Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-04-04
CRIMINAL RECORDS.
Piracy and Murders In the Indian ArChI-
nNlapO.

Piracy and Murders In the Indian ArChi-
pelagO.
On January 9th, an English barque, Victory,
arrived at Singapore in charge of the chief Off
GER, who stated that the Captain and some of
the crew had been murdered by Chinese passen |
gers, $50 of whom they had shipped at Cum-Sing- |
Moon and that the vessel had been in theirpos- |
session for several weeks. Four days after sail |
ing, the Chinese had made an attack on the Cap |
tain, whom they murdered, as also the second |
mate and two Sailors the rest of the crew, who |
were in the forecastle, they hemmed in, and the |
chief mate, who was aloft at the time, was or |
dered with threat to come down and sail the |
vessel to the nearest land. By this time, the |
mutineers having seized the arms were complete |
masters of the vessel, and did what they pleased.
A portion of them landed in the gulf of Siam, |
taken plumber with them. The remaining por-
tion began to gamble, and aquarrel having arisen
the first who fell a victim was the ringleader Of
the mutiuy, who was thrown overheard. The
European crew were every day apprehensiVe OF
being murdered The Chinese, however, having
got all they could left the vessel, and it arrived
at Singapore as above stated This is the fourth
vessel cut off by Chinese passengers.
Another and more brutal tragedy was perform
ed some time previous to the one above related.
1 The English barque Herald, Captain Lawson,
\ who was accompanied by his wife, left Shango
August 26th with valuable cargo for Leith.-
/ The crew consisted of Europeans, Portuguese
and Manila men. mutiny broke out about
4 the Doth October, during the night, when the
first and second mate and carpenter were thrown
4 overheard having shot attached to their legs.
They then went down to the cabin and murdered
4 the Captain while asleep; and Mrs. Lawson,
poor creature, after giving up every little article
Of value to induce the villains to spare her life,
| was most brutally violated, and under the cruel
| treatment to which she was subjected became
deranged. The gunner took command OF the
| vessel, which was then about 100 miles from the
| coast At daylight an awful scene Of slaughter
| was disclosed, but their appetites for blood were
| not appeased. Some five or six days elapsed
when the steward and the Bengalee servants
were butchered. The villains now resolved to
reach the coast in the boats. After removing
l from the ship all small articles of value they
scuttled her, and in the dead of night she went
down Mrs. Lawson begged the wretches to
spare her life, but in vain they confined her in
one Of the cabins, and she was carried down with
| The vessel ThelOng-b boat, containing the whole
of the mutineers, reached the coast Of Bantam,
where they landed with the plunder taken from
the vessel Here they told the Dutch resident
that they had escaped from Spanish vessel
which had sunk but the amount of plunder in
their possession excited his suspicion, and he de-
tanned them. Three of the crew then turned ev-
idence, stating that compuision was used towards
them to take part in the massacre. They were
then sent on under arrest to Batavia, and lodged
in the English goal-sxteen in number They
stated to the resident at Bantam that the reason
OF the commission Oh Lno crime was JhdJ Jnoy
{ had shipped for India or China, and that they
found they had been deceived and were bound for
Europe. This plea they altered at Batavia, and
stated that sufficient quantity Of food was not
on board, and that in consequence they endeav-
ored to poison the officers, but failed in the at
tempt. In consequence of those outrages, an
expedition has sailed for the coast Of Borneo in
| order to put stop to the pirates infesting the
/ Archipelago, and who have been joined, it il
thought, by the Chinese passengers engaged II
, seizing the different vessels, and in the various
! murders from time to time committed.
J Trial for Murder at BeIper, Eng.
The trial of Anthony Turner for the murder O.
Mrs Phoebe Barnes, came on at the Spring AS
sizes for Derby The facts of this case were few
and iocontrovertible. At the time of the com
. mission of the act we gave the particulars il
| full we shall therefore confne ourselves to
, general outline of the facts. The brother of de
Q ceased had left, according to the statement 0
= the prisoner, an illegitimate child, of which b
| 1.-THE prsOner) had charge, and for the sustenano
, of which there was owing him some money Tn
+ father of the child had frequently promised t.
| make provision for it at his death which b
r. | however, neglected doing, and died, leaving hi
| property, which was considerable, to his sister
| the murdered woman. The prisoner had bee
| collector of rents on this property during tn
life of the previous proprietor, and had been con
q tinued for some time after his death. He ha
. \ frequently represented the above facts relativ
: to the child to the murdered woman, demanding
! payment of the money due him. Mrs. Barne
:. refused not only to pay this demand, but ais
insinuated that the child belonged to Turner
s Turner after this collected some rents, which h
g retained alleging that he did so in repayment c
r what was due him. He was then dismissed hi
g situation. For this he swore to be revenged
d and having forced his way into Mrs Barnes
4 presence, before assistance could be called, h
6 cut her throat, from the effects of which she die
- in few minutes. When the prisoner was ar
> pretended be was in the act of committing sui
eide No witnesses were called for the defence
! but it was contended that he was man of a
excitabe nature and of violent passions, and tina
r | the murder was committed under provocation.
q verdict of Guilty was returned, and sentenc
q of death was recorded, but no day named for th
y execution. The Judge, however, held out n