From 'The News'
No. 212 Sunday, May 28, 1809
On Tuesday, during the Races at Guildford, Lord Egremont's horse, which was expected to be the winner, and valued at 1500 guineas, slipt, and broke its leg. Mr. Goddard's Canopus was, in consequence the winning horse. On Monday a Coronerr's inquest was held at the Bull, at Farnham, on the body of - Cook, who had been murdered by a deserter from the Light Dragoons. The latter accosted him on the road, commanding him to exchange clothes. On his refusal he fired a pistol, and shot him under the breast, of which he died. - Verdict, Wilful Murder agaionst the deserter, who is brought up to Horsemonger lane, to abide his trial. A man was apprehended at Crab-tree, near Plymouth on the 21st inst. by a party of Sea Fencibles, on suspicion of being a deserter; and was sent on board the Salvador, with a view to his being identified. A Constable, belonging to Plymouth, happening to be on board at the time, heard Capt. Wooley remark, that the fellow looked like a murderer. The appearance of the man, and the Captain's expression, operated so forcibly on the mind of the constable, that, on his return to Plymouth, he referred to the Hue and Cry, and there found an advertisement, dated from Cork, and offering a reward for the apprehension of a man whose description corresponded with the one he had seen on board the Salvador, which induced him to return again on board the ship, where, on closely examining the fellow, he proved to be the identical Michael Murphy, one of the miscreants who lately murdered the Rev. Fitzgerald Tisdale, Rector of Kenmare, Ireland. Back to Napoleonic Notes and Queries #3 Table of Contents Back to Age of Napoleon List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master List of Magazines © Copyright 1998 by Partizan Press. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com |