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There was no plqndering on the premises. .The rest of
his testimony.Waxsimilar to that of the other witnesses•
William Heaven proved that he found in the privy
some papers and a tin box, which he gave to the Co-
roner's Jury. .
Adam Reid proved that he well knew Mr. Parker
and his housekeeper ; saw the bodieiz no one lived
in the house but those two ; recognized,* body of
Sarah Brown ; could not distinguish Mr. Parker ;
the shoe and foot of one leg were nearly 'entire ;
thought it was Parker's foot and shoe; saw a good
deal of jewellery on the floor in the parlour; the de-
ceased had been a fancy jeweller ; witness knew some
of the jewellery before as belonging to the deceased.
William Raven proved, that he made shoes for Mr.
Parker ; saw the bodies ; recognized Sarah Brown ;
knew the shoe on the foot of the other body ; thinks
it was of witness'.s making ; had mice stretched that
shoe, so as to break k on each side of the strap ; had
-no doubt of the shoe; Parker's foot was particularly
high on the instep ; had no doubt the foot of the body
was Parker's.

William Patten, a surgeon, proved, that he saw
the bodies; Parker's skull was fractured in several
places ; the blows seemed to be given by a circular
blunt instrument; thought it must have been a ham-
mer ; they must have caused instant death ; the
female's head was fractured in two places ; the face
much bruised; the fractures must have caused in-
stant death.

Thomas Cole, publican, at Portsmouth, proved
that he saw the prisoner at Portsmouth a month be-
fore the murder ; lodged with witness; prisoner left
witness on the 19th of February; he' then owed
witness 51.; borrowed 1/. of witness then to go to
London. Prisoner said he was going there to sell
some goods, and to see his father and friends. Wit-
ness was repaid on the sth of March at noon, by a
labouring man, who took away the prisoner's trunk ;
he was paid by a 51. note; saw the prisoner once after
this in Portsmouth. When he lodged with witness
lie went by the name of James Watson.
Cross-examined.—Prisoner had valuable goods,
chiefly silk. When sober, the prisoner was very peace-
able and quiet ; had the opthalmia when living with
witness ; did not wear spectacles.
Francis Faulkner, coachman of the Hero Coach—
drives all the way ; recollects prisoner ; on the 4th
of March took him up at Mouse-hill, 36 miles from
London; had a small bundle with him ; he sat on
the box ; :said he had come from town to Milford by
the Chiche-ter coach that morning ; shewed witness
a coral, which he said he had found ; it was in a tar-
nished state ; left him at the Fountain Inn, Ports-
mouth, at six that eveniug.
Cross-exami.iel—But for the way-bill should not
have remembered the day.
Ann 'Kirby lived at Portsmouth ; air unfortunate
woman :here ; rust knew prisoner in November;
knew him by the name of Watson; knew him tilt lie
left P. rtsmonth in February ; he had a nephew
there; the nephew called him Watson. Prisoner said
he was going to London, to get 'son* money; saw
him on his return from London, on the 4th March;
said he had come from•Woolwicit, from his friends;
said lie aad another rode on hot seback to Mouse-bill,
and from thence he came by the coach ; said be ar-1
rived at eight, and came to witness directly ; pri-
soner slept with witness that night, at the Red Lion.
Next day, at breakfast, prisoner sent a man to Mr.
Cole's, with a note to pay £4. 15s. Bd. The man
returned with a trunk and some change in a paper.
Prisoner slept four nights more there with the wit-
ness. After that, the witness was afraid to sleep
with him. He threatened to kill witness, and was so
alarmed in his sleep—would cry out in his sleep,
44 What's that !" and call on some name, Betsy or.
Sally. In consequence of this, wines left prisoner.
He gave witness ear-rings and a shawl, and 15s. in
money. Witness occasionally slept with him after-
wards—his behaviour in the night continued the
same. Prisoner said he had killed two men and one
woman—the men in duels : it was a secret, and wit-
ness must not divulge it. He killed the woman by
striking her, but he did not like to hear of it.. Pri-
soner often went to the Play after he returned from
London, and dressed differently to what he had done
before—a hat instead of a cap, and white top-beots—
let his whiskers grow, which he did not before, and
wore silver spectacles.
This witness underwent a very long and severel
cross-examination, but she did not deviate materially
from her original story.
William Duffey, nephew to the prisoner, was at
Portsmouth in March ; first saw prisoner at Ports-
mouth in November ; his name is James Nesbett ; he
went by the name of Watson in November; he said
he went after his mother's name. On the 4th of
March, saw the prisoner at seven in the evening ;
said he came from Woolwich by the coach ; said be
had seen witness's mother at Woolwich. On the sth
of March, saw the prisoner anti Ann Kirby at the
Red Lion, at half-past ten in the morning; never
saw them together again; after he was removed,
witness received a letter from him ; witness destroyed
it ; don't know that the signature 14 James Nesbett"
was the prisoner's hand-writing. The letter asked
witness to get a man and Mr. Cole to take their oaths
that prisoner had desired the man to pay money to
Mr. Cole by a £5 note, which Ann Kirby had sworn
to be a £lO note, and wanted witness to go to Mr.
Carter to get sonic money which was taken from him
when he was apprehended ; also wanted to know if
Ann Kirby was coming against him ; if she did, he
would have her cropped, for she was the worst enemy
he had. Witness did not know what " cropped" was.
Joseph Irish, watchmaker at Portsmouth, said:—
Prisoner came to witness on the 10th of March—left
a repeating watch to be cleaned—it was cleaned—
prisoner called for it on the 18th. Witness saw the
watch afterwards in possession of Barnard Solotnons.
It was an old fashioned watch, and very particular.
Prisoner brought back the watch the. same day—k
had stopped—he called for it again in a few days-,
he asked its value? Witness said it was worth £5.
lie said, 44 Is it not gold ?" Witness said, he had
thought it was. Prisoner said, it had been in his fa-
mily 100 years. He bad the watch away.
Barnard Solomons, pawnbroker, at Portsmouth,
knows the prisoner ; be came to witness's shop on the
22d of March ; produced a waMb—(last witness iden-
tified the watch, • as the one cleaned by him)—asked
ten guineas for it ; said it had belonged to his de-
ceased father ; he was 83 years old. when he died.--
Witness would not give that price for it. Prisoner

