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London, England, 1816-11-02 00:00:00

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Yett 4+2ltiord Tarim was indicted 14-'6104,
Ural tnerdet of John Cortia,,by (titling him 4111.0'
Ishii* With hands, on Vie head,' neck, -slid.
4t(intitCh., on the veld of October, at MoulsepHtirrit,
in the"CMilitf of fiurrey, in conwquente of whiChin,
inrfes hi .died on the-23d of Octeben at Hampton)
Middlesex. • • •• •
Pattie, the father of the deceased) stated,
.thit 'nothing, personally, of the transaction.
in !Web- his two lust his life.. 11,!.saw his son two
days belnre the battle; he did not afterwards see him
till he was dead.
'Richard Coombs stated, that he was present at
the battle between Curtis and the prisoner, at Moul-
ey Hurst, nn the 22d of Ocrober....•. They laight on
the ground: •'fltere was a great number of specta.
tors present. Etch of the parties had seconds io see
fair play. They fought about an hour and twenty.
miuntes. He s.r.v the deceased thrown, late in the
fight, and lie lay upon the ground. There was no.
thing unfair in the fall. fii•did• not observe the
prisoner take any unfair ads, rota( e. in the coarse of
the fight—on the' contrary, towards its conclusion,
when Cnrtis was much beaten, and was' lyii,g on the
ropes, the prisoner several times clothe hare muck
loin violent blows, but lie held up his- hands to sheer
that he did riotovisl. hurt hini. The prisoner
evinced no-cruelty of temper, but very much the re.
verse. Witness was present When the deceased was
taken away. • He was carried to. the Red• Lion. at I
r Hampton, what Witness•attended him until he elied.
In the third round, betint. the battle had finished,
'having a knowledge of Curtis, witness went to i:im.
and begged that he' would' give over fighting. Tlic
deceased said—o There was nothing' the 'matter
with him, and ke could win the fights then."—The
men who seconded h..n took him in their arms and
carried him between tl:e ropes, where they set him
on his legs ; chit he should not fight any longer.—
The deceased, • however, got into the ring, and
would fight. again. When witness went into the
toom at. Hampton, the deceased was lying on his
back, in bed ; he appeared t' be very much beaten
about the face. Witness went our fir a• short time,
and when he returned, the Doctor wAs with the de-
' ceased. The landlord told witness that the Doctor
had ordered leeches to be applied to his temples.—
Witness sent a man on horseback to liAgEon for
the leeches, which were applied as directed. De-
teased took a little brandy and water, and was sick
twice. About 20 ntinutee betote twelve o'clock, as
witnect was turning him in bed, he died. He under-
stood that Curtis and Tamer were matched to fight.
They shook hands before they set to.
On his cross exansination, witness stated, that he
had seen Curial * few days before the battle. He
was in a very ill cote of health, and had been taking
Urge quantities of mercury. The tight consisted of
6J rounds, and, at the end of every ronnel,•cold
water was thrown over him. He also drank large
quantities of cold water. • . . •
Mr. Griffinhooft, a• surgeon, residing-Aft *Hemp.
ton, was called in, between vven and eight o'clock,
on the evening of the 22d of October, to see the de.
ceased. Be examined his head and body. • The
face ems so much swollen, that he could sczTeelt
distinguish a feature. There appeared to be several
bruises and contueiotis on it. When he stay the de-
ceased, he apprehended serious danger. D.acsscal
was then in a state of perlect imensoodity,wirbOut
power of speech or seeming intellect. Witness was
not present when he died. The deceased had been
bled in the arm before he was called in, and witness,
in additioir, ordered leeches to be applied to his
temples. Witness heard of his death on this fol-
lowing morning. • He wan not surprised at it—for
be expected that death would ensile. He had no
doubt that his death was oceasioned by the hurts he
I had received. .•
On his cry's-examination, Mr. Griffiahoofe stated,
that the throwing cold waxer on a man who had pre.
viously been taking mercury. would not materially
affect him at the It certainly would not
cruse death. •
'.Chi) dined the CAS; for theprotecution, and the pri.
