Star.
London, England, 1824-01-07 00:00:00

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pot wantProb-eits:Wile:(6)tithiv Of • it.: ,
• Cross-eraViiil- Ar.Tutisiftittt,—Whett.l;pn
said he liait been COtithiitcti Murder, it wasAer din
t:er. •iVittiefs YeeeilOted 'camas' .vettit
.ihtiodheed a
Probere.s.o-7Sunday night ;.'he .cimild•ntitliedertain,ibuti
he belief' [Mat alrthe pitittriirefe-prelient. I
rotitisis IgOyes Sias axt csieliei.l-Te is
'attclihows johnlhoifell. the.
of October, wFneSa Was It llfe'Criadh
the,t*Olhertel/s, Hunt, •Priihete: tie 'littar
rowed money drilre lifiqcfreto phy bverio JSlth I'li'ac-
•teil lifelifter ‘‘'erit Off In a •kig',liyhiinterf, arid 'Haat
andProbert followed' ihrthe litter's gi!*.. ihe'SAYtir-
4ay morning ~he saw them again at Tetsalrs. On -the
Sway witness was walking to his brother-in-law's,
when he was overtaken by the-two Thurtells and float
in a gig. John Thurtell joined witness ihwalking but
they were:taken tip by Thdrnas Thurtell in-tWe gig Stroh
.after„ On Sunday evenirtg birds -svere ihtroduced, Whitt
Probert was out ; but they did not play the gime out.,
ne, num. aid .the two Thurtells, -played' at whist;i
Bunt and John Thurtell sirup all night.
Cross-examined by r. tin oh n 'Martell first;
threw the Ws up, not because there were •hildren in;
the room, but because he said he could not play sutlhl
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cards, they ran so cross. • • I
Miss Ann Noyes is sister Of Mrs. Probert, and was!
at the Cottage on the 24th of October last ; beard al
• gig pass 'the hoase, and soon after a bill was;rting•; butl
no one entered. A short time ifter'Hunt, John Thur-,
tell, and frobcrt came in: neither had a white tat on ;!
but Prober' had one which hutli up in•the hall. They
took a little •brandy when they came• -in.; and one 'of
them proposed to go to •Nicli oils's, about:leave for shoot-
ing ; they came back about eleven, • and saiiithat Mr.
Nicholls Nat not at home; the saw a gold watch which
John Thurtell had in•litt hand ;' he took the chain off
and gave it to Mrs. Probert.; . he-put it round her neck ;
it was dike that now prodoied. • Bunt sang•tsvb sorts,
Next rldrhing they -went away •about 'fine;
fin the Sunday they came bask, and Hunt's dress- Was
then much changed. Mr. John Thurteli noticed how
smart Mr. Hunt was dressed that. day ; Hunt had ra-
tiler large whiskers ; she beard in the course of• that'
dry Thor tell say to -Probert that he would' not do for a
Tdipin; cards were played in- the evening. She had
• seen a knife in John Thurtell's possession very like the
one now produced, which was that found in theiane.
Cross-examined by Mr. ANDRWS.—She vieuld 'not
swear that this wits the knife the had seen in John
Tlitirtell's hand ; Probert had both a black and a white
Lat which he wore, each occasionally. It 'was a hall or
rather a passage in which the white. bat, hung ; it did
not matter which ; the did not iee Pmbert wear the
w•iite hat on tile Saturday .Morning ; Thuiteil did hot,
aiways sleep on the.sefa when he came to the cottage.
By Mr. Tnessioert.---Mr. Probert did not introduce,
Hunt -to them as the singer they had ditch heard hire[
speak ibotit.
Crerll.3 Tetsall *tops The Coati) and Hbrses,•in-Ctin-
dlit•elreet; the Probert, Noyes, and -Hunt,
irequeated Lis house. The 24th of October, the 'Aux-
tells, !Lunt, and Probert, dined ai.his.house; proliert
borrowed St. Of witness; but he did not kncivt Whit
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did with it; he did not see- them depart. • •
CrosS•eramilsed by Mr. THESSIGER.—.The Thurtells '
lodged in his house. •They,were Introduced to him by Pro-
bert,
who said they anxious to keep out of the way.'
Re•esarnined by Mr. BOLPAND.—fiqat wore his whis-
kers very large. -Hunt and l'fliurtell left his house'
cn the Sunday togeilier. The father 'was very indif-
[trendy dressed. i • !
Cross-eXamioed by Mr. Ttressruart.—lf Pothert had
sworn thatle did not introduce the Thurtells to wit-
ness, he swore falsely ; he wanted witness to. be a bond-
, •rnin for them.

