Hunt.
The Times, 1824-01-20T00:00:00

Considerable interest has beeo fdt, and now exista in the pUblic mind, as to the ultimate fate of Hunt, and this feeling increases as the time fixed by the Sheriff for the executionldrawsmear. Unless a reprieve a~rnYe3 at lHertford brjbre to-norr-ow-nt nQo-o he wll under- g~ohis senteu,eeX The pgetitiob of wvhich we subjoin a Copv, was last weel p?esented by iMr. larrnerat the Sedretay aof, Stgjt oflice, on bebalf of his client, at,d we tinder'nt.nd it Waorwded to hie VIjesty at Brigh. ton, together owitiri tH i dlltinal d tmiltfS wbhih age therein re. feried tW, an v hiclh 4ir. Justice Park hsd hbiselt deiposited with the flome netary, Thispetitionis now under consideratiom, ldd 1the -detertihiatioon n the prisonet's ease will probably be made kn wn in io t ourSe of to t1ayt as his fajestyi eld a council at ~'t he WRight eeojarabie -sMajestyl 1 incipal Secretar yof Stateib for theomlle aein!. "The humble vPe?itioil of i-stW7 IJintN i. 'nt*t fit fh S o*eti;- haty ourpetitionerw v :n'victed at the assizes hd at ertford before the fo-,txrBgsf9 a akC i *V? g a<>$ abetedone Johi 'Thurtell to mbuer Willia- ,are,and he was ;tebeupon sentenced to sufier death. ? That your peti6e&wiwUnotpresume to deny his guilt, or offer any observation in evti&iatbi,of Uts ehirTnitY, Ct. mtst hunmbly resp his claim for mO A h&g und of hisiThkvig, UndefoM1ise I favour,Azrnithtd.he onlv.eauis and ground.work-f-he piose. iution -ginst-Mmself and is. __nuanins., -That` I r petitioner,, -evi htd his mI kin aficlosureb IWM"hfiultfrp7loiedby tte ilagistrite, thatif he tOld all heknew, I iI4s1e a,t,1 4ind pt Ic lessoin, he should be admitted as a wltnNs or t31e17io6r ut if j w ould idisdose wh thdebody vMs t blelt'oqnd, his life shoulibe save4. -" TiaLyQnurpetitioner,partlyfrom shame, but more from the 4ulryand conOsion of the uiamtnt. a4ii$ 4tat Qf exhaution tn c heiwas at the tiUe oftbe c6nfesriocf pmltted to-state some Df thle dcrumstanceenatt iding the h6rrt&d ffairi st~I,~iSfolever,yCiuT Pe ittIor,er; diselosed to themagist?atCsshr lw we .i* by that disclosure 1one, as yeur titioncrhurbv'su orniAtide 0sm-e-P ti,'he performanceoF.thela pro ; Of his lifi. Ie "'' Tua; voui petitioner ivas-never .dmgt shed;byy one at tp the .ece5sstyof. statinj:-everv prtad& &ht.ithui his -knoMedge, norwaa be, after the Corot ier's lnyesi, onced @edflpon or-.uttioned by, aPy pson Concert ied for the p . hne tIloner w',uld have&readily di, losed eebAmas he 4is o to his own solicitoI *b ut the r'mecutors,s Oixt auiy prcu5 )f- tim4tfoh tat thej v your pcwonerest mnent, or applying for anv W'Ither % ifortottion, 4acdfhint and adniitted Pr c.bet w* ho, yuiptmhoaes. mmRCO e y sSer.s, was even nore deeply jikiph4ted in:,the crinte than- you petitioner, and whet , had riot etititld aim Ifto thelesa t m fl cons'd,e .tion, j issmutlh as . deniCA al ,haxe f 31Ithe t ct; and'iEif sv o iotUntiIT3ifTaAfie was-eorbhe eve of being ril pon histrial; th at p'robert, for the firt e, taid nny know *sedviefe-tihe*-erevous iittentlori to destroy the deceased;*an inthe e-iecybg bnEyIi ont tbe trial,>he has fal.sely pretgnded igno. ateii-tnteyckedscheme; buthp d'he spoen the whole truth,:he mlust. have '-admitted taking a prindpal ssbate in planning and ae. rtagin&themurvder, and aclknowled1 eed that your p2titi on et efl1y obeyed his auid Thurtel's orders antdireetions in purchasing the pietolsasul thle sack, and hiring the ch3aise. "'That. your petitioner most respectfully solicits a reference to be made to tbe affclavics of Mlfr.. Rooke the coroner, A Mr. Noel, who aet- at. ib*~e first instanc5 as solicitor for the prosecution, and also the aflidavits for-yonr petiioner, as to the promises held out to lxim, both befote artd afer he had made his confession,and discovered tliebody. And on which affidavits yourpetitioner's counselapplied to the lioh. MIr. Justice P?ark to posipone the trial until your petitioner was ad. mlitted as a wiress for the Crown: but the learned Judge, although hte refssed the application, stated. that thie circumstances detailed in those affldavits might with prop'rietv be urged in an a-rplication tothe Crown for mercy, where due attention would be paid to them. "Your petitioner therefore, in accordance with thel humane sug- gestion of the learned Judge before whom hie f0as tried, most resptct- fully soliciEs that a reference may be made to the before-mentioned affidavits, by which it wiil manifestly appear that he was induced to make that confession wltich alone rendered him amenable tojustice, under a solemn promise of d.e maist'ratesa that hib life. thould be spared; and he also bumbly reqneits that the observations and areu- ments urged by vonsr petitioner in big defdnee niy be also referred to. And your petitioner prays thattbe peculiar circumstances of his ease may be laid before his most gracious, just, and merciful Sove- eis:r, hi cont'ident though humble Itopes, that bis Majesty, in his great regara for the due and honourable administration of justicec wDIl eonsider tthat eten with the most atrociotus offender magisterial promises and prtblic faith mtght to be held sacred and inviolable. And that his Majesty will therefore most mercifaliv deign to spare the life of your petitioner. " And your petitioner will, as in dutg bodnrtl1 for Ever pray." 1VW. I,-i.& tA ,- iPt. -,,1,nt-nl thtter frnm Prn,Ert - HUNT.