Old Bailey, Friday, Feb. ...
The Times, 1824-02-21T00:00:00

C;trk$Joht:s c wras inwI.ttt tor uiC wiltul ttttirder ol James Ri. chardso, in the parish of Entield, on the 29th of Jmne, 1821. The prtsoner. it appeared, wa8i at work on tihe above dayv mowing ,rars, With tilc deceased and three ot four other iahourtrs. 'hey dtin,i toecther in the 6feli, and liad a pot of strong beer each. Hav- ing finished their meal, thCy were proceeding to resunme their work, wben the prisoner oberved to the deceasel that the swath he had cutvasa foot wider than bis, and oftered to bet bini a shillingupon it. This proudued an angry Teply fro M the deceased, wio wa& a more wrfuil man than thc prisoner, and hie swore that he would strike hwu. The prisoner then threw down his sithe. and said, " Strike Ing maw if you wilL" The deceased repeated his threat; but it did 't aFpenr that he actuallvy did ntrike the prisoner, whio, picking .p tas sithe, and holding it with both his hands, said, with eD ~j, that be would chop off beth lis (deccwsed's) legs. Hl heda tbe Mithe in sa mowing po.ition for a .cw niotents, duting wbict they continued to wrangle, and the deceased clincield his fist at the prisoner, wvho then struck hitm with the sitite, and he instantly -di bckw&ardit. exclaiming " Oh Lord ! Oh dear ! you have kiUed - P One ot'the other men, named Breckit, asked the pri-oner if r- . pot asktamed of hieself ? Me replied that " he would serve Itc was -cse who should attemupt to me(ddle with himn in the sanme any body - ,4-stlzeittin a violeit passion. Breckit veint for a cart, which dC,"eU in half an hour, when lie found the deceased ~~vbich he ~saidhe ws th ing in the. mc tion which hIC had left bhim, but [he prieoner lan inttciHmc.'d- -t decoased, who saidI hc was dying,imtn tile WMs gone- He R h: - lone. A sumrgeonl ywa procured, who f, coo vndeix incites dc~ Pit 1~f- thigh1 andt the right eligelytouhed.Thefemrafat.7lt as -lvi ed, and the deceased died in a couple of hours. While Br'ck,? waLs nietiet for the cart, the prisoner went ta a mzn in another part of 'llZ jield whvlo was not then awre of the fats] ccurrence that had ten place, and borrrowcd four shillinge of himi, which was tll the 'Ollenv tbe nian lta : he then went away, and had not Pince been bear-' Of, until this mofth when he was taken up ity a man named lVillianis JO the Boroug?h, near St. Thomas's HoEpital, and by lhim delivrelr iDto the custodv of a peace.officer, '1'he-priSdter, in his defence, said that the -deceseed continued his threat5 of striking him until he at length raii away from him, when the deceased followcd and kicked hint behind, uipon which he cut himlx with thc sithe. lie called two or threce witlessesa, who gave bim the ca2racter of a good-nstured inoffensive meian. MIT Baron GRstAYA tummed Up the evidelnce tO the jury, and left it to them to say, whiethier or not the prisoner was guilty to the fidl extent of the crime charged in the indictment; or whether he had received that provocation1 from the deceased which was likely to excite a degree of rage and pasion in his muind o violent as to deprive hit for the moment of the use of his seasoning faculties in which caste Iis offence (for of some 6f; feirce be was guilty beyond all doubt> would be extenuated to the cime of nanulatughter onl)'. The jurv retiro for aboutant hour and a quarter, when they re- .:ed wtithl a verdict of Wfilfldz Mufrder. Mr. Baron GRaBSt- immediately proeecded to pronounce judg. mlet upon the prisoner. After pointing out to hims the oggravate4 nata of his crime, for the purpose of imptessing uponIsis mintD tbe 3lr.essit~of employing the short time he had to live in seeking to obtain toatnacoy in another wcrld wbiel mnutrt be dentied hi 1in 2ii hkis tordaitip sentenced him to be hzhged on Monday next, bv osb2:toized by the zuiine. ~ Th rrsei seemed t0o be abo1:t 252 ''es-0f ge. His look and o kss~ea1~espoke a very slender Ihie af iiitelligence: his wounte. loa$t c5)Oever, crewv dradly palc whet he wu enternted to die. !, * rC Mu. A.ASnIc (for tihe Rccsrd s') arfd t Lot&en Juty. *~-rccic Gozddsbcrry ras-indieted for the manslaughter of Sarah awse, on the ni3ht of the 31st of January last. It appeared that te pri5oner and the deceased had cohabited to- gether for Ionic months, and lodj2d it a house on ftrin-hll, On t night in queation, a squabble took Dlace betweesn them in conse- ,tausce Of.br coming home drmnk; he thtew some porter at her, aa. she toptied a certin vesas urcn him. In the course tf the sq*ble sle rceived a cut on the forehead; but whether it .-was occasoned by his throwing thia vessel at her, orb7 bez falling 6A c prisoner declared) upon it, could sio'1scertinsa The-wound w~ fd1owet~b<. e.ryacpee, of whlch the decease Adiea, .ip i3bout a $wtujsjt hat it waeihe suvgeot's opinrion, thti. ery , p tas we on4 bY the lt.atg *tf }bet con.stitutioni rather tha the OLD BAILEY, Fvida, Fcb. 21X. MURDER.