Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 23 February 2019), February 1780, trial of FREDERICK THOMAS CHRISTOPHER EYRES (t17800223-10)

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[Frederick Thomas and Christopher Eyres were found not guilty on 23 February 1780 of murdering Isabella Ray]

Mary Delvin, sworn: 

Did you know the deceased? - Not to my knowledge. I saw her on Sunday morning, the day after Christmas-day, on Salt-petre-bank. Mary Wilkinson […] said to me there is a man lying with a woman upon the steps; then I saw Thomas lying with her upon the ground; I had not seen him before. We had been to the Black-Lion, and were going home.

[…]

What did the deceased say? - She said, Ladies, ladies, have compassion upon a woman! I would have gone to her assistance but the custom-house-officer would not let us; he said we should be served the same.

[…] We came down the Bank again for another dram, and then went up again, and then the other prisoner was lying upon her, and Thomas was kicking either him or the deceased.

[…]

Daniel Nightingale, sworn: 

I saw the deceased between seven and eight o'clock on Sunday morning, she was then just beyond the watch-house door, lying on her right-side; she was singing then.

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Court. Did you speak to her? - I did not.

Court. Did she appear to be in her senses? - I do not know, she was singing. 

You might judge a little from her appearance? - I imagine she was not very well in her senses to be singing on a Sunday morning.

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