softer put in a written defence to the following elicit
..of My Louis and Oentlemeo of the Jary-i.lleeply
impteued with the great peril 19 winch lam exposed
.by, the ?resent heavy charge- made against me, and
Willi theidiffictilty I AeCessarily experience in substan-
timing my innocence., owing to the danger-to which
Utast competent witnesses of the transaction would
be exposed, were they to be examined, I most solicit
your most seriotu attention to such (acts as I shall be
enabled to lay before you, by which I trust not only
my natural disposition will appear, •but that on the
occasion of the sael catastrophe imputed to me, I was
goaded into 4 consent to fight the deceased,,. who
was hinisel) a rine fighter, and with tine greatest re.
',octane I it,tored the, ring, after being assaulted; and
pursued .with' the most unremitting vigilance ; and
when I did-sol.as soon: as I ascertained My superiority
over.iny antagonist, I forbore on very many occasions
to nail. myself (tithe advantages that presented them-
ffilies tee me, and with the greatest reluctance I con.
turned the conteat. thi circumstance occurred
which led to the unfortunate event, which I mast
ever deplore, anti which has placed me in my present
Awful situation. I beglo state, that my gursuits in
life are honest;' and 'My *Version to prize.fighting
great; never lining before 'fought a. pitched battle,
nor shOuld I on this occasion but for the greAtAggra•
**lion which it will be proved I received. I assure
your Lordships, and Gentlemen of the Jury, that I
am totally innocent of any intention to seriously
injure the deceased, :and that there never existed in
my mind the smallest particle of malice towards him-
'l trust, therefore, that MY character for humanity
and forbearance will' have its due weight -on 'this
casino:' • '
During the*, the Clerk of the Arraigns .teal
reading the defence, theirlsoner began to weep..:
Mr. AttnaltWil then proceeded to call a.multitade
Of viltimmes; all-of whom gave him an excellent cha.
Inter for humanity and mildness of disposition v....
sank of whoni stated that he never fought.apitthed,
battle beton" and 'that he was urged to the contest
44 the *Anent idsportenities of the deceased, who,
was out easy until he obtained 'his promise to fight
him. •
bk. Bata Gitattast,ln.strmming tip the eviaence,
Observed, that it was iMpossible to say that this case
I was aceogspanled• by any iyelphvasdf pact. h-

, l_e it
°nut le atOtwittaa btale list Shwas, that the prism*" 1 Um Mannix tan up stairs to the latelicg pie ..e or '..ese,
The.detemed tollowed his wits., ..lt‘ileet
Was not one of those. persons, who devoted himself tor-mr et.. ht•
the daogerele petifisinee'of a prize.* ht • but It saw no blow pest —but she beird her father, the sett
g er , he .
was supposed white.. e Ithillig.ween I,f, lone prowess,i witness say, that he would have no itolse iii the house.
the victory over whohtt' Would add to the fame of his . Some pennon then stated that the prisoner bed a e eat
in his baud. lAritnees went into the patsies and a k d
opponent, and he was in consequence urged a'sd
im for it ;
goaded to. fighk. 1.. There Was premeditation enough h but lie refused to give it up I on %elle h
am the part of. or; prisoner to constitute murder, prof witness went out of doors. The prisoner
stairs was on the
•vided the parties heel fought with Weapons likely tO when she asked, him for the knife, but wheteet
produce death. ' The 'low was quite. clear on that going up or down, she could not tell.
:im
point, for if persons met by appointment, even within I Charles A. Persons examined by Mr. Astite
—Witness is surgeon to Middlesex Hospital, and re.
a less period titan a day's consideratinn, in order toi
tight with dangerous weapons, and death ensile, it 1 culleets the demised being brought there on Sunday,
iefered.
