The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-06-03 00:00:00

MURDER 41AD ROBBERY.

On the evening of the 7th of May last, shunt half paa
tight o'clock, Mr. Midway, an innkeeper ;ad bargematier,
of Crieklade, was robbed sad barbarously murdeied as lie
was returning home on horseback, and it is supposed he was
shot on his horse, awl that be inMeally mislead. Hi. breed-
heckle, or brooch, was shut into hia stomach, and the piste!
with which he had hi en shot was arertaincd to hate bet
with one ball and five heads of new horse nails ; the bail
and three of the toad heads passed through his body, an I
were foetid between his back and his clothes, and the to!" r
two of the nail heads lodged iu his stomach. H $ pot-kits
were emptied, end it was awes latued that bad Leta
rubbed of Bank Wee to the umoutit of sixteen ur
seventeen pounds. The egport of the pistol had bees/
braid by some persons a short distance of. atril • man
was seen riding off on horseback from the spot wink::
the robbery and murder was committed ; lie rode tuwaisla
Wootton Basset, and the horse on which site deceased nate i
was afterwards found louse sear Al'ornton Muse. ru
rubber and murderer remained undiscoveml Coe soon-.
time, and considerable 041 ITI was excited In conaiqucoe.. ;„
the country. Application was made at the
Bow.stseet, for assistance, when Vickery, the officer, ..as
•eliepatelied there. Since that time a man named Rubio
%Vatkilis, who manned the description of the ones alas a,a
seen riding the deceased's horse at Wootton Banat,tabu :.A1
undelzone vegetal exaniinations before the Mre,sirate
siding in that neighlsonrhood, and from sli it trauspired
is supposed that the deceased was not the peison sillo
to be robbeetand marlertd, but that Ilse agent of Mr. Pio,
one of the 51. when. fns she Borough, woo was ()Torte.' so
pass that roach on that day, is the posseselow of are, c.l
hundred pounds, to pay some bills contracted at the lot
Election; but the agent was unavoldably pro rotated roan
travelling on that day, sun it is supposed tiret thedi ceased
was mistaken for him, it teeing then dusk ; and the
erased having been stopped by the rugiae, and knomre
his person called him loy name, and asked him why he would
sot let him pats, when it i± supplied that the villain Win:
that he was known, instantly shut the deteaseel ou his hone,
when he is supposed to have fallen off dead.
'the circumstances of suspicion against Robeit Watkins
in additions to Isis auswerilig Ilse &sea tiniest' ut the was Si..
was seen riding the derraeed's horse frosts the ep..t •soec
the swish. ry was committed, towards Wootton 154.1.0.
I M. and 2? Hank notes were f mud upon hint, which I.as.•
bees prayed to have been is the possetsani of tie 41X1•3C14
the day before the robbery and murder, and, these ts rt,,y
reasuo to littlest'. were part of the Mad uuha of sloth al
was sobbed, Mid ahi eli Watkins etrald not serutiet Low Let,
came possessed of. He was also proved to hart Mill in en-.
session of a pistol, without being able In 1101.61/111 for
whet purpose be bad it, sad the pistol was fuuuJ busied is
his father's garden, sad at his dual 1101114111116,11 us hide,!,
al Solution, hrfore the Bench of M•gistaat.s, it bon.;
proved that his brother buried the pistol, this user
committed to sake their trials; at Ilse ensuing Ass ZCS,
the charge of the robbery mid mirth rof 3lr Hoiden.