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I the prises*, who had paced him,• said in a low tone
lie eequested Mr. Tuckett to accompany them. The I, of voice, " Good night, Mr. Sexey." He was going
Sheriff ordered the javelin men to accompany them. towards the back lane, and was then within thirty
MeaSirjeant Pete now 'rose, and was about to yards of it. The moon shone, and it was comfort-'
reply, when the Jury begged him to afford them a able weather, not cold.
The prisoner said he spoke to Mr. Sexey first.
few mieutes' consultation.
Sexey denied that he did speak to him first, but that
The Court acquiesced, and the Jury having eon
sulte4 a few minutes, the Foreman (Mr. Banks) ob- what he had stated was correct.
served, that it would be unnecessary for the Learned Ann Loveridge said., she lived about twenty yards
On the I th of
from the house of Priscilla Brown. 4
Serjeant to reply, or for his Lordship to sum up,
they being satisfied that a cbnspiracy existed. How- Mayl about ten o'clock, she was standing at her nor
ever; they.did not see any thing that implicated Eli- and heard a.very. loud cry; it was the cry of a wo-
zabeth Snell, the house-maid. She was certainly in man, and witness believed it to be Priscilla Brown ;
some degree concerned in the transaction, but with- it was. very. and appeared as if the person
was in distress. hollow,itness heard it say distinctly,
out being so highly culpable.
"Oh ! the Lord have mercy upon me." She heard
Mr. Justice PARR. acquiesced in the opinion of the no more words, but heard one green. She imme-
Jury, as regarded Elizabeth Snell; and Mr. Serjeant
PELL agreed that she should be acquitted. diately communicated what she had heard to Eliza-
beth Rose, who lived next door. The voice appeared
The Jtfry then returned their verdict of Guilty
to come from the back lane, about twenty yards
against all the defendants except Elizabeth Snell. from the hope.
Mr. Justice Nix observed, that his own opinion Benjamin Romain lived in the parirh of Bere Re-
perfectly coincided with that of the Jury ; but that, gis ; the prisoner lodged with witness, and had been
hectic been otherwise, he should have felt ithis duty married a fortnight and two days before the WS of
to go through the whole of the evidence, which he May. The prisoner, quitted his lodging about sun-
had been obliged to take down at great length, for set, a little before eight o'clock on the la& May,
the purpose of reporting it to the Court of King's and went ie the direction of Bere, which is a mile
Bench. He was sorry to have occasion to observe,, and* half from histouse. Witness went to bed at
that the-defence set up was so marked with infamy, half-past ten o'clock ;he laid awake a considerable
that it seemed like a continuation of the same con- time, and the prisoner never CMs home before with-
spiracy against the happiness and peace of the young out his hearing him, but he had not returned before
Lady, whom he could not but compliment for the witness went to sleep. The prisoner was taken up
Ermness which she had displayed on the present oc- on the following morning, and the body of the de-
"casion. He never saw a witness give better evidence, ceased was before the Coroner at the time. The pri-
or one who better sustained a severe cross-examine- soner put his mouth to witness's ear, and whispered,
tion, or one who listened with more patient resigna- but spoke plainly, d Say I was in bed by ten o'clocltat
tion ui the gross and abominable aspersions which There was nothing more directed to witness. •
the defendant's witnesses were continually' throwing Prisoner—" It Is false with regard to what he has,
out against her character for modesty and virtue. said about what I said."
ATROCIOUS AND DELIBERATE MURDER. Witness—" He did say se, and very plainly too."
John Gallop, aged 29 !ears, was capitally indicted Page Ross, a servant at Bere Reeis, knew the pri-
for feloniously, wilfully, and with malice aforethought, toner about half a year ; on the Ist of May he saw
assaulting Priscilla Brown, with both his hands, at him threshing in Mr. Homers barn. Witness said
the parish of Bere Regis, and by squeezing her throat, to him, " Not too hard this morning." He replied,
mouth, and nose, caused a suffocation, whereof she " No, no." Prisoner asked witness if he had heard
almost instantly expired. any thing atria him that morning? Witness told.
Mr. Wialaams, in detailing the circumstances of him he had net, and asked him What was the mate
the case to the Jury, observed, that the indictment ter? The prisoner said, "They have got it about
they had just heard read by the Officer of the Court, town that Cil. Brown is with child by me; bat if she
must have explained sufficiently to them the nature swears it to me, d—n my eyes if I will 'not murder
of the case which would be laid before them for her the next mint te."
their most serious consideration. The offence charged Prisoner—He has sworn false against me ; I never
to have been perpetrated by the prisoner, was one said I would murder her; and you may depend
upqn which it would be unnecessary for hint to upon it, my Lord, heahas sworn false against me.
descant, and in a case where the consequences were Witness—l have not, and there is another witness
so dreadful, he should not endeavour to inflame the who will say that what I have said is correct.
minds of the Jury, but should adhere to the plain Elizabeth Harris lived at Aft Piddle; she was ac-
aad naked facts. he prisoner lived at were, and the quainted with the prisoner, and saw him in Sep-
deceased livecrion what is called Bere Heath. On tember last year ; they worked together in the fields
the night of the 14th of May last, ahput ten o'clock, and in the barn, and he said to witness and six or
they both sent out together, and in about an hour seven more, that he could kill a person in five mi-
afterwards she was found dead in a lane at the back flutes in a company, and nobody never the wiser, by
of her house ; she had several bruises on her neck raking of them by the throat and the nose. Witness
and face, and a Medical Gentleman would be called, said, " How can you do that?" and he said,
who would tell the Jury that her death was OCG:1- will shew you." Witness went towards him, and
sinned by suffocation. It would appear also in es i- the prisoner put one hand to her throat, and thej
dente, that, the prisoner was seen walking towards other to her nose, pressing the nostrills together, and
the house of the deceased, habited in a dress of a the throat at the same time.
