Star.
London, England, 1822-03-25 00:00:00

ASSIZES.

MAIDSTONE, MARCH !2.

John Haywood wa, indicted for the wilful murder
of Elizabeth. the wife of William Impett, by shooting
her in the side, with a gun loaded with powder and
shot, at Sellinge, in this County, on the Bth of Sep-
tember last. The case excited very general interest.
The deceased WA., the wife of a small farmer, at Sel-
linte, in this County. The prisoner had lodged in
the house where Mr. and Mrs. Impett lived. The
following witnesses were called for the prosecution:
Dr. Robert Chishall.—l am a physician, residing
at Ashford. On the Bth of September last, I was
called in to attend the deceased, who was stated to
have been shot. I found her on her bed exceed-
ingly distressed, in excessive pain, vomiting blood.
She was wounded in the left side. It was a gun-shot
wound. There was not the least chance of saving
her life. I then told her it was of consequence that
she should make up her mind as to her idea of the
danger she was in, and requested her to speak the
truth on so solemn an occasion. She said repeatedly
that she was sure she never should recover. I then
said I should take her words flown. I did not tell
her my opinion of her case until afterwards. She re
quested that I would take her words down. I im-
mediately got a small slip of paper, and wrote down
exactly what she told me. After she had signed thc
paper, I told her I was sorry I could give her no
hope. After that, I read the paper over to her twice
or thrice. She said the contents of the paper were
very true. I stayed a considerable time s‘ith her.
She lived about four or five hours afterwards. I have
no doubt she died of that wound. When I saw her
the wound appeared to have been inflicted some hours
before. I came to her at twelve o'clock, and remained
with her until two or three in the afternoon. I saw
the prison^r that morning, but never before or since.
The dying declaration of the deceased was then
read as follows:
" T, FAirilleth Invert, with the prospect of death before me,
do most solannly declare, that John Haywood inflicted the
wound in my q:de, of which I expect to die, and that he did it
with a Im.ded gun, in consequence Id my refusal to yield to his
e.uhr:.c.s this morning." _ _

To this declaration the deceased made her cress,
and the doctor signed it as attesting witness.
_ _

Rhoda F•izaliesilt Cook.—l am the ife of Limes
Ciask, an .1 live a ftr:v rods from the house of the de-
ceased. On the morning of Saturday, the Bth of
September, I le:t my house to milk my cows at six
in the morning. I had milked one cow, and my ser-
vant another. I was sitting down to milk a second,
when I heard the report of a gun. The
.little boy
came over to my house ; the boy was the son of the
deceased. He seemed very much frightened. He
told me something, and I went down to the stack
where the woman lay. This was a few minutes after
I heard the report of the gun. The deceased was
lying at the foot of the stack. We took her in doors.
I knew the prisoner before. I knew the priioner well.
He worked for my husband. I had no reason to sus-
pect that he was wrong in his mind.
Charles Morris.—l went to see the deceased, when
I heard she was shot. I have known the prisoner
s-Ime time; I knew his father: he hanged himself.
His brother cut his throat. I have known the prisoner
four years off and on. 1 never saw anything amiss
with the prisoner; he was always perfectly sensibhs.
William Impett, son of the deceased, a boy be-
tween nine and ten years of age.—l know the pi i-
soner. He lodged at my father's.house when my mo-
ther was shot. I was in the stable at six o'clock, and
saw my mother come to milk. I went out before
Haywood shot. I saw the prisoner come down to
the stable. He had a gun in his hand. I did not
hear Lim talk to my mother. I went out of the stable
soon after Hay wood came. I heard the gun, and
went to call my father. I went to call him because
Hay'wood said he meant to kill my mother. Ile said
that when he was going into the stable. He said
6' old black legs," and pointed at my mother, when
he said he meant to kill her. My mother was going
into the stable with the milking-pan. She fetched
one of tl.e cows into the stable. My mother wore
black stockings. She had begun milking when Hay-
wood said this, and had pretty nearly milked the cow.
My father was cutting beans in the harvest-field when
I went to c4ll him. I was just out of the stable-door
*hen I heard the gun go off. I turned round when
I heard the gun go off, and saw the smoke. When
I came back again, the stable was full of smoke. I lay-
wood was not there then ; but I saw him immediately
afterwards haul his.gun clown, and jump over a gate.
I saw my mother. She came out of the stable lean-
ing.clown almost double. She got as tar as the gate
against the stack, and there she fell down.
The prisoner was without Counsel. Being called
upon to make his defence, he said he had nothing to
,say. He had no witnesses.
It being suggested that the prisoner was deranged
in his mind,
Mr. Agar, the keeper of Maidstone jail, was called
and examined by the Learned Judge, who deposed
as follows :—The prisoner has been in my custody
since September last. I have particularly observed
him at his meals, and at bed-time. I saw nothing
like derangement in his mind. His understanding
seemed perfectly clear. He has had fits two or three
times in the night, which he has accounted for in con-
sequence of his being uneasy about the woman.
The Jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, found
the prisoner Guilty, and he was ordered for execution
n Monday. He seemed perfectly unmoved.
John Paine was indicted for the murder of Eleanor
Trittgp, at Ramsgate, on the 25th of November last