, said he had some old.silver at the creme Inn, and
would call the next day ; he took away .the.watch,
and called the next day at three.; heproduCed the
Watch and several spoons ; six or seven tablespoons,'
and as many tea-spoons; they weighed 17 ounces.—'
Witness bought the whole for I.:0. 6s. 6d. (witness
produced the spoons), they are marked T. P. M. and
some H. H.M.P. Prisoner said his name was Page;'
witness sold some of the spoons, but afterwards got
most of them back. Prisoner acknowledged that
these were the spoons and watch he sold to witness.
Edward Hunt, jailor at Portsmouth, arrested the
prisoner on the 23d of March ; went with Thomas
Hill, at half-past eleven at night ; found him at the
Red Lion; he was alone. When I entered he pulled
out a pistol ; I caught it by the muzzle; Hill fol.
lowed me; in the scuffle I fell, but got it from him;
he drew another pistol; Hill and the landlord laid
hold of him ; I got up ; we secured him, and got
away both the pistols; one was loaded with powder
and wadding, nearly to the muzzle ; no flint then ;
the other had balls, and a flint, and priming ; Hill
searched him, and found three keys ; they opened a
trunk, and a box in it ; they were in the bed-room ;
the prisoner's room ; in the large trunk were clothes,
a coral, and a file ; there were remains of a mark on
the coral ; it had been filed away, as it appeared by
the file we found ; there was a cap, with a geld band,
and a pair of trowsers burnt at the hip, a woman's
apron, and also a pair of spectacles, not silver. In
the little box I found a gold witch, a pair of silver
tongs, marked M. H. a silver sauce ladle, two table
spoons, six tea-spoons; the maker's name on the
watch was sick, London; several rings, brooches,
chains, ear-rings, pins, and various ornaments, all of
gold ; also'some.knee-buckles. They were all shewn
to the prisoner—he asked for an inventory—he said
they were all his.
Cross-examined.--Prisoner said he had bought
some of the things of two men, named Pearce and
Carlisle. This was three days afterwards.
Thomas Hill—Accompanied the last witness, and
corroborated the whole of his statement; he produced
the watch and a gold chain and seal, and another seal
engraved T. P. with various other of the articles Men-
tioned by Hunt, particularly the silver spectacles,
marked T. P. which were found op the prisoner's per-
son, witness charged the prisoner with the murder.—
He replied—" You know but little about that yet;
but you will know a great deal.more."
Henry Ridout, High Constable of Blackheath.—l
have known the prisoner many years ; as long as I
have known him he has gone by the name of Nesbett ;
prisoner's father is now living,. he is quite a poor
man. From October to March the prisoner was ab-
sent from Woolwich ; Reid gave me some articles
from the fire—jewellery (witness produced then") ;
they _resemble those found on the prisoner in fashion
and date. I took down -what the prisoner said at
Portsmouth, and read it over to him, in the presence
of Hill, on the 28th of March. No threat or pro-
mise was used to him—(The paper was produced,
and identified by the witness).—l saw the prisoner
sign that paper " James Nesbett"—tThe paper was
read, and put petted to be an account of the pri-
soner's purchasing, of some men whom he met near
Woolwich, the articles found 'Ton him at the time
of his apprehension).on the 11th of April, prisoner
made another communication to me in the Jail at
Maidstone. I took down what he said; hut not in
his presence, nor did I ever shew it to him—(Wit-
ness was allowed to read the paper).—lt was a con-'
fession that the prisoner had been concerned in the
MU! der, with four other men, who were then out of
the country, and who, if they could be found, would,
he thought, clear him.
John Jackson, son-in-law to Mr. Parker, who had
been a fancy workingjeweller, and left off business
25 years ago. I know this watch ; it was Mr. Par-
ker's(this was the watch produced by Hill); I know
these spectacles, they were Mr. Parker's—(these wet e
the strectacles found upon the prisoner); I know this
table spoon marked T. M. was Mr. Parker's
—(this was produced by Mr. Solomons)—I know
these four tea• spoons, they were Mr. Parker's--(these
also were produced by Solomons). The witness also
identified some other articles.

