Star.
London, England, 1821-09-26 00:00:00

PERTH ASSIZES.

The Circuit Conrt of Justiciary was opened at
Perth on Wednesday se'nnight by the LORD JUSTICE
CLERK and Lord PITDIILLY•

Margaret Tindell, or Shutt!motile, from Mon-
trose, indicted for the murder of her'husband Henry
Shuttleworth, on the 27th of April last, pleaded
Not Guilty.
Two witnesses proved the finding of a poker in
Shuttleworth's house; it was bent at the one end ;
there was blond on it, and some hair.
Catherine Macleod was a servant to Mr. Shuttle-
worth ; deceased and his wife were very happy when
he was sober, but she very often got drunk, and
was very outrageous, cursing and swearing. On the
night Shuttleworth died, the prisoner was completely
intoxicated, and was quarrelling with her master;
in a passion she drove her hand through the kitchen
window. Witness having obtained leave to go to a
wake, put her mistress, who was lying on the floor,
to bed. When she came back, saw the deceased

lying at the foot of the stair, and much blood lying:
her mistress said he had fallen down stairs, and said
if she had heard him fall, she might have saved his
life ; prisoner expressed no wish to send for a doctor;
her master, before his death, talked often of leaving
Montrose, and her mistress was angry at this ; saw
some foot-marks on the stair leading to the bed-room ;
saw the officers find the poker ; has seen the prisoner
throw the poker after her husband in the passage.
Mr. Farquharson, brewer, Montrose, has his house
opposite where deceased lived, he was on very bad
terms with his wife; deceased, the night before his
death, told him he was going to give up his premises
on account of his wife's behaviour ; heard no person
enter the house after he left him, and no noise or dis-
turbance whatever; about four o'clock prisoner came
to his house and said, " rise, Farquharson, for Shut-
tleworth is lying in the entry ; he got up ; found
deceased lying in the passage, he was dead and cold;
said to prisoner he would go for a doctor ; she made
no objections ; brought Dr. Hoil ; when he came
back observed the marks on the stair; there were
finger marks of blood on the kitchen door about three
feet from the fvound ; does not think that by Shut-
tlewordet falhag down stairs he could have been in

the position be saw him; prisoner did not appelt
sober when witness fit st saw her.
Dr. Hoil examined the ho.! y of Shuttlewnrt3l;
found a wound on the back part of the head; the
skull fractured. It could not have been from a fAI 1
it must have been occasioned by ses ere blows; dile,
blows he could distinctly count, from the excavatiois,
and blood from the wounds. The wounds appeared
to have been occasioned by some ponderous hndy
having struck the head ; appeared to be inflicted by
some blunt weapon. The prisoner appeared muck
agitated ; her hands had the mark of blood, particd
larly the fore fingers ; did not ask her to account for
these appearances; she seemed to be confused and
ashamed of being intoxicated ; saw spots of mooit
on her blue check apron lying on a chair. witness
distinctly states that the fractures could not possible
have arisen Jrom a fall down stairs; thinks that the
poker used broad-ways might have occasioned Ike
wounds on the head ; where the wounds were, tae
hair seemed to be off.
.Drs. Crarnb and Gibson also examined the body,
and confirmed Dr. Iloil. -.
E. Craw on the Friday heard a pane of glass beak;
the deceased called svhness to see what she had doie;
she said if she had the big poker she would lay his
brains on the floor, and let him look at that; dal&
sire was the.worse of liquor.
The Jury return.!a verdict of—Ggilty of 3E-rder.
The LORD JUSTICE CLERIC then proceeded to pail
the dreadful sentence of the law, urgng upon the
prisoner the heinoatness of her crime, aggravated at
it had been,, instead of mitig:tted, by the state 4 in.
toxication in which she api.eared to have been at tle
time. She was sentenced. to be executed at Nino.
iro:e on the second of November, and her body is
be delivered to the surgeons.

