The Sun.
London, England, 1818-02-21 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

Rfm3l,E SU-RADE or HAITCH, THE MURDERER.
`l7le above unforktnite wretch (as we have al-
ready sta,eJ) terminated his existence yestetday
morning, at half-;last eight o'clock, by nearly
sevetint.; his head from his h• dv ! ilithouith this
ve,rtch,.:d-cuiprit, chile he was under examination
at Boty-strvel • ;“5/InCed an air of ne,:ligence, and
holted that he should have Hi re fortitude titan to
heconte his o,vit executioner, vet it was' pretty
evi4ent to those who watched his conduct,
th•it.it Marto-k of a ciaracter conveying powerful
suspicion. While in the custody of Harry Adkins,
he was be wic.died and ironed, and two persons
ivere continually kept to watch over him ; and
when Smith., the g-tolor of Bow-street, de-
livered him into the custody of the Keeper of
Newgate, he intimated that he ought to he watch-
ed Stith considerable caution. This morning,
when he was called 'out wi'h the other prisoners
who were to he tried, front the yard, he tan to the
-privy, drld shortly afterwards he seas found with his
throat cut hum ear to ear, and his head nearly
revered from his- body. The place. as mWtt be
expected, was a couplete gore of blood. Near to
him was found a crooked razor, and not far.from
it a document, written by himself, in which it
w.ts stated, that the razor with which be per.
petrated the horrid aced was the same with
which he mttrdered Mary Minting, and that he
had it secreted about him ever since. although it
may be recollected that he. told Adkins, upon his
apprehension, that he had thrown the i:istroment
with which he committed it into the Thames.
The paper also stated, that he intended to have
mttrdereel Mary Minting with a pistol—that it
was hisinten!ion first to have shot her, rant next
himself. The body was removed into the, yard,
ald the circumstance occasioned the greatest
alatm and consternation, The Court was exces-
sively crowded at an early hour, particularly by
Ladies.

On the arrival of -the Judges, at ten o'clock,
the father of Mary Minting ascended the witness-
box, and addre•sed their Lordships as follows :
" My Lord, William Haitch has cut his throat in
the prison, and as I am a very poor man, I hope
your L►►rdslhip will allow me my expences."
Mr. Baron GRAnAm."—Your application is made
at an improper time; we will consider it by and
byc.

'Cie -officers who searched him say, it was inn
possible that be could have bad a razor about bin

CHARGES OF FORGERY.

Samuel Furley teas put to the bar, charged with
twered and p,:blished a forged bank note,
value It., knowing it to he forged. He pleaded
guilty to the minor charge of havirg the note in
his possession, and the Learned Counsel employed
on the parr of the Bank intimated that it was not
their intention to prosecute for the major offence.
John Stephens, William Green, and Henry Snores-
brook, wet f• also brought to tie bar, under a charge
of having tittered as true a forged Bank of Eng.
land note. The prisOners all pleaded guilty to the
minor offence, and the same intimation was given
'by the Learned Counsel on the part of the Bank
as in tibe.forner case. There were several charges
of forgery itgainst the prisoners. The punishment
for the minor-offence is transportation for fourteen
years.