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PRICE 5d

which he replied, " I am going to Aikido,* to shoot a
horse for Mr. Millard, for it has got the staggers." At
the time his appeared to be in liquor, but not so much so
as he had been on several previous occasions. On his,
return, in about an hour, young Jefferies said, " Have
you shot the horse ?" He said, "I have not ; he's bet -
ter." On Saturday morning he got up about seven. He
was quite sober then. Mrs. Jefferies's little girl noticed
when he came down stairs that he had the pistol with him;
she thereupon said, " Are you going to shoot the horse
again to-day?" He replied, "I am; he is a good deal.
worse to-day." About nine o'clock he left his lodgings,
and was seen by several witnesses in the neigii,bourhood
of the deceased's dwelling. One woman, at who.se house
he called on his way thither, stated that he told lor dud.
he had been drinking gin all that morning, and that he' ht tid
been looking for Wm. Fisher, either to butcher him or
shoot him. At this time he did not seem much in liquor.
This witness had known the prisoner before he went
into the army. She had also known his father and
mother ; and, in reply to a question from*.the prisoner's
Counsel, stated that she had never seen anything at all
incoherent in his manner, and had never heard that he
had a wound in his head. She was surprised to hear his
expression respecting William Fisher, as he was in ge-
neral extremely civil to every one.
This witness's brother, who was a butcher, said that
the prisoner was in the habit of shooting beasts for him.
The last he shot for him was on the Monday before
Fisher's death, on which, and on every similar occasion,
-he was accustomed to use a pistol belonging to the butcher.
It seemed that about eleven o'clock on the Saturday
already alluded to the prisoner, the deceased, and three
other men, of the names of Elmes, Cullimore, and Knapp,
were sitting together in a public-house kept by a person
of the name of Thomas.
Mr. Cullimore stated that Fisher and he were sitting
upon a settle, on the opposite sides of it. The prisoner
and the deceased had some conversation together on un-
important auhjects, till a person of the name of Thomas
Janett passed along the road in the front of the house,
when the prisoner oVerved that he had, a few days be-
fore, delivered to .Janett a letter containing a SOL note,
on which the deceased said, " That's a lie." The pri-
soner replied, "Had you said that out of doors you
would never have kicked again." Deceased said again,
" You're a liar," and repeated this observation several
times, concluding with " You are the damnedest liar in
England." Upon this the prisoner exclaimed, " That's
enough," and immediately passed out through the back
kitchen, having in his pocket a horse pistol at the time.
In about tc o minutes he returned, and putting the pistol
close to the deceased's head fired, when he instantly fell.
Witness then went out, not thinking that the deceased
was killed, and on his return found William Fisher on
the ground with his jaw shattered, and in a dying state. •
After some further evidence,
Mr. KEATING addressed the Jury in a very able man-
ner on behalf of the prisoner, and endeavoured to pal-
liate his guilt upon the grounds of insanity.
After which Mr. Justice COLTMAN summed up mi-
nutely the whole of the evidence, and
The Jury almost immediately returned a verdict of
Guilty.
His LORDSHIP then put on the black cap, and. passed
sentence • cif death upon the unhappy man, leaving hita
no hope of mercy in this world.
The prisoner, who is a fine athletic-looking man, re-
mained wholly unmoved during the trial.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Wednesday a young woman, who had been cook in a
family in tho City, was brought before Alderman WTl-
sox, charged with having applied to Mr. James White,
of Crutched-friars, for money, without having any '
claim upon him, and with having persevered in making ;
the demand. She had a female child in her arms.
The complainant having simply stated the matter- as
above,
Alderman WILSON asked him why she shOuld• apply
to him for money rather than to anybody else" Was
it on account of the.child she had in her arms ? •
The complainant—l met her in Bartholomew Fair
about three years ago. It was at the late hour of twelve
o'clock at night when I happened to go to Smithfield to
see the change that had taken place, and she says now
that the child is like me.
Alderman WILSON—You mean that she charges you
with being the father and refusing to support the child ?
The complainant—That is the case ; but the question
has been already decided in my favour at the Quarter
Sessions, where the parish officers, believing that they
had a good case against me, tried it, but were defeated.
• The mother of the child—l solemnly swear that he is
the father of my child, but he hired a counsel against
me, and I would not be heard. I have applied to him
since the unjust decision, because I cannot afford to sup,
port the infant. I had just left my place, and gone.with
a female friend to see one of the shows in Bartholomew
Fair, when he came up, to us, and he saw me home, and
invited me to his house next day, and I unfortunately
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kept my appointment.
Alderman WILSON—Did he ever support-you, or the,
childt--The mother-L—lfe used to give me money to sup-
port the child. He has given me as much as seven or
eight sovereigns for that purpose.
The complainant—No such thing. I certainly gave
her money because I pitied her when she called on me in
distress. I then relieved her, but, never from the idea
that I was the father of the child. '
The mother—You dare not swear that it is not your•
child.
The complainant—l know nothing of the child.
Alderman WILSON—As the question has been decided
by the Bench at the Sessions, it is impoSsible that I can
allow the complainant to be annoyed by
.the defendant.
The mother—You may send me to prison,. Sir. I can •
do nothing.
The commitment was then ordered to be made out.

GUILDHALL.
William Harnett, an elderly man of respectable ap-
pearance, was brought up before Mr. Alderman WilSon,
charged by Mr. Herbert, of the firm of Herbert, Mor-
riss, and Co. the extensive carriers between London and
Coventry, and elsewhere, with being deficient in his ac-
counts upwards of 2,000/. • ft?
Mr. Herbert. who resides at Coventry, stated that the
prisoner at the bar was their town agent,, being in Moor-
lane, Cheapside, and conducted the whole of their
establishment at that place. It was his duty to receive
and. pay all monies on account.of the concern, and to for-
ward every month his account to him at Coventry. On
receiving the account of June last, he was surprised at it,
when he wrote to the prisoner concerning the affair, and
having received an answer not to his satisfaction, he
came up to London and called on the prisoner for an ex-
planation of his accounts, which he subsequently made
up, when he found there was a deficiency of 2,087 L odd
shillings, which the prisoner said had been expended on
the general account. He further added that the prisoner
had been in their service for the last six years, and it was
his duty to render his account monthly.
Mr. Alderman WILSON asked the prisoner what he
bad done with the money that he was deficient in?
The prisoner, in answer, said it had been expended
on the general account of the firm.
The Alderman asked if there was any specific sum
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received, which he had not accounted for,
The Solicitor said—Yes; that if the Magistrate would
remand him, ho could prove two or three, hug one in
particular, 365/., received last October.
After some further conversation with the Alderman,
it was arranged that the prisoner should stand remanded
till Thursday next, to gave time for further investigation.