The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-30 00:00:00

BURGLARY AND ATTEMPT AT MURDER

AT LLANOARREN.

This usually quiet village was last week thrown
into a state of great excitement, mused by a most daring at-
tempt to commit a burglary, accompanied with extreme
violence, and an evident determination to commit the more
heinous crime of murder, both of which were happily pre-
vented by the courage and presence of mind displayed by
the parties attacked, the two Mr. Digwoode (father and
son), who reside together in We parish of Llangarren.
Not only was the burglar foiled in his designs, but he him-
self was captured, and safely lodged in the lock-up house
at Ross on the following morning, from whence he was
=to the Petty Sessions at Halewood's End, and re-
, to give time to collect the evidence in this as well
es
la several other cases (eight in all) with which he is
following evidence was given at the examination of
the prisoner :
George Digwood, jun., deposed as follows —I live with
my father at Llangarren. No other person was in the
house on the night of the 13th instant, when we went
to bed, between eight and nine o'clock. I had been
obap, but had partly awakened, when I heard in the ad-
joining room, where lay some gleaned corn, a rustling
noise, as if eats were there. There was a hasp on the
door, which I heard lly down. I leaned up in bed, and
looked towards the door. The moon was shining through
the window into the room in which the corn was. Saw a
man enter our bedroom, and perceived his face nearly
i covered with something, but could not see what. He
stopped at the entrance of the room and remained
motionless about five minutes. I had lain back again on
We bad, and kept quiet. He earns on into the room, and
I jumped out of bed. I had my watch on a bit: by
the bedside, which was ticking loudly, end the
prisoner went towards it. I roads for the dew,
mid he retreated before me into the eigeining_sessa. I
Mimed him. end just as I wee rise itiolbo me. I
beard a sobs as of a percussion cap going ia. DM wet MIS
my pistol then. I followed him and heard the eine wile I
repeated twice, but not so load, whilst I was grileetieg Mat '
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shoat the room. I then laid held of him end Nelda him
Ye the bedroom. Pulled Yon met ad di soma kW.
My father was awake by this time and asked me whet I
had got there—if I had got a varmint? I said "No, I have
1 a man." I requested him to get a light. He did so. The
Mat and I bed several falls whilst my father was down
lleniaa. Mg Mbar brought a light and a beeom stick, with
with he an the prisoner several times. Once he struck
me a violent blew. Whilst my father was down stairs I
laid hold of amething the man had in his hand and found
it was a pistol • and when I grasped it, and tried to wrest
it out of his hind, he laid hold or my hand with his teeth,
and bit it in two places, taking away the flesh. I then let
go, and saw no more of the pistol till I had the primes in
the lock up at Rom; we continued struggling la the bed-
room for some time ; he tried to get out, and at Iseigth
succeeded in getting to the top of tho stairs and laid bold
of the Waster ; in attempting
to get him away he slipped
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