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DAVID OWEN. .
sgi
by him. He got a pistol loaded with ball, and again made
an attempt to secure Owen : he told him that unless he threw
down the knives, that he would shoot him ; instead, how-
ever, of throwing them away, Owen brandished them, vow-
ing that the first that attempted to secure him should lose
his life. The sailor pulled the trigger, but the pistol missed
fire. By this time, Mr. Sandbach, butcher, of Lambeth
Walk, a very powerful and spirited man, came up and got
a large pole, which was used to prop a clothes-line.
Holmes, the constable, got another, and both of them forced
the poles against Owen, and pmned him up in one corner
of the room, while the sailor and others disarmed him.
Owen said to Holmes the constable, a You know me, Mr.
Holmes, very well, and have no need to handcuff me.”
Holmes replied, “ Well, if you will act as you ought, and
go quietly, I will not handcuff you.”
Mr. Sandbach said, that he insisted upon Holmes doing
his duty, by handcuffing him, for he was not a person fit to
be trusted with his liberty. After he was handcuffed, he
was put in a hackney-coach, and conveyed to Union Hall.
On the way he was asked, what could have caused him to
commit such a horrible act ? when he replied, “ Had you
been in my place, you would have acted as I have done.
Why, Jones has robbed me within this fortnight, of 600l.
by false swearing.”
Observer Office, Saturday Night, 11 o'clock.
The surgeons at St. Thomas’s Hospital are of opinion
that Jones and his servant are not in very imminent danger,
and they have great hopes of their ultimate recovery.
Mr. Dickson, surgeon, of Newington, visited Mrs. Jones
last evening, and is of opinion she is in a fair way of reco-
very.
FIRST PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF MR. OWEN.
Union Hall.—Although it was not exactly known on
Friday, that the examination of Owen, for attempting to
sgi
by him. He got a pistol loaded with ball, and again made
an attempt to secure Owen : he told him that unless he threw
down the knives, that he would shoot him ; instead, how-
ever, of throwing them away, Owen brandished them, vow-
ing that the first that attempted to secure him should lose
his life. The sailor pulled the trigger, but the pistol missed
fire. By this time, Mr. Sandbach, butcher, of Lambeth
Walk, a very powerful and spirited man, came up and got
a large pole, which was used to prop a clothes-line.
Holmes, the constable, got another, and both of them forced
the poles against Owen, and pmned him up in one corner
of the room, while the sailor and others disarmed him.
Owen said to Holmes the constable, a You know me, Mr.
Holmes, very well, and have no need to handcuff me.”
Holmes replied, “ Well, if you will act as you ought, and
go quietly, I will not handcuff you.”
Mr. Sandbach said, that he insisted upon Holmes doing
his duty, by handcuffing him, for he was not a person fit to
be trusted with his liberty. After he was handcuffed, he
was put in a hackney-coach, and conveyed to Union Hall.
On the way he was asked, what could have caused him to
commit such a horrible act ? when he replied, “ Had you
been in my place, you would have acted as I have done.
Why, Jones has robbed me within this fortnight, of 600l.
by false swearing.”
Observer Office, Saturday Night, 11 o'clock.
The surgeons at St. Thomas’s Hospital are of opinion
that Jones and his servant are not in very imminent danger,
and they have great hopes of their ultimate recovery.
Mr. Dickson, surgeon, of Newington, visited Mrs. Jones
last evening, and is of opinion she is in a fair way of reco-
very.
FIRST PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF MR. OWEN.
Union Hall.—Although it was not exactly known on
Friday, that the examination of Owen, for attempting to