The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-03 00:00:00

Murder at Brighton.

A most deliberate murder has been committed
at Brighton by a young man named John William
Leigh, well known in the town as Captain Leigh
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at Brentford, and applied for a licensed victeeulhriafhaell:ealfirocs'ser.
ter, refused to grant. Exasperated at this he threat-
ened to destroy the house, and began tearing it down,
when the owner had him arrested, and for the
damage done he was sentenced to three months' im-
prisonment in Coldbath-fields prison.- His wife, re-
duced to beggary, came back to Brighton, and took
up her abode at the Jolly Fisherman, in Market-
street, the landlady of which, Sirs. Harton, is her
sister. Leigh, after he came out of prison, wrote for
his wife to rejoin him, but this she refused to do ;
and the last letter received from him, which he said
would be his " last appeal," fixed a meeting for
Tuesday night at the Bedford. Knowing his despe-
rate character, and being aware of the fact that he
was constantly armed, Mrs. Leigh got a friend of
her sister, a cabinetmaker named Hastings, to go to
the Bedford 'rap to see if Leigh was there. Hastings
ascertained that he had been there, and had shown
three pistols secreted in a waist-belt, but had not
stated his intention. Mrs. Leigh did not keep the
appointment, and nothing more was heard or see n
of him till Thursday night. On that evening, about
half-past 10 o'clock, he went to the Jolly Fisherman,
and immediately Mrs. Harton, who was sitting in
the bar, saw him enter she ran into the bar parlour.
Leigh followed her, and, standing at the bar door,
pointed a pistol at her and fired. Hastings (the
person alluded to above) was in the room, sitting in
a chair, and the ball, which had passed through Mrs.
Harton, struck him on the right temple, grazing it
above the eyebrow. Mrs. Harton rushed towards
Hastings for protection, when Leigh, who had not
spoken a word, fired again within two feet of her
back, and as she was leaning for support upon the
shoulder of Hastings she exclaimed, " He's killed
me! he's killed me !" and ran from the room to-
wards the back of the house, followed by a young
man named Loveday, who was standing at the
bar when Leigh entered the house, and who saw
all that happened ; but it was so momentary that
nothing could be done to prevent it. Loveday found
Mrs. Harton lying groaning about half way down
the cellar stairs, and having carried her into a room,
Hastings went for medical assistance. Hearing the
firing, Mr. Harton, who is an invalid, came down
stairs, and seeing Leigh rushing out of the house,
endeavoured to secure him, but this he was unable
to do, and Leigh escaped into the street. Mr. Payne,
of the Marine Hotel, opposite the Jolly Fisherman,
hearing a disturbance in tho.street, went out and
saw Leigh, who had been drinking at his bar with
his (Leigh's) wife only five minutes before, stand-
ing ia front of the hotel with a pistol in his hand,
which he pointed, and said, " Stand off !" Mr.
Payne drew back, and Leigh walked backwards
dawn the street till he came to llarrison's hotel, at
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.. Here he stood at bay, with his back to the
wall, and Superintendent Barnden, who had been
sent for, came up and said, " What's all this noise
about?" Leigh, pulling the pistol from his breast,
pointed it at the officer, and said, " Stand off, or
I'll shoot you." Barndou ejaculated "
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God?" and seized him by the arm just as he bred,
and the ball thus diverted passed through the oth-
cer's coat skirt and the left trouser leg, ripping off
the braiding of the seam. The superintendent, who
had thus acted so courageously, inunediately threw
Leigh upon his back, and three or four bystanders
assisted in securing him. During the scuffle he let
fall the pistol, which proved to be a Colt six-cham-
bered revolver. Two of the chambers were still
undischarged and capped. In a coat belonging to
Leigh, who was now made prisoner, were found a
powder flask, a box of caps, and 33 bullets. The
prisoner was taken before the borough magistrates
yesterday morning, when the above facts were given
in evidence, and, in addition, Dr. Stephens, of the
Pavilion-parade, who had been called in to attend
to Mrs. Barton, stated the injuries which she had
received. lie found that the first shot had entered
just below the right breast, over the liver, and
passed through the body, escaping by the left side
above the hip ; and the second shot, which he ex-
tracted from under the left armpit, had entered the
centre of the spine, at about the fourth or fifth
dorsal vertebrae, and passed through the left lung.
In reply to questions from the bench, Dr. Stephens
said the poor woman was in a state of collapse, and
suffering very much from haemorrhage, and the
taking of her depositions at present would endanger
the only chance left of her life. Under these cir-
cumstances the case was remanded. It was stated
that the prisoner was quite sober at the time, but
no account is given by him of his conduct, as he
declined to cross-examine any of the witnesses,
acting upon the advice of a solicitor with whom he
had had an interview, but who did not appear in
the cue. Mrs. Marton died last evening.

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but were returned by the Rothschilds with the endorse—
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ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, C OVENT-
GAIWEN.

(Opera Company, Limited.)
THIS EVENING (Saturday), Mr. Charles Daftlli's
new opera, in one act, CtiIII3FMAS EVI4I. Madame le.
Lancia, Madame E. Ihywood; Mr. A. Cook, and Mr. D
Miranda.

Conductor, Mr. Afire! Mellon.
After which. et 8, the grand comic, si ectacular, and ope-
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WOSDERFUI. LAMP ; or, Harlequin and the Flyug
Palace. (See other advertisements).
Commence at 7 o'cleck.

TII EATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE._
Manag,ers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Ctiatterton.
THIS EVENING, the Coniedy of THE JEALOUS
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Commence at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Mansger, Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, BROTHER SAM Messrs. Sothern,
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To be followed by ORPHEUS IN THE HAYMARKET
Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Ba-tleman, Weaihersby, ;
Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, Woolgar,
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Commence at Seven.

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TIIIS EVENING, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER.
Dlr. ii. Widdicomb.

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After u hien, THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD.
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Sale Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
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THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS.
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THIS EVENING, at Seven (never acted), LENDING A
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