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Newspaper
Java Government Gazette
Location
Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
Date
Oct 06, 1812
Page
3
The House of Commons lobby scene ends with the shooting of Prime Minister Mr Perceval. Reports detail the immediate reaction, the wound, and the Lords’ decision to address the Prince Regent urging swift justice for the perpetrators.
A pistol shot rang out in the Lords while Mr Brougham and Mr Stephen conducted examinations. The assailant, John James Bellingham, ship-broker of Liverpool, claimed Russia service for government and avenged Sir Spencer Perceval by shooting him as he approached.
Yesterday afternoon at about a quarter past five Mr Perceval was shot as he entered the Commons lobby by a man named Bellingham placed by the stone staircase. Lord Francis Osborne accompanied him. The shot pierced the left breast, causing Perceval to stagger and fall to Mr W Smith’s feet. his final words were I am murdered. He was carried away, unidentified at first, the pistol wound and appearance of the attacker noted.
The assassination of Mr Perceval shocks Parliament as Ballingham confesses, a pistol is found on him, and he is escorted to the bar of the House. The Speaker orders a magistrate and guards to convey the prisoner to confinement through private passages, with magistrates and several members assisting.
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