Star.
London, England, 1829-01-16 00:00:00

• • TRIAL FOR MURDER._
The Old Bailey this day was crowded- to excess, in
consequence of the trial of Burieupp. charged With the
murder of Miss Mortlock, and every part of the Court
was occupied at an early hour. • - .
At nine o'clock, the:prisoner, Beitjanain Burnipp, was
placed at the bar, before Mr. Sergeant ARAISM He
was charged upon the Coroner's Inquisition with the
wilful murder of • Mary Mintlock, in the parish of
Slay la Bonne, on the 17th of December last; and also
spar an indictment with having wickedly, feloniously;
rind of his malice efoied ougl t. shot Mary Mortlock
with a pistol, which canted her death.
The prisoner, who is aged 26, is a decent-looking
man, and was dressed in deep mourning, pleaded Not
Guilty in a 6'm voice. Some difficulty took place in
making him understand the indictment, being quite
deaf. He was then remneed; and upon the snivel of.
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN, Mr. Justice ALLAN PARR, Mr.
JUSIiCe JAW CS PA URI, and the RSCOaDiti he was again
put to the bar, at ten o'clock.
Mr. Caasawata. stated the case to the Jury, and
tilled the fallowing witnesses:
Thomas Willcork, a watchman,. of Mary-la-bonne,
who stated th4t on the.night of the•l7th of December;
be was en duly in Crawford street, about a' qt aiter
puss ten. o'clock ; be observed tyro moons, • a man
and woman, on the opposite side of the way
waking together; they stopped suddenly' and he
went towards them, and he saw the Lash and beard
the report of i pistol; the man seemed in .a
cage. and Rid something loud which the witness could
not understand. He took the man, who was the pri-
soner, irto costo.fy. The vtdman screamed . and ran
across the -street into a baker's shop. When be laid
hold of the prisoner, he said ".1 ant! Tour. priumer--it's
me that chAe ir, take me to the watchbeuse ; there is
the pistol, pick it up.”---The pistol-was , lyiation the
flags a few yards from him. He took...him to the watch.
house where he was searched, and a pccket book and
knife was ill he had.

' Mr. Justice J. PARKS—Had he any other fire arms?
Witness—No, my Lord; be' said he had three Or
four others at homy.. He appeared as if he was drunk,
but seemed quite sensible of what he had done.
Cross•examined by Mr. Clarkson—He was in my
sight about a minute before the shot was fired; be was
nut staggering drunk ; the appearance c f the twn. per
sons attracted my attention before the firing 'of the
pistol; the conversdion between them was in a loud
tone.
.Wm. Knight, another watchman of Mary4a-bonne,
assisted in securing the prisoner. He corroborated the
last witness.

-Wiliam. Croft was in Crawford street on the night in
question, and beard the report of a pistol. He saw the
watchman have the prisoner in custody, and heard him
acknowledge having committed the act.
Richard Burge, a wAchmait, gave similar testimony,
adding that he loud the prisoner say, 441 hope 1 have
done:the dead effectually; it L bad another I would
serve myself the sam."
Cross-examined—This was said as he was going to
the watchhouse; be used the words loud, not in a
frantic nay ; he seemed to be in a passion ; he was
not quite drunk, but quite colt cted ; there were other
persons i resent who might h tee heard the observations.
Andrew Hutchinson, a baker inCrawford-street, stated
that on the night of the 17th of December last, about
a quarter past 10 o'clock. he heard the report of a pistol,
and went to the door of his shop, and saw a woman,
who attempted to enter his s' op; she afterwards came
into the shop; her face was black, and one side bloody;
she was taken to the workhouse.
Thomas Ha rt., a constable, proved that the pri-
soner was bitu,;ht to the watchhouse, and upon asking
him why he had "done this act ? he replied, 4' That is
best known to myself." Witness saw him at a liter
period of the night, when he said, She has been my
sum.* The pttsoner was not sober, nor was he eery
drunk.

Cross;-examined—He 'looked wild ; his conduct was
wild and unsettled t he laughed, and asked the wants.
heuse keeper to laugh with him; when the witness saw
him at a icier period of the night he said, " How is my
Mary? I have done the deed, but she was my min.
He never heat d him say he intended to destroy himself.
Mr. William Frederick Goodyer, surgeon to the
M..ry-Ia bonne liitis malty, was here called, and proved
the oepositicons made by the deceased prior to her death,
which were made in his and Mr. Griffithy', the M 4.
pre.encr. Tue deceased expired on the 28th of
December.
The depositions were then read by Mr. SHELToti.—
Shill*powd that she lad known tI e prisoner only a
wick; she first met him ei Covent-garden Theatre,
and met bins by • apointment after wards in ONford-
stieet, at a public -house, t On the night in queiti.rn
tilel went to one or t.,cipublic houses, avid then walked
thirtugh several greets `4' th barn; she was ad•ising him
to go i onre ; i e s.id he lased towards the Cry; whin
they arrived in er.r WON re the staggered, being very
tipsy ; she *As walking by his side when she fe.t her-
self shot; Ire cried tt Oh LOAD have nutty on me!"
When he first met her le asked it her name was Davis;
she had never seen or known him before she met him
at the 'Theatre.
Mr. Voodyer wits' then ezatiined—He received the
deceased into the infia awry on the night named. She
was much agitated;' Net clothes were wet; the lett
side of her face was daik. ned by gunpowder, which
bid penetrated the skin; under the left side of the
nose was a wound,w hich.might have been ervered with
the point ur the finger; be probed the wound to
the eaten; of two ir.ches in the direction of the right
cheek, and then; at the extremity of tie probe, he felt a
h.td sur stance.a hich.he beirev td. I toted ur:det the edge
of the bone. The neat day, Mr. C. rnellop,, a surge n,
err his presence cut tintbri 'debar the wound, and extracted
a piece of lead rrregularly shaped. which might, in his
opinion, have been produced by striking on the cheek
boar, sch.ch wasiktriken in two places. At that time be
bad no apprehension of clang. r, every thing seemed
going on well ; on the second day the deceased became
*cyclist). Thi. induced the witness to apply to the
Magi•trate to have her depositiOn taken. On the fourth
day she became seriously ill, and had spasmodic aff
lions. The lest rieh symptoms colainued until the ash.
when she died at three o'clock in the morning. He'
was of opinion that her death was indirectly produced,
by the wound. She was excessively frig' tened at
being shot. This predisposed her to be acted upon
more by cold than she otherwise would; the cold
caused itiffamniation of the chest, and accompanying
kilaniniatory lever, which terminated in death ; he
therelore thinks that the fright from. being shut was an
'intimation of the &beam which killed her, namely,
the infiammati3u upon the chest.
Cross•examined by Mr. CLA RKSON— The onund was
aotin a mortal part, and would have done v ell,liad she
wet have caught cold. He .could not say ea betber she
lad taken cold previous to the injury; her clothes were
set, and the flight • produced by the gun shut wound
eccelerated the cold; bad she out taro cold be belts ved