Celebrated trials of all countries, and remarkable cases of criminal jurisprudence / Selected by a member of the Philadelphia bar [i.e. J.J. Smith].

  • John Jay Smith
Date:
1835
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Credit: Celebrated trials of all countries, and remarkable cases of criminal jurisprudence / Selected by a member of the Philadelphia bar [i.e. J.J. Smith]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    summer, a servant maid and a boy ; in the month of October, only one Miss Noyes lived with us. In October also I had some children of Thomas Thur- tell's, two—none of my own. T. Thurtell is a brother of the prisoner's. I have been for some time past acquainted with the prisoner, John Thurtell; he had been down to my cottage often, sporting- with me ; he knew the road to my cottage, and all the roads thereabouts, well. Gill's-hill-lane, in which my cottage was, was out of the high road to St. Alban's, at Radlett; my cot- tage was about a quarter of a mile from the high road. My regular way to the cottage would be to go along the high road through Radlett; there was a nearer way, but that was my usual way. My cottage was fourteen miles and a quarter from Tyburn turnpike. In the latter end of October, the week in which this happened, the prisoner, John Thurtell, lodged at Tetsall's, the Coach and Horses, in Conduit-street; Thomas Thurtell lodged there also. They were there every day that week. On Friday the 24th, I dined at Tet- sall's with John Thurtell and Hunt; Thomas Thurtell and Noyes were there also. After dinner Thurtell said something to me about money. Four days previous to the 24th, I borrowed £10 from John Thurtell; he then said, you must let me have it back on the Thursday or Friday; on the Thursday I saw him at Mr. Tetsall's, and he asked me if I had got the £10 ; I told him I had not; I had not collected any money. He said, I told you I should want it to-day or to-morrow, else it will be £300 out of my pocket; but if you will let me have it to-morrow, it will answer the same purpose. On the next day (Friday) I paid him £5. I borrowed £5 of Mr. Tetsall; that was after dinner. He then said, I think I shall go down to your cottage to-night; are you going down ] and asked me if I could drive Hunt down. I said, yes. He said, I expect a friend to meet me this evening a little after five, and if he comes I shall go down. If I have an opportunity, I mean to do him, for he is a man that has robbed me of several hundreds. He added, I have told Hunt where to stop. I shall want him about a mile and a half be- yond Elstree. If 1 should not go down, give Hunt a pound—which I did. Hunt had just come in, and Thurtell said, there, Joe, there's a pound; if Pro- bert don't come, hire a horse, you know where to stop for me. I do not know that Hunt made any answer; I gave him twenty shillings in silver; Thurtell left the Coach and Horses almost immediately, in a horse and chaise; it was a gray horse ; I believe Hunt brought the horse and chaise; Thurtell left a little after five. I afterwards set off to go in my own gig; I took Hunt with me. When I came to the middle of Oxford-street, Hunt got out of the gig to purchase a loin of pork, by my request, for supper. When we came to the top of Oxford-street, Hunt said, This is the place Jack is to take up his friend at. In our way down, we overtook Thurtell, about four miles from London. Hunt said to me, There they are ; drive by, and Like no notice. He.added, It's all right, Jack has got him. There were two persons in the gig—Thurtell and another; I passed them and said nothing. I stopped at a public-house called the Bald-faced Stag, about seven miles from London, two miles short of Edge ware. It was then, per- haps, a quarter to seven. When Hunt said It's all right, I asked him what was his name 1 Hunt replied, You are not to know his name ; you never saw him; you know nothing of him. I got out at the Bald-faced Stag ; I supplied the house with spirits. Hunt walked on, and said, I'll not go in, because I have not returned the horse-cloths I borrowed. I stopped about twenty minutes; I then drove on, and overtook Hunt about a quarter of a mile from Edgeware. I took him up, and we drove.to Mr. Clarke's, at Edgeware. We had a glass of brandy and water. I should think we did not stop ten minutes; we went into the bar. We stopped a little further in Edgeware, and bought half a bushel of corn ; I was out of . corn at home; I put it in the gig. Hunt then said, I wonder where Thur- tell is ; he can't have passed us. We then drove on to the Artichoke, kept by Mr. Field. We got there within about eight minutes of eight. Neither 2