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64 kirby’s wonderful museum.
house, and about four o’clock in the afternoon returned and
found he had been dead about three quarters of an hour; he
says the wound was undoubtedly the cause of his death.
Mr. Cooper observed, that it was proper the will should be
deposited in safe custody, and the prisoner pulled it out of
his pocket, and delivered it to Mr. Brent.
Gentlemen, having ascertained what was the cause of
Mr. Blight’s death, which was necessary to be proved, we
come now to the first transaction, which was the firing of the
pistol, on Thursday the IQth. Several persons have been
called, to prove to you that they were in such a situation
that if any person had come out of the premises they must
have seen them; they undertake to say that no person did,
and the inference from that is, that it must have been done by
some person within the house, or on the premises; it appears
that no person was there but the prisoner and the servant
maid, and she was sent out on an errand by him.
Ann Louisa Davies says, That on the 19th of September,
between eight and nine o’clock, she came past Mr. Blight’s
premises; that it was dark; that she was beyond the gate
that was at the angle, where she could just see the gate; that
there were three other women in company; that she saw the
flash of a pistol, and heard a very violent report; it appeared
to be on the right hand upon Mr. Blight’s wharf; she does
not know from what part of the wharf the pistol was fired;
she stood still about two minutes ; she neither saw nor heard
any one on the wharf; that if any person had got over
the pales she was m such a situation that she must have
seen him; that no one, in point of fact, did get over; and
that she heard no noise in Mr. Blight’s house; she went on
towards Rotherhithe, and got to the Dog and Duck, which
is kept by Frost, where she saw some persons, but did not
stop.
Martha Eliza Davies says, she remembers the pistol being
fired; she saw no one on the premises, or coming from them i
house, and about four o’clock in the afternoon returned and
found he had been dead about three quarters of an hour; he
says the wound was undoubtedly the cause of his death.
Mr. Cooper observed, that it was proper the will should be
deposited in safe custody, and the prisoner pulled it out of
his pocket, and delivered it to Mr. Brent.
Gentlemen, having ascertained what was the cause of
Mr. Blight’s death, which was necessary to be proved, we
come now to the first transaction, which was the firing of the
pistol, on Thursday the IQth. Several persons have been
called, to prove to you that they were in such a situation
that if any person had come out of the premises they must
have seen them; they undertake to say that no person did,
and the inference from that is, that it must have been done by
some person within the house, or on the premises; it appears
that no person was there but the prisoner and the servant
maid, and she was sent out on an errand by him.
Ann Louisa Davies says, That on the 19th of September,
between eight and nine o’clock, she came past Mr. Blight’s
premises; that it was dark; that she was beyond the gate
that was at the angle, where she could just see the gate; that
there were three other women in company; that she saw the
flash of a pistol, and heard a very violent report; it appeared
to be on the right hand upon Mr. Blight’s wharf; she does
not know from what part of the wharf the pistol was fired;
she stood still about two minutes ; she neither saw nor heard
any one on the wharf; that if any person had got over
the pales she was m such a situation that she must have
seen him; that no one, in point of fact, did get over; and
that she heard no noise in Mr. Blight’s house; she went on
towards Rotherhithe, and got to the Dog and Duck, which
is kept by Frost, where she saw some persons, but did not
stop.
Martha Eliza Davies says, she remembers the pistol being
fired; she saw no one on the premises, or coming from them i