The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-16 00:00:00

MURDER IN OEFORDRIIIRR.

The county of Oxford was on Saturday morning
thrown into • date of excitement by the ansonacament of
• murder committed the previous evening on the person of
Mr. Allen, a respectable miller, of Upper Heyford, while
returning from Bicreter-market. Mr. Allen was returning
home from Bicester-market on Friday evening, at about
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half-past six o'clock, in a cart, in company w a young
sea named Noah Austizt a butcher, of Hayford, who it is
stated has been paying lea addresses to Mr. Allen's daugh-
ter. The pair not returning together, and the dead body
of Mr. Allen lbeirg subsequently found in the road with the
horse and cart tied up to • gate, suspicion naturally pointed
to his companion, who was arrested on Saturday,
and brought before the coroner for the district,
Mr. Churchill. The prisoner, after being maimed in
the usual manner, made • statement to the jury, to the
effect that be was returning home with the murdered met
in his conveyance, and when near Hayford they met two
men. Some distance further on the road they met two other
men, who called out to Mr. Allen, "We want to pay your
account," and the deceased requested him to go down to the
mill and tell the miller to come up. The old man got out
of the art with him, snd remained in company with the
men while he awned the fields into the village to deceased's
house, and requested the miller to go to his master up the
road, as be wanted him about some amount or other. The
miller, who has not yet been examined by the comer, eor
reboil:tad the prisoner's statement to a certain exteet, by
saying Le went up the road as directed at once, and found
the horse tied up to • gate on the roadside. He thought at
first his master bad been thrown out of the cart, sad
an looking round stumbled over the deceased in the road.
Finding the body cold he went for assistance, and her*
obtained a lantern be at once discovered be was dead, hav-
ing bees shot through the head. Re examined the cart, sad
found blood-marks in the tail part, and blood sprinkled on
the sack lying at the bottom of the cart. This exerted
about half-past six in the evening. A little boy about 14
yews of age who gave evidence stated that as he was driv-
ing a pig on the lower road he beard two idiots fired, ore
directly after the other, sod that after proceeding 30 or 40
yard! the prisoner parsed him and his younger brother
running. The younger boy asked him who it was that bad
passed, and he responded it was Noah Austin. The coroner
adjourned the inquest until Thursday, the prisoner being for-
mally charged with the offence and conveyed to Orford Castle.
The prisoner treats the charge with indifference, and doss
not seem to comprehend the awful position in which he has
been placed. Since the adjourned inquest we understand
other evidence has been attained through the indefatigability
of the police, which will be brought forward on Thursday.
The occurrence has created quite a sensation throughout the
county, where nothing of the kind has taken place since the
dreadful murder by Kalakergo of his uncle, near Banbury, in
1852 (if we exempt the poaching ewe last assizes), and for
which the Italian suffered the extreme penalty of the law
at Oxford.