Police.
The Times, 1824-05-21T00:00:00

GuxLnDRAL.t._.Another vederCrliset ptiblications was iYesterday brougbtiup, and heldto bail,at theInktanceoftheSoli- citorfor theTreasu ' . UNIONHALL.T..RRCAneID:i.-Yesterday Gevige Gregory, the (ad who stabb&d his father on the 2d inst., with a case-knife, from the efFects of which the unfortunate man lingered in Gay's'-Hospital until the 13th, andl then died, wns brought befoTe L..B. ALLEN, D. KING, and J. ffOLMER, Esqrs. The lagistrates of this office, not- withstanding the result of the Coroner's Inqttznt, tlhught fit to enter 'fore fully into the investigation of the shocking circumstances ef the ease, and the fol3owing additional evidence respecting the fatal issue was adduce4 - - Thc Surgeon who 'tttWnded the dece4sed iZx the hospital, after ac- curately describirg 4hc wound of whih. the decea*4 died, ndded, thRt thB knife wittt which it had been inflic d was of cons1derable sfzeandith.SttheXersort' wSQ e*NOu81t 'a the d6ce;ksed *must I have hrlditverytlghtly inhi hand. :he dtl,d appeaEed to favel been iWressem in extent and depth oiithe withidrawing of the instru sil'nti Theilecealsed, hie added) -died of erysipclatic' infl3amtation, prcl%ced by the wound. ,r. ALL'EN asked the surgeon what state the deceased's habit of body was in on his being brought to the hospital ? He replied,that he was not sufficientlv acquainted with the'deceased's-constitution to- answer dFatiquestion, but he was an exceedingly stout and corpu- lent man. - Johtr Gregory, in addition to his evidence given before the Coro- ner, stated, that his father, on being conducted to the hospital, just before he quitted the house, made use of this cxpression-l Oh, George, remember this," aUuding to the wound he had just received. Ilr. AL.LEN.-Was vour father in the habit of quarrelling with yXour brother George ? Witness.-No, he was not. George was his favourite son; I ne. ver saw him strike George in mylife; myfatheralwaysspoke high. ly of George, but he didnot seem tobefond of mnybrother WVilliam, for wihom George was going to cut the bread on the morning mv fa. ther received the in jurv. 1r. ALLEN.-1Vai vour father accustomed to give Villiam a ahort allowance of bread at his meals ? Witness.-MIy brother William used often to ask for more bread at his meals, which my father often refused to give him, and my brother has frequently spoke to my father, and said, " Oh, come, give him another piece, he has not had enough yet." lie a'Ided, that the knife, which his brother George was goin to cut the bread with, bad been sharpened that morning by his fatber, who said, on sitting dewn to breakefast, "' Boys, don't med die with this kiife, for it is very sharp, and will cut you." aTr. ALLEN asked the w7itness if he observed the knife after his father was stabbed, and if it had been marked with blood? The witness replied that he did; but it had no appearance of blood upon it. Mr. ALLEN expressed his surprise at the cii cumstance. Witness.-It was some time before my father knew fie was stab- bed, and he then discovered it by feeling the blood trickling down his thighs. Alr. ALLEN..-What did vour brother do After vour fiiher said he was stabbed ? Witness.-George inszandly laid down tbe knife en the table, and went towards imy father to assist him * but m-y father took up the broom-handle, and would not let nim approach. WVilliam Gregory, another of the deceased's sons, gave precisely the same evidence as that which he gave on the inquest; and, in re. ply to a question by the Mlagistrate, he also stated that the knife which his brother put down on the table aft.r his father vras stabbed, did not contain-any blood on the blade of it. Witness added, that after his father was stabbed he went to their next door neighbour, Mr. Mlarks, who-instantly canme into the house. lUr. ALLEN desired that the next person who had any evidence to give upon this very serious miattet shauld come forward. Mr. Mllark Mlarks, a next-door neightotr of the deceased, then gave his testimony, which wholly altered [he complexion of the case. He said, " I knew the deceased. On Sunday, the 2d of MVlay, about ten o'clock, John Gregory' one of the witnesses first examined, came to mea, nd told me his father wanted -te; and when I asked him iwhat waS the matter, he burst into tears, but Made no reply. I immediately went to Mlfr. Gregory's house, nnd saw MIr. Gregory sitting on a box iear the shop-door; he looked very pale, and bled very much.' He sl4id, ' Oh, my God, Mr. Marks, my cruel son Georpe has stabbed me! I shall die, and he will be hung.' I then asked htm tolu me look at the place, but lie said he was not able. I unbuttoned the waistband of his trousers, and found on the left side a deep wonad, gaping wide, and three inches in width, just above a truss which he wore. About a quart of blood had by this time flowed from the wound ; the deceased fainted. I went into the parlour and got a linen cloth, which I put round his waist, and tied as tight as I could, to stop the blood.- Mrs. Gregory then caie down stairs and said, 'Oh, Mr. Maltes, ithis is a bad job !'- Yes,' said I; ' itis,indeed;' and I advisedherto liavethedeceased Ctaken up stairs and put to bed at once; and I tola her that l would try tostop the bleeding, until the surgeon should come, whom it was ne- cessary that she should instantly send for. She said she could not send tbr a surgeon, as she did not know how to pay bim. I said, 'Don't think of that now, but send off for a surgeon' ' INo,' replied Mrs. Gregory, *he mustgo tothehospital.' 'Wrell,then,for God'ssake,' said l, ' send for a coach as soon as possible, if he muLst go.' J. Gregory was standing in the shop, doing something to his shirt ; and I said to him, ' Don't stand about so, but go and fetch a coach.' John replied, ' Oh, serve him right (meaning his tather); he had no business to initerfere with us !' He then went and fetched a coach, and I got Mr. Gregory into it. Mlrs. Gregory got upon the coach-box, and I went inside with the deceased. He fainted two or three tinses as we were going. to GuV'R Hospital. I saw theprisoner George as we were going away ; and MIr. Gregory exclaimed in his presence, ' Oh, Geor-e, I shall die ! I am sure I shall never comne n_'e again!' At tEis moment he had his arm round my neck, and I had mine round his waist. George made no reply that I heard. WVhile we were in the coach, the deceased said to me that he was deeply wounded in two places. I sunpposed he alluded to an- other body wound, and asked him where the second was. He re- plied, ' I have a wound in my side, and a wound in mr heart; but I dreaded this event, for it was-only a week ago tbat my son John took a pot of boiling coffee olf the fire to throw at me. He was, however, providentiaUy prevented. It was all owing to the niothertaking the part of the children, and not suffering me to correct them, as John and George work for their living, and I am not able to do so, on account of a severe rupture.' The deceased said no more till he got to the hospital. Mrs. Gregory, when we reached the hospital, came down from the coach-box, and said to the deceased, ' Don't say how it happened; say vo; fell over something, and upon a knife, and cut yourself.' Mlr. (i;egory shook his head at this, and said to lrs. Gregory, ' I don't think that story will do.' The deceased was then put in the chair, and carried to bed in the hospital. One of the doctors asked him how he came by the wound, andt he said, 'MAly cruel son George has stabbed me.' " [Here MIr. ALLEN desired the witness not to state a word of any thing that had been said y the deceasedl against his son, unless the deceased, at the time, spoke under the impression that he would cer- tainly die.4 The witiseas continued.__" I saw his wound dressed, and called to see him in the eyenirg. iiis wife came up at the same time. He to'd us that he felt somewhat better'. but was verv bad, anti he btrst out crying. I told him not to fret, as one of the surgeons had assured me that if be should fret the consequences might be very serious. He said, ' Mly cruel son has stabbetl me, and I am sure I shall die.' .Mrs. Gregory said. ' It is your own fault, you were always haggling and quarrelling with the children, und never could be quiet-you struck George.'-' I declare to God,' replied the deceased, ' I never haggled'with the children, I never struck Georrg ' All this time the deceased spoke under the positive im- pression that he should not survire. 'Mlly dear,' said he to his wife, ' yost don't know the rights of it; you were up stairs, but I'll tell You, before my God end myself, and lr. Marks. My son 'nTllam wanted sonie bread and butter, when George came to breakfast. I told him I had cut him a thick round off a quartern loaf, and I thought that quite sufficient. I was standing by the window, cleaning ('itnes lielieves) my son George's boots, which you know I did every Sanday, as well as the boots of all the rest of the children. George came toward the cupboard-door. with a case-knife in his hand, to cut some bread and butter for William. I said to George 'You shall not cut him any.' George said he would. I then took him by the arm, and shoved him away from the door. He then turned round from the place, and made, as I thought, a vio- lent blow in my side. I did not know I was stabbed. I then took a long-haired broom, and no doubt shoold have knocked him down, as I felt very angrvy but, as it caught the line, and my hip and thigh failing me, I fell down. Uponi putting my hiand to my side, [ found it wet and bleeding. I said, My God, George, you have stabbed me; I shall die, and vou will be hung.' I then crawled to the box outside the door, in tde shop, where Mir. Marks found me. I neither struck George, nor Fave him any other provocation than what I have stated. " Mlr. ALLEN then.ordered three case-knives to be Produced. John end *illiam Gregory said they believed that one of those was the knife which Georgehad in his hand,but theyswore they did not know which itwas. Hethenaskedthe boys w.hethertheyhadseen noblood upon the knlfe at any time on the day the stabbing toolkplace- They replied in the negative and John said, that if tlere had been blood upon it, he must have obser'ed the stain. Alr. ALLEN then asked Mr. Marks whether he had seen a bloody knife in the rnom ? M1r. Mlarks said, he certainly saw a case-knife, the blade of which waC covered witlh blood, lving upon the table. The boy3 had previousty said, that George had laid down the knife with whicb he approached the cupboard upon the table. .3r. Marks.-George told me, when I came from the hospital, how the dreadful circumstance had occurred. I said to him '; In the name of God, George, how came you to do this rash act? * I'm.t sure I don't know," said he; "1 I don't know what 1 shall do. 1 did not do it intentionally. I macte a run at my father to strike him, but I did not know that I had a knife in riy hand." 1 advised George to go out of the wav for a few days. He did not say a word about his father stiking him , but said, " ly father shoved me and I strucL.uitn, forgetting that I had a knife in my hand." Ihad told him at the time, that the surgeon mentioned to me that if his father should fret, an inflammation and a subsequent mortification would iake place. Mr. Smith, also a next door neighbour of the deceased, said, that he had visited the deceased at the hospital, but as what he had heard Air. Gregory mention was not accompanied by an assertion that ho expected to die, Ir. ALLEN desired that it shoull not be taken down. WVitness said, that the dec:ased bad spoken well of the dis- position of the prisoner, and that he mentioned that he should not have wondered if dohn, who was of a more turbulent temper, had done hi nthe violen6?. "l 1 forgive him," said the deceased," whe- ther I liye or die ; and r hofc the law will forgive him." Here three respectable persons asked Ur. Aelen whether he would liett what they-had to say in favour of the character of the prisoner, whom they- had known or a length of time, and who was of an ex- tremely niild and amiable temper. Mlr. ALLEN observed, that their presence at another place nilht be very requisite, but he had a duty td perform to which testimonilals of character had no reference. Hle should feel it incumbent upon him to commilt the prisoner for wilful murder. Alr. ALLEN then ordered that the prisoner shottld beebrought up on Saturday, in order to be comnmitted. PoLrcE. -