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the"mil which the bed and doles are hung usan in,
the day-time--the rail is 6 feet 3 inches from t 1=
grdital4 i I laid kiln nn his.hack on the bed ; be we:
cold, and seemed to-have been dead. come time ; he
was ironed on the right leg; he was placed in what
is railed the is.examtnatiou cells, and left as feet sons
in his situation always are ; I had no suspicion of
any thing of the kind happening, he was quite ra-
!tiOnel and collected when he spike to me.
66 rtiANCig KNOTT."
HURT HARRI 4 tworn.—dl I ani also a prisoner
here; I was standing at my dell door about half-cast
seven this morning, Mr. Becket came to me, and de-
sired mb to help Knott with the men who had hung
himself; I went up, and found Knott rending at
Ithe door of the deceased's cell—Knott observed to
me, the decessed had hung himielf on the rail ; I
livent in and saw him !taught-,
.., to the rail with a 1
hand-
kerchief
round his neck, one end cf which was at-
tached to.thc rail; I assisted Knott in cutting him
down ; never saw the deceased before to my know-
ledge. " The 0,4 mark of HEYRY Haunts."
WILLIAM HASSALL sworn .-•-a I am clerk to the
prison ; I have been so tipwardi of three ye 'es. The
decea:ed Was committed here by Edward Markham!, _
Esq. on the 24. th of December, and was iti custody
here for re-examination. He was placed in the re!
lesamination cell, and irimed on the right leg ; I con!
sidered him secure ; he was placed in the prison as
pets—, for re-examination invari .bly are i-I went
tip to him on the m vning of the '2sth, to a‘k him
his age—he told me he was 27 years Of age; I ob-
served to him his situition was awkward—he said hie
was not guilty, and hoped thesaddle would be placed
on the right horse ; I asked him his buries;—he re•
plied he was a seaf.ring man, and iaitl he WAS a
Scotchman. Willims in person is abotit 5 feet di
inch& in height ; he was dressed in a brown great
coat, lined withsitk, a blue under-coat, with yellow
buttons, blue and white waistcoat. striped blue pan-
taloons, brown worsted stockings, and shoes ; he is
Iby no means of an alletic make. .
46 WILLIAM HASSALL."
JOSEPH BECKETT swore!.—" lam turnkey Here ; t
locked the deceased up. about ten minutes lt:fce e four
yesterd ty afternoon ; he was then alive ani wcli—l
asked him, if he wanted any tiling— he Said no : he
has said during his confinement, he !lisped the inno-
:cent would MI suffer, and that the sadd'e might be
placed on the right horse. Between seven and eight
o'clock 6is morning I unlocked the door of his eel!
I discrotered him hanging to the rail in his tell, wilt
his feet nearly or quite touching the gmtind; with a
white handkerchief round his neck, which hendkei4
chief I had seen him wear—l called Knott and Har-
ris, mid saw hiM cut down. " JOil.:Pfl ncarree" :
Mr. Uswie, the Coroner, then addressed the Jury.
a The misearble wretch, the object of tild prefflitt
enquiry, was committed here on auspic. • being
one of the perpetrators of the late Marin d most
inhuman merdere, and that suspicion is seedy in.
creased by the result which hes taken plate; for hew
much ateomented is the suspicion of guilt against a
man,. who, to escape jteeice, has recottrse to self-de-
struction I All homici,:e is murder till the contrary
Jutllte shown. The, law ranks the suicide hi thE
worst class of murderers, and this is a case of most
unqualified telf-mearder;
a I have applied my attention In. tote conduct of
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of this wrothe4
rilrbriEe*FTGlTc"'Misid. ansi
I leave it with you ; I think there is no culpability at-
taching itself to them. It only therefore remains that
we consign the body of this silt:murderer to that
famy and disgrace which the law In q prescril,ad ; anti
to leave the pithishment of his crimes to HIM that
has said " vengeance is su ne. and f will tepdy."—:
Verdict—.polo de a.
Mr. CAPPER and Mr. I§4ARkLAXT). Magistrates of
Shativrell Office; attended the inquest.
Mr. ATMs. the keeper of the prison, wa.i so indis
posed, that he was linable to attend the inqUest His
evidence WAS not essentially necessary. Nothing ap-
peared to affect his conduct, by any charge of inattati:
tion o the cafe of the prisoner.
- The Coroner, Mr. Uswra; has IsMi particularly
sedition in the discharge of the melancholy dutiet•
which he has of late had so repeatedly to preform.

Poises OFFICE, Quails SQUARE.—tisterdaft hadi
`Claris, a native of Shrewsbury, underwent a geeon
examination, charged by a Mr. llligh, on suspicion
of baying been one of the peipetratori of die murder
of Williamson and family, be was stated to have
worn g great outside fur coat on the night of the
murder, like to that described upon one of the mut.
derers, by the persott who escaped out of the house
by the window, at the time of the perpetration of the
decd. The accused also being very till and thin in
his person, appeare'd to meet the deseripttrin given of
one of the murderers, and being in the constant
nightly habit of resorting to a variety of pnblie-homes;
and drinking with everyone who offered him liquor,
as well as receiving money from any person willing
to give it to him. In his defence he stated that since
he was discharged from the first regiment of Foot
Guards, owing to fits, he had gone about to pubilel
houses at Westminster, and the west4nd of the town.;
usually at night, to play a musical instrument for
what he could get from the company in a voltuctarp
manner, and also exhibited his skill in dancing horn-
pipes ; and that on the night of the murder, the 19th
mstant, he was at the Sign of the Biel! public-house;
Prince's-street, Westminster, front seven o'clock till
near eleven, after which he went to other houses ;-----
but the publican not attending, nor any of the com-
pany then present to corroborate this statement, he
WAS remanded fur farther examination;
A duel was prevented yesterday, on Old Oak Coin.
mon, between the skin of a Noble Lord and Major
W--,r by the interposition of Peace Officers, sitter
paces had been,measured. Both were held in surettis
to keep the peace.
Monday evening as Mr. H. Scholefield, of Padding.
ton, was returning trom Merton, where he bad dined;
by way of Battersea, he was stopped within a mile ot
the latter place by two footpads, armed, who de-
manded his money. Mr. H. was going at a gentle
trot, and had no idea the men were robbers, trom 'their
genteel appearance. He gave them £l5, and the,;
took his watch, and made off towards Wimbledon,
without rising his pockets, having first turned the
horse louse without a bridle.
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