Murder of Mr. Steele. Documents and observations tending to shew a probability of the innocence of John Holloway and Owen Haggerty, who were executed on Monday the 23d of February, 1807, as the murderers of the above gentleman / by James Harmer, attorney at law.

  • Harmer, James, 1777-1853.
Date:
1807
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Credit: Murder of Mr. Steele. Documents and observations tending to shew a probability of the innocence of John Holloway and Owen Haggerty, who were executed on Monday the 23d of February, 1807, as the murderers of the above gentleman / by James Harmer, attorney at law. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    not succeed; upon which John Holloway said, I will silence the b Court. Holloway said that ?---A. Yes. Mr. Gurney. On this second effort to rise, before Holloway struck him, he had got off the road ; which side was he then? of the common side, on the right-hand coming to London ?—-A. On the opposite side, on the right-hand coming to London ? Upon his crying out very vio¬ lently John Holloway said, he would silence the b-r; John Hollo¬ way gave him several divers blow s upon his head and body. <J. What size-stick was it ?—A. I do not know the exact size of it* it was a large black-thorn stick ; on receiving which the deceased gave a very heavy groan, in the course of half a minute afterwards he gave a second groan, and seemed to stretch out lifeless ; upon which stretching himself out, I was alarmed for my own safety j I was on my knees, holding of his legs • I arose and said, .John, you have killed the man ; upon which he replied, that I told a he, that he was only stunned } I made him for answer, that I would stop no longer, I should go on to London, he might overtake me; upon which I made the best of my / way to London, and came on towards Hounslow, leaving Holloway and Haggerty with him. Q. You had heard the sound of some Carriage wheels, did that sound at all approach you ?—A. Yes, it had gone on before, it went by nearly at the time that the deceased groaned. Q,. What carriage did it appear to you to be?-—A. I could not make out what it was, it sounded heavy. Q. Did it go like a coach or a waggon ?— A. A coach, it appeared to me as if it wras one of the heavy night-coaches. Court. How far were you from it ?—A. / suppose we were near thirty yards from it. Mr. Gurney. You were then thirty yards out of the road ?—A. Yes, I cannot ascertain how far we were. Q. W hen you quitted them, which way did you come ?—A. Towards Hounslow. Q. How soon did you see either Holloway or Haggerty again ?—A. I saw them at the end of Hounslow; I was waiting there near an hour, I saw them near to the public-house that we had been drinking at. Q. Were you in the house?-—A. No, I was waiting there, just opposite the road going to Bath; I was just opposite of that. Q.. Where was the spot that this took place with respect to the barracks ?— A. It was not on the same side of the road; it was beyond the barracks, on the opposite side of the road,