Star.
London, England, 1823-12-20 00:00:00

knows Sir Gregory Page Turner to have cot holes. in
linen apparently new; -believes the shins to have been
Uncut when given to him; the linen not used by him
teas not cut; he frequently gave inconsistent orders; he
ereeld not say at what o'clock he would dine, but merely
told witness the dinners were to wait fur him ; he made
them keep the meat until it was stale, and then insisted
upon the servant's citing it; he made a boy in the house
eat stinking eggs, and when he was ill in consequence,
at Gregory would laugh, and go away ; the Baronet
used to wear very bad clothes until within three or four
months:
his bed and dressing-rooms were in a very un-
tidy gate generally; the bed-room had been locked
lately. when Sir Gregory was away frur home, and fre-
q„entlYP the day; Sarah Robins usually looked after
bed-room ; witness was in the bed-room in May lest
_cue bed and room were described to be in a state
reach we cannot report]—Sir Gregory was very unkind
14,4; has not had any quarrels with him; he scolded
mach; struck witness in Jnly last, through a window;
had n.agivenhim any provocation; he cut his hand with
the ;el.is,; witness tied it up; he said witness was glad
of it; a twelvemonth hack was ordered by him to leave
. the house at eleven o'clock at night ; went ; was sent for
beck in half an hour; he was very ill at the time; be•
lured very civilly, and asked witness to take s glass, of
wine; lately he went more frequently into the kitchen
and larder than he used to do; some warm days he would
have fires in every' room in the hou,e; has known him,
when; it was very cold, sit in the parlour with the win-
dows open until very late; he would have the chimnies
swept every tottnight, whether fries werelighted or not.
tiro:A-examined by Mr. BitovGttitu.—ltvceived- the
linen from Elston, clerk to Mr. Mabel ley ; when
witness tied up sir Gregory's hand was oat smiling as
now ; was much alarmed ; a won in named S phia
Atwell lived in the house two months ago ; does not
know she was a servant, she did very little work, and
said Sir. Gregory told her to do as she liked ; she re-
mained in the house about five weeks.
Re-examined by Mr. PHILLINIOIt&—This woman has
left the house about a month. Mr. Eiston.fiaw witness
uke the linen produced out of the bed-room, and lie
.then took charge of it.
• By the Jury.--Did not steSir Gregory cut the linen :
the holes cut ld net have been so worn •; never saw a
shirt which he had used that sees tee-Cut.
Mar} Robins examined by Mr. D e fi'M A N.—Has lived
in Sit Gregory's house seven years' last August; for the
first three years only went occa:ionally ; has often seen
Fir Gregory ; should think he had some deficiency more
than other people': 'reser was at school in her life; must
beg to be excused in her latigmige ; Sir Gregory was
odd in his talk, but sometimes spoke very sensibly;
made the bed for the last two years, until three months
ag e since when, the bed was made only when the sheets
Mete changed, which was about once a fOrtiiight.—(The
deicription of the room we decline publishing.)
By the .Jury =Never saw Sir Gregory cut holes in
his linen; leis familiarity was not greater than that of
many Genlemen with their servants when in good hu-
mour; Sir Gregory requested witness not to patch his,
linen; the holes appear to have been cut, but the wit-'
hen never saw anything of the 'retains; has rather a'
short mernery. .
. Mary Birch has been a elterwoman in the house of
Sir Grego. y since the Ist of February, in this year ; saw
him het about a month ago ; fregeently washed h:s
linen ; that on the table is part of tire linen witness al-
lodes to ; has noticed holes having been cut in the linen
soon after they were new; does not know how the holes
were cut, or by whom; Sir Gregory would not have
the linen mended ; he once hit witness in the beginning
of June ; gave her a blow in her side; they had not ex:
changed cords; could not do anything fur several days
from the effects if the blow ; he dressed sometimes very
untidily ; has seen him on days when he had not shayed;
one morning, eh-tit six o'clockra fortnight after he had
struck witness; Sir Gregory kept following her about
the house as she moved ; he looked very ill and poorly ;
be was in a very low state, but said nothing about the
blow ; he had been up all the preceding night.
Thomas Paxton has lived with Sir Gregory for 13
years, as Iris footman for the last five years; remembers
his having been put under restraint two or three times;
was with him on such occasions generally ; recollects
his being in the King's Bench in June, 1820; went to
him there; he was then in a very ragged state, and al-
lowed his beard to grow ; before some Solicitors came
there, whom he expected, witness tried to persuade him
to shave and put on clean linen. He refused to put on
a shirt, and taking a pair of scissors out of his pocket;
cut several holes in it; witness remonstrated; but he
said—" Let me alone, I must be quiet." Slept in the
room with him during his imprisonment. Recollects
coming to town with Sir Gregory in August, 1822 ; he
rode by the side of witness, who drove the gig. Witness
tried to persuade him to go then to Baker-street, where
Lady Turner resided ; at S 7. Alban's he got into the
gig; when in Cavendish-square witness, wanting to
gat him to Baker-street, told him he knew of an inn
in that quarter where he could be accommodated:
Sir Gregory then suspected something ; jumped out
of the gig with a small portmanteau, and ran away;
witness did not see him until six o'clock the next
morning, when he came to Baker-street ; Lady Turner
tried to persuade him to remain there, as did witness;
who locked him in the parlour; Sir Gregory broke the
door open with a pair of tongs, anclzot out; he then
ordered the gig; he went out, and told witness he would
meet him in the Citerfoad, but he not coming; Witness
drove the gig to Battlesden; not finding him there, was
coming to town in a coach, when he met Sir Gregory,
betweeu Dunstable and Market-street; witness got off
the coach he was on, and taking advantage of another
Iloing towards Battlesden, returned home; next morn-
, drove Sir Gregory to London ; drove very hard for
upwards of forty :riles; he stopped at every public-
house he came to, aid had some rum and water; he
gave the horse nothing but water; wished to order a
teed of corn, but Sir Gregory would not allow it, and
reeerved that water was the best thing for a horse;
''elkt to Baker-street with Sir Gregory, who did so with
great difficulty; left Sir Gregory and Lady. Turner in
the iliawieg- room ; waited outside, in consequence of
• the directions of Lady Turner ehad not been there many
minutes before they heard Lady Turner scream o Mur-
der r-e Went into the room, and was closely followed
by a maid-servant ; Lady Turner continued to scream:
found Sir Gregory in a most filthy situation.
drove him about in the gig that afternoon; be frequently stopped
al the public-bou.es for runt and water; at one place be was leav-
ing before ho had paid tut what be bad; the people of the
house
asked him fur the money; he gave a XlO note, and wasrtdeig
awl, without waiting fur the change, when they, suspecting it tp
be a forgery, altvnipred forcibly to detain him, but on witness's fa-
terferiDg and eliplaining, he was allowed to go; knows the bell4f
/%llting of Sir Gregory ; the letter now produced was writtestbel
eon (it was then read, End was in the form of a nienwrand"
directing witness and his brother, in the event of guards being pi
nice pion, Sir Gregory, through the ignorance and prejudice of