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London, England, 1807-11-03 00:00:00

evening, with powder aloneb in order to frighten rah-
' bers away. Upon the day on which the accident
happened, he was violently affaulted by a parcel of
boys, with hones and bricks ; he fired over them,
with powder only, till at length, having been forced
into his bottle, and finding hinifelf Bill attacked, he
WAS under the neceffity of firing
,with [hot, entirely'
in fell defence. In vain had he applied fur the affif-
tance of a peace officer, none was at that time to be
procured. He wished to ask the Jury, whether, un-
der loch circumfiances, they could imagine that this
was wi:fol murder ? It could not be alledged that
he knew the unfortunate boy, as he had never before
teen him. He could not have any with to obtain pro-
petty through the death of the decealed, nor could
he poffibly have any end in view by accomplithing
his-death. He had not committed any robbery, and
this was the fire time he had ever been difgraced by
Itanding at that bar. He concluded by making a
foletnn appeal to Goa, as to his innocence, but if hE
was doomed to fuffer by the verdi;.'t of the Jury, he
thould refign life with compofure to him that gave
it, in hopes of forgivenefs in a future Rate.
The pi ifoner then called the following Witneffes:
Mr. Thomas White, a coal merchant, and one cf
the proprietors of the premifes in queltion. He had
recommended the prifoner, as being a perfon worthy
of true, to proteft the laid property from depreda-
tions, and had atligned him a houfe to reticle in when
fo occupied. He turnifhed him with the ratlike' and
the thot, which he had bought in the time of the riot
in 1780, and had inflruaed him to fire over the heads
tarf thofe who affailed him. He knew of his own know-
ledge, that fevetal depredations had been commit-
ted. He had leen the former witntfs, the little girl
Ann Terry, on the Monday morning before the Co
rrstaer's Jim fat. She was clofe to him when he was
(peaking to the man, and he heard her fay to him,
the would hang the man (the prifoner) ; his anfwer
was, You little prifs, do you Ittow any thing of this
c •ncern ?" To this the replied, that "it did not fig
oily, he thould be hung upon the ground." The
witnefs had upon former occafions entrulled the
pr ironer with very conliderable property, and bad al-
ways found hint exceedingly faithful, and worthy of
confidence.

Mr. Wm. White, a dealer in building materials
in partner Chip with a Mr. Tucker. He had purrha•
fed fume upon the preruites, and had placed them
❑nder the care of the pile:lncr. 't he►e were three
isa during the time they were under his care;
and upon the Monday afterward., he, Mr. Tucker,
and the prifoner, were (landing upon the premifes,
when, to the belt of his recolidlion, Jacob Jofcl4ll.
and Nathan Levi, two former witneffes, pallid by,
and tbe prifoner faid," There are the men who (tole
your timber." He was lute that one of them had
rcd hair like J'rfeph, and they both hung down their
heads not to be Gen.

Mr. Tucker coiroblratei this teflimony, as to the
prifoner having a.cufed there two men of having
Itolen the timber, and that the prifoner faid, at the
fame time, 4, Take notice of them, they hang down
their heads, that we may not fee them."
Charles Buck, a porter to Meas. Croydon and
Sons, Audioneers, depofed, that he adually faw Jo.
feph and L.vy taking away the timber; and when
lo doing, they were fo furrounded by a parcel of
riotous boys, that he and others were intimidated
from challenging them.
Martha Smith depofed, that the lived next to the
premifes, her back windows lookiug into them.—
Upon the night when this fatal circumnance took
place, the heard much riot among(' the boys, and
law them attacking the prifoner moll violently with
bricks and (tones. She law him frock molt violently
over the head, and after he had retired into Lis own
habitation, the heard the report of the gun which he
had fired.

Jahn Jones depofed, that he was a labourer in the
employment of the purchafers of the piemifes. On
the loth Oaober he took in fume tools, about half
pail five, the windows in the lower catement where
the pi &tier relides were then all whole. He return.
ed in the morning, about eight o'clock, and, on his
openitlg the (hum's, found two pains of glafs (laved
in, and two. !tarred. There were pieces of blick,
which he produced, on the table under the window.
Mr. Spurgh, of No. 54, Ciiipin-ftrect, Spitalfields,
was acquainted with the perfons of the two witneffes,
J :(,:ph And Ai.n Terry. He, this day, pending the
faw Jofeph in company with her, and in deep
cog-at:station. Was near etiyugh to hear part of it;
he particularly overheard Jollpli fay to Ann Terry,
" flick to that." There were three men and the girl
whifpering together, near the lira Qep coming up
into Court.

Mr. John Ward, the pAfonet's attorney, depefed,
that he never had any convertstir-in with the witnefs
Joleph, nor did he direaly c r indirealy do any thing
to intimidate him. Witnef knew where Jofeph re•
fides, and all() the houfe in which Ann 'ferry is a
fervant. He had oceation to pals there almoft every
day, in his way from his own houfe to the intended
brewcry, he bring employed by the proprietors. He
has, on thole occaGons, frequently Peen Jofeph in the
!route where Ann Terry is fervant, and Ann Terry
iu the hook with Jofeph, where he lives.

A Mr. Parry, ton to one of the managers of the
Golden lane brewery, and four other refpedable
pet lons, in various trades, gave the prifoner a moa
excellent chat after tor humanity, good nature, molt
aria honefty, and lieadinefs of condua.
The LIAILMID BARON fummed up this mafs of
evidence, with peculiar perfpicuity, and made a va
riety of obfervations on the improbability of any man
firing at another without any fort of provocatkn. He
alto hutnar.ely commented on the material contra.
di&ions given by perfons feemingly of a refpeetable
Oafs of life, to the tetfimony of Jofeph and the girl
Terry. The Jury had either of three courtes to adopt ;
fill, whether the prifoner was guilty of wilful murder;
next, of manfiaughter ; or, lafily, whether he was
guilty at all ?
The Jury Paid, in confequence of one diffentient,
they mutt retire ; and, atter an interval of one hoer
and twenty minutes, they tetutned a verdia—Cluilty
of Matillanglacr.

BIRTHS,
On Thurfday. the 29th ult. at fhoiciby Park, Nottingham!hire,
Lady Frances lkutinck °fa fon.

DIED.

At Edinburgh, Mr. John Wright, late of Falter Minns, Stir-
lingih►rc, one of the Solicitors of the Supreme courts in Scotland
Wednefday fennight, at the Iteetory of Storington, Sufi=.
Clarks Cartwright, Efq. of St. John's College, Oxford.