Star.
London, England, 1817-01-02 00:00:00

COROhZII'S A'QUAST

MURDER IN ST. GILES'S.
An Inquisition was taken yesterday Looming, st tf.e
Board-room, St. Gile.'r Workhouse, upon the bc,!!,.
of Edwas StaLton, for the purpose of ascert.iinir,t, Is w
and by what means the deceased came by /,is 4,:a!! .
Jane Jealous said,e,at Saturday night. eleue-,
of December, she was in a eltlee..hop i o Ge.,).g. -
street, St. Giles's, wl•ich is kept by a 172111 liarnr44.
Bastall ; it was newly fall of thieves and prostitiires ;
there were at least twenty men and youths, wise m she
knew to be common thieves. Toe deceased came
into the house betv.ven 10 and 11 o'clock, and sit by
the side of his girl, (a prostitute be had treated) ; I e
took some money out of his peckers which was stern
by the people in the house. A man tailed Paddy
Dos 3, and alffithe.r called Tom the Sailor, whose
real name was Walker, were the persons mtnt active
in the house. l'ad4 Downs twisted the hand cf t::.,
deceased's girl to take her :may. Walktr assisn (-4
him, and they forced the deceased upon a broken
chair in one corner of the room. Walker lieW t!;r
deceased, aid Paddy Diem. seized him by the
throat wit!) one hand, sod with the o;her Eton), .1
his mouth, to prevent him making a noise, white th-
robbed him. She did not see what money they ter k
from him, for after Downs had seked him by t!
throat, all the men and boys surrounded him, so that
she lost sight of him ; she heard a deep nioani::g,
which she believed was made by the deceased, a:: ! 4,
ratling in his throat, which was like a man
for breath. Bastall, the master of the house, !ILA:
him in this distressing situation, and came trio
room which is divided by a partition only from ti..:
coffee room. and ordered all in the house to leave in).
mediately, or he would call the watchman. AI!tl e
men left the house, and Downs and Walker drayg-
the deceased out with them. When they took him
out he appeared to be nearly lifeless, his eyes rolled,
and be was apparently insensible. The deceased was
a little intoxicated, but he knew very well what lits
was doing ; he defended himself a long time, and
made great resistance to prevent them robbing him.
Bastall trembled very much after they had dragged
the deceased out of the house. Witness in about teu
minutes after she left the house saw the deceased lykg
in a dying state upon a step, about seven houses Inca
the coffee-shop; he was in the arms of fuer watc' -
men. She afterwards went to the coflee-shop, seal
saw several persons dividing the money, which slit
believed they had stolen from the deceased, for they
had no money in their 'possession before. 8a5.,,t11
did not attempt to rescue him from the thieves sv!,,:i
they rook him out of the house. After they heti
divided the money, they sent ((Jr licit: irs end g«
drunk. Several gins of the town lodged in the coffer-
shop. She did nut see the deceased after he eau to
the care of the watchinen.

Sarah Reeve corroborated nearly the whole of di.:
above evidence; she knew alit the men vino were
the coffee•hou.e were all thieves—they b.longed to
one gang, and were more than sixty in nu-Hive; they
had threatened the lives of all who peached. Becaiise
she said that it was a shame to ill use the deco see,
two i f the gang knocked her down, and threatens)
her life, and she knew that the above witness sudb.•+-
self would lase their lives if they eeriturtd into
street. She was in the house when softie of the g..rg
returned, and they said that the deceased was ma-
diled. [lovers Ca in shortly after, and hid liitn\e:i'
under the petticoats of the girls; when the ot.,tzlitrti,
inquire) for him, they were told that I e was vet-
there. This and the ether witnesl were tan to tlii
watch-house by tl:e iaratchnien ; the v eave itithiet, •
tion w!iete it likely to tied Downs, And the wate -
men went to the place (the Tut k. Head, in Ge )eg
street), tiel him into custody, and brought him t
the watch: house. The coffee-la:else was kept open ll
night, and men and women were admitted for the
purposes of prostitJtion.
The Sur,;con ssho ei:amined the body of the
ceased, believed his ,:eath x•as ccasieacd by
or suffocation, which might be cauted by per-
sons pressing him en the neck.
The Coroner said, that he had not the least doubt
but the deceased died in consequence of die
treatment of a gang of villains, wfose
called a co&e-shop. It was time such places win•
put as end to, for there was no d:iubt but tint be wiis
decoyed to the house by the girl, aid because Le
would not tamely submit to be robbed, they used
those violent means wind), no doubt, occasioned his
death.

Verdict—Wilful minder against Patrick 13/I.A n^.
olio Paddy Barney, Thomas Walker, alio: T 6111
'Sailor, and other persons unknown.
The Coroner issued his warrant for the c..nvnioll
of Patrick Downs to Newgate, to take his trial at the
neat Old Bailey Sesions, and the parties were
bound over in recoginzatices of f4O each to pro:en:o
the pris:)ner.

The Gez,tte de France awes the ill 'wing
prices ui peivisions at Paris durirg the Let s.eck
" Bread (tl,e 4110 9i. ; rice, the lb. 62.; vtr,t.:-
celli, ditto ; Lel per ib., 7d. ; veal, :id. ; rt.
7d.; fresh pork, bd.; fresh butter, Is. ; s
ditto, Ind. ; lard, I Od. ; sugar, Is. (id.; coffee, I ;
candles, Rid., ttzt..."

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1141.0.1iy, at the Grove, Ktchatu, she Lady of D..1t0
land, liars. of a daughter.

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Pullet-on, Lae twig 14 e gieutoti to Jane, eldest dat:gittcr or .; c
Rey. Ltr Pr•tble..

At the Nhtise of Myth, on the 110,11 ult. the Res u FL..
phercon Cuonvag; .inr, Mistime!. of Newt*, to Matte...,
daughter of :1:!. ker. Coact :,),:t:e7s.
At Aberdeen, on tl r 17.! ult. Datid Reid, E,cl Sorgeno,ll3
Nary. co i.gnea, third d.teghter of the la a Alexaadtr Ety , . .
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Mana'....ur I tithert

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On the 27th of Ortoher, of 1e%4. board •• 7
Tigris, in the West Indies, 44r, John Chivas, toa to A.. ;.••
Chin% Esq. of Aberdeen.
Tbursday,.at West Wickii:ru, in Kent, Jete, seeo-cl t!:•• •• •.:
of Lieut.-Colonel'l'yndale,tate o::he Ist Keginteit of Vito t •

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