singular and unusual description, and that he ap- Justice BURROUGH—Did he hurt you materially T;
peered anxious to elude public view. He (the Learned Witness—Oh yes, my Lord, but he did not kith
Counsel) should give in proof declarations made by me —( ad laugh.) I was obliged to fight him off with
the prisoner previous to and after the death of the one hand.
deceased, and to these he should beg the most parti- The prisoner said she had a spite against him, and'
culer attention of the Jury. With regard to the mo. every word she had spoken against him was false.
tives the prisoner might have had for perpetrating a Thomai Strickland knew the prisoner. ()lithe Ist
deed so diabolical, lie (Mr. Williams) had nothing of May last he saw him in Mr. Homer's barn. Page'
to do ; but the developement of the facts would most Ross was present, and the prisoner asked them if
probably shew the motives. It would be shown that they had heard of the report about town, that Cil.
the prisoner and the deceased had had connection, Brown was in the family way, and if she put the child
and from that connection arose the principal suspi- to him he would, with an oath, be the death of her.
cion against the prisoner, with respect to the motives Witness corroborated the very words usedly Page.
that actuated him, and from which the Jury would Prisoner—Some of the words are fake.
have to draw their own inferences. If they should This closed the case on the part of the prose-
come to a conclusion when the whole of the facts cation ; and the prisoner being called on for his de-
should be laid before them that the prisoner was fence, entered at great length into a narrative of
guilty, then, however painful it might be to their the manner in which he had been employed during
feelings, they were bound to pursue the.course which the evening and night, het he did not call any evi-
justice demanded; but, should any circumstances 'dente to bear him in the assertions he solemnly made.
arise, from which they could conscientiously infer Ile declared that he was as ienocent as the first ma
that he was not guilty, then, in that case, they were went he came into the world.
bound to lean to the side of mercy. Mr. Justice Beaeouen summed up the evidence
Charles Brown, ezeunined by Mr. Baste: lie is with notch minuteness and perspicuity, making, as
only eight years of age, but knew he was bound to he went on, suitable observation ; and the Jury, after
speak the truth. He is the son of Priscilla Brown. a shoseconsultation, pronounced the prisoner, Guilty.
lie knew the prisoner; he had often seen him at his The Learned Judge observed to the prisoner, that
mother's house (witness pointed to the prisoner) ; he he had been found guilty of one of the foulest crimes
used to come very constantly to his mother's house. that could be committed by man. The case was a
Ile recollected the prisoner ceinieg to his motie's horrible one, for he had destroyed a fellow creature
house on the Wool Fair day. The ptisormr call-d with whom he cohabited, and it was much to be
him out ; he was pretty sure it was he by his voice ; feared, that he was too familiar .ith the mode by
it sounded from the back door which led to the gar- hick that unfortunate .voman came to her death.
den. His mother was at work ; he could not tell GOO forbid that he should have exercised it before.
what the prisoner said. Before he heard the voice He begged him to look narrowly to the short space
there were stones flung three times against the door, he would have to live, as he would certainly be exw
and his mother went first to the front door, then to euted on Monday, and he would implore him to tee
the back door, and then the prisoner spoke to her; member, that his death would not clear his account
she went out at the back door, and went up the gar- hereafter. He (the Learned Judge) therefore hoped,
den ; she had no bonnet on; she never came back any that on quitting this place, be would fall upon his
more. At the top of the garden is a lane, called knees ; that he would not lose k single moment, but
Back-lane. Some time after his mother was brought by prayer and supplication to a merciful Gov, en•
home dead. deavour to obtain forgiveness. His Lordship then
Thomas Homer said he lived at Bere Regis, and passed sentence on him in the usual way, and ordered
was a farmer. In the month of May last he saw the that his body should be anatomized.
prisoner, it was on the 14th ; witness saw him go by The Prisoner received the verdict and sentence with
his house between nine and ten at night. Witness's an apparent indifference, and on quitting the dock,
house is about 100 yards from the house iu which the declared himself as innocent of the crime imputed to
deceased lived. The prisoner was going towards him, as when he came from his mother's womb.
Priscilla Brown's; he had on a brown great coat,
which he did not often wear—it was a loose coat,
dark brown, and rough. In about a quarter of an,
hour afterwards, near tea o'clock, witness saw him'
come back, bat he did not see his face ; yet he was
sure it was him. He had a stick in his hand, and was
walking a very steady pace. It was fine weather,
not cold.
John Scree, deposed, that he is a labourer, living
at Bere Regis, and knew the house in which the de-
ceased lived. On the 14th of May, in the evening,
he saw the prisoner he believed it to be a quarter
of an hour after ten o'clock ; witness met the prisoner;
he was dressed in a dark great coat, which he did
not usually wear, and had a large stick in his hand ;
he appeared to witness to be disguised, and he in-
clined his head downwards ; witness did net know
him An consequence, and witness said, " Is that John
Gallop ?' Witneses sou said, " Yes, father ;" and

The Crown business finished at Chelmsford, on
Saturday, when sentence of death was passed on 18
capital convicts, two of whom were left for execution,
one named Cox, convicted last Assizes for cutting a
child for the purpose of effecting a rape, and the other
for a highway robbery.
Yorkshire Assizes finished on Saturday morning.
At the close of the last trial, Mr. Justice BAILIEY com-
plained of being much indisposed. All the prisoners
under sentence of death were reprieved, except Knight-
son, for administering poison. _ _

Thursday night afire took place at the Crescent,
Clontarf, near Dublin, which consumed two houses,
and greatly injured three more; a scarcity o: water
prevented the engines from producing much effect.
Lord Ccsat.twour was particularly actin in his
cordons.