The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-25 00:00:00

EXECUTION OF JAMES BROWN.

There is one rather extraordinary fact connected
with this man's career. After he had attended the
condemned sermon on Sunday in the chapel, where
he behaved himself very decently, he sent for Mr.
Baker, the reverend divine, who happened. to have
been present in the chapel, and upon that gentleman
visiting him, he said " Oh, Sir, there is. one circum-
stance that preys very much upon my mind, and I
am sure I shall not be happy till I get rid of the
burden by divulging it." " What is it ?" said Mr.
Baker, kindly. Brown, with a deep sigh, rejoined,
" Why, Sir, perhaps you recollect being robbed of a
gold watch, chain, and seals, about fourteen mouths
ago, in St. John's•square, Clerkenwell ?"
Mr. Baker—No, I do not, indeed, Brown; I
never lost such property in my life—you are mis-
taken._

Brown—Oh, yes, you did, Sir, and I will at once
confess—l was the man that robbed you.
Mr. Baker—lmpossible ! I never lost a watch
and seals under such circumstances; you are wrong,
indeed you are.
The unhappy man persisted in declaring he had,
and described the property.
The Rev. Gentleman was almost astounded when
he heard the description of the watch, and asked if it
had not two gold seals attached to it ? Brown said
it had, and that he had sold it for 51.; at the same
time stating where he had disposed of it.
The Rev. Mr. Baker said, that a friend of his,
who bore some resemblance to himself, had been rob-
bed at the time and place he had mentioned; and
that the watch and seals were his property.
The gentleman who had been actually robbed by
Brown is Mr. —, a respectable stationer, re-
siding in Stationers'-court, Ludgate-hill.
Brown, in addition to the above, said that at the
time he committed the robbery there were five others
with him. After he had made the confession, the
unhappy man seemed to be much relieved in his mind.

Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, an inquisition was
taken at the Elephant and Castle, Pancras-road, before
Mr. STIRLING, Coroner, on view of the body of Mis.
MARY CROOKS, aged 45, who destroyed herself under
the following distressing circumstances :—Riciraan
Joullsow, rag-merchant, of No. 11, Ogle-street, Maryle-
bone, deposed that the deceased was his mother ; for some
months past his father-in-law had been from home, owing
to the embarrassed state of his affairs, which greatly
affected the mind of his unfortunate mother, who gave
way to the ntinOst despondency, and about three weeks
back suspended herself from a rail of her bedstead, but
was discovered in time to save her life. On Friday after-
noon last she left home, having first given the key of her
bed-room, as also the keys of hr trunks, to his (witness's)
sister, observing that she should never require them again ;
about three o'clock on Friday afternoon he went in search
of her, and heard that she had been seen walking in the
Regent's-park in a very melancholy state; lie subsequently
ascertained that she had been taken out of the canal, in
which she bad thrown herself, and that her body was at
St. Pancras work-11PRSe. CHARLES MARSH, of Tot-
tenham-street, Fitzroy square, deposed that he was in the
Regent's-park on Friday afternoon, when he heard that a
woman had thrown herself into the canal; he went to the
spot, and going i
she was taken to the York mad
;attended, but she was quite dead.
n, succeeded in getting her out ; she gave
The Jury returned a verdict " That she drowned heiself in
(Amlebacnoyn,vaunlsdivae
ssutrruggegonle
a state of derangement.'

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL

Mr. Harris, of the firm of Challis and Harris,
salesmen. Newgate-market, attended before Mr. Al-
derman ANSLEY yesterday, upon a summons for un-
lawfully selling on Tuesday last, in Newgate-market,
a lamb unfit for the food of man. Mr. Nobler, jun.,
who attended with the defendant, requested the
chief clerk to be very particular in taking down the
complainant's evidence.
Joseph Spencer deposed, that he resides in Mint-
street, in the Borough, and is a butcher out of em-
ploy; and in passing through what is called the
Bazaar in the mat ket,between ten and eleven o'clock
in the forenoon, he saw the lamb hanging exposed
for sale. _ _ _

Alderman ANSLEY asked bow it was exposed ?
Spencer said it was hung up in the form for human
beings to eat in the same premises with the good
meat. He considered it not fit for human beings to
eat, and wuuld rather eat potatoes alone than with
such meat.

