Star. — 1820-08-24 (London, England)

ROBBERY AND MURDER.—Saturday se'onTghr, about half-past nine o'clock, as Mr. William flancock,- a farmer, who resides in the palish of MuLica (Cornwall), was returning from Helston market, oa horseback, he was met, about two miles and a halt from that place, by three men on fo6t, each canyiali a musket, who desired him to stop; at the same tnnie one of them laid hold of hi, bridle. Mr. Hanc‘ci spurred his horse, and the animal trod on the foot the fellow who held the bridle, Tad who let it One of the others immediately fired, and sever,' slugs entered Mr. Hancock's side, just above the hip; he immediately fell from his horse, and the ruffians came up. They took a new hat which he had bought at Helston, and rifled his pocket,. in whicit, how. ever, he had but two shillings. They kicked, and otherwise ill-treated him, and then made utf, leaving him tbr dead. In this situation he was found by some of his neighbours, and removed to a house a al-Carter of a mile from where he was fotttid. About ten o'clock the People in the house heard a slurn tire t, which was followed by the shrieks of a woman but knowing that there were three armed ruffians on ft: road, they did not venture out. The second was occasioned by an attack made by the same el', lains on a labouring man, named William Jose, a:..d his wife, who were also on their way home from Helston market, and who, On resisting the atteirT: made to plunder them, were fired at by one cf e ruffians. The contents of the gun chiefly ludi;ed :a some meat which was in a basket that the carried on her arm, and was the means of saving Irssr life; she was, however, dangerously wounded hi of the slugs, a number of which u ere found in t'.^ meat, and her husband also received a slug in the face. The woman's screa:us induced the villains to decamp without effecting their object. Jose and his wife were able to reach a neilitontring house ; and as both they and Mr. Hancock had recognised robbers, the next morning, a bellow, named Barnicoat, and two young men, broilters, named John and Thomas 7'hompsod, were taken into custody'. Barnicoat's foot war injured by the tread of Mr. Hancock's horse, and the hat that M-. H. hat purchased at Helston was found in the home of the Thernpsons.—They have been committed to Bodnar gaol.—Mr. Hancock died, from the wounds he re. ceived, on Thursday morning. EXECUTIONs.—Fi i.fay Janie: Lijhy;),t sufreie 1 tlle awful sentence of the law, at Cal lisie, 1i r the wilful murder of T:.omas Maewell, on the 15th of Al4y. During the short perial allowed him to prepare let eternity, he was visited by several pious Clergymen, both Churchmen and Dissenters, who faithfully :h.:ministe: cd to him those instructions and exhort:nig:is most suitable to his awful situation. Their visits he at first received without any emotions of gratitude, declaring that theie was no occasion for player cr reading the Scriptures there ; that he never co :id forgive those who had borne testimony against him; that his life was sworn away, and that he would die innocent. He wrote two letters, one to his mother, and another to his wife, in which he stated, that hr was as innocent of the crime for which he was that day to suffer as the child unborn; that he, at the same time, forgave all, and hoped his death would be no reproach to his relations. This warn tunate ,man was about 21 years of age—in person he was tail and stout: he had a wife, with an infant about twelve weeks old : she was delivered only two. days before he was` apprehended, and has not yet recovered from the shock which that occasioned her. His mother, who had her husband accidentally killed about a year ago, visited him the day previous to his trial. She has had 19 children, 15 sons and four daughters, nine of whom are still in life. James Cribb, whose age did not exceed 19 years, was executed on Friday last, on the new drop at Ereter, for altering one pound Bank notes to tens. Daniel Hartford, condemned at the late Assizes for Sussex, for horse-stealing, was executed on Saturday last, on Horsham Common, and died truly penitent. His wife is at this time confined in Horsham Gaol, under sentence of transportation, for having forged Bank cotes in her possession.