by throwing her out of a gig, whereby she was stiff°.
cated.—The prisoner was a post chaise boy of the
Bull and George Inn, at Ramsgate; the deceased,
a young female servant, in the employment or a far-
mer, named Carling, residing at Ovingell, in the Isle
of Thanet. Mr. Carling gave her leave to go and
see her friends at Sandwich. It was agreed that two
of her fellow-servants should meet her on the road in
the evening. The prisoner had been sent in a one
horse chaise to drive a(ientleman from Ramsgate to
Sandwich. In the evening, when driving home, he
overtook the deceased, and took her up. About nine
o'clock her fellow-servants, named Castle and Mum-
mery, met the gig on the road. It was very dark.—
The latter called out the name of their master's farm,
and the deceased, recognizing the voice, said, " For
Heaven's sake, Castle, take me out !" The prisoner,.
upon this, whipt his horse and drove on faster. 'Die
deceased stood up in the gig, as if to jump out ; the
prisoner pulled her down again. She said, " LORD
have mercy upon us—come on Castle." Castle and
his companion ran after the gig as fast as they could,
but could not overtake it. The prisoner drove on as
fast as he could. The gig was pursued to Ran,sgate,
and there lost sight of. Next morning the deceased
was found dead by the road side, within six rods of
the spot where the witnesses met with .the gig. The
prisoner had made a circuitous road home. Distinct
evidence was given to connect the prisoner with the
transaction, but as to the precise manner in which
the deceased came by her death, the evidence was a
blank. Three medical men gave it as their opinion
that the deceased died from suffocation, by falling on
her face on the greensward by the road side; and re-
maining there without respiration. There was a slight
bruise on her nose, and her mouth was full of coagu-
lated blood. After she had been buried three weeks,
she was taken up, and two surgeons opened the body.
The lungs were found to exhibit decided appearances
of suffocation. The first surgeon who had seen the
body gave it as his opinion that she died of apoplexy,
. from the concussion she received in the fall pi oducing
the sudden stoppage of respiration.
The case went to the Jury, and they found the
prisoner Guilty of Manslaughter, and he was sen-
tenced to pay a fine of 21s. and be imprisoned for
twelve months in the County Jail.
The Assizes for this county ended late on Saturday
afternoon, both Judges sitting the principal part of
the dad•. No less than fifty-one unhappy convicts
received sentence of death; of these, nineteen were
the men implicated in the smuggling outrages corn•
mitted at Marsh-bay, near Nlargate, on Sunday, the
2d of September last, in which certain Officers em-
ployed in the Pieventive Service were wounded. It
WAS expected that five or six of these would be left
for execution. The following are the names of those
of the smugglers who were indicted:

Daniel Baker, John Buffington, Francis Carden, Joseph Cle-
ments. Maid Tagg, Joseph Gilbert, John Gill, Stephen Gum-
mer, John !Ingle, 'John Meredith, Thomas Mount, Edward
Rolfe, James Rolfe henry Smith, Thomas Stokes, James Tay-
lor Charles White, Wilder. and Thonias Woollett, in cus-
fay ; together with Stephen Lawrence, Henry Lemar, John
John I ollard, not in custody.

