The Sun. — 1824-05-13 (London, England)

ALLEN, JAMES SCRIVEN, R. HEDGES, and D. KING, Esqrs. Since the apprehension of the above men, an elderly person, named Thomas Dawe, has been taken into custody by Glennon.—The following additional evidence was taken :  Mr. Pritchard, a surgeon, residing in the Kent-road, stated that on the Ist of May he was called in to see the body of the deceased, which lay at the Lord Nelson public house. On examining the body, which appeared to have been recently taken out of the water, he found a fresh bruise on the left arm, above the elbow, which appeared to have been produced either by a squeeze or a blow from a stick. Mr. ALLEN desired the witness to state precisely the nature of the marks of violence he perceived on the deceased. Mr. Pritchard said, that the impressions on the deceased's arm appeared to him to have been made by the pressure of the fingers before the body had been in the water ; there was also a slight discolouration under one of the ears. The prisoner, Thomas Dawe, was now desired to give some account of himself. He had been seen raking the canal under very suspicious circumstances, on the morning the body of the unfortunate woman was picked up. He stated, that he resided lately at East Looe, in the county of Cornwall, and that he was Deputy-Conservator of the Salmon Fisheries in the neighbourhood, under Captain Faup Nicholas, of the Royal Navy. The evidence of Matthew Buck, of the Canal-house, Peckham, was here read over to the prisoner. It stated, that an individual answering his description had been seen raking in the Surrey Canal, on the Ist of May, early in the morning. The prisoner Dawe said, that on the morning mentioned, the was told by Buck, the canal-keeper, that a bonnet had been found in the canal, and that was the reason he (Dawe) had commenced a search there, for the purpose of finding other property. Buck.—l deny ever having told the prisoner any such thing. The evidence of Lewis, the constable of Peckham, was also read over to the prisoner, who denied having told the constable that he was in the employment of Mr. Carew, the Member of Parliament, or that he ever stated his name to be Johnson.  Lewis said that he had not desired any man to go and rake in the canal for things that were suspected to have been stolen in the Peckham-road from a gentleman's carriage. He positively declared that the prisoner Dawe had stated his name to be Johnson, and that he had been in the service of Mr. Carew. The prisoner Dawe.—Gentlemen, I assure you I am innocent of any crime, and can produce testimonials as to my good character.  Mr. ALLEN observed, that it was a most extraordinary circumstance his having been seen raking in the Canal, and desired him to give some account of himself up to the time he had been seen as described.  The prisoner accounted for his time up to Friday, by stating that he had been on board several vessels lying in the river, to see Captains whom he had known. On the Friday night of the murder, he had spent the evening with Captain Clear, of the brig Mary, with whom he supped on board the vessel. On quitting the vessel, about nine o'clock, he walked into the city, and remained there discoursing with the watchmen until - daybreak. _ _  Mr.