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Early on Saturday morning 

 several of the deceased's friends 

 set off to Southgate ; on their 

 arrival there, they learned that 

 the deceased had been there, at 

 the house of an acquaintance 

 named Pearce, and left it about 

 seven o'clock on Thursday night: 

 before he left Southgate, he in- 

 formed Mrs. Pearce that he had 

 to meet a particular friend at the 

 Jolly Butchers, at Wood-green, 

 in the parish of Tottenham, which 

 house was on his way home ; his 

 friends hastened to that place, 

 and upon inquiry found that the 

 deceased was there on Thursday 

 night; he sat in the bar with Mrs. 

 Watson, the landlady, and took 

 tea with her, and expressed his 

 disappointment at his friend not 

 coming according to promise. 

 He left the Jolly Butchers a little 

 after ten at .night, intending to 

 go through Hoinsey-wood. His 

 friends made inquiries at every 

 house on the road, but could 

 learn no tidings of the deceased. 

 On their arrival upon the iron 

 bridge of the New River, they 

 observed the marks of some foot- 

 steps which were very deeply 

 impressed in the ground, and 

 there were appearances of persons 

 having struggled near the edge 

 of the river. Upon further in- 

 quiry, they learned that the house 

 of a gentleman near the wood was 

 attacked by three men on the 

 Thursday night, but the family 

 fortunately being up, they foiled 

 them in their attempts and pur- 

 sued them, and it is supposed the 

 robbers took refuge in the Wood. 

 On Thursday night, a short time 

 after the deceased left the Jolly 

 Butchers, a person who resides 

 in the neighbourhood heard crie» 



of murder, the sound of which 

 appeared to proceed from near 

 the iron bridge, over the New 

 River. Inquiries were made at 

 the Queen's Head and the Half 

 Moon public houses in the neigh- 

 bourhood, but nothing could be 

 learned of him there. Drags 

 were procured and the river 

 drawn, and after some time the 

 body was discovered on Sunday 

 morning, in such a dreadful situa- 

 tion as left no doubt upon the 

 minds of every one present that 

 he hadbeen robbed and strangled, 

 and then thrown into the river. 

 He had been robbed of his watch 

 and money. The position of his 

 body was such, that it was evi- 

 dent he had made great resist- 

 ance ; he had grasped at the grass 

 on the river side, which was evident 

 from his hands being clinched, and 

 grass in the inside of them. The 

 body was removed to the Wood- 

 house, at Hornsey. Upon fur- 

 ther examination it appeared that 

 his small- clothes were torn, his 

 hat was found near the river, and 

 an umbrella, which the deceased 

 had on Thursday night, was found 

 near the iron bridge ; it had been 

 recently torn. Information of 

 the horrid act was given at the 

 different police-offices, and to the 

 Coroner for Middlesex, who im- 

 mediately issued his precepts for 

 holding an inquisition on the 

 deceased. 



1 8. Hanover. — The assembly 

 of the States of the kingdom 

 has decided in one of its first 

 sittings, that the torture shall 

 be abolished, and it has been 

 also proposed that exculpatory 

 oaths in criminal examinations 

 shall be abolished as wholly use- 

 less. 



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