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some shot in the orchestra, as if 

 they had struck against the boards 

 and fallen down. Those which 

 struck the door had left a mark 

 two feet nine inches from the 

 floor. The shot found in the or- 

 chestra, and iii the prisoner's 

 pocket, were the same size. 



Mr. E. Knight was perform- 

 ing at Drury-lane theatre on the 

 night in question. Remembered 

 the discharge of the pistol. Miss 

 Kelly was on the stage at the 

 same time with him, on his 

 right hand. Saw the flash of 

 the pistol, which came from his 

 left ; did not see who fired the 

 pistol. Thought he heard the 

 rattling of shot against the or- 

 chestra. 



Cross-examined. — Neither he 

 nor Miss KeUy received the slight- 

 est inj\uy. 



Miss Kelly was now sworn, 

 evidently under great embarrass- 

 ment, and much atfected. On 

 the night in question she was 

 performing at Drury-lane theatre ; 

 saw a light, and at the same mo- 

 ment heard what she supposed to 

 be a detonating ball. Had not 

 the least acquaintance with the 

 prisoner to her knowledge ; had 

 never seen him before that period, 

 nor till this day. [The prisoner 

 was observed to smile, and look 

 earnestly towards Miss Kelly.] 



Cross-examined. — Received two 

 letters signed witli the prisoner's 

 name. Never answered them, or 

 took the slightest notice of them, 

 except to a friend. The letters 

 were then put in 



John Baker was in attendance 

 at Drury-lane Theatre on the 

 17th of February ; saw Mr. Tay- 

 lor produce the pistol now put 

 in ; it appeared to have been re- 



cently discharged. (The pistol 

 was of the same size used by Bel- 

 lingiiam, about six inches long.) 

 While conveying the prisoner to 

 Tothill-fields, he asked him how 

 he could think of doing so rash 

 an act — Avas it his intention to 

 shoot Miss KeUy ? The prisoner 

 answered — " I tell you the pistol 

 was not loaded with either ball or 

 slugs." He admitted his inten- 

 tion was to shoot at Miss Kelly. 



Cross-examined. — Saw the pri- 

 soner on theMonday following 

 at Tothill-fields. He said he was 

 not sorry for what he had done, 

 and made a sort of a laugh. 



Samuel Dickons accompanied 

 the last witness in taking the pri- 

 soner to Tothill-fields. The pri- 

 soner said he intended to kill Miss 

 Kelly, in answer to a question 

 from Baker, Baker then asked 

 why he intended this ? The pri- 

 soner answered, " She knows 

 very well what it's for." 



Here the evidence closed, when 

 the letters produced by Mis Kelly 

 were read. 



Mr. Dowling now announced 

 his intention to call evidence to 

 prove the insanity of the prisoner. 



The prisoner, on being asked 

 by Mr. Baron Wood, said, he had 

 nothing to say in his defence. 



John Crockets had married the 

 prisoner's mother. The prisoner, 

 when a boy, was always reserved 

 and gloomy ; he would not play 

 ■with other boys. At times he 

 was very queer, and at his meals 

 would burst out a laughing with- 

 out leason. He was apprenticed 

 to a law -stationer ; he went down 

 to Seven-Oaks, in Kent, as clerk 

 to an attorney ; he had not been 

 long there, when witness was 

 sent for by his master to bring 



him 



