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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    r ;25 ] und gave me a Shilling, faying, He hoped I jfbmld not appear againft him/* John Buxton.—“ The 24th of March fall I was at Charles Horne’s Houfe. He fells Ale at a little Cottage in Pentridge Pari-fli. He there told me. He Jbould not have profecuted his Brother if he had not been put on. I afked him how long it was iince the Child was found at Annefiey ; he fakl. He could not tell to te& Tears. He declared to me another Time, That he did not want to hang the Prifoner, tho5 he had cheated him of his Fortune, if he would but give him the Money he had had of the Parijh, and put him 'in a better Way of Living; or if he would have lent him a Couple of Guineas, when he fent to borrow them, he would not have been in Gaol then.51 Wiiliam Rimming ton.-—s< I heard Charles Horne £ay, a Year ago, in a Publick Houfe at Pentridge, That it is a hard Thing for one Brother to be a Gen- tkman, and another a Beggary and that if the9 Squire his Brother would not allow him a Maintenance, he would f wear his Life awayY Anne Horne.-—-u I am a diftant Relation of the Prifo'ner’s-. I lived in London \ but about fix or eight Months iince Mr. Horne fent me an Invi¬ tation to come and live with his Family at But- teriy-Hall% as a Servant or Companion to Mrs. Horne. I have known Charles Horne about fix Months. As I was going to Ripley about two Months fince, at the Bottom of my Mailer’s Ciofe I met Charles Horne : He a iked, iVhy / would not /jpeak to him ; I told him I had no further Objection than the HlUfage he had given my Mafter. He re¬ plied, Had my Brother William given me a Sum of Money, IJhould not have fworn againSt him. He faid Ms Poverty obliged him to five ar. Some Time after this /