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noon, thriiiigh Itaidoel,. 8,,:gt,tw,,d,,, st, Neid's, tiLliifro. Gass's house, The prisoner had not then any think in his
Alcoithilre, SIMON, ,end Watitisford. hands, and was alone going towar(lloßury.
SIJNI)i4I.I.ANI), stoektou, ;nit. Irarm tight Post Coadi Samuel Sladden lived at- liittleborouh, on the road from
every Mi'"'"4,t" ttic Ge,,r4e Inn, Smile; tam]. Rochdale to' Halifax. I was op' the road one Saturday night,
TO I' I'PNI'l .1:11 and Edintititon toficl,cs daily, At Elct•en, but don't know what date or' what month, it was lust year
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Half-past Twov. Five, nod Eight o'clock. about to or live months ago;; It was'before l'hearti of the
WAKEt'IF,I„9 Four, inside Pust-L•ti,teffelf, eetcy 'Morning murder. I was going home to my lodgings about 12 o'clock.
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asal-Ailel'imitil. I
nisi overtook
front the llatfeatberstone toliittlehorOvq,
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..,,, WARWICK and Leamitigion Da,. and and Kightti,t oaclics, Ito
an overtook ft chap alone, with two bundles and an umbre a
throtimit.llovcotrvi Weeilitit.-l'owctiler..fraillsl rsfr.itf.ird, over his shoulder : that person was the prisoner at the bar. I
ye P1.1'4, Britlev:wiiter, T,fi4uf,m,
.lilt ~ 4,
.. ,'. 14. t0iy...1 said to him it was a' fine night; and 'fie isit'ed nie ir I would (nowt Coitelie.,sinii to *it P!trts t:f t ttAV( ....- : t 'itel. " j buy a pair of stockings. It was a moonlight night.' lie pulled
[.... %VEY NIOUTI-1 ‘, Mae:o'er' coA, 10%4414h *a : Ilik•',,Oke initiates ow the umbrella; opened them, and shewiti ino,
rwos.4., frisi„go,k4.. 4 ),‘,.4 4)„, iv 1,-,4eb,,c,,f,...Amijosioi. Wood-) The stockings. IVe agreed first for line pair an:l then for three.
ye at,,, Caslonore,'s di floury, tr I iiiii.,,ra, quit PorefirOer, lit .it I more stockings, for which I was to give hitn 2s. llti. in all. We
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icii iii tht,
,:ki,, ithqe.; 1), i,,itlifou.,., it, [ o:en ivint to air oven, and stayed there till six o'clock in the
im 'Vvro (), ii.:!,,,ltti ~tlt.v. ... , '`, ,4, , ~* . .moroing, and from thence went to liittleborough, and had two
WEI'XI)I' I'll .I),ACKE'N to Giterttso.4 p.r”4-, .liti- ; pinta of iffo at the .sign of the Ship ; and about half a mile far-
hourg, st. -. ‘l,t cie's, Zc. , every wed ;find:, y\ipjf:4,,t,n rdaTitt - j !her be parted with me about seven o'clock in the Morning on
,trtoiton, at Two, from wev,4„,,,f I, . -'" , ~,,,,-,* ,' ' ' the told to Halifax.
" 11',01..VhiltlIAMp.roN nioy n.py (ltrach to Ditilley, Yest ti .Hvidence was produced of the prisoner having disposed of :I
41T,413Ape11, .Itlll Nit f ititio, till. „,,,,i, (7„,•e„try_Nl,4wiliz, ,0 a suit 'of clothes and shoes' to two dial rent: paries.; and the or-
q.,„„ i,,,,,i,. u4.1-,„4. 7. ~,41 ~,..ry
.0,,,,,„„4,,,.. . • Ili- : . i tides thus sold by_ him were' identified by the neighbours of
I*.k)lt; " Euveoi,"to seartrot.nigh, Whitbv,Sll.t4".L4i. sail' "'the tteceased,-and the shoemaker Who made the shoes, and thu
'";feti,loil)l, New.01,41,1,-,0 RiiiintitiroC . 4-•Arttee'kCil re,if F, t'alioriAtr tirade the clothe* as being the property of Itenjamin
' il(4le Post eonch; tv,t k:a tlitatil throngtioot , 4,is out ca,,,,
t vet.) %hinting fly wav iif '.'Sc,.. .ul,, Rettords I)imea,fer, r-r: ! AIL Justice BAYLEY having summed up the evidence with
i. hi iiltiat, Tao( ii,ti.(,"f ),4.lfogfdfi, No, thallertint, RuAYIOI.I, :great petspicuity to considerable length , tile Jury, after retiring
0""i'mo I'''i'',"' I), ,ill,l 'Berwick, and urrives'at York early- i fur upwards er three-quarters of an hour, returned with a ver-
dict of. Guilty. The Learned Judge, aftefro most impressive
:turn.' I i*
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address to the prisoner, pronounced on 111111 the awful sentence
witlioilkany additional Fare. •; . ' t' • !of death, which seemed not to have the slightest effect on him.
Ai Reduced Fare; to Itaiiiqg ate, M rgate)And CAW crlthr.Y• ; During the Whole trial he had continued in the same attitude,
S. 44, ;MOUNTAIN ittld Co. respectfully aequal tit I,li'vir) gi zing on the bencia, and be quitted the bar with the greatest'
Friends and the Pithlie, that thy} will ti 4 be'ixe.cotititaltiii lot 4athy.
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soy PBreelB. Passetiqr's Lugga;l, , 'Writings, Plate, t!'ic. tit f ~.
nt'lrl, than Fire l'oundal,l'.tlite, it lost, vtolt.n, or daitriged,..l.
unless entered as tatclat nriil ills. Inttio•ravce plid accord, l
fogly, at the' aiiicel444‘4.fotif i nu, Skiitnii,i'-st rect. "now-hill,l
London, .
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MARCH 11.
MURDER OF MR. PRICE.

