The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-14 00:00:00

away : got it. -Air. over 'his head, which apper.red as
if in a h3g. The neighhonilmod was cilartned about
six weeks or two months about thisi ghost, and the
alarm was very great and -general ; many people
were very much frightened, but I do not know of
any particular instance of it. I have known the
Prsoncr for sonic time, he was always a very good_
tempered young man, and was considered as a man
of a very mild disposition."
Ann Mulnewood, the sister of the deceased, was
then called—

The CHIEF BARON said to her, " I am very
sorry to ask you any questions on this unhappy
occasion, but it is absolutely necessary I should do
so." She then gave her evidence.
" I live with my' mother and father—the deceas-
ed was my brother. Between ten and eleven my
brother came to our house ; he had been looking
for his wife : my mother and I, were just going to
bed : I madeaup the fire for him : he sat down in
our house about half an hour. I then thought I
heard the watchman cry past eleven o'clock. I told
my brother it was past eleven o'clock, and that,he
had better go and see for his wife, because it might
he dangerous for her to be by herself so late ; upon
that he jumped up, and said to my mother, -"I will
go then ;" and he went out at the door, and went.
away. I shut the door, and . soon afterwards I
heard a voice cry out, " D—n you, who are you ?
What are you ? Tell me, or I will shout `you.—Tell
me who you are, I will -shoot you if you do not
. speak." I then immediately heard a fire. I went
up and told my mother that I thought my brother
was shot. She would not believe me. ,I said
would go and see, if it cost me My life. I ran out
at the door ; there found my brother dead. There
was nobody at all there then.''
On her cross-examination she said, " I saw the
Prisoner in company with Mr. Lock and Mr. Geo.
Stowe, they came back from the place they had
been at. My brother shut the door after him when
,he went out of the house. The dress of my bro.
ther was his working dress : I had heard a great
talk of the ghost, and that it appeared sometimes
, in a white sheet, with horns on its head, and, glass
eyes. I have often spoken of it to my brother,
but I never cautioned him that he might be in clan.,
ger. Ido not know that any body was endea-
vouring to take the ghost."
Mr. Flower--,-" lam Sargeon,l examined the
body of the deceased ;. I saw the body on the 4th
inst. but I did not.,eatatnine it until the 6th, and that
was by order. I saw on the 4th there was a wound
on the inside of the jaw ; vhen. I examined the
body on the 6th, I found it was a gun-shot wound
on the jaw, and that it was done with shot No. 4,
which penetrated the vertebrz of the neck, and in- •
jured the spinal-marrow. I. have no doubt that
the wound was the cause of the death. It was ne-
cessarily a mortal wound ; the face' was black ; that
blackness arose from the powder of the gun. I do
not know Mr. Smith, the Prisoner, personally,; bat
the charaeter he has borne is very good--not that,
of a vindictive, but, on 6e contrary, that of a very
mild man."
William Brooks, a Constable, gave an account of,
his going to the Prisoner's lodgings, and of his vo_
luntarily surrendering himself. He did not add to:
the evidence of Mr. Lock or the watchman, bitt
related some of the wine circumstances.
The Prisoner being called upon for his defence,
said, " I leave it to my Counsel."
-The CHIEF BARO3 said his Counsel could exa..
mine Witnesses for him, but cold not addr6s the'
Jury.
The Prisoner then said, " I went with-a good ,
intention when this unhappy affair took place e
did not know what I was doing; I spoke.to the
deceased ; by his not answering, I was so Much
agitated, that I did not knot" what I did ; hut I
declare an innocence of intention ; I had no mind to
take away the life of that anfoitunate man, or of
any other man whomsoever." ' ii
Phebe Colbrooke was then called on behalf of the
Prisoner. She swore,. " I am. the another-in-law
of the deceased. We have had tonversation in our
family about this ghost ; in, consequence of the talk
about it, one S,iturday evening I was at home; and
the deceased was at home (foe,,he lived with me), I
'said
,that two Ladies and.a. Gentleman had .been
frightened at it, and had been frightened at him, the
deceased, as he went along. the Terrace ; they said
there was a ghost, and he said he. told them he was
no: more a ghost than they .were, and asked them,
did they want a punch in the head ? I then a4vised
him to put on a great coat, that he might not ap-
pear white in the night.
Such was the Evidence upon the fads of.the case.
Eight respeEtable Witnesses,•one of:.hop' had
known the Prisoner for fifteen years, the others only
for the last two or three, gave the Prisoner a Very
good character for humanity and a mild and gene-
rous dispoSition, one of whom said that his life. had
been marked with singular als of extraordinary be- •
nevolence. Another 61. them watt a relation of the:
deeeased, who swore there was ,no, malice betWeen'
the deceased and; the Prisoner at the Bar.

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