The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-22 00:00:00

Plir C E SEVEN PhIcCE.

woutd be drawn out, and the witnesses, one by one, would be
adulittA if they wine within one hour.

The 1? OAE MAN stated, that baying been deputed by th .T.nry
to a-.;company the Coroner, he t4lt it Titcetisiiry to acquaint than
that he had not be-2r. admitted. _ • -

The Co4oltir.: suggested that they had better proceed to ex..-
alp:L:4 the witnes,;,:s.
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Mr. Sheriff WAIT irrstaN' repeatth' his assertion that there was
;puss SubverSion of justice. The witnesses had been 14sirPg
their time rinse trfo o'clock, and it was not now likely that.arq
of them could be found.
The FOREMAN had teen two iritnesses when he tent to tho
barracks, who were extremely angry at being confined; and
seemed to Manic the Jury for their being in their present sitos.•
tion. He hid, however, assured them that the Ju:y were anxi-
ous for their release. He really hoped that they would huer.
their actions for fall imprisonment,
The examination of witnesses then proceeded. •
. John. Saunderg lives at 235, Oxford Road—,
Was at Cumberland Gate ;:saw a man lying on
the ground, and went down with him to the
Drn4giq's shop, where he died ; did not see any
one, fire who killed the man ; was told an Officer
did it ; •saw the Officer afterwards and told him
he shot the man, and the Officer cut him on the
hat ; believes he-should know the Officer again.

. A witness here returned and stated that he had been teflisea.
adniittahce because the Coroner was not with him.
31r. Slieriff.WAlTkl MAN observed, that the Coroner's autho-
rity had been set at nought, and yet he had shewn the greatest
endurance and snfferir.g of any man he ever Saw in his life.
The CottoNEß said there must he some mistake.
Sheriff WAITHMAN—" Really, Sir, you seem to -put
the most charitable construction upon every thing; you exer-
cise the most Christian-like forbearance and patience."
The COIDaNER.=:-." Sir,- I thank you ; I am tkiiry I cannot
return the. compliment." (A loud laugh,, and some clapping of'
he.r.ds followed_this admirable reproof of the Sheriff's conduct.)
A conversation again arose as to the detention of the wit-
nesSeS. :

. A JITItY MAN wished to have the advice of the Coroner as to
. the manner in which they ought to act. '
The CORONER.—" The best adiice I can give you is to act
with as much temperance as you can."
. A BEADLE, who had been sent over 'nth a witness to ask
admission to the Barrack, returned, and said that they had been
refused admission until sixn`clock.

Mr. Sheriff Waithman said—" If you bear this, Mr..Cora-
ner, I can only say with Captain liobadil, that it is cudg4-
ing most laboriously laid on, and most patiently borne.' "
lA long conversation here ensued upon a proposition 'Nom
the Foreman, that some minutes should be inserted in their
proceedings of the causes of the delay which had taken platy,
this afternoon. This was interrupted by the Foreman reading
a letter from a Mr. George William likssington, complaining
that Mr. Deloraine Jones, who was•detained at the Barracks,
was in a state of ill-health. Mr. Jones shortly afterwards made
hiS appearance with some other witnesses, one of whom stated
,that he bad been turned out of the Barracks in consequence of
an examination which he had undergone. ]
Mr:Jones examined by Mr. Sheriff. WArrik-•
MAN.-I was summoned to attend here for the
purpose' of identifying the troops Ao fired at the
place where the deceased was killed ; I attended
bet Ween one and two, by a card signed by the
Coroner; after my admission I remained a short
time in one of the court yards ; an Officer then"
came out and desired every one to withdraw.;
there were several other witnesses, and several
!tentlemen of .the .Ivry, with 11/1,, ,
came out and stooti at the door a minute ; several
gentlemen of the Jury advised me to stay in the
.yard, but the Officer insisted on my going out.
After remaining outside the wall some time, a
non-commissioned Officer came out, and asked for
my card of admission ; he desired me to stay fOr
a short time and I should be admitted ; I was
admitted alter, and shewn into the barracks ; the
'other witnesses were also admitted, one by one :
we were shewn into the room by a servant ; iu
going to this room I saw Mr. Birnie and two
other Magistrate's ; knowing Mr. Birnie, I asked
him if I was under his protection there. Before
Mr, Birnie could answer me an Officer politely
said that there was no protection necessary, as
every one who came there would be treated with
the greatest civility and attention. After remain-
ing three quarters of an hour in. this place I asked
to speak to Mr. Birnie. A soldier took the'
message, It is now six, and at h'alf past four A,
saw Mr. Birnie, of whom I inquired when- Q,
were detained so long there. Ile said he Was
very sorry, and that he would endeavour to get
us to examine the troops as soon as possibl.
The room we were in was small and very close,
and we were not allowed to go near the door,
the soldier preventing us, and shutting the door
when any officer passed. We were not prisoners,
although a guard was at the door. The soldiers
were very polite to us.
The CORONER observed that this appeared
to be: very correct, as the witnesses went there
to witness the troops individually, and not wheu
they were all in company.
.Witness resumed. The place where we were
was opposite to where the Officers went to tali,e
refreshment, soda water, B,:c.
The CORONER said it apPeared to be very im-
material to continue this line of evidence. Alt
that could be said was, that there had been some
difficulty lit getting in. It was particularly to
be. avoided, that witnesses should be together to
compare notes. •
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The nitness having been admonished to tejl
only of. what he saw, and not of what he thought,
proceeded. Mr. Birnie, after consulting with
the Adjutant, allowed them all to walk about in
the riding-school, He said they had not yet re
ceived instructions from Government. At about
five, agentleman and myself were returning from
the riding-school to the room where we first
were,; we met Mr. Birnie, who told us he had
received instructions from Government.
were shewn into the same room again, and given
to understand that we should •be called- out one
by one. There_ were two Magistrates besides
Mr. Birnie. I was conducted by the Magistrates
and Commanding ()Leer, with. other military
Gentlemen.

The Beadle here entered the roomy aad said
that he had presented himself at six o'clock at
the gate of the barracks, and after knocking
three times, receiving no answer, came away. .
Witness in continuation.—l was desired by the
Commanding °facer and the other military Get).
tlemen, to walk along the ranks. The troop
were in four divisions.) and! in going up the first
rank, one of the °dicers I saw thought at first
was the gentleman I had seen onTuesday the 14tb.