The Sun.
London, England, 1819-08-27 00:00:00

FRATRICIDE.

Richard Andrews was next put to the bar, charg-
-ed with the wilful murder of his brother James,
Andre=ws. This trial excited a considerable inte-
rest in the public mind, and the Court was crowd-
ed 10 excess.
Mr. CoscaAvE briefly addressed the Court arid
Jury on beltalt of the Clown, and said, he ,sVould
content liims(ll with merely stating, to them the
leading facts in this case, which he understood
would be fully substantiated in evidence. He then
detailed the circumstances under which the de-
ceased, James Andrews, met his death, and said,.
although the principal witness io case was an
approver, yet if his evidence was co,-roborated
by other collateral circumstanc..s, the Jury would
be bound to find tit. ptisoner
The fiist witness called was a man of the name
of Ilammersley, who stated, that, on the Ilth of
June, he discoveicd Ike body of the deceased on
his (witness's) knit ; it was nearly cover,4l with
earth, and, upon examining it, be found several 1
cuts •he deceased's head ; and, some divanee

fr::rn where the body lay, be found a coat blttni;-
ist tre deceased, and a pocket-book, which be
carried to the prisoner at the bar (Richard An-
tirews), but he did not examine the contents of
the pocket-hook.
Mr. Collis, a surgeon, was next examined. lie
saw the. body of the deceased atter it had been
discovered, a►id hat) no d,inht but that the wounds
inflicted on the deceased's head had been the
cause of his death. These two witnesses were not
cross-examined.

John Clancy, an inforMer; was the next witness
produced ; he knew the deceased James Andrews;
recollected the 10th of June, when the alleged
murder was committed ; it Was on a Thursday ;
about 9 or 10 o'cloc,k on that evening met the pri-
soner at the bar in the town of Kilworth, who
took him into a ',oldie house, kept by a cost► of the
name of Ignatius Young ; here he and the- priso-
tier drank some porter, for which the prisoner
paid. -On going away, prisoner desired witness to
meet him in a short time outside the town, as he
wanted to escort his brother James, Who he was
afraid would be arrested for debt, to his sister's
house; they then parted, and shout 11 o'clock
witness accordingly met the prisoner, who was in
company with his brother; followed them through
a short. cut. or
.pathway. leading from the high
road ; when they bad proceeded about half a
mile from the road, prisoner stopt, took out a
piece of iron which, he carried about him, and
struck deceased a blow on the head, which imme-
diatel-y brought him to the ground ; deceased cried
out "Murder, Dick !" which were the only words
he uttered; prisoner struck deceased two or three
other blows on the head, Iyho shortly after ex-
pired. Witness and prisoner then took the de-
ceased's body, carried it some distance, and after
taking off a snrtout coat be wore, threw it down
a sort of cliff, 'and covered it over with earth.
Prisoner, after-examining the coat, said he could
make nothing out of-it ; they then parted, witness
going to hiS cabin, and prisoner in the direction
of his own house.

Cross-examined by Mr. O'CONNELL—Is an ho-
nest man, at least considers himself so, arid a re-
ligions man he hoped—never committed a mur-
der—was never charged with one—never took a
false oath—was not the person who struck de-
ceased, nor even laid bands on him until alter his
death—prisoner never told witness he intended to
murder his brother—did not suppose it could en-
ter the head of one brother to murder another—
did not give information until he was taken up—
thought the business was already bad enough
without making it worse---had some blood on his
'Beeches, only one drop, but enough to convict
him—had no doubt it was the blood at the deceased
—was only just recovered out of a severe fit of
ill-
ness--after he was arrested, said nothitig on the
subject for a day or two ; be ought to have men-
tioned it before if he had any wit—when he and
prisoner went. in to take the porter, prisoner
drank three pints, and witness two—never fled
the country in the course of his life for any crime,
and had no occasion. Nothing further very ma-
terial came out from the remainder of this wit-
ness's cr is-examination.

Ignatius Young, publican in the town of Kil-
worth, was next sworn ; knowS the prisoner at
Bar, knew his brother James, remembers the 10th
of June ; on that evening' prisoner and the list
witness, Clancy, came to his house; where they
drank some porter, for which prisoner paid, they
went away together.—After the murder was com-
mitted, heard Mr. Collis say, be would have all
the publicans in the town examined,' to find out it
there were any -suspicious characters drinking in
their houses on the night in questiOn.-
On his cross-examination by Mr. LlonsoN, wit-
ness said, when the prisoner at the bar and Clancy
first called at his house, prisoner observed, that
Clancy told him Mr..Yonng was unwell, and, io
consequence of that intelligence, he merely came
to see how he was ; but finding him quite well,
he told Clancy be was a liar, for giving him such
false information—however, afterwards, prisoner
and Clancy appeared to be good friends, and went
into his house, where they drank the porter.
When prisoner came to the witness, in a day or
two after the murder was committed, he request-
ed witness not to mention that Clancy had 'been
drinking in his company—witness at the time sup-
posed prisoner said this merely as he did not like
to have it known he was in company with a man
so much beneath him in life.

The next witness was a boy, who, on the night
in question, saw priiciner passing through the town'
or Kilworth, with something like a piece of iron
half-concealzd its ,his haucki and afterwards saw.,

' prisoner and deceased walking through - the I°°
on the way towards Mitchelstown. in 110
Robert Bible sworn ; lives near liisl"re, a dill
County Watetford ; knows prisoner ; oisoocs
Tuesday after the murder was committed, P.
1g ill
rol
came to witness's house, and on eliter„ll,,eati,
room, caught witness's hand, which be slag ,
in such a manner as almost to break its " thial
Prisoner asked witness if he had heard 8117/;0(10
from Kilwmtb, to which witness answered 5 he
in g he alluded to the Coroner's inqueso 11,, filllf
had been told , all about it ; that it l'1700r•
proved before the Coroner that prisoner 1'a1,../0 to
tiered his brother ; and what could iuduce °lied,
commit such an act, to which risover reP
the Devil and drinking "
.. knitted
On his cross-examination, this witness admitted
that prisoner, on coming to his I owe, OPvc d
deranged, and, from his- manner, 1:1.,.. 0.1 c;,) e,
his senses ; he had known him for a,10"4 cooly
John Courtenay, E,q.. a Magisn are of the riot
ty of ‘Vaterford, was next called he ow°lr', 01
he arrested prisoner in the last witness's 111'115, ffi-
the Tuesday after the murder, that be foui“.le'iti,
sorter in bed, who dressed himself very (1:‘,11
and had no appearance about him of insOn't/;ever
On his cross•examination, he said he 4
50a
spoke to prisoner before that day, might 1".-)
, 0
him once or twice, but could n 0 t be os
w ,"e,3,4
judge of his. previotts state of mind as
,-
witness, who ha-! known him ver' well. 04
Cooke Collis, Eq. a Niagittt ate of this Cil" „J.
slvorn; attended the Coroner's 11-ines' ; Liddlo
sorter at the Bar was not present, tote bad
.iii-of ig
country before it, and could not to heart -
the time. , lletl
Mr. Mathias Tlendley, an Attorney ilex' cip r.
and sworn :—Prisoner a•:mirted, in .tic'''6s.6:fet
sence, that he had committed the !airlift 11.'"i it,
in question, and that (listless Was the coot; it) die
Is prisoner, on settling some accinint9 ",..fiel fa
Ileceased in witness's presence, VI AS 13('''lbhg
deCOaStd in a sum of 501.; the whuk of whic.,%;
said he was unable to pay—On being crois—he
amined, he said, be had heard ptisoner 9'i/
had paid it ali except about 305.. or 31. JOO
Ucre the case for the prosecution Close"'.
the prisoner's Counsel only called one writes:"
Gentleman, who said he had known the I'l'sol
as long as e could remember, and alwayslb:`,,tli fel'
him a proper, honest, well-conducted man ' 0,
,a.,(1 never heard the least syllable against bisc
racier before the transaction in question. 04
The Learned Judge then sunimed.up 6t., e so-
dence in a most clear, perspicuous, and i7rcorP
sive manner—but from the lateness of the gif°
six o'clock, we are only at present enabled to
the above outline of the trial, and cannot 31°1,0
a report of the Learned Judge's Charge, we-yett
we feel it would be injustice to curtail, Or"
give
Tan abstract of.
h e Jury retired, and in less than tWo n3L-filitti
brought in a verdict of—Guilty.
-tin nee
' The CHIEF BuroN then proceeded to rolldo
the sentence of the law, whjch was, that tile 1:01
soner should be executed on next Mon'iaY' 104
i lis body given for dissection. In pronoocd,
sentcmce, the Learned Judge was match &clic/
and immediately afterwards left the Court-
some time. A 10
The unhappy prisoner was then comluctmo bat
to Jail.—(Cork Paper.)

4
ABDUCTION.—The town and neighhourhouco
Mill-street have been in great confo" si '.16
last Sunday night, in consequence of an O''''„l
,;(1
which took place there, of a very seriol,
heinous nature. Some weeks ago, a Miss II
oes
accompanied by her Aunt, Mrs. boas
i;ti a visit to a Mr. Bride's, w,thia
half a mile of Mill-street. On the evel",lo
of Sunday, the Bth instant, the yono.z,
accompanied by her relative, waikeahm
a short distance from the house, "'";-,00.1
young lad of the name of B-- sprung
behind a hedge, and, assisted by some 43tIlieY
seized and carried her off on horseback• stag
had not proceeded tar, however, when 0%1111
released, without sustaining; any otter iv.inrY,;ber
the fright naturally attendant on the (0043 tbs.
off. On Sunday night, hotvever, he:weelaft
hours of twelve and one o'clock, a large 17,0
consisting of upwards of 20 men, carne,t- el°
house of Mr. Blide, which they succeeded the"
tering, and rushing up stairs to the rootn',.o
Miss H. and her aunt lay, dragged the I°.-I,l*-
from bed,. and forced her down, witlion`oo
lowing her time to dress, or to take any other 51#
meat than a habit which she hastilySnatebe`,'
was immediately hurried off, accompanieua,,,
Get
whole party, and though a diligent search
been made through the country round it'rtirtois,
cult of twenty miles, in which Thomas "nThs.
Esq. of Mine-hill, George Wallis, Bop of ,10-1,0
bane, Barry Cotter, Esq. of Flint field, an"k;
Leader, Esq. of Keal, have been extremely
o%
tivc, no tidings have- been heard of Inc 7-
tic
Lady or the patty. It is right to state, that:
person who first took her off, but subse'r"inesst
restored her, is not considered to be in 14,e, -fel'
degree connected with the latter outrages the
low at the head of whisli is well known rnMiss
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country, though never seen or spoken r h
o was
H—d. This is the same young Lady v"-„, the
taken off about two or three Years since fr°7
the
neighbourhood of, Bandon a person `•,.‘
le-
name of Norwood.,—(Cork Mercantile Clifu"
Aug. 20.)

• MARRIED. 51e•
kire de o
Yesterday, at Chelsea, by the Hon. and Rev. Dr. (marl°
Mr. John Padmore, of Lineroft HOuse, Lichfield, `4,j",algie!
daughter of Wm. Smith, Esq. of Hatchett House,"
smith.

DIED. las.
On Wednesday last, at Margate, hicb ,ard Owen) "6"a .1 i.
in the Secretary's Office, East India House. Sit'
; the to
On Wednesday, at lieathfield, Staffordshire, .3,00 ••
year of his age, :Tames Watt, Esq., a Gentleman `sell
s}
for his scientific discoveries. We"
On Thursday, the 12th inst., alter labouring for°t i,sos
years under a paralytic affection, George Langton, go,
ton, Esq., in the 48th year of his age ; and, on the ' hiilt
following, worn out by her unremitted attendance 0°
Mrs. Langton, his widow, aged 32 years. ,ti

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