The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-11 00:00:00

I'ULICE .IN.I ELLIt%b;NCE.

SANGUINARY REVENGE.
filtiov.iii4 is tilt ExailliiiaTio'n of Othen, for.
2tteilip•or4 to' im.iriter Mr. JOHN JONES (his Um-
"tiler-in.1.1%%), Mrs. MiltdattEtT JONES (his sis!er),,
MAtti, BeltßY (their servant), on Friday, the
26111 of Sept cm her last •

UNtoN-HALL.--L--Although it was not exactly
known yesterday that the prisoner would be ex-
rankled on that day, yet for hours previous to the
examination -crowds of persons assembled, and the
business"of the office was much interrupted. The
Alagistrares, therefore; thought proper to eXa-
thine the prisoner in the private room.
Ahout one o'clock Mr. Jones and Mary Berry
arrived in a hackney-coach from St. Thomas's
Hospital .; they were in .the care of two nurses ;
they were very weak. About, two o'clock the
prisoner n as' brought into the room, and con-
fronted with Jones am! his servant. 'rte servant
fainted as snOn as she saw hitn,i and it was with
difficulty Mr. Jones was roused to sensibility;
when he recovered, he exclaimed,—" Oh God ! 1
thought I saw him with a knife in. his band."
The Magistrates ordered the prisoner to be
taken out of the room, as his presence so Much
agitated the prosecutors.
About two o'clock Mrs. Jones arrived in a
hackney-coach front her house- in Newington.
She is still in a very weak state.
Mary Berry, sworn.—She is servant to Mr.
Jones, and a single woman. On Friday, the .26th
of September, about one o'clock of the day, she
was at home with her master and mistress, and
heard a noise at the front door ; she went and
opened it, and saw the prisoner, David Owen,
standing at the door. As soon as she opened the
door he forced himself by her into the house.—
Iler master was in the back room, and she called
to him, " IV,Ir. Owen is bete." Her maser came
out of the back room into the passage. Before
lie came the prisoner bad bolted die door, which
by the time he had (Weber master came to the
far end of the passage.. The prisoner opened his
coat, and took a large sharp-pointed knife out of,
*his coat pocket, -and struck at her master with it.
Not a single word passed between the prisoner
and her master until after.the prisoner ent'him with
the knife. The first blow he received was on
the back of his hand. Her master called out
as soon: as he was attacked, and her mistress
came out of the back room to assist hint. She
(Witness) also went to his assistance, aoditheyr
struggled with the prisoner. -She grasped the.
k,nife, and he drew it through her hand. She
bled very much, and was going to the door, when
the' prisoner became desperate, and cut and carv-
ed at all three of thrill. He cut her right arm,
stabbed her in the neck and on the forehead. She
got from the prisoner, and ran to the door ; the
blood was running down her clothes. She saw a
young Mao a' the door, and called- to hint; she
tan into the house again, and was,. very faint
from her arm. !deeding so very profusely. She
saw the prisoner and her master on the ground,
'eggnog ; the prif-ner had the knife.hrhis ham',
and the hfade appeared to her to be jolter nraster's
Hide, but, fortunately was• between the clothes
and the flesh. The young man whom she called,
came into the house, and- as the prisoner was
struggling; withiser master. she -took hold of the
iroce.;,,,rm, And the young matt seized the knife
and lot red it out of his hand. She saw -that her
paster was curt and bleeding; she did not see at
that time what was become of her mistress. She
ran out of the hOnse when the knife was,takeii
front the prisoner, and was taken to a.house
in
the neighbourhood, and front thence to St.
Thomas's Hospital, in the Borough.
John Joees, of Gibraltar-row, Prospect-place,
vx-ton —He heard a knot k at the door, utetbe
26th of September, about one o'clock in ,the day
!IVlary• Berry went to the door, and called to him
soon as she, had opened it, and said, "-Mr.
Owen is -come." He got,
up and went to-
wards the door ; 'be met the prisoner in the
passage ; lie took a knife out of an inside pocket
of his coat, and struck at hint with it. He
defended himself with his atm, and the priso-
ner cut his left hand ; he rushed upon, hint to gut
th'e knife from hint, and they struggled-very much,
cud fell on the ground ; he was undermost. He
-received several stabs in the throat and on his
head ; put of his left ear was cut off. His neck
cot very bad; and bled very much. He remem-
bered seeing his wife and servant endeavouring to
assist him ; but he was Sc) confused, that
he
-scarcely recollects what was done to them. He
lost the use of his band. He and Owen had a law
snit in 1815.; he gave up the lease, which was the
chose of their contention, in August, 1816, and
never spoke to him since until the day that he was
attacked. _ _ _