—The other convictions that took place were for house-
breaking in the day-time, burglary, sheep-stealing,
horse-stealing, stealing in a dwelling•house, highway
robbery, and uttering a forged note. James Goodwin,
the only person convicted of the latter offence, on the
prosecu:ion of the Bank of England, was left for exe-
cution; as was also a man, named John Bell, for a
burglary at Mereworth.

DEVON, MARCH VG

Philip Chappell was indicted for the wilful murder
of Mary Stevens, on -the 7th of December la-t. It
appears that the plisoner had kept company with the
deceased for some time, and that she was pregnant
by him. He is about 20 years of age. and up to the
time of the dreadful charge alleged against him, had
borne a good character.* Since his commitment to
prison, and even to the period of his trial, he has ex-
hibited continual levity and unconcern. To subdue
this indifference, and to endeavour to impress on him
the awful nature of his situation, the Judge had him
arraigned on Thursday evening, just previous to the
rising of the Court, but it failed making any serious
impression, and he pleaded not guilty in a firm tone
of voice. He was placed at the bar for trial at eight
o'clock this morning.
William H an d ford,labon rer, of Torrington.—Early
iii the morning of the Bth of December, passing near
the mill-leat at the bottom of Castle-hill, witness saw
the body of a woman ; the water is about a foot and
a half deep ; called assistance and pulled her out with
a crook by the clothes; observed three wounds on the
left side of the bead ; the mill-stream has a muddy
or sandy bottom.

Mr. Thomas Vicary, surgeon.—On the Bth of De-
cember, passing the mill leat to visit a patient, saw
the body of a woman, which had been taken out of
the water. She had three wounds, one over the left
eye, which appeared to have been inflicted with some
weighty substance and with great force, being cut
into the bone; the part was much swollen so as to
disfigure the face ; another wound was near the right
eye, and cut upwards, about an inch and a half in
length ; did not think either of the wounds sufficient
to cause death ; the thin' wound was slight. On her
right hand was a wound the size of a shilling. The
w.unds might have caused temporary stupefaction,
and being thrown into the water, she could not re-
cover ; conceived she had lain in the water some
hours. She was far advanced in pregnancy, but was
so disfigured that witness did not know her. Witness
knows the prisoner, who worked for Mr. Baget,
glover, where the deceased also lived as servant.—
The wound on her hand could not have been inflicted
by herself, and wit less thought she met her death
by suffocation.

Robert Vicary, dyer, knew deceased and prisoner.
Three weeks before the death of the girl he had a
conversation with the prisoner, and told him it was a
bad job—that she was with child ; prisoner said it
was. Witness asked him what he meant to do by it?
he said he would not mind it if he was out of his
time. Witness and some other men joked the pri-
soner about the possibility of the child being still
born, and asked him what he would give for such
news? Prisoner said five shillings."
Cross-eramined.—The prisoner had four or five
brothers, only one of whom lived at home.

Susannah Sargeant knew M ary Stev ens,the deceased,
and saw her on the 6th of December, at eight in the
everting, in the church-yard. Witness joined her, and
they 'net the prisoner ; he spoke tio them, and all three

INTELLIGENCE.