James Evans, aged 27, stood indicted, charged with the wil-
ful murder of Thomas Price, at Manchester, on the 3d of Fe-
bruary last.
It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner was in the
employ of .51r. Price, a fustian manufacturer, at Manchester,
occupying as ware rooms the two centre floars of extensive pre-
mites, situate in Marsden.square, Manchester. • The ground-
fioor was employed as offices for the Savings' flank, and the
tipper floor or lofts as a watlehouse by a Mr. GrieVe. On. the
3d of February last the prisoner and Mr. Price had arrived
at their office at the usual hour, and about ten o'clock had pro..
cceded to take stock. From the witnesses for the prosecution
it appeared that from that hour to one 'o'clock the prisoner
had been seen by several persons who had been to the premises
on business. At one o'clock, as was. cukomary, the prisoner
and a workwoman, also employed by Mr. Price, after locking
the doors, left the place to go to dinner. At oboist 20 minutes
to two o'clock the upper room in Mr.-i'rise's warehouse was
discOvered from the street to be on tire. An alarm was given,
the engines arrived, and after several ineffectual attempts the
room from which the fire issued was entered and the fire finally
extinguished by the room being deluged with water from an
engine pipe introduced through the window. The prisoner
was about this time seen returning from his dinner; he mine
• FOB COLDS, COUGHS. ASTLIMA,S. Ike. i and rendered considerable assistance by removing the goods
and taking care of the hooks and pabties.„ A quantity of fustian
tiI*LER'S PECTORAL ELlXllt.—Ex-
had been stowed in the -room wireWthe fire Cormnenced,• or
_KR perience during a eery long period, has incomestibly
atillages, and the fire_ was observed in two .places.,ay.ben the
proved the superior efficacy of this Medicine, in all cases of
room was first entered. On moving some pieces, or rusttuu.
caws. Coughs, and Asthmatic Affections.. By prornot in:gen-
which appeared to have fallen from the' stillages, the body of
Ile expectoration, it very shortie relieves the Patiott of slight
the deceased wa‘s finind, the hands and face scorched, and, a
co recent Cold, and a few doses arc gen 'rally sufficient to
considerable wound on the left side of the head.' The body was
remove I hose•which neglect has rendered more confirmed and
immediately conveyed to the Infirmary.
cbstinate, and which are accompanied with Cough, spitting
Mr. Charles Gresswell, house-surgeon to the Manchester In
of Bland; and other serious symptoms, its peculiar bai,amic
firmary, examined the body of Mr. Price, with several other stir-
nowei s tend to heal soreness, and allay the irritation „t the
The head and face were muchscorched ; there was a eon.
lungs, in cases of Cough ; and in Astlimat i.e. Affections it as- ge"S'
stets and gives freedom to the Breat h. . tusion on the back of the neck, but no external appearance, and
a laceration of' the scalp on the left side about fu inches long;
Sold in Bottles, at Is. lid. and 25.. by Butlers, Che•
and on the right several particles of bone had been driven into
mist, 4, Cheapside, corner of St. Nei's: and.s4. Saci.ville•
the Surface of the brain ; the wounds examined were amply suf.--
street, Dublin ; Savory and Co I 3,; Nr.w 13,,Ild.Strcet ;
ficient to occasion death. From the quantity of blnod described
9-2 , Regent-street ; and by the rriticipal Aledwinc Ventkrs
' to have been found on the floor, I should consider he nmst have
throughout the United Kingdom.
been alive when the blows were given: if a person had died
Of whom ni:iv he load, •
Coughs,l3U'll- 7,lr,{;;Si r Aci. I La;
.0114,:neN„C41,:,..: the rit.o""ttisiugeliff: bil'iltliitri"roitnn Lyn tt opinion, inflicted erterft asocial
udie( al t noth litlaveefebreeeii
itoord.the evidence, I thought Mr, Price had died by. straiten-
;mei Flexible, and protecting its Organs front the etrovlv
LIM; and 011 the second day, when I examined the body, front
exertion. In Boxes, is. t
the suggestion of a friend, 1 got• one of the firemen's a'es
who had been assisting at - the fire, and compared it with the
• s B. lie carotid to ask for !littler's Pro/nal
- wound, and it appeared nearly to correspond. The wound; I
think" was inflicted by an instrument with a dullish edge; a
man insensible, but not dead, might bleed from such a woUnd
as long as vitality existed ; the wound might have been inflict-
ed with a fneman's axe.
Stephen Lavender,
.on the 3d of February, went to examine
Mr. Price's premises, and ufterwards took the prisoner into
custody.
Mary Price, workwoman at Mr. Price's warehouse, proved
that a composition of a red colour was used fbr marking tbs.
tians ; several pieces had been marked by the prisoner on the
morning of the 3d February.
The coat, handkerchief, and collar, were then produced, but
the marks on the collar and neckcloth appeared very slight,
The prisoner now presented. a written defence, which was
read by the officer of the Conn, stating, that he teas snaring
front the effects of prejudice; created in the public mind, by re-
ports which had been circulated against him, evidence that
would have been of importance in acquitting him had been
withheld, and that he should produce abundance of testimony •
to prove that Mr. Price had been seen by several persons at a
very late period of the day, and that the lower robins of the
warehouse, which had been locked by him on going to dinner,
and of which he had given' the key •to • Mr. Price, were open
long before he had returned from-his dinner, when the house
was open to the public attempting to extinguish the fire • the
only presumption there was, that the murder, if any had been
committed, must have been committed after the hour that the
workwoman had left the preMises with him ; and it was more
than possible that the wounds found on Mr. Price's head had
been inflicted by the axes of the firemen in extinguishing the
The prisoner then called several witnesses, whn proved see-
ing llr, Price at different periods of the day up to 20 minutes
before one o'clock, and- that the warehouse was open, and in
possession of the firemen, long belbre the prisoner had returned
from his dinner, anti that the firemen had been using their axes
in the room where the fire had commenced.
Mr. Justice flay LEY having addressed the Jury on the na-
ture of the evidence produced, and stated that at the outset the
imptemmion, on big mind was unfavourable to the prisoner, but
had since been removed by the evidence in his behalf, the Jury
then stated, they would not trouble Ilia Lordship to detail the
evidence,' and found the prisoner Not
ht. I urt as; occupt,d with this • trial from eight in the
morning till ten o'clock at night.

