The Sun.
London, England, 1823-11-15 00:00:00

THE MURDER OF MR. WEARE.

A curious circumstance occurred yesterday at
Hertford, which excited some sensation in the jail. The Ala-

gistrates made a sudden alteration in the places where Thurtell,
Ihmt, and Probert, are confined. Hunt, upon his committal,

wastlacecl,n the female ward, which adjoin} the d s' wing
of tltt prison, and the yitfi whlnittVosiun.
ally to exercise, was separated only by a wall, noNtil consider-

able height, from that part of the prison in which Thurtell was
placed; but yesterday a transposition took place of the apart-
ments of these two prisoners—Thurtell was removed to Hunt's
room, and Hunt to Thurtell's. Several reasons were assigned
for this transposition. The improbable rumour of a rescue was
mentioned among the rest; but the simple fact is this,—Mr.
Jay, the solicitor of Norwich, was deputed by Thurtell's family
to assist him in his defence, and he repaired on Thursday (as we
mentioned yesterday) to Hertford, in company with Mr. Fenton,
the solicitor, of Austinfriars, who is his town agent, and Mr.
Charles Pearson, to make the preliminary arrangements in
behalf of Thurtell. The Magistrates admitted Mr. Jay at once,
as the solicitor of Thurtell; but they refused permission to any
.second person, and went so far as to declare, that when Mr.
Jay was once admitted, he was to be considered as the soli-
citor for the prisoner : however, as we stated yesterday, Mr.
Fenton will conduct the defence ; and if the Magistrates
insist upon the rigid enforcement of their first order, that
nobody but Mr. Jay shall have professional access to
Thurtell, then an application to the Secretary of State for
the Home Department will, it is said, be promptl* made, to
afford to Mr. Fenton the necessary access to his client for
professional purposes. But shortly after the arrival of
Mr. Jay and Mr. Fenton, Mr. Charles Pearson, who accom-
panied them, was arrested by an officer of the Under-Sheriff,
Mr. Nicholson, upon a debt for a hill of exchange. The Ma-
gistrates immediately took the precaution of removing Thor-
tell from one apartment to another, so as to preclude every
possible access between that prisoner and Mr. Pearson, should
the Sheriff's officer, in discharge of his duty; deem it necessary
to lodge him in the county gaol. In fact, the Magistrates, act-
ing upon an opinion that it was possible the arrest of Mr.
Pearson might he connected with some plan for secret commu•
nication with the prisoners, ordered the immediate change of
rooms already mentioned. The gentlemen who ,accompanied
Mr. Person offered a bail-bond to the Under-Sheriff, but the
latter declined accepting their responsibility, as they were not
residents in the county.
Mr. Nicholson, the Under-Sheriff; is not professionally em-
ployed by Probert : he has visited him, as well as the other
Rrisoners, front the duty imposed by his official situation, but

in no other capacity.
" Harry Lee" (according to a letter which we have received
from him) positively denies that a warrant was issued against
him for any thing connected with Thurtell's case, and appeals
to the police officers for a verification of his denial. He also
absolutely contradicts the statement that he was engaged in a
gambling speculation at last Doncaster races, and declares that,
so far from being the person who was in Tetsall's house on the
night of John Thurtell's arrest there by Ruthven, he was never
in that house in his life.