198] 
the reft. .He had a large bag of 
money; but whether of gold or 
Milver, is not known. From this 
fhop they went to the White Lion, 
fupped, and flept; and at four on 
Sunday morning rofe, had each a 
glafs of brandy, for which the beft- 
dreffed man ftill paid for his com- 
panions, and having drunk it, they 
all fet out together on the road ta 
London. Shiatt 
On Monday morning, as a man 
was diiving his cows in a field near 
Belfont-lane, about thirteen miles 
from London, he difcovered in a 
ditch a number of brambles with a 
quantity of new-raifed earth thrown 
over them, which curiofity led him 
to examine, when, to his furprize, 
he difcovered the dead body of # 
man, mangled in a moit inhuman 
manner, the throat cut, the fkull 
fraétured, one arm broke, and one 
hand almoft cut in pieces. At this 
time the duke of Cumberland -being 
out with his hounds, the dogs took 
the {cent, and traced the blood from 
the road to the fpot where the body 
was “found, which by his royal 
highnefs’s order was removed to 
the Black Dog at Belfont, where 
the coroner’s inqueft was after- 
wards fummoned to fit; and at which 
place the barber by whom the four 
men were fhaved, and the people at 
the White Lion, where they flept, 
were fummoned to appear, and all 
agree that the deceafed is one of 
thofe four men, and the identical 
perfon who paid for all the ref. 
Thefe particulars were communicat- 
ed to fir Sampfon Wright by his roy- 
.al highnefs the duke of Cumberland, 
who has taken uncommon pains to 
bring the murderers to juftice. 
On Friday night the 19th they 
were found on board a Portuguefe 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1790: 
veffel, where, after fome refiftance, 
they were hand-cuffed, and commit- 
ted to different prifons till the 2oth, 
when, at the defire of the duke of 
Cumberland, they were examined 
at the public office in Baw Street, 
where the officer who took , them 
gave a particular account of the ar- 
ticles found at their lodgings, con- 
fifting, among other things, of a 
relick which the deceafed ufed to 
wear about his neck, and a coat. 
The firft evidence called was Fre- 
derico Solaro, a Genoefe. He de- 
pofed, that the name of the deceafed 
was Jofeph, but could not teil his 
other name ; ‘that he, this deponent, 
Antonio Murina, a Venetian; Ja- 
chin-Phayao, a Genoefe; and Ste- 
. phan- Apologie, a Ruflian; came 
home in the fhip Crown Prince, 
captain Nicondia, from the ifland 
of Sardiniay that they all left the 
fhip at the fame time at Portf 
mouth; that they received their pay 
before they fet off for London. 
He: walked with them about three 
miles farther than Gofport, and 
wanting to get to London as foon. 
as he could, he turned back ahd 
came by the coach. He heard 
nothing more of them till Wed-, 
nefday laft, when, hearing of the 
murder, he had fome ftrong fuf- 
picion of the prifoners; and ac- 
cordingly came to this office, and 
gave what defcription of them he 
could; that, on fir Sampfon Wright 
fending him to Staines to examine 
the deceafed, he knew him. The 
officers then produced the relick 
mounted with filver, and the other 
articles they had taken from the 
prifoners. He had feen them on 
board of the fhip, and likewife faw 
-the deceafed with the relick. He 
certainly would have parted ry, 
; is 
