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TREDEGAR.—FRIDAV, JULY 21.…

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TREDEGAR.—FRIDAV, JULY 21. ——— 4,Hck Hickey, Edward Malone, and Henry Me Cardill, io the 73rd regiment of foot, were this day taken into PC- William Davies, charged with breaking out Greyhound Inn, Tredegar, and stealing therefrom divers Wc of the wearing apparel of Mis. Morgan, the landlady. of b Sence having been conveyed to Samuel Homfray, Esq., House, that gentleman immediately dispatched a 10 D°w'ai8» 'o iuform the officers of the regiment of 'tad taken place. A. Homfray, Esq., being applied to, ""e f, Mc Cardill, and having ascertained that he had broken ^ed S 'eSs> by jumping off a wall, about 12 feet high, cer- 11,1', that he was not in a fit state to be removed for exami. ''On th p18 evening, at six o'clock, Samuel Homfray, Esq., sat in ') 'ercial room, at tha Greyhound Inn, to investigate'he l^e Pr'soner Hickey and Malone were arraigned. Mr. °fris, from the office of Mr. Phillpotts, attended on the 'he prosecution, when the following evidence was ad- til 'beth Morgan, being sworn, said,—1 am a widow, and e Greyhound Inn, at Tredegar about half-past eleven three soldiers came into my house, and went into the I 'ter "> they had a quart of beer to d'nnk; they asked for aDo- I I refused; they wanted a bed, but I said I did ''id IK* 6've them one, until my servant, Margaret Jones. '"ey had slept here before, on theii way from Pontypool. 'he prisoner Hickey is one of them. I have seen the tie(J wno is upstairs, he also is one of them. They all went to ^t0 *nd I went to bed a little after 12. About Bix o'clock this l^iog TOy brother James Griffith, came and knocked at my f(wr°0ro door, and told me to get up. I went down stairs, and the three soldiers in the kitchen. My brother then told l|l(j house had been robbed by the soldiers, and that they out through the brew-house. I saw the bundle in » my son went 'or l^e policeman William Davies S^00* afler be was sent for, and opened the bundle. (The '^tifi Wa* ^ere Pr°duced> an(l 'he whole of the articles weie by 'he witness as her property, except a few things T. e'0nged to her neice.) I put the clothes in my trunk jl^day last. es Griffiths: 11 am brother to Mrs. Morgan, the last 8nd live with her at the Greyhound I saw the three t>rj^ers in the house about half-past eleven last night the tip are two of them, and the othor is in bed they went ^di t0 bed about 12 o'clock as I went to bed I tried their vtl °°in rioor and found it was locked or bolted. About five 'his morning 1 heard a noise in the house, and got up, 'he soldiers wanted to gooff early. W hen I came 10 slairs no one was there, and I looked rouDdthe premises. 1 Se' I tbl!lI elllg any ODe, 1 went and opened the back door as usual; heard a noise, and opened the yard gate leading to the *c|> *ent 0u' and 8»w one of the soldiers sitting on the ^^i'h's window; I asked him which way he got out of "od he said go you up and assist that soldier, and 4" know. Seeing no one, I went into the adjoining *aw the two prisoners; they had hold of each other, 1 'N wDe ca"ed for assistance l'laid hole of prisoner Hickey, j ||ingsr°l,8ht him to the house; he said he had stole some .0ntt 'he house I asked where they were, and one of 10 'be cart outside, go you and fetch them I said Jjn, 3° with me, so they both went with me to the hu jCre 1 found the bundle; I then brought the meD and 'o the house in a short time the blacksmith Tho- bhile robert, came in, and I asked him 10 stop at the door I 'vie* °a"ec' 'he family up John Morgan went for William [ 'ounrf wben he came I gave him the bundle the same as a j' car'« The uien were then taken to the black I held the bundle while Davies locked tbem up. eyh« as Robert: I am a blacksmith, and live opposite the Sd u yard I was io bed about five o'clock this morning, somethIng heavy fall on the ground I got up, 0(,'i and saw a soldier lying under the wall of the Grey- ^ard a bundle was on the ground, and two other sol- ero°!i,ne over the wati and took the bundle with them down Se » and called the other to come on; he walked very jJCl08s 'be road, and sat down on the shaft of a carl; he N, I6(!'Ned'come here>1 have b,oke m-v leg-aDd son)e one 'f, > now we are done one laid hold of the othei s col- tl 8a'c'< }'ou have robbed the house, and shall not go away; 4 "iv Went UP ,'ie stree' '°gether the lame soldier walked 0*h°P window and sat down on it. I saw James Grif- 'K» 'he yard gate, and heard the lame soldier tell Grif- hOlt go up the street. (Witness then corroborated the J0L 'he latter part of Griffiths's evidence. *Pt k*1 ^'iffi'hs Morgan J am the son of Mrs. Morgan, and j*' 'ast night; I waa called up this morning by my un- 6 '°f°rined me that the house had been robbbed I came d, j9" 8»w the two prisoners and the man who is lying io fa "le kitchen. I told them they had been doing fine j »he house prisoner Hickey told me he was not sorry |V and if I would look about ihe premises, I might see had been made, and pointed to the bar door. 1 rriHbLand. "w they had attempted to burn the lock off it. Ik 6°t r* Hickey then said he wished to be transported, and i i.*tn this time he should make another attempt. I had ioto custody. Hickey also told me that he had cut | w'th a razor, by cutting the window-frame tn 'he I ae; I went there, and found marks of blood on the thll fra,(They were here produced, and identified as being part I .^iln > t (|p,,a Davies, police-constable of Tredegar, proved the rst ri'^6 Pf'sone,s iQ'° custody, and in many respects cor» > H ,>le 'es'inony of the foregoing witnesses. n>f,ay 'hen asked the prisoners if they wished to say !d 8' «t the same time cautioning them that whatever they s'be taken down, and would be giveu in evidence t,a ttt ''le'r the ""er Hickey said he wished to say a few words on behalf rttce«d l80Der Malone, and, to the astonishment of all present, "■ follows In the first place, these men unluckily b,'fge be in my company; they are innocent of the JVlf* a°d knew nothing of what I was about to do. I did it CNOB *h'le ">ey were fast asleep in their beds they knew ()Vf kofand when I called them they seemed angry be- h«d died them so early. I told them what I had llN. a«j they it "as a bad job I said bad or good it is you must follow me I went first, and the two men. %j«and Mc Cardill, followed; as soon as Malone cam# *,reet hs called upon some man to assist him in giving > '• »rJU8tody- The whole was a premeditated thing on my ,f 1 dido'' do it here I should have done it elsewhere, »%S tVer Punishment I must have 1 mustab.de by it. We 11 ,^f.ii 0ngto'he 73rd regiment. C* d«,0a>fray 'hen addressed the prisoners, and said, he felt fycommit them both to take their trial at the next felony. o J v'k tr lhen removed in custody, and on Saturday taken h ?u»e of Correctioo, there to await their trial. PfisoDer> Mc Cardill, i« still in custody, at the Grey- u°» *nd ia attended by Mr. Homfray, surgeon., £ &

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