William •Reswoithy was re-called. Ire ha'd already
slid he knew William Weare for sixteen years; he
had reason to.thiek bibs a mtwof some property; his
habit wityashe bkmself said, to carry his money inside
his dannel shirt. Witness had suen Thurtell and Weare,
tqether as Customers of his; And had seen them three
times together about ten' days before tile miith•
der. On the evening before the murder, J. Thurtell
and Weafe were-together, but witness did not hear what
passed between them. On the. morning of the murder)
Weare called on witness between one and two o'slock..
Cioss-esarriiiied bt. Mr. Atmaaws.—lts billiard
tables we: e 'math 'freiltieritisil; he saw the body whit',
taken from' the'vratordittrha aid-hist see)it When It wak,
taken tip again: The -knife produced .belongeti tot
Wears, and he saw him with it on the mornirkthe was
murdered. It was a remaaiible knife, And tbergare he
knew it. • •

Pry' Hit Court==-He saw the legs of tlre'lniely. naked,
when taken tit' of the watar; OlsOsit* 'WNW out at'
the Artichoke, ~ !
Mary Malan"' was laundress to the late. Mr. Weansi
alto lived at :Nn. .2, Lyon's mum She went into his!
loom on *Prielay, :the 2141 c October, in the morning;
saw tome df lis;clothes on the drawers, and Mr. Weate
put them in :his earpet-bag, that now shewn to Witt.
ness. There were-five linen shirts, six pair of stockings,
a d.ootinfl, jacket and gaiter's ; laced up boots, and a
pith- of Wellington hbots. He had also a backgam-
mon-board; now produced. ,84w Ml... Weave put it into
the bag himself. }lr dined at his chambers, between
one and two o'clock. and ate'tmderstood he was going
:oat of tnWn AIR the Thischry rallOWing. She gat a
hackney-coach for him from the Spotted Dig, in*
Strand, and -the horses' heath 'were directed towards!
Chating•cross. A doubl:e4tarrelled gun,. .the carpet.l
bag, and a troveitat were ptit into the editeh for Mr.
Weide. He had :a gold witteh and chain, esactly like
that now produced. Knew:that Me. Weatehati a knife
that produced vas Atli. The watch had a steel guardi
chain tp wear toend the' eek. The roach drove off
totvariis-ehating-cross. • - •
Thomas Cave drives a hackney chttriOr; •hettick'tti,
GentlethAn •at Ttbit's inn; he Was engaged at the
-Spotted Dog, in the Strand, by a young *caftan ; -a
shortith ntrirt-gOt ithOthe chafidt, With a-giln and a car-
pet bag; this WthrittOetetbet ;' witness drove to Chafing-
eidss, and *et the Getillein'an dotsn ; but he sbon re-
turned, and wits ss was ththOritiffit to take him to the
corner of Cumbetland-street, in the New-road ; thete
he got oct again, but returned with a tali Gentleman,'
dressed in a rough tea theytenituway the things out
of the ceinelt, and %;etit Anrn. erhitt#delandwitreet ; this
vas about half-past four in theaftet titan.
Thom +' one of the hcirse.-plitiol—Was cloth*:
ELlget.-c.re-road On-the evening-of-the 2 kir of fletobert
he met two men in a•gig,.‘frawa.try-at ismo:grey; Attn:
nye or six 'Mites float Tybuto Taropike ; . Were
driving'ffnriOusTy ; he tneiv neither of the men in tife
•g,:g.rsor_dicl-ivoknow Thn trill r the hotselhaej a vevy
,Y!!ite face, arnite :pointed it out in Mr. OlOttetbuck.
u.t 'Magistrate, in l'rObatt's livery stables.