The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-20 00:00:00

THE CASE OF HALL AND MORRISON.

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• Read was haerd.to; soy, before Hall and Mor-
rison were apprehended • tor the alkged robbery
ovon him, that be wisuied to see thew for the pnr-
pose of niai.log up the matter. , Tile lots of the
shilling had not theft the .etfect (!,or it was:betore
tie.s.itv Roberts Mt, gicoir4) or inducing ,- him to
a wear,t hat, he_ bad -been.rotthedi ,:l ho account h 2.
'ga‘e to Roberts of the transaction dui out .at all
vary
,troth ,that which,had-hame beam rather. a
source of. anerriatent and banter; but -Roberts,
who was inatantly struck with tire proprietc, of a
.eapital charge, went after the sid,iiers, oandeuffed
and im.prisoned them. The pe Sig/ who witness-
ed this sintden change in. matters .ve as woolly
ignorant of Itoberts's plans, and of what waS
meant !by flip word", , " good job,"- applied to-the
hope of hlood,thuney. 'Die day aftte the com-
mittal, Read was ,leard to say that Roberis.•eni,
ployed him. in gardening, and maintained liiin .;
and immediately after are Assizes at vs hich Alija
execrable schente succeeded; he declared in a fit of
drunkenness (a. vice to which .he was excessively
addicted), thot he was the boy that milli! do ft
that he, first /lung Hall,. although Han alterwarda
threw hint. It was ohaervi.d to Read, previously
.to the apprehension of :the plisoners, that if he
lisst all his money in the manner described, it was
wonderful ho'N. lie could, pay for drink, which he
:had iu considerable quantities ; " Oh," said lie,
Roberts 'supplies me with money:" Rend's rage
for quairt:lling was as great as his propensity «,
drink, and one,inevitably produced the other. On
the night before the wiestling-bOin occurred, a
man named Woolley took umbrage at the conduct:
of Read, who sat drinking wills a pensioner- in a
public-house. The pensioner was so intolerably
noisy and abusive, that a soldier found it neces-
sary to desire lain to leave - the .room, upon
which Read stinted up and struck the soldier.-
Woolley, exasperated at this unprovoked as=
sault, beat Read about the eyes, and also gave
him a blow on the nose, which caused a plen-
tiful effusion of blood. It will be remember-
ed, that the disfigured face and the blood were
exhibited in evidence against Hall and ;Mor-
rison. Atter the conviction, Read sometimes:
boasted of the money he had got, which lie said
amounted to 601.; and at other times he uttered
in a desponding tone %voids expressive of the pain
1 with Which he contemplated what he had done
against his fellow-creatures. He has been heald
to curse and swear, and threaten upon being ques-
tioned as to the motives by which he 'had been
impelled" and soon after, when the frenzy of
drink subsided, he has been described ,HS sorrow-
ful in the extreme, tittering, " Don't speak a
word about it ; I can't bear to think of it.: I did
not think they could have come to any h.rin.''
The very person in whose hands this wretch had
placed for. security a considerable part of tnnney
he had shared with Robert's, observed those
symptoms of contrition, and declared that Read
would sell the shirt off his back for liquor. In
this deplorable account of Read's weakness and
vice his own sister agreed.
This was the substance of the affidavits present•
elf to Lord Sidmouth and Baron Gct rl OW.
On Friday last a meeting was held in the town
of Wolverhampton, at which several resolutioas
were passed, amongst which is one expressive Of
their earnest desire of the liberation of Hall and
Morrison, a circumstance daily expected in con•
sequence of the depositions offered to ;Mr. Baron.
Garrow and the Secretary of State.
An immediate application -is to be made iii the
name of the meeting to the Secretary of State,
soliciting a determination as to the case.
The inquiry into Robert's conduct is left to the
county Magistrates, who are now employed in the
investigation. _ _

Since writing the above, we have been highly
gratified by learning that the unfortunate men
have obtained a free pardon, and arrived on Wed-
nesday night at the office of Mr. Thompson, the
attorney employed on their behalf, at Wolver•
hampton.---(Ti►nes.)

MELANCHOLY CIRCUMSTANCE.--We are con-
cerned to state, that NVilliam Durward, an in-
dustrious tradesman, was diowned bathing. at
Montrose on. Tuesday morning. The cireum-
stances attending his death are very melancholy,
as he has left a wife and five children ; two of the
eldest were with hirn when the accident happened,
and beard the' cries of their father, which en-
abled them to give the alarm to sonic bathers
not far from the spot. Two young men came
up, and with some difficulty succeeded in ()tinging
the body, which was floating apparently in a life-
less state,. to the beach. A medical practitioner,
who Was bathing at the time, procured, as soon
as possible, the apparatus of the Humane Society,
and immediately had recourse to the weans recom-
mended for restoring suspended animation, but.
without avail; the vital spark was too far gone
for re-animation. The body was then con% eyed
without delay ro the hospital, Where an attempt
was made, before a warm fire, to restore anima-
tion, and persevered• in for a considerable time
without etfect. A subscription has been opened.
for the beneti: of his unfortunate family.
CottONEß's INQUEST.—An Ingoisiti:m was taker/
last night before THOMAS STIRLING, Esq. Coro-
ner, at the Qaeen's Head, Lower-street, Isling-
ton, on the body of a man of colour, whose name
is unknown, who was found dead in a field oni
Tuesday morning, having died, as. was stated, frotn
the Want of food. The Coroner addressed the
Jury ; he said that he was of opinion the deceased
died of disease, for if he had had food given him,
probably he could not have eat it ; he had not
applied to the parish for relief, and there could be
no blame attached to any one but himself. The
Coroner thought the most proper verdict would
be, 41 Died by the Visitation of God." if any
one was of a different opinion be would express
It. The Jury assented to the Coroner's opinion,
and that verdict was recorded.