The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-18 00:00:00

MEETING OF MIDDLESEX
MAGISTRATES.

A meeting of the magistrates for the county of
Middlesex was held yesterday, at twelve o'clock, in
the Court-house, Clerkenwell-green, for the transac-
tion of business connected with the affairs of the
county, at which there was the most numerous at-
tendance we ever remember to have witnessed. Mr.
Devon in the chair.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)

BO W-STREET.

MENDER IN THE STRAND.—A young man, who
gave his name Thomas Stokes, but which our reporter
was given to understand was not his real flame, tra-
veller to a lace-manufacturer at Honiton, was brought
up before Mr. Hall, charged with the wilful murder
of Obediah Garrett. _ _

Mr. Robinson appeared for the prisoner.
Charles Fox was the first witness examined, and
he stated that he was a warehouseman in the service
of Messrs. Harvey and Co., silversmiths, in the
Strand. On the Ist of September last, at about nine
o'clock in the evening, he saw the prisoner standing
against the wall of Mr. Harvey's house, in Durham-
street. Witness told him to go a little lower down ;
and he (prisoner) said, " What have you to do with
it ?" The witness then went up the yard to fetch
the shutters for Messrs. Harvey's shop, and on his
return he saw the prisoner talking to the deceased.
The prisoner threw himself into a fighting attitude,
and said to the deceased, " I would do for twenty-
five such - as you." Witness did not hear the
deceased make any reply. The deceased came to-
wards witness, in the direction of the Salisbury Arms
public-house. The prisoner followed him, and laid
hold of his collar. He wanted the deceased to go
into the public-house, but the deceased said, " I will
have nothing to do with you." The prisoner then let
go the deceased, and said, "Come, will you fight ?" The
deceased replied, "No, I will not have anything to do
with you; if there was a policeman here I would give
you in charge for committing a nuisance." The pri-
soner and the deceased were then standing on the
steps leading to the Salisbury Arms. The prisoner
seized the deceased with both hands by the collar,
and threw him violently down backwards, and fell on
the top of him. The prisoner said to the deceased,
"There, what do you think of that?" and he went into
the Salisbury Arms. The deceased was then lying
on the ground, and witness went and picked him up.
He was quite insensible. Witness bathed his templest
and he came round a little, and said, " I am dying,"
and pointed to where the prisoner had gone. Witness
carried- him into Messrs. Harvey's house, and he
became quite insensible. He died on Wednesday
afternoon.

Mr. George Powell, residing at No. 2, Durham-
street, corroborated the testimony of this witness.
Mr. Skegg, surgeon, residing in the Strand, stated
that he had attended the deceased since the accident.
He died on Wednesday afternoon. The cause of
death was concussion of the brain. The blow which
he received in the scuffle with the prisoner was suffi-
cient to cause the concussion. The deceased appeared
to be a delicate young man.
Elizabeth Garrett, the mother of the deceased, was
called to prove his name. She stated that he was 28
years of age.
Mr. Robinson said the prisoner would reserve his
defence until his trial.

The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate to
take his trial for the wilful murder.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18 1844.