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Article MONTHLY CHRONICLE. ← Page 11 of 16 →
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Monthly Chronicle.
three gentlemen were along with it : two persons came afterwards . I can swear that the nrisoners were those persons . Mr . Quigley , who first came to my house , gave me a parcel . When the other two gentlemen came , they made an enquiry after him . I carried the message to him by the * ame of Capt .-Jones , and he said he would wait on them . The three gentlemen spent the evening together , and slept at my house \ hat night , and there were no other strangers in the house at the time . There was no other great coat in the house , the property of any bod
y . ' r * % Jane Dexter , servant to the former witness , examined by the Solicitor General . She saw the prisoner Quigley come to the house in Margate , in company with . three gentlemen , who slept there . —She saw Quigley in the dining-room , when she went to prepare breakfast , and heard him say , he wanted to take a lodging in Margate . She knew nothing of any great coat . ' William Kirby , stable-keeper , at Margate . —An application was made to me on the 271 b . " I saw Leary and Alten at the King ' s-head . They wanted to take 1 would take them the fol
a cart to carry some luggage to Deal I told them - lowing morning . Leary went to ask him , when he called his master , and returned with an answer , that they would be ready to go away at twelve o ' clock next day ; but before that time arrived , they were in custody . Frederick Dutton . an Irishman , and a quarter-master in the army , sworn . —l know Quigley ; I have seen his hand-writing , the manner of which I have a knowledge of . The paper relating to merchandize and quarter , read by the Atand to be his hand
torney General , was then produced , sworn -writing . Cross-examined . —lie said he had been a servant ; is now a Quarter-master . Being asked if he had been a livery-servant ? he said not ; but acknowledged he had worn a liverv once . He bad been in several services . He was dismissed the
service of Mr . Carlisle , in consequence of some lies told of him . He was afterwards a publican , without a licence , but never was discharged from any place in consequence of misconduct . He had given evidence sometimes before in courts of justice . He never applied to government for his services ; but he hoped he and his family would be provided for . Mr . Plomer then shewed him a letter , which he said be believed to be his hand-writing . —It was ah application to Lord Carhampton for the Quarter-master ' s warrant . He was examined witness against LowryHe there acknowledged he had sworn
seonce as a one . crecy ; and afterwards divulged it ; but excused himself by saying he had sworn the first oath on A Reading made Easy . The witness has been a Quarter-master since last winter . Kean Maboney , a shop-keeper at Canterbury , saw Binns on Friday , the 23 d of February , at Canterbury- He told the witness that there were some friends of his on the other side very much distressed ; that be wanted to establish something in the ling lineand wished to know any person at Whitstable whp
smugg , used to let boats . The witness did not send him to a man there . He said his friends in London wanted to go to Flushing or Ostend . When be came back , he said he could not succeed , because the boatmen were so exorbitant in their demands . Binns went to London , and returned by way of one of the Gravesend boats . He said his reason for coming back so soon was , that his friends had left London in a Whitstable hoy . He then went to another house , the Rose . Tbe witness went to tbe Post Office to enquire for letters for him , in the name of them to him but could not
"Williams , where he got two , and delivered ; swear to the letters , as he had not read the superscription . Binns then told the witness , that as he was a countryman he would tell him his name was Binns , but from having been prosecuted before that , he did not wish the furious people of
Canterbury should know his name . Mr . Parkins , a publican at Whitstable . —Quigley and O'Connor slept in my house ; I learned that one was Colonel Morris and the other Captain Jones . Ouigley asked me if I could accommodate him wi . 'h a boat to Margate ? I eiir quired of Edward Ward , who asked a guinea and a half for the boat . He asked me if there was any danger of bis baggage being searched ? He went away , however , without any boat , and took a cart , in which he carried the baggage , and said it was a disagreeable business to have one ' s goods tossed about in such a manner . Being asked if he was going to Dover , and if he had any correspondence
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Monthly Chronicle.
three gentlemen were along with it : two persons came afterwards . I can swear that the nrisoners were those persons . Mr . Quigley , who first came to my house , gave me a parcel . When the other two gentlemen came , they made an enquiry after him . I carried the message to him by the * ame of Capt .-Jones , and he said he would wait on them . The three gentlemen spent the evening together , and slept at my house \ hat night , and there were no other strangers in the house at the time . There was no other great coat in the house , the property of any bod
y . ' r * % Jane Dexter , servant to the former witness , examined by the Solicitor General . She saw the prisoner Quigley come to the house in Margate , in company with . three gentlemen , who slept there . —She saw Quigley in the dining-room , when she went to prepare breakfast , and heard him say , he wanted to take a lodging in Margate . She knew nothing of any great coat . ' William Kirby , stable-keeper , at Margate . —An application was made to me on the 271 b . " I saw Leary and Alten at the King ' s-head . They wanted to take 1 would take them the fol
a cart to carry some luggage to Deal I told them - lowing morning . Leary went to ask him , when he called his master , and returned with an answer , that they would be ready to go away at twelve o ' clock next day ; but before that time arrived , they were in custody . Frederick Dutton . an Irishman , and a quarter-master in the army , sworn . —l know Quigley ; I have seen his hand-writing , the manner of which I have a knowledge of . The paper relating to merchandize and quarter , read by the Atand to be his hand
torney General , was then produced , sworn -writing . Cross-examined . —lie said he had been a servant ; is now a Quarter-master . Being asked if he had been a livery-servant ? he said not ; but acknowledged he had worn a liverv once . He bad been in several services . He was dismissed the
service of Mr . Carlisle , in consequence of some lies told of him . He was afterwards a publican , without a licence , but never was discharged from any place in consequence of misconduct . He had given evidence sometimes before in courts of justice . He never applied to government for his services ; but he hoped he and his family would be provided for . Mr . Plomer then shewed him a letter , which he said be believed to be his hand-writing . —It was ah application to Lord Carhampton for the Quarter-master ' s warrant . He was examined witness against LowryHe there acknowledged he had sworn
seonce as a one . crecy ; and afterwards divulged it ; but excused himself by saying he had sworn the first oath on A Reading made Easy . The witness has been a Quarter-master since last winter . Kean Maboney , a shop-keeper at Canterbury , saw Binns on Friday , the 23 d of February , at Canterbury- He told the witness that there were some friends of his on the other side very much distressed ; that be wanted to establish something in the ling lineand wished to know any person at Whitstable whp
smugg , used to let boats . The witness did not send him to a man there . He said his friends in London wanted to go to Flushing or Ostend . When be came back , he said he could not succeed , because the boatmen were so exorbitant in their demands . Binns went to London , and returned by way of one of the Gravesend boats . He said his reason for coming back so soon was , that his friends had left London in a Whitstable hoy . He then went to another house , the Rose . Tbe witness went to tbe Post Office to enquire for letters for him , in the name of them to him but could not
"Williams , where he got two , and delivered ; swear to the letters , as he had not read the superscription . Binns then told the witness , that as he was a countryman he would tell him his name was Binns , but from having been prosecuted before that , he did not wish the furious people of
Canterbury should know his name . Mr . Parkins , a publican at Whitstable . —Quigley and O'Connor slept in my house ; I learned that one was Colonel Morris and the other Captain Jones . Ouigley asked me if I could accommodate him wi . 'h a boat to Margate ? I eiir quired of Edward Ward , who asked a guinea and a half for the boat . He asked me if there was any danger of bis baggage being searched ? He went away , however , without any boat , and took a cart , in which he carried the baggage , and said it was a disagreeable business to have one ' s goods tossed about in such a manner . Being asked if he was going to Dover , and if he had any correspondence