conclusive, they could not, be deceived. William
Jetf and his wire lived at a small farm at Eiemere;
the Prisoner at the bar married one of Jetr'sc dough-

sers, and they, with their infant child, resided hi the
time dwelling-house.; •A probable motive for coin-

milting ' a crime sometimes cannot be traced ; but
in thil,case a probable motive is manifest.. There

was a gall belonging to Jell hanging up in the house,
which had recently been used for shooting of rooks;

he had deemed it expecti .eltt to It his wife and
child, so It, they suight not be near the scene ni ac-
tint), and the fewer witnesses there, he hsti:thought,
the better. On Wedne%day, the 811, otFeptpary
he removed his wife and child. to his brother •iti•la w,

Chii.topher Wri4ht's, at some holes distahce twin
Jett d; !hi.' was an inclement d:ty, bht they must be
removed ; after which, on the very day, he applied
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to one George Hartley, of Muihatu to lend jilt') a
gun to shoot rabbits for bi wife : u hat Occasion
had he to borrow a win, when he had tree access
to Jeff's gun, and it w.is in a usable state ? His
first application to Hartley for a gun was so far back
as the i4th Janthery, and hen again on theist of Fe-
bruary, on which day Hanky to d he would have
it ready 4g4liiitit aitotlivr day, and accordingly bor-
rowed one, and kiTt it till thd prisoner called for it.

The Prisoner so row rived, that on his return from

Christopher Wri4ht's, on the evening of the Bth
of February, he ealkd upon George Hartley, ;and,
got the gun. Prisoner returned borne to Jetts
about nine o'eloek, at night.; he- took, especial c:r,-e
nobody should see !nth with the gun, and that it is
most probable he would secrete it in the barn or
some of the out-baildingsr. On Saturday, the t ith
of February, the day on which Jeff was shot, about,
fourech-Lk in the afternoon, the Prisont:r at the bar
set out from. Jetfa upon a black mare, to feto
home hi 3 will: and chill, intending to say. that
night with them at-Cleislopher, Wright's and return
.the next dap After learittg4o4,,,he went to this
place, and that, upon diti;.rent.pretences.; keeping all
the while in the neighbeerhooil p(Elenrre, clearly
demonstiateit his plan was to wait untilit was dark,
•and then
,etled hia,purpose. lie called at Low
lington, at the house of ono Jobit Jackson; the wife
was.at home ; the- pri§ener went in and took tea
with her, though she did, not ask him ; this clearly
skews he Wattled tO wait. his time fill night, 'he
terwards ended upon our. Moth'', and wonted to
pay fur the carriage of some willows; Morrill was
not at home ; he told the, wlfe he was going to El-
lingstring, and uuder a prcteuce.to get rid of his
horse fur a short time, he says to Morrill's wile,
" gO to your cowhouse, and leave., my horse."
She replied, " perhaps the door is locked.' If sO,"
says .he, " igloo. it onJer the shed, and when
your husband,comes home, tell him to came to the
cow-house, for I,waut very much to pay 'filM the
tuoney." This was a laudable purpose, had it been
sincere; the cow-house is situated near the road the
Prisoner would have to go to Eliingstring ; he went
to the cow-house, and pat his horse into it, and
then stripped off iris great Coat, and left it there; it
was a wet night, and he put his coat otf at. a-time
when he most: wanted it. What reason could, he
have fur • lowing i, bib :coat there, unless it was to
• lighten him' to get., more readily back agaid ? The
cow-house is about . Wee-quartets of '3 mild froM.
Jeff'S. house. -Tim Divner :arrives a the critical
moment his frither,.44.lw. was ',hot 4 little betore
six o'clock, :Jai's Witla ,Avy tit out, of the, doer for
some LlOUseheld_ pprpose„ Jeff sat in a room iront-
ing the. south, She, .saw or:tv'stinding lurhink
againata wall„who, ripop!discovering her, . went oft.
iciwartk-thik we*, Stie went in, and told her hils-
haad, iw Ito was,sitt tog by the tire, with' his ShoeS off;
he inunedigols, put tie In on, and went out t look
it he,opuld dioeuver .any, pawn : there is a *all a
blintt distance urge about pis, lea high Jeff 'could
nOtmee, any
,psrfinn, and, when in 'the ad of turniug
retiorl to go into f lie hoosc, was shot id, the left at no
anct.lhe . bone .niue4 shattered.. The ball was ~fter-'
Wards. Wild ,a
,otter Bile frOrn a place wlts:re,
a plongli-sledge. was set ..agaiizst the wlttell.,
by. .stopping upon,,, would 'enable a parson tee
take
,'a level oyer the wall, Jeff called on',
and his. wife,: ittunediatc;ly on hearing, went to
Irk aisistOce. tt (wand ho
rn
the standing a litile
the door, holding the wOunded area with the other;
The. pour old man to lie —' Come; Betty,'let
us go, and, not stay here to be shot ;", and So trigs
wool wire house of a friend at a little diSttiiice.'.:l
wine said, the old man. Would' not be
product(' as a witness, by his' direetiOns under-
stood from the Surgeons -that ha .is its a fairway of
recovery ; and though th 4 Would: be 'deprived ofi
some little evidence irr cousequenctil-of•li, 'as it
was perfeefly safe' to' remove hire, ha,GMr.
Mine, could not have, reconciled his conscience, if
any thing hid happened to him •in conseqiience of
Such removal. He did intend 'ln' have moved his
Lordship to put off the trial., -Mr samara of the old
man's absence, and trnsteif histordship would be
satisfied with his motives. But to return to.the Pri-
soner. HO had appointed, to meet !Amid at the
cow-house ; the soonest there was to 'wait until the
othet-came ; Morrill'. wife had told her husband
that 'the Prisoner expend to meet hini.; Morrill ar-
rived there first, arid while he was cutting write hay
fear hitt cattle,' he heaid something running on -_the
road like a man's foot; the road was hard;" anti the
steps could be heard at seine distance; on a sudden
it stopped, no doubt to recover breath ; twit would,
ndt be convenient to uppreseh.Morrill without+la.a
little while he careen to Mortai never VoisOtte
. „

