The National Register. — 1821-10-07 (London, England)

MURDER AT HIGHGATE.  FINAL EXAMINATION OF BARRETT AND HIS WIFE. Friday being the day aucointed for the final examination of Barrett and his wile, on a charge of robbery at and to be re-examined on suspicion of the murder, they were bioie.rht tip (rout the House of Correction at an early boor, and at 9 o'clock the Justice Room W3S crowded to excess. The (*.Mowing appeared in evidence on Friday before Dr. Owen : Elizabeth Hopkins remembers on the morning that Sellers, Mr. Hale's watchman, was murdered, at about half-past six o'clock she was going with her husband's breakfast to a field where be was mowing for a Mr. Thompson, in liorusey-lane: on proceeding along she saw the prisoner Barrett turn down the lane, and he stopped to consider which way he would turn; he crossed a field called Ashbutt's field, exactly at the back of Mr. Hale's house, and near some hay-stacks there was a black man silting in a hollow; Barrett, who appeared as if he had left the black matt, crossed the field and climbed over a stile at the further end, and proceeded in a confused direction to the point where she hail first seen him ; the black man went away. She could not he mistaken as to his person ; she had known him previous to that morning. Dr. Owen remarked, it was under suspicious circumstances that a shirt with marks of blood upon the sleeve had been found under the hav stacks mentioned. It was found by a mail named Feld, who had it in his possession. A 111311 named Murphy had been apprehended on suspicion of its being his, to consequence of his having put a new shirt on, and in order that he should give an account of the old shirt he had left ea— It was, however, involved in mystery, and for want of es idence he was discharged. A bloody stocking was also produced here, and inspected, which had been found at Bat retes lodgings. The prisoner denied strongly that the witness, Mrs. Hopkins, saw hint cross the field, and climb over the stile. He went in the morning to tell the deceased's son that his father was dead.  Dr. Owen asked the witness whether she considered that way which the 1)n: oiler Barrett was going, the nearest to Crotech.entl, where Barrett said he was going to, or would she have gone that way to Crouchend T _ .  Witness said that it was not the way to Crouch-end.— She would not have gone that way, liad bile been going there : she siw him get over some fences. Barret was again asked whether he wished to say any thing ? Ile answered, all that he had to say was, that he was going to the deceased's son at Crouch-end, but he never went out of the road all the way, as God was his judge. Mrs. Hopkins said, he was drissed in a short shooting jacket, and the same dress as he had on now. Barrett said he had a nephew residing at Tottenham, and they had a pint of porter together at the Swan public house the same night. Mrs. Hopkins said that she afterwards saw Barrett, and she pointed hint ont to a mass as the person she saw under suspicious circuinstances on the morning of the murder • that man had remaved from Highgate, but he could be found. _  A boy again was examined, and swore that lie saw a black man on the morning of the murder in a hollow near the lane in which Barrett pasted. A man named Lewis also saw a black man on the same morning; he was dressed like a sailor; he had been linking about in a vet), suspicious manner. The prisoners were next examined on the charge of robbery at Mr. Rothchild's, and fully committed for tri .1 on that charge, but remanded on suspicion of the murder until further enquiries are made into the affair. The prisoners in the course of the day were conveyed to Newg.ite.