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which he was previously to deposit 

 in the banking house of the other 

 defendant Watson, and it was prov- 

 ed that Sarah Hardy joined in the 

 undertaking, and received 10/. on 

 account from ]Mr. Hesse. 



Mr. Harvey confirmed Mr. Hes- 

 se's testimony in all the principal 

 points, but nothing appeared that 

 could implicate Mr. Watson in this 

 foul conspiracy, and under his lord- 

 ship's directions he was acquitted, 

 and the other three defendants were 

 found guilty. 



Caution against Premature In- 

 terment. — A woman of the name of 

 Prosser, residing at Hay, Brecon- 

 shire, who had been for some time 

 in a very ill state of health, was 

 lately supposed by tlie persons in 

 attendance to have died, and the 

 necessary preparations for the fune- 

 ral had commenced ; the body was 

 laid out by a female usually em- 

 ployed on such occasions, who, on 

 rcturnintjto the house in about six 

 hours afterwards, and observing tlie 

 hands had been removed from the 

 Bituation they had been placed in, 

 concluded somepersonshad been in 

 the room; but on going to close t!ie 

 mouth, was greatly alarmed by the 

 supposed corpse exclaiming, "Do 

 not close my mouth, for 1 am not 

 quite dead," which threw her into 

 fits. The sick person has since so 

 far recovered as to be able to sit up 

 in her room, aIthou|,;h in a very lan- 

 guid state, and she declares thatshe 

 heard all the conversation which 

 passed relative to her funeral, but 

 I'rom extreme weakness had not the 

 power of speech or motion. 



YORKSHIRE ASSIZES. 



15. The assizes for this county 

 were opened at the castle, beffire 

 ihe hon. sir Allan Chambre, knt. 



and the hon. sir George Wood, 

 knt. 



David Parilon, jun. of Beverley, 

 butcher, was charged with the wil- 

 ful murder of Robert Gardner, of 

 the same place, on the 10th of 

 April last, by stabbing him in the 

 side with a knife. 



This was a trial which excited 

 much interest; the prisoner was 

 much respected, and the particular 

 circumstances under which the de- 

 ceased came to hisdeath, powerfully 

 interested the feelings of the court 

 in the prisoner's favour. Tlie de- 

 ceased was suspected by the prison- 

 er, and as appeared from the evi- 

 dence not without sufficient reason, 

 of a criminal intercourse with his 

 wife. A ^ew minutes before this 

 unfortunate event took place, he 

 found his wife at a very unseasona- 

 ble hour in company with tiie de- 

 ceased in the street, which so irri- 

 tated him, that he declared he 

 would stab him, if ever he came 

 into his house or premises. The 

 deceased unfortunately persisted in 

 accompanying the woman into the 

 house, and the prisoner immediately 

 snid to the deceased, " D— n you, 

 Gardner, I will stab you ; you have 

 huddled my wife in ihe str'eet," and 

 immediately made a thrust at him 

 with a knife he had snatched from 

 the table, and wounded him mor- 

 tally. The unfortunate man lan- 

 guished until the 16th of April, 

 and then expired. Previous to his 

 death, he admitted that the suspi- 

 cions of the prisoner were well 

 founded; and which was indeed 

 sufficiently apparent from circum- 

 stances laid before tlic court. 



The judge in explaining the law 

 to the jury, said, that if a man 

 should kill another in the act of 



criminal 



