The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-02 00:00:00

THE KING V. JOHN HARRISON, UMW OF CHEUTZR.

The same verdict was taken on th• issues in this infor-
mation as in the first.

The legal consequences of thefie verdicts will doubtless
come under •the graveet consideration of the lawyers. The
election of Mr. Harrison, as Mayor, in 1824, is by the
verdict void. We apprehend that Mr. Harrison, there-
fore, had not the power to administer the oath of °face to
the Mayor elected in 1696 (when a majority of the Alder-
men were present), which Mayor being sworn coran& non
judice, was incapable of legally holding the office or admi-
nistering the oath to the present Mayor. If co, in what
state is the Corporation of Chester?

WARWICK, MAICII Si.
Francis Eburne the elder stood iadicteti for the wilful
murder of hie own son, Francis Eburne the younger, by
shooting him, at nyton-ou-Dansmore, on the 7th of Sept.
last. The prisoner appeared to be between fty and sixty
years of age, was dressed in black, awl eras a person of very
respectable appearance. He was evidently greatly affected
by his situation, and frequently shed tears. • He seemed to
support himself with great difficulty. The Lord Chief Jus-
tice humanely ordered • him a chair. The prisoner was a
farmer and miller. Ilia case had exeitedit most intense
interest in the county.
Mary lizard examined.—l was servant to the prisoner
on the day Mr. Francis was killedl; I went to bed about
nine o'clock ; I heard .the prisoner order his son to go out ;
he would not go out; there was a scuffle; I afterwards
went down stairs ; Francis, the deceased; was standing with
his back to the copper ; the prisoner went out of the kitchen
into the house : I tried to persuade the deceased to go,to
bed ; he would' not ; prisontr emir back into the back-
kitchen with a gun, pointed it at the deceased, and he fell ;
his mother was standing by ; after he had fired the gun
the prisoner said, " take that, you rogue." He' then
walked up and down ; Mr. Francis held out his hand to his
father to shake hands with him ; prisoner said, " I will
see you first!" When the surgeon came, prisoner
helped to carry him up stairs ; prisoner said to the ilecease4l
when he was on the bed, " see what that
your mother, has brought you to!" Prisoner afterwards
went down stairs into the pantry and cut himself some sup -
per, and told me to draw some bar • the next morni:,:g i
asked the prisoner ttriet- theleintitit needs, and he said
" No, no—let that and rogue wait upon tham-.
wires!' (mentatuichis wife and hie son Francis.)
Thomas Adcock—l Saw the deceased On his death-bed.
I asked him how it happened. Ile said that he pasted his
father on the road coming home, and that as he was vim,
into the house, his father began to beat and Mime him ; and
paper,hand eairc'dhireifsi:ngd wiped his
that he struck his father twice, when his father took the
gull, and shot him.
Itappeired-from the erocs-examinatit.n of this Juan, ‘7llO
was at the races with the deceased, that they,
whiatdh dbieffi".•
drinking a great deal together, and that the deceased, whet;
with tears,
he got home, was at least partially intoxicated.
The prisoner was here called upon for his defetYce. He
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tacks, and commenced the reading of his defence. He read,
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tfoanrXtuhteciat'he, the prisoner, would gladly
give his own life,'could he 'restore the life of his beloied
eon, whom in a fit of,uneontroullable passion he destroyed.
Several most respectable gentlemen, amongst whom was
the High Sheriff, gave the. prisoner an excellent character.
After the examination of the witnesses for the defence,
the will of the prisoner was put in, from which it ap-
peared that lie bad, for some time previous to the death. of
Francis, 'appointed him his executor.
The Loan Cursr Jusrtcs summed np ; and
The Jury found a verdict of Guilty of Manslaughter.