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A YOUNG MURDERER

A YOUNG MURDERER.
We have rarely rccn reported. n mor- stroci
o"s err, When the aye of the parties Is considered
usor~ extraordinary murder. than ti,st Of vhel
the particulars FROM late London paper ere ri
ven below:
The trial Of Bell. for the murder o
the boy Richard Faulkner Taylor, OF
the Attn Of March last. took place a
Maidstone yesterday. The prisoner
as 10 not uncommon with verv youn:
prisoners (he is only fourteen years o
agc.) exhibited little appearance o
feeling Mt any part of the proceedings
The father Of the murdered bow wa,
much affected in giving his evidence
and when he proceeded to describ,
the state OF the body when found, IA,
tainted, and was obliged TO be carrie,
out Of court. The following paper wa.
read by Mr.. Farrell, clerk TO the ma
gisfrates Of Rochester il was q cop,
OF what was stated by the prisoner ani
his brother az the examination.
"John Bell. the prisoner. said to hi.
brother James, on seeing the deceased
There goes young Taylor. James, lei
US kill him. and take the money. anc
let us lay him under these stones, thai
we can't count over.' John then al
dressed the magistrate, and said, IL
was /, Sir, tina, did the murder; and,
while ! was doing II. my brother len
watched at back He did it. he said
at one cut that the deceased was mo-
long dying. The little boy lost hi
way in the WOO 4. aud Law down to cry
and while the boy was laying down. l.,
cut his throat. He took the none,
from the boys glove. and gave part Il
his brother, His brother gave him III,
knife to cut the boys throat. TIL,
boy squeaked when his throat was GU:
as a rabbit squeaks. Ha only squeak
ed once. He gave him two cuts. FL
took the boy into the woods to murde
him. He had on the frock his brothe
Jem then wore, and the blood went OF
il, and was on IL still. He would NO
tell this, he said, but Jem told first
The witness said that the brother con
tradicted the prisoner in violent 20 an
ner. upon which the prisoner said, ID
you mean TO say, Jem, that you die
not give me your knife to cut the boy
throat; and did you not have part O
the money p"
Patterson, the constable, added tn
confession Of the prisoner while he wa
conveying him to jail
In passing q pond, the prisone
observed, That 10 the pond where
washed my hands and the knife, afte
! did the crime > and he remarked o.
seeing path that led to the road
That is the road that leads to tn
spot where killed the poor boy
Don't you think, Sir, he 10 better o
than am :" The prisoner also show
ed me place where he came out Q
the wood, with the bloody knife in hi
hand, be said; and also a place whsr
he and the deceased went into tn
wood that before that they had bee
together in tsrnip field, and pulled
turnip, which the deceased pared wit
his knife that then he took the dc
ceased into . wood, under the pretenc
Of showing him a short way home bu
after they had got some distance. b
teid the deceased he haa lost his wal
and the deceased, on hearing that, "a
down and began to cry, and on that h
jumped on the deceased, and in an ir
slant cut his throat; that he took th
money then partly from the deceased
hand, and partly from the purse. II
had great difficulty in getting the mo
ney from the hand, IL vas closed 8
fast; and that after getting the none
he rushed out Of the wood. greatly
Iarmsd."
The jury, without hesitation, foun
the prisoner guilty, bot recommends
him TO mercy. on account Of his youtt
and the total neglect shown BY his ps
rents Of his education. The Judg
held out no hopes of Communication !
delivering sentence. The boy il shor
of his age, bot stout; 81 a fair com
pieTion, Ha1en hair. ard blue eyes. IL
numbering colour. His appearance
extremely childish.
iAa account Of iLi. youths execution wss ,,ai
i'-hed "a last veek''psp~r
.n'frdsr most (os1L On FRIDAY Ia.
DibdiIl Holt, keeper of n grocery %
Main steet, near the Eagle Tavern. i
this village. murdered his wife BY beaI
Jog her upon the head with a hammer
Holt was an Incorporate man. an
bad long induiged ssspic,an II III
Sife's oonsianey. Mfs. Hsit. 20 fsr 4
we can learn. Sas an anliabie and vor
ny ~oman. She has left three chll
'Hen. one ot Which. an iBfsnt, vas Il
I The arms of the mother sheu the muir
deS ~as committed.
Holt appears to have dsiiJcssisl,
I planned she deed. We disehsrged b.
clerk, some days since, sed scenes
engaged ~ oiosisg hi> ahirs. n
murder vas COMMITTED ~ lie cfau,ha