Star.
London, England, 1826-11-09 00:00:00

HATTON-GA RDRN.

Yesterday, at eleven o'clock, the hour appointed for the final ex-
amination of Jain Ambrose, the supposed murderer of the unfortu-
nate woman, Ann Perry, on the 1 Ith of September last, In Lilly-
street, Saffron-hill, the officers' room was thronged by the witnesses
against the prisoner, and persons whose curiosity had led them there
to be present at the exam nation.
Precisely at the above hour, W. L. Boozes, Esq. the sitting
Magistrate, arrived, and took his seat on the Bench, and Barney,
the beadle of the Saffron-hill Liberty of St. Andrew's Parish, hav-
ing informed him that the whole of the witnesses were in attendance
upon their summonses in the Outer-office, Lee, the gaoler, was
I called in, and desired to produce his prisoner.
The wretched man was then brought from the lock-up room
along the office yard; amid the gaze of the mob that bad assembled
to gratify their curiosity. He appeared rather more dismayed than
he did on his first examination, but still there was an air of Indif-
ference apparent about him, indicating that he felt confident that
there was no evidence to convict him of the murder. He was
dressed in an old black coat and waistcoat, and corduroy or
velvet trousers. lie c..rried a 'man bundle, containing his shoe-
making tools. _ _ _

On -being placed in the dock before the Magistrate, he looked
very anxiously about him, and recognising some persons wbo were to
give evidence against him, he looked upon them very piteously.
After some consultation, the Magistiate asked Barnley if there
bad been a true bin found against the prisoner at the Clerkenwell
Sessions?

Darnley, the officer, said there had been—that he himself pre-
ferred it, and filed the bill afterwards in Mr. Shelton's office, the
Clerk of the Arraigns. He had been to the office to procure a cer-
tificate, but it would not be ready for an hour.

The Magistrate then ordered the examination to proceed.
George Thomas, of No. 4, Lilly-street, Saffron-hill, stated, that
he knew the deceased, who lodged in the same house with bins in a
room on the second floor adjoining his; her name was Ann Perry,
but she always went by the name of Ambrose, having lived with
John Ambrose, the prisoner, as his wife. On Saturday night, the
beginning of September last, witness came home about ten o'clock,
and went into his own room, when he heard the prisoner and de-
ceased quarrelling very violently, and heard several heavy blows
given by some person, and beard the prisoner use very bad lan-
guage to the deceased. The prisoner continued to use very horrid
expressions to .the deceased, and then he hoard another blow,
and a heavy fall to the ground followed immediately after, and
be never heard the deceased speat again. Witness heard the
prisoner walking about the room for some time after, talking to
himself of what is called "clinching stitches." Witness after this
heard no more, and went to skep. About six o'clock nest morning,
witness arose and went down stairs to the landlady, and asked
her if she had seen Mrs. Ambrose (meaning the deceased)? the
said she had not, but she also bad heard her and the prisoner
quarrelling the preceding night. Witness then left the house, but
came back again about half-past eight or nine at night, and went to
bed, when he heard the prisoner in his own room, but did not bear
the deceased. Witness for the last time heard him in the room at
about ten o'clock on MAnday morning ; be wu then muttering
something to himself. On Tuesday morning, the landlord and
another lodger, named Robinson, went into the deceased's room,
and found the deceased lying dead, and weltering in het blood.
Witness afterwards went in himself, and saw her lying on her side,
and the blood streaming from her. The body was concealed behind
two chairs, and a sack, or piece of woollen, placed over the backs of
them, so that no person could see the deceased without looking over
the chairs. The deceased had often been absent from her lodgings,
at her brother's; anal, an one of these occasions, Ambrose took
another woman to live with him, but she went away upon the re-
turn of the deceased. Witness thinks the prisoner was sober en
the Saturday night—indeed, he never saw him otherwise. He is a
man of very temperate habits, and is near 70 years of age.
Maghtrate—Have you any thing to add to this deposition?
Witness—Notting, your Worship.
Magistrate to the Prisoner—Have you any question to ask Mr.
Thorns.?

Prisoner—No, your NV ‘rship, I have not.
William Robinson a bookbinder, stated, that he lodged in the
same house as the last witness, in the room under that occupied by
the prisoner and the deceased. He was at home on the Saturday
night, but did not hear the quarrel. On Monday morning witness
sent up his son for a flat iron borrowed by Ambrose; he did not
return it to the boy, but brought it down himself, and told the wit-
ness that his wife (Ann Perry) had been out all night, sod had lime,
he supposed, to her brother's. Witness saw Ambrose for the last
time, about eight o'clock on Monday morning. On Tuesday morn-
ing, suspecting an was not right, he knocked at the prisoner's room
door, but received no answer, and the door nor being locked he
opened it sad went in, and found the murdered body of the deceas-
ed, lying as described by the last witness. Witness alarmed the
house, and Mr. Jay, the landlord, came up and went into the room
with him. Witness thinks the deceased had been deadsonr time.
Jay, the landlord, corroborated the last witness's testimony.
Mrs. Jay, the landlady of the house, stated, that about Ave o'clock ,
on Monday evening, she saw the prisoner for the last time ; he a4ked
her if she had seen his wife ? witness answered she had not. The
prisoner then said, " she shall never rob me any more." The pri-
soner was in the habit of ill.treating the deceased, and they were
often quarrelling.
Ann Maze stated, that she washed the body of the deceased,
and found it in a dreadfully wounded state; there was a piece of
cloth placed under her head, to prevent the blood running through
the joists of the floor into the next room.
Air. Sheppard, the surgeon, proved, that, on opening the bead of
the deceased, he found a large quantity of extravasated blood be-
tween the scalp and perier.aeism a and also upon the cerebegun;
which must have been caused by external violence, and was the
cause of death.

Another medical nun, named Melburn, corroborated Mr. iihep-
pard's evidence.
Mr. Romas now asked Ambrose whether he wished to say any
thing more?
Prisoner—Your Worship it is all right, but I should like to say
a few words if you will please to bear me. He then went oo to
repeat what he bad before stated, protesting his innocence, and
asking the Magistrate to bear Mr. Walker speak in his behalf.
He was then fully annmitted for trial. He says be is fifty-
, eight years of age.
G. Pasollitch was charged by Mrs. gateman, of Cursitor-street
with threatening to run her through with a sword, and shoot be;
servant girl. The prisoner came to board in her house, representing
himself as a ward of Chancery, whence he was allowed 5L a fort-
night till his case was settled, for which she agreed to accommodate
him, but when his accoant had run up to 1.51. she applied to him in
vain, and then made application to the Court of Chancery, where,
it appeared, he was not known ; and boding that be was about to
remove his Images, she again applied to him, when he conducted
himself in the manner above stated,—Committed for want of bail.