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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    the Brother’s Evidence, is a ftrong Proof that the Almighty had determined to punifh the Of¬ fender in this World, to make him a lading Mo¬ nument of public Shame, and hereby convince Mankind, that the Murderer fhall in no wife elcape the Punilhment due to his Crime. Mr. Horne’s Family have for a long Time re¬ dded and enjoyed a pretty Eftate at BuUerly, in the Pari Hi of Pentridge, in Derbyjhire. His Fa¬ ther, who lived to the Age of 102, had feveral Children, and ufed to occupy fome Part of his Eftate ; fo that he was generally regarded as a Gentleman Farmer. This Son, William Andrew Horne, was the el- deft and moft favourite Child, but whether owing to any thing more pleafing or witty the Father difcovered in him, than his other Children, wes are not told *, yet certain it is, that he was much,] preferred before them, being often indulged with a Horle and Money, in early Life, to ram¬ ble about the Country from one Place of Diver- fion to another, while his Brothers at home were | made mere Drudges in the Farm, to fupport his | Idlenefs and Debaucheries abroad. His Father was reputed the beft clafiical Scholar of his Time, in the County of Derby, and taught his Children Englijh and Latin at home himfelf, fo that Mr. Horne was never put to any Grammar School. It dees not appear that he made any great Pro- grefs in Learning, though his Father took great Pains to make him a Scholar. We wifh we could lay fome Care had alfo been taken of his Morals ; but of that very little can, with Truth, be of¬ fered : Sorry, indeed, we are to refiedl upon the -, and it were much to be defired that his Vices could be expoled, without being obliged