The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-12-02 00:00:00

CHARGE OF MURDER.

Amongst the list of permits mentioseal in our last as ewe.
signed to our County Gaul, was included William Berton,
charged nu violent suspicion of being guilty of the murder
of
William Buns, late of Wollaston, our Chepstow. The
cirrostrati's:es *Medias this mysteries@ efts see es follow :
About three weeks ago, the deceased, who was a very Jades-
trams young man, sad who, drug\ his labour sad fruga.
lily, had realised a considerable SUM Bs a person its his sta-
tion of life, proceeded from Milanese to Bristol, for the
pursue of purchasing, conjointly with soother persoo, a
small vessel to be employed an a trader. He was acconips-
stied, as they went by water' by the Prisoner Burka, a
young man of idle habits, whose life had beer principally
spent at sea, and who was well acquainted with the object of
Braes missiou. Nothing farther was heard of Syms, or
sere any fears entertained for his safety, till about a fore-
sight afterwards, when Burton returned alone. At the time
of the departure of the latter, it was known that he was sot
iu pusatsaun of asp money; laded, os the contrary, be
was idolised to borrow from a Mead wherewithal to carry
him to Bristol ; but on his rehire it is ascertained that he
changed several AL notes of the Chepstow Bank, and pro-
ceeded to pay a some debts he had incurred in the parish.
loquiries were row made of him respecting his companion;
but the answers he gave were as various and incossistent,
that siospieimis that all was ant right, were generally excited
against him, and he ass subsequently taken luso custody. He
underwent several examinatious berme the Right Hon. C.

Bathurst ; In the cowrie of which it was proved, that the
Prisoner red !tyros had bees seen together at Bristol, and
that, on the night weeding the foriner's re-appearaui:e at
Wollaston, they had slept together at a public-house at Pill,
when they stated their iiiiiratio• of returning to Wollaston)
with their host early the following morning. A woman who
wasted a passage to ilw same place ri Timed permission to
accompany them, which wee peremptorily refused by the
Prisoner, although ityms repeatedly expressed his willing.
arse to take her. The Promisee sod Syne, accordingly left
Pill together, sod the hoer has nut since been beard or.
To seamed for the cosh be had beets squandering, the Pri-
soner said that it was lent to hiss at Bristol, by a man who
has gone Air the West ladies, but who, it has since been as.
certaiued, sailed for that destination seine mouths ago, and
wee not possessed of money for his owa purposes. When
asked where hr last saw !gyms, be stated three different
places; and his story was altogether so vague, that it is go.
renal, 'believed he susaidered and robbed his udketuoate
COOIVIII4IOII in their passage up the river, sad Own threw the
body oretleiord! Synis was a young man highly respected
lig his neighbour., and almiletthe sole support of MS aged
'Arra% who are dreadfully "Acted at his suppooei wretch-
.thee.
We hare much satisfaction is stating, that ski* writing
the shore aceonnt, we have learnt that the body of this on.
fin tussle young ass has beets picked up and clearly idesti-
led. It we. discovered floating is tb Fevers no Friday
Intl, is • lie parish of Moreton Palette, about seven miles
Irelow this city; and was landed at Epos/. An inquest was
Mitnnomed before Jokes Cooke, FM. Coroner, which sit snots
hours en &steeds,, and which was adjohrned till this day,
to sire time for the atteisdauce of miser witnesses. The
ease has the appearance of lash* been entirely eh* off
the free; the heed is otherwise most shopetlaity desArtred,
and the skull dreadfully fractured in several places; which
injuries, in the opinlbn of the surges. who was examined
before the Coroner, were the uadontited tense of the death
of the alertness& No property was fouled Shout the Wily.--
ClAnseesler Jorrieutj

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