Smuggling & Smugglers in Sussex: The Genuine History of the Inhuman and Unparalleled Murders of Mr. William Galley a Custom-house Officer, and Mr. Daniel Chater, a Shoemaker, by Fourteen Notorious Smugglers, with the Trials and Execution of Seven of the Criminals at Chichester, 1748-9Anonymous
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Smuggling & Smugglers in Sussex: The Genuine History of the Inhuman and Unparalleled Murders of Mr. William Galley a Custom-house Officer, and Mr. Daniel Chater, a Shoemaker, by Fourteen Notorious Smugglers, with the Trials and Execution of Seven of the Criminals at Chichester, 1748-9
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and out of his malice aforethought, give to him the said William
Galley, a most violent thrust and push; by reason whereof the said
William Galley then and there fell, with much more weight and force to
the ground than otherwise he would have done; and was thereby then and
there much more wounded, bruised and hurt. And that by reason of the
said binding, tying and fastening, of him the said William Galley, by
you the said William Jackson, and William Carter, together with Samuel
Downer, otherwise Howard, otherwise Little Sam, Edmund Richards and
Henry Sheerman, otherwise Little Harry, not yet taken, in manner and
form aforesaid; and of the whipping, lashing, beating and striking,
of him the said William Galley, by you, in manner and form aforesaid;
and of the several wounds, bruises and hurts, which he the said William
Galley received from such whipping, lashing, beating and striking in
manner aforesaid; and other wounds, bruises and hurts which he, the
said William Galley so received from the several falls which he so had
from off the said horse, on which he was by you so put, set and laid,
in manner aforesaid; and of the said thrust and push which he the said
Henry Sheerman, otherwise Little Harry, so as aforesaid, gave him the
said William Galley, as he the said William Galley so tumbled and fell
from off the said horse, as last aforesaid; he the said William Galley,
at the parish of Harting aforesaid, in the county of Sussex aforesaid,
did die. And further, that you the said William Jackson, and William
Carter, together with the said Samuel Downer, alias Howard, alias
Little Sam, Edmund Richards and Henry Sheerman, alias Little Harry, not
yet taken, him the said William Galley, with force and arms in manner
and form aforesaid, feloniously, wilfully, and out of your malice
aforethought, did kill and murder, against his Majesty’s peace, his
crown and dignity.”
The indictment being read to them, Mr. Justice Foster acquainted the
prisoners they might each of them challenge twenty of the panel,
without shewing cause; but if they challenged more, they must shew a
reasonable cause for so doing; and that if they agreed to join in their
challenges they might be tried together, but if they did not, they
would be tried separately; and left them to act in that behalf as they
should see proper.
The prisoners then consulted among themselves for a little while,
and then agreed to join and be tried together. And then the jury were
sworn, and charged by the Clerk of the Arraignments, whose names were
as follows, viz.:--
John Burnard, foreman,
John Hipkins,
William Faulkner,
William Hobbs,
Richard North,
John Shotter,
William Halsted,
Thomas Stuart,
Henry Halsted,
William Poe,
John Woods,
Christopher Wilson.
The counsel for the King were Henry Banks, Esq., Sidney Strafford
Smythe, Esq., and two of his Majesty’s counsel learned in the law; also
Mr. Burrel, Mr. Purkes, and Mr. Steele, recorder of Chichester.
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