Upon his cross-examination, it appeared that the
witness had not known those at tides to be in the pos-
session of Mr. Parker at or near the time of the mur-
der and robbery.
Jackson, grandson of Mr. Parker.—l believe that
watch to have been Mr. Parker's ; and this also from
having repaired it myself. I remember the chain
likewise; Mr. Parker used spectacles ; I know no-
thing of these spectacles ; I can swear to these sugar
tongs ; speaking of the articles produced.
J. Elliott, working-jeweller, and Edward Cherill,
who succeeded Mr. Parker in business, deposed as to
part of the property.
The case for the prosecution was then closed, when
The prisoner, being called upon for bis defence,
spoke as follows :—He left Woolwich about the 9th
of November last. He went to Portsmouth, and
from thence he went to France. He returned back
again to England, and resided for some time at
Portsmouth. On the 27th of February last, he met
Ann Winter, who now called herself Ann Kirby, in
the High-street, Portsmouth. That was one Satur-
' day, and he expected to embark for France on the
satne day. He went to her lodgings in the middle of
that' day, and staid with her some time. He had
given up his own lodgings the day before. The
packet did not sail on the Saturday, but on the Mon-
day, and he staid with Winter to that time. Hetook
his nephew to her lodgings. They went into the Red
Lion to have some grog. He bad no change but
four half-guineas and three guineas. • He had strong
evidence in Portsmouth and .Woolwich, which, if he
had had money to bear their expenses, he would have
produced, to prove what he was now going to say.l
He offered to pay the landlady with this money, and'
asked for the change out of half-a-guinea. The land-
lady returned it as light. He then offered her a
guinea. She said—" I don't like this money; I
have not seep any for so long a time, that I don't
know when it is right and when it is wrong." He
replied—" I can sinew you a good deal more gold,"
and thereupon pulled out his purse with the guineas.
Upon that his nephew paid the reckoning. He slept
with Winter that night, and in the morning found he
had lost two of his guineas. He taxed her with
having stolen them. Abe denied the charge, and
said it was another girl. He and she had several
squabbles on that head. He then vent to France, and
brought back with. him a young woman, a servant,

