The Sun.
London, England, 1818-10-14 00:00:00

INIURDER IN THE FLEET PRISON.

CORONER'S INclugsT.—.--Yestertlay evening, an
Itigh6t was held before T. Sit ri.-ro:;, Fel. at the
Fleet Prison, on the bn►ly ,of James Lrarwnod,
whose death was occasione►l by his being stnick
with a tailor's sleeve-hoard.

Charles Johnstone, a prisoner in the Fleet,
being sworn, said, 'on Saturday, about 10 mi-
nutes before five, be was standing G• feet froth
the window, opposite to it ; saw the deceased
fall from the shop-board, (deceased was a tailor.)
Witness saw him working a tew minutes be-
fore. Stepping tip to the window, saw a man,
named Daley, beating the deceased with
sleeve-board, deceased being upon the glonnd.
Witness opened the window, and, witnessing the
violence, called out for assistance, and said to-
Daley, " In the name of God, don't you kill the
man ;" upon this Daley seized the deceased,
turned hint upon his belly, and seizing his thigh,
said, " D—n your eyes, you rascal," and struck
him three or tour times upon the breech with his
sleeve-board ; be then threw down the sleeve-
board, and sprung through the window, and swore
he bad not given hint half a thrashing. Daley re-
turned to the deceased's room. Seeing Graves,
a lusty man, witness asked him to go into the
room ; Graves went in, and witness saw no more
of it. lVituess believes Daley was sober at the
time ; world have entered the room, but thought it
dangerous so to do. Witness saw blood ups n the
head of the deceased before Daley turned hint on his
belly.
William Graves, a piiioner in the Fleet, saw
Daley standing outside the window, near the room
of the deceased, and heard him say lie had struck
the deceased three timeit on the bleed) with the
sleeve-board, and swearing, said he would not
forget it in a hurry; had he not been an old man
he should have beat him worse, but being an old
man he did not like to strike him. Witness beard
Daley say, that, deceased had behaved very ill;
by not giving a letter he bad found to him, in-
stead of giving it to Lewis, 'who 'keeps the
chandler's shop. After this, Daley, in passion,
jumped into the room of the deceased, and
abused hint respecting the letter. Deceased was
then standing against the fire-place. Witness
said, " For God's sake don't let us have any mur-
der done." Daley did not strike him at that
time. Witness went • into the room to prevent
any mischief. Daley had charged deceased with
having given two letters to Lewis, but witness
knew to the contrary, es in regarded one. Deceased
denied having found any letter belonging to Daley,
nor had he given any to Lewis. - As witness was
leaving the room, Daley said, " he bad not done
with him yet." - Then witness and Daley left the
room together.
Several other witnesses were examined, whose
evidence corroborated the above, and the facts
stated in the account which we gave yesterday._

Some :Medical Gentlemen who examined the
body of the deceased found coagulated blood be-
tween tiro pia rzater and Jura mater, end also
blood in the ventricle 3 of the brain. This, which
,pperstd to t tat~ vWct cf c.,tcroAl it they

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comidered. tv be the cause of- lt:Pr ):%,tvf
few minutes* consultation, the Jury rettorne6-e
diet of " Wilful Murder "• wrainst John Dv,ci`
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HOR Sattirhy, at the
curt Court, Glasgow, Matthew Ckfde..:date, a cgoa
tier, wits put to the bar of the above C°,ll,r',o3tl
an indictment charging him with wilfully
maliciously murdering Andrew Love,.-in tbe
of New Alonitland, in the county of Lanark. ;sr
deceased, who bore a most irreproachable ;O: ifk
ter, was eighty years of age", and on the J
question had gone to a coal-pit in tbeneignu"bo,
hood, where he was met by the prisonert„ivrs,
had for some time previous manifested conslueek,
hie ill-will towards_ him. On seeing the Eleccfg,it
he, without any cause, attacked Mtn in the :id to.
brutal milliner with a pick-axe, arid .inflict'Tba,
considerable number of wounds on his body' 1 nese
son of the deceased was the principal eViuetitif'
against the prisoner, which with that of the n
persons called, was so conclusive, that the
without the least hesitation, found him
There hes not been any person exectitedio."?l‘
gow for murder since 807 ; nor have there bc"o.
four persons under sentence of death, at an/
o.
time, far the last forty years,, although the P7'
lation of the Circuit exceeds 250,000 souls.•

A survey has lately been made of the 'Fill
Church of Windsor, which, trom its dilsOteo:
state, it has been deemed necessary to take d°'
and in its stead to erect a new one, , rib
As Mr. John Whitelove, borse-oeate.f► r , ‘Bditi,•
lane, Was returning down a ladder, on 141,00
afternoon, from his hay-loft, his sjiur causll!
of one of the steps, which precipitated him la po.,
floor, whereby his head and ()Orly were illach fOC
cermet] and bruised. He was conveyed t°
Gem ge's HoNpit al, where he now lies in a
able state.