Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-17

very completeness OF the evidsutill facts on GIT
TO have aroused suspicion, and there Is no don II
that, had a rigid investig cation been set on foot ,
the innocence OF the accused would have been
established.
H.
a case OF fabricated evidence of a sufficient
y remarkable kind occurred neal Hull, in the
year tIiZ A gentleman travelling 20 that place
was stopped late IN the evening abOat seven
miles tIom the town, by masked highWayman
who robbed him of purse containing twenty
q tneaf. The highwayman gallOped of BY a
SIDE road, and the traveller! IN no way injured
growing late, and, being excited and alarmed
by what had happened. he naturally looked out
for place OF shelter, and inst al of riding on,
TO Hull, stopped at the first inn he came to-
which was the "Bell Inn kept by MT. james
Burnell. He went into the kitchen to give di-
recuons Tor BIZ supper, and then he rela ed to
several persons the facJ of his having been
ribbed, 10 which be added the further infOrma-
tiOn that when he travelled he always gave his
goId peculiar mark, and that every guinea in
The purse taken from him was thus marked. HI
hoped, therefore, that the Tobb RS would yet be
detected Supper being ready, he withdrew.
The gentleman had not long finished his supper
when Dir. Eurnell came into the parlOr where
he was. and sitter the usual inquiries of lani-
lords - 20 the desires of the guests, observed.
''Sir5 understand you have been robbed in this
neighboTho a this evening YES said the
traveller, 81 have" And YOUR money was
naked" continued the landlord. at was 50. -
was the reply. "a circumstances has arisen ="
resumed Mr.. Burnell. which leads me to think
i can point cat the rObb-T. Pray at what time
in the evening were you stoPPed?'' sit was
Just setting ~ 10 BE dark, replied the traveller.
"The time confirms my suspiciJns,' said the
ItndlOrd- and be then Informed the traveller
t-at ne had waiter, enc John Jennings, who
had Of lot" been very fuIl ut money. and 80 very
euravaCInt that he ltha Ian lord) had been
surprised 81 II, and had de- rmined to part
with him. his conduct beng every way suspic-
i.us. that OUg before darn that dav, be had sent
out Jennings to change = guinea for him: that
the man had only come back since the arrival of
the traveller, saying he could not get the
change and seeing Jennings 10 be in iIIuOr, he
had sent him of 70 bed, determined % discharge
him IN the morning. Mr.. BuTnell continued to
say thai when the guinea was brought back to
lin, il struck him that II was not the same he
had sent cut for change, there bringpn the re-
turned one a mark which he was very sure was
Tot upon the other; but he should probably have
Thought TO more OF the matter, Jennings, hav-
ing frequently had gold Iva his pocket of late.
had lot the people in the kitchen tod him VIII,
che traveller had related respecting the robbie
~, and the circumstance Of the guinea being
marked He Mr.. Burneil) had not been pres
ent when this relation was m 4de, and, unlucxi-
~, before be heard of II from the people in the
kitchen, he had paid away the guinea to a MN
who lived at same distance, and who had now
gone home. 1.-The Circumstance, however,
said the landlord in conclusion .'stru K M so
very strongly that / could not refrain, as an
nation of it,
Mr. BIZ rneIl was duly thanked for his diselo-
sure There appeared from it the strongest rea-
sons for suspecting Jennings, and If, on search
ang him, any Others of the marked guineas
shouldbe found, and the gentleman could tden-
thy them, there would then rem ain no doubt in
the matter. II was now agreed to go up to
bis room. Jennings was fast asleep; his pockets
were searched, and from one of them was
drawn forth purse containing exactly nine
teen guineas. Suspicion now became certain:
Tor the traveller declared the purse and guineas
TO be identically those of which he had been
robbed Assistance was called; Jennings was
awaksntd, dragged cut of bed, and charged
with The robbery He denied It firmly; but the
: m Wa tnu,a ayr and
he was not believed. He was secured that nj ght
and next day was taken before justice of the
peace The gentleman aud Mr.. Burnell de-
posed to the facts upon oath: az d Jennings hsy-
ing no proofs, moth ng but me e ass rtions of l. =
nocence, which could not be credited. was
Committed to take bis trial at the next assizes.