1 word about the willows; one might have supposed,
as he had seemed before voanaions about it, that
the first thing he did would have been td name them;
but not a word was spoken about the debt or
the willows-44s • real purpose was to secrete his
horse. When first he appeared to Morrill, be was
violently fluttered and out of .breath, his bands
and face were scratched and bleeding. The ground •
betweii Eleeiere and the cow-house is full of thorns
and bushes, and strong fences, until they come to
Ellington Firth, which is full of bushes, so that he
mightacratch himself in getting over the fences, of
might have tumbled amongst the bushes. Morrill
asked the Prisoner how his face came to be So
bloody? he answered, " he had done it with some
pins that were in his sleeve." Prkoner took his
coat, and put it on, dmonted his mare, and rode of
at lON speed. He was in -good time to get to.
Wright's. It is understood he intends.to -prow that
he went to hitt own father's, at a place called Ash.
Head, and afterwards. to Summersides; he must ,
acceunt . fpr his' time, and Low he was empioyed g
and if any attempt is made at any particular hour,
lam prepared to negative it with evidence. When,
he got ,to Wright's, the brother-in-law, he watfirt
a strange condition ; his wife, on- aeeing his. face,
questioned him how he had get, it so much scratch.
ed. He told her "-he WO been-Carrying a wl9e to
the bull that morning; and she was unlucky, for
she had pushed him against a hedge." It was about
eight-o'etuck When he arrived at Wright's,, and i.e
stopped there that. night. In the availing they got
iniormatioo of what oad bcblloo their f,therin-le,v.
Wright prop'used to go to Eletnere tOsee,htei,
the Prisoner acceded to it. They set of together uq
foot for that purpose, and proceeded on the road to
a village called Ellingstriog;. Ptigoecr wished to g
to a public-house to spend 7sit-penco ; Wright would
not agree to the propoial„ sty they walked on until
they came to Ellington Firth, and bedore they got'
over it, Prisoner said to Wright, 1, I've a jib to do
for myself, and you may be going forward ;
overtake, you." Wright walked forward, and the
Prisoner's lotteriug incieaied Wright's suspicions.
'Wright arrived at Elemere berme the Prisoner.—
Witco the Prisoner arrived, Wright adted hiM,
" what had dcfaiped.nitn so Ivog ' he said, "ho
had been talking with Ruben Jackson ;"' which is
not true.; he nc‘er saw him. Ilea the circum-
stance of hiding the gun; why hide it, if he never
used h I In consequence o,f Wright's suspicious, he
ar.d other witnesses, who will be called belore you,
proceeded.,iu company to 4llington. Firth ; and- the
place whereabout the Prisoner kid supped in the
morning being pointigl out by Wr;ght, within the
,spacc, of, fifty yards (tom that place the gun was
foetid by a young man of the na:ne Of Haftley. The
gun was hid in some bushes, and, fcirtunately tut
public justice, part of the butt end was left bare...-.
There is another very important circumstance, What
the Prisoner said when the gun was shawl-) to 11;rn
—he denied it entirely ; by said he had never seen
it ;he never had it Ili his hands before \V ny deny
it ? because yvisit'tb;it very gun he had ex.ceted his
wicked purpose— He afterwmds said he had felt
afraid they shotild find it. When at Elemete, on
the Sunday,' one Woedward and the Prisoner were
together behind, the' wall, oonjeduring Where the
man had been when he fired the gun. Woodward
said, " they had levelled from here," 'poieting to
a particular plaice. pri,oner said, "No you mat
depend they hsie thisit him hien here; thy.
, could get a food level ; and you may depend uperi
it, old William had not come our, thvy walla* "
have ahat him through the window." Where thiste
,hrwieliffciness, there 14 al woys conning. Addressing
himself to,thelary, he said, atter they shoold tam
'heard 3htkevi,dence, if they entertained a reasonable
doubt AU! guih, n God's name acquit htin ; and
trusted they would diScharge their duty, however
Thii-sase Was provedin evidence ex34lly.st stated.
The •-krittriner was touOd Guilty, and Ordered,'llbt
excv4ion on Saturday. '

