Star.
London, England, 1826-08-21 00:00:00

UNION-HALL

Mr. Thomas lbw again appeared, according to the Magistrate's
directions, and Mr. Venning, who had preferred a charge of assault
against Hoot, being also present, the complaint was discharged, oa
Vanning stating that the hurt be received was purely accidental.—
The case is given in Saturday's STAR.

THAMES POLICE.
Saturday, Samuel Lalky was put to the bar, charged with the wil-
ful murder of Thomas Tate, on beard the ship Kent, a South sea-
man, in September last, on the High Seas, near the Sandwich
Islands.—The risoner,who is a very good-looking young man, and
has been in irons since that period, was brought up on Tuesday
evening, In custody of Gray, the officer, from Blackwall, where the
Kent is now lying. Mr. Decimate then went partially into the
case, and the prisoner was remanded till Saturday, when all the
evidence was fully gone into.
Richard Christopher stated, that he is a seaman on board the
Kent South Sea whaler. On the 19th of September last be was on
board the vessel; she was on the coast of New Zealand. He was in
the forecastle, as was the deceased, Thomas Tate ' • he was sitting
on a chest, cutting tobacco • it was on a week day, between the
hours of twelve and two; the prisoner came from the deck into the
forecastle, and sat down opposite to the deceased ; he was eating
his dinner ; some words passed between them. The witness saw
the prisoner strike the deceased with his right hand; he had a
knife, with which he was eating his dinner, in his left; saw the
deceased endeavour to get up, but be fell down immediately; after-
wards saw a quantity of blood gush from his right side; the deceased
almost immediately after died; when the prisoner struck the de-
ceased, he heard the latter cry out, " Oh ! for GOD'S sake, go for a
doctor."

Mr. BSODKIUP addressed the prisoner, and said, "On Tuesday
evening you, spina my advice, insisted on entering on your defence.
I apprised you of the consequence of so doing, without the advice of
a professional man, and warned you that every thing you should
say would be annsilitted to writing, and might operate against you

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satizwki r I said not. I mt. it, and bailed the soup. Christopher
".That's a noble asp." I said, lam no more a chap than
you Ire —I have amass in the vessel as well as you have, call me
by my name; be said, I auppossi you want to bully. Tate said, it
was a dsemt trick—he never saw such done before. I said it was
often practised; be said ao ; so I hove the cocoa nut-shell at him,
vinegar and all, Cannot recollect the answer be made ; if it was
to save my life caunot recollect it. I told bins, if be would not
give overaggranting me, I should strike him; be said, " Don't be
afraid, lam not afraid; Christopher." He said they were sending
Ilissiessaries to naturalize the savages of New Zealand, and it would
be myth better tit keep them at beta', and send them to naturalise
that part of the cottury I came from. This aggravated me. I
struck him; he hipl a knife in his band ; I said, •1 Tate, do you
intend to stab me i° I bad a knife in my left hand; he shoved his
knife against my chest, and, under the apprehension of losing my
life, I made use of rte tare I bad, and I had no other way of
escaping, extepthe ailing over the chest, which was impossible.
Riskard Christopher was again called, and he made a further doe
position. He said that he did not see Tate, the deceased, strike the
prisoner; he was not minding much, but was eating his dinner. It
might be possible that the deceased struck, or attempted to take,
the prisoner with a knife.' The deceased did not rise up after belimi
stabbed. There was no scuffle. He certainly saw prisoner get up
from where he was sitting, and strike the deceased first.
Mr. Baoneate begged to know from the witness how long it was
from the time he first saw the prisoner strike the deceased until be
saw the blond gush nut from his side?
The witness said, about five minutes.

I%lr. llstoocariobstrved, that five minutes was a long time, and
be requested the witness to state how he was occupied from the
period he saw the prisoner strike the deceased the first blow, until be
saw the blood Sowing from the deceased's wound ?
The witness replied, that he was eating his dinner, and had jest
got some broth, and had time between the first blow and the fatal
sta► to take four spoons-full of lt, and break part of a biscuit into
it ; he was eating his dinner in the ordinary way ; the broth was
not over hot; he had not finished his dinner. He was quite dis-
gusted; he could eat no more when he saw the blood of the de-
ceased rush into the pea-soup.
Two knives were here produced, the one with which deceased
was cutting the tobacco, and the other with which he was stabbed.
He identified them both.

Frederick Robinson, the surgeon of the ship, proved that the
wound received by Tate caused his death. He was stabbed in the
right side, between the second and third ribs, penetrating the dia-
phragnt through the right lobe of the liver, and wounding the vena
cave.—Several other witnesses were examined, but the details of
their evidence were not important.
The prisoner was remanded. He seems to be about 25 years of
age, and throughout the whole investigation be conducted himself
with the greatest firmness.

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