September 15. l•le had two wounds in the kwe part
was murder ; because, in such a caee, there moors September
his arm. The depth of one of the wales was
what the law called Malice aforethought. There
two inches. The mein artery wl'; The Ile.
was in this case nothing of cruelty, and whilst one
cond Wound was cuteperatively
,slight. 'He , lived
disapproved of this species of rencontre between taro'
about a mote.h setter he woes bretigt to the Hospitals
young mete they ceuld. out feel that horror which.
under other circienstancee they !eight, • because this The wound he tine de :gibed. witness had no doubt
was a ton of neuirel courage ant manhood. Under was the primary cause of his death. The lanes of
the deceased woe in a had eta c. Much it.f? won es
the charm:Loxes seated in the indictment, those two
pers us met to tight: on the T 2,1 ot October. They 'ion ai/Pe4r,!.! in the ',lrtif.s aster death* I' w-11 :t de -
combated with those natural arms which in strung ficelt queeeiea to aneeee-, xeether the ;11,!01,41 hint,
men snight.preiduee fatal effects. but were riot likely or the sseelaa is the ern) cooed !pis :lea. h. He, ho 4' ' .
to do so in general. It seemed that nothing like ever, 116"oeht tie it the woune hest, sea! the i,di ins.
malice existed in the mind of the prisoner at the bar. unvion of the lungs, which precipiteted the dew it.
It was a trial of prowess into which he had 'emit If the lava had tint been Absents!, it was poesible
ferced. He (the Learned Judge) did not like to east that the wound woeid not have occasioned de.oh i
causes—the • diseased lunge
any reflection on the toemoty of a dead man, btu bur the two and the
aerheps an imp wound, eo.operatinge had caused death.
utetion of ill feelineolnight be enter.
e
tamed against the deceased.. It appeared, during a Thomas Geary, an officers produked 4 knife Which
he found in the cellar where feleniiig lived,: It had
contest which Lived nearly an hour and a hell., that
the appearance ef blood on it when he lennd it.--.
the prisoner call:it-m.ly and lientatiely avoided using
Witness took the pri toner into caocelys
vielence to the txtetit lie might have (toile toward
the deceased, from the advantage he had over him ; l'he case for the prosecution closed hiee.
therefore there was nothing like deliberate cruelty, The prisoner declined saying any thing in his de.
or a wish to iejitre the deceased, further than circum- fence. •
. ter, ego Ira
stances compelled ,him. With regard to the water Several witnesses, particularly his ma
having been thrown over him, it was clear front the highly of hint aria goodnanre el humane lad. •
evidence o 1 the Surgeoa, that it would ont have act. Mr. Baron Gitalma summed up the evidenee...
ed powerOdly in . either. way. The prisoner had 1°1144 Jury tamed i iodict of--Guilty of Man-
ezezcised that humanity which did him credit and sranlthrer• • . ,
honour, end hr seemed greatly•to have regretted that Joseph itkkards ents'indictek fot the tiffful murder
he res-obliged.to.continue the fight in consequence of Jelin Dismen.lif throwing labia), oft 'tile '6th of
'Of the d ittoiniation of the deceased. The capital June, 1809, a cetteirepietrof veal, called a speine-
part of the chetee vie that of murder, was entirely mandrel, thereby iafficting a wound necitehis head,
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out of the question ; but there was no doubt that the of which he died on the 611 of lone.
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Prisoner was guilty of killing and slaying this young J,tmes Sevin stated, that he worked in rind tame
. man, for the Surgeon bad told them' that his death manufactory with the deceased and the prisoner, in
had been producee by the blows he had received. . 1809. The deceased had been up in the 'oft, on•the
The Jury, without the slightest hesitation, found tith of June, taking some work to the vice. He was
the prisoner Guilty of Manslaughter. bet strongly talking to a boy, on the witness's side of the shop;
recommended him to mercy on account of his hum'. the prisoner told him to go about his business to his
nity of conduct. own tide of the shop. The deceased said he would
not—on which the prisoner gave hint a push. The
John Chriiioph.-r Coleman was indicted for the wilful
murder ot Bertholomew Mannix, by stabbing him in deceased observed, '‘ If ycu do that again, I'll kick-
the arm with a knife, on Sunday, the lath of Sep. your shifts." The prisoner told him, that, if he did
'ember. not hold his sauce, he would give him a good•hiding. .