So strong seemed the case against him that
most Of the mans friends advised L i'm to Mead
guilty, aud throw himself on the mercy of the
court. This advice he rejected, and when ar
raigned, pleaded not guilty, The prosecutor
swOre to the fact OF the robbery: though as IL
took place in the dusk, and the hishwsyman
wore mask, he could not swear to the person
OF the prisoner, but thought him of the same
stature nearly az the man who rob bed him. To
me purse and guineas. when they were pro-
Iuced n court, he sWOre, AS to the purse, posi-
q ely, and a. TO the marked guineas
70 the best OF his belief, and bet, stifed 10 their
isslns been taken from the pocket Of the pris-
The prisoners master, Mr.. BurnelI deposad
as 70 the sending OF Jennings for the change OF
sssuinea, anu 20 me waiter 8 having brought
MIN oack marked one insteat of the one he
mad given him unmarked. He also gave evil
1ence a. to the discovery of the purse and gum
cas- on the prisoner. To consunmAte the proof
the man to whom Mr.. Burnell had paid the
guinea as mentioned, came forward and pro-
duGed the coin, testifying at the same time that
y rom the prisoners master, in payment Of a
ueot, ana the prosecutor, on comparing II with
me owner nineteen, swore to its being, 20 the
pest OF his belief, one OF the twenty marked
coins taken from him by the highwayman and
OF Enieh the 0ther nineteen were found on Jen-
>The judge summed up the evidence, pointiny
out all the concurring circumstances against
The prisoner; and the jury, convinced by this
strong accumulation of testimony, without go
ing out OF court, brought in verdict of guilty.
Jennings WAS executed some time after wards
at Hull, repeatedly declaring his innocence up
Within twelvemonth afterwards, Bu-nell,
the master of Jennings, was himself taken up
and the fact being proved on trial he was con ,
victed and ordered Tor execution. The approach
Of death brought on repentance and confession
guilty Of many highway robberies but owned
that he had committed the very one for which
Jennings suffered. The account which he gave
WAS that after robbtng the traveller he had
reached home before him by swifter riding
and BY q nearer way. That he found a man AZ
home waiting for hum, to whom he owned q lit
tie bill, and 10 whom. not having enough o.
other monev in his pocket, he gave away one Of
the guineas which be had Just obtained by rob
berry; Presently the robbed gentleman came in
val, was in the stable, told his tale, before
lated, in the kitchen. The gentleman had
arc ~ lett the kitchen before Bu-nel entered
y, and there, 70 his CONSERVATION, heard Of the
Iacts' and Of the guiness being marked. He be-
came dreadfully alarmed. The guinea which
ne mao PAID away he dared not ask back AZ Ain
nna A. me AFFAIR of the robbery, as well as the
eireumstances Of the marked guineas, would
so9n become publicly known, he saw nothing
Hsivno nlm put detection, disgrace and DEATH
In this dilemma the thought OF sccasinS snt
49,. en- poor Jennings occurred 70 him. The
se Vi Ihtoncaton in which Jennings wa
gave nm an opportunity OF conOealins an
Raise o. money In the walters pocket The rest
/ Ill.
James Harris kept O public house With,
eighteen miles OF York having In his seryice
man man named Morgan, Who to his other occupa
tious sooed mat OF gardener. IthApponed N A
one Grey, blacksmith, journs wing On foot 1,
Edmourg, supped and slept ct this publ,
house. Next morning Morgan asposed before
magistrate that his master strAngled Grew 4
his bed-that he actually saw him commit IN
murder-thsf no In vain endeavorsd to proven
a. his master insisting that the mar va in