The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-07-29 00:00:00

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Francis Faulkner, mistelsosaa of the Here Coach—drives
all the way ; recollects prisoner ; on the 4th of March
took him up at Mouse-hill, J 6 miles from London; had la
small bundle with him ; be sat on the box; said be bad
come from town to Milford by the Lloitheeter coach du&
morning: showed witness a coral, Which be ,aid be had
found ; it was in a tarnished state; left hint at the
Fountain Inn, Portsmouth, at six that evening.
Cross-examined.—But for the Way-bill should not
have remembered the day.
Ann Kirby lived at Portsmouth anunfortonate woman
there; first knew the prisoner in November; knew bit.;
by the name of Watson; knew him till he left Ports-
month in February ; he had a nephew there ; the nephew
called him Watson. Prisoner said be was going to UM •
AM to get sonic money ; saw him on his return from
London, on the •!ili March ; said he had come from
Woolwich, from his friends; said lie and another rode
so horseback to Mousehill, and from thence be came by
the coach, said lie arrived at eight, and came to witness
directly; pri.oner slept with witness that night, at the
Red Lion. Next day, at breakfast, prisoner sent a man
to Mr. Cole's, with a note to pay 41. IS.. Scl. The man
returned with a trunk and some change in paper. Pr.-
toner slept four nights more there with witness. After
that, the witness was afraid to sleep .with him. He
threatened to kill witness, and was so alarmed in his
sleep—would cry out in his sleep What's that !" and
call on some name, Betsy or Sally. In consegtience of
this, witness left prisoner. He gave witness ear-rings
and a shawl, and 161. io money. Witness occasionally
slept with him aftrwards—bis behaviour in the nigl:t
continued the same.e Prisoner seid lie had killed two men
and one woman—the men in duels; it was a secret, and
witness must not divulge it. He killed the woman by
striking leer, but he did not like to hear of it. Prisoner
often went to the play after he returned from London,
and dressed differently to what he dad done before-e-4
hat instead of a rap, and white top boots--let his whiskers
grow, which he did not before, and wore silver
spectacles.
This witness underwent a very long and severe cross
examination, but she did nut deviate matelially from leer
original story.
William Duffey, nephew to the prisoner, was at Port-
month In March : first saw prisoner ut Portsnio. tie in No-
vember ; his mints. is James Nesbit ; he went by the name of
Watson in November; he said he went after his mother''
name. On the 4th of March saw the prisoner at seven its the
evening; said he came from Woolwich by the coach ; sal"
he had seen witness's mother at Woolwich. On the bils of
March saw the prisoner and Ann Kirby at the Red Lion. at
half-past ten in the morning; never saw them trseether
spin ; after he was removed, witness reerised a letter from
him ; witness destroyed it; don't know that the signature.
• James Nesbitt, was the prisoner's hand writing. Tae
letter asked witness to get a man and Mr. Cole to take their
oaths that prisoner had desired the man to pay money to Mr.
Cole by a the pound note, which Ann Kirby had sworn to
be a ten pound note, and wanted witness to go to Mr. Garter
to get some money which was taken from him when he was
apprehended ; also wanted to know If Ann Kirby was CORI:Or
against him ; If she did he would have I:er cropped. for she
; was the worst enemy he had. Witness did not know what
• cropped' meant.
Joseph Irish, watchmaker, at POrtsmontli, said —Prisnnar
cams to witness on the 10th of March—left a repenting
watch to be cis:lased—it was cleaned. Prkoner called for
it on the 18th. Witness saw the watch afterwards in posses-
sion of Barnard Bolomons—it was an old fashioned wateis
and very particular. Witness brought back the watch
the same day—it had stopped—he called for it again in
a few days—he asked its value. Witness said it was
worth 51.—be said, " Is it not gold ?" Witness said be
had thought it was. Prisoner said it had been in his
family 100 years—lie had the watch away.
Baraard Solomons, pawnbroker, at Portsmouth.
