A genuine account of the life and trial of William Andrew Horne, of Butterly-Hall, in the County of Derby; who was convicted at Nottingham Assizes, August 10, 1759, for the murder of a child in the year 1724, and executed there on the 11th of December, 1759, to which is prefixed a particular detail of all the circumstances tending to the discovery of this long-concealed murder / [William Andrew Horne].

  • William Andrew Horne
Date:
1760
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Credit: A genuine account of the life and trial of William Andrew Horne, of Butterly-Hall, in the County of Derby; who was convicted at Nottingham Assizes, August 10, 1759, for the murder of a child in the year 1724, and executed there on the 11th of December, 1759, to which is prefixed a particular detail of all the circumstances tending to the discovery of this long-concealed murder / [William Andrew Horne]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    C I8-] dead the People will walk over thy Grave and fay, Here lies the Man who hanged his Brother. I live by the Gate going down to my Brother’s Houfe. 1 ufed frequently to open the Gate for him, and pull off my Hat to him, and yet he would not {peak to me, ‘ThomasLimb.—cc I live at Annejley in this County. I well remember that John Wooton came to my Houfe one Morning about the Middle of Febru¬ ary, 1724, and told me he had found a Bag with fomething in it, as he was foddering his Cattle at John Geljlrope’s Hay-ftack, near my Houfe ; and he faid he had put it over into my Croft. Upon this I went with him to fee what it was, and we opened the Bag and found a dead Male Chikkin it. We took the Child to my Houfe, and my Wife took the Child out of the Bag to fee if there was any Life in it; but the poor Child was quite cold and dead. I remember I was ex¬ amined by the Coroner, but cannot, at this Dif- tance of Time, recollect what Verdift the Jury gave in. I am certain it was a Male and fine Child, and my Wife faid it was four Days old.” John Weightman.—I have lived at Annejley above forty Years. About the Middle of Fe¬ bruary, in the Year 1724, a Child was found in a Linen Bag, laid under a Hay-ftack, belonging to John Geilftrope, of Annejley : John IVotton threw it over the Hedge with his Fork, but the Child was quite dead, and was a fine Male Child. There were no Marks of Violence upon it, nor any Bruife. I examined it all over: it was a fine Boy, and I am of Opinion it was ftarved to Death by being left all Night in the Cold.” Mary