The Sun.
London, England, 1818-02-17 00:00:00

eiety of the Art and sfystery of Apothecaries o
the City 'of London 1" but that the' Members o
said Universities, and of„the said Colleges of Phy•
sicians; and of the said raculty'of Girsgow, a 11(
of the said z..iociety of Apothecaries rezptcrively,
shalt have and enjoy an such Rights, Authorities
Privileges, and humanities,' in ay WI, ample, ton
beneficial-a manner, to all intents and purposes:
as they might have done hO'ore the• and it
ease the same had never heel) passed.

MURDER. OF MARY

EXAMINATION OF THE MURDEREV.
BOW-STREET. ----' YeS t erda y William I/aitek,
charged with the murder of Mary •Minting, in
Union-street, Middlesex-hospital, on. Saturday
night list, and who. was apprehended at the Jeru-
salem chapel, in Lisle-street, Leicester-square, on
Sunday-evening, underwent a public 'examination
before Sir KATHANIEL CONANT. '
The interest excited by, this melancholy affair
is extremely great. The front. of 'tile office. was
crowded to excess.
On being questioned by Sir. .I'slathaniel Conant,
he said, that was horn._ in I.ierkslrire, was *-
stocking -weaver by trade, andXerved hiS appren-
ticeship in Lambeth. His fatherwas a coachman.
At present, .:he said, ft llOwed no business.
The following witnesses' Were. examined
• Rebecca Clarke depose4,:that. she lodges ;24
,Union-street; Middlesex-hospital.. ,The deceased,
M:try,Minang, and her father livot. iti the same
jo.ilse.: About eight •Wclock on Saturday evening,
witness was going out upon an'errind,' arid's-Aw
the pi isoner-near the door. He .spoke: to liet ,
and said-tie wanted to speak toMary, 'meaning
Mary-Minting. Witness returned to the house,
and fetched the deceased front tip stairs. Tht±
prisoner spoke to her in a low tone of voice, as
he stood on the threshhnld of the dOor. Witness
did not hear what the prisoner said, but she heard
the deceased saV, " It is of no use ; 1 directed the
leiter for- Mr. !hitch, and not for' Mrs. Ilaitch."
She then returned into the 1-lous-e, and went up
stairs aklittle way, but catne doWn immediately
with her sister and.tritnesi; and again went to the
door. The prisoner was still there ; and ofi seeing
them all together, he said,- ", What do you all do
here ?" Witness said notating, but went up stairs,
.and the sister of the deceased crossed the street on
an errand, leaving the deteased and the prisoner
alone, and close together in the passage. Witness
had just got up to-the garret door, when she heard
'the noise of stamping, and a
.noisel.fte some one
falling. Witness did not-go down again ; she was
prevented by her mother. .
Elizabeth Minting, sister of the, deceased de-
posed that she was at hoMe on Saturday night,
and heard- the last •witness tell; her sister iliac the
prisoner-wanted her: trVitness went dots ii shortly
.afterwards, and saw- the. prisoner in. the passage
with the deceased. She left them together, and
went out. On her return :she'sisw -her sister
tering. in ber.blood in the passage. ; The Prisoner
was gone... The -heath* .theliecoased Was nearly
seeered from ' tier body„ Off the passage-. swat'n.witit
blood‘ The deceaSid was incapable,. Of-speaking.
There were, several. persons in the passage.
Elizabeth. Montague deposed to the same effect.
Streeling deposed-, that on Saturday even-
ing, about. .8 o'clock, she was standing at the
door of an- opposite house to that in which the
murder was committed:. was a narrow street;
she beard a noise. qr T scuffle in, the passage, and
inuriediately saw a Man rush out lie shut, the dour
after him, but did not latch it. She Went over
directly, and ,bearing more noise in the passage,
she went in, and Saw the deceased; the' man
walked quickly away, .Ikat run ; she did

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not -see his, face.. Wirness saw ,the mother of the
deceased in tbeitasiage„ and heard her cry "
My
child, my
.Jicnes Streeling, a boy about 13, deposed to
.the same effect.
The other witnesses, being re-examined, said
they did not see a second.coat with the prisoner.
John Wiltshire was in his house at No. 12,
King-street, Drury-lane,.pu Saturday night.; his
wife was present. The prisoner, whom he had
known before, came iu about seven o'clock, and
asked 'them, as usual, how they were.? . Wit-
ness's wife spoke to him of his two wives, and
said there was a warrant out against. him from St.'
Giles's parish '(the first wife ..had _applied for re-
lief) ; upon, which he said, that be had that about
him that should be the deatb of the first man or
officer that laid hold of hint, and he offered to bet
witness's wife a shilling that he Would produce
but she would not bet.
Witness's wife talked to him about his wives,.
and he said, "-- the Wives ; l'll.soon get rid
of both the old and the new.'' The last words
be said going out of the door was, "Dim't:you
be surprised if you:hear of my saiaring,tite same
fate as the unhappy wretches on Tuesday morn-
ing," (meaning the persons w.h.o were t 9.7 be
executed).
. The last witness's wife was then.. examsinecl.—
She corroborated the testimony of he4tl,tushand,
and added, that when the. prisoner talked of be-
ing hanged, he said he told her to,_ buy hint a.
silken cord instead of a hempen one ;, she said
she..would.

Mary Smith, who lodges with,the last witness,
,confirmed their testimony,,and stated that the pri-
, /loner had with Wm a top brown cuat and a short
fustian jacier..
Henry Adkins, the officer, deposed, that lie re.
ceivedinformation
_that the prisoner was at. Jeru,
saleut Chapel, Lisle-street, Leicester-fields.. Yes,-
,terday evening he went and apprehended hiM
after the service : in taking him to the watch-
house, 1),-; said to him, " [low Could you do such
a fired The prisoner said,
." NVhat decd.?"
Witness said, " That's best known to yourself,"
The prisoner then said,- ""I went to do a-Aced,
but whether 1 did it or not I cannot tell." Wit,
ness then asked him whether the clothes he then
had on were the same in which,he did the murder,
and he said ", yes." Witness next asked him.
'Nt.!lratt instrument he had used, and whether it, was
knife he said " no:" and ,on .being asked if
it was a. razor he made no answer, -but subse-
quently, after some hesitation, said he haa,thrdwni
the instrument into the Thames. Thistnotnin-gc,
he asked the 'witness. if he had been td
Union-
street, and had seen Minting (weaning the de- I