Star.
London, England, 1821-09-04 00:00:00

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INQUEST 0V R. HONEY.
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TENTH DAY. ,i;EPTEMBER
OrMI at the New inn, wileie the Inquest was
• ply hell, having been found inconvenient, on
t of its smallness, as well as its immediate con-
to the street, it was deemed advisable that the
!T • cr proceedings shined take place at the Hop-
p- , Ed;eware-road. The Coroner
fury arrived at a quarter after two o'clock.
. tr. A Ilf.) L Pll VS, and Mr. IlAxsoN, jun. attended for

the ;;uards.
;Before any witnesses were called,
‘he Gall (a Juror) said—" Mr. Coroner, before
we proceed to the examination, I must apply to you
for protection against a misrepresentation which has
nneared in one of the public prints. lam there
made to rte improper language towards Mr. Adol-
phus. The statement I complain of has appeared in
the Courier, and is as follows:—' 'Then, said Mr.
Gall (a Juror), another place must be appointed, for,
by G—d, Mr. Adolphus shall not sit here again.' I
never used such an expression, and I appeal to you,
sir, to the Gentlemen of the Jury, and to Mr. Adol-
phus himself, whether I do not state the fact."
Mr. Ar,ot.rnvs eaid, that in what he was about to
offer, he did not mean to flatter the public press.—
Neither the Coroner nor himself was there to decide
whether it was proper that the Gentlemen connected
te-hli the press sheald be present and give minutes of
the proceedings to the Public from day to day ; but
this he would say, with respect to the Ministei ial and
Anti-ministerial papers, that greater pains or more
candour could not be mani:ested than appeared to be
use..? for the purpose of giving the proceedings cor-
rectly. 11e did no; state this oa account t,i any coin-
pilau nts th it had been paid to hint by toe press, for
he had been visited both by compliment aod censure,
which he bore with equal good humour. With re-
spect tn the matter that had been broti:eht under their
notice, whelier Mr. Gall did or did rot use the ex-
pre ion itooteed to him, he (Mr. Adolphus) was not
atde to say. From the number Of persons who were
prenna, aed frau the variety of obrervations that
were ma .!e en all sides, it was impossible fins him to
decieie that peint ; but certainly something Vae the
expression stated was made use of. It it had been
iraentioa to Tna;:e an application to the Coroner
co thi.: rot of suhject he had a letter, and a very
hater, from ieee of the witnesses who were
lornaely ex it:fined-a:he meant Colonel Cavendish.—
That f; nte ,entien cornplaioe:l, that when Mr. Blakie
m `rrnatie a :...pressotation el Neleit took place at the Bar-
rack'., h.: Colotiel Cavendish) was made to say, that
ite was not prepared to answer that statement. lie
did not use !unit an exprenaion ; Let whet he signed
dern ::, Lc felt that he r: ac CallA on to
!iv?. ile 111Crt:I.V• Ifm'ed, when Mr.
Elakie made hie statement relative to what oecurred
at the ; Lat. feom the aassvor hich he was
made to !...s.!. it might be sepposed that Colonel Ca-
verai-h; 1..711C to pi epare himself. Every ona,
t!, at, in the coninsed and hurtled
mien": in tehje:i pt ocecdirii. titis kind were some-
time; r.:•,1,(!,.c!L.', words might be supposed to have'
been notic u-c or, which had not really been. uttered,
or ohn.a tranAeired from one indi-
vidual to another- -citeameances which ought to be
ant i•lcd W:11 as po.sible. In saying this, he im-
pute I no blame to the Gentlemen of the Press ; and
he thtlu;:!t the Juror who had complained would
gain the object lie wished to obtain, he the statement,
to-morrow, in evei y paper in town, of his specific de-
nial of the observation to which he had drawn the
attention of the Court.
Mr.6oll.—That is all I want. I have thought
it
rigl. to notice this misrepresentation, bit 1 by no
means say that it was a wilful one. Inevet gave any
opinion on the point in question.
Air. Brown.— I suppose these tjentlemen report one
the same as another ; but the-e are such persons as!
Editors, to whom the matter afterwards goes, and
they may do what they please with it—(Cries
Foreinam—The Learned Gentleman has ob-
served, that when Mr. Illakie made his representation
to Colonel Cavendish, the latter returned no answer
at all. This was not, however, the case. Colonel
Cavendish, 1 it tII recollect, said, " I thought I was
summoned here to give evidence on the death of
Richard Iliteey:'
Me. A Dotantus.—That is true; bet he had then
given his evidence, and signed his liepOSlllol.
The En-main-11e had nut sinned it at that time.
Mr. A n°1.1,117:4.-1 think he had.
The Formt:l.—l request, as a matter of favour to
the Jury, that they may he allowed to retire for a
quarter of an hour.
Mr. A 'morn ea.—Before the Gentlemen withdraw,
I want to know whether the witneoan. King. Sptatt,
and Green, who were examined on die last evening,
arc present ?
The Foreman.—l do not think they are; and I
ghouls! be glad to know for what purpose they are
required ?
Mr. notanit3S.—My reason for wishing them to
be present is, because, in the evidence they have
given, they state that they know somebody whom
they believe to have shot Honey. One of them says,
" I saw a man sitting in a chair who shot Richard
nonce ;" and another swears, " I saw a person going
in and out of this room who shot Honey." Now this
evidence is extremely vague. The person alluded,
to ni;ght be me, or one of the .Turors. A proposition
was made on a former occasion, that Lieutenant
Cote should be suhjec tn.! to the inspection of certain
witnesses. Ile was t.iiaatr to unsier:::o
.such an in-
spection, but 1 objected to it ; bccause it was quite
unfair, and beyond all precedent, to subject a man to
an inspection and identification when he was sepa-
rated fi om those with whom he was supposed to
have acted. The mischief has, however, been done
already : Lieutemint Gore has been so separated and
so identified. 1 therefore wish Lieutenant Gore to
be placed ia the presence of the witnecses, in order
that the latter may sec him, and say, in an open and
manly way, whether they know him or not. If he
can be identified, let it be done directly, and not by
instil ed. means. lie our,ht not tl be pointed out in,
an obscure manner by a person who views him horn
a brick wall, or under any circumstances of that:
kind. The witnesses ought to come forward and say,
that is or is not the person. I therefore request the
presence of those witnesses now, and if they are nut
in attendance, that unarm iLay ba adopted fur bring-
diva; fur e: