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When first brought into the 

 dock, he looked at the surround- 

 ing spectators with a hideous 

 grin, and his eyes appeared as if 

 they were starting out of their 

 sockets. His beard appeared not 

 to have been shorne for several 

 weeks, and his countenance was 

 pallid and emaciated. 



The Clerk of the Arraigns put 

 the usual question to him, " Are 

 you guilty, or not guilty ?" but 

 the only reply the maniac made, 

 was, " Do you want to murder 

 me ? I have been starved here 

 for upwards of a month without 

 eating or drinking.'' 



Mr. Justice Bayley repeated 

 the question, and the prisoner 

 still continued to rave and com- 

 plain of being starved. He 

 endeavoured to stoop down and 

 eat the herbs placed on the board 

 before the dock, but was prevent- 

 ed by the keepers. 



Mr. Justice Bayley. — If you do 

 not plead either guilty or not 

 guilty, I must direct the jury to 

 inquii'e whether you stand mute 

 by the visitation of God, or 

 whether you do it wilfully ? 



Prisoner. — Are you going to 

 give me any tobacco ? 



Mr. Justice Bayley repeated 

 the observation. 



Prisoner. — I get up with swords 

 and pistols upon me. You want 

 me to eat nothing but poison. 



The Jury was then sworn, and 

 directed to judge whether the 

 prisoner was or was not insane, 

 and Mr. Alley, as counsel for 

 the prisoner, called the following 

 witnesses to prove his insanity : 



Wm. Brown, keeper of Nev/- 

 gate, proved, that about four 

 months ago the prisoner came to 

 the gaol, and during the whole of 



that time he had been insane. He 

 had no doubt of the fact from 

 his conduct and appearance. He 

 considered him to be so danger- 

 ous, that it was thought proper 

 to chain him hands and feet, and ^ 

 three persons constantly attended 

 upon him ; when he first entered 

 the prison, he attempted to stab a 

 man, and he was immediately put 

 under restraint. 



Mr. E. C. Bayle, the surgeon 

 of Whiteci-oss- street prison, 

 proved that in April, 1817, the 

 prisoner was imprisoned there for 

 debt. There was always an in- 

 coherency in his manner, but 

 had lucid intervals. The first 

 act of insanity he evinced was 

 that of eating an ounce and a half 

 of ointment v.hich he should have 

 used. On another occasion, the 

 prisoner threw a bottle at his 

 head. The prisoner also pre- 

 tended himself to be Colonel 

 Berkeley, and wished witness to 

 go down to his estate in Hamp- 

 shire. 



Mr, Brown, the keeper of New- 

 gate, here added, that the pri- 

 soner, had, while in gaol, at- 

 tempted to hang himself; when 

 he first came to the gaol, the 

 prisoner v.as very decently dressed, 



William Hutchinson Box, a 

 surgeon, had attended the pri- 

 soner since 28th JanLvary, and 

 gave his decided opinion that the 

 prisoner was not insane, and that 

 it was nothing but pretence. He 

 had much more latterly assumed 

 the character of a madman. His 

 bodily health had been good 

 while in prison. Witness had 

 often seen an extreme violence in 

 the manner of the prisoner. 



INlrs. Watts, an attendant at 

 Whitecross street-prison, proved 



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