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sit/awed to possess ; and, When/ `saki of hint ; I
weak of hit.) only in reference to myself. Ie a case so
iptroug is,triine‘ when I dermuided justice,
sledl..uly my right, and not a favour; I demanded
what is the bit du ight and privilege of every
_English-
man. Gentlemen, when a Minister sets lIITTIS f above
• the lawsi as Mr. Percevai did, he does it at. uset
personal risk. If:this were not,so, 'the mete.
the 'Minister would become the law, and what Would:.,
then become of Your liberties ? As to any malicious
intention towards Mr.-Perceval, or any desire to in-
ure him, I solemnly avow that it was must averse
'tom my heart. Justiee, ;aid justice only, was try
abject. I was driven•to despair,. to agop7, to ruin,
bribe erz.luct of Ministers. Irave notice at itosi.
street, that if my claims ware finally rejected, I Would
I,do myself justice. and that solely to, ascertain in a
criminal Court of Justice, whetheraldinister pigng-
land has a right.to refuse justice to a subject of the
realm ? I have done so : and I again repeat, that
the direct refosal of justice, on the part. of
;ration, was the-sole cause of this sad catastrophe;—
sand his Majesty's Ministers have now to reflect upon
-their own impure coudgct, for an act which has de-.1
prised the couptry of the talents of tlr.
It is a melaucluily fact, thit to warp. justice on any'!
priteitts,.or under any circumstances, is the cause of
all:moral evil : if this position needs any proofs -the
Unfortunate event upon which you are now assetobled
to decide -affords that proof. The cruelty -of my:
case must be obvious to you. 11 a poor but unfor-.
Itmate man stops another upon tlia highway, and
robs him of a few shillings, he is deprived of life :
* but I have been robbed of thousands by the Govern.
ment : I hake been deprived of every thing ; I have
• been imprisOned for years ; my wife, my family,
have been ruined.; and I am ni:w called to answer
for mrlife, because Mr. Percewil chose to patronize
iniquity. What then must be the crime of the Go-
vernment towards me ? And yet it goes unpunished.
h there any comparison between the two cases ! It
a mite to a mountain. I had no alternadvebdtto

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• sink into utter ruin, or to take the melancholy step.'
wfiich I have adopted: I was prompted to it by no
eats trotrue—r was incited by the hope of bringing
into;Court my unfortunate case, without which 1
knew it never could be 'promulgated i and I was in-
citedky thedesire of afterwards returning to the bosom
of nu family with comfort and honour. I tr'ist thAt
trig serious lesson will operate as a warning to all fu-
tile Ministers, and that it will induce thtm to regu-
' Ihe;their conduct by the rule of right, from which,
if the unfortunate Mr. Perceval had never departed,
the case which now occupied the attention of the
Court, would never have come before it. - •
" Gentlemen.--My lie. is in your hands—l rely
confidently upon your justice--I know not what
your verdict may be; but, sooner than suffer what
I have done for the last eight years, five hundred
deaths would be preferable. If lam destined to sa-
crifice my life, I sEall meet my doom with conscious
tranquillity—l shall look forward to it as the wearied
traveller looks for the promised inn, where he may
_ repose his wearied frame after enduring 6 the pelting
of they ititli rm.'—Gentlemen, it will now re-
main betty oo and your consciences as to what
yekr verdict will be 1" •
The plisorer, when he had concluded, sat down
in much agitation, and burst into tear, ; he asked
for a glass of water, which was .brought; and hi;
contiLued for some time in gtea t perturbation of mind.
• The I'd:notices witnesses were then. called in and examined by
hie Counsel. .