"knows the prisoner; he tame to witness's shop on the
Ind of March ; produced a watch—(last witness identi-
fied the watch as the one cleaned by lihn)—asked ten
guineas for it; said it had belonged to his deceased fs-
ther—he was eighty-three years old when he 'lied ; wit-
ness would not give that price for it : prisoner said he
had some old silver at the George Inn, and would rat -
the next day; he took away the watch, and called the
next day at three; he produced the watch and several
spoons; six or seven table-spoons, anti as many tea.
spoons ; they weighed 17 ounces: witness bought the
whole for 91. tit. 6d., (witness produced spoons.) they
, are marked T. P. M. and some H.P.M. ; prisoner said his
'name was Page; witness sold some of the spoons, but
afterwards got most of them heck; prisoner acknow-
; leilgeil that these were the spoons and watch which he
sold to witness.
Edward Hunt, gaoler at Portsmouth, arresteil the pri-
soner on the 23d of March; went with Thos. Hill, at h.,1!.
past eleven at night; found Isim at the Red Lion; he am:
alone; when 1 entered he pulled out a pistol ; I caught
it by the mussle ; hr followed me; in the nadir 1 fell.
but got it from him: be drew another pistol; Hill anti
the landlord laid hold of him ; I got up ; we secured
and got away both the pistols ; one was loaded with
gnnpowder and wadding, nearly to the mnzale ; no flint
then ; the other had balls,' and a Hint, and priming ; 11111
searched him, and found three keys ; they opened a
trunk, and a box in it ; they were in the bed-room ; the
prisoner's room—in the large trunk were clothes, a rural,
and a file; there were remains of a mark ou the coral;
it bad been Bled away, as it appeared by the tile we
found ; there was a cap, with a gold band, and a pair of
troweers burnt at the -hip, and a woman's apron : and
also a pair of spictacles, not silver; in the little box I
found a gold watch. a pair of silver tongs, marked M.H.;
a silver ranee ladle, two table-spoons, six tea-spoons—
the maker's Pause on the watch was Vick, Lowilon--aeve-
ral rings, broaches, chains, ear-rings pins, and various
ornaments, all of gold—also someitnee-buclaies. They
were all sbewn to the prisoner; he asked fur an inven-
tory; be said they were all kis.
• Cross-examined.—Prisoner said he lead bonirlit some
of thee things of two men named Pearce and Cathie ; this
was three days afterwards.
Thomas Hill, accompanied the last witness, and cor-
roborated the whole of his statement; he produced the
watch and a gold chain and seal, and another seal en-
graved P. with various other of the articles mentioned •
by Hunt, particularly the silver spectacles marked T.P.
which were found on the prisoner's person, witness
charged the prison*, with the murder; he replied, "lon
know but little abouttbat yet: but you will know a great
deal more."

Henry Ridout. High Constable of Blackheath ; I have
known the prisoner many years ; as long as I have
known him he has gone by the name of Nesbitt ; pri-
soner's father is now living. he is quite a pear man ;
from October to March the prisoner was absent from
Woolwich ; Reid gave me some articles from the 6re-
-1 jewellery (wisest, prollaced them); they resemble thorn
Ifound cif tbe primmer in fashion sod date ; I took down. .
what the 'Hawser said at Portsmouth, and read it ova.
to him, in the mane. of Hill, 1111 the 89th of Hatch r
I no threat or prodise was used to Illim.--ghe paper was
I prodesatd, anti klmatiled by the whom. I saw the pri- •
1 soner sign that paper •• James Nosititt."—(The paper
was reed sad perpoeSed to be au aebutitt of the prkon.
er's purchasing. of tome ado wbs. Met afar Wool-
wich, the whams boot slimy Wlt ow dr big sp-
prehintion.)-1-00 dio Ilth of liipilli made
,see eimossoloodos to no oti t I toe&
awn whit korai, bat we lo his prossillMto mat aid 1. •
eon sow it In his.--(Witillespereo-4414t0 n the
paper.)—lt was a *coofession that theiGer had been,
.;
concerned in the murder, with- loaf ether men, who