Fatal Affray.
The Times, 1824-09-30T00:00:00

Orn W'ednesday evening, -.he 2Ii of Scptember. a partv of smtug. glers attempted te run a cargo ot slirits, neaT 50 Toa',, Bexhii, Sussex, when they were interrupted br Lieutenant Brand andthe ten under his comtiiand. and seven of the sniugglers taken, together with one hundred tubs of' .lipiSt. One of the blockade men jumped into the boat for the purpose of seizine hcr, when thle smugglers shoved cff: an carried the man .it3i tbem. Three galleys imnme- diately puit off in chasc of the boat without cfiect, and the bodv of tite unfortunate man iwas pickeod up !!n the titortitng on the sands be. loW high watcr ma'k, with t1he 3irad and iace dreadfully bruised and lacerated. A ('oronet's Itiquest was held on SMtn-das' at the Wheat Sheaf public-house, little Clotupton t!ear 50 ToAer. before Tiotias Bar. ton, Esq..Coroner tbr ilIc Couitty. when LIieutoeattt William Henry Brantl deposed. that !.ing o lilty on WI'ednesdav, about halt-past ninic p. itn., he observed a pa-rt' of me:(n go over thic beach towards th-e tveter's edge, anid shortlh afterward.s li heard a noise as it ofrttibs being rollefd ilu ot a bottt, and fnipnediatelv afterwards tite Sante party returned ever the beach, arnd then he perreived Lie deceased Wtfliant Welch lift tip his arm and fire his pisiol in the air for an alarni. Deponent iimeniistelv rushed alnoteg he parti. andl from that mfoment I 'bi sitll ot W eklh. Michael .Maloney si a'siano dleoicd tiat being on diuty on the bcich on tVednesdaiy erieinc. lic heard the alarni firedt. and ran to the spot where he law t 'lit ti tht boat, who called to hint hv Unme to come to his Di'star4. Depotient went into the vwatfr Ias I ar as he could, but was not able to r ach the boat; ti,e drreaseo called out several times. -'h'lt Maltiov, Sialotiey, criiIc to nec.' Deponent askedti if lic shouldl tire 1 N pi; oi. tii which ite received no reply ; he was dcctrreed ironi tirirg his pisirl lest ihe shoul(l shont the deceased; iie was well acquaint' 1 *:ith the 13 eased.a;.d cii;d net hbe iiistaken as to his so-ice. Randolp h -1.:ohi tI 'ran'an, Ihcpogrd. hiat he was on diuv on the beach on W cdii edacv c e ii g. wl lct he saw a 'arty t O dgo.o towxards the water's cdge, who shor!I avferw.aurd.s retusti.d laden witlh tubs li then saw the deceasrd a litle to ttic westward of the party l;t uip hiis arns , and tire his Fistol in ti:e dit: 'as qujitli cettait lie fired it as a sitmil, andl not at a: r pcr,on. I ep nnent hc:id the deceased call out trem the bhat''L 1idt, il;. 3 aney [ll ntinrdernet:'' he was call- ing bitterly, and appptarcd asif he w.ere atteti ptint to call net sinme. tilingtore but mod t not : deponent was scei ac';uia:.ed whitl i 3tnl ard could itot be n:isti ken as to ! is votcc. .Jtnpes Earls, w... was oti (iti!v at 50 Tower. en W'tzitiesda' ec!titig, When hearirg the aiarii hli ran oat. and as lie was eing alotg lie beachl lie heard thic crics of -t iurdtc ;" hc was well ac- quainted .ihI W'Mecii's voirce. tid tlas certai1i the cries proceeded from him. M'ilihfini 'i!ezerald. seinatati was on dts'v at .50 Touer. when. hevring the alarm, ie whc t rut; andt as lic was going sIting he heard 1'elecli calling olt ''nitrdCl ' ttost piteous1ly lie kne cuelcli'.s voice wel anr!nd was certa :n that the cries proceeded eroin hint. Deponent pickc( 1 the body of Wrelsh nr 'Iitursdav iijorning in it1e moonth sand, be,osw high vwtet uiarl; deponent ass quite sure that t3P body lie picked sip was the hody oh eichi. Sarah Sitttions wts outrside of 50 'rTowr on 1i'cdtlesd' even- :iig,when she distinctly heerd the cries ot -'iurder' troceeding Iromt tile west ward of thi tower, but shcecould not distinguish whoic voice It was. ,fohn Alussell. QuaTnertu;aster, ti as "R t0lv between ihe towers 4ff and u). when. hieariii; the tilarit. he proceedet( to it!e spot and o:7 his way hue hcard iWclch callitg cout '' irticrde several times. Hc tvas tlell acquainted Uwithl 51' W cii. atid cotld tot bh mistakers,s-t to tis i oecc. lsiaec Dias.assistani.surgen.e oi the coist blockaelveas ctdlell up at tive o'clock tt Tihursdavy niorith g tn exantinc the bh'.;' ot Winn- Welch. Hc found a wouiul i:r the flieaul, whicil. it hiri opinion, ,was itlhieteti with son!ic obtuse instititieni t was q eiCpositi;T it was not a wound fronl a pistol ball ; buit ttlught it tu,iglt, be front the buit end -r the miuelc ot ihe tisitol seart of the nost' was ais1 nut off' by soimc siarti instituteent. Neither of these wounds would. in his pinlion, liave catigsel iliteiliaitc deathi, bitt thes werc sutficietit te tare stined the deccased, antd the proximate 5mute of his death seas Irownitg : was surc neithier of thlc wounds ceud titnvc ariset from a 'I'lTe ConoNen read over tie cidenec to the ioery, and inforFned Lhent, tilat veeteter lie was kiilcti it dihc boat, and atterwards thrown ,vcrbosrd, or whether lie was knockedl overboard by violene, or throws overboart, itn made ito difference; it would be equ;ily ntiutier. i'l ejury considered for sonlic time, ant tliten b.ougLit in a verdict ol-F satv id di i-'id' lIt Wa:srling the botly tnr intcrn,en after the inquestN, four ro"uds tere uiscotercd on the upper lip. ad(7 one under the left cye. nil of telhici had been es hicrtly tithicied a ith th:e nntczie ofa pistol. These antheds facle coli ed Dy tllC grcan qtjantiiy of blood that wasclotted Cut thc face. FA TA L A FFR.4 Y.