who-lodged with him a month a Cole's. Ire met
Winter oat diet in the Meat amihe asked hge if the
bad seen his mo* whilst he was in France? she
said no: he was nol in her company Spin until the
29th of November. Two days. before that he bid
sent off his property to town. sit consisted of 170
yards of purple silk, six dozen of silk stockings, 1100
yards of lace, 24 yards of Frenchcambric, for whitfil
he had paid 22 francs per yard in France: having
laid out most of his money there, he had only g 7
when he landed. He lived at Cole's for some time,
indeed until his bill amounted to nearly £l2. He
then paid £7, and told Cele that he bad no more
money until be had sold his property in London.—
Cole knew that he had sent it there. Cole paid 17s.'
for its coach-hire, and lent him three shillings more
to carry him to London. Being in want of money, he
sold part of his stock to two Jews for the sum of £l4.
He then went to his own house at Woolwich, and
stayed there to the 24th. On-that day, he went back
to London, to sell his goods ; but, finding that all
strangers were looked upon with suspicion, owing to
Thistiewood's proceedin_gs being discovered, he went
to the Cross Keys, in Bishopsgate-street. The pri-
soner then detailed his transactions for two or three
days subsequent to this period, and related how he
purchased the articles of jewellery, in a manner which
did not differ much from the statement he had made
to Mr. Ridout, on the 11th of April. In order to get
to Portsmouth, after he left these men, he took a Chi-
chester coach as far as Mouse-hill. There he met
the coach which carried him to Portsmouth. Whilst
there, he met Ann Winter again. She went with
him to hi.: lodgings, and slept with him three nights.
A man, in her presence had received a £5 note to pay
Cole's bill. In her depositions, before the Magis-
trate, she swore that it was a £lO note; but she had
now sworn that it was a £5. Winter and he fell out
on the third day, and he did not see her again for
some time after. On the 12th of Marcb, he met her
accidentally ; he said to her, " Why, you don't bear
spite, do you ? She replied, " D--n me, you would
have murdered me if you could the last time I was
with you." " What!" said I, " why I have killed many
men in my time, and I could kill a woman with a blow.
These were the expressions she had converted into,
" He had killed two men in a duel, and a woman by
an accidental blow." He had never said or done any
such thing. He had got testimonials from the Offi-
cers of his regiment of his character for seventeen
years. They were now in the bands of his Counsel,
who, he hoped, would produce them. After his
ap-
prehension, Mr. Hunt, the jailor, had inserted in all
the Pacers that he had once before been triedjor mut,-
der. That was untrue. Mr. Hunt had also asserted
that he had seduied a young Lady from her family:
that was as false as the former charge. It was done
to create a prejudice against him. He could assure
the Jury he had fairly bought the articles. He stated
that he had received a severe wound in the head
whilst in the service of his country. He could not
speak any longer, but he had some witnesses whom
he should like to hate called.
Mr. ANDREWS informed the Court that he did not
think the witnesses whom the prisoner wished to call
were advisable witnesses, and declined calling them.
He certainly had certificates from Officers in the pri-
soner'iregiment, stating his good conduct : but as
they were nct evidence, and related only to his con-
duct previous to the murder, he could not put them in.
The prisoner insisted that the witnesses he had
named to his Counsel should be summoned. The
first witness called was, _ _

John Nesbett, the AOll of the prisoner, a lad ,of
_about 14 years of age ; the boy cried violently. The
prisoner, on looking at Mm, also burst into a flood
of tears. The witness swore that he remembered a
pair of nankeen trowsers of his father's being burnt
in the waistband, in their own kitchen, long before
Mr. Parker's house was burnt.

John Cole, being recalled, said the prisoner had
MO in goods when he left his house in the month of
February. The prisoner was quiet when he was
sober; he paid witness honestly. He took about forty
pounds worth of property in contraband goods`upon
the coach from witness's door up to London.
Mr. Hunt was before the Magistrate when Anne
Winter gave in her deposition against the prisoner.
He thinks that she said it was a £lO note.
W. Duffey (examined by prisoner) complained that
some young woman, not Winter, had robbed him.
The prisoner then asked, why, if he had been rest-
less and sleepless while he was with Winter, it had
not been endeavoured to be proved that he was rest-
less and sleepless while in prison? Two persons had
sat up with him every night, and they could prove
that he was very quiet in his sleep. He should like
them to be called.

The Jailor, in whose custody he had been, on being
asked by the' Judge whether those persons were in
Court ? 'replied that they were not. They were two
persons under sentence of execution in the prison.
The prisoner was proceeding to make other desul-
tory observations, when he was ordexed by the Judge
to be silent.

Mr. Baron WOOD then summed up the evidence
with great care and impartiality.
The Jury deliberated about ten minutes, and re-
turned a verdict of—Guilty.
The JUDGE then pronounced the sentence of the
law in the usual manner, ordering him for execution
on Monday next.
Immediately after the sentence was concluded, the
prisoner said to the Court—" The laws of my coun-
try have found me guilty of murder, but I am not
guilty of it; the man who committed it is now in this
town."

Nesbett has the appeiftnee of a goodglooking man
of the seafaring class.-Hiltibntenience is determined,
but betrays no markikifft44C ; During the trial
he exhibited in general' glen'. ,ess, we might al-
most say great hardihood, except when allusion was
made to his father or his children. While Anne
Winter, the woman with whom he cohabited, was
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under examination, his agitation was extreme, but of,
a different desc-iption. He evinced great self-pos-
session while the sentence was pronouncing, but it
deserted him, and he left the Bar in teas. His
mother, his wife, and two fine children were in
Court, and were much affected. '
GROSS OUTRAGE.
TWA LING V. GEORGE Auoynts nag.'
This was an indictment against the Defendant, a
half-pay qaptaiti in the Nayy, employed in the .ser-
vice of the Customs, for assaulting and wounding,

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