Mr. Mumma stated the ease for the prosecution, The boy repeated, o that In: would kick the prisoner's
as it was alterwards detailed in evidence. shins"—on which Richards threw at him a spring.
Daniel Hayes examine:l by Mr. An epintee.eWire mandrel he held in his hateds at the moment. ft
iness is a shoemeker, and lives as No :Of, Monmouth. cluck in his forehead. The pawner immediately
Istree.. lie was ectinaieted %Witte deceased, who ran and pulled the iron frees the boy's head, excleine.
heed in a cetier, at No. tlth and was by trade a ins—" 0. Email what have I done r' He appear-
sawyer, but. sold second-baud ebors. The t.risneer est exceedingly sorry fur What had happened and
I'Vfas the cost of hi; wife by a former marriage. On . melt the boy in his arms wad carried him to a coach,
Sunday in which he was conveyed to the Hospital, where
; noirnine the' lath of Soptembet,•witness was
`in the ceder ot tee-deceased when be came home. he died.
rpetennee , area his soother were, there eiso. !(tennis
vans, who was stirgeon in St. George's
Hos.
I had been at an Irish wake the eight brlore, and ween pital,"at the time the boy was brought in, stated, that
[4 cane. home. about lour o'clock in the mooting, he died in conserptence of the i automats winch WAS
'te-Was.in-lietutere. Between seven add eight o'clock thrown at him haying penetrated his brain.
the went out with a' man, who took him away to , :Several vsetaessee gave- the prisoner an escellent
'drink. 'He returned again about eleven o'clock, cbaraelet, al.O Itemene and good-natured man.
when He appeared to be very march intoxicated. HIS Mr. Juetietel).eza.ee summed •up the evicienoe—
wile was -selling a pair of shoes to a stranger et the .andethe Jury returned A verdict of—Guilty of Man.
door. The man said that one of the shoes was bigger
1 slaughter.
than the othee—on which the deceased observed.. . tiliarld Frond
66 I keno very well how things are going on."
deceasedand his wife then hart some words about the. .
and Philip Frond were put to the bar
The and arraigned, for having uttered one two tequila
Bank-notes and one ttl Bank-note, knowing the some
pritonee's wilgen, which Mrs. Mimi: said the -des to be forged,- With intent to defraud the Governor
ceased always'wished to be handling. Mrs. Minnie and .Company *of the Bank of England. The prieu.
then waist sr stairs, .and the deceased • followed bet, sees. when were, two brothers, pleaded guilty to the
apparently in anger, but witness went alter him- and minor offence 'of having the notes in theie possession,
/brought him back •to the cellar, where the • prisoner the punishnient for: which is 14 years' transportation.
lents standing still. The deceased said to• the pri. ' John 114 i was indicted for assaulting Wm. Daly
YfOner,-•. I have a mind to give it, to you," and he on the King's highwey, and forcibly takingfroes has
went towards him. Coleenen endeavoured to defend person a pocketbook. aif I note, and two Ss. tokens.
,hinsselt, acid they caught hold of one another. la The prosecutor. a servant emit of place, stated, neat
the scuttle, Coleman tell against the wall, and the on the 25th of October he sold a mare to the prisoner
dematod then• went up after his wife. The prisoner fur 3056 The prisoner said he had not money about
got 'ep and took a keife, which he• had dropped him to pay for it, and asted witness to go home with
during the Scuffle, and followed the *ceased. He hint that- he might get the necessary sum; prosecutor
fetid he would stick Mannix if he touched his mother. did so, and received from the prisoner a rg I. aote,
three Ss. pieces, and a shilling. He then asked the pis.
Witness remained in the kitchen, and . soon after
heard the deceased cry. leucite, " Take The knife! secutor to go and sup with him at &theist-peen.
fferentpublic-heuses itt the cway thi-
i
.take the knife !" This WAS very soon after theepri. They went to. an
-saner left the kitchen. He shortly after returned, and' Cher, but witness was sensible ot what lie wits abbot.