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I joined in conversation for about ten minutes.. Wit-
ness left them, and that was the last time she saw.
CAMBRIDGE, MARCH 22.
them together.
of Tiku.esdjoahen,..act
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Elizabeth Chambers saw the prisoner on the 6th of 11.
December, in the street : he spoke to witness, and she or Arts by Royal Ml:ndate.
menolife7thie late Drs. Roberts and Heath. '4l
replied, "I suppose, Philip, you have made up the I The Rev. J. Briggs, and the Rev. J. P. Plomptree, former;
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and themilevusjonl: B.D.
Creulilloegwes, of
tKhiengroo's have been elected Fellows of 1::;
match ?" Prisoner said, " I know nothing about it •
—come over, and I will tell you a bit about it:
MARCH es.
Witness said it was not worth
,het while. Thomas
Thursday, In Convocation,' the Rev. ‘I RAt
Fellow of Magdalen Celine, Oxford;
the tio.norary De.
Thorn was with witness, and prisoner joined them.—
Witness said, "I suppose you intend to marry her?" thony Cramer, M.A. Student of Christ Church, were n ."'
approval
and he said, " I know nothing at all about marrying." as
_Puthblic Examiners.c John
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Witness had seen them together before in the church- I
monner oefuUln'oercesoter"Caotilen;, wasn admidtt'edFa:ll;Gentleman
give of Master of Arts, presented by the i/e
The same day, In Congregation, the following Degrees wert
v. Udliant Law
yard. Witness told him he should go to the survey,
he might buy things cheap. Pi isoner said, " Mary Pope, M.A. Fellow of the said College.
has got a bed already, and that is half a spoke to
it." He added, "if it was you, or any one in conferred :
the Grecian country, I should have no objection."—(The
term is applied to New-street.)
Eliza Pasmore lived in Castle-street, Torrington ;
was at home on Friday, the 7th of December, just
after eight o'cloek in the evening ; saw the deceased
going up Castle-street, it was moon-light; she went
as far as the Castle-garden-gate, and appeared to be
waiting there for some one. John Williams passed
by her and went into the house ; the deceased went
on, and stopped again; she had on a grey cloak,white
apron, black bonnet, dark gown ; she afterwards went
through the gate, and witness saw no more. On her
cross-examination, witness said she looked very smart
to go there at sue!) a time.
Samuel Chambers knows the prisoner at the bar; he
saw him in Castle-lane, on the 7th of December, at a
quarter past eight in the evening; he spoke to him,
" Well, Philip;" when he answered, " g Hard at it,
Sam." Prisoner had on a nankeen jacket and waist-
coat, leather breeches, the colour something like-the
jacket ; he went down the lane leading to Castle-hill.
James Parminter was on the hill on the 7th of De-
cember, a quarter before nine, with John Dingle ;
he saw a man and woman before him on the path
called Old Maid's Walk ; the woman had a grey cloak
and black bonnet ; the man had a light short jacket ;
they turned their heads and saw them coming, when
they went into another path. lie did not know who
they were, and did not see them again.
Mary Thompson lived in Castle-street, ington ;
the deceased lodged- with her. About eight o'clock in
the evening of the 7th of December, she appeared in
very good spirits, put on a clean apt on, grey cloak,
and black bonnet ; she said to a stranger in the house,
" Good night, Grace, you'll he gone before I come
hack." The deceased then went out, which she was
in the habit of doing for three or four weeks before ;
she never saw her alive after that time. She had seen
the prisoner with the deceased on the Sanday before.
when he wore a pair of leath,r breeches.
William Pasmore is a constakle at Torrington ; he
searched Chappell's father's house on Sunday, the 9th
of December; he found a pair of leather breeches in
the bed-room, between the prisoner's box and the
wall, tici up in an apron. Fllere a pair of breeches
was produced in the Court, and- appeared to have been
wet to the waistliand.3 Witness had shewn them to
the prisoner on the 9th of December, at the Guild-
hall, when he said they were his, and that they had
been washed by him on the Thursday before in the
river, as they were dirtied by digging potatoes about
three weeks before, on a rainy day, and he had tied
them up to put them away.
Wm. Love saw the prisoner on the morning of the
7th ; he wore a pair of leather breeches, grafted stock-
ings, and a light nankeen jacket ; he thought them
to he the same as those produced in Court.
William Thomas, a constable of Torringtcm, found
at the house of the prisoner's father, on the 9th, a
pair of stockings at the head of the stairs, in a dark
window; they were wet, and had gravel on the feet.
Eleanor Chappell, the mother of the prisoner, said
the breeches were like those he wore, but he went to
work in the morning before she got op ; prisoner
came home just before ten in the evening, he did not
eat any supper ; he used to have tea and nothing else;
the stockings were like those he wore, but she thought
they were wet by the father's corning through the
wet furze; the did not know whether it was the pri-
soner's jacket or not. She never washed the breeches.
William Chappell, the father of the prisoner, said,
that he mended his son's breeches some day in De-
cember.—(Having examined them, he said they were
the same as he had mended.)
Henry Lewis was acquainted with the prisoner;
they worked at the same place; the deceased had
lived there also; she left the Saturday before Sep-
tember 10. Witness saw the prisoner on the 7th of
December; he left work just before eight o'clock ; the
pt isoner came to work again on the following 'morn-
ing, about ten or eleven o'clock, and sat down on a
block in the stove; he appeared in a very law way,
his hand to his head, and his elbow on his knee; he
had no business in that situation; his work was cut-
ting gloves ; the prisoner had on blue trowsers, clean
apron, and light jacket; it was usual to put on clean
aprons on Saturdays, because the master came then.
John Sheppard, the miller at Torr, deposed as to
the depth of water in the mill-leat—about (..?l inches.
The prisoner being called upon for his defence,
said, " 6 My Lord, I am as innocent as anybody in
the Court ; I loved her too well to murder her."
The n hole of the witnesses before examined on the
part of the prosecution were again called, with se-
veral other persons, to speak to the character of
the prisoner, and all concurred in his general good
conduct and gentle demeanour up to this occurrence.
The Jury, without much hesitation, returned a ver-
dict of Gitilly.—The awful sentence of death was im-
mediately passed in the most impressive manner—
that he be executed on Monday next, and his body
delivered to the surgeons for dissection. ••
It was a melancholy sight to observe his father and
mother brought forward to bear testimony against
him ; nevertheless, in a case where the blood of a mur-
dered human being was to be requited, the necessity
was imperative. During the whole of the trial the
prisoner continued almost motionless, and maintained
the utmost unconcern ; but on sentence being pro-
nounced by the Judge, he appeared to relent, and an
being conducted back to prison he wept bitterly, and
walked with a trembling, unsteady step.
'A respectable Dissenting Minister gained admit-
tance to the unhappy young man the same evening,
and obtained from him a confession of his guilt—that
whilst walking with her on the bank of the river, lie
stunned her by repeated blows on the head with a
stick, and then threw her into the water; but that
the dreadful ;set was not premeditated.