Mr. Hobler, jun., objected to his giving these
opinions ; and
Mr. Alderman ANSLEY desired the witness to keep
to facts.
_ _ _

Spencer continued—He would not take his oath
that the lamb positively died without being killed;
but it was a " reg'lar casualty, what no Christian
would wish to coat." He saw a ticket pinned on

the leg, marked ‘c 1 ls. 6d.," as the price the whole
sheep had been sold for.
Alderman ANSLEY—Then it was not sold as good
meat; that was a casualty price.
Spencer—But not a dog's meat price, you know ;
so I goes and gets two officers, and Mr. Harris called
them aside. There are three or four entrances to

the premises, and I understand the officers did not
see what became of the lamb. I hear Mr. Harris has
summoned some persons to speak about my charac-
ter ; but I hope you will see my character has no-
thing to do with Mr. Harris's case. He called
John Richmond, a street-keeper in Newgate-street,
who said Spencer fetched him to look at the lamb.
He took Bates, another .patrol (a butcher by trade),
with him, and he declared the lamb was a croaker
(had died a natural death). Mr. Harris said the
sheep had dropped in travelling. Witness ran for the
inquest, but %N hen he returned the lamb was gone.
Joseph Bates said the lamb was very fat, and he
thought it m;frlit have fallen from being over driven.
Mr. Holder—You know th►►t the meat of a ram
lamb is highly coloured ? Bates—Yes; they are
rindy and rank.
Mr. Hobler—Old rams mot e so ? Bates—Rindy,
with a yellow cast ; but this had more of the scarlet.
Mr. Hobler—Was it tit to eat ? Bates—l con-
sider not: _ _ _

Mr. Nobler—State particularly what Mr. Harris
said about it. Bates—He said we might take it
away. " There it is; do as you think fit, but 111
have it sent away." I did not see it go.
Mr. Alderman ANSLEY—According to the Lord
Mayor's regulation, Mr. Harris should have sent for
the clerk of the market, who \ v ould have seen to the
disposal of it.
'sVm. Pitt, a butcher, of Caroline-place, Newing-
ton-butts, said a man named Brown asked him to
take half a lamb with him. It was hanging in the
Bazaar, but witness declined upon looking at it,
doubting if it was a fairly killed lamb.
Richard Brown deposed that he is a little butcher
in Netvgate-market. He saw the lamb hanging up
at Mr. Harris's, and agreed to give hint 3d. a pound
for it, but speaking to three persons to take half of
it with him, and they refusing, he would have no-
thing to.do with it. It looked fat and thick, but
r►ther callow.

James Stephens, of Wilson-street, Finsbury, said,
Brown told him he had bought a lamb in the Bazaar,
but had not money enough to pay for it, and wished
witness to join him. Witness looked at it, and then

declined taking part.
Examined by Mr. Hobler—Spencer asked him to
come up on Friday, but he refused, because it in-
terfered with his business. Spencer then summoned

him for this day.
Alderman ANSLEY—And very unnecessarily.
There was no occasion to take you out of your busi-
ness upon such a thing as that.
James Cockerell said, Spencer called him to look
at the lamb, saying he hail kid a wager it was a
croaked one. He agreed it was one without going
nearer than twenty yards from it.
Cross-examined by Mr. Hobler—Spencer said he
owed Mr. Harris a grudge, and he would now serve

him out.
Mr. Hobler 'asked if he need proceed, having
shown that the charge was made from malignant

