The trial of Richard Patch for the wilful murder of Isaac Blight, at Rotherhithe, on the 23d of September, 1805, at the Session House, Newington, Surrey, on Saturday, the fifth of April, 1806 / Taken in short-hand by Joseph Gurney and W.B. Gurney.
- Richard Patch
- Date:
- 1806
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The trial of Richard Patch for the wilful murder of Isaac Blight, at Rotherhithe, on the 23d of September, 1805, at the Session House, Newington, Surrey, on Saturday, the fifth of April, 1806 / Taken in short-hand by Joseph Gurney and W.B. Gurney. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![person already mentioned in his will; that some inter- lineations were made, and then Mr. Blight, with much effort, signed the will; that he then went to bed, and that soon after six o'clock the next morning, the prisoner came to him (Mr. Cooper) and told him, that Mr. Blight was in great pain, and wished to know if he could do any thing to save him; Mr. Cooper an- swered he feared not, but rose and went into his room, where he found Mr. Blight in a great deal of pain ; that he soon afterwards went to town, and returned at four in the afternoon with Dr. Babinoton to Mr. Blight's, but found he was dead; that he afterwards opened the body; and he says that the wounds which Mr. Blight had received were undoubtedly the cause of his death; a fact which must be proved to you. Mr. Cooper says, that upon his observing that the will should be put in proper custody, the prisoner took it readily out of his pocket, and it was sealed up and deposited with a gentleman of the name of Brent. Upon his cross 'examination, he says that this hap- pened two hours after Mr. Blight's death; that the prisoner was present in Mr. Blight's room the whole of the evening, whenever he was there himself. Gentlemen, having ascertained what was the cause of Mr. Blight's death, we come now to the first trans- action, which was the firing of the pistol on the ] 9th of September; with respect to that, several witnesses have been called to prove that they were in such a po- sition, that had any persons come out of these pre- mises, they must necessarily have seen them, the ways in which any person could come out are described to you, and they undertake positively to say that no person did come out of the premises. The inference from the comparison of their evidence therefore is that it must have been done by some person who was on the premises. The particular witnesses tell you these facts. Ann Louisa Davis says, that on the 19th of Sep- tember, she was coming by these premises between eight and nine o'clock in the evening; that it was dark; that after she had gone beyond the gate to- L 3](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20443274_0171.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
