The Sun.
London, England, 1802-09-02 00:00:00

EXECUTION'S.

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ON Friday last were excepted-at the County Gaol
of Devon, Maithiasjowell and. It thiAadaji
conviCted at *the late Assizes ; the fOrmer-as -
Cipal, and the latter as an accomplice, of a bittlaty,
of which the following are the partiCulass, .as they
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appeared in evidence • •
On the night* or the ztst'of April /lot, about
nine 'or- ten o'clock, Mr; i-fo-ney; the Prosecutor;
who keeps a farm it a lone situation, in.the parish
Of Salcombe, near Plymouth; Was at sapper with
his family; consistiog of-six Or seven'persoos, when
their attention waS;iatiratied by the 'growling of
,theirdog under the;-table ;
_anti the .'ser4ant maid
was sent to' see if any person was Come to the
house,; hut before-she readied ths door, which was,
latched before,-it-Was ripened from without, and
fo.tt.irmen rushed in, dresSed like sailors, with their
faces blacked; their collars open, their shirts tucked
back" under theirjackets, and -armed with great
bludgeons. They began with dreadful imprecations
to the funily, • -telling them. That whilst they
were living in Itaxury, the Poor were starving ; but
they would put theni all to -silence in a few
minutes ;" -they then began to use their bludgeons
in the most brutal manner. The apprentice, rous-
ed by a terrible blow on the head as he lay asleep
on the table, jumped across the form he sat ,on,
pushed aside rone'of the men, and got upstairs,
where he was followed by a little boy, his master'S.
son, who it seems took reAge under his father's
hed ; the young man ran to his room to fetch his
musket, and returning met a tall man at the top of
the stairs, who, with an oath, (nreatened him with
•iiisrant. death unless he laid aside,- his arms, and.
.immediately snapped a pistol, which luckily flashed
in the pan. The young. man then made a blow at
him- with the butt end of his piece, which met him
under the eye, and knocked him over the stairs
he .then jumped out of the window, to procure as-
sistance, and when outside, he heard a-voice ex-
claim, " Damme, why don't you- fire ?" and ann_
ther.pistol went-off. During this time, Mr. Hdney
experienced the most cruel treatment in the kitchen;
;his head .was beat in that shocking manner, thatthe
lay bleeding and. apparently lifeless'On the floor ;
his wife who had endeavoured to save the life of
her husband at the peril -of •her own, Shated the
same-fate. Mr. Money, after some time, recovering
a little, perceived two of the men with a stick of
-fire on the 'kitchen table, endeavouring to light-the
candles which they had extinguished. He tried to
make his escape, but found his arms so wounded
as not to be able to raise himself, and as he lay,
had but a faint glimmering of light, the blood flow-
ing•so copiously .over his eyes. The men called
for' those. above stairs to " bring down the money,
or their fate .should be worse than the rest :" and
on' their going up stairs, Mr. Honey was helped by
his little apprentice boy out into an orchard, where
he fainted and fell down, and-when he came to
self he found his dog licking • the blood from his
wounds ;- shortly after he heard the men go down
a lane just by. Nothing was missed from the
house but a cavalry. sabre and two odd` pistols : the
end, of an oar, with the marks- of blood and hair
on it, was found the next day near the house; and
the sabre was discovered some time after stuck in
the thatch of a' barn. None of. the family could
identify the Prisoners, but by the-description 'of a
tall Man, another somewhat tall, and two others
of 'the middle stature ; hut some time after, one of
the party named Moyle, was taken tip in Cornwall,.
for a
,burglary there, and turned King's evidence.
against Jewell, Hockaday, and one Wall. He
swore, they went from his house in a boat to the
beach leading to Mr. Honey's ; that they blacked
their fittes with -gunpowder mixed with water;
that they titre* away the end of the oar near the
spot where if wai found, and he described the' pliee
-where• they stuck the sabre. - Moyle had the mark
• under-the eye-which the young man gave him with
the butt end ;f his piece. 'HoCkatiat upon his
•apprehension, :was recognized as 'having been to
Mr. Honey's some time before, with a lighter
SOf'dirng, which he helped to unload, and after-
wards repaired' to -life house, where he- was given
some meat 'and drink ; he -denied this at first, but
afterwards acknowledged-it to be- [file. Wall was
respired for a month.

SHIN NEtrs,

CR 4VESENI2;, AtJes.

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