The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-27 00:00:00

OLD tAILIV, SEPT. 26..

CHARGE OF 11URDER.
if illicait Cluin-zb'es !di); -was intifeted for th`e wil-
ful murder of Janies 'thonipson, on the
16th of Septenihe'r, by striving a caravan .and two
whel•eby he 'was inocke'd
(14i 'n anti

Thomas Iknijantin Jacksoii •deposed, that he
was in the Green Park, near Piccadilly, where
the first rev,iment of Guards were marching, with
their band playing i there were about 200 per-
sons following the soldiers to hear the nm,ic, and
by them and the soldiers the road was completely
blocked up. It was about half past eleven in the
morning, and the deceased was close by his side.
The carJvan in question had entered at the Picca-
dilly gate, driven by the prisoner, and was corn-
ing towards the crowd with much velocity. There
Was anothrt person on the box with the prisoner,
and as he tzot Within about '2O yards of the crowd,
there was a general cry of " stop." The horSes
were stopped by the owed, but the prisoner imme-
diately began to flog them : the people then began
to make way for him, and he drove through the
crowd ; the horses were in a trot, and the shoulder
of the near horse struck the deceased and tying
him on his back, and the near front•tvlicel imme-
diately passed over his , body ; the witness then
seised the bridle. of the near horse, exclaiming to
the prisoner—" You have nip over a man—
stop." The prisoner called out " Let go," and
flogged the horses, and the witness was obliged
to let go to save himself. The caravan went on,
thellind wheel also passing over the body of the d.-
ceased ; the deceased raised h himself op, placed ha s
ham' ott his stomach, and fell back lie was taken
to St. Georgt's Hospital. As he lay on the table
in one of Ow. wards, tile witness asked hint, whe-
ther he did not live in the Strand ? and he re-
plied, " Do not tell toy mother 1 am touch tort."
The witness weitt for his father, and on his re-
tort' rentai:,ed with him iutmnl lie died.

Cross-examined —.The caravan stopped soon af-
ter the accident ; but whether it was stopped by
tbr prisoner, or by the crowd, he could not tell.
James TaUna corroborated, in most respects,
the preceding testimony ; but, on cross-examina-
tion, said, the impression on his mind was, that
the horses were pulled in by the witness after the
first wheel had _passed over the deceased. The
prisoner !oohed back, and then went on ; the hind
wheel not going over the body.
James Blaney, the master of the 'land of the
Gi-eoadier Regiment of Guards, was tin the right
flank of the second rank of the band, marching
front St, James's Palace to Ktightshridge barracks,
and deposed, that when the caravan, which was
on a foil trot, came in a line with the band, there
teas it general shout of alarm, but. the witness
could not tell what it was, as tire music was so
loud ; but turning on his left,- he saw a young
matt struggling noder the hind wheel ; the horses
in advancing did not appear flightened, as they
kept the same regular pace all the way. •
Win Carolinian, another tousician.of the 4and,.
corroborated the evidence ot the forrsier wittiessLs
as to the ell of " Stop." The person who was
driving the caravan kept on the same pace, with-
out pulltog its hitt horses, or e,iticavooriog to do
so the crowd made every effort to get out of
the way, and %viten the caravan was close to the
witness, the only person near the wheel horse was
the deceased, who had his beck to the horses, and
hi face to the hand, and the shoulder of the near
wheel horse, or collar, struck the shoulder of the
deceased, and touting hint a hall turn round, threw
hint On his hack, and As the witness marched on,
be saw the fore-wheel pays over the body, amid the
hind-w,teel lodge on his lett shohltlvr 3 he then
marched on, and cotild not stay whether the hind-
wheel passed conipletely over the shoulder or
not..

Mr. Wm. James Crow, the 1-loirse Stirgeon of
St .George's hl fspita I, s• afro , that at about It al f • past
eleven on the morning in quest too, the deccasettwas
brought to the. Hospital, and his hotly was txa-
mi:ied by • the witness, in the presence of several
other surgeons. The deceased seemed in a very
low state, and died before one o'clock. A:ter his
death the witness opened the body, and perceived
that the liver was lacerated completely across, and
he had not the least doubt that that was the eause
of his death.
The prisoner, in 1113 defence, alleged, that he
could not stop until be had passed the baud, and
said that he was extremely sorry tot is hat bad
happened.
Thomas Coombs, a private in the 3d Regiment
of Guards, was then called on the part of the pri-
soner, and stated, that he was on the box of.the
_caravan with the prisoner. The prisoner was em-
ployed to drive this caravan by the Contractor,
who supplied the soldiers with bread, and after
-the deceased -was knocked down the prisoner en-
deavoured to pull tip.; be did so, and then went
back -to render such assistance as he could to the
deceased.
Mr. Surney, the Army Contractor, stated, that
the caravan was his property. The -prisoner-had
been in his employment about three months, and
had an excellent character, and•he believed was of
a good disposition.
Mr. Baron GRAHAM summed tip the evidence
minutely, remarking, that the greater part of it
pressed strongly against the prisoner, and skewed
an extraordinary degree of criminal carelessness,
bordering very closely on the heavy charge im-
puted to him. It was utterly impossinle that that
had so fatally taken place could be ascribed to any
thing like accident.
The Jury retired for about half an hour, and
then returned a verdict of Guilty of illonslauglaer
only.