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THE HAMMERSMITH GHOSTS.
laid down, and by that they must abide. It was not for
them to assume the King’s prerogative, and mitigate the
punishment.
Mr. Justice Rooke was of the same opinion ; and
Mr. Justice Lawrence enlarged upon the arguments of
the Chief Baron, saying the prisoner could have no right
to destroy Millwood. It was in evidence that the sister of
the deceased heard the prisoner call out to her brother to
stop, oi' he would shoot him, and immediately the gun was
discharged. The law laid down, that in cases of felony,
where a person stands charged as a felon, and proper per-
sons are sent to apprehend him, and he escapes, after
being in custody, and runs away, and the party from
whom he escapes shoots and kills him, that person is
deemed, in the eye of the law, guilty of murder. Mr.
Justice Forster has laid it down, that if a person trips
another’s heels, and he thereby meets his death, then such
person is guilty of manslaughter ; but if he uses a deadly
■weapon, then he is guilty of murder. In this case it was
evident that the gun was discharged so near that the gun-
powder blackened the unfortunate man’s face. The Jury
were to recollect the oaths they had taken, and administer
that justice which the safety of society demanded.
The Recorder perfectly agreed in the doctrines laid
.down by the other Learned Judges, and desired the Jury
to reconsider their verdict, who, turning round in their
box, almost instantly pronounced the prisoner Guilty of
M urder.
The Lord Chief Baron told the Jury, that he should re-
port, the case immediately to his Majesty.
The Recorder thought the Jury had very properly found
him guilty. The law of God, which ought to be written
in the hearts of all men, had declared, “ That whosoever
sheddeth human blood, by man shall his blood be shed.”—
He then passed the usual sentence.
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THE HAMMERSMITH GHOSTS.
laid down, and by that they must abide. It was not for
them to assume the King’s prerogative, and mitigate the
punishment.
Mr. Justice Rooke was of the same opinion ; and
Mr. Justice Lawrence enlarged upon the arguments of
the Chief Baron, saying the prisoner could have no right
to destroy Millwood. It was in evidence that the sister of
the deceased heard the prisoner call out to her brother to
stop, oi' he would shoot him, and immediately the gun was
discharged. The law laid down, that in cases of felony,
where a person stands charged as a felon, and proper per-
sons are sent to apprehend him, and he escapes, after
being in custody, and runs away, and the party from
whom he escapes shoots and kills him, that person is
deemed, in the eye of the law, guilty of murder. Mr.
Justice Forster has laid it down, that if a person trips
another’s heels, and he thereby meets his death, then such
person is guilty of manslaughter ; but if he uses a deadly
■weapon, then he is guilty of murder. In this case it was
evident that the gun was discharged so near that the gun-
powder blackened the unfortunate man’s face. The Jury
were to recollect the oaths they had taken, and administer
that justice which the safety of society demanded.
The Recorder perfectly agreed in the doctrines laid
.down by the other Learned Judges, and desired the Jury
to reconsider their verdict, who, turning round in their
box, almost instantly pronounced the prisoner Guilty of
M urder.
The Lord Chief Baron told the Jury, that he should re-
port, the case immediately to his Majesty.
The Recorder thought the Jury had very properly found
him guilty. The law of God, which ought to be written
in the hearts of all men, had declared, “ That whosoever
sheddeth human blood, by man shall his blood be shed.”—
He then passed the usual sentence.
. The