The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-13 00:00:00

UN lON-ti ALL.

Yesterday Huntington and his wife, the persons
who claimed the body of a man who dropped down
dead, and obtained possession of it by describing
themselves as the relatives of the deceased, whose
corpse they sold, were again brought up for exami-
nation. The woman, Harrington, also attended as
a witness against them, and from what transpired
on this occasion will be seen the degree of eredit
which should be attached to her evidence.

Owing to the publicity ;;iven to the fsrmer pro-
ceedings in the newspapers, an elderly man, named
Taylor, came forward to describe that the body of
his wife had been stolen by the persona in custody,
and sold by them for the purpose of dissection. His
testimony also criminated the woman Harrington,
who appears to have been as deeply engaged in pro-
curing dead bodies by representing herself as the re-
lative, as Huntington and his wife. The witness
Taylor stated, that on the 23d of October his wife
died, and a day or two after her decease, the woman
Harrington came to his house, and, affecting great
sorrow at her death, said that she was related to her,
and that she had come there for the purpose of offer-
ing her services to sit up and watch the body,
Taylor, it seems, believing that she might have been
distinctly related to his late wife, accepted of her
services, and left her in care of his house on the
morning of the 24th, desiring her not to le:Lye it,
and enjoining her to be most careful in watching the
corpse in hia absence, in the event of any attempt
being made to carry it away. He then left home,
and in the evening, on his return ',tome, he found
that the corpse had been removed, aud, from infor-
mation he subsequently received, had no doubt that
the woman Harrington and the prisoners had carried
it off, sold it at the hospital, end divided the money
between them.

Harrington admitted that she was left in care of
the body by Taylor, and that subsequent to his de- '
parture for town, having occasion to go to the
chandler's shop, she went out, closing the door after
her, and when she returned the corpse was gone.
She added, that she afterwards saw Huntington, and
he confessed to her that he and a man named Page
got into the house while she was gone to the
chandler's shop, and stole the body of the deceased.
Mr. CHAMBERS—Come, now, tell the truth, how
much money were you to have for allowing Hunting-
ton to carry off the body of Mrs. Taylor ?
Harrington (confused)—Well, your Worship, I
will disclose the truth. Huntington came to rue
when Mr. Taylor left the house to go to town, and
" Harrington, I will give you four guineas if
you let me have Mrs. Taylor." I rejected his offer
with disdain, and soon after the refusal, when I went
over to the chandler's shop, the body was taken.
Mr. CHAMBERS—It is clear you were concerned

with Huntington in disposing of the body of the poor
woman. Have you received the money that Hunt-
ington offered to give you ? inquired the Magistrate.
Harrington—No, fir ; I have had none of the
money.
It was here stated that Harrington lived with the
prisoners, and that but for the quarrel that arose
between them relative to the division of the money
obtained for the corpse of the poor man who dropped
down dead in Walworth, their stratagem for pro-
curing dead bodies would have remained undiscovered.
Mr. CitAsaßErts—lt is evident the woman Bar-
rington is as heti VA the others. The fact is, she had
quarrelled pith Huntington abaut the money that
the body produced, and to be revenged upon him
has disclosed some of the circumstances, but she
has taken care not to implicate herself in the busi-
ness. " This woman's evidence," added the Magis-
trate, " is unworthy of credit, and she may walk
about her business."
A person in the employ of Mr. Dunn, the under-
taker, stated that Huntington had employed him to
;Arens a corpse which he claimed by representing
himself as tt relative.
Mr. CrtAuttEas inp,nired whether Huntington had
taken the clothes belonging to the deceased, and the
answer being in the negative, the Magistrate said
that there was no felony proved, therefore there was
no use of entering further into the case.
The charge against the prisoners relative to their
claiming the lA* of the man who suddenly expired
in -Walworth, of the pari.;ll officers, and demanding
the cloth of these deceased, was thenl entered into.
The principal circumstances have already appeared.
1 In the course of the investigation, Mr. Chambers
remarked, that ill iyas 9f opinion, if a 100,7 was