ATTEIirT AT Moaner_—.lt an early herr yesterday mornizs
the watchmen on duty in Charles-street, Drary-Lne,
damned by the most piercing shrieks, end cries of Matda`
which were shortly followed by a lout raise, apparesely is if
heavy substakce had fallen into the street. Oa reeeeliag 3
the spot, they found a decent Molting man lying on the gars;
in a state of insensibility, and bleeding most colsiotely frumas
ears, rose, and mouth. The first object of the watchmen wa
to convey him to the Middlesex Hospital, whet- loving
medical assistance, he recovered a little, and was then able
relate what hid happened to him, which was in sub:slue
follows:—Ile had been enticed into a house of ill f;•mr.
Charles-street, by a female, veho, efter robbing him of aka
£‘2o in money, railed in several rufhans, who bet him met
unmercifully with bludgeons, and afterwards threw hiaload
the second Boor window into the street! The Surgeens hard
his skull dreadfully fractuted. The Officers imincdiet,ly
toted an inquiry into the matter, and five women, in.:ludingtha
landlady at the house, on whom great suspicion rests. were
prehended, and lodged in the watelihouic ; but the landlordoss
some men who lodged iu the house, have absconded. In de
course of the day, Sarah Pollack, Martha Agg.-1, and Mary Ho.?
gerty, were brought from St. Giles's watch-house to Mules
rough-street Police Office, charged with throwing the teems
nate man, James Thayer, out of the window. The ;nista;
Pethick, said she met the man in I lolhoru, and, after aerial
her with gin, he went home with her: he gave her money
purchase beef-steaks, which she did ; and then he gave bean!:
a-crown to buy bread, wi.ich she gave to a young man, battle
Letter kept the change:. This caused him to get into a passin,
and she kft him, when the occupier of the rocas came up tom
him out; but he knocked her down, and this caused the au.
rib She could nut say how he gut out of the window. Mania
A,igel was then put to the bar, and she gave the same oast
of the affair as Pethick did. Ms. lag:erty was the LSI pew
the bar; she admitted she was the owner of the house; ,he suf
she was in bed when they were informed Thayer was knocking
down every one; they called the watchman, upon sykkh be raa
up to the second floor. Here she endeavoured to ihSillUlttai
he had thrown himself out of the window. A woman, wind
Price, distinctly swore to Pethick, as being the person*
threw the unfortunate man out of the window. The (doer; '
certificate was then handed to the 31agistrate, from the Hoax
Surgeon at the Middlesex Hospital:
" Sta—This is to certify that James Thayer, brought inlet
with an extensive wound upon his head, is now sensible. lb
states that he was stunned by a blow of a stick, by some min
he does not recollect bow he was thrown out, or by whom. i.
decided opinion can as yet be given, but it is hoped the wool
will not prove fataL" Signed, &c.
The Magistrate ordered the prisoners to be remanded fora
week, and kept separate. In the meartirte, Purzeman and tk
other Constables are in search of Haggerty and Burrell, tk
men who were seen in the house when the occurrence took phi
PREIVOKIMO Poe ITENES%--Williain Jones, a manufacturer d
weather-glasses, was charged at Guildhall, by the Officers of St.
Andrew's, Holborn, with riotous and disorderly conduct. Its
the practice, at Messrs. Thompson's wine-vaults, on Holborn
hill, not to serve any persons who are intoxicated with liquor;
and the prisoner, while in that state, went to the shop and askd
for a glass of gin, which was positively refused to be served la m
Ile then insisted on knowing the reason, itt so loud a tone a
voice as to call forth Mr. Fearon (Mr. Thompson's son-in-hr)
from the back room, who addressed Jones very mildly, sat*,
" Come, come, my good man, you must go away, or I slunk
obliged to find you a lodging for the night."—" Sir," repfei
Jones, with the most provoking coolness, " I am much oblietl
to you, hut I am already provided with a very good lodekea
Belton-street, end therefore have no occasion for another.'-
" My good fellow," said Mr. Fearon," you must go out oftk
shop, or 1 shall be forced to help you out."—" Sir," unwell
Jones, " I am, I thank you, in very good health; and whet
want to go out, I shall be able to do so very wel, MAIO
troubling you for your help." This coolness overturned Jfc
Fearon's philosophy, and, finding himself foiled at his awn ten.
pan, he diverged from admonition to physical force, and sled
the fellow by the collar to kelp him out; but no sooner subs
person touched, than the mercury in the weather-glassangd!
, barometer rose instantly to " blood heat ;" he became ter
ous, and, when forced out of the shop, continued his flel°
vociferations at the doer, by which a great mob was tolke.dr
and which was at length dispersed only by the Men nag
the enraged philosopher to the Compter. When ?beta *de
•" k
bar yesterday, his spirits were again down to "worranot
expressed sorrow for his conduct, and stated, that if he lead lead
' been in liquor, he should not so soon have taken Cut
not done any damage, nor committed any asnly.k/ t•
Fearon not appearing to prefer any complaint Spot Imsh
, Alderman directed him to be discharged.

BIRTHS.
Friday, in Waterloo-place, the Lady of Francis Dc Conic*
Esq. of a son.
At Edinburgh, on the iSth inst. the Lady of Sir Willists 311'
liken Napier, Dart. of a son.

MARRIED.
Monday, at Mary4a-Bonne Church, by the B. WI SO%
A. M. James 11. Markland, 'Esq. of the Inner Terilli4Z
Charlotte, eldest daughter of Francis Freeling, Eq. atbew
neral Post-Office. t.
On the 18th instant, at Edinburgh, Charles Doyle
Esq: to Miss Catherine Cornelia Story, daughter of the haw
Min George Story, of the Bth Light Dragoons.
Sept. 20, Joseph Brisset, Esq. to Mary, daughter of
de
Dr. Scarlett.

DIED.
On the 16th Instant, at Cromer, Norfolk, Charlet gel
Lloyd, Esq. many years bledisal Practitioner in tbe C 4031
Demerara, aged IL
Friday, at Hampstead, after bat a few minutes Woe* cy
therine, the wife of Charles &mood Lincoln's Inn,Fit

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