The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-11-15 00:00:00

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It W !LET.
MEAGHER'S LAST ERAMIN A HON •anDISCHARGR.
Tams morning, according to the adjoarnmont, the
esaminations Is this case were awninged en behalf of
the defenre. Ten o'rierk nes the hoer fined for the j
commencemeet of basin's., bet when that hoer ar.
rived, no crowd bed collected es on former °casinos.
and scarcely a single inditideal was in Court. It was!
set until nearly 11 o'clock that Mr. Weight (the
Magistrate who has attended throughout this imolai.
nation) took his seat es the Bench. Pretties to
that hoar, Mr. Atkisson, the Solicitor an behalf of
the Proseention, sad Mr. Foulkes and Mr. Barrow,
on, the pan of the Prisoner, wore le Court reedy to
vowed with the bushings of the day.
Edward Meagher soon after soda Ms oppearance,
and with a smile on his countenance, took his sta.
Hoe in the primes& bog.
Peter Gill was the dust witness easetined. Ills
evidence was as follows :-1 am house t in Ow
employ of Mrs. Byrom, in Q.ay-street, and was in
Drin-gst• eat the &lords, maim in gaieties. I mot
the Pii.oner nearly opposite the George Ins. There
were two persons with him who appeared to be his
e •rnp miens. At this time there time a great molly
p•opte cooed him. The Prisoner was going towards
.he Police-office and the crowd followed him. Soso
of MIA people cried out s• That's the bi—dy rascal."
Mr. Meniscus (addressing the Beech).—Do you
ennowee, Ir, that ibis evidence is inadmissible ?--
I do oot see that it can be, rules sore connexion is
shown with he case

Air. FouLettir—lt has to immediate bearing open
the case. The object is tu 'show that the Poisoner
nad, at an early "wind of that 'aniline, been pursued
a mob, and that on t:.at occasion dreadful threats
were e‘pri.

M AGIITILATE.- YOl5, )1/1, to b. DM
Mr. fooLags —lie rot Wowed op to the Pollee-
ulice, aunt from l beu co to his ogle lodziogs is Quote-
sit eet.

Mr. llsaitow.—Al!ow me to say a word or taro,'
The charge against the Prisoner's, that be fire.l
it ewe praceble men. We want to show that the Pri-
soner was driven to despair before he fired the pistol,
god that his life had been placed in imminent danger.
We admit that he fired at random, but we are now
showing the provocation, and we will prove that he
Wes gouged and driven to desperation.
Mr. Fuvwsca.—We wish to state the whole of the'
fors, in I not, es my Learned Peiping, Mr. Atkinson,
bee done, to lake op the story at the end. If the
fir mg had been wholly er.provekeil, then I will ad.
o, and all must allow, it to be a most lemon, pro-
Strife, and wicked act.
Mr. Witous.—l think it proper that you should
priaz•ed.
The ',gemination was then continued :—The Priso-
ner had a pistol in his hand : open seeing this, one
ani-ng the crowd cried oat, "'fake it from him;"
b-t he Passioer imasesliately turned round and said,
66 If yue touch me, I will blow your brains wat."—
Another in the crowd called oat, " Users 61'0—
Tee Prisoner then gut round into Back King-street,
leading to the Police-elite, and I saw no more of
Maas

No cress elimination was entered Into, Int the
witness was called bark by Mr. BMOW, for the
purpose of asking him *healer kw was any relation
er arquintsece of the Prisoner. The witness an.
serest is the negative.
Mr. Baanow.-7011, very well. It has heon in-
sinuated that because a Min as su Irishman, he must
be necessarily a row.
Mr. Mais.on.—l made no such insinuation of
tbe kind.

Mr. Baunow.--Yes, you did.
Isms While and Robert Snow were mit coiled
as witnesses on behalf of lb. l'risoner, bet neither
of them appeared.

Mr. SAltilow.—Tbis is very strange. 1 most call
Platt (the offieer2whe saved the swoons..).

Mr. Milne.—Surely, that is gaits enneoebsiry.
Mr. HABSOM.—No, it is not, because we all in-
dict thee. 1 will have him wit for.