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London, England, 1808-04-16 00:00:00

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.17/i/ialfrAtitv F 0,04 was indicted for a
riqerV„,on the perSeilf .Blaney Owen Mitchell,
Esq4.3tritiekhallen, on the 26th of December last.
• Mr. MitSbell,-trii his examination, deposed, that he,
tingetheoo:lo two sons, Major' Montgomery, and,
ianeladres,lattd46loo _Star.khallen, to pass a few
• drys during the Christmas, and also to receive the
rents'of the estate i4f I..cord 'Boyne. On the 26th of
Dereinkritt sho'rtTy.afterithe females had retired, they
henikknosse. of feet at the parlour-door, which w•
opened, tustithe servant man pushed in by two fel-
lows • liviveri3F black cloth aver his eyes.
The:4' 4M those two came into the room, they fired
• 11/4Vchell nal*, Wilkinson, who sat next to
him i thcball from each pistol lodged in the wains-
tor behltd.the Gentleirien. • Two other fellows.came
:in irtried. ' One Of them fired at eldest son,
• • wounded, him • slightly in the thigh, the other
discharged :Isis pisttil roll 'the face of Major Mont-
gomery i'providentiallY the ball had previously fallen
• titan die :pistol, but the. Major lost hi!? sight for sere.,
rAT Weeks. ,' Mitchell pidenvoured to wrest a
pistol from one of the party, in which he received a
violent blow on the head, endives knocked dowm—
. When lying on the floor; the -robber, who • had ithe
'black cloth on his face, stooped down once to Mr.i M.
"and took some money .from 'his pocket. From ;the
position of the witness, and that of the man who so
4 robbed him, the' former had a full, view of his fiee,
the cloth hiring. separated in the stooping. This
the priSoner.•, :The banditti having taken
all the property they: conveniently_ could, departed,
leavihg par' of a pistol ',ramrod. , Thewitriess,
Pn his
Cr.-el4mittattion, admitted the possibility of a person
' being Mistaken III:the identity of another, but denied
it could exist Sn'the present _instance. .He had for-
Warded a dricripticnt of the prisoner to. Justice Gon-
-11,4, in Ertifitn, and recognised him the moment he
' saw 'him in
• A man, upwards of 60 years of age, whose family
lived on the bounty of Mr. Mitchell, and who was
th erisener's uncle, swore !.n having been present' in
"bublio when. the conspiracy was formed to carry this
r thbery into effect; he stated there were three besides
his nephew, and they had each a pistol.
Patrick. Leuet searched the prisoner's house, and
fOinni tikir pistols, two of than loaded with two ball's
itch ; the others with one ball each, and all primed..
Am these these pistols was one with a half stock brass
mounted, acid the ramrod broken. The pistols were
producc4%; Justice GUDFIOI.I", and on comparing the
broken, Pieee of 'the ramrod with the pistol, it appear-
ed to fit erietly. •
The prisoner, in his defence,. called on Mr. Wit.
kinson, one
_of the geatlilMen who was attacked, to
shew he was. not one of the robbers. Mr. Wilkinson,
however, weld Only say, he did not know him to be
at the robbery, but added, his figure agreed with that
of the person by whom Mr. Mitchell was robbed.
Another witness, an elderly woman, was produced,
who contradtcted tiny 'prisoner's uncle, and stated,
that the prisoner, on the day of the robbery, and for
several days previous and subsequent, was at his own
boom- The Jury, without hesitation, found the pri
SOtier
At Warwick A4zes..the trial of, Booth,
ohitrge4 with the wilful murder of brotheri John
• Booth the' younger, ofHill End,. in the parish 'of
Wooten Waren, in that county, took place yester-
day 4'nnight.
• The 'witnesses were numerous, and took up a cott-:
siderable time in gliinftheir eVidenee, particularly
• in the eroSs-exaininationa by the 'Counsel on the op-
polite side,. where', the prisoner's Mince principally
rested. The' prisoner's Counsel called several wit-
inesies, who Spike very .favourably, of his character.
When his Lordship asked the prisoner what be had
to say
,irt his defence; he replied, “`I. am, .my Lord,
as innocssit Of this Crime excite child unborn."
The Learned, Judge,. in summing up theevidence,
strongly reprithated a hand bill, which had been sir-
ciliated in Birmingham, 'arid ocher parts of the moie-
ty; for the purpose evidently of .prejudging the
soner, and prejudicing the public against
The Jury, in about rwentyminutes, pronounced a
verdict of- -Not Guilty.
'The prisoner, who had been much agitated at.dif
• ferent periods of the trial, bowed to his Lordship
-and the Jury, and Withdrew.
At Cardiff Assizes, Williaw Irtiliatat, aged 19, .Was
tried for the murder of David Williams, of Lantris-'
sent, about twelve years of
:age, under circumstances
It
atrocity.
t appeared in evidence, that the prisoner and • she
deCeased were in habits of intimacy, and that the lat.
teihad mentioned to one of his playmates, that the
prisoneeihad been gnilty of a crime which our regard
to delicacy will not ,allow us to name. This coming
ft: the ..knowledge of the. prisoner, he threatened to kill
. the .and throw
,his body.isitothe river.- The de-
ceased resided. With his,grandfathers •wbose!house he
Sunday morning. the 13d-ofAugust,last, and
WIS traced to a farm-in the neighbourhood, where he
-'sod playing with sonte 'boys till abbut twelve
/ere called to dinner, wad
rewards, promising to meet
riming, but was never seen
absence occasioning alarm,
the followinF Tuesday his
with seven wounds on the
ill of which appeared to,
katp instrument, and each

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discovered, the prisoner
of wilful. murder! having
, a search took place, and
int the Sunday morning
housv, with evident marks
Ise washed out. Pursuit
him, and he was appre-
,e he'liacraPplied for work,
lAvharryra Same about six
)Laanrissent, and had been.
IrOtith, but hieing guar
id quittedlis menace,
him where taken.
nee. it was stated, that2he.,
'clock on the Sunday, ate;
went with them in the!
-airship; afterward, visited a
,w,as,aintaied, then roar-
bedtand,followed his uinal

• .remained playing wttn some
when the latter wen
the Ch.teased retUrned'homewi.
shis companions in - the evenini
afterwards. His Wise;
!earth was made, and on the
body Wai found in a ditch, wi
~.ed.,alid'atie on the belly, al
Lase lmas infticted with a'slia
\ state,] to be mortal.
On the day the laxly was 4
i.bSCOUlied ; but a verdict o
Loin returned againstihim, a
tile clothes he had worn P
were found in his father's to
of blockl,Stains attempted to
wai immediately made after
/Tended lit Gellygitte,.whive
t.syiag be had come froin; Ia
or seven miles distant fmm'l
TVtrbrerekciliti
.?th, his master, he ka•
c... 4 knife was found upon 1
la the prikiner'S tlettnit
• tine horn. Lhauktwelve
).., d.tolci s. itch
the family
r.eisiag u• a place of wort]
~yang woman to whom he I
aird to bed
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