motives.
Mr. Payne (the second clerk)—The cause is one
thing—the effect another.
AltlerMall ANSLEY—Yes, I think you should
answer the charge.
Mr. nobler immediately called
John Pavit, of Fading, Essex, who deposed that
the lamb belonged to him. It had been fairly
slaughtered, but it was tired at the time, and there-
fore was muddled. He expect Mr. Harris would
have got 4s. per 81bs. instead of only 2s. If he had
taken less, witness should have considered Mr.
Harris unfit to receive any more consignments from
him, and he sent him six or seven thousand sheep
in a year. He considered it tit for food, and should
have made 6d. or Bd. a pound of it if he had sold it
himself.
Alderman ANSLEY—Yes. It was not putrid—it
was not bad? Mr. Harris—Oh, no. I would not have
gone to have sold it, if it had been; certainly not.
Alderman ANSLEY—No one has proved that the
meat was bad—that it was putrid. It will be of no
use to carry these proceedings further.
Mr. Payne—Sir, Bates swore it was not fit for
human food.
Mr. Habler—And Mr. Pavit swears he could have
obtained 6d. a pound for it.
Mr. Payne—But the defendant himself sent it
away for dog's meat.
Alderman ANSLEY—Some swear it was good, and
some that it was not, and what can be said ? When
such meat comes, only throw it in the back of the
shop, and put a label " unsound," and get the opi-
nion of the Clerk of the Market. There is more
noise made about this than there ought to be.
Mr. Payne—We are all interested- in having
wholesome meat.
Alderman ANSLEY—WeII, the lamb has now
been boiled down for dog's meat, and the party has
been a loser by it, and there is an end of it.
Mr. Payne—This appears to be as strong a case
as any that have been proseeuted.
Alderman ANSLEY—Oh, Sir, I know what a ram
lamb is—it will be discoloured.
Mr. Hobler—Then you dismiss the case.
Alderman ANSLEY—Yes, there is no proof.
Summons dismissed.

Mr. Dunsby, the foreman of the Inquest of Far-
ringdon With►n, applied for a summons or sum-
monses against certain persons who had sent an un-
sound body of beef to Newgate-market that morn-
ing for sale. It was consigned to Messrs. Challis
and Harris, but Mr. Harris refused to receive it,
and the clerk of the market being called in, con-
demned it to be boiled for dogs' meat.
Bates, tile patrol, being questioned by Mr. Alder-
man ANSLEY, sa;(1 the carcass was brought in a cart
belonging to Mr. Pack, of Cheshunt, and lie learnt
from the driver that it. was a cow which had died in
calving. It belonged to Captain Sandon, of Hod-
desdon, and was dressed by a butcher named Chap-
man, of Cheshunt. Tile hide, head, heart, and the
tongue, cut out for the salters, were brought in the
same cart.

Mr. Alderman ANSLEY said it would not do to
summon the gentleman er Mr. Chapman upon such
a story as this. He would grant a summons for the

carrier.
Mr. Duusby said there was some misapprehension
about the proceedings of the inquest. They were
not directed against the retail butchers, but exclu-
sively the salesman, who received the same commis-
sion, whether the meat was sound or unsound, or sold
to the sausage-maker or the dog's-meat boiler i gld,

by the way, he understood it was nearly immaterial-
which it was sold to, on account of the intimacy
between the two, for it was a fact that the sausage-
maker would buy materials from the horse-boiler.—
" I believe, Bates," continued Mr. Dunsby, " you
know something about a second unwholesome body
of beef that was exposed for sale this morning in the
market."

Bates said he did, and proceeded to state that the
same man who gave him information of the one re-
jected by Mr. Harris, told him that one had been
received by another person. He saw it, and consi-
dered it unfit for human food. One quarter was con-
veyed by a man named Gilbert Pritchard to the
premises of a sausage-maker, and witness then sent
Mr. Fisher to inspect the remainder. Whether he
condemned it, or what became of it,he did not know.
The Alderman said he could do nothing in this
case until he had Mr. Fisher, the clerk of the market's
report.
Robert Clark was re-examined on suspicion of
having robbed a country solicitor of 521. in the pit
at Astley's Theatre.—He was remanded to find bail.