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Tii E Complaints aid vprsally made of Itels
manufactured on the Oki Principle, that they•Vioik,
admit the rain in thellrim, lose their shape, and get too large
for the Head, induced -

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to obtain his Majesty's Rnyal Letters Patent on the 27th of
August, 1112 L. tln. a NEIV WATER.PROOF BEAVER
HAT, with a DOUBLE BUN, which no rain can ever pe-
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perfections common to other Hats are effectually removed and
cemiteracted.

This Hat will also be found the most economical, as it will
011TWZAR TWO made in the usual way. • ,
Price 30 shillings.. • .
Manufactured by ()AWN and Co; 39:1, STRAND, oppo-
site Cecil-street

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

LANCASTER, _ll,tucti 16,

HORRID Nit gl)Eit.

•
John Meglc, aged Di, stood indicted, charged with the wil-
ful murder of Benjamin and Alice Cass; at Aliddleton, on the
night of the Ist of October last.

John Chadwick, a farmer, living at Mille, in the town Ship
of Bamford, was well acquainted with the late Benjamin Cass
and Alice his wife : they resided in a lone house called Mar.
crofts, _situate about 200 or 301) yards from any other house.
Cass was not engaged in any business, but occupied ahout five
acres of land. They lived by themselves without any ser-
vant; the last time _I saw them was in the evening► of the Ist
of October last. I went to their house about seven o'clock in
the evening, and remained with them till near 10 o'clock at
night ; Benjamin Cass came out with me- when I left his
house, and 1 parted with him about 15 or 20 yards from his
own door. When I left the house, Mrs. Cass was sitting on
the conch-chair, near the fire, and he had been sitting ut the
left hand of the fire. At the time we went out together, it was
raining, and the deceased went to look after his cows.

