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DAVID OWEN*.
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hand. Her master called out as soon as he was attacked,
and her mistress came out of the back room to assist him ;
she (witness), also went to his assistance, and they struggled
with the prisoner; she grasped the knife, and he drew it
through her hand; she bled very much, and was going to the
door, when the prisoner became desperate, and cut and
carved at all three of them: he cut her right arm, stabbed
her iu the neck, and on the forehead. She got from the pri-
soner, and ran to the door; the blood was running down her
clothes | she saw 3 young man at the door, and called to
him; she ran into the house again, and was very faint from
her arm bleeding sp very profusely. She saw the prisoner
and her master on the ground struggling; the prisoner had
the knife in his hand, and the blade appeared to her to be in
her master’s side, but fortunately it was between the clothes
and the flesh. The young man whom she called, came into
the house, and as the prisoner was struggling with her
master, she took hold of the prisoner’s arm, and the young
man seized the knife, and forced it out of his hand.
She saw that her master was cut and bleeding ; she did
not see at that time what was become of her mistiess.
She ran out of the house when the knife was taken from the
prisoner, and W’as taken to a house in the neighbourhood,
and from thence to St. Thomas’s Hospital in the Borough.
John Jones, of Gibraltar-row, Prospect-place, sworn.—.
He heard a knock at his door on the 26th of September^
about one o’clock in the day; Mary Berry went to the door,
and called to him as soon as she had opened it, and said*
0 Mr. Owen is come? He got up and went towards the
door; he met the prisoner in the passage; he took a knife
out of an inside pocket of his coat, and struck at him with
it. He defended himself wjth his arm, and the prisoner cut
his left hand; he rushed upon him to get the knife from
him, and they struggled very much, arjd fell on the ground;
he was undermost. He received several stabs in the throat
and on his head; part of his left ear was cut off; his neck
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hand. Her master called out as soon as he was attacked,
and her mistress came out of the back room to assist him ;
she (witness), also went to his assistance, and they struggled
with the prisoner; she grasped the knife, and he drew it
through her hand; she bled very much, and was going to the
door, when the prisoner became desperate, and cut and
carved at all three of them: he cut her right arm, stabbed
her iu the neck, and on the forehead. She got from the pri-
soner, and ran to the door; the blood was running down her
clothes | she saw 3 young man at the door, and called to
him; she ran into the house again, and was very faint from
her arm bleeding sp very profusely. She saw the prisoner
and her master on the ground struggling; the prisoner had
the knife in his hand, and the blade appeared to her to be in
her master’s side, but fortunately it was between the clothes
and the flesh. The young man whom she called, came into
the house, and as the prisoner was struggling with her
master, she took hold of the prisoner’s arm, and the young
man seized the knife, and forced it out of his hand.
She saw that her master was cut and bleeding ; she did
not see at that time what was become of her mistiess.
She ran out of the house when the knife was taken from the
prisoner, and W’as taken to a house in the neighbourhood,
and from thence to St. Thomas’s Hospital in the Borough.
John Jones, of Gibraltar-row, Prospect-place, sworn.—.
He heard a knock at his door on the 26th of September^
about one o’clock in the day; Mary Berry went to the door,
and called to him as soon as she had opened it, and said*
0 Mr. Owen is come? He got up and went towards the
door; he met the prisoner in the passage; he took a knife
out of an inside pocket of his coat, and struck at him with
it. He defended himself wjth his arm, and the prisoner cut
his left hand; he rushed upon him to get the knife from
him, and they struggled very much, arjd fell on the ground;
he was undermost. He received several stabs in the throat
and on his head; part of his left ear was cut off; his neck