The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-10 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, SEPT. 9.

OLD COURT.
The following is the conclusion of the report of
the trial of Reed and Maloney, for the manslaugh-
ter of Edward Thompson, the commencement of
which we gave in our paper of yesterday.
Frederick Torakins stated that on the 9th of
July he went to a fight at Whetstone. The de-
ceased and Michael Murphy were the combatants.
The first three rounds were fought in a fair and
manly manner, and from the third round the de-
ceased Thompson seemed to be the best man, until
the parti,ans of Murphy broke the ring, and began
to knock the by-standers down with heavy sticks.
They called out something in the Irish tongue,
which witness did not understand. He could not
tell who broke the ring, but the two prisoners were
very busy. Maloney pushed the people towards
the combatants with a stick which he held in both
hands, but he did not observe him strike any one.
The other prisoner, Ready, was Murphy's second,
and acted fairly on both sides. The combatants
might have continued to fight for an hour after the
ring was broken. Witness was knocked down and
rendered senseless for some time, but he saw the
end of the fight. He could not say he saw the de
ceased unfairly struck at any time, but he heard him
propose to his second to give up. He said in a very
feeble tone," have no more of it." Witness spoke
to the opposite party, remarking that the battle was
theirs, upon which he was instantly knocked down.
"Witness saw no more until the last two rounds,
when, on recovering himself, he observed the
parties fighting on a little eminence at a short dis-
tance. Murphy's party, consisting of Irishmen,
were making a great noise, and throwing their sticks
in such a manner as to make the men fall, in whose
way a glass bottle was also thrown, but witness did
not observe either of the prisoners taking any part
in this latter business. During the last round the
men fought almost as well as at first, but they were
much pressed upon by the crowd, and seemed to be
exhausted by being hustled. He saw the deceased
struck by his antagonist, and fall immediately upon
an uneven part of the turf. There was no stone
there, because witness examined it ; the fall, how-
ever, gave a severe shock to the head and back of
the deceased, who became senseless, and was carried
away by his second, and Ready assisted. Witness
pressed his hand upon the breast of the deceased to
ascertain if he breathed, but he only made a gurg•

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ling noise in his throat. Witness stopped the nostrils
of the deceased, and with his own mouth sucked
about three ounces of blood out of the deceased's,
after which he breathed again. Witness saw him
at the Green Man Inn afterwards, at which house
he died.

Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS—MaIoney at-
tended the coronet's inquest very willingly. Wit-
ness did not see him kick the deceased. There were
about 1,000 persons present.
By Mr. BODKIN—Ready certainly acted fairly
throughout the tight, and manifested great anxiety
about the deceased. He took no part in the row,
but tried to prevent it.
George Lord was present during the said fight.
The first round was fair, but the ring was soon
afterwards broken in by the Irish, one of whom
struck the deceased a violent blow on the back of
the head with a blackthorn stick. That man was

the prisoner Maloney. A number of persons rushed
in, but notwithstanding that, witness could swear
positively to Maloney, who struck the deceased in
the manner described, and no other person. The
blow made him stagger, but he kept on fighting.
In the lust round, when the deceased was knocked
down, witness saw the prisoner Maloney kick him
in his private parts, and he never stood up alter that.
Witness saw nobody else kick the deceased, and
was quite positive as to the identity of Maloney.
Witness had sworn beforc the Coroner that John
Lane did that, but it was because he then under-
stood that the prisoner went by that name. Witness
saw Maloney the day after be gave his evidence
before the Coroner, and pointed him out imme-
diately. Ready behaved very well throughout the
fight.
John Clargin, another spectator of the fight, de-
posed
to the disturbance of the ring after the first
two or three rounds.
Cross-examined by Mr. BODKIN—There were no
ropes to keep the ring. Did not see any foul play
on the part of the seconds, barring Edward Murphy.
William Stutchberry, a constable, repeated evi-
dence similar to that given by Tomkins.
William Lucar stated, that in the early part of
the fight he saw no foul play, but about the middle
of it he saw Michael Murphy strike the deceased
" foul." It was below the waistband, in the lower
part of the abdomen. The deceased dropped his
hands, and said it was foul. Witness and some
other persons called out " Foul," and were imme-
diately threatened and struck by Edward Murphy
and other s.

Martin Hussey confirmed the evidence respecting
the early part of the fight, and the breaking in of
the ring by the Irish, upon which he called out,
Play, keep a fair ring." He was told by some
men about him to mind his own business, and Ma-
loney struck him upon the hat with a stick, and
broke it. The combatants were frequently separated
from their seconds. Witness saw the foul blow
described by the last witness.
John Lyon knew the deceased. This witness
spoke to the general uproar that prevailed in the
latter part of the fight. The Irish had sticks and
whips, arid beat any one, they did not seem to care
whom, but he did not see any one strike or kick
the deceased except Murphy, who in the last round
appeared to be weak, and he struck the deceased r.
slight blow in the face, upon which he instantly fell
back. Maloney was very busy with his stick,
knocking the people about, apparently with a view
to make them keep a ring.
Robert Purvis stated that he saw the prisoner
Moloney strike the deceased twice with a stick on
the back of the head. Could swear positively to
the man. Witness called out " Shame l" and was
immediately knocked down, and threatened with a
severe beating if he did not leave.
James Porter saw the prisoner Maloney lift up
his foot and kick the deceased as he was falling in a
brutal manner. The deceased fell and drew his legs
together, and did not move until his seconds picked
him up. This was about the middle of the fight.
Cross-examined by Mr. BODKIN.—As soon as
Maloney kicked the deceased, Murphy gave him a
slight blow, and he fell. Murphy struck the de-
ceased both before and after he was kicked by Ma-
loney. Had been tried for stealing prints, but was
acquitted.
William Llewellyn spoke to the breaking up of
the ring by the Irish.
William Peters considered the fight tolerably fair
up to the 7th round. Between the 7th and the
10th rounds witness saw Michael Mu! phy tread
upon the deceased's foot and lacerate the upper-
leather of his shoe and stocking with his own shoe,
which was. spiked at the heel like shoes worn by
cricketers. The deceased winced and made a very
wry face. He did not say anything, but held up
his fist to Murphy, as much as to say he would
reward him for it. Witness saw Ready there; he
appeared to be the fairest man in the ring. Witness
di I not observe Maloney there. At one part of the
fight one of the seconds, whom he believed to be
Rae, got between the men, and Edward Murphy
said, "If you come that again, I will bury this
bottle (one he held in his band) in your ---
brains." Was sure that Michael Murphy wore
spiked shoes.