The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-30 00:00:00

a tree, and remained there about an hour and three
quarters, when I observed Harvey, the prisoner, in the
seine field, awl c.ening toward, where I stood. Ile,
came within six or seven yards of me, and then turned
towards a cow that was lying (leen. I saw him pat the
cow up, and drive her towards the fence, and to within a
few yards of where I was, and then stop, as if to milk
the animal. This was abin, twenty minutes to four
o'clock. I got nearer to him,' and distinctly heard milk
falling into some vessi-d. The prisoner then got up
from the cow, having. as I !uppesed, seen me ; aed was
about walking off; when. I seeet up to him, and snit,
"Harvey, you villain, what are you about ?" He.
replied, " What do you mean ?" and -at that mo-
ment I heard Something spilling from his coat pocket.
I then put my hand behind-to ascertain what it was, and
felt his hand very wet. He then tried to trip me up
with his foot, and in the' scuffle we both fell to the
ground, I unn.!rmost. Wldie en the grow ;d I took :a
bet;.!e from the prisener'S getat-et.et pocieee and this I
lediew to he ,he one praidu*. When he lay on the
grotto], tb p!ieener said, " I know I ete,
guilty. I declare to my God its poverty that drove me
to it.. I'm in great want. Prey fergive ale for the seke
of my wife and dear children ; don't diAgraeo me." I
sail that I could not, and he- then asked me te let him
get up. I did se. and he then ask,el me what I hitereled
to do with him. I said. " Hervey, I'll ire.et you as
sheaf any one else." I bed hold of his ceitor at this
tithe, aed hr' requested, if I held tiling it might he by the.
hand. I aecerdingly caught 11°0 of his left hand, and
was in the act of putting the bottle I had taken out of
• his pocket into my own, when he mede a desperate effort
to get away, and at the ite:q mement he struck me a,.
terrible blow oe the top of my head with his staff, which
he must hive drawn from his pocket. Monti I did not-
observe him do so. I became stunned with the. cffeete
of the blew, but I recollect receiving several vehers—
more than two or three certainly; and I ahem recollect.
the staff breaking. The Staff peelteed (which
broken in two) is the same. I; has the prisoner'-non .
bee, 392, upon it. As well as I ree.elect, I grasped livid
of the prisoner, upon which" he struck me, end we 'pale
fell to the ground together. I have no knowledge ..-
his having struck me with.anything else than his statE
I recollect getting up again, and getting hold of the
prisoner, who bit the
..hand by which I hvld
I then said to him, "Harvey, you villain, you have
murdered me;" and I thii.k his reply was, " No, I have
not, leave go Of me, and lie on my great-coat," which
I have some flint recollection of his having taken if. I
said, " No, I'll never leave you while I have life." At,
this time a quantity of blood was flowing from my head..
and I felt myself getting weak, but I made an.elibreand;
called Out " Murder," and immediately after .a boy in,.
the servic. Of Risky, called Bill, came to my as
sistariee. I told this lad ..upon hi,s coming up that I:
caught the pri3oner milking his master's cow, and iseked
him to assist me. The prisoner must have heard me, tell
the boy this fact, the time I had hold of him.. The lad'
assisted me, and we took th 6 prisoner towards :qr. Rise
ley's house. When we had 'nearly reached that, the boy,
went away for something or other, leaving me with the
prisoner ; and, as soon as he was gone, Harvey made a
desperate struggle to get away, and in the effort' he.
dragged me ten or a dozen yards along with him. The
boy'came again to my assistance, and we got the pri-.
soner into the house. .11aiing done this, I asked
Risley to lock'the doore,l a's.l felt myself exhausted and
unable to do more. I also requested that a surgeon might
be sent for, as I was it; a dreadful state. I also recelleet
saying to the prisoner, " Harvey, you Tinian,. how could_
you use me so ?" when he answered, '`B y end id
you, it serves you right.'; yoil'are always creeping about
after me, Wtheit you hav6 no Business to do so," or words
to that effect. I did not see the prisener use any instrti-
ment but his staff, but when I undressed I found that I
had been stabbed in the arms, and I then thought he
must have used a knife.

Mr. Woodward here remarked that he was prepal.ed
with evidence to satisfy the bench that Harvey hafi
stabbed the witness with a chisol.

William Freeman, the lad alluded to by the last wit-
ness, corroborated the last pai t of his evidence. •
Mr. William Risley, a cowkeeper at Winchrnore-hill,
was next called, and deposed that he had arranged with
the complainant 'Tennant for th,s latter to sit up that
night to watch his cows, in consequence of the latter
being frequently milked.. On the morning of the 15th
he heard Hannant say to . the prisoner " Harvey, you
villain, you have murdered me ;" when the latter replied
" B-y end to you, it serves you right, you are always
creeping after me."
Insp,nter Mellish produced the prisoner's coat, and
said that on the morning in question he wrung milk from
the pocket of it. The inspector also produced the com-
plainant's coat and shirt. They were pierced in several
places, and the cuts in them corresponded with wounds
on Hannant's body, and answered to the size of a moN
tice chisel (produced) found in the field where the struggle'
had taken plaCe.
Mr. Sell, itdarpenter of - Wicclimore-hill, identified a
quantity of tools which had been found at the prisoner's
lodgings, and which had been missed or stolen from his
(witness's) workshop. He had no doubt the chisel
produced was his property, and he recollected having
used it three or four days before the as'ault. He after-
wards missed it.

Mr. Cresswell, surgeon; who was called to complainant
directly after he was wounded, said, he had twelve or
thirteen considerable wound': on the head and face. Two
of the principal wounds were inflicted by the staff, and
he found two on the head, 'caused by a cutting instru-
ment (he . should say by a chisel), and the wounds en
the top of the breast, hands, and on the arms were in-
flicted by stabbing. These wounds might have been dan-
gerous to life, but they did not turn out so
Cross-examined by Mr. :Games—Complainant's life
was never in danger whilst witness attended him.
The evidence as respected • the assault having con-
cluded here, Inspector Mellish said he had three charges
of robbery to bring against the prisoner.
The Bench 6:minket', and it was their opinion that it
would not be advisable to go into those charges on the
present occasion: The capital offence, they thought, had
been fully made out against him, and they should cOn3
mit him to Newgate to take his trial on the charge of
assaulting the complainant with intent, and if he should
be acquitted of it, the charge of robbery might be pre,;
ferred against him.
The witnesses were then bound over in the usual re-.
cognizance& to appear against him, and the prisoner was
fully committed for trial.