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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    fa*]', ■that It was very hard he fhould He in that mifera- ble Condition ; and advifed him to put his Trull In God, and he would reward him hereafter. I gave him Six-pence and left him. In three or four Days after I had left him he recovered fur- prizin'gly ; I faw him again9 and afked what had oCcafioned fo fpeedy a Recovery; He laid, after 'he had difelofed his Mind to me, he found his Mind much eafier, and attributed his Recovery to that. He then advifed with me what he fhould do further. I told him it was a nice Point, and I could not tell how to ad vile him.” JohnlVeightman.—I am Conftable of Pent- ridge. A Warrant was granted, by ’Squire Hal¬ low to take up Charles Horne, to oblige him to make a full Difcovery of the Murder of the Child. This was about fix or feven Months iinee.” John Walker.—“ Some Time laid Christmas Mr. Horne, the Prifoner at the Bar, told me he had been informed that a Warrant had been made out to take up his Brother Charles, in or¬ der to be examin’d about the Murder of a Child. By his Defire I went to Charles to know where the Warrant came from, and i offered Charles Money to makathe two Brothers Friends. .He bid me tell Charles they could not make him fwear what he knew againft his Inclination. Thfe Prifoner laid to me, What, would they tear my Sifters out of their Graves for a 1 hing done thirty Tears ago? Tell Charles be can't hang me without hanging himfelf, and that if he behaves properly 1 will be a Friend to him. The Prifoner never de¬ nied the Faff to me, or faid he was innocent of the Murder.” 1 •. Henry Coilman.—“ Some lime in Chriftmas laid the Prifoner, Mr. Horne, fent me to his Brother