imentiom iY cnn. LAW.

Charles Bellamy, Fellow of St. John.* Culler, and Vizt::4l
Scholar of Common Law.

MASTERS Or ART&
Henry Gordon, Exeter Celiege. •
The Rev. Richard John Meade, Belliol College.
Thomas Iliggins, Brasennose College.
The Rev. George Walker, St. John's
The Rev. William 'Covey Hopkins Pembroke
lACIIELORS Or ARTS.

The Rev. Robert Oakman, St. Alban Hall.
Henry Withy, Postmaster of Merton College.
Frederick Edward Pegus, Law Exhibitio:ier of
College.
,

Charles Watkin Wynne Eyton Jesus Colh•g".
At a Convocation yesterday, Sobn Frederick Winter?intro,.
D.A. Fellow of Magdalen College, ms unanimously
Vinerian Scholar of Common Law, in the room of Mr. 1:::411..;n,
elected to the vacant Fellmeship.
ECCLESIASTICAL PRONIOTTONS.
The Rev. Robert llales, tel.A. to the Reztory of Ilillingtor,
Norfolk.

The Rev. M. Irving, 13. D. to the Vicarage of Sturrninvvr
Marshall, Dor•Pt.

The !fee. G. Ikthell, M.A. to the Vicarare of Burnham,
Buck,.

The Rev. Charles Collier, Vicar of Ilaml:Ann and ! -an_
stop, Rutiandshire, late Curate of Thurint,:on, to the Vic..l-7.;,!
of Itiby, Lincolnshire.
The Rev. W. E. Co!dwell, M.A. of Catharine Hal!, C.m.
bridge, is appointed Ihimvstic Chaplain to the Earl of lioent.
On the 7th instant, the Rev. James Anderson was ordairal
and admitted assistant and successor to the Rey. We,E.3l, Az:_
derson, Minister of St. Fetgu‘.
On the 15th instant, Mr. James Renwick, Pre-erht of des
Gospel, was ordained to the office of the :Ministry :,Act Pa.tor i
Charge of the Associate Congregation, Muirton, kincark“,leehire.

DIED.

