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lield in Iiis hand, wliich the wit- 

 nesses for the prosecution described 

 as tliick as their arm. The blow 

 knocked the deceased down, but 

 he got up on his knees and begged 

 for mercy. The prisoner then 

 gave him another stroke on the 

 breast. The deceased got up, 

 walked a little way, and fell down 

 again ; he was removed to some 

 straw near, and the prisoner seeing 

 he was badly hurt, sent imme- 

 diately for a surgeon, but before 

 the surgeon came he was dead. 

 It appeared, on examination, that 

 there was a fracture in the skull, 

 and a great effusion of blood on the 

 brain, but that the skull was so 

 remarkably thin, that a blow not 

 very violent would probably have 

 caused the fracture. The jury 

 found the prisoner guilty of man- 

 slaughter. He was fined a shilling, 

 and discharged. 



At the Stafford assizes, B. My- 

 cock was tried for the murder of 

 his brother, on the 10th of Febru- 

 ary. It was proved that he lived 

 with the deceased more than two 

 years, and on some difference be- 

 tween them, left his service at 

 Christmas last, and from that pe- 

 riod to the time of the murder, 

 lived withMr.Harris, at Throwley- 

 hall, within a mile of the deceased's 

 premises ; and that on the morning 

 after the murder, became into the 

 house, clasped his hands, and ex- 

 claimed — '• Ah, mistress, what is 

 amiss ; what is amiss? — is he dead ?" 

 It was farther proved that the pri- 

 soner had a gun repaired about the 

 latter end of December last; that it 

 was borrowed on :he 10th of Feb- 

 ruary by his nephew, G. Butt, to 

 shoot a hare, and returned on the 

 eame day, loaded with shot, No. 4. 

 It was placed by the prisoner under 



some straw. On the 11th of Feb- 

 ruary, G. Butt and his brother, 

 on hearing of his uncle Joseph's 

 death, went to look for the gun, 

 which was found under the straw, 

 unloaded, and had every appear- 

 ance of being i-ecently discharged. 

 It was further proved, that the 

 prisoner told his nephew, G. Butt, 

 to state at the inquest, that the gun 

 was his. After ten minutes deli- 

 beration, the jury found the pri- 

 soner — Guilty. He was executed 

 on Wednesday, and his body deli- 

 vered for dissection. 



Durij St. Edmmids, March 2\.^ 

 Trials for Murder. Edmund, alias 

 Edward Thrower, was indicted for 

 the murder of Eliz. Carter, at 

 Cratfield, Suffolk, on the 16th of 

 October, 1793. This prisoner was 

 brought to justice by a train of ac- 

 cidents. He confessed the murder 

 to one Heads soon after it was 

 committed ; but Heads, according 

 to his statement, knew he was 

 so much given to speaking false- 

 hoods that he disbelieved him. 

 The murder is just similar to that 

 of the Marr and Williamson fami- 

 lies. The prisoner went alone and 

 knocked out the brains of Eliz. 

 Carter, as she was fastening her 

 window shutter, and then he went 

 into the house and killed her fa- 

 ther in a similar manner, whilst 

 the old man was sitting in his 

 arm chair. Some years after this. 

 Heads, who had never before 

 heard from any one but the pri- 

 soner that a murder of that sort 

 had been committed, heard a bro- 

 ther felon in Norwich gaol lament- 

 ing that he had always been sus- 

 pected of that murder innocently, 

 and Heads recollected the confes- 

 sion the prisoner had made to him 

 several years ago, of which he made 



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