After they left the last public:house, and Were, prn.
his right side appeared to be covered.with blood..
ceeding to the prisoner's lodgings to supper, 'ha felt
Witness asked hint whether he had struck the de.
Ceased ? He said nothing. but groaned. His mother, him picking its pocket. Witness tried to preventhisa,
but was knocked down by the prisoner, who took two
however, ans•sored 66 es I he has," and desired the
Ss• pieces and some halfpence, out of his pocket ; hie
prisoner to go for a doctor. .41/sitaese went towards
.pocket-hook, in which there was a AI note, waseekta
the kitchen, and he-saw a man carrying downethe
from biro before he was knocked down ; when be got
deceased. He did nut see hint after onset he went to ~
the Middlesex Hospital.
„ up he could not see the prisons r. He 'with however,
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Andrew 'l'aeeie, examined by Mr. ANDRaWs.,r apprehended on the toile wing day,. and on his person
Wittiess is landlord, ot the house where Mannix was found a piece of paper, which the proeeCtiter
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Wore he had in his pocket at the time the robbery
Heed. This untortunatebusiness took place on San-
vias committed. Oa the paper was inscribed, 0 25th
day,. the 15tH of September,. about 'lvaco o'clocAt.
passage, and 'of Oct. 14116 e-bought of W." This was the only
At teat-tone he.beaed a. bestir iii fire
lime article found on the prisoner to which the prosecutor
wand his. dour .to saw what occasioned it.
could swear. He did not tell the ()Seer. that he had
. was in his house a back staircase, leading to the eel.
Melia memorandum in his posseseion, until -it was
Jar. where - Menai: lived. ,Witness, Roan
.he. heard
-discovered in the prisoner's possession. N'erdict--•
theater,. weld tip to the oits Bight, where be found
ehe deceased's. wife standiagesa tile land* place.—
Not Guilty.
He asked her whet was the matter? and , she an- R .Crehltag was found guilty of stealing several bills
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of escheat!, the property of Messrs. Berelay and Co.
meted. that the -deceased- bed: been' beating her.
Jam 'William, alias . Winder:, was indicted for. telo.
an
.Whihthe was. alking to the wife, *mitt came up,
niously and sacrilegiously breaking and entering the
li irantetther to go down seededelitespoke very
go down parish church of Heston, and eteeliiig therein some
pie:Lundy to her. Ste said "she would Wu
the • property ot George Villiers,. Earl
to be beaten." , The son then cone op with a.lnite PraYer-bot ku
let Jersey.
in his hand,,andizade a rush, at :the tjecoseti-,..he.
The sexton of the church, an.] the pawnbroker to
'Struck biro, and the blood raq tery **Olt bum Wl'
arm.. I.Beime the-prisoner came, up, the #taiss saW i whom the, books were offered for sale, proved the facts
no blow gisue, by . any person.. 11410 of ca9".(ii I ,ifistioctly against. the prisoner, that the books were
not know, what was ,dope .whilitii was to his ;lop. , stolen from the church, and that their value amounted
. Witness endeavoured to. get eheisoire- frogs she. pre to considerably more than a :billing. With respect
ulnae and as length, )4-persuseimi,.be. iadoced him to the fact of the burglary, that was not matetiel to
to throw it overtlee -bannisters. He did not hear hitt), be proved, as stealing on a place of divine worship,
.• • Aare the value of a shilling, wa., by the law o? the
sara word Wiwi* struck the deceased:, • ' . o_unce * • ..e Learned Judge, in
ausnmiog up, observed, that although it was* capital
- Elizsbeth 'faille, ea—ainioed. ir Mi. Apo• zzatts.—* btal. e a :ea pital W • rh
Witness was. at hate when .this unfteetriate,- eerie .
occulted. She was going tough. yard with a 01..0e Oftet' ice, yet, the Court would be asdpert iful as posaibla
- to the
water, salmi Mannia cause up. _As
.waa. very; ios,/, . prisoner, wbeeppeared to be an a most pitiable
and soon oasis away. ina short Vali. attigwirlidi "lan" if poverty and .mtchcdness.—Guilty.
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