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
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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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    water; I should think they would have been upon a level with the window, if the deck was in the vessel, but I do not know whether the deck was in or out of that vessel. L. C. B. Macdonald. What is your reason for thinking, that a person from that vessel could not have fired so as to hit that window? A. Because the vessel lay slanting a little; I do not think a ball could have gone through the shutter direct, as that seemed to do; it seemed to come in a different direction. Mr. Pooley. After you made this observation upon the vessel at the wharf, did you see Mr. Patch again? A. Yes, I saw him in the room with Mr. Blight; Mr. Blight was then lying on a bed. Q. What passed then? A. I was terrified a good deal, and did not pay sufficient attention to what passed to answer any questions. Mr. James Berry. Cross examined by Mr. Serjeant Best, Q. It was a considerable time after the pistol had been fired before you searched the yard? A. It appeared to me to be about twenty minutes before we began to search. Q. How did you get into the yard; was the gate then open ? A. The gate was on the latch; I think it was not fastened. [7'/je sash and window-shutter brought into court.] John Piung sworn. Examined by Mr. Garrow. Q. Where did you bring that sash and shutter from ?