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Mr . Brown a Surgeon , corroborated the evidence of Dr . Cruikshank . Pie likewise deposed as to a short conversation he had with the deceased when he tvent to administer lo him . Upon his asking him how it had happened , he replied Miss Jones had been the cause of all . Robert Jaggett , a labouring Mason , was at work at about sixty yards distance from the deceased's house , and hearing lhe report of a pistol , and the cry of murder , lie ran towards the sound . When lie got to she deceased's house in Staffordhe saw a crowd round the doorand the door was openedwhen in

vow , , , a person black cairic out : a young girl , exclaimed , ' ¦ ' That is the man that shot my Master . " The Witness instantly seized him , and delivering him over to the custody of another person , went round to the back part of the house , to endeavour to get in . He scrambled over a wall , eleven feet high , in order to get . to Mr . Yates ' s garden . When he got there , he perceived him lying on the grass . He said he had been shot . The Witnes ; a . kr .-J bv whom ? He replied , a man in black , with light hair . The Witness . concluded it to be the same man he had seen . He therefore into the hou

• endeavoured to get = e , but the dcors were fast ; however he got between the bars of the win . inc . - a ; which the deceased had unsuccessfully tried , and immediately went and opened the street'door . He cbllarcd Sellers , and took him through the lions' ? into the garden , and asked the deceased if that was the man ? he said it was : Seller . ; fell on one knee , and made some obscrva- * tions to the deceased , but what they were the Witness could not hear , as he went off for assistance . A Gentleman , who lived next door to the deceased , deposed to hearing the report of the pistol , and mounted the top of the garden-wail , by means of a ladder , where he saw the deceased , who said he had been shot . That he went round and

saw Sellers taKen into custody by lhe ma on and another person , and went with him into the garden , when he fell on his knee , and asked the deceased to forgive him , for that he did not intend it ; to which the deceased made no reply , but only observed to the persons about him that he was the man who did it . Henry Clapton was passing by at the time the pistol was fired , and saw the Prisoner open the door , and the young girl desiring he might be slopped ; that he assisted in so doing , and interrogating him afterwards , as to his motive for ' committing such an action , he replid , he did not intend it , and that he did not

pull the trigger . Tho Witness corroborated the foregoing evidence . It was conceived by the Jury , as strong circumstantial proof , that the pistol was loaded by the parties , and was not acciden ' ally in that state , by Sellers being desired to tell what the contents were , in or . ler to enable the Surgeon to extract the ball—when he replied , there was only one ball in the pistol . The Coroner , in a short address to the Jury , informed them what were to be the subjects of their consideration in returning Iheir verdict . They were to judge whether the parties were all participant , in the murder , and knew it was to take

place ; or could have prevented it , and did not ; in either case they were equally culpable , and alike punishable by the Laws of this Country . If they were satisfied , from the conduct of the parties during the whole of the day , that they act c in concert , it was quite sufficient to implicate them in the guilt of the party , who actually did commit the Murder which had been so unequivocally proved . The Jury-consulted about ten minutes , and returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against John Sellers , EHxahetb Jones , and Rieb . ird I ' oo ' ney . The Inquisition commenced at six o ' clock in the evening , and was not finished till past twelve .

PUIILIC-OFI'ICE , BOW-STREET . —BEFORE EDWARD HEAD , ES _ J . Aug . 29 . John Sellers , Richard Fcolttcy , and Elixabclh Jones , were brought before the above Magistrate , for re-examination ,-charged on the oath of a number of witnesses , with the Wilful Murder of Mr . Yates ; for the evidence we refer to that detailed before the Coroner ' s Inquest ; when , after a long investigation of this lamentable affair , lhe prisoners were fully committed to take their trials _ on suspicion of being guilty of the murder .