Joseph Cass, the brother of the deceased Benjamin Cass,
remembered going to the house of the deceased on Sunday, the
2d of October, 1825, soon after six o'clock in the morning'.
The door was shut, but not locked. On opening the door, I
saw my brother sitting in the chair by the fire, his wife sitting
oa the arm of the couch-chair, with her arms round his body,
and her right check resting on his shoulder. I called out
" Hallo, are you asleep ?" and receiving no answer, went up
to them, and on touching his tbrehead found it quite cold, and
a great deal of blood under his chair. I then thought they
were dead, and being frightened, went away iMmediately,
leaving them as I found them. I Went anti fetched John ma,
wick. AVhen we came back, as far as we could judge, the ap.
peurance of the house was•the same as when 1 left it: My
brother
John Chadwick recalled.--I remember the last witness call-
was about 63 years of his age, his wife about 80.
ing on me on the morning of Sunday, the 2d of Oetober.
-Shortly after six 04c1ock I went with him to the house of Ben-
jamin
ni
lastn( w !3Tto'l/t,t. foundand the' blood 'llmandiliswife sitting as described by
the running down the outside of
their clothes. Cass appeared to have all his. clothes on but
his hat. I think her shoes were off. I ofeierved a poker lying
on the floor, and a stick by the side of the fire place. The
stick I had never seen befit There was a desk on .the tkinr,
which had been broken Opel . When I went away on the night
before, the desk was not ln the place I found it on the Sunday
morning. I do not krinw -what Cass kept in the desk. There
was only one outer door to the house,. and I did nut of iserve any
footsteps about the house. There was a candle burnt out in
:
the socket standing on a chest.
John Oootilad, a surgeon, at Bury, was called in Omni 10
o'clock on the morning of Sunday, the 2d of October to examine
the deceased, Benjamin Cam and his wife ; their deaths were
occasioned by fractures of the skull; apparently ' made by a
blunt instrument. The poker would have produced such frac-
tures. There whit no cot on the woman's head, but several on
twhaesTiannn's,y, iopitiniiloten, cioetcsasdioitinid h
not contribute
the
Richard Brierly on the Ist of October saw the prisoner on the
ow. to his death, which
road from Bury to Muslin don about half-past titre(' in the
afternoon : lie was g
thengoing tawattht Bury in enfnliany with
another man, named Italph IVw.7itlede . I
,RlTlolicaedton (I)tvseesetohnt!,,
Ip,r.hie.
saner before, but lie stopped while
next time I saw the prisoner at the Coroners' Inquest, it the
Bird in Hand. 1 recognised him then as the person I had Seen
on Saturday, the
Ist of October.
John Quick has known the prisoner two or three years by
sight, and saw him nn Satughth the Ist "October- between
four and five o'clock in the afternoon, about
two miles frow,

SIIIU B.vrtrunAr, Manert 18.
m The Assioes comeneeehere on the itch instant, and ter.
initiated tolday.

_
Ileqry Gum?, a respectable-looking man, about 30 years of
age, was indicted for stealing a bank pest bill for 1,0001., the
property ,ol' Elizabeth Elcock, widow,
Mr. Justice PAak, after •mintniNt up the evidence, left it
to the Jury to decide whether th..v thought, when the prisoner
obtained the Bank-hill in question, he did so with a view to
convert it to his own use. The Jury found the prisoner
Guilty, and his Lordship, after some suitable remarks on the
wickedness of the prisonerl in robbing a defenceless widow,
sentenced hint to seven years trat,:pi riation.
lin/iiiiin notelett was indicted for Moniously stealing, on
the 2601 of Ntivember, 1025, a bay intim, value 131. the pro.,
petty of Richard Mainwaring, of Wroekertline.
The only thing extraordinary in this case was, that there was
another prosecutor besides. Nairiwaring, under another indict.
mj w ent, 1
o, with HIS witnesses, swore as positively to the mare
stolen, as Mainwaring and his witnesses slid. That the mart
traced to the
prisoner was stolen, there could be no doubt ; but
in the uncertainty as to the owner, the Jury found the prisoner G
Not oillq. . •
John- Abbott wits indicted tbr and eonvicted of slaying Enoch
Long, on the 14th of September, by running over hint with it
cart; but the pal ticulars of tlitt ease were uninteresting, anti as
the prisoner received a good character for knanity, the Court
sentenced him only to 12 months' imprisonment and hard la-
bour.
K 1 N OSTON ASSIZES.
on ,4,lttirday 7.'homos A' llston, art Attorney, was indicted for
felnti;ta embezzling divers sums of money, received by him
as Clerk to 11r. ,lints,: Alarmhul of the King's Benth Prison.
The
both Jury, after a long deliberation, acquitted Al r. Eas ton upon-
coOnts.