Pierce Egan's account of the trial of John Thurtell and Joseph Hunt. With an appendix, disclosing some extraordinary facts, exclusively in the possession of the editor. With portraits, and many other illustrative engravings / [Pierce Egan].
- Pierce Egan
- Date:
- 1824
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Pierce Egan's account of the trial of John Thurtell and Joseph Hunt. With an appendix, disclosing some extraordinary facts, exclusively in the possession of the editor. With portraits, and many other illustrative engravings / [Pierce Egan]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![while, handkerchief. Mr. John Thurtell said, How smart Mr. Hunt is dressed, to-day/* Hunt had rather large whiskers. During the day the word Turpin was used. John Thurtell said that Probert would not do for a Turpin. There were cards played that evening. I saw Mr. Heward on Sunday. Mr. Probert went out on the Sunday evening. I went up with Mr. Thurtell the next day. I saw a knife in John ThurtelPs possession. [The knife produced by the consta- ble was handed to the witness: it was the same found in the lane.] The knife she saw with John Thurtell was very like this. Cross-examined by Mr. Andrews. I slept in a room very near where Probert slept; I did not hear him get up that morning; I have seen Mr. Probert in a white hat and a black hat; the hall was the passage leading into the parlour from the kitchen; I did not see Probert go out on the Saturday; JohnjThur- tell had been often at the cottage before ; he slept there several times, and did not always sleep on the sofa; I can swear he once slept nearly a week at the cottage; he slept alone. Cross-examined by Mr. Thessiger. I was present when Mr. Hunt was in- troduced to Mrs. Probert; Mr. Probert did not say he was the singer he had often talked about; Mr. Probert did say that Mr. Hunt was a good singer; this was before he sung after supper. Re-examiued by Mr. Broderick. The passage which I described as the hall leads to the staircase. Charles Tetsall, examined by Mr. Holland. I keep the Coach and Horses, in Conduit-street. Since the 21st of October, Probert, Hunt, and Thurtell have frequented nay house. I recollect that on the 24th of October, the two Thurtells, Hunt, and Probert, dined at my house. Probert then asked me to lend him five pounds. I dont know what he did with it. I did not see them go away, and don't know when they did go. Cross-examined by Mr. Thessiger. The two Thurtells were introduced to me by Probert, who told me that they were anxious to keep out of the way. Re-examined. Hunt's whiskers, about the 21st, were very large. I observed that on the Monday after the 24th, they were shaved off. On the Sunday after the Friday of the murder, I observed Hunt and Thurtell at my house. Mr. John Thurtell was dressed in leather breeches, long gaiters, and drab waistcoat. He went, with his shirt open, across the street to get shaved. I never saw him in those clothes before. At that time Hunt was with him; he was dressed in black, and very indifferently. They went away about half-past ten. I put into the gig in which they went, a piece of beef. I saw a shovel in the gig. By Mr. Thessiger. If Probert swore that he did not introduce the Thurtells to me, he swore falsely ; for he wanted me to be a bondsman for them. Mr. Justice Park observed, that Probert had not sworn as the learned coun- sel seemed to suppose. William Rexworthy again called. I have known William Weare for upwards of sixteen years. He had the reputation of being a person of property. I always considered him such. He generally carried it next his skin. He told me so, and I have seen him put his hand to his left side, and take large sums from his flannel waistcoat. I have seen him and the Thurtells together. I saw them three times together before the murder. The last time I saw them was the Friday. The first time I saw them, there were three or four of them together. John Thurtell came to my house, and asked if Weare was there. 1 said not, but showed them into another room, and was showing them a new billiard table, when a knock came to the door, and Weare came in. This was about nine o'clock. I saw John Thurtell alone with him the evening before the murder. I did not hear any thing pass between them. When they began to talk I left the room. On Friday morning Weare called upon me at No. 6, Spring Gardens, between one and two o'clock. Weare left me, and I saw him no more that day. Cross-examined. I have two billiard rooms. They are much frequented. Persons come so early as eleven o'clock. I see the same faces there often, as well those who play as those who look on. I saw the body when first it was taken out of the water. I also saw it in the coffin. I did not go to see it re- interred. I saw it before it was interred. Re-examined by Mr. Bolland, I know this knife well. It belonged to the man no more. (It was found in the lane.) Cross-examUied. There was a particular mark on it. It was chipped by.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20443249_0088.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
