The Sun. — 1822-03-25 (London, England)

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.  KENT ASSIZES.-MAIDSTONE, FRIDAY. WILFUL MURDER.  John Haywood was indicted for the wilful murder of Elizabeth, the wife of 'William Impett, by shooting her with a gun in the side, _ with a gun loaded with powder and shot, at Sellinge, in this county, on the Bth of September last. The prisoner had made criminal overtures to the deceased, and on her refusing he shot her. Dr. Robert Chisliall examined: I am,a physician residing at Ashford. On the Bth of Sept. last I was called in to attend the deceased. I found her exceedingly distressed, in excessive pain, vomiting blood. She was wounded with shot: There was not the least chance of saving her life. I saw clearly that the wound was mortal. I told her it was of consequence that she should make up her mind as to her idea of the danger she was in, and requested her to speak the truth on so solemn an occasion. She said repeatedly that she was sure she never would recover : I then said I should take her words down. I immediately got a small slip of paper, and wrote down exactly what she told me. After that I read the paper over to her twice or thrice. , She said the contents of the paper were very true. I took down the words on the paper exactly from her own words as nearly ss possible. I staid a considerable time with her. She lived about four or five hours afterwards. I have no doubt she died of that wound.  --The dying declaration of the deceased was then read as follows :, " I Elizabeth Impett, with the prospect of death before me, do most solemnly declare that John Haywood inflicted the wound in my side, of which I expect to die, and that he did it with a loaded gun, in consequence of my refusal to yield to his embraces this morning." To this declaration the deceased made her cross, and the Doctor signed it as attesting witness. The act of shooting at the deceased was proved by three witnesses.  This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoner was without Counsel. Being called upon to make his defence, he said he had nothing to say in his defence. Mr. Baron GRAHAM summed up the evidence with great minuteness and impartiality.—The Jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, found the prisoner Guilty. The Learned Judge proceeded, in an impressive manner, to pronounce the awful sentence of the law, and ordered' the prisoner for execution on Monday, (this day.) The Assizes for this county ended late on Saturday afternoon, both Judges sitting the principal part of the day.— No less than fifty-one unhappy convicts received sentence of death. Of these, nineteen were the men implicated in the smuggling outrages which were committed at Marshbay, near Margate, on Sunday, the 2d of September last, in which certain officers employed in the preventive service were wounded. It was expected that five or six of these would be left for execution. The other convictions were for housebreaking in the day-time, burglary,. sheep-stealing, horse-stealing, stealing in a dwelling-house, highway robbery, and uttering a'forged note. James Goodwin, the only person convicted of the latter offence, on the prosecution of the Bank of England, was left for execution ; as was also a man, named John Bell, for a burglary, at Mereworth.  An Extensive Fraud on the Customs.—On Thursday a vessel called the Nezo Union, F. 8., from Calais, was seized by Mr. J. RICE, one of his Majesty's searchers in the Customs, for having on board' near one hundred bottles of quicksilver, concealed under her ballast: the vessel and silver are considered to be worth upwards of ;0001.