MargAret, the wife of John. Jones, of No. 6,
Giiiraliar-IoW, Prospect-place, sworn :—On Fri-
(l4, the 2tith day of September last, she heard a
knock at the front door, about dinner time ; she
knew that her husband %%as in the back room';
the servant,' 'Mary Berry,.went to the door, and

when she had °pencil it, she called out to her
imshand, " Mr. Owen wants you." Her husband
w eat towards the door.; she remained at the din-
ner tabig, bit! had an opporttinity in that situation
to see °weir,: who was in the passage ; she saw
him take a knife out of his coat-pocket, and ex-
claim to bet husbnod, " You --, I am come to
ve;ti ail." Six then taw hint strike her hug-
w!.ich he put up to mart)
his on one of -his hands,
his trody front the knife ; she ran to assist. hint ; the
prisoner struck at her with the knife, and. cot her
cm the head ; he then forced the kni le into her mom h,
and drew it to tierthroat, then turned it • round
and .cut in'amither direction [torn her 'Mouth to
ber eye, and cut her tongue very much ;: the pri.
Roner then stabbed her •husband in tite
[Here, the witness grew so faint, it was some-
time before she covild proceed with her evidence.]
—The servant came to.ber and her husband's as-
sistance ; Owen got her husband down, and her
also ; site grew so faint from loss of blood, that
she (lin not recollect WhHt took place after, until
he was in the care of Mr. Dickson, surgeon; Who.
dressed her wounds, and site was conveyed.to tied
at her own house, where she has been ever since.
Charles Uopkins„ shoemaker, No. I 1, Gibraltar.
row, Prospect-place, sworn,---He was in his House

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on Friday, the 26th of Septenilier, Bud a little after
one, o'clock lie .heard the cry of " Murder," se-
veral times. He went to the door, and sikw that
Mary Berry was bleeding at Mr. Jones's house,
calling " Murder." He ran over 'tit Mr. Jones's
house, and `saw him lying on the ground in the'
passage, and the prisoner, Owen, Was lying
across his body; Owen had a knife in his ham!,
and the blade of it ryas between, Mr. Jones's.
side and arm. Mrs. Jones came up at that mo-
ment. Mr. Jones called out to them to take the,
knife from Owen: Owen raised himself op a little,
seized Mrs.'Jones by her apron and dragged her
down. -Mary Berry then took hold of o.ven's
arin,.and he (the' witness) took the knife nut of
Owen's hand. %Viten he had taken the knife from
him, he assisted Mr. Jones into the front room,.
and front thence to Mr. Ratty's, Surgeon, in the
London-road, and' he wi-nt' with hifil and Mary
Berry from thence to St. Thomas's Hospital.---
The knife he produced was that which he took
from the prisoner.
John Francis Holmes,'constable of St. George's,.
Southwark, sworn.—Ou Friday, the 26th of Sep-
tember, he was informed of the prisonel's having
attempted to murder three persons, and proceeded
to Mr. Jones's house. He put the handcuffs on
the prisoner at the door : he had been previously
secured, and the knives taken from Lim. A young
man gave him a knife, which he said the prisoner
had in his possession, after the former knife had
been taken from : On the prisoner's person
he found two small knives (pocket-knives), a
bunch of keys. and a razor case. Ile took hint
to Union Hall, and he was committed to Horse-
monger-lane gaol.
On the prisoner being asked if he had any
thing to say, his solicitor advi,ed him to reserve
hiMself for his trial.•

l'he respective parties were bound over to pro-
secute; and he was committed fur trial to-Kings-
ton. Assize's.* _

The prisoner is a man .of dark complexion, full
face, anti large black -whiskets,. about 5 feet -9
incites in height,
_and very stout ; he seemed tin-
Moved at the recital of the horrid deeds of which
he had been the perpetrator, and appeared :o eye
the objects of his revenge with a malignity that
it is difficult to describe. The fatal instrument
was produced by Holmes, rusted with blood ; it
was a carving knife 14 inches long, and the blade
about an inch and a half wide. The Magistrate
said it was.a 'transaction as horrible as ever dis-
graced a civilized country. The prisoner was
sent off to gaol-in a conch, amidst the execrations
of abOut 2,000 Spectators.-
Other accounts say, that the prisoner will be-brought up
again, in consequence of the surgeon nut being able to attend
yester.day.