Star.
London, England, 1823-09-24 00:00:00

TIIE SECOND FIGHT.

A second fight took place between Stockman (the lively Kid) and
Cavanagh (an Irish lad). These are heroes in miniature, neither of
them weigh ten stone. A short time since Cavanagh defeated the
other, it was said, by a chance hit, and as Stockman felt assured of
winning, a,match for 25 guineas a-side was knocked up. The se-
conds were Josh Hudson and Crouch for Stockman, and Crawley
and Ward for Cavanagh. The betting 5 and 6to 4 c.. Stockman.

Round 1. The attitude of both was attractive. Stockman was
allordour and confidence, Cavanagh collected and steady. Neither
were disposed for ceremony, and the moment the seconds left them,
they went to work left and right. Cavanagh first received bits, but
succeeded in throwing his opponent.
2. Cavatiagh fought at the body, and made his right band tell on
Stockman's ribs; Stockman met him with counters on the head.

3. Cavanagh again tried for the body, but was cleverly stopped.
He was hit clean down by a right-handed blow on the chest.
4.. Cavanagh was thrown.—(Crouch offered 20 to 5. "Come and
stake it," said Crawley.)—From the sth to the 10th round, the suc-
cess was alternate. Stoc:-.mau fought at the head, and Pat kept
working at the body.
11. Stockman planted a flush hit on the head.—(" K4ep that mill
going," sung out Josh Hudson,")—but received the instant after his
loan with interest. Up to the 20th round the same lively fight was
kept up. Stockman had the best of the hitting, and Paddy took
value in the falls.
20. Cavanagh was thrown and punished on the ropes. In a close
he flung Stockman a very heavy summerset.
21. Cavanagh met his man with three successive flush hits on the
mouth : his baods were quick, but the shoulders had no weight to
make them tell. To the 30th round Stockman continued to have
the best of it, with the exception of some severe falls with which
Cavanagh contrived to treat him.
31. Stockman dropped his left hand lightly at Cavanagh's head,
and then dashed his head in the other's face. I'at reeled back and fell.

32. Cavanagh suffered severely frona the buuilig blow in the last
round; the blood came from his forehead and nose in a continued
stream; his right eye was closed—still he fought game to the last—
(Cried of " fight, Stockman," and" take him away.")
35. Stockman bad all his own way, though Pat reduced the bet-
ting to even a short time before loss of blood was getting the better
~ f him. He planted repeated blows on Stockman's face and body,
but they were sound, and nothing else.
Up to the 56th, no variety. Cavanagh caught Stockman Yound the
waist, and Bung him heavily—(Bravo, Pat).
37. Stockman went down to a word—(Hisses).
38. Cavanagh still fought on (they can't beat this Irishman ; it is
all your own, Stockman). Cavanagh was thrown.
39. Cavanagh made his left hand tell on the head, and his right on
the body, and had the best of the fall—(The Irishman must wio).
In the 43d round Paddy brought the betting even. Up to the
50th round Stockman led. Cavanagh was getting weaker from loss
of blood. Stockman tried to butt with his head again, but Cavanagh
would not stand it. For 15. rounds more Cavanagh foui;ht from sheer
courage ;he had not a chance—" Take him away.") His seconds
entreated hint several times to give up, but lie would not. At last
the poor fellow suffered so much front loss of blood, and no chance
being left him of winning, his seconds took him away. He refused
to give up to the last, and was beaten though not conquered. The
fight lasted an hour and a half.

Osastivs.ssous.—lt was by no means that sort of smashing fight
which bad been pretiously anticipated. If O'Neale had %scut to
work, instead of being so cautious, he must have won it ofr-hand.
O'Neale has won Eve fights in succession. He is not more 'ban
nineteen years of age; and, with all his faults, the Streatham Youth
will prove a troublesome customer for any pugilist on the list.
The second fight, between Stockman and Paddy Caysnagb, far
30f. a-side, was " out-and-out" beyond description. Paddy most
certainly did honour to could Ireland. His gameness was beyond
all former precedent, and the cites of " take him away" he only
laughed at. His brad was cut all to pieces. After seventy-five
rounds, occupying one hour and a halt, for fear of being" lagged,"
it was " chaffed" Crawley gave in for Cavanagh, to the great cha-
grin of poor Paddy.
The Fancy have been this day tight in both battles. Neale and
Stock man were named to win.

ACOtTLSII COUIZT

JEDBURCITT, SEPT.I6.-MURDER.

Robert Stott was tried for the wilful murder ofJame!
Aitcheson, cooper, in Greenlaw, and Robert Simmi
horse-dealer there, upon the road leading to Earlstoun
towards Greenlaw, when returning from Earlstoun Fair,
in the-evening of the 30th of June last.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty ; and special defences
were also given in for him, containing a plea of self-
defence. Witnesses were then called ; the two first cf,
whom proved that the deceased and the prisoner had
been quarrelling on the road, and that the latter's face
was bleeding. The third witness, James Waldie, de-
posed—l was at Emlstoun Fair on the SOth of June
last, and on my road home overtook the pi itoner, be-
tween seven and eight o'clock in the evening. Broom-
field and Stark were near hint, and so were Simm and
Aitcheson. It was between Fans and Purveshatigha
The prisoner told me that Simm and Aitcheson had
abused him. Neither Broomfield nor Stat k Ina de any
observation when he said so. I continued with the pri-
soner, Aitcheson., and Simm, for some time, and then
went on with Stat k ald Broomfield. who, !o% ever, .eft
me on our app. c,lci::)g Fans. I observed Simm and Ait-
cheson washing the prisoner's face et a well near Fan<,
but saw no more of them till they came to my own
house, and which is situated towards the end of the
village. It was now nearly nine o'clock. The prisoner
ordered me to take Simm into custody, hut I refioed,
telling him I neither had authority, nor saw any occa-
sion for it, and advised them to go home good friends.
Simtn and Aitcheson did accordingly walk away, after
having shaken hands with me. When the prisoner
wanted Simm taken into custody, the latter said he was
willing to go before any per son he chose. Simm and
Aitcheson were out of sight before the prisoner left my
door. He then went a few yards along the road, but
returned with a bundle he had in his' hand, and said he
would thank me to keep it till he called for it; he as-
signed no reason for leaving the bundle; he had about
a mile to walk to his own house. On going away, after
leaving the bundle, he took hold of a spar of a gate,
with the intention, as I thought, of pulling it off, but he
did not succeed. After the prisoner was gone, I stood
a good while upon the road, in conversation with George
Mercer, joiner, in Fans, who lives in a house opposite
to mine, and had come out when he saw the man
standing speaking at my door. But Mercer saying he
heard something, and suspecting mischief, we proceeded .
east the road, with a Ltd of the name of Bond. Having
gone about a quarter of a mile, we saw nothing, but
heard a cry in the direction of Henless. The cry was
" Andrew Robertson!" twice repeated, and some other
words, which I could make no sense of. It was a calm
evening. After hearing these cries, I said to George
Mercer, " They have got quite forward, we will just re-
turn again."—On our way back to Fans, we met Philip
Duff, and Mercer told him that some persons had had
words upon the road, and as he was afraid of mischief
happening, he advised him to push on and prevent its
taking place.
A. Robertson is a, mason, and resides at Henless.
I saw him between tenand eleven o'clock (about an hour
and a half after the prisoner left my house), and he told
me that one man had been killed on the moor, and ano-
ther was fast dying ; and desired me to call assistance
and to go cast. I did so, but the men had by this time
been removed to Lightficld. One of them was still
living, and I asked him his name? which he answered
was Robert Simm, and that hg came from Greenlaw.—
He said something more, but I could not make any
sense of his words, owing, as I thought, to the state he
was in. Aitcheson had a large wound on the hack part
of his head, and his nose was cut. Simm's leg was
broken, and his face was much cut, apparently with some
sharp instrument. Ido not think the prisoner had a
stick, nor Aitcheson either, but Sitnrn had a small one,
about the thickness of a man's thumb.

Cross-examined.—lt is about a mile between Purves..
!laugh and my house at Fans. It was at Purveshaugh
I first saw the prisoner, then at the well, and last at my
house. The well is 400 or 600 yards from the house,
perhaps more, and not in sight. There were drops of
blood on the bundle the prisoner left with me. ‘Vhen
we heard the cries of " Andrew Robertson," they ap.
peared to be about three-quarters of a mile distant. Ro-
bertson's -house is-fully a mile from mine. Neither
Simm nor Aitcheson, nor the prisoner, appeared to be
in anger when the former left my door: I could not
distinguish the voice which called out " Andrew Ro-
bertson." About an hour and a half elapsed between
the cry and the time Robertson came to me. The voice •
appeared to be of persons going off from rue, the List
being fainter than the first.
By a Juryman—The prisoner did not say anything
when he attempted to pull away the spar of the ism. •
He might possibly be tipsy, but he was not incapable •
either of walking or talking, nor did he seem to be afl-aid
when Simm and Aitcheson went away, that'they would
waylay and attack him. I cainiat say what he meant
when he desired me to take Simm into Custody; for
though there had formerly been words, they were all
quiet at that time.
Several other witnesses were examined in • support of
the charge, whose evidence having been gone through,
Mr. DUNDAs, the Depute-Advocate, addressed the Jury
on the part of the Crown, and Mr. LocxnaaT on the
part of the prisoner. Lord PITMILLY recapitulated the
evidence, and gave a most clear, distinct, and impres-
sive charge to the Gentlemen of the Jury, who retired
from the Court, and in about eight minutes they re-
turned, finding, by an unanimous viva voce verdict, the
prisoner Guilty. The Judge deferred pronouncing sen-
tence till next day, when the Court having again met, •
his Lordship pronounced on the unhappy man the
awful sentence of the law, which was, "that he should
be, on Wednesday, the 29th of October next .delivered
over by the Sheriffs of Roiburghshire to the Sheriffs
of Berwickshire, to be by them taken:tothe most con-
venient place for execution, near to the spot where the
murders were committed, and there to. be hanged by
the neck till he be dead, and afterwards the body to be
given to Dr. Moisrao for dissection.
This atrocious case had made such noise in the coun-
try, and so great was the interest excited by it, that the
Court was crowded to excess during the whole- trial,
which lasted till seven o'clock in the evening. Through-
out the whole of the trial the prisoner behaved with great
self-possession, and frequently communicated with his
Counsel and agent; and when the fatal verdict was rr-
urned, no change took place in his appearance.
Sunday se'nnight, 7177FE0779T, Magistrates,. and
Town Council of Linlithgow, with the landward heti.
tors and congregation at large, appeared in church in
full mourning, as a tribute of respect to the mernoi y of •
that highly distinguished and. xini4ble Nobleman, the
late Eirl of Horrrouw, Lotd Lieutenant of the County.


V

ri