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kirby’s wonderful museum.
murder Mr. John Jones (his brother-in-law), Mrs. Mar-
garet Jones (his sister), and Mary Berry (their servant),
on Friday, the 26th of September last, was to take place on
that day, yet for hours previous to the examination crowds
of persons assembled, and the business of the office was
much interrupted. The magistrates therefore thought pro-
per to examine the prisoner in the private room.—About
one o’clock Mr. Jones and Mary Berry arrived in a hack-
ney-coach from St. Thomas’s Hospital; they were in the
care of two nurses, and were very weak. About two o’clock
the prisoner was brought into the room, and confronted with
Jones and his servant. The servant fainted as soon as she
saw him, and it was with difficulty that Mr. Jones was
roused to sensibility. When he recovered, he exclaimed,
“ O God ! I thought I saw him with a knife in his hand.”
The magistrates ordered the prisoner to be taken out of
the room, as his piesence so much agitated the prosecutors.
About two o’clock Mrs. Jones arrived in a hackney-coach
from her house in Newington; she is still in a very weak
state.
Mary Berry sworn.—She is servant to Mr. Jones, and a
single woman. On Fiiday, September 26, about one
o’clock in the day, she was at home with her master and
mistress, and heard a noise at the front door. She went and
opened it, and saw the prisoner, David Owen, standing at
the door. As soon as she opened the door, he forced him-
self by her into the house. Her master was in the back
room, and she called out to him—“ Mr. Owen is here.’?
Her master came out of the back room into the passage;
before he came the prisoner had bolted the door, which by
the time he had done, her master came to the far end of
the passage. The prisoner opened his coat, took a large sharp
pointed knife out of his coat pocket, and struck at her
master with it. Not a single word passed between the pri-
soner and her master until after the prisoner cut him with
the knife; the first blow he received was on the back of his
kirby’s wonderful museum.
murder Mr. John Jones (his brother-in-law), Mrs. Mar-
garet Jones (his sister), and Mary Berry (their servant),
on Friday, the 26th of September last, was to take place on
that day, yet for hours previous to the examination crowds
of persons assembled, and the business of the office was
much interrupted. The magistrates therefore thought pro-
per to examine the prisoner in the private room.—About
one o’clock Mr. Jones and Mary Berry arrived in a hack-
ney-coach from St. Thomas’s Hospital; they were in the
care of two nurses, and were very weak. About two o’clock
the prisoner was brought into the room, and confronted with
Jones and his servant. The servant fainted as soon as she
saw him, and it was with difficulty that Mr. Jones was
roused to sensibility. When he recovered, he exclaimed,
“ O God ! I thought I saw him with a knife in his hand.”
The magistrates ordered the prisoner to be taken out of
the room, as his piesence so much agitated the prosecutors.
About two o’clock Mrs. Jones arrived in a hackney-coach
from her house in Newington; she is still in a very weak
state.
Mary Berry sworn.—She is servant to Mr. Jones, and a
single woman. On Fiiday, September 26, about one
o’clock in the day, she was at home with her master and
mistress, and heard a noise at the front door. She went and
opened it, and saw the prisoner, David Owen, standing at
the door. As soon as she opened the door, he forced him-
self by her into the house. Her master was in the back
room, and she called out to him—“ Mr. Owen is here.’?
Her master came out of the back room into the passage;
before he came the prisoner had bolted the door, which by
the time he had done, her master came to the far end of
the passage. The prisoner opened his coat, took a large sharp
pointed knife out of his coat pocket, and struck at her
master with it. Not a single word passed between the pri-
soner and her master until after the prisoner cut him with
the knife; the first blow he received was on the back of his