The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-09-22 00:00:00

OLD D4ILE.Y, Fnroar, Sm. 21.

Emanuel Joseph, a Portuguese-mariner, was In.
dieted for the wilful murder of John Jones, a Bei.
fish" seaman, at Hermitage-street, St. George's in
the East, on Sunday evening, the 26th of August,
by giving him a mortal stab on the side of the beUy
with a, knife, of which wound he languished until
the night attic following Monday, and then dim:.
Peter Jacobs, a Swedish seaman, deposed, that
he was walking with the deceased, with whom he
lodged, on the evening above stated. They had
Pone to a public.hoose, the Duodee.Arms, in
lough-alley, about half-past five, but• the owper
would not let them in until after church-time. They
walked into Great ifermilage-street. Witness
walked a few yards before the deceased. They
met four ur five Portuguese seamen ; and as soon
as they passed, witness heard a noise of some scut.
tie behind him. He turned about, saw the Porto.
guese seamen heaving stones at him and the de.
ceased, and a stone struck himself on the lip. Wit.
urns stw no cause given for throwing the stones.—
One of the Portuguese seamen ran away; witness
followed him Rhein 20„yards, and when he returned,
be found the deccaied lying on the ground stabbed
on the right side of his billy on the lower part.
lie was taken to the Hospital, where ho died: Wit.
nets could nut say the Prisoner was one of the Por-
tuguese sailors he met. He did not see the deceased
give any provocation to any of them, Sur could be
tall how the scuffle began.
Su;aunah Porter said, she lived in Plougb.alley ;
she saw a number of Portuguese sailors that evening,
a Mite before the scuffle, coming out of Plough-alley,
Into ilermitege-street, and the Prisoner was amongst
them. Shedid not seethe last witness, but saw Jones ;
he was coming along the street, and she did not see
him offend any body ; but she heard the Prisoner
say in English, if I could see that b—y b—,
I would have his life ; in about five minutes after
she saw Joties going quietly along. The Prisoner
struck him 'list ; she thinks it was with a stick-;•
she saw nu stick with Jones. There were about
five of the Portuguese together, they got Jones
down, and presently_ she heard him cry out, 66 A
knife, a knife !" She saw the Prisoner, who wore a
nankeen jacket, with the knife at the left side of
Jones's belly. Immediately afterwards the Pri-
soner attempted to escape, and ran about 20 yards,
when he was stopped and secured. She saw a
.gets.
_ tlernan leading Jones across the street ; he had his
',dwelt, which were coming through the. wound, in
his hands. Ile asked her, if she saw his bowels ?
sheinswered yes ; upon which Jones said, " I am
no longer for this world." She did nut see Jones
do any thing, nor hael'she seen the stones thrown.
Reyninek, another Swedish seaman, said,
he was coming from his ledgiugs,.sed going up Her.
ntitage-street, he ?aw fire or sit Portuguese sailors
together, and saw them pull stones from under their
jackets and heave them at the man, who wa.i af.
terwards killed, and who cried out—" Don't throw
stones, give me English play." Upon which the
Prisoner took a knife from under his waistcoat, he
was about five or six yards from the deceased, ho rau
at him and stabbed him with the knife in his belly.
Witness immediately collared the P.iooncr. Thu
other Portuguese seamen attacked him, and struck
him on the head with stoma; and sticks. The Pri.
loner got away, but witness pursued him avid Se-.
cured him again, without ever having lost sight of,
him. The Prisoner's knife dropped in the tartlet,
and witness did not know what became of it. The,
deceased was quite a stranger to him. He saw no
scuffle, but saw the deceased struck, by a blow •on
his head with a stone.
The Rev. Edward Robsoo, a magistrate of the
vicinage, proved that he went, as he conceived to)).
his duty, to visit the deceased at the London Hot.'
vital, on Monday evening, understanding that his
wound ...is Mortal, for the purpose of taking his
examination, which be did upon oath ; and in which
the deceased, who was quite collected and in' his
perfect reason, though in much pain, deposed,
that the Prisoner, who was present, and his comps.
Ilion', had attacked him without any provocation
-wand that while he slas defending himself against
one of them, the Prisoner ran at him and stabbed
hies in the belly. The Prisoner heard the charge
read, and declined saying any thing. Mr. Robson
believes he understood the nature of it, because he
heard him speak English upon his first examination,
and was surprised, upon Isis second examination,
to hear him require an interpreter.
An interpreter was now called, and repeated -to
the Prisoner the evidence as contained in the examni.
nation of 'the deceased. The Prisoner denied that
he gave the first assault, but said that the deceased
and his companions had first struck him, and
knocked his hat off his head; and the first witness,
Jacobs, was the first man that struck him.
Mr. ALLEY then called several witnesses for the
defence, the tendency of whose examination was-
to shcw, that a -furious dispute and frequent quar.
.rels had taken place about the time, between the
Portuguese and the American sailors ; and that the,
deceased, who passed fur an American seaman, had
joined in th. se quarrels ; and had gone with ato*.
bet of ethers to attack the Portuguese seamen, iq
the house where they lodged, in Plough-alley, that, .
very .evening. But although Lopez, one of :he.
witnesses, and Elizabeth Saul, who resides in the
house where the Portuguese sailors lodged, both
depoSed, that the deceased was the chief of those
ss'lso repeatedly came to attack the men in the house
that evening, both acknowledged, ou their cross-
exaMination by Mr. GURNEY, that they did not
know the deceased bekre that day—that neither of
them had gone to the Hospital.to sec him after he
seas stabbed, ' and consequently, that they could
net know Whether the man of whom they spoke in
their direct evidence as the deceased, and being one
of the persons who acted as principal in the attack
oh the Portuguese in their ludging.liouse, was in
reality the clan whia was killed.
Mr. Juitice liza:rq summed up the itfdence for
tlie. Jury +; who, after retiring for abOut thPael
quarters of an hour, returned a verdict 'o ')f$
slaughter. • ,7,107 qv-
' James Shorter was capitally indicted-ror
stintisly' stealing a mare,' the property of 'Reirir'y
Hatchings. • The Prosecutor is *baker, and Bud
formerly at the cornet of Hand.court, in Holborn,
bat more recently in Warship:streett Finsbury.