The Rev. John Metcalfe, aged 72, Vicar of Fish lake, ari
45 years resident Curare of Kirkby-Overhlow, Yorkshire.
At Alhury, Surrey, aged the Rev. W. Polhill, M. A. many
years Rector of that village..
At the Vicarage of Otherey, Scmercet, aged 76, the Th.v.
E. Rouse, upwards of 40 year Vicar of Otherey and 1idc112:,..y.
At the Rectory House. Sutton Coldfield, aged 86, the
John Riland, 31. A. 32 years Rector of that place.
At the Rectory House, Ilamertoti, Hunts, the Rev. R. Pyne,
many years Rector of that Parish.
Rev. John James Dewe, Vicar of Alstonefield, and Minister
of Parwich and Allsopp in the Dale, Derhyshile.
March 14, at Penrhyn, aced 80, the Rev. James Batew,l
Wildbore, 36 years Minister over the Independent Con.,Tre;--
tion at Falmouth.

The COth ult. aged 70, the Rev. J. Morris, Perpetual Ctir.::.!
of Llanfillangel-y-Traethau and Llandowyn, in the cur
Merioneth, having officiated in the above churches Ile.lriF3Uyv:i:
March ti, at his father's house, floreland of Kirkiilncr,
Rev. Mr. William Stewart.

March 10, aged 19, Anna Maria Susan, the wife of Mr. Wm.
Worts, surgeon, Colchester.
March 13, aged 20, Thomas, son of Mrs. Tart, of the 114:1-
gerford Coffee-house, Strand.
March 8. Mrs. liordon, wife of Lieut. Hordon, Northtir.-
berland Militia. _ _

March 16, in Portland-place. the relict of Sir Wm. Dunkin.
formerly one of his Majesty's Judges in the Supreme Cow t
Calcutta.

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Wednesday, at St. Pancras, aged 64, Capt. T. 3files, R.N.
March 12, on board the Argonaut Hospital ship, at Chatham,
Mr. John Graves, gunner of the Rattlesnake sloop of war.
March 10, aged 58, Luca's Anna Maria, only daughter of the
late Rev. Richard Graves, of Claverton, Sinnersetshire.

At Upham, the Rev. Samuel Wall, Rector of Killenaele.
March W, at Brighton, at an advanced age, Thomas Elam.
Esq. late of Leicester-square, one of his Majesty's Justices ut
the Peace in the county of Middlesex.
Lately, at Jamaica, of the yellow fever, afters few days' ill-
ness, Captain Martin, of the Royal Navy : he was recently
pointed to the command of a frigate, and was a most active:. .1
zealous officer.
March 14, at Mattishall, aged 74, Mrs. Pawlett, widow of
the late Capt. William Pawlett.
March 1, aged 19, after a long and severe illness, Thomas,
eldest sun of Mr. Robert Jones, of Tadcaster : his death W 24
occasioned by the keeping on of wet clothes after exercise.
March 17, at Whitburn Hall, Durham, aged .21, Elizabeth
Anne, daughter of the late Sir Iledworth Williamson, Bart.
March 13, at Paris, Matilda Elizabeth, eldest daughter of
William Isaacson, Esq. Solicitor, Terrace, Newmarket.
Tuesday, W. T. D. Cory, aged 29, eldest son of Mr. William
Cory, Cambridge: he retired to rest the evening betnrc as well-
as usual, but was found a corpse the next morning.
Dec. 19, at Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay, whete he had gone
fur the recovery of his health, Mr. Alexander Gray, merchant;
of Cape Town, Cape of Good (lope.
Tuesday, at the ferry at Bablake !lithe, Oxfordshiro. John
Iluckwell, the ferryman : while lowering the rope that crosses
the river, for a barge to pass, in his hurry he did not drop it
enough; the weight of the barge, therefore, impelled by the
velocity of the current, struck the rope with such force as to
break the windlass, and the ferryman, who was standing near
it, was killed on the spot.
. March 14, aged 52, Mr. William Garford (bachelor), of
ney Dyke, grocer and draper, a most eccentric character.
the greatest economy he amassed while in business a considerable
fortune. Being illegitimate, and dying without a will, his copy-
hold property, which is considerable, is forfeited to the Lord of
i the Manor, who has made his claim ; the freehold and perm: d
r property belongs to the Crown, but has not yet been claimed.

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