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eraptertto raise him, and saw him bleediag from the
hem' in a dreadful manner. Some men assi,ted• to move-
him into the kitchen ; in a few minutes Mr. Elkington,
the surge. n, time.

Cross-examined.—The prisoner bad often asked to be trusted,
and her husband had refu.ed unless a man was bound for him, at
erlirich the prisoner was angry and insolent. He was in the shop
mare than ten minutes, perhaps 'runty. The cellar door opens into
the shop. Witness did not see the features of the man going out of
the shop ; saw his bark only fur a second, but was coo/dent it was
the prisoner. As soon as the nioney.drawer fell witness came up
and saw the man gw Witness cannot swear that the potatoes on
gm ground war the same served to the prisoner.
Francis Elkington, a sui#,eon at Birmingham, found
the deceased about eleven o'clock, on the night of the
6th of Dec 'miser, in the kitchen, supported in a chair,
covered with .blood. He was quite senseless. Witness
took a bandage from his head, and removed several
portions of bone from the fore part. There was a wound
on the fore part of the I cad six inches long, extending
frons.the centre of the inintal bone, through. the mem-
branes of the brain, to the 'depth of inch. There was
another wound on the back part of the head, live inches
and a hall long, which had penetrated an inch into the
substance of the brain ; a portion of the brain appeared
on the outer surface of the wound. Either wound was
sufficient to cause death. The cleaver was the sort of
weapon to inflict such wounds.
Harry Adkins seAtehed for the prisoner,. and had
hand bills circulated, describing his person. Saw him
.afterwards at Live, pool in custody of Boughey, and,
conveyed him to Birmingham.
Ro ,eit Boughey, a pike officer at Liverpool, saw a
hand bill describing the murderer of Mr. Perry. Made
search in consequence; and on the 9th of December at
eleven in the morning, saw the prisoner on the Pier-
head of George's dock, and perceived him go into the
City of Dublin steam packet, bound for Ireland.---;
Witness went on board and found that his person agreed
with the description on the. bill. Asked his name;
prisoner said it was " John Hanbury." Witness took
him to the Bridewell, and said he suspected him to be
the man who murdered Mr. Perry. Prisoner replied, he
never was in Birmingham in his life; and that became
from Manchester the night before.
This was the cue for the prosecution.
The prisoner, on being called on for his defence, at
first deciined saying any thing; but subsequently pro-
slueed a wriAen paper, which was read by the clerk of
tt e arraigns. It began by entreating the compassion
*of the Court and the Jury towards him, as be was in a
strange country ; then stated that he came to England
in November last, to see a relation in London. He se-
mi ned through Birmingham, and found honest em-
ploy, first from Mr. Parry, and afterwards as a plas-
terer's labourer. On the 6th of December, he went to
Mr. Perry's house to purchase previsions; gave him the
book to enter them; and their-said, " Mr. Perry, I will
)rave this, and come in the morning for it." He went
away, and just as he got out of the shop, he heard a cry
of "Mind r!'' He returned to the shop and was
*shocked at the tidings. Fearing suspicion would fall
n on him, he walked away from the town, to return to
his own country. This course, after calm reflection, he
hoe, thought was wrong, as he should have stayed. He
solemnly disavowed his being guilty of such a crime as
that t,f sla) ing his good friend; and finally represented
himself to the Court and Jury as an object of pity.
Henry Tatnall, the gaoler of Warwick, stated, that the prisoner
bad been in his custody three months, during which time he ap.
peered a qeiet, inoffensive, sari-tempered man.
The Jury, after a Ann consultation, found the prisoner Clay.
The JUDOS (Mr. Justice Lrruzuma) passed sentence of death/
with the customary solemnities, commenting on the heinousness of
the prisoner's act, in taking away the life of his benefactor, with-
out apparent motive, except that of getting the little money in the
shop. His Lordship sentenced him to be hanged on Monday (this
,day) ; his. body to be aliens ards dissected and anatomized.
The prisonei betrayed no emotion; a kind of smile appeared in
his countenance when sentence was paced.

TAUNTON. blmicsi 30.

. Samuel Gilbert, a young man, employed in a manu-
factory at Frome, was indicted for the high way robbery of
a young woman named Charlotte Smith. ibis case was
rule odinary in many respects, but particularly On
account of the determined and effectual resistance offered-,
Ey the young woman to the savage attacks of the pri-
aoner, whoa: object, in the first insta -ce, was not to sob,
but to violate her. The circumstances, as stated by her,
pad which in many respects were corroborated by other
testimony, were to the following effect:—
. Oa the second day of the fair at Frame, being the
26th of November, I was walking with one of my
brothers in search of 'the others. I went into a public
house called the C .sle, where I saw my brothers and
the prisoner. I had never sees him before. I remained
there while my brothers drank some cider. The pri-
soner a,kedine to sit down. I remained a tew minutes,
and then went away. The prisoner folios ed me tower ds
my father's house, took my aim, and proceeded to con-
verse with me in civil and proper language. He went
ith me into my father's house My father left us
at home with my younger brother, while he went
to look for my other brothers, who had not returned.
After we had sat oshort time, the prisoner asked me to
• walk down again to the fair with him. I consented,
and we.walted together at-twin-at m. While we were
at the f ir, he said he had an aunt who lived at
Coo-l-a.h-o elk. arid -propi,srd that we should go arid
ire her. This place is" a short way out of Frome.—
At first I retused to go with him,, .as he was a
stranger to me, but he urged m 4, paying that it was a
pleasant evening, would he a fine o elk, and `rat Ire
would see me safely back to my father's. Upon this I
agreed to go ; but wile,' we got to the end of the houses,
I again reto,ed. He, boo ever, repeated his request ear-
nestly, and I ra as over-persuaded. We had not got far
beyond the houses when he took me by both my
shoulders and threw me down, using at the same time
a very improper expression. I asked him if he knew
*ho I was? He replied, " Yes, you are Mr. Smith's
- daughter? He then repeated the bad language ; and
said, 11 If you don't submit, I'll murder you. I said,
a die first." He then took several liberties, which
distressed me much, and I cried out for help. He said,
" D—n thy motith," and thrust his hand into it. He
also put his fist against my throat until my breath was
aimost gone, and nearly choked me. His actions in
other respects convinced me of what his intentions were.
I was in this state for upwards of three quarters of an
hour, struggling with him. I was still on the ground,
and could not get away. A man at length passed by,
end called out, Masa ; have you any one there be-
sides Yourself'?" The prisoner answered, 14 No." As
the man advanced, the prisoner took his hands from my
throat. I then screamed out for help. The man said,
el You murderous villain, why you have gdt a woman
there; are you going to'kill her ?" The prisoner jumped
alp and said to the Than, is I'll murder thee if thee dos nt
snake thy Way off." I now got up, but the prisoner thlew
me down again before the man's face, and continued
brutal liberties. The man then struck him with a