Lieutenant-Coionel J. W. Speed, whose trial aro
eonvicttion, for bigamy, M the Surrey A,'ii4z.ea„Wo •i
stated in a former paper, wAssenten.ced 40
of the Seasion, to eelen year4' transporlatio.
yesterday the whale, which had
,been for,so,manYs
day c,eituitrited aster) ohjetl. of public curiosity ort„thAs
ltiver, near Blackfriars-bridgf, was,. roll,l44tidn
101 %Lloyd's Cotfeerhouse for 75t.
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By a' Gentlenian just arrived from Hamburg's., Wi
are informed, that the. American: Consul at that city,.
obtained leave for the Arneriastu Skips there to de—
part its ballast. ; and Wipes Vr'Qfp onto-wined that
bo permitted to load Gertnin goods for the
United States.

MARLBORDUOWSTBEET.,4 DOUBLE AMOUR AE7_
TECTED.....Oh the, eve of Good Friday, Dr. Clark,'
of -Upper John-street, received aporiymOusinforini.
tion that he usually hart some vi4i*4iii his house
in•the night, cm:Waive of his family and domestics:
He retired to his iscd-room at the usual time, aucl
dispdtehed Martha Williams and Mary Rowse (the
cook and housemaid) to bad, as esual, at the sane
time. In about an hour after.the Doter went soft-
ly down the kitchen stairs and found the kitchen
door fastened on the inside, and also discovered there
were-persons there. He rapped in vain, and then
wetit to the bed•room of his servants in the attic.—
On _obtaining an, entrance he found his two v lITUOU4
servants in bed in full, dress, and alter locking (ham'
in, he gave an alarm to some %vetch...lien, and pro.
pared to stone the kitchen, by placing two of tileal
' whilst another :or two, attended him -to the
kitchen door, which wad broke open. Two men,
\Voodhall and Wilson, presented themselves, 'and
in an affrighted voice begged for mercy, they being
no more than journeymen tailors, who were waiting
'there to escort the two ladies to Chelsea a bunning,
at an early :hour the next morning. The whole
squad were taken to the watch-house, a'nd coneyed
to this ()ince, where the rwo tailors were held to
bail, and the servants-discharged from the office and
from their places.
-•Mat. CLAaxe...-The forthcoming. Memoirs of
this Lady never have been the property of any Book.
'seller, nor indeed was the property in them ever
offered to sale. She.prints them. solely on her own
account, and for her, own sole .benefit, simply by
the intervention of ter Printer. The idle reports
that they t% ere purl ihased at a lntge price by any
Bookseller, or have been. suppressed by purchase,
are totally void of truth, and wit-bout the slightest
foundation. •

, -
Jackson Said he tbokight Lord,Masse-
rpene very weak in his understanding, 'and 'evilly to'
be impoicd ii pun, • 141 heard hirtymakespetches
4ddressing 'Mrs. ill'ackbvirit 'as the 'Lord Chancellor
on the woolsack,' and. on these ocelsion4 he would
c:,11 up the servants .to 'he doorof d:drawing-room
to th.-dr lion. Witness-did 'not consider him capable,
pf conduaing 11'13 business. He never settled his
aeeonnts nor recvi.yed his rents, nor did witness ever
net: moiN2y or a A...itch in his po,seSsion. It rs .Black
'iltsyrwallti. Lady Mas,ereene, often: said
hint that his hi u: her had rubbed him, that his mo-
CIL',I; 1014 an intlinntli VVOITIR9, and that if she thought
16:4 niOt heaven,. she would nOt.wiib
to Iy.l 11;,; I,4:irdship'revlitxt,
viu:.Ll not wisii 'to lice• you -irt such ;company."
4,,k2r31 a tc), it pplit.:t,i CU witness- to have -several . people
taken ..11) at Antrim; bitt wittietfs-refased. doing so,
and shoi;ld get himself made ,a Maglitrato,
and then he might aic.t a he thought,bot.. •
.1.01(1,41'1p then .Went out of 'the worn, and I
Ma'swceL;in said, " Why did you give him that ad-.
? tic nut fit for being a Magistrate or any.
Witness has' beard and seen testator
Spe,dc and aa very indecently in the -presence, of
Mrs. BlaclOaru and Mi4s O'Doran.• He sometimes
would 'sn.ind in, his shirt beforn'a locilti%.!oasii, in a
46xitig awitide, ond would prose kiinself,-when
rhoisgt he 'put 111.1--a good blow,'anct would say,
a• eel little Massa." Upon one oecasien,
oiler an attitbsiit'wbicii testator
1,1 swear, as slug 'said site knew A hat %,,vas right
Witness does not bekit:Vl.,olllA.
c of ssialcfsist, 3 WM. .
• Lir.ut; 3. S. WCullongh said, that!: he knew the.
late I Ditastiereene..` He was a: wij4 man, and he
'never ii.et the litLe ' of, ; might-be very. easily,
imposed olio's, and :be Made tin. dupe us :my s.tiu.

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