Star.
London, England, 1829-08-05 00:00:00

AT WINCHESTER.

• As it was generally known in the county that Stacy
the younger was to be executed on Monday, for the two
murders at Portsmouth, and as it was also the day ap-
pointed for holding Magdalen-hill Fair, between seven
and eight o'clock upwards of 10,000 persons had as-
sm\ibled at the back of the gaol and its neighbourhocd,
to witness the completion of this part of his sentence.—
Just after eight he appeared on the drop, to which he
walked in a firm manner, and suffered the sentence of the
law with a sulky resolution. He was quite indifferent to
his fate, having dismissed tha Chaplain during the
course of Sunday : yet the Chaplain appeared on the
scaffold, that if he had chosen he might have received
the consolations of religion. The parting of him and his
father was apparently without regret or feeling on the
part of either, they Oily wishing each other " Good
bye." The father aaked,to be permitted to go to a cell
during the execution, which was granted : yet he actu-
ally looked through the window and saw it. He con-
tinued in the same story, saying to the last that some
one assisted him, but he would not tell who it was ; the
evidence negatived its being his father or Downer (one
of the witnesses against him), so that if this be true, his
accomplice is at large, and not even suspected. Stacy
has been talien to the dissecting-room at the Hos-
pital, as it is intended, after dissection, to make a skele-
ton of his bones. After shaving his head the Phrenolo-
gists took many casts of it ; they say the lumps on his
bead are so marked that his actions certify the truth of
the science. He has a short neck and very strong frame,
though a small man. He was much given to brawling
and fighting. and in his different rencnntres was never
'beaten. Hinauiscular powers were so great that the sur-
geons intend to take casts of them when his body ia in.
a ,fit state so to do.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—SALISBURY, Aua. 3.

The Judie, arrived here from Winchester on Saturday
evening, when Mr. Justice BURROUGII 'opened fie
commission. There are 40 prisoners for trial, but there
Is no crime of any great enormity.
John Weeks and .William Weeks, fathe; and son, were
indicted for having, on the 16th of December last, com-
mitted an assault on William Grayly and his wife, at
Martin, in this county.
. Mr.BARsTow stated the case to the Jury; and it ap-
peared in evidence that on the day mentioned in the
indictment, the prosecutors, man and wife, had been
roused from their beds, between one and two o'clock in
the morning, by some persons thro*ing great flint stones
through the windows, by which the windows and frames
were destroyed. The prosecutor and his wife became
much alarmed, and went to the window, crying " Mur-
der !" at the time believing it was the intention of the
persons who were throwing the stones to murder them.
On going to the window they saw the prisoners. whom
they had before known, and positively identified them.
An alibi was attempted to be set up, which failed, and
both prisoners were found Guilty.
The elder prisoner was then sentenced to be impri-
soned for six months, and the younger for three mouths.
John Tompkins was indicted for having, on the 12th
of July last, broken and entered the dwelling-house of i
William Cousins, at Compton Basset, and stealing therein
37 sovereigns, four half sovereigns, 41. 10s. in silver,
some old coins, and other property.
Mr. BURGIIAM stated the case to the Jury.
Sarah Cousins examined—l am the wife of the pro-
secutor; on Sunday, the 12th of July, in the afternoon,
I went to Church, having first locked my house up and
made all secure; there was a little box in my trunk
locked up when I went to Church ; after I had been
there some time I was called out, and told that my house
had been broken into ; I went home, and found the win-
dow and frame broken to pieces, by which a person could
enter; on going in I found that my trunk had been
broken open, and all the money taken away.
Other witnesses were called to prove the robbery; and
the property having been identified,
Lord Chief Justice TYNDAL summed up; and the
Jury, without a moment's hesitation, found him Guilty.
Death recorded.

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