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ltirinialit iod out, ike. AM* Irplieet that .slily -
+visaed his life, and ;twos better he be hung
thin live in such hovers.
Mi•.'Aboi,eritss -then proce.d A to •call~ witnesses i
concerning the character of the pr:son/r. . •
Mr. H. Ward, a maser hrield iyer, was fita per
(laced. The prisoner had been fifieen mitotic in his ,
service, previously to his livng with Mr. Hel -t' new
and be .h id always coasidered him as a well disposed
persou : nothing unruly nor violent in his lb s posn ion..
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Richard Barnsley, constable ot the S.ffron !ell .tis.
trict. said he knew a great deal aliout the Irish in that'
qu trier ; he was well acquainted with the prisco- ow
Leary, and always comidered him as the gigs slietestv
man he ever knew toirlin Irishman. ' .-
Williams Dixie kept the
,One Tut public-hour pre
Saffron-hill. The priiimer was frequently therl ;
he had never disc•ivered any thing quarrelsome in: is
disposition ; on the contrary, he was always a peace-
maker among his cognomen, and when he could
not succeed he left'them.
Mr. Justice --hewn now summed on the evidence
to the Jury, with his wonted perspiality, and desired •
them to dismiss all rumours and statements whatever .
from their minds, except the evidence b 4 re them.
there was no doubt but that ciiitivd had been mur-
dered for the sake of his money; and if they believed
the evidence, he must either have been murdered-by
Mrs. Clifford; oi- the Prisoner at the Bar. •• •
The JurY then retired to consider of their verdict;
and after being absent for about a quarter of anhour,
they returned a verdict of—Guilty.
On the verdict being pronounced, Leary, for the I
first time during the whole day, displayed something
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like feeling; as lie then burst into tears. He was
asked if he lkad any thing to say why the sentence of
the law shou'.il not: be passed on him ? but he did nut
answer a 0 thing.
The ROCORD6R then proceeded to pronounce the
sentence of the, la* on the prisoner. In doing this
he said to James Leary, the prisoner at the bar, that
after a most full, fair, and considerate investigation
of the evidence adduced against. him, and after it'
most humane attention to all that had been bt!oight
forward in his behalf, the Jury, in the discharge of
their duty, and of theesacted obligations imposed on
them by their oaths, had fount him Fuiltrof the foal' -
crime of Murder. In the ,perpetration of the .i•ittr.,
he had ,hewn a blood-thirsty mind. The crime had•
been committed at a moment when the cl:ceased was
completely defenceless and unsuspecting oand as such
was the feature of- the case, the security of Society it.
self called for justice. The crime wit 'not only in
violation of the kiwi of man bat of those of Gone'.
lie had said, 4, Whosoever 'sheds man's blond, by
man shall his blood be shed." Thus had the Ate
sitottry forbidden the crime, and had also given •
man power to punish those who committed ii. .t4IY
crime was of most foul aspect,. and so much so. that
Vs early and ignominious death only could exoiate .
the clime which he had committed. That expißjon, •
must be had—justice called for it ; and as the verdidi
bad found him ouil:y, he had now only a few hours .
to live. Such being his awful situation, k would well
become him to employ the few hours which yet re.
mined to him in prayer to' his GOD for the forgiie4
ness of his manifold sins. The Remota then, en- 5.
treated the prisoner not to lose a moment in etideit-
' vouring to rrtake his peace With his Goo. The only .
duty that now remained to be performed Was, to pass
the sentence of the law on the prisoner at the bar.
which was, that lict-be taken thenctto the place from
whence he came, and thence on MOOday td" a place
of execution" and thereto be hanged by the neck till
he was dead, and his body afterwards to be delivered.
over to the surgeons fur dissectic.o.
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During the whole of the trial, which lasted from .
ten o'clock till five, the pristiner preserved a firm antr
unaltered deportment, until the sentence was, pastiest
on him. He then shed tears, and held oat hil hand
to M'Carthy, for the piirpose of shaking hands, Ai
first,•M'Carthy (who was standing in the b .dy of the -.
Court) put forth his hand to meet the prisoner's s -
but, recollecting himself, he drew.it instantly back,
saying, in the mildest mantitr, 4' 0, .10; I can't go
it I" As he was retiring from the dude, he Lila
1 something to Davies, the turnkey, who immediat ly
communicated it to Mr. Newman ; and, in conse-
quence, the prisoner was brought back to the bar —.
The Court was still in a moment, every one expecting
that he was going to make a confession ot his guikt.
but, instead of that,. he only applied to the Judge, in
a faultering voice, that his wife might have his clothees.
So idle a request, made at such a tithe, astonished the
Whole Court, and he was removed to his cell. He is
rather a good-looking man, and very'wetlinade. Hie
eye is uncommonly quick and piercing ; and he oh. •
served and listened with' great attention to the admi.
nistering the oath to Mrs. Clifford and to M'Caithy.
Two other trials on charges of murder were emigeti
ed to have come on: the one of the horse soldier vith4
shot a lad near Finchley, some time ago; and thq .
other of a man charged with the murder of 'Mr. :
STEEL; near Hounslow, which took place some y
back, and for which Holloway and Haggerty-Wit-
h:red execution ; but, in consequence, of the great
length of time that had been occupied by the.pre.
ceding trial, they were postponed: ~.
The Court then proceeded to the Arial of several,-
minor offences ; at the conclusion of- one of which
a circumstance of unusual depravity .occurred; A
prisoner, whose name we could not learnt •sysivoisil
•for an offince which subjected him to trans ortation;
and on the Jury returning a verdict' of . tiihy, the
villain drew a knife but .of his pocket, a aimed it
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at the prosecutor. Fortunately, hishorrible intention
was not effected; the knife fell short, and did no
harm ; but the Court, to mark their. sense of the atro-
city of his conduct, instantly seutenced him to trans.
portation for life.

Atli* Middlesex Sessions, yesterchy, D. Leary wits
indicted and found guilty of a violent assault on D.
*Felt, a watchntaeof the parish of Stepney. on S.
night last. The assault was of a mostdesptrate
descripticin: the Court sentenced trim to one fear's isn:
prisunment in the House of Correefion...:A tsalstteasst,
named Price; liras'. put tattle bari.changed wilt 4n it as
diceni and disgtstittig exposure.of• iris person, at the •
winifirws' of his lodging; its Cross-street, to,the view of
gltnelitint itnclisrepent able. females, ;awaiting
oppOsiti tan*. T)* evidence %vitriol a must disgus..,
ityg disercptiot. :The *Hance wactulLy proved ;. ,übd
theittilcvaidiout-hesitation, found him Guilty. TLS
Court deftrred pas:ins sentence.