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London, England, 1808-08-23 00:00:00

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•.. i :- Ri.ifit was indittedfoithe wil(stl murder ofMcnitikue
.-- . • Wlli4in Hyridei; on the 12th of August, by shooting
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the parish' of St. Olave, &intik-
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~ • • Mr:. Setleant Citistow and Mr. Prrn.ma4e cot;duc-
i. tea the prosectitinti. The farmer' sttted, that the.
' ttrosectstion was carried on arum expcnceof the pap;
• risk or& Ohre, Southwark, the Overseers of which•
, • thought it their dely;io-protect the. parishioners, and. -put -the Prisoner tipori his trial, that his guilt or inns).-
• once rtlighrhe established. • • .The case, froin its na-
' tare; wouldnecessarilydepead tiptiti
.the expressions
• Used by the deceased, for there was no circumstance
• sthich pasied•hetween the deceased and the Prisoner,
set as to diterthine whether' the :fact amounted' to
Murder,- etcept 'that which - could be collected from
• the subsequent *expression which dropped' from the
plrisnner and the deceaSed, The learned Serjeant la-
mented,that some accounts had appeared of this case
in the newspaperis which he Was afraid might have,
some tindency to prejudice the . minds of the Jury,
• - ag.kinst which he very
.ploperly warned them. What-
':- rrer /night be' the opium which they had formed
1 fican previonsreports, heWas convinced it would not
blki their minds. , .
! • . It, appeared, by' the evidence, that the prisonerkept a •coalshed. in the Maze, in the Borough, and
- the deceased was his father-hrlaw. Theprisnnerhed
- • been to the . Red Lion public-house tthout* eleven
- . .otelock in the evening, and the deceased went US him.
After they had been in the room together flir -seine j
• time, some -words were heard between them; and A
pistol-was, discharged, the noise of which 'brought:
so. • persons into the room,- when the deceasetivrasJhund
lying on the Odor; voids a pistol just discharged lying
by Mtn,' and a large weaved iii the belly. . .
-- .- Mrs, Coop,* the niissrest• of the pnblicslintese, Os*.
the prisons' • sitting about three' yarch linin tite•de-
ceased, who stud to him, " dense, wilt you 0 home?'.'
tO which the .prisoner answered, "let me alone, you
. go -home." The witness went into the bar, and overt
heard some conversation ; but could not distinguish
the particulars of it. She afterwards heard a noise,
as if the'deceased had taken hold of the prisoner, and-{
then hearelhareporrof the pistol, and .the•deceased
coed nut, "gi L0rd,,,1 UM a -deacf man." .17pon her
cross-exarcinatiou she said - she always observed the.
prisoner behaved very kindly. towards the deceased.
The rest of the. evidence entirely consisted of the con-
fessionsmade by the. prisoner and the deceased.—
When .the persons first azure into the room and asked
what the prisoner had done?
,he then said, " he had
clone nothing, if he is shot he has done it himielf,
&stile isonot shot, only stunned, give him a little. air
and he wilt recovep . The. deceased said; 44 I am
shot, the ball' is- h niY.body I".and added, a yen. vil:
hit, you have•niurdkred the best of fathers."—Thc
prisoner said no hing to this ; and upon tieing serch•-•
ed; a- second•pistol-wasiOntseloaded in his pocket, and
three ball cartridges: The prisoner was evidently in li-
quor. The deceased Isar conveyed to St. Thoines's
Hospital, *bete he languished ..for about two hours;
and then died, -Before: •hia death, he said, that he
• did not think the prisoner intende' to kilt him : he
believed it was an accident ; but he afterwards said
again, that he had murdered the beat of fathers, and
he hoped Goo would forgive him. From what the
Surgeon could collect frown the deceased, the prisoner
drew out the pistol, and the deceased said he was not
afraid of it,. but when the pistol was discharged, they
' both had hold of it. ThedeCeased at one time as-
• sated, that the prisoner pulled the trigger; bus when
• he was asked at the Hospitsd, whither he saw him
pall it, he made no.reply. -.- • . •
. The prisoner made a vary artless defence,
_in a way
so truly penitent and-distressed, that tears of
'pupa,
thy were flowing in every pared the Court.. Helms,-
fessed his wretchedness, and the-sincere love he bore'
. 'his father, whom he Irad_for a; length of tame -main•
mined, and never once excited his anger.
After a humane charge front the Lonetnare-Bis.;
now, the Jury returned.a • verdict of Manslaugh.
The mr
Judge passed sentence on the prisoner in a
feeling manner. He observed, that his situation was
truly pitiable, and he hoped that the tears of spurt,'
thy shed in the Court for his situation, would prevent
men from carrying fire arms about them, and pled'.
vitally men •given.to drunkenness and dissolute ha-',,
bits.. Public justice required that the extent of pa.,
• nishment for manslaughter should be inflictedin this
instance, .as the idea of carrying leaded pistols was
gnonstrous, and the most dangerous thing to society.
The prisoner was
.sentensed to be coqfinedl. months.
frionsvar litonzity,—Joke crlffilu wis indicted
for assaulting John Trudget, 011 the King's highway,
• and nnbbing hint ,of his pocket beak, containing two
0319,pound notes. . . . . ~
Mr: Trudget, the proseintor, Was totally deaf; he
. nevertheless gave ;very correct efule.nee o the jr•fts-
action; • The form of the oath was **ritiettimNsS.he
• seed sac>ga, AO articulately, but front a defectivefor.
piatiOn of the organs'of.sPeechshe was obliged to com-
press his lips with his fingeri, to enable him tn pro-
- 'ince distincrtonee. He gave the following account
• of the.. .transaction : Being at. Eptozn races, he had
..-- ut Isishcorsentk 'and walked titthegrouttd; he stop,
ooiedthere had been a call to chafthe cOutse,. bui;
• aS.he was deaf, he did:not hear it. Ire- irisied,-Atisv-
tier, tiithink te, (torts all thee- people running nirthe
- ground ;':lie mined round with a -vie* of doing the
-. same, when he was surfoundectandlnistled bysereral
Mei. ' The :loft-Saner held his, arms up, While some
' Whet hand took his book front his P&ket.• . ft was
- - handed `to the prisoner; and by hits over Isis•thoulder
''• to another. I-le seized the prisoner by the collar, and
the gang made a violent effort terescne hi= ; he 'held
bib fast till tithetiserst^nts tame to• hie issiStance.—
. The Juryfpirnd the porl•.,uner--Gidlty.
• - Mina: -.R.ebertr- was Indicted for the. murder. of
Claailes Linton. it appeared*'that the prisoner and
the deeelsed,On rhet.g3d isf May last, were drinking
. tolgetherat the.binkeit Head public hdase, at Streat
tham. They at hist gat but, a quarret and imnte-
• diately 'Stitt tit of doors to • box. The fecond blow
the dete*sed received, nnfortnnately pawed mortal.
• The Jury aettnitted-the prisoner of murder, but fistrisd
• him gnat* of Manslaughter. Hi was setitented, to-
ray line of••iS. and to be discharged.
JUN .filow was fottnd guilty of stealing. a bar gel.
ding, the property of W.lialn Xisley, fronstilli 01
Friraley.