The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-07 00:00:00

M ';:" nF Mn.OS STEVENS.

This dav came on the trial of fr Cornwall,
the man who was comMittO Some time back„.on
susPicion 'of. being the tniirderer of the late Mrs.
Stelcens, of Woodford ; when, after a very labo-
rious and patient inVe,tigation, which occupied
the Court nearly six Lours, he was.folind
The _evidence, . although merely eircum:tantitil,
vos, neVertheiess, .o conclusive, beiu:r supported
by va 'totes corroborative eiretunstancrs, as de-
tailed at length by 18 Witneßses for the prosecu-
tion, that.theJary returned their verdict withditt
at touient's hesitation. The Learned Judge (EL-;
LENI7,OIIOIIOI-1), 1/1 a most impressive t.,tainicr,
which, drew 'tears from several of the auditors,
inn passed sentenCe of npon the
prisOner, and ordered him for execution on MOn-
day next. thuli.r the very peculiar .t-irctatistances
of t ht. case, the Mag.,trates of Woodford Ina:le lip-
pticat ion to the Judge to order the prisoner for
execution at.Woodford, which his.. Lordship pro
Anised to take into consideration. • •

The pris9ner exhib;ked the same imbeComing
levity and hardibUQd dnring the progress of his
whicb he had shewb during iil I previous
•eNttniibations, and sines! he ha.; been in custody;
always persisting in I innocence: and upon the
ilittlge pronouneing the awful sentence of the law,
the prisoner, with a toiiynisive gvin,said, c` Thank
you, ray Lord, and Gentieznen ;" upon which hd
was reino'vol frokn the liar.

II k' prisoner haying eoinfilainett,pn the pteeec-
(Lly, that i►c was frieAl.esi, and avitliottt the
weans Of entployhT Counsel, one pl* the Magis-
trates, residing at 'Wooiiford, with -,teat huma-
nity, ordered hint a Coumel at his oirn expetice,

CIS U.. R11)1,--VIE KTNG if. 011 Ti .

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This was .111 against indictment ainst toe defendant,
one of the keeiper Of tininaalt .Vorest, for an as-
sAnit upon a Ala. V.kee, a respectable fanner, who.
liyed on the hordei4 of the fore'st. ' •

The statement of the ease, as -given by the..pro-
secutor himself, was, that. on the 24th of October
he was .riding on the public road in the forest, t
It. itliitg to tlack's gate, with :a greyhound ar
Inreher,rind,a spaniel puppy running by hiS horse's
side ; that the def,..inlant met him on the road and
asked hiin-where he was going with those dogs
he replied, the d .?f).s, were :nothing to him, and he if
should not. tell him: The defendant said he had
no hnsineoss to bring stieh dogs there, and that if
Invl a gtm, he would shoot them, and wonlil
not mind shooting hint also. This produced some
altercation, in the course of which the defendant
used the most abhsive language, su(e)ttriritt.i.iiglitlitnhset
most violent manner, and proceeded t-
the prosecutor- with his ntmoststrength, in order
to dismount him, and li4ewisi: endeavouring to-
sei..,te him by the collar, with a view to pull him
to the ground ; that in consequence of this ill
' usage, the prosecutor, in his own defence, struck
at the defendant with his whip, with the thong
doubled in his 1 tail, by which resistanei he pre_
vented at:that time any further violence from the
defendant ; that the defendant, finding he cOuld
not prevailAuitted the prosecutor fur a short tunic,
and then returned with a largehedge-stake, A bich
he brandished at the, prosecutor, sweats % most
furiously' that he would, do for him now, and
struck at him accordingly, but the blows were
wierded by the butt end of-Mr.' Elsee's whip,
On his cross-examination by Mr. Serjeant
S11E1'11E111), lte denied using any violent or abusive
language to the 'defendant, or that he struck him,.
except in hiFi own defence. It appeared, however,
that be had hail a dog shot on a former occasion
for chasing on the forest., -
The next witness who was called coryohorated
in the main the testimony oc Mr. Elsee, hut
bited groat- evartnt)l in dese,.ibing the defendant's ex-
presgions strttl attitudes, an(l.it appeared Was under
o summons to appear to ti chug' for illegal prae-
tieesin chasing in the. forest at the time this as-
sault-Was alleged.to have bean coMmitted.
' Two other witnesSe.s Were c:Illed one of whim)
stated that_ the high words:N•tmeen the parties
were pretty equal on both sides, and that there :tp-
' pared little differenee betweenthe voices or a!,
of either 3. awl the other 4ated, that' the defeit-
aoilt was at her house ordering a cask of small
beer, ivlien on, a sudden he said, "Acre et.mes
Mr. F,lsee with his dogs, 1 must go itnd ask why
he comes into the foreSt with them.-
"Mr. St:,rjertot SHEPHERD eommented very
strongly on the eyitlencefor the pro,stcution, awl
contended, that from the eVideoce of•the last. Wit-
Det;s, that it appeared that .Citiiu had reicoAntered
the prosecutor by pare aecident, as he Vnii CV-
pged 011 trite different bitsiness froni th,it of his
occupation When he saw him t.oiiie in n the fore,;.L
That the coinloct of the prosecutor, frioo
,deuce for the Crown, appeared to be equally in.!
teniperate with that which Mr.:Elsee .irtiptiteil to
the delemhott, and, that the temper with whielt Ire
ant/ the following; Witoes had iliv-eh their ev tte.oce,
dearly
.spewed the disposition they haft to colottt
1 l the transaction
,mbre highly ttlatt they were war-
ranted in dOing.TheJury,-after a pause of !Avery
few minutes, found tint defendant, Not Cuilty.