AN 14 C BILL LT was first examined, and seemed to be deeply
afftevd. - She tame up from Southampton upon reading 4n the
nevvspaeers the account of Mr. Percevai's assassination. She
arrived in-leindon last nigh, (Thursday). 1 bought she• might
be of service' as. tie tie knew inure of the prisoner than any other
fitted. She
had known him (roma chill; was acquaitittd.with
0 his wife arid*children, who now reside at Liverpool t'he knew
his father, who died insane, lu 1 itchti3d-street, Oxford-road.—
She had not seen the prisoner far the last twelve months. -lie
always appeaetd to her to be deranged when be spoke of his
affairs in Russia. '
Cross-Ex.ininted by Mr. Gaattow.—As soon as he re.urned
; ,from Russia he always appeared deranged upon the particular
subject of his transactions there. She wished tb mention one
• thing that happened, which exhibited strong marks of insanity.—
It was about two years last Christmas thatbe talked wildly about '
• a grand scheme that he meant to execute. He said he had re.
oozed more than zEzoo,o4A—that he meant to buy an estate in
the West of England, and to purchase a house in London. Wit-
' nem asked him where the money was to come from ? He said
he lad not got its but it was the same as li" he had, fur lie had
gained his cause in Russia, and the English Government was to
r:-...1te hini compensation. None of his friends- gave any Credit
'so this. But to convince his wile and myself of the truth of it,
4
; he took us (we happening to be in Loudon) to the Secretary of
licate's 011i...e, where we saw a Mr. Smith. lie lel to Mr.
Smith—" kly (Heeds say that I am oat of my Ill'il:•C 3 ; is it yoer
opinion that lam r har."Siiiiih replied, that it seas a dkitChW
Vie 4110 U for him to answer, as he had ontyknou n him !wen that
business. Upon our retern home in the coach, we expressed
matt indignation A his haying Vifled with us in that way ; bat
. ke tone his wife's hioid, and said is was all going on as hew ished.
, • (i. Do you know that the prisoner bat, at auy time, been cu-
' erred as a lunatic i—iiii.
' • Q. Has your intimacy, with blur been so great that if he had
obeen so Cot-::,:d at any Etried of bi lire, you must have known
it I—A. Yes. •. _
Q. Can lee mention any medical man, practising is eases of
Ibminity, who has everhad him untler his care ?—,l. 1 cannot.
Q. Do yot. know that there has ever been a single day of his
• life, In which he was not at liberty to act iu his 'own MOMS as
freely as loe any other man ?—A. Ido not. • '
Q. ?s it consiste= with your knowledge that the prisoner ever
serried ire-arms ?—A, J•:o.—l)Nntissed.
- M.,,...tv CI ARVE called in. Knew the prisoner ever since he
,st..nc. from Russia—believed him to tie disordered in his mind.
Cresseexamitied by the IY17014?:LY GC ISTRA I, sit the sagos
allfectas the hot wittiest, respecting having ever been.conbned
—having had mainal attendance tor insanity, &c. and similar
arYwers obtained. . • _.
Mrs. Roberts, the prizoner% landlady ha Milman-
street, was then called for ; but her servant, Mary
Fidgers, appeared in per stead, • Mrs. Roberts being
unable to attend from liness. She teas sworn and
examined. She thought The prisoner appeared very
confused and. heavy for some time pieceding last
' Ivlceday.
Crowexamined by Mr. Ganaow.-41ad lived two
months with Mrs. Roberts. The'prisoner was a remark- .
• ably regular man. Kept very good hours. Vie went
- v:ith her mistress and ter little boy to the Foundlings!
last Sunday morning. Was to have goniswitlfhiml
to the Magdalen in the evening, bat being rainy they .
went Co the Foundling again. Went pet on Monday 1
-morning about half-past. eleven. Came back at one,
and accompanied her mistress to the European Ma=l
sewn. His mistress came home at a Quarter' past 1
five on Monday evening. between six..and ,seren '
. heard that the prisoner WAS apprehended for riturder,
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: Attended Mr. Belfingham's twin, but never klielfr
that he had pistols.---Dismissed. . . .
The evidence lur die,prisuner here closedlbutuukt-
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