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LONDON: Article 2
TO READERS , CORRESPONDENTS , Sec. Article 3
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, AND CABINET 0F UNIVERSAL LITERATURE. Article 4
A DEFENCE OF MASONRY, Article 4
A CHARGE DELIVERED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNION LODGE, Article 8
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM. Article 10
ON THE CAUSES OF THE HIGH PRICE OF CORN. Article 17
DESCRIPTION OF THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO. Article 19
ON FEMALE EDUCATION. Article 21
ESSAYS ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH HISTORY AND CLASSICAL LEARNING. Article 23
LOUIS XII. KING OF FRANCE. Article 28
DEATH OF THE GREAT MARSHAL TURENNE. Article 29
CURIOUS PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO THE JEWS. Article 31
Untitled Article 34
DESCRIPTION OF A PORTABLE GYN, FOR MOUNTING OR DISMOUNTING ORDNANCE: Article 36
EXCERPTA ET COLLECTANEA. Article 38
THE POISONOUS QUALITY OF MUSCLES CONSIDERED. Article 42
To the EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 43
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 44
POETRY. Article 52
ODE TO FANCY. Article 53
A POETICAL REVERIE ON THE GOUT. Article 54
ON SEEING A VERY SENSIBLE WOMAN WEEPING, WITH A BEAUTIFUL CHILD AT HER SIDE, IN THE SAME SITUATION. Article 55
ON THE AUTHOR OF THE BALLAD CALLED THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD. Article 56
A PIECE FROM A SERIOUS MUSICAL COMPOSITION. Article 57
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 58
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 60
HOME NEWS. Article 62
OBITUARY. Article 66
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Mr . Brown a Surgeon , corroborated the evidence of Dr . Cruikshank . Pie likewise deposed as to a short conversation he had with the deceased when he tvent to administer lo him . Upon his asking him how it had happened , he replied Miss Jones had been the cause of all . Robert Jaggett , a labouring Mason , was at work at about sixty yards distance from the deceased's house , and hearing lhe report of a pistol , and the cry of murder , lie ran towards the sound . When lie got to she deceased's house in Staffordhe saw a crowd round the doorand the door was openedwhen in

vow , , , a person black cairic out : a young girl , exclaimed , ' ¦ ' That is the man that shot my Master . " The Witness instantly seized him , and delivering him over to the custody of another person , went round to the back part of the house , to endeavour to get in . He scrambled over a wall , eleven feet high , in order to get . to Mr . Yates ' s garden . When he got there , he perceived him lying on the grass . He said he had been shot . The Witnes ; a . kr .-J bv whom ? He replied , a man in black , with light hair . The Witness . concluded it to be the same man he had seen . He therefore into the hou

• endeavoured to get = e , but the dcors were fast ; however he got between the bars of the win . inc . - a ; which the deceased had unsuccessfully tried , and immediately went and opened the street'door . He cbllarcd Sellers , and took him through the lions' ? into the garden , and asked the deceased if that was the man ? he said it was : Seller . ; fell on one knee , and made some obscrva- * tions to the deceased , but what they were the Witness could not hear , as he went off for assistance . A Gentleman , who lived next door to the deceased , deposed to hearing the report of the pistol , and mounted the top of the garden-wail , by means of a ladder , where he saw the deceased , who said he had been shot . That he went round and

saw Sellers taKen into custody by lhe ma on and another person , and went with him into the garden , when he fell on his knee , and asked the deceased to forgive him , for that he did not intend it ; to which the deceased made no reply , but only observed to the persons about him that he was the man who did it . Henry Clapton was passing by at the time the pistol was fired , and saw the Prisoner open the door , and the young girl desiring he might be slopped ; that he assisted in so doing , and interrogating him afterwards , as to his motive for ' committing such an action , he replid , he did not intend it , and that he did not

pull the trigger . Tho Witness corroborated the foregoing evidence . It was conceived by the Jury , as strong circumstantial proof , that the pistol was loaded by the parties , and was not acciden ' ally in that state , by Sellers being desired to tell what the contents were , in or . ler to enable the Surgeon to extract the ball—when he replied , there was only one ball in the pistol . The Coroner , in a short address to the Jury , informed them what were to be the subjects of their consideration in returning Iheir verdict . They were to judge whether the parties were all participant , in the murder , and knew it was to take

place ; or could have prevented it , and did not ; in either case they were equally culpable , and alike punishable by the Laws of this Country . If they were satisfied , from the conduct of the parties during the whole of the day , that they act c in concert , it was quite sufficient to implicate them in the guilt of the party , who actually did commit the Murder which had been so unequivocally proved . The Jury-consulted about ten minutes , and returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against John Sellers , EHxahetb Jones , and Rieb . ird I ' oo ' ney . The Inquisition commenced at six o ' clock in the evening , and was not finished till past twelve .

PUIILIC-OFI'ICE , BOW-STREET . —BEFORE EDWARD HEAD , ES _ J . Aug . 29 . John Sellers , Richard Fcolttcy , and Elixabclh Jones , were brought before the above Magistrate , for re-examination ,-charged on the oath of a number of witnesses , with the Wilful Murder of Mr . Yates ; for the evidence we refer to that detailed before the Coroner ' s Inquest ; when , after a long investigation of this lamentable affair , lhe prisoners were fully committed to take their trials _ on suspicion of being guilty of the murder .

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