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London, England, 1827-07-28 00:00:00

difeiestly, the' defendant' must have offered capitally,
as It irks quite deer he knew the articles were stolen
when he became possessed'of them. •
A man named Evens was also convicted of stealing
Government copper, and sentenced to 14 years' trims-
pot tati on for the offence. ..
Caows Sies.—Before Mr. hale* Bessmae. •
CH AKG I or
..14x Sullivan and Elizabeth Hickson were capitally
indicted for the, mnrdrr of Alesandei Stroud, at the
town of Gosport, on Sunday morning last.
Mr. 'DA MPI IR stated the facts of the case to the Jury,
for the prosecution, and said, that it would require their
particular attention to decide, whether one or both of
the piisoners were connected with the deceased, and
whether it had happened uncles such citcumstances as
to amount to murder?
The following witnesses were then called to substan-
tiate the charge:
John Clark—l have known the female prisoner for
several months; I also knew the deceased when alive ;
I saw Hickson and the deceased in •a boat together, in
the course of last Sass/clay ; I carried Hickson in my
boat to the Primrose, which is a ship of war, lying at
Portsmouth, and to which deceased belonged, as a sai.
tor. After that I saw them again together during the
same evening, at the Navy Tavern, in Gosport. In the
course of that evening, Sullivan, as well as several other
persons, joined them. There was some dispute between
Sullivan and the deceased, about a pint of beer. They
all partook of the liquor which was brought in, but it
did not seem to me that Sullivan was at all effected by
the liquor at the time I went away, which was about
ten o'clock that night. Stroud was a little intoxicated,
but not much, wheal:se first came into the tavern, but
he only drank a couple of glasses, that I saw. I went+
the next morning to where Betsy Clark (another name
by which Elizabeth Hickson was kailwn) lived, which
was at Bunker's-bill, in the town of Gosport. I removed
a case from that house, which was given to me by a
woman, to the Navy Tamp, where I put it into the
keeping of the landlord. In the course of that morning
I saw Sullivan, and told him that the deceased was
dead. Sullivan exclaimed, " Dead!" but made no fur-

Cher observation.
Henry Burnett—l am landlord of the Navy Tavern
at Gosport. I saw both the ptisoners in company with
the deceased at my house on Saturday last; they left
the house a little before twelve o'clock at night ; I tried
to persuade them before that to quit my house, but they
would stay; the two prisoners, the deceased, and a
woman named Hoskins, left the house all together;
when they were outside the house, Sullivan said that he
would have a pot of beer to take home with him, which
was accordingly given to him. It seemed to me that
both the men felt something of the effects of the NW,
bet that they were not intoxicated. There bad bass
some. words between them in the course of the evening,
but they afterwards appeared to be quite reconciled,
and they left the house good friends.
Ruth Scott—l was in company with the parties in
question on the Saturday evening, at the Navy Tavern;
about ten o'clock I went away, and left them all there
drinking together ; the deceased seemed to be a little,,
but not much, in liquor; there did not appear to be any
ill-blood between the male prisoner and the deceased
Betsy Clark came to my lodging at seven q'clock on the
following morning, and awoke me; we lived together
in the same house, and she asked me two or three times
to get up before I would ; at length I asked her what
she wanted me to get up for? and at the saute time,
looking at the prisoner, I perceived that she was all over
blood on her face, and that her lip was much swelled,
as if she had been fighting ; her handkerchief and gown.
were also covered with blood, and bar dress, with the
exception of a cloak, was the same as I had seen her
wiser on the preceding evening; but there had been no
marks of blood on then. She told me, when I asked
her what was the matter, that she believed the man
whom she had with her the night before was dead.—
Upon this I got up, and went down to the room where
the deceased was lying. 1 found him on his left side,
near the foot of the bed, and his ear was bloody, as if it
had a scratch just under it ; his head was lying between
the two bands; the head being on the bed, aad the
'body resting on the floor. His hands bad a little blood
on them, but not much ; the ends of his neckerchief
were drawn very tight round his neck ; on the bed, the
pillows, and the blankets, there was a good deal of
blood ; the bed looked to me as if some person had bees
lying on it.
Cross-examined by Mr. MISSING, jun.—The hand-
kerchief round his neck was tied much in the usual
msnuer.with other seafaring people. I slept in the room
immediately over the prisoner Clark, but I was not in
the tau se of the night disturbed by any noise.
Sarah Davis—l live at no great distance from where
Betsy Clark lodges; the two prisoners were living to-
gether up to the day in question; knew them well
enough to feel sure of their voices; early on Sunday
morning, about one or two o'clock, I heard the voices
of two men in Clark's lodging ; Betsy Clark likewise
was talking, but I could not make out what she said,
•for she was crying ; shortly after this I heard the break-
ing of a window, and the voices of two persons as if
they were quarrelling with one another. Some one then
s, twice called out " Watch !" and about ten minutes after.
Awards I again heard the cry " Watch!' I went she
following d.:y to Betsy Clark, and observed to her that
what had happened was very unfortunate, and she re-
plied that it was so, but that she had been so tipsy over
night, that she could not recollect any thing at all
about it.
Ann Snell—l live in the next apartment to the female
prisoner; there is but a thin partition between us; I
heard a window break last Saturday night, and after-
wards two men talking, but I could not make out any
thing they said; shottly after I heard a voice in a low
tone call " Watch and then the female prisoner ex-
claimed "For Gon's sake, John, leave the man alone."
Sometime after this I heard a sound as if some one was
moaning, but I could not distinguish any to a certainty.
John Thompson—l live near to the female prisoner's
lodgings; I heard on. Saturday night two crashes of
glass, and afterwards a man say, "D—n your eyes, do
you mean that?" There was then a scuffle as if two
men were engaged in fighting, but it did not last above
.a minute. I cannot be sure that the voices I beatd
came from the female's room.
Christopher Hutchins—l am a constable at Gosport,
and took Sullivan into custody. I asked him if be had
heard of &oust's death ? He said that he bad, but he
denied that he knew any thing about it. Arteries' d.
however, Sullivan said that he was sorry that he had
taken the beer to Betsy's lodgings, for if he had not, he
would have bad nothing to do with the row. I examined
Sullivan'. bed ; it was wet, but I could not find any
blood about it. •
Other witnesses deposed ' .the handkerchief being