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DAVID OWEN.
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and drew one of the knives across his throat. He (the wit-
ness) called out, “ He is going to cut his throat,” but found
that he had not made any incision. A sailor ran up the lad-
der, with an iron bar, but retreated from the window of the
room when he saw Owen with the knives, brandishing them,
and threatening to kill all who came to take him. Some
persons got into the back room and fastened the door, which
prevented his entering the room. Shortly after Owen went
out of the front room, upon the head of the staircase, a Mr.
Sandbach, a butcher, rushed into the front room, and pre-
vented him from coming in again by fastening the door. A
young man got a pistol, and threatened to shoot Owen if he
did not give himself up to them. He refused, and the
young man was going to shoot him, but was prevented by a
gentleman present. He, the sailor, and Mr. Sandbach,
opened the door, when the prisoner was off his guard, and
be seized him by the collar and the right arm. The sailor
seized him by the other arm, and several others came up on
the instant, and endeavoured to assist. Owen struggled
very much; the railing of the staircase was broken down,
and they fell down stairs; he kept hold of the prisoner, and
the knife being taken from him, he was delivered into
Holmes’s custody.
George Winton corroborated the chief of the above evi-
dence. He had a pistol loaded with ball, and was going to
shoot the prisoner, when a gentleman (Captain Porter) de-
sired him not, and pulled his arm back. He assisted the last
witness and tw'o others to secure the prisoner. The knife
produced (the dinner knife, which is identified by Mr. Jones
as his property), was the one, he believed, the prisoner had
in his possession when he was secured.
Mr. Peter Dixon, surgeon, of Newington, on the after-
noon of Friday, the 26th of September, was called upon to
.attend a wounded woman, whom he since understands to be
Mrs. Jones. She was then at her house in Gibraltar-row.
He examined the wounds, and found there wrere three several
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397
and drew one of the knives across his throat. He (the wit-
ness) called out, “ He is going to cut his throat,” but found
that he had not made any incision. A sailor ran up the lad-
der, with an iron bar, but retreated from the window of the
room when he saw Owen with the knives, brandishing them,
and threatening to kill all who came to take him. Some
persons got into the back room and fastened the door, which
prevented his entering the room. Shortly after Owen went
out of the front room, upon the head of the staircase, a Mr.
Sandbach, a butcher, rushed into the front room, and pre-
vented him from coming in again by fastening the door. A
young man got a pistol, and threatened to shoot Owen if he
did not give himself up to them. He refused, and the
young man was going to shoot him, but was prevented by a
gentleman present. He, the sailor, and Mr. Sandbach,
opened the door, when the prisoner was off his guard, and
be seized him by the collar and the right arm. The sailor
seized him by the other arm, and several others came up on
the instant, and endeavoured to assist. Owen struggled
very much; the railing of the staircase was broken down,
and they fell down stairs; he kept hold of the prisoner, and
the knife being taken from him, he was delivered into
Holmes’s custody.
George Winton corroborated the chief of the above evi-
dence. He had a pistol loaded with ball, and was going to
shoot the prisoner, when a gentleman (Captain Porter) de-
sired him not, and pulled his arm back. He assisted the last
witness and tw'o others to secure the prisoner. The knife
produced (the dinner knife, which is identified by Mr. Jones
as his property), was the one, he believed, the prisoner had
in his possession when he was secured.
Mr. Peter Dixon, surgeon, of Newington, on the after-
noon of Friday, the 26th of September, was called upon to
.attend a wounded woman, whom he since understands to be
Mrs. Jones. She was then at her house in Gibraltar-row.
He examined the wounds, and found there wrere three several
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