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1 always considered him a quiet inoffensive man, ana i nave i heard that he used to mimic birds. I did not think he was j •‘iust right in his head.—Ke-examined : 1 am of opinion that he knov s what he is about as well as 1 do.—James | \park ■ 1 am a net and fishing-tackle maker, and also sell , iucifer matches. About 11 o'clock in the morning ol the 10th ;of November 1 sold the prisoner two Iucifer matchboxes, and he paid me three halfpence for (hem.-By Mr. Knapp : I think ; the prisoner is a person of weak mind, and that be has been in that'state ever since I kue.v him. It is a common thing to . cell these matches.—Mr. Baton Alderson : It is not right to sell them to persons of weak intellect.-^ itness : I did not ■ know there was anv harm in n.-Mr. Baron Alderson : 1 think there is great harm in it: it gives great facilities to , make fires—Charles Mandeville : I urn a constable at Guild- jrAtfK ts. Isr I; ,J ™lariv*at the full of the moon; and he said if I did not believe him, I could satisfy myself by asking Mr. Drewett. Cross-examined: 1 have known tbe prisoner a long time, and considered him a quiet inoffensive man. He has very ^ntric habits ■ (retting up high trees and tying flags to them, and hline about iif the night—Walter Bunga;*: I recoUect the nrisoner being at my house on the 9th of November, to assist ^Tdaughter! by turning . the mangle. My daughter gave him three halfpence, which the prisoner at first refused, but he eventually took the money. I did not tellthp nrisoner that 1 wanted any Iucifer matches,neither did my daughter tell him to get any.— ?■ . »T»mined If the prisoner had been told toC7 wlfiSches by my daughter, I must have heard it 1 have known the prisoner all §i» life, and considered him a
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London County Herald and Weekly Advertiser
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Mar 30, 1844
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