The Sun.
London, England, 1828-07-07 00:00:00

TIIE WIMBLEY MURDER.

John Casey, Timothy Cochrane, James Barry,
Cornelius Barry, John Shea, Jerenzigh Murray,
Dennis Burke, James Mayes, and Timothy Connor,
were indicted for having wilfully murdered John
Eales, otherwise Long John, by sundry blows and
stabs of a pitchfork, at Wimbley, on yesterday
week. The prisoners appeared a wretched sample
of the Irish harvesters, and crowded over each other
in the bar, seemingly almost unconscious of their si-
tuation. They'all pleaded "Not Guilty."
• Mr. BARRY and Mr. J. ALLEY were engaged for
the prisoners.
John Pintman, servant to Mr. Ellmore, a farmer
at Wimbley, was sent to Wimbley for some bread.
About half a mile from his master's house he heard
a great noise, as if a great number of persons were
fighting. It was then very dark. • First observed
John Casey. strike Long John. He struck him first
with a blackthorn stick on the shoulder; the stick
was the thickness of witness's thumb. The blow
knocked Long John down. Casey then fell with
his knees on John, and beat him about, the head
with the stick very violently, which made the blood
pour out from Long John's forehead. John kept
trying to get up, but could not. Witness assisted
him by 'pulling off• Casey, and the other prisoners
came up after Long John got up, and was pulling
off his clothes to fight Casey with his fists.
lie • said, that • if assistance was given him •
while he could get-. his clothes off, he would".
fight him
"Long John and Casey had
a round, .or two before any others came up. The
fighting was not fair,'CasCy fonghtWith a stick, and
Long John with Isis lists; witness cried out that it
was fair; after about three blows were- struck
wit li.the stick it was lost, and they then both fought
with their fists for about. •an- hour altqether, irr
which Casey'had -'the • best; the, other prisoners
came up; Connor; Shea, Hayes,. and Cochrane; he,
could speak to. • Some 'of them had har-forks; and
some had stickS; they came frOrn Mr. J. Reid's
barn, about 200 .yards distance; John Casey got a
fork from some of them, and struck Long John with•
it across the loins, which knocked hint down, and he
never mowed hand .or foot after that blow; was cer-
tain that at time none of the othera had done any
thing; could pot see whether 'the fork was
given' to 'Casey, or whether he' took it him-
self'. Witness and the others (English) were
obliged to run, as the prisoners and other
Irishmen eluirged them with'their forks. Long.Tplut
was left, on. the ground. In about twenty inniptes.
witness and the others returned to - the spot where
Long. John had -been left. They: found hiM still
lying with Jas. Bell,,and a:'wopian standing beside
him. As they took Long John •away,,.he never
moved or spoke, but attempted to !Now the blood-
from his nose. He fetched his last breath us they
were carrying him into the Green Man. •
- Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEY—lt:was.very dark,
but be could seeuvery.thing that was done;- could
see that .it•-was a blackthorn •stielc. . Believed from
the noise that Long John had. been fighting. with
Casey: lie had been called John Eales and John
RiOrdon, but he was a stranger to witness.. Casey
did not go away during the scuffle. Witness himself

'had a thick stick with him, and struck Casey with
it' on the knuckles. Did not bring that stick out
with an intention to fight; he had blistered feet,
and walked with it. Some men of witness's party,
named Lacy, Nicks, Arnold, and witness, fought with
theirishmen...Did not know that pitchforks and
scythes were kept in Ma'. Reid's barn, which wai
close at hand, but knew that the prisoners had been
employed by Mr. Reid: Did not know how the
fight began, or that 'Long John knocked Casey
down first. • _ _ •

_Richard -Arnold, a labourer, employed by Mr.
Reid—On the above night, at ithe. back door of the
Green Man, lie saw Casey knock Long John down;
there were u great many Irishmen, , and a woman
with whoin Long John, lived. Had first heard an
Irishman speak to Long John. Did not knoW what
was said, but they were angry Words. When Casey
had knocked down John,- the lattercalled out for help.
Witness went to him, and saw the Irishmen with
Casey beating him while he was down. Could not
swear to any others but Casey. Witness assisted
Long John, and fought-- for him. Received as tab
from a fork under 'the chin, then a blow from the
handle of it, and- he fell senseless and saw no more
of it. They were nil fighting together; the Eng-
lishmen were fighting for-their lives of course. Was
beat senseless before Long John was killed.

By Mr. BARRY.--There were some words outside
before witness came out. Did not recollect Long
John being offered some porter by Casey, or that
Long John asked him for any. Could not swear
that any other person than Casey struck Long John.
Long John Was a powerful man, but did not know
whether he -would have been a good match for
Casey.
Elizabeth Green, the woman who had cohabited
With Long John, stated that she was with him from
the first to the last of the affray. The prisoners
had 'all been drinking in another'. room.. They
did not seem in liquor,- although John was very
much so.- Was going out with him , and saw him
knocked down by Casey. Did not know that
any words had passed between thein. He got up
and struck at Casey again. Three or four more
came out to assist Casey. Only .Arnold and
Nicks assisted John, all the others ran away.
Dennis , Burke and Murray, with a man not yet
taken, were there then. They tried 'to beat him
but they could not do it till they got the fork,:.
Four of them then struck him down with the forks,
and then beat him about the head. Casey ,and his
wife both jumped upon him. After they had pm.-
' sued the English party, Casey came up, with a
fork in one hand and a scythe in the other; he asked
witness if he (John) was dead.. Witness said lie
was, although he was not • and Casey rejoined, that
_ .

he was not, he (Casey) was come to kill him.
Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEY.—}lad lived with
deceased eight years. saw John knock Casey
down, and a man who came to assist him. There
were five of them against him. Upon this occasion
he was extremely violent. Saw Nicks fighting ; he
slid not knock any man down. ,Will swear that there
were not eight or ten on John's side. •
James Bell, carter to Mr. Grey, was there after
the fight, went to assist Elizabeth Green; while tak-
ing Long John up from the ground, Casey came up
and asked who witness was, saying that he would
kill witness ; he looked in witnes's's face, recogniz-
ed him, and added that if Long John. was not dead
he had come to kill him.

By Mr. ALLEY—Casey did not seem in a very
great passion when he came, but tsaid it violently:
William Griffiths was there and saw Long. John
and Hrnold come out- of the house and went over
to them, there were some Irishmeo.and women,
They appeared to have been. quarrelling. Went
across and saw Casey and deceased fighting with
their fists. They fought fairly for about five or ten
minutes, when some 'more Irishmen came up and
threw stones. Witness then went away with others.
Cross-examined.—Casey would not leave held
of John when on the ground. John seemed to Ivant

a fair fight.
John Nicks, a shoemaker, was these at the be-
ginning of the affray. As he came from the Green
Man he saw two men stripping to fight. Saw
Long John knocked down by something, and
beaten by Casey when down ; witness being a
cripple, generally walked with a stick, and seeing
John cruelly treated, interfered with hiss stick, and
got a severe cut and two stabs near the right eye,
which blinded and stunned him, and he fell in a
ditch.

Stephen Lacy—Saw the Irish party throwing
stones at the Englishmen; saw Casey knock down
John by the fork, and beat him while down ; saw
the deceased's party strike John's party, and t 11,.;
latter did not return the blows. bit.l_ not know
John was called-a,fighting man; there were about six
English and about 16 Irishmen.
James BrookS saw Long John down, and Casey
striking him with his fists; saw nothing else.
Cross-examined--Had only come out of the house
at that time.
John. Stritch, constable, saw Casey with the
scythe and pitchfork. Casey said, that if any one
attempted to take them from Lim he would destroy
them.

James Powers, of the police horse patrol, appre-
hended Casey, after following him aerial§ two fields.
Had met him-in the lane and threatened him, but
he would not surrender, and tried to knock witness
from his horse. He was very violent when taken,
and had a larg►e stick.
The Learned JUDGE told Powers that he deserved
great credit for his courage.
Mr. BOWF?N, surgeon, saw the body the next.

day. It appeared:to:have been much beaten

ab-ont the fice. He had a fracture of the lower
jaw, and two not very material wounds on the
left shoulder. He was much bruised about the
chest. On opening the skull he found a great quan-
tity of blood. There was a deep wound over the
left eye about an inch long. The suffusion of blood
on the brain proceeded from that wound, and was
the cause of death. Did not look at the loins, as he
did not know of his having received a blow there.
Cross-examined—The cut on the eye might have.
been produced by falling on a stone. •
Casey put in a written defence, which having
been first read by Mr, Alley, Casey complained that
on the 14th of June they had been ill-used by the
town's people, and on the occasion in question Lung
John had struck him first, and that he would not
light, and was going away, but deceased, followed
him, and. having struck him, be.(Casey) seized 'a
fork and struck him with it, but not with any inters-.'
tion of killing him. His fellow-prisoners and him-
-self had been knocked down, • and terribly '.beaten by
Lon; John and his party. .• ,
Mr. ALLEY called two trish,feniales to prove that
John struck both Burke ancl. Casey'. first. They
proved that- Long John asked Burke if he would
give him some beer. ,-Burke replied that. he would
in welcome, and Casey offered him .the.. pot ; but
John refused it, saying, ": No, you Irish I
don't want your beer, but I want to fight, and I'll
either light or have blood:'
.John Reid, a farmer, proved that most of the pri-
soners had waked for- him for several yttars, at hay-..
Making and harvesting, and he had always found
-them peaceable, though :they had frequently been
insulted. , .
Mr. Justice BUUROUGHSi in summing up;,observ-
ed, that they (the Jury) must to convict the prisoners,.
-either find •thein guilty of murder or of manslaugh-
ter, which distinctions were • explained to- them by
his Lordship... He :also,rernarked, that if the Jury
were of: opinion that Casey struck .tho first blow,
they would then convict him, and acquit all the
others of manslaughter, as there was no evidence of
murder,. but •if they considered that Long Joho
struck • the first blow,-. then they would acquit them.
altogether;
• The Jury consulted for a few moments, mid re•
turned a verdict of" Guilty of Manslaughter against
John Casey, and acquitted the others." As they
were leaving the dock Casey, who is a man of poWer-
ful muscular frame, turned round and bowed, sayin
" thank you my Lord for saving my life." On tha
others the verdict made little or no impression.
•

NEWGAT.E AND LEAI)ENI-1 ALL MARKETS. .
At per stone, by the Carcass.
S. 4. to s. IL S. 4. to s. d.
Beef 283 10 1 Veal -34 4 10
Mutton 2 8 310 Pork 4 0 5 4
Lamb --,.. 4s. Od. to 54, Ott

The quantity of. country slaughtered meat that .has
reached the above carcass markets Owe this day sc'nnight,•
from the effects of the hot weather, is said to have beel;
exceedingly great. •- • .• •

";ery baa ;.
FISII-MARKET, BILLINGATE,
This morning'. market ex
fish, but the quality /:oiled a moderate supply of
"::: very inferior. . Salmon, -in par-
ticular, was ,
indeed it. can hardly be expected
otln:1-4,:re
5 considering the heat of the weather, and the
distance it has to come (Scotland). Lobsters were very
scarce and dear ; such as fetched only 9d. each last week
could not be had today for lees than 2s. 6d. to Ss. each.
There was an indiferent demand at the following prices :
Prime Turbot, each lB4. tai. to 21, 041.
t)itto snail, per do.
Fine Dories' each 7 0 ' 15 0
soles, per three pairs
Salmon, per lb.
.
Grilse
line Whitings, I.er 15 1 6 10 0
Scate, each
Haddocks, per dozen 6 0 10 0
Brill, eacl, ....
Gurnotts, each • 1 U 0 0
Live Flounders, per quartern
Live Eels, per %In; 4 0 '5 0
Dutch Plaice, per basket 3 0 '7 0
Fine Crabs (each)
Fine Prawns, per lb.
Shrimps, per gallon
Fine 1 anneal) lied Herrings, per limy lred 6 0 7 0
Scotch ditto 0 0 5 0
Dutch Pickled Herrings, per keg 5 0 0 0
, , Mackarel, per 120 5O 0 40 0

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS.
NEWCASTLE-UPON.TYNE.-July 5

We had a small supply of Wheat from the farmers this
morning, but we continue to get supplies coastwise, and
the weather being favourable for the • growing crops, the
sale was dull for every description of Wheat, excepting fine
new thrashed Wheat, which sold very readily at last week's
prices. Barley is very scarce, and is full Is. per qr.
dearer. The supply of Oats was not large, but the demand
was very limited, and prices remain precisely the.same as
last week :

New. Old.
Wheat, South country, red . ........ ......—s. —s.
North country, white —s. —;

' - red -s. -s. 'oss. 565.
- Dantzig -s. -,s. 58.8. 655.
- Wismar, ltostock, &c. -g. -s.
Rye, Norfolk and Stith)lit .-3 -s 33s. 355.
Barley, Norfolk and Sutlblk -s. -s. 32s. 355. -,,,
Malt, Nortidk and Suflidk -s. -.3. s6s. tips, l'.'
Oats, PotatOe -s. -8. ......235. sels. i
- Common ..-3. --s.
-- Foreign Feed . -a. --s l7s. 21s.
Beans .-S. -5....... 31:38. 425.
Pease, White -s. -5....... 445. 44is.
- .fray -s. .....6. tit 4. .• ......a